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![Amir Masoud Rahmani](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/33/293843.jpg)
Internet of Things
Artificial intelligence
Cloud/Fog computing
Big data
Machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,283
10,776
0.811
![Ali Rahimi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1d/301957.jpg)
computer
systems
psychology
management
mechanic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,183
8,101
0.534
![Farhad Soleimanian Gharehchopogh|F.S. Gharehchopogh, فرهاد سلیمانیان قره چپق](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a3/348974.jpg)
Metaheuristics
Swarm Intelligence
Data Mining
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,815
6,840
0.875
![Mojtaba Ahmadi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/88/411954.jpg)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,069
6,446
0.582
![Mostafa Ghobaei Arani](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5e/426702.jpg)
Distributed Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,520
4,214
0.932
![Abdolreza Hatamlou](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,306
4,167
0.785
![Mohammad Masdari](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2e/449187.jpg)
Computer Networks
Cloud Computing
Security
Distributed Systems
Optimization algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,466
3,868
0.866
![Mohammad H Nadimi Shahraki|Mohammad-Hossein Nadimi-Shahraki](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/8a/449268.jpg)
Big Data Analytics
Data Mining
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Bio-inspired algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,898
3,641
0.934
![Ali Ghaffari](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ba/293893.jpg)
Computer networks
Software defined networks
Network security
IoT
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,391
3,577
0.815
![Kaveh Khalili Damghani](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/79/394613.jpg)
Supply Chain Planning
Applied Operations Research
DEA
Fuzzy MCDM
Computational Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,895
3,247
0.663
![Benyamin Abdollahzadeh](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/fd/4542481.jpg)
Metaheuristics
Artificial intelligence
Evolutionary Algorithm
Engineering Optimization
Machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,486
2,478
0.997
![Fariborz Parandin](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/58/337425.jpg)
Optoelectronic
Optical ICs
Photonic Crystals
Optical Logic Circuits
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,094
2,018
0.964
![Ali Reza Afshari](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/4c/337426.jpg)
Fuzzy Decision Making
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,386
1,720
0.721
![Homayun Motameni](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/46/348945.jpg)
Software Engineering
Performance analysis
Evolutionary computation
Fuzzy systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,063
1,660
0.805
![Zahra Beheshti زهرا بهشتی](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ef/529579.jpg)
Bio-Inspired Algorithms
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Fuzzy Expert Systems
Big Data Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,105
1,563
0.743
![Mohammad Mosleh](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/4e/449163.jpg)
Quantum-dot Cellular Automata
Quantum Computing
and Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,720
1,505
0.875
![Shervan Fekri Ershad|Shervan Fekriershad](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c8/449269.jpg)
Texture Classification
Image Processing
Image Retrieval
Medical image analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,620
1,451
0.896
![Amir Sheikh Ahmadi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/34/395956.jpg)
Social Network Analysis
Complex networks
Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,488
1,382
0.929
![Mohammad Hossein Moattar|Seyed Mohammad Hossein Moattar](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/84/481845.jpg)
Machine learning
Deep Learning
Data Mining
Cryptoghraphy
Medical Data and Signal Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,745
1,367
0.783
![Sohrab Kordrostami](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1b/482739.jpg)
Data Envelopment Analysis
Optimization
Linear Programming
Nonlinear Programming
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,004
1,228
0.613
![Reza Sabbaghi Nadooshan](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/74/524265.jpg)
Network
Hardware
Nanocomputing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,721
1,226
0.712
![Hima Nikafshan Rad](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7a/347013.jpg)
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Engineering Optimization
Medical Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,176
1,155
0.982
![Hamed Shah Hosseini](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/19/348963.jpg)
Deep Learning
Computer Vision
Data mining
Mobile Robots
Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,735
1,088
0.398
![Mehdi Jafari Shahbazadeh](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c6/515562.jpg)
image processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,900
1,039
0.547
![Javad Akbari Torkestani](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/38/348944.jpg)
Computer and Communication Networks
Intelligent Systems
Optimization
Grid computing
Web
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,033
1,027
0.339
Amir Masoud Rahmani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,283
10,776
0.811
Internet of Things
Artificial intelligence
Cloud/Fog computing
Big data
Machine learning
Ali Rahimi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,183
8,101
0.534
computer
systems
psychology
management
mechanic
Farhad Soleimanian Gharehchopogh|F.S. Gharehchopogh, فرهاد سلیمانیان قره چپق
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,815
6,840
0.875
Metaheuristics
Swarm Intelligence
Data Mining
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Mojtaba Ahmadi
Islamic Azad University Shahrekord
Shahrekord, Iran
![Iran](/flags/ir.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,069
6,446
0.582
Mostafa Ghobaei Arani
Islamic Azad University
Tehran, Iran
![Iran](/flags/ir.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,520
4,214
0.932
Abdolreza Hatamlou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,306
4,167
0.785
Mohammad Masdari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,466
3,868
0.866
Computer Networks
Cloud Computing
Security
Distributed Systems
Optimization algorithms
Mohammad H Nadimi Shahraki|Mohammad-Hossein Nadimi-Shahraki
Islamic Azad University Najafabad
Najafabad, Iran
![Iran](/flags/ir.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,898
3,641
0.934
Big Data Analytics
Data Mining
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Bio-inspired algorithms
Ali Ghaffari
Islamic Azad University Tabriz
Tabriz, Iran
![Iran](/flags/ir.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,391
3,577
0.815
Computer networks
Software defined networks
Network security
IoT
Kaveh Khalili Damghani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,895
3,247
0.663
Supply Chain Planning
Applied Operations Research
DEA
Fuzzy MCDM
Computational Optimization
Benyamin Abdollahzadeh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,486
2,478
0.997
Metaheuristics
Artificial intelligence
Evolutionary Algorithm
Engineering Optimization
Machine learning
Fariborz Parandin
Islamic Azad University Kermanshah
Kermanshah, Iran
![Iran](/flags/ir.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,094
2,018
0.964
Optoelectronic
Optical ICs
Photonic Crystals
Optical Logic Circuits
Ali Reza Afshari
Islamic Azad University Mashhad
Mashhad, Iran
![Iran](/flags/ir.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,386
1,720
0.721
Homayun Motameni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,063
1,660
0.805
Software Engineering
Performance analysis
Evolutionary computation
Fuzzy systems
Zahra Beheshti زهرا بهشتی
Islamic Azad University Najafabad
Najafabad, Iran
![Iran](/flags/ir.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,105
1,563
0.743
Bio-Inspired Algorithms
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Fuzzy Expert Systems
Big Data Analysis
Mohammad Mosleh
Islamic Azad University Dezful
Dezful, Iran
![Iran](/flags/ir.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,720
1,505
0.875
Quantum-dot Cellular Automata
Quantum Computing
and Machine Learning
Shervan Fekri Ershad|Shervan Fekriershad
Islamic Azad University Najafabad
Najafabad, Iran
![Iran](/flags/ir.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,620
1,451
0.896
Texture Classification
Image Processing
Image Retrieval
Medical image analysis
Amir Sheikh Ahmadi
Islamic Azad University Sanandaj
Sanandaj, Iran
![Iran](/flags/ir.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,488
1,382
0.929
Social Network Analysis
Complex networks
Data Mining
Mohammad Hossein Moattar|Seyed Mohammad Hossein Moattar
Islamic Azad University Mashhad
Mashhad, Iran
![Iran](/flags/ir.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,745
1,367
0.783
Machine learning
Deep Learning
Data Mining
Cryptoghraphy
Medical Data and Signal Processing
Sohrab Kordrostami
Islamic Azad University Lahijan
Lahijan, Iran
![Iran](/flags/ir.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,004
1,228
0.613
Data Envelopment Analysis
Optimization
Linear Programming
Nonlinear Programming
Reza Sabbaghi Nadooshan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,721
1,226
0.712
Network
Hardware
Nanocomputing
Hima Nikafshan Rad
Islamic Azad University Mashhad
Mashhad, Iran
![Iran](/flags/ir.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,176
1,155
0.982
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Engineering Optimization
Medical Artificial Intelligence
Hamed Shah Hosseini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,735
1,088
0.398
Deep Learning
Computer Vision
Data mining
Mobile Robots
Optimization
Mehdi Jafari Shahbazadeh
Islamic Azad University Kerman
Kerman, Iran
![Iran](/flags/ir.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,900
1,039
0.547
Javad Akbari Torkestani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,033
1,027
0.339
Computer and Communication Networks
Intelligent Systems
Optimization
Grid computing
Web