Top Institutions and Economists in Iran, as of September 2026

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There are 9374 institutions with 74391 registered authors evaluated for all the rankings
For a listing of all economics institutions in Iran, see EDIRC
For Iran, these are 47 institutions with 191 members with a total share of 183.18.

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Top institutions, all authors, all publication years

Rank	W.Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author Shares
1	[1]	Ferdowsi University of Mashhad → Faculty of Economics and Admionistrative Sciences, Mashhad, Iran	2.05	10	9.08
2	[2]	Allameh Tabataba'i University → Faculty of Economics, Tehran, Iran	2.18	11	10.80
3	[3]	Sharif University of Technology → Graduate School of Management and Economics, Tehran, Iran	2.50	12	10.95
4	[6]	Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies → Faculty of Economics, Tehran, Iran	4.24	3	3
5	[4]	University of Tehran → Faculty of Economics, Tehran, Iran	4.66	16	13.97
6	[5]	University of Tabriz → Faculty of Economics, Management and Business, Tabriz, Iran	5.31	7	7
7	[7]	University of Tehran → Faculty of Management, Tehran, Iran	6.51	5	5
8	[8]	Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, Iran	7.38	5	4
-	[-]	Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran → Monetary and Banking Research Institute, Tehran, Iran	8.85	4	3
9	[9]	University of Mazandaran → Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Babolsar, Iran	10.63	10	9.50
10	[10]	University of Sistan and Baluchestan → Faculty of Economics, Zahedan, Iran	10.82	7	5.10
-	[-]	Government of Iran → Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance → Economic Affairs Research Institute, Tehran, Iran	11.20	1	1
10	[13]	Government of Iran → Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance, Tehran, Iran	11.20	1	1

Top institutions, 10 best authors for each, publications last 10 years

Rank	W.Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author Shares
1	[2]	Allameh Tabataba'i University → Faculty of Economics, Tehran, Iran	1.66	11	10
2	[1]	Ferdowsi University of Mashhad → Faculty of Economics and Admionistrative Sciences, Mashhad, Iran	1.91	10	9.08
3	[3]	Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies → Faculty of Economics, Tehran, Iran	3.57	3	3
4	[4]	Sharif University of Technology → Graduate School of Management and Economics, Tehran, Iran	3.97	12	10
5	[5]	University of Tehran → Faculty of Management, Tehran, Iran	4.60	5	5
6	[9]	Ferdowsi University of Mashhad → Department of Agricultural Economics, Mashhad, Iran	6.60	1	1
7	[6]	University of Tabriz → Faculty of Economics, Management and Business, Tabriz, Iran	6.98	7	7
8	[8]	University of Sistan and Baluchestan → Faculty of Economics, Zahedan, Iran	7.49	7	5.10
9	[7]	University of Tehran → Faculty of Economics, Tehran, Iran	7.75	16	10
10	[10]	Ayatollah Boroujerdi University → Department of Economics, Boroujerdi City, Iran	9.01	3	3
-	[-]	Allameh Tabataba'i University → Faculty of Economics → Department of Economics, Tehran, Iran	10.38	5	3.63
11	[13]	Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, Iran	12.10	5	4

Top authors, all publications years

Rank	W.Rank	Author	Score
1	[5]	Seyed Ali Madanizadeh Sharif University of Technology → Graduate School of Management and Economics, Tehran, Iran Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran → Monetary and Banking Research Institute, Tehran, Iran	2.68
2	[2]	Omid Ranjbar Allameh Tabataba'i University → Faculty of Economics, Tehran, Iran	3.56
3	[1]	Seyed Hossein Mirjalili Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies → Faculty of Economics, Tehran, Iran	3.60
4	[4]	Saeed Solaymani Unknown	4.32
5	[7]	Firouz Fallahi University of Tabriz → Faculty of Economics, Management and Business, Tabriz, Iran	4.81
6	[3]	Aidin Salamzadeh University of Tehran → Faculty of Management, Tehran, Iran	5.45
7	[10]	محمد حسینی (Mohammad Hoseini) Institute for Management and Planning Studies (IMPS), Tehran, Iran Tehran Institute for Advanced Studies (TeIAS) → Economics and Finance Department, Tehran, Iran	8.07
8	[8]	Soheil Roudari Ferdowsi University of Mashhad → Faculty of Economics and Admionistrative Sciences, Mashhad, Iran	8.97
9	[6]	Asghar Shahmoradi University of Tehran → Faculty of Economics, Tehran, Iran	9.10
10	[15]	Mehdi Feizi Ferdowsi University of Mashhad → Faculty of Economics and Admionistrative Sciences, Mashhad, Iran	12.42
11	[14]	Hossein Mirshojaeian Hosseini Government of Iran → Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance → Economic Affairs Research Institute, Tehran, Iran	12.77
12	[11]	Emad Kazemzadeh Ferdowsi University of Mashhad → Faculty of Economics and Admionistrative Sciences, Mashhad, Iran	14.00
13	[13]	Reza Radmehr Ferdowsi University of Mashhad → Department of Agricultural Economics, Mashhad, Iran	14.55
14	[12]	Younes Nademi Ayatollah Boroujerdi University → Department of Economics, Boroujerdi City, Iran	14.55
15	[9]	Ahmad Jafari Samimi University of Mazandaran → Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Babolsar, Iran	14.72
16	[24]	Mohammad Reza Lotfalipour Ferdowsi University of Mashhad → Faculty of Economics and Admionistrative Sciences, Mashhad, Iran	16.15
17	[20]	Mohammad Vesal Sharif University of Technology → Graduate School of Management and Economics, Tehran, Iran	16.22
18	[22]	Ali Raoofi Allameh Tabataba'i University → Faculty of Economics, Tehran, Iran Allameh Tabataba'i University → Faculty of Economics → Department of Economics, Tehran, Iran	17.46
19	[23]	Nasser Khiabani Allameh Tabataba'i University → Faculty of Economics → Department of Economics, Tehran, Iran Institute for Management and Planning Studies (IMPS), Tehran, Iran	19.91
20	[18]	Maryam Farhadi Unknown	20.66
21	[21]	Mehdi Behname Ferdowsi University of Mashhad → Faculty of Economics and Admionistrative Sciences, Mashhad, Iran	22.11
22	[26]	Mohammad Hossein Rahmati Sharif University of Technology → Graduate School of Management and Economics, Tehran, Iran	22.44
23	[25]	Saleh Goltabar Unknown	22.72
24	[19]	Iman Cheratian Unknown	22.90
25	[17]	Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi Unknown	23.72
26	[16]	Shapour Mohammadi University of Tehran → Faculty of Economics, Tehran, Iran	23.98
27	[34]	Parisa Esmaeili Allameh Tabataba'i University → Faculty of Economics, Tehran, Iran	24.40
28	[29]	حسن خداویسی (Hassan Khodavaisi) Urmia University → Department of Economics, Urmia, Iran	25.59
29	[27]	Saeed Roshani Amirkabir University of Technology → Department of Management Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran	26.48
30	[35]	Javad Abedini Sharif University of Technology → Graduate School of Management and Economics, Tehran, Iran	26.83
31	[28]	Farzaneh Ahmadian Yazdi (Farzaneh Ahmadian-Yazdi) Ferdowsi University of Mashhad → Faculty of Economics and Admionistrative Sciences, Mashhad, Iran	27.97
32	[31]	Samira Heydarian University of Sistan and Baluchestan → Faculty of Economics, Zahedan, Iran	28.10
33	[33]	Mohammad Sayadi Allameh Tabataba'i University → Faculty of Economics, Tehran, Iran	28.64
34	[32]	Reza Eslamipoor Yazd University → Department of Economics, Yazd, Iran	28.75
35	[37]	Kiumars Shahbazi Urmia University → Department of Economics, Urmia, Iran	29.15
36	[36]	Sajad Barkhordari (Barkhordari Sajjad) University of Tehran → Faculty of Economics, Tehran, Iran	31.63
37	[30]	Lotfali Agheli, Dr. (Lotfali Agheli) Tarbiat Modares University → Department of Agricultural Economics, Tehran, Iran	32.66
38	[45]	Naser Amanzadeh Sharif University of Technology → Graduate School of Management and Economics, Tehran, Iran	33.82
39	[42]	Mahboubeh Jafari Shiraz University → Department of Economics, Shiraz, Iran	35.01
40	[41]	Saman Ghaderi University of Kurdistan → Department of Economics, Sanandaj, Iran	35.58
41	[43]	Amir T. Payandeh Unknown	38.66
42	[49]	Mehrdad Sepahvand Sharif University of Technology → Graduate School of Management and Economics, Tehran, Iran	40.97
43	[44]	Amir Forouharfar University of Sistan and Baluchestan → Faculty of Economics, Zahedan, Iran	41.78
44	[38]	Majid Mohammad Shafiee University of Isfahan → Faculty of Administrative Science and Economics, Isfahan, Iran	41.89
45	[40]	Saeed Yazdani University of Tehran → Department of Agricultural Economics, Tehran, Iran	42.75
46	[46]	Farhad Nili Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, Iran Sharif University of Technology → Graduate School of Management and Economics, Tehran, Iran	43.94
47	[47]	Hooman Malek, Sr. (Hm) University of Shahid Beheshti → Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Tehran, Iran	44.32
48	[73]	Mohammad Rahimi Bu-Ali Sina University → Department of Economics, Hamedan, Iran University of Sistan and Baluchestan → Faculty of Economics, Zahedan, Iran Unknown	45.99

Top authors, publications last 10 years

Rank	W.Rank	Author	Score
1	[1]	Seyed Hossein Mirjalili Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies → Faculty of Economics, Tehran, Iran	2.97
2	[4]	Omid Ranjbar Allameh Tabataba'i University → Faculty of Economics, Tehran, Iran	3.18
3	[2]	Aidin Salamzadeh University of Tehran → Faculty of Management, Tehran, Iran	3.51
4	[3]	Saeed Solaymani Unknown	3.90
5	[5]	Soheil Roudari Ferdowsi University of Mashhad → Faculty of Economics and Admionistrative Sciences, Mashhad, Iran	4.95
6	[7]	Reza Radmehr Ferdowsi University of Mashhad → Department of Agricultural Economics, Mashhad, Iran	6.83
7	[6]	Emad Kazemzadeh Ferdowsi University of Mashhad → Faculty of Economics and Admionistrative Sciences, Mashhad, Iran	7.64
8	[8]	Ali Raoofi Allameh Tabataba'i University → Faculty of Economics, Tehran, Iran Allameh Tabataba'i University → Faculty of Economics → Department of Economics, Tehran, Iran	7.89
9	[9]	Seyed Ali Madanizadeh Sharif University of Technology → Graduate School of Management and Economics, Tehran, Iran Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran → Monetary and Banking Research Institute, Tehran, Iran	7.94
10	[10]	Mehdi Feizi Ferdowsi University of Mashhad → Faculty of Economics and Admionistrative Sciences, Mashhad, Iran	9.35
11	[11]	محمد حسینی (Mohammad Hoseini) Institute for Management and Planning Studies (IMPS), Tehran, Iran Tehran Institute for Advanced Studies (TeIAS) → Economics and Finance Department, Tehran, Iran	9.98
12	[12]	Younes Nademi Ayatollah Boroujerdi University → Department of Economics, Boroujerdi City, Iran	12.41
13	[13]	Firouz Fallahi University of Tabriz → Faculty of Economics, Management and Business, Tabriz, Iran	12.62
14	[14]	Parisa Esmaeili Allameh Tabataba'i University → Faculty of Economics, Tehran, Iran	13.88
15	[19]	Saleh Goltabar Unknown	14.73
16	[20]	Samira Heydarian University of Sistan and Baluchestan → Faculty of Economics, Zahedan, Iran	14.74
17	[16]	Iman Cheratian Unknown	14.99
18	[17]	Farzaneh Ahmadian Yazdi (Farzaneh Ahmadian-Yazdi) Ferdowsi University of Mashhad → Faculty of Economics and Admionistrative Sciences, Mashhad, Iran	15.81
19	[22]	Mohammad Vesal Sharif University of Technology → Graduate School of Management and Economics, Tehran, Iran	15.91
20	[15]	Saeed Roshani Amirkabir University of Technology → Department of Management Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran	16.25
21	[21]	Mohammad Sayadi Allameh Tabataba'i University → Faculty of Economics, Tehran, Iran	17.05
22	[18]	Reza Eslamipoor Yazd University → Department of Economics, Yazd, Iran	17.09
23	[23]	Lotfali Agheli, Dr. (Lotfali Agheli) Tarbiat Modares University → Department of Agricultural Economics, Tehran, Iran	23.82
24	[26]	Mohammad Hossein Rahmati Sharif University of Technology → Graduate School of Management and Economics, Tehran, Iran	24.27
25	[25]	Amir Forouharfar University of Sistan and Baluchestan → Faculty of Economics, Zahedan, Iran	25.47
26	[32]	Mahboubeh Jafari Shiraz University → Department of Economics, Shiraz, Iran	26.57
27	[35]	Naser Amanzadeh Sharif University of Technology → Graduate School of Management and Economics, Tehran, Iran	26.89
28	[27]	Mehdi Behname Ferdowsi University of Mashhad → Faculty of Economics and Admionistrative Sciences, Mashhad, Iran	27.23
29	[24]	Majid Mohammad Shafiee University of Isfahan → Faculty of Administrative Science and Economics, Isfahan, Iran	27.37
30	[33]	Farhad Fatemian Islamic Azad University → Central Tehran Branch → Faculty of Management and Economics, Tehran, Iran	28.08
31	[28]	Sajad Barkhordari (Barkhordari Sajjad) University of Tehran → Faculty of Economics, Tehran, Iran	28.48
32	[31]	Musa Khoshkalam Khosroshahi Alzahra University → Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics, Tehran, Iran	29.01
33	[34]	Kiumars Shahbazi Urmia University → Department of Economics, Urmia, Iran	29.19
34	[29]	Hossein Asgharpur University of Tabriz → Faculty of Economics, Management and Business, Tabriz, Iran	34.68
35	[40]	Arian Daneshmand Allameh Tabataba'i University → Faculty of Economics, Tehran, Iran	35.76
36	[39]	Kazem Biabany Khameneh Tarbiat Modares University → Faculty of Management and Economics, Tehran, Iran	36.77
37	[43]	Farhad Nili Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, Iran Sharif University of Technology → Graduate School of Management and Economics, Tehran, Iran	37.46
38	[36]	Shapour Mohammadi University of Tehran → Faculty of Economics, Tehran, Iran	37.80
39	[42]	Hossein Tavakolian Allameh Tabataba'i University → Faculty of Economics, Tehran, Iran Allameh Tabataba'i University → Faculty of Economics → Department of Economics, Tehran, Iran	38.03
40	[38]	Kamran Kheiralipour Unknown	38.04
41	[30]	Asghar Shahmoradi University of Tehran → Faculty of Economics, Tehran, Iran	39.19
42	[41]	Hamed Nozari Unknown	40.60
43	[46]	Amineh Mahmoudzadeh Sharif University of Technology → Graduate School of Management and Economics, Tehran, Iran	44.88
44	[47]	Saeed Malek Sadati Ferdowsi University of Mashhad → Faculty of Economics and Admionistrative Sciences, Mashhad, Iran	45.01
45	[45]	Majid Mahmoodi University of Sistan and Baluchestan → Faculty of Economics, Zahedan, Iran Unknown	45.24
46	[48]	Ebrahim Rezaei Unknown	45.64
47	[52]	Ehsan Chitsaz University of Tehran → Faculty of Entrepreneurship, Tehran, Iran	47.14
48	[53]	Ali Reza Oryoie University of Tehran → Faculty of Economics, Tehran, Iran	47.38

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Citations from CitEc project by José Manuel Barrueco Cruz, University of Valencia, Spain. Hardware provided by Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE), Valencia, Spain.
Abstract views and downloads statistics from LogEc project by Sune Karlsson, Örebro University, Sweden.
Author registration, institution database, and ranking computations by Christian Zimmermann.
RePEc has been initiated by Thomas Krichel.

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