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Urmia University

In research, Urmia University stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,049 of 11,982 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#1,180 of 12,888 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,198 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Parasitology, Organic Chemistry and Biomaterials — Parasitology is 6.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,192
of 28,054 · #1,962 all time
Rank in Iran
#13
of 301
Research works
13k
▲ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
171k
13.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Urmia 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,049 of 11,982 13.2%777 #2418
Physical SciencesDomain #1,180 of 12,888 18.2%1,414 #1531
Life SciencesDomain #1,198 of 7,800 22.3%670 #2563
EngineeringField #1,151 of 6,636 18.4%563 #605
MedicineField #1,980 of 10,443 13.0%634 #3449
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #853 of 3,409 23.7%345 #1056
Social SciencesDomain #3,015 of 10,521 16.2%351 #4366
ChemistryField #388 of 1,330 26.0%134 #1260
Organic ChemistrySubfield #184 of 615 28.1%96 #965
Materials ScienceField #796 of 2,468 21.2%216 #1682

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Urmia 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. Health Sciences#2,418 #1,049
  2. Physical Sciences#1,531 #1,180
  3. Life Sciences#2,563 #1,198
  4. Engineering#605 #1,151
  5. Medicine#3,449 #1,980
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,056 #853
  7. Social Sciences#4,366 #3,015
  8. Chemistry#1,260 #388
  9. Organic Chemistry#965 #184
  10. Materials Science#1,682 #796
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 Urmia University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Parasitology takes 6.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ParasitologySubfield · 22.7 works6.7×
  2. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 96.4 works4.0×
  3. BiomaterialsSubfield · 54.4 works4.0×
← 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: 2.26× its world share, 345 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 201 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.96× its world share, 63 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 40 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.80× its world share, 20 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.58× its world share, 18 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.65× its world share, 134 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 94 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 33 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.58× its world share, 47 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.17× its world share, 563 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.16× its world share, 185 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.93× its world share, 216 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.88× its world share, 71 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.76× its world share, 55 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.06× its world share, 16 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.91× its world share, 77 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.03× its world share, 634 worksMedicineNursing: 2.16× its world share, 34 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.53× its world share, 15 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.52× its world share, 48 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 31 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.49× its world share, 33 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.20× its world share, 117 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 107 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Urmia University?

Ranked on the composite score, Rohollah Valizadeh, Shahram Khademvatan and Maghsud Solimanpur lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Urmia University.

  1. 1 Rohollah Valizadeh Iran · #64,942 worldwide 178 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Shahram Khademvatan Iran · #181,427 worldwide 166 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Maghsud Solimanpur Iran · #218,945 worldwide 166 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Hamid Taghavifar Iran · #314,719 worldwide 163 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Khalil Farhadi Iran · #316,495 worldwide 108 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Changiz Ghobadi Iran · #318,619 worldwide 195 citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Alireza Didarloo Iran · #339,235 worldwide 148 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Karim Sadeghi Iran · #370,425 worldwide 111 citations · 80 works
  9. 9 Aref Mardani Iran · #395,298 worldwide 113 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Saleh Yousefi Iran · #400,258 worldwide 132 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Urmia University

Which keywords describe research at Urmia University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomedical Applications, Antioxidant, Oxidative Stress, Nanocomposites, Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cancer and Tissue Engineering.

▲ 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. Epidemiology155▲ 1.22×124 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress114▲ 2.2×62 topics
  3. Biomedical Applications113▲ 3.0×30 topics
  4. Inflammation109▲ 1.63×83 topics
  5. Climate Change93◆ 1.07×71 topics
  6. Antioxidant90▲ 4.1×46 topics
  7. Nanocomposites87▲ 3.4×21 topics
  8. Cancer87▲ 2.0×54 topics
  9. Nanoparticles80▲ 1.99×38 topics
  10. Nanomaterials76▲ 2.2×17 topics
  11. Quality of Life66▲ 1.42×45 topics
  12. Tissue Engineering64▲ 3.2×12 topics
  13. Environmental Impact62◆ 1.14×45 topics
  14. Depression62▲ 2.2×25 topics
  15. Mental Health60▲ 1.28×34 topics
  16. Catalysis59▲ 2.8×25 topics
  17. Antioxidant Activity56▲ 2.8×29 topics
  18. Graphene52▲ 2.4×11 topics
  19. Drug Delivery50▲ 2.9×15 topics
  20. Antioxidants48▲ 3.3×16 topics
  21. Toxicity45▲ 3.3×20 topics
  22. Antimicrobial45▲ 5.0×13 topics
  23. Drug Discovery40▲ 5.7×11 topics
  24. Green Synthesis40▲ 6.5×4 topics
  25. Green Chemistry39▲ 6.9×10 topics
  26. Stress37▲ 3.1×9 topics
  27. Biodegradable Polymers34▲ 6.3×4 topics
  28. Organic Synthesis34▲ 9.2×9 topics
  29. Flavonoids34▲ 4.0×12 topics
  30. Self-Efficacy33▲ 3.9×10 topics
  31. Bioavailability32▲ 5.0×6 topics
  32. Biomaterials31▲ 4.2×7 topics
  33. Antimicrobial Activity28▲ 5.2×9 topics
  34. Chemoselective24▲ 8.2×3 topics
  35. Nanocatalysts24▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Multicomponent Reactions23▲ 31×4 topics
  37. Asymmetric Synthesis23▲ 13×7 topics
  38. Chitosan22▲ 8.9×2 topics
  39. Heterocyclic Synthesis22▲ 41×1 topic
  40. Isocyanides22▲ 41×1 topic

Which research topics does Urmia University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles, Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging, Health and Well-being Studies and Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions.

Multicomponent Synthesis…22Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles: 22 fractional worksNanocomposite Films for …21Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging: 21 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 20 fractional worksNanomaterials for catalytic reactions: 16 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analysis: 16 fractional worksSperm and Testicular Function: 14 fractional worksEssential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity: 14 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Antio…13Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 13 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 13 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 13 fractional works
Organic ChemistryBiomaterialsClinical PsychologyAerospace Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles Organic Chemistry 22 works
  2. 2 Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging Biomaterials 21 works
  3. 3 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 20 works
  4. 4 Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions Organic Chemistry 16 works
  5. 5 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 16 works
  6. 6 Sperm and Testicular Function Reproductive Medicine 14 works
  7. 7 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Food Science 14 works
  8. 8 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 13 works
  9. 9 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 13 works
  10. 10 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 13 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 available48.8%not open51.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.9%domestic only88.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Urmia University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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.