Question 1

What is Urmia University known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Urmia University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,647 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#3,845 of 5,901 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,249 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Parasitology and Biomaterials (Parasitology is 7.1× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Urmia University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Urmia University ranks #5,727 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#13,248 all time), and #27 of 208 in Iran.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Urmia University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Ata Chitsaz, Ata Chitsaz and Soroush Soraneh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Urmia University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Urmia University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Urmia University is "Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017" (Christina Fitzmaurice et al., 2019), with 2,699 citations. Next come "Application of deep learning technique to manage COVID-19 in routine clinical practice using CT images: Results of 10 convolutional neural networks" (882) and "Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (762).

Question 5

Which research topics does Urmia University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging, Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles, Health and Well-being Studies and Sperm and Testicular Function.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Urmia University?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

Which fields of science does Urmia University work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Urmia University is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (20%), Engineering (17%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Question 8

Is Urmia University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% lower than in 2018-2021.