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University of Qom

In research, University of Qom stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,559 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#3,093 of 6,636 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,519 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering and Astronomy and Astrophysics — Civil and Structural Engineering is 5.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,297
of 28,054 · #5,798 all time
Rank in Iran
#144
of 301
Research works
3.2k
▲ 104% vs 2013–17
Citations
33k
10.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is University of Qom 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 #4,559 of 12,888 16.0%572 #3605
EngineeringField #3,093 of 6,636 15.7%230 #4181
Social SciencesDomain #5,519 of 10,521 10.1%335 #7545
Social SciencesField #4,537 of 6,365 8.9%171 #6641
Computer ScienceField #3,595 of 4,667 18.3%85 #5360
Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield #704 of 896 14.6%64 #1424
Physics and AstronomyField #1,616 of 1,646 13.3%71 #3566

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Qom 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#3,605 #4,559
  2. Engineering#4,181 #3,093
  3. Social Sciences#7,545 #5,519
  4. Social Sciences#6,641 #4,537
  5. Computer Science#5,360 #3,595
  6. Civil and Structural Engineering#1,424 #704
  7. Physics and Astronomy#3,566 #1,616
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 Qom specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 5.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 64.3 works5.5×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 25.5 works4.9×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.46× its world share, 23 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.09× its world share, 85 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.65× its world share, 24 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.53× its world share, 230 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.97× its world share, 48 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.19× its world share, 42 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.33× its world share, 39 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.18× its world share, 71 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 43 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.55× its world share, 45 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.06× its world share, 34 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.48× its world share, 24 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.28× its world share, 27 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.09× its world share, 33 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 171 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Qom?

Ranked on the composite score, Mahmoud Nasrollahzadeh, Parisa‐Sadat Ashofteh and Mohaddeseh Sajjadi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Qom.

  1. 1 Mahmoud Nasrollahzadeh Iran · #217,898 worldwide 621 citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Parisa‐Sadat Ashofteh Iran · #345,824 worldwide 138 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Mohaddeseh Sajjadi Iran · #576,387 worldwide 196 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Akbar Tayebi Iran · #591,188 worldwide 24 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Ali Ehsani Iran · #695,229 worldwide 145 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Mohsen Javadi Iran · #716,222 worldwide 1 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Mansour Ebrahimi Iran · #772,490 worldwide 71 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Is’haaq Akbarian Iran · #896,815 worldwide 20 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Mohammad Hasan Khoshgoftar Manesh Iran · #1,079,380 worldwide 72 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Mehdi Sedighi Iran · #1,299,814 worldwide 57 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at University of Qom

Which keywords describe research at University of Qom?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pedagogy, Language Teaching, Teaching Methods, Critical Thinking, Digital Education, Tourism Development, Formative Assessment and Student Competencies.

▲ 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. Sustainability37▲ 1.51×45 topics
  2. Machine Learning35◆ 1.07×55 topics
  3. Climate Change31◆ 1.15×39 topics
  4. Pedagogy30▲ 6.1×6 topics
  5. Human Rights28▲ 2.7×37 topics
  6. Energy Storage26▲ 4.0×7 topics
  7. Renewable Energy26▲ 1.79×28 topics
  8. Language Teaching25▲ 10.0×6 topics
  9. Nanomaterials21▲ 2.0×13 topics
  10. Teaching Methods20▲ 14×4 topics
  11. Critical Thinking20▲ 21×3 topics
  12. Digital Education20▲ 15×3 topics
  13. Tourism Development20▲ 16×2 topics
  14. Formative Assessment20▲ 29×1 topic
  15. Student Competencies20▲ 39×1 topic
  16. Literature19▲ 3.5×12 topics
  17. Social Influence19▲ 8.6×3 topics
  18. Graphene18▲ 2.7×7 topics
  19. Culture18▲ 3.5×3 topics
  20. Islam18▲ 8.5×3 topics
  21. Philosophy18▲ 4.1×7 topics
  22. Ethnicity17▲ 4.4×4 topics
  23. Thermodynamic Analysis16▲ 26×3 topics
  24. Feminism16▲ 5.6×5 topics
  25. Malay Language16▲ 11×1 topic
  26. Sharia Law16▲ 11×1 topic
  27. General Relativity15▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Cosmology15▲ 23×3 topics
  29. Gender Equality15▲ 5.4×7 topics
  30. Water Resources14▲ 6.0×6 topics
  31. Finsler Geometry13▲ 107×1 topic
  32. Riemannian Manifolds13▲ 107×1 topic
  33. Secularism13▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Ottoman Empire13▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Middle East13▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Iran12▲ 29×1 topic
  37. Islamic reform12▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Waste Heat Recovery12▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Organic Rankine Cycle12▲ 54×1 topic
  40. Working Fluids12▲ 54×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Qom publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education, Innovation and Language Studies, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Advanced Differential Geometry Research and Islamic Studies and History.

Education, Innovation an…20Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 20 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…16Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 16 fractional worksAdvanced Differential Ge…13Advanced Differential Geometry Research: 13 fractional worksIslamic Studies and Hist…12Islamic Studies and History: 12 fractional worksThermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems: 12 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 10 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…9Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 9 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …9Military Technology and Strategies: 9 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…8Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 8 fractional worksComposite Structure Anal…7Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization: 7 fractional works
EducationSociology and Political ScienceAstronomy and AstrophysicsPolitical Science and International Relations5 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 20 works
  2. 2 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 16 works
  3. 3 Advanced Differential Geometry Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 13 works
  4. 4 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 12 works
  5. 5 Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems Mechanical Engineering 12 works
  6. 6 Education and Islamic Studies Education 10 works
  7. 7 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 9 works
  8. 8 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 9 works
  9. 9 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 8 works
  10. 10 Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization Mechanics of Materials 7 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 available48.6%not open51.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.5%domestic only87.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Qom's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 104% 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.

Other research institutions in Qom

All research institutions in Qom

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.