Eleven faculty members of Shiraz University have been listed among the most cited researchers in various fieldsu of humanities and social sciences.
As reported by the University Public Relations liaison, three hundred and thirty-three Iranian researchers were shortlisted as the most cited scholars in the fields of arts, humanities, and social sciences. The list includes eleven faculty members from Shiraz University.
Dr. Mohammad Namazi, Dr. Shokrollah Khajavi, and Dr. Mohammadhossein Setayesh (Professors at the Department of Accounting); Dr. Massoud Hosseinchari (Associate Professor at the Department of Educational Psychology), Dr. Bijan Khajehnoori, Dr. Asghar Mirfardi, and Dr. Ali Goli (Associate Professors at the Department of Social Sciences); Dr. Halimeh Enayat (Professor at the Department of Social Sciences); Dr. Seyyed Ayatollah Razmjoo (Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics); Dr. Shahram Ebrahimi (Associate Professor at the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology); and Dr. Rana Shaykh-Baygloo (Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography) are Shiraz University's most cited scholars in the above-mentioned fields of humanities and social sciences.
The table below shows our faculty members' areas of expertise and citation metrics:
| The Total Number of Citations | Subject Areas | Main Affiliation | Full Name | Row |
| 539 | * | Mohammad Namazi | 1 | |
| 425 | Multidisciplinary | * | Shokrollah Khajavi | 2 |
| 318 | * | Mohammadhossein Setayesh | 3 | |
| 274 | Multidisciplinary | * | Massoud Hosseinchari | 4 |
| 257 | Sociology and Political Science | * | Bijan Khajehnoori | 5 |
| 149 | Sociology and Political Science | * | Asghar Mirfardi | 6 |
| 102 | Sociology and Political Science | * | Halimeh Enayat | 7 |
| 89 | Literature and Humanities | * | Seyyed Ayatollah Razmjoo | 8 |
| 83 | Law | * | Shahram Ebrahimi | 9 |
| 81 | Other | * | Rana Shaykh Baygloo | 10 |
| 80 | Multidisciplinary | * | Ali Goli | 11 |
It is notable that the ISC Institute for Citation and Monitoring annually identifies highly-cited researchers in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. The recent report is based on the data gathered by the Institute over the period of 2011–2020 across sixteen subject areas. The main criterion for selection is the number of citations to the candidates' scientific and scholarly output in the above-mentioned fields, as well as multidisciplinary research areas.
