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title: "Tehran University of Medical Sciences: research profile"
description: "Research profile of Tehran University of Medical Sciences: 130 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly health economics and policy and AI; h-index 827."
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# Tehran University of Medical Sciences

- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- country: Iran
- web domain: tums.ac.ir

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions.md

## Key findings

- Tehran University of Medical Sciences was involved in 3 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #665 of 3,809 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in International Journal for Equity in Health (1), BMC Medical Research Methodology (1) and Health Research Policy and Systems (1).
- Countries: Iran (3) and Italy (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Tehran University of Medical Sciences took part in 130 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in health economics and policy (112), AI (9) and statistics (3).
- 23 of them were published in 2025, against 6 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Iran University of Medical Sciences (21), Health Equity Research Center (17) and Lorestan University of Medical Sciences (9).
- The journals publishing most of them were Health Research Policy and Systems (19), Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation (17) and Health Economics Review (13).
- The most-cited of them is “A knowledge-based system for breast cancer classification using fuzzy logic method” (Telematics and Informatics, 2017), with 231 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Tehran University of Medical Sciences has 122,347 works with 7,148,699 citations (h-index 827).
- The tracked journals hold 114 of its 73,726 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (0.2%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (2,486), Nutritional Studies and Diet (2,127) and Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (2,036).

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 14 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 23 | 16 |

## Where the papers come from and its co-authors

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Health Research Policy and Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-research-policy-and-systems.md) | 19 |
| 2 | [Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/cost-effectiveness-and-resource-allocation.md) | 17 |
| 3 | [Health Economics Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-economics-review.md) | 13 |
| 4 | [Health Policy and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy-and-technology.md) | 6 |
| 5 | [Journal of Public Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-health-policy.md) | 2 |
| 6 | [Neural Computing and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-computing-and-applications.md) | 2 |
| 7 | [Health Policy OPEN](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy-open.md) | 2 |
| 8 | [Applied Health Economics and Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/applied-health-economics-and-health-policy.md) | 1 |
| 9 | [The European Journal of Health Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-european-journal-of-health-economics.md) | 1 |
| 10 | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | 1 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Iran University of Medical Sciences | 21 |
| 2 | Health Equity Research Center | 17 |
| 3 | Lorestan University of Medical Sciences | 9 |
| 4 | Shiraz University of Medical Sciences | 7 |
| 5 | Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences | 6 |
| 6 | Tabriz University of Medical Sciences | 6 |
| 7 | Ministry of Health and Medical Education | 5 |
| 8 | Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences | 5 |
| 9 | Isfahan University of Medical Sciences | 4 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Iran | 67 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 14 |
| 3 | Australia | 4 |
| 4 | Italy | 4 |
| 5 | Hungary | 3 |
| 6 | United States | 3 |
| 7 | Canada | 2 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 2 |
| 9 | Afghanistan | 1 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 1 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Iran | 29 |
| 2 | [health technology assessment](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/health-technology-assessment.md) | 13 |
| 3 | [cost-effectiveness](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/cost-effectiveness.md) | 10 |
| 4 | [quality-adjusted life years](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/quality-adjusted-life-years.md) | 7 |
| 5 | [health policy](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/health-policy.md) | 5 |
| 6 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 4 |
| 7 | [artificial intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/artificial-intelligence.md) | 4 |
| 8 | [health equity](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/health-equity.md) | 4 |
| 9 | [resource allocation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/resource-allocation.md) | 4 |
| 10 | [willingness to pay](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/willingness-to-pay.md) | 4 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 231 | 2.0 | [A knowledge-based system for breast cancer classification using fuzzy logic method](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2017.01.007) | [Telematics and Informatics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/telematics-and-informatics.md) | 2017-01-19 | Mehrbakhsh Nilashi, Othman Ibrahim, Hossein Ahmadi et al. |
| 2 | 95 | 1.6 | [Application of mobile health to support the elderly during the COVID-19 outbreak: A systematic review](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2022.100595) | [Health Policy and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy-and-technology.md) | 2022-01-07 | Sara Abbaspur-Behbahani, Elham Monaghesh, Alireza Hajizadeh et al. |
| 3 | 93 | 1.3 | [Cost per DALY averted in low, middle- and high-income countries: evidence from the global burden of disease study to estimate the cost-effectiveness thresholds](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12962-021-00260-0) | [Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/cost-effectiveness-and-resource-allocation.md) | 2021-02-04 | Rajabali Daroudi, Ali Akbari Sari, Azin Nahvijou et al. |
| 4 | 74 | 1.0 | [Remote tracking of Parkinson's Disease progression using ensembles of Deep Belief Network and Self-Organizing Map](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2020.113562) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 2020-05-15 | Mehrbakhsh Nilashi, Hossein Ahmadi, Abbas Sheikhtaheri et al. |
| 5 | 69 | 1.0 | [COVID-19 on Instagram: A content analysis of selected accounts](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2020.10.016) | [Health Policy and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy-and-technology.md) | 2020-11-05 | Fatemeh Niknam, Mahnaz Samadbeik, Farhad Fatehi et al. |
| 6 | 59 | 0.6 | [Accessible, stable, and equitable health service network redesign: A robust mixed possibilistic-flexible approach](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2018.01.006) | [Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-e-logistics-and-transportation-review.md) | 2018-01-23 | Mohammad Mousazadeh, S. Ali Torabi, Mir Saman Pishvaee et al. |
| 7 | 56 | 1.1 | [Health workforce retention in low-income settings: an application of the Root Stem Model](https://doi.org/10.1057/s41271-022-00361-x) | [Journal of Public Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-health-policy.md) | 2022-08-17 | Rangarirai Makuku, Ali Mohammad Mosadeghrad |
| 8 | 48 | 0.5 | [Neonatal intensive care decision support systems using artificial intelligence techniques: a systematic review](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10462-018-9635-1) | [Artificial Intelligence Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/artificial-intelligence-review.md) | 2018-05-22 | Jaleh Shoshtarian Malak, Hojjat Zeraati, Fatemeh Nayeri et al. |
| 9 | 47 | 0.5 | [The moderating effect of hospital size on inter and intra-organizational factors of Hospital Information System adoption](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2018.05.021) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2018-05-31 | Hossein Ahmadi, Mehrbakhsh Nilashi, Leila Shahmoradi et al. |
| 10 | 45 | 1.3 | [The application of artificial intelligence in health financing: a scoping review](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12962-023-00492-2) | [Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/cost-effectiveness-and-resource-allocation.md) | 2023-11-06 | Maryam Ramezani, Amirhossein Takian, Ahad Bakhtiari et al. |

## In OpenAlex

*Tehran University of Medical Sciences in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Tehran, Iran |
| Also known as | TUMS, دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 24 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 122,347 |
| Citations | 7,148,699 |
| h-index | 827 |
| i10-index | 130,388 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 6.74 |
| Website | [tums.ac.ir](https://tums.ac.ir/) |
| ROR | [ror.org/01c4pz451](https://ror.org/01c4pz451) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I70640408](https://openalex.org/I70640408) |

*Works and citations per year in OpenAlex, and its papers in the tracked journals*

| Year | Works in OpenAlex | Citations received | In the tracked journals | Share |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 2026 (so far) | 5,962 | 169,659 | 16 | 0.3% |
| 2025 | 8,536 | 241,840 | 23 | 0.3% |
| 2024 | 8,672 | 244,472 | 15 | 0.2% |
| 2023 | 8,228 | 229,237 | 13 | 0.2% |
| 2022 | 8,469 | 216,908 | 17 | 0.2% |
| 2021 | 9,219 | 204,493 | 15 | 0.2% |
| 2020 | 8,997 | 160,733 | 10 | 0.1% |
| 2019 | 7,520 | 117,089 | 7 | 0.1% |
| 2018 | 7,064 | 95,067 | 8 | 0.1% |
| 2017 | 7,021 | 78,531 | 6 | 0.1% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies | Medicine | 2,486 |
| 2 | Nutritional Studies and Diet | Medicine | 2,127 |
| 3 | Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery | Materials Science | 2,036 |
| 4 | Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies | Medicine | 1,891 |
| 5 | Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins | Medicine | 1,888 |

From OpenAlex's own record of the institution (CC0), read again monthly. Works and citations count everything OpenAlex indexes, not only the tracked journals; topics are OpenAlex's classification of those works.

*Papers, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-26 | [Financial hardship in health in Iran during 2016 to 2024: an inequality analysis](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-026-03091-8) | [International Journal for Equity in Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-for-equity-in-health.md) | Abdoreza Mousavi, Ali Akbar Fazaeli, Ali Akbari Sari et al. | Tehran University of Medical Sciences; Shahid Beheshti University; Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences |
| 2026-10-21 | [A unified likelihood approach for progressive multistate frailty models under double censoring: application to retinopathy of prematurity](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03042-5) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Aniseh Dadgar, Hojjat Zeraati, Fatemeh Bazvand et al. | Tehran University of Medical Sciences; Farabi Hospital |
| 2026-10-06 | [Challenges of parliamentary engagement in health policymaking in Iran: a qualitative study using Gaventa’s power cube framework](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-026-01542-w) | [Health Research Policy and Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-research-policy-and-systems.md) | Meysam Behzadifar, Banafshe Darvishi Teli, Ahad Bakhtiari et al. | Lorestan University of Medical Sciences; Health Equity Research Center; Tehran University of Medical Sciences; … |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tehran-university-of-medical-sciences

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  title = {Tehran University of Medical Sciences},
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  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tehran-university-of-medical-sciences}},
  urldate = {2026-11-03},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).