Top-cited scientists by field in Iran

16 fields · 101 subfields · Iran

In which fields are the top 2% scientists in Iran?

2,678 researchers whose current affiliation is in Iran are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list, across 16 fields and 101 subfields. Clinical Medicine has the most (978, 36.5%), followed by Chemistry (440) and Engineering (361); the largest subfield is General & Internal Medicine (464). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Field and subfieldListed authorsShareTop 100kHighest-ranked author
Clinical Medicine · 978 listed authors (36.5%)
General & Internal Medicine46417.3%69Amiri, Sohrab #3,370
Pharmacology & Pharmacy1636.1%29Abdollahi, Mohammad #6,583
Oncology & Carcinogenesis291.1%11Mirzaei, Hamed Reza #7,137
Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine250.9%3Jenabi, Ensiyeh #41,933
Neurology & Neurosurgery240.9%5Asadi-Pooya, Ali Akbar #5,283
Endocrinology & Metabolism160.6%9Azizi, Fereidoun #3,664
Ophthalmology & Optometry160.6%2Hashemi, Hassan #43,939
Dentistry150.6%2Asgary, Saeed #24,654
Immunology130.5%6Rezaei, Nima A. #2,363
Tropical Medicine100.4%1Abbasi, Ebrahim #98,618
General Clinical Medicine90.3%0Movahedpour, Ahmad #189,103
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases80.3%0Tavakolpour, Soheil #153,115
Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging80.3%0Shalbaf, Ahmad #183,830
Cardiovascular System & Hematology70.3%4Sarrafzadegan, Nizal S. #20,852
Gastroenterology & Hepatology70.3%1Zali, Mohammad Reza #61,682
Environmental & Occupational Health60.2%0Mohammadfam, Iraj M. #243,626
Psychiatry50.2%4Akhondzadeh, Shahin H. #27,331
Urology & Nephrology50.2%1Safarinejad, Mohammad Reza #64,563
Orthopedics40.1%0Dommerholt, Jan D. #191,841
Surgery40.1%0Geramizadeh, Bita #160,938
Emergency & Critical Care Medicine30.1%1Yousefifard, Mahmoud #73,251
Anesthesiology20.1%0Imani, Farnad #237,359
Complementary & Alternative Medicine20.1%0Hashempur, Mohammad Hashem #183,528
Respiratory System20.1%0Hashemian, Seyed Mohammad Reza #149,026
Sport Sciences20.1%0Asadi, Abbas #126,258
Arthritis & Rheumatology10.0%1Davatchi, Fereydoun #76,611
Otorhinolaryngology10.0%0Saki, Nader #284,109
Chemistry · 440 listed authors (16.4%)
Analytical Chemistry1164.3%33Ghaedi, Mehrorang #10,837
Polymers893.3%34Saberi-Riseh, Roohallah #8,538
Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry803.0%13Sahebkar, Amirhossein #157
Organic Chemistry742.8%19Nasrollahzadeh, Mahmoud #4,136
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry461.7%10Shariatinia, Zahra #4,305
General Chemistry190.7%1Saboury, Ali Akbar #30,553
Engineering · 361 listed authors (13.5%)
Mechanical Engineering & Transports1114.1%37Sheikholeslami, Mohsen #691
Chemical Engineering702.6%30Mahmoodi, Niyaz Mohammad #2,375
Electrical & Electronic Engineering552.1%6Babaei, Ebrahim #16,783
Environmental Engineering301.1%12Nourani, Vahid #10,478
Civil Engineering250.9%8Kaveh, Ali #405
Geological & Geomatics Engineering250.9%13Sharifi, Alireza #10,989
Operations Research170.6%7Taleizadeh, A. A. #14,108
Biomedical Engineering150.6%3Kharaziha, Mahshid #46,861
Mining & Metallurgy140.5%0Rashchi, Fereshteh #175,472
Industrial Engineering & Automation100.4%5Shojaei, K. #29,546
Aerospace & Aeronautics10.0%0Bahrami, Mohsen #247,537
Enabling & Strategic Technologies · 324 listed authors (12.1%)
Energy1766.6%73Rezaee Jordehi, Ahmad #2,780
Materials1124.2%38Salavati-Niasari, Masoud #1,425
Optoelectronics & Photonics220.8%4Rezazadeh, Hadi #21,329
Biotechnology160.6%3Homaei, Ahmad #29,480
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology110.4%11Iravani, Siavash #570
Strategic, Defence & Security Studies10.0%0Yaghmaei-Sabegh, Saman #190,597
Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry · 136 listed authors (5.1%)
Food Science722.7%40Jafari, Seid Mahdi #440
Fisheries180.7%4Hossein Hoseinifar, Seyed Hossein #18,935
Agronomy & Agriculture170.6%6Etesami, Hassan #2,669
Veterinary Sciences110.4%1Oryan, Ahmad #24,305
Dairy & Animal Science80.3%1Mohammadabadi, Mohammadreza Reza Mohammad #25,575
Forestry30.1%0Kooch, Yahya #200,354
Horticulture20.1%1Aghdam, Morteza Soleimani #26,394
Physics & Astronomy · 108 listed authors (4.0%)
Applied Physics521.9%15Akhavan, Omid #2,090
Chemical Physics361.3%17Nezamzadeh-Ejhieh, Alireza R. #9,046
Nuclear & Particle Physics210.8%10Sheykhi, Ahmad #10,636
Optics60.2%1Mirzazadeh, M. A. #50,655
Acoustics50.2%0Aghababa, Mohammad Pourmahmood #147,988
General Physics50.2%1Ghanbari, Behzad #19,731
Fluids & Plasmas20.1%1Jafari, Sajad S. #70,040
Mathematical Physics10.0%0Beigi, Salman #287,334
Information & Communication Technologies · 91 listed authors (3.4%)
Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing532.0%22Gharehchopogh, Farhad Soleimanian #1,320
Networking & Telecommunications250.9%5Hosseinzadeh, Mehdi #1,722
Distributed Computing90.3%2Ghobaei-Arani, Mostafa #32,693
Medical Informatics70.3%2Sheikhtaheri, Abbas #48,038
Computation Theory & Mathematics10.0%0Akbari, Saieed #256,223
Biomedical Research · 73 listed authors (2.7%)
Microbiology421.6%9Behzadi, Payam #20,298
Nutrition & Dietetics311.2%8Asemi, Zatollah #15,656
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology301.1%10Mortezaee, Keywan #3,644
Mycology & Parasitology150.6%2Daryani, Ahamd #39,079
Biophysics90.3%2Chamani, Jamshidkhan #62,710
Toxicology80.3%0Mehri, Freshteh #139,580
Virology30.1%1Bolhassani, Azam #35,739
Developmental Biology20.1%2Mostafavi, Sara Mostafa #60,186
Genetics & Heredity10.0%0Najmabadi, Hossein #289,216
Earth & Environmental Sciences · 43 listed authors (1.6%)
Environmental Sciences391.5%30Pourghasemi, Hamid Reza #3,098
Geochemistry & Geophysics40.1%1Yousefi, Mahyar #72,239
Geology20.1%0Mehrabi, Hamzeh #189,883
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences20.1%1Alizadeh, Omid #24,165
Biology · 34 listed authors (1.3%)
Plant Biology & Botany341.3%11Ghorbanpour, Mansour #13,070
Entomology40.1%0Ebadollahi, Asgar #167,973
Mathematics & Statistics · 31 listed authors (1.2%)
General Mathematics130.5%2Jafari, Hossein #18,543
Numerical & Computational Mathematics120.4%4Dehghan, M. #4,212
Applied Mathematics60.2%2Rezapour, Shahram #41,500
Public Health & Health Services · 19 listed authors (0.7%)
Nursing331.2%1Hasankhani, Hadi #74,281
Public Health10.0%0Yoosefi lebni, Javad #155,274
Rehabilitation10.0%0Nakhostin Ansari, Noureddin #152,817
Substance Abuse10.0%1Armoon, Bahram #69,995
Built Environment & Design · 14 listed authors (0.5%)
Building & Construction130.5%5Arabani, Mahyar P. #20,518
Design Practice & Management20.1%0Safarpour, Mehran #293,103
Urban & Regional Planning20.1%2Khavarian-Garmsir, Amir Reza #68,086
Economics & Business · 12 listed authors (0.4%)
Business & Management80.3%8Salehi, Mahdi #25,743
Logistics & Transportation20.1%1Keshavarz-Ghorabaee, Mehdi #13,467
Economics10.0%1Rasoulinezhad, Ehsan #17,357
Social Sciences · 9 listed authors (0.3%)
Education100.4%7Namaziandost, Ehsan #56,760
Information & Library Sciences30.1%0Ramazi, Shahin #230,785
Communication & Textual Studies · 5 listed authors (0.2%)
Languages & Linguistics40.1%3Derakhshan, Ali #713

2,678 listed scientists in Iran

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