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Shiraz University

In research, Shiraz University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#882 of 12,888 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#529 of 3,409 worldwide) and Engineering (#1,050 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Catalysis, Chemical Engineering and Analytical Chemistry — Catalysis is 10.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,196
of 28,054 · #1,124 all time
Rank in Iran
#14
of 301
Research works
24k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
417k
17.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Shiraz University 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
Physical SciencesDomain #882 of 12,888 16.4%2,444 #854
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #529 of 3,409 26.8%425 #568
EngineeringField #1,050 of 6,636 14.7%968 #750
Social SciencesDomain #1,679 of 10,521 23.1%529 #1734
Environmental ScienceField #597 of 3,551 23.1%332 #573
Health SciencesDomain #2,287 of 11,982 15.4%522 #2562
Life SciencesDomain #1,595 of 7,800 23.0%732 #2194
MedicineField #2,403 of 10,443 15.3%410 #3393
Materials ScienceField #652 of 2,468 14.1%307 #825
Social SciencesField #1,750 of 6,365 19.6%187 #1414

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shiraz University 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. Physical Sciences#854 #882
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#568 #529
  3. Engineering#750 #1,050
  4. Social Sciences#1,734 #1,679
  5. Environmental Science#573 #597
  6. Health Sciences#2,562 #2,287
  7. Life Sciences#2,194 #1,595
  8. Medicine#3,393 #2,403
  9. Materials Science#825 #652
  10. Social Sciences#1,414 #1,750
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 specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Catalysis takes 10.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. CatalysisSubfield · 67.3 works11×
  2. Chemical EngineeringField · 84.4 works5.7×
  3. Analytical ChemistrySubfield · 32.2 works3.9×
  4. VeterinaryField · 20.3 works3.5×
← 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: 2.12× its world share, 426 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.94× its world share, 212 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.78× its world share, 33 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 43 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.23× its world share, 18 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 5.71× its world share, 84 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.53× its world share, 168 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.68× its world share, 224 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 65 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.61× its world share, 101 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.53× its world share, 968 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.58× its world share, 332 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.08× its world share, 307 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.04× its world share, 52 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.51× its world share, 142 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.50× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.44× its world share, 49 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 410 worksMedicineNursing: 1.56× its world share, 32 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.54× its world share, 20 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.45× its world share, 54 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 72 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 47 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 54 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.89× its world share, 115 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 187 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Shiraz University?

Ranked on the composite score, Ebrahim Farjah, Hamid Reza Pourghasemi and R. Ebrahimi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shiraz University.

  1. 1 Ebrahim Farjah Iran · #88,756 worldwide 290 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Hamid Reza Pourghasemi Iran · #100,447 worldwide 759 citations · 76 works
  3. 3 R. Ebrahimi Iran · #108,382 worldwide 252 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Sona Raeissi Iran · #144,295 worldwide 269 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Haidar Samet Iran · #158,249 worldwide 282 citations · 45 works
  6. 6 A. Mehdi Riazi Iran · #180,259 worldwide 127 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Mostafa Lashkarbolooki Iran · #189,666 worldwide 155 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Dariush Mowla Iran · #192,187 worldwide 340 citations · 58 works
  9. 9 Mehrzad Biguesh Iran · #201,736 worldwide 261 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Ali Reza Seifi Iran · #205,703 worldwide 198 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Shiraz University

Which keywords describe research at Shiraz University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Nanoparticles, Climate Change, Biomedical Applications, Nanomaterials, Hydrogenation, Nanocomposites and Renewable Energy.

▲ 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. Climate Change175▲ 1.53×82 topics
  2. Nanoparticles142▲ 2.7×38 topics
  3. Machine Learning132◆ 0.96×71 topics
  4. Catalysis123▲ 4.4×27 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications120▲ 2.4×32 topics
  6. Renewable Energy117▲ 1.93×43 topics
  7. Nanomaterials111▲ 2.5×18 topics
  8. Sustainability106◆ 1.03×57 topics
  9. Environmental Impact101▲ 1.40×46 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress96▲ 1.40×58 topics
  11. Remote Sensing96▲ 1.85×29 topics
  12. Nanocomposites95▲ 2.8×21 topics
  13. Antioxidant Activity69▲ 2.6×28 topics
  14. Graphene69▲ 2.4×10 topics
  15. Antioxidant67▲ 2.3×47 topics
  16. Tissue Engineering65▲ 2.5×13 topics
  17. Hydrogenation62▲ 8.6×5 topics
  18. Drug Delivery61▲ 2.7×15 topics
  19. Catalytic56▲ 11×6 topics
  20. Carbon Dioxide51▲ 7.9×4 topics
  21. Antioxidants49▲ 2.6×15 topics
  22. Renewable Fuels45▲ 9.1×3 topics
  23. Gas Permeability44▲ 10×2 topics
  24. Oxidation44▲ 6.3×3 topics
  25. CO2 Capture39▲ 5.9×5 topics
  26. Selective Oxidation37▲ 6.3×2 topics
  27. Green Chemistry37▲ 4.9×8 topics
  28. Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts36▲ 26×1 topic
  29. Methanol Synthesis36▲ 26×1 topic
  30. Surfactants35▲ 8.6×4 topics
  31. Porous Media35▲ 6.3×6 topics
  32. Shale Gas35▲ 6.6×2 topics
  33. Ceria34▲ 6.6×1 topic
  34. Gold34▲ 6.6×1 topic
  35. Nanopores32▲ 7.8×2 topics
  36. Pore Structure32▲ 6.0×3 topics
  37. Nanofluids31▲ 8.8×2 topics
  38. Mudstones30▲ 9.4×1 topic
  39. Thermal Maturity30▲ 9.4×1 topic
  40. Pore-scale Modeling28▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Shiraz University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Catalysts for Methane Reforming, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis and Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques.

Catalysts for Methane Re…36Catalysts for Methane Reforming: 36 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in M…34Catalytic Processes in Materials Science: 34 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …30Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 30 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Te…28Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 28 fractional worksCarbon Dioxide Capture Technologies: 22 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 22 fractional worksPetroleum Processing and…21Petroleum Processing and Analysis: 21 fractional worksCatalysis and Oxidation Reactions: 17 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 16 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 16 fractional works
CatalysisMaterials ChemistryMechanics of MaterialsOcean Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Catalysts for Methane Reforming Catalysis 36 works
  2. 2 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 34 works
  3. 3 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 30 works
  4. 4 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 28 works
  5. 5 Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies Mechanical Engineering 22 works
  6. 6 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 22 works
  7. 7 Petroleum Processing and Analysis Analytical Chemistry 21 works
  8. 8 Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions Catalysis 17 works
  9. 9 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 16 works
  10. 10 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 16 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 available31.4%not open68.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.2%domestic only86.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shiraz University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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.