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Tarbiat Modares University

In research, Tarbiat Modares University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#835 of 12,888 worldwide), Health Sciences (#843 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#731 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Parasitology, Analytical Chemistry and Water Science and Technology — Parasitology is 4.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#824
of 28,054 · #861 all time
Rank in Iran
#8
of 301
Research works
31k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
571k
18.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Tarbiat Modares 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 #835 of 12,888 19.1%3,247 #691
Health SciencesDomain #843 of 11,982 19.3%827 #1636
Life SciencesDomain #731 of 7,800 20.3%1,112 #1496
EngineeringField #647 of 6,636 19.0%1,532 #405
Environmental ScienceField #384 of 3,551 24.9%475 #536
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #437 of 3,409 23.0%445 #569
MedicineField #1,480 of 10,443 18.1%673 #3220
Social SciencesDomain #1,499 of 10,521 21.2%842 #1588
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #713 of 3,579 18.6%457 #1501
Materials ScienceField #493 of 2,468 17.9%352 #478

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tarbiat Modares 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#691 #835
  2. Health Sciences#1,636 #843
  3. Life Sciences#1,496 #731
  4. Engineering#405 #647
  5. Environmental Science#536 #384
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#569 #437
  7. Medicine#3,220 #1,480
  8. Social Sciences#1,588 #1,499
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,501 #713
  10. Materials Science#478 #493
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 Tarbiat Modares University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Parasitology takes 4.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ParasitologySubfield · 27.8 works4.4×
  2. Analytical ChemistrySubfield · 48.3 works4.2×
  3. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 94.7 works3.0×
  4. CatalysisSubfield · 25.8 works2.9×
  5. BiomaterialsSubfield · 72.5 works2.8×
  6. Insect ScienceSubfield · 46.3 works2.7×
← 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: 1.56× its world share, 445 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.42× its world share, 457 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.40× its world share, 85 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.03× its world share, 101 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.15× its world share, 24 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.45× its world share, 52 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.27× its world share, 215 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 265 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 100 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.08× its world share, 115 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.69× its world share, 1,532 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.59× its world share, 475 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.67× its world share, 352 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.07× its world share, 76 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.48× its world share, 65 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 109 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 673 worksMedicineNursing: 1.05× its world share, 31 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.51× its world share, 89 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.79× its world share, 153 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 60 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.79× its world share, 102 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 128 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 309 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tarbiat Modares University?

Ranked on the composite score, Masoud Foroutan, Gholamhassan Najafi and Barat Ghobadian lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tarbiat Modares University.

  1. 1 Masoud Foroutan Iran · #40,483 worldwide 738 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Gholamhassan Najafi Iran · #48,291 worldwide 740 citations · 66 works
  3. 3 Barat Ghobadian Iran · #83,463 worldwide 690 citations · 81 works
  4. 4 Masoud Rezaei Iran · #85,800 worldwide 321 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Mohsen Parsa Moghaddam Iran · #87,420 worldwide 498 citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Ali Husseinzadeh Kashan Iran · #94,647 worldwide 252 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Mir F. Mousavi Iran · #105,886 worldwide 426 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Mohammad Kazem Sheikh‐El‐Eslami Iran · #107,926 worldwide 361 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Ali Morsali Iran · #130,117 worldwide 840 citations · 105 works
  10. 10 H. Assadi Iran · #145,775 worldwide 362 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Tarbiat Modares University

Which keywords describe research at Tarbiat Modares University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Nanoparticles, Biomedical Applications, Drug Delivery, Nanomaterials, Mechanical Properties, Remote Sensing and Catalysis.

▲ 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 Change253▲ 1.56×88 topics
  2. Machine Learning211◆ 1.07×79 topics
  3. Nanoparticles180▲ 2.4×41 topics
  4. Epidemiology179▼ 0.75×120 topics
  5. Sustainability179▲ 1.22×70 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications176▲ 2.5×35 topics
  7. Deep Learning170▼ 0.83×68 topics
  8. Remote Sensing143▲ 1.93×34 topics
  9. Nanomaterials142▲ 2.2×20 topics
  10. Mechanical Properties137▲ 2.3×35 topics
  11. Environmental Impact130▲ 1.27×53 topics
  12. Cancer128▲ 1.58×57 topics
  13. Renewable Energy123▲ 1.42×43 topics
  14. Drug Delivery119▲ 3.6×16 topics
  15. Oxidative Stress117▲ 1.19×60 topics
  16. Catalysis114▲ 2.9×27 topics
  17. Nanocomposites104▲ 2.1×20 topics
  18. Graphene99▲ 2.4×11 topics
  19. Tissue Engineering98▲ 2.6×13 topics
  20. Energy Efficiency82▲ 1.44×34 topics
  21. Antioxidant77▲ 1.87×47 topics
  22. Heat Transfer73▲ 2.4×16 topics
  23. Gene Expression72▲ 1.96×19 topics
  24. Biosensors71▲ 2.3×12 topics
  25. Water Resources70▲ 4.8×9 topics
  26. Land Use Change68▲ 3.7×7 topics
  27. Metal-Organic Frameworks62▲ 2.5×6 topics
  28. Toxicity60▲ 2.3×18 topics
  29. Hydrological Modeling55▲ 3.9×5 topics
  30. Ionic Liquids51▲ 3.0×10 topics
  31. Sediment Transport51▲ 5.3×6 topics
  32. Vibration Analysis48▲ 3.0×8 topics
  33. Metal Recovery47▲ 3.9×3 topics
  34. Regenerative Medicine46▲ 3.0×6 topics
  35. Biogenesis46▲ 4.3×3 topics
  36. Electrochemistry45▲ 3.2×3 topics
  37. COVID-19 Impact41▲ 4.1×5 topics
  38. CO2 Capture40▲ 4.3×5 topics
  39. Market Power34▲ 9.6×3 topics
  40. Nanofluids32▲ 6.4×2 topics

Which research topics does Tarbiat Modares University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends, Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques.

Hydrology and Watershed …27Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 27 fractional worksAviation Industry Analys…26Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends: 26 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 25 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis …24Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 24 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regu…23MicroRNA in disease regulation: 23 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 21 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 21 fractional worksMetal-Organic Frameworks…21Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications: 21 fractional worksComposite Structure Analysis and Optimization: 20 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 20 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologyGeneral Economics, Econometrics and FinanceOcean EngineeringRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment5 others

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

  1. 1 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 27 works
  2. 2 Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 26 works
  3. 3 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 25 works
  4. 4 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 24 works
  5. 5 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 23 works
  6. 6 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 21 works
  7. 7 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 21 works
  8. 8 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications Inorganic Chemistry 21 works
  9. 9 Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization Mechanics of Materials 20 works
  10. 10 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 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 available34.2%not open65.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.0%domestic only87.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tarbiat Modares University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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