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Social Psychology research in Iran

University of Tehran ranks first in Iran for Social Psychology research in 2022-now (#567 worldwide), followed by Islamic Azad University, Tehran and Tehran University of Medical Sciences.

Iran's world rank
#47
of 73 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
2.6k
Top-10% rate
7.9%
Ranked institutions
4

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Social Psychology in Iran?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of TehranTehran #5673.38.5%92
2Islamic Azad University, TehranTehran #69028.02.6%655
3Tehran University of Medical SciencesTehran #69517.08.2%87
4Iran University of Medical SciencesTehran #69713.06.6%66

Institutions in Iran above the floor of 40 fractional works in Social Psychology, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Social Psychology researchers in Iran?

Ali Derakhshan, Jalil Fathi and Majid Elahi Shirvan rank highest among researchers based in Iran, on their papers in Social Psychology that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Ali Derakhshan#555 worldwide overall30.9 of 38 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Jalil Fathi#41,678 worldwide overall10.8 of 13 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Majid Elahi Shirvan#74,594 worldwide overall9.0 of 16 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Mostafa Azari Noughabi#180,714 worldwide overall10.0 of 16 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Tahereh Heydarnejad#79,697 worldwide overall6.8 of 12 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Gholam Hassan Khajavy#169,967 worldwide overall5.9 of 13 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Afsheen Rezai#75,405 worldwide overall3.2 of 5 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Farhad Ghiasvand#162,953 worldwide overall3.0 of 3 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Afsaneh Ghanizadeh#304,817 worldwide overall4.4 of 23 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Iran on their work in Social Psychology alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Iran compares with other countries in Social Psychology