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University of Hormozgan

In research, University of Hormozgan stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,251 of 12,888 worldwide), Environmental Science (#2,170 of 3,551 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,027 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Global and Planetary Change — Global and Planetary Change is 5.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,984
of 28,054 · #10,451 all time
Rank in Iran
#136
of 301
Research works
2k
▲ 71% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
12.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is University of Hormozgan 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 #5,251 of 12,888 18.6%308 #7667
Environmental ScienceField #2,170 of 3,551 24.4%79 #3864
Life SciencesDomain #5,027 of 7,800 22.6%120 #8442
EngineeringField #4,415 of 6,636 19.9%94 #5889
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,294 of 3,409 22.7%78 #3267
Social SciencesDomain #8,418 of 10,521 14.4%86 #11051

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Hormozgan 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#7,667 #5,251
  2. Environmental Science#3,864 #2,170
  3. Life Sciences#8,442 #5,027
  4. Engineering#5,889 #4,415
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#3,267 #2,294
  6. Social Sciences#11,051 #8,418
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 Hormozgan specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Global and Planetary Change takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 24.6 works5.8×
← 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: 2.97× its world share, 78 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.06× its world share, 31 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.93× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.39× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.52× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.52× its world share, 13 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.10× its world share, 36 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.04× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.13× its world share, 94 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.86× its world share, 79 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.34× its world share, 26 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.35× its world share, 22 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.73× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 1.47× its world share, 4 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.69× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.87× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.78× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Hormozgan?

Ranked on the composite score, Fakhrodin Mohammadi, Iman Sourinejad and Zahra Ghasemi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Hormozgan.

  1. 1 Fakhrodin Mohammadi Iran · #712,733 worldwide 74 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Iman Sourinejad Iran · #788,416 worldwide 39 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Zahra Ghasemi Iran · #912,391 worldwide 54 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Ehsan Kamrani Iran · #1,064,416 worldwide 55 citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Mohsen Safaie Iran · #1,174,577 worldwide 26 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Morteza Yousefzadi Iran · #1,307,194 worldwide 11 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Somayeh Rastegar Iran · #1,509,828 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Eghbal Zarei Iran · #1,532,127 worldwide 4 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Hamid Gholami Iran · #1,552,913 worldwide 22 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Hossein Malakooti Iran · #1,596,428 worldwide 22 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at University of Hormozgan

Which keywords describe research at University of Hormozgan?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Environmental Impact, Global Warming, Conservation, Aquaculture, Horticultural Crops and Biomedical Applications.

▲ 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 Change53▲ 3.6×52 topics
  2. Environmental Impact25▲ 2.6×31 topics
  3. Remote Sensing24▲ 3.5×22 topics
  4. Mental Health16▲ 2.0×20 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications16▲ 2.4×25 topics
  6. Global Warming14▲ 6.1×7 topics
  7. Nanoparticles13▲ 1.90×18 topics
  8. Conservation13▲ 5.3×8 topics
  9. Biodiversity12▲ 3.0×14 topics
  10. Antioxidant Activity11▲ 3.1×15 topics
  11. Antioxidant11▲ 2.8×22 topics
  12. Aquaculture10▲ 7.2×6 topics
  13. Toxicity10▲ 4.2×12 topics
  14. Horticultural Crops10▲ 24×3 topics
  15. Genetic Diversity9▲ 3.8×11 topics
  16. Antioxidants9▲ 3.7×10 topics
  17. Antimicrobial9▲ 5.8×6 topics
  18. Genetic Regulation8▲ 9.4×3 topics
  19. Bayesian Inference8▲ 16×4 topics
  20. Sediment Transport8▲ 9.1×4 topics
  21. Stress8▲ 3.9×6 topics
  22. Freshwater8▲ 30×2 topics
  23. Aroma Compounds8▲ 15×3 topics
  24. Greenhouse Gas Emissions8▲ 5.0×4 topics
  25. Hydrological Cycle8▲ 14×2 topics
  26. Weibull Distribution7▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Biogeography7▲ 5.0×8 topics
  28. Marine Environment7▲ 9.0×3 topics
  29. Polyphenols7▲ 7.2×6 topics
  30. Plant Hormones7▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Ocean Circulation7▲ 9.5×3 topics
  32. Modified Atmosphere Packaging7▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Cytotoxicity6▲ 8.7×6 topics
  34. Generalized Exponential6▲ 68×1 topic
  35. Skew Distributions6▲ 68×1 topic
  36. DNA Barcoding6▲ 6.8×4 topics
  37. Ethylene Biosynthesis6▲ 39×1 topic
  38. Fruit Ripening6▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Biosynthesis6▲ 7.0×4 topics
  40. Nutritional Significance6▲ 7.0×4 topics

Which research topics does University of Hormozgan publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications, Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management, Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications and Climate variability and models.

Statistical Distribution…6Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications: 6 fractional worksPostharvest Quality and …6Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management: 6 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 5 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 5 fractional worksHydrology and Drought Analysis: 4 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology Studies: 4 fractional worksPlant Physiology and Cultivation Studies: 4 fractional worksAeolian processes and ef…4Aeolian processes and effects: 4 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 4 fractional worksCrustacean biology and ecology: 4 fractional works
Statistics and ProbabilityPlant ScienceMaterials ChemistryGlobal and Planetary Change3 others

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

  1. 1 Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications Statistics and Probability 6 works
  2. 2 Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management Plant Science 6 works
  3. 3 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 5 works
  4. 4 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  5. 5 Hydrology and Drought Analysis Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  6. 6 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 4 works
  7. 7 Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies Plant Science 4 works
  8. 8 Aeolian processes and effects Earth-Surface Processes 4 works
  9. 9 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 4 works
  10. 10 Crustacean biology and ecology Ecology 4 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 available43.6%not open56.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.7%domestic only83.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Hormozgan's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 71% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
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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.