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Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

In research, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences stands highest in Health Sciences (#214 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#339 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#424 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthodontics, Dentistry and Oral Surgery — Orthodontics is 9.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#808
of 28,054 · #1,760 all time
Rank in Iran
#6
of 301
Research works
21k
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
275k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What is Shiraz University of Medical Sciences known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #214 of 11,982 14.0%3,264 #574
MedicineField #339 of 10,443 13.2%2,745 #911
Life SciencesDomain #424 of 7,800 18.0%1,026 #1177
DentistryField #32 of 367 14.9%179 #89
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #75 of 828 20.6%210 #388
Health ProfessionsField #179 of 1,928 20.2%247 #299
Physical SciencesDomain #1,824 of 12,888 22.3%561 #3680
Social SciencesDomain #1,806 of 10,521 20.6%500 #1696
NursingField #42 of 213 18.0%82 #197
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #726 of 3,579 15.7%546 #1292

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shiraz University of Medical Sciences sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#574 #214
  2. Medicine#911 #339
  3. Life Sciences#1,177 #424
  4. Dentistry#89 #32
  5. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#388 #75
  6. Health Professions#299 #179
  7. Physical Sciences#3,680 #1,824
  8. Social Sciences#1,696 #1,806
  9. Nursing#197 #42
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,292 #726
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Shiraz University of Medical Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthodontics takes 9.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OrthodonticsSubfield · 57.0 works9.5×
  2. DentistryField · 178.9 works6.9×
  3. Oral SurgerySubfield · 64.7 works6.3×
  4. PeriodonticsSubfield · 42.0 works5.8×
  5. Molecular MedicineSubfield · 29.3 works5.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 149 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.91× its world share, 546 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.80× its world share, 151 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.48× its world share, 129 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.75× its world share, 52 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.16× its world share, 98 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 52 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 149 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 109 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.59× its world share, 111 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 6.89× its world share, 179 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.75× its world share, 246 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.67× its world share, 2,745 worksMedicineNursing: 3.14× its world share, 82 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.54× its world share, 11 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 22 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 42 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.58× its world share, 257 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 150 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Mohsen Bayati, Hossein Molavi Vardanjani and Keyvan Pakshir lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shiraz University of Medical Sciences.

  1. 1 Mohsen Bayati Iran · #35,600 worldwide 898 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Hossein Molavi Vardanjani Iran · #36,596 worldwide 300 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Keyvan Pakshir Iran · #51,317 worldwide 827 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Ramin Ravangard Iran · #59,829 worldwide 320 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Yaser Sarikhani Iran · #85,808 worldwide 457 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Alireza Ebrahimi Iran · #88,646 worldwide 601 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Saeed Shahabi Iran · #89,577 worldwide 644 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Ali A. Asadi‐Pooya Iran · #128,451 worldwide 214 citations · 58 works
  9. 9 Iman Razeghian‐Jahromi Iran · #152,305 worldwide 393 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Mostafa Dianatinasab Iran · #165,127 worldwide 642 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Oxidative Stress, Cardiovascular Disease, Depression, Cancer and Diagnosis.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology660▲ 3.1×134 topics
  2. Inflammation360▲ 3.2×82 topics
  3. Quality of Life255▲ 3.3×51 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress242▲ 2.8×61 topics
  5. Cancer208▲ 2.9×57 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease198▲ 3.3×39 topics
  7. Depression182▲ 3.9×23 topics
  8. Treatment175▲ 2.7×52 topics
  9. Diagnosis164▲ 3.3×41 topics
  10. COVID-19158▲ 2.1×24 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome155▲ 3.6×23 topics
  12. Mental Health155▲ 1.97×37 topics
  13. Public Health142▲ 1.83×56 topics
  14. Risk Factors140▲ 2.4×36 topics
  15. Pandemic131▲ 2.3×10 topics
  16. Antioxidant118▲ 3.2×50 topics
  17. Clinical Trials117▲ 3.3×19 topics
  18. Immune Response109▲ 3.6×22 topics
  19. Obesity109▲ 2.7×28 topics
  20. Nanoparticles109▲ 1.62×32 topics
  21. Management102▲ 2.4×33 topics
  22. Social Support99▲ 3.3×16 topics
  23. Anxiety96▲ 3.8×12 topics
  24. Pathogenesis96▲ 3.5×24 topics
  25. Global Burden92▲ 3.2×12 topics
  26. Diabetes90▲ 3.4×22 topics
  27. SARS-CoV-290▲ 5.2×6 topics
  28. Drug Delivery88▲ 3.0×15 topics
  29. Chemotherapy86▲ 2.3×25 topics
  30. Cancer Therapy86▲ 2.8×20 topics
  31. Tissue Engineering86▲ 2.6×13 topics
  32. Insulin Resistance86▲ 3.5×10 topics
  33. Immunity85▲ 4.0×11 topics
  34. Stress80▲ 4.0×10 topics
  35. Prevention73▲ 3.3×16 topics
  36. Pathophysiology72▲ 4.5×11 topics
  37. Self-Efficacy72▲ 5.1×10 topics
  38. ACE2 Receptor71▲ 5.4×3 topics
  39. Elderly66▲ 5.0×7 topics
  40. Regeneration58▲ 5.6×6 topics

Which research topics does Shiraz University of Medical Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Well-being Studies, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, COVID-19 and Mental Health and Dental materials and restorations.

Health and Well-being St…46Health and Well-being Studies: 46 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…38COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 38 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health36COVID-19 and Mental Health: 36 fractional worksDental materials and res…31Dental materials and restorations: 31 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 28 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 26 fractional worksNutritional Studies and …24Nutritional Studies and Diet: 24 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 23 fractional worksEndodontics and Root Canal Treatments: 22 fractional worksResearch on Leishmaniasi…20Research on Leishmaniasis Studies: 20 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyInfectious DiseasesOrthodonticsNeurology3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 46 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 38 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 36 works
  4. 4 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 31 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 28 works
  6. 6 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 26 works
  7. 7 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 24 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 23 works
  9. 9 Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments Oral Surgery 22 works
  10. 10 Research on Leishmaniasis Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 20 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available62.7%not open37.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.3%domestic only89.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shiraz University of Medical Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.