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University of Birjand

In research, University of Birjand stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,104 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#2,087 of 6,636 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,992 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry and Chemistry — Organic Chemistry is 5.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,791
of 28,054 · #6,970 all time
Rank in Iran
#97
of 301
Research works
4.5k
▲ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
51k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is University of Birjand 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 #3,104 of 12,888 13.0%725 #4504
EngineeringField #2,087 of 6,636 12.8%309 #3609
Social SciencesDomain #3,992 of 10,521 16.2%123 #4417
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,284 of 3,409 10.1%86 #3727
ChemistryField #928 of 1,330 19.5%64 #1520
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,759 of 2,318 9.7%78 #2724
Life SciencesDomain #6,059 of 7,800 10.9%125 #10594
Health SciencesDomain #9,708 of 11,982 10.1%90 #15127
Computer ScienceField #3,972 of 4,667 18.2%79 #4866
Environmental ScienceField #3,031 of 3,551 9.0%82 #4245

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Birjand 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#4,504 #3,104
  2. Engineering#3,609 #2,087
  3. Social Sciences#4,417 #3,992
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#3,727 #2,284
  5. Chemistry#1,520 #928
  6. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#2,724 #1,759
  7. Life Sciences#10,594 #6,059
  8. Health Sciences#15,127 #9,708
  9. Computer Science#4,866 #3,972
  10. Environmental Science#4,245 #3,031
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 University of Birjand specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 5.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 42.6 works5.3×
  2. ChemistryField · 64.0 works3.8×
← 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: 1.70× its world share, 86 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.94× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.83× its world share, 64 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.96× its world share, 79 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 22 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.70× its world share, 26 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.94× its world share, 309 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.55× its world share, 82 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.66× its world share, 62 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.01× its world share, 38 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.55× its world share, 37 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.44× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 70 worksMedicineNursing: 1.10× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.59× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 19 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 43 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Birjand?

Ranked on the composite score, ‪Heidar Raissi, Sara Sobhani and Nazar Afzali lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Birjand.

  1. 1 ‪Heidar Raissi Iran · #211,649 worldwide 165 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Sara Sobhani Iran · #465,571 worldwide 108 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Nazar Afzali Iran · #481,228 worldwide 29 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Esmaeil Hadavandi Iran · #654,963 worldwide 73 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Mehdi Mogharnasi Iran · #720,777 worldwide 12 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Mohammad Hossein Sayadi Iran · #769,779 worldwide 99 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Mohammad Hossein Aminifard Iran · #821,488 worldwide 50 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Javad Sadri Iran · #961,361 worldwide 59 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Ali Allahresani Iran · #1,003,260 worldwide 47 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Mohammad Ghasem Akbari Iran · #1,116,382 worldwide 30 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at University of Birjand

Which keywords describe research at University of Birjand?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanomaterials, Catalysis, Graphene, Climate Change, Biomedical Applications, Machine Learning, Green Chemistry and Drug Delivery.

▲ 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. Machine Learning46▲ 1.31×59 topics
  2. Climate Change44▲ 1.54×51 topics
  3. Nanomaterials42▲ 3.7×19 topics
  4. Deep Learning39◆ 1.08×59 topics
  5. Catalysis35▲ 5.0×21 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications32▲ 2.5×28 topics
  7. Graphene29▲ 4.0×10 topics
  8. Remote Sensing28▲ 2.1×23 topics
  9. Renewable Energy27▲ 1.73×31 topics
  10. Energy Efficiency22▲ 2.2×21 topics
  11. Nanocomposites22▲ 2.6×14 topics
  12. Drug Delivery22▲ 3.8×14 topics
  13. Mechanical Properties21▲ 2.0×24 topics
  14. Artificial Neural Networks19▲ 3.7×8 topics
  15. Optimization19▲ 3.8×16 topics
  16. Renewable Energy Integration18▲ 5.1×5 topics
  17. Water Splitting18▲ 4.7×4 topics
  18. Antioxidant18▲ 2.5×26 topics
  19. Toxicity17▲ 3.7×16 topics
  20. Power Electronics17▲ 4.7×7 topics
  21. Green Chemistry17▲ 8.8×9 topics
  22. Carbon Nanotubes16▲ 4.5×8 topics
  23. Metal-Organic Frameworks16▲ 3.6×4 topics
  24. Solar Energy14▲ 4.3×5 topics
  25. Support Vector Machines14▲ 4.3×7 topics
  26. Green Synthesis14▲ 7.0×4 topics
  27. Hydrogen Production14▲ 5.0×5 topics
  28. Visible Light14▲ 5.7×3 topics
  29. Organic Synthesis14▲ 11×7 topics
  30. Chemoselective13▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Water Resources13▲ 5.1×7 topics
  32. Ionic Liquids13▲ 4.3×11 topics
  33. CO2 Reduction12▲ 5.4×2 topics
  34. Methane Storage12▲ 9.1×2 topics
  35. Photocatalyst11▲ 6.0×1 topic
  36. Plasmonic11▲ 6.0×1 topic
  37. CO2 Capture11▲ 6.6×4 topics
  38. Bayesian Inference11▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Probabilistic Analysis10▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Weibull Distribution10▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Birjand publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications, Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications.

Advanced Photocatalysis …11Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 11 fractional worksStatistical Distribution…10Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications: 10 fractional worksNanomaterials for cataly…9Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions: 9 fractional worksMetal-Organic Frameworks…7Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications: 7 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 6 fractional worksSmart Grid Energy Management: 6 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…6Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 6 fractional worksGraphene and Nanomaterials Applications: 6 fractional worksOptimal Power Flow Distribution: 6 fractional worksHydrology and Drought An…6Hydrology and Drought Analysis: 6 fractional works
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentStatistics and ProbabilityOrganic ChemistryInorganic Chemistry5 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 11 works
  2. 2 Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications Statistics and Probability 10 works
  3. 3 Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions Organic Chemistry 9 works
  4. 4 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications Inorganic Chemistry 7 works
  5. 5 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 6 works
  6. 6 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  7. 7 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  8. 8 Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  9. 9 Optimal Power Flow Distribution Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  10. 10 Hydrology and Drought Analysis Global and Planetary Change 6 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 available39.1%not open60.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Birjand's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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.