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Tafresh University

In research, Tafresh University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,680 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,766 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering (Civil and Structural Engineering is 8.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,800
of 22,385 · #17,858 all time
Rank in Iran
#150
of 208
Research works
729
▼ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
15.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Tafresh University

What is Tafresh University known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #5,680 of 10,670 8.1%164 #9041
EngineeringField #3,766 of 5,901 9.6%76 #3801

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tafresh 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Tafresh University work in?

In 2022-now, 92% of research at Tafresh University is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (44%), Computer Science (11%), Mathematics (9%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 187 fractional works · 92.3% of its workEngineering: 89 fractional works · 44.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 20 fractional works · 10.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 17 fractional works · 8.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 13 fractional works · 6.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 23 fractional works · 11.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 17 fractional works · 8.6% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 8 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNumerical Analysis: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 16 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 7.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCatalysis: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTafreshUniversity203fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences92%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences4%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering8944.0%
    2. Computer Science2311.2%
    3. Mathematics178.6%
    4. Materials Science168.0%
    5. Environmental Science157.2%
    6. Energy84.0%
    7. Chemical Engineering73.2%
    8. Chemistry52.4%
    9. Physics and Astronomy42.2%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences31.5%
    1. Social Sciences41.9%
    2. Decision Sciences20.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    4. Psychology10.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    1. Medicine31.5%
    2. Health Professions00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
    2. Neuroscience10.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Tafresh University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 8.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 20.5 works8.6×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 9.27× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.53× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.44× its world share, 23 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.36× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.93× its world share, 89 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.46× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.29× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 7.28× its world share, 17 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.98× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 9.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering9.27×7 works
  2. Mathematics7.28×17 works
  3. Energy4.36×8 works
  4. Engineering2.93×89 works
  5. Materials Science2.29×16 works
  6. Chemistry1.53×5 works
  7. Environmental Science1.46×15 works
  8. Computer Science1.44×23 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.98×4 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.96×3 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.86×2 works
  12. Neuroscience0.35×1 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.23×1 works
  14. Psychology0.16×1 works
  15. Social Sciences0.15×4 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×1 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×1 works
  18. Health Professions0.08×0 works
  19. Medicine0.08×3 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×1 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Tafresh University?

Ranked on the quality score, Navid Razmjooy, Nafiseh Aghababaei and Ehsan Paki lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tafresh University.

  1. 1 Navid Razmjooy Iran · #55,819 worldwide 5.4k citations · 133 works
  2. 2 Nafiseh Aghababaei Iran · #1,466,080 worldwide 380 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Ehsan Paki Iran · #2,021,032 worldwide 114 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Ahmad Bayat Iran · #2,073,303 worldwide 978 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Hamid Reza Golmakani Iran · #2,204,499 worldwide 762 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Mohammad Reza Miveh Iran · #2,212,098 worldwide 1.5k citations · 66 works
  7. 7 Ali Kazemy Iran · #2,844,612 worldwide 800 citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Ebrahim Sharifi Tashnizi Iran · #3,313,555 worldwide 697 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 E. Nazari Iran · #3,451,326 worldwide 483 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Atiye Farahani Iran · #3,552,327 worldwide 332 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Tafresh University

What are the most cited papers from Tafresh University?

The most cited paper from Tafresh University is "Cuckoo search algorithm: a metaheuristic approach to solve structural optimization problems" (Amir H. Gandomi, Xin‐She Yang, Amir H. Alavi, 2011), with 2,271 citations. Next come "Bat algorithm: a novel approach for global engineering optimization" (1,751) and "Google Earth Engine Cloud Computing Platform for Remote Sensing Big Data Applications: A Comprehensive Review" (1,160).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cuckoo search algorithm: a metaheuristic approach to solve structural optimization problems Amir H. Gandomi, Xin‐She Yang, Amir H. Alavi · Engineering With Computers 28 Jul 2011 2,271
2 Bat algorithm: a novel approach for global engineering optimization Xin‐She Yang, Amir Hossein Gandomi · Engineering Computations Open access 13 Jul 2012 1,751
3 Google Earth Engine Cloud Computing Platform for Remote Sensing Big Data Applications: A Comprehensive Review Meisam Amani, Arsalan Ghorbanian, Seyed Ali Ahmadi et al. · IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing Open access 2020 1,160
4 Support vector regression with chaos-based firefly algorithm for stock market price forecasting Ahmad Kazem, Ebrahim Sharifi Tashnizi, Farookh Khadeer Hussain et al. · Applied Soft Computing 8 Oct 2012 468
5 Optimal scheduling of a renewable based microgrid considering photovoltaic system and battery energy storage under uncertainty Liang Chuan Luo, Sarkew Salah Abdulkareem, Alireza Rezvani et al. · Journal of Energy Storage 25 Feb 2020 340
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Tafresh University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Renewable Fuels, Power Electronics, Remote Sensing, Carbon Dioxide, Heat Transfer, Catalytic and Probabilistic Analysis.

▲ 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-now 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. Deep Learning11▲ 1.51×23 topics
  2. Machine Learning10▲ 1.48×24 topics
  3. Renewable Energy10▲ 3.2×18 topics
  4. Remote Sensing8▲ 3.3×16 topics
  5. Nanomaterials6▲ 3.0×9 topics
  6. Renewable Fuels6▲ 25×3 topics
  7. Power Electronics6▲ 9.3×6 topics
  8. Heat Transfer6▲ 5.9×9 topics
  9. Carbon Dioxide5▲ 16×3 topics
  10. Catalysis5▲ 3.7×7 topics
  11. Catalytic5▲ 20×3 topics
  12. Probabilistic Analysis5▲ 31×2 topics
  13. Renewable Energy Integration5▲ 7.2×5 topics
  14. Nanocomposites5▲ 2.9×10 topics
  15. Decentralized Control4▲ 19×2 topics
  16. Smart Grid4▲ 6.2×5 topics
  17. Wavelet Transform4▲ 9.7×5 topics
  18. Graphene4▲ 3.2×6 topics
  19. Hydrogenation4▲ 13×2 topics
  20. Solar Energy4▲ 6.5×4 topics
  21. Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts4▲ 55×1 topic
  22. Methanol Synthesis4▲ 55×1 topic
  23. Smart Grid Applications4▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Ground Motion4▲ 47×1 topic
  25. Seismic Engineering4▲ 47×1 topic
  26. Water Splitting4▲ 5.0×3 topics
  27. Distributed Power Generation4▲ 17×1 topic
  28. Microgrid Control4▲ 17×1 topic
  29. Armendariz Rings4▲ 144×1 topic
  30. CO2 Reduction4▲ 8.0×2 topics
  31. Heterogeneous Catalysis4▲ 9.2×2 topics
  32. Zero-Divisor Graphs4▲ 144×1 topic
  33. Distributed Generation3▲ 20×3 topics
  34. Visible Light3▲ 7.2×2 topics
  35. Deformations3▲ 67×1 topic
  36. Hom-Lie Algebras3▲ 67×1 topic
  37. Biomass3▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Sensor Networks3▲ 6.4×4 topics
  39. Parameter Estimation3▲ 11×6 topics
  40. Teaching Methods3▲ 8.6×1 topic

Which research topics does Tafresh University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Catalysts for Methane Reforming, Seismic Performance and Analysis, Microgrid Control and Optimization and Rings, Modules, and Algebras.

Catalysts for Methane Re…4Catalysts for Methane Reforming: 4 fractional worksSeismic Performance and …4Seismic Performance and Analysis: 4 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Optimization: 4 fractional worksRings, Modules, and Alge…4Rings, Modules, and Algebras: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Topics in Algebra3Advanced Topics in Algebra: 3 fractional worksEducation, Innovation and Language Studies: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 2 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in M…2Catalytic Processes in Materials Science: 2 fractional worksSmart Grid Security and Resilience: 2 fractional worksStructural Health Monitoring Techniques: 2 fractional works
CatalysisCivil and Structural EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringAlgebra and Number Theory3 others

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

  1. 1 Catalysts for Methane Reforming Catalysis 4 works
  2. 2 Seismic Performance and Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Rings, Modules, and Algebras Algebra and Number Theory 4 works
  5. 5 Advanced Topics in Algebra Algebra and Number Theory 3 works
  6. 6 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 3 works
  7. 7 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 2 works
  8. 8 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 2 works
  9. 9 Smart Grid Security and Resilience Control and Systems Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 2 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 available32.2%not open67.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.5%domestic only85.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Tafresh University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Tafresh University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00062% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Tafresh University0.00084% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Tafresh University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Tafresh University10.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.4% in 2010.

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