Research in Almaty
Science Explorer records 61 research institutions in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Suleyman Demirel University, Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University and International Information Technologies University.
- Research institutions
- 61 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 47k ▲ 67% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 242k 5.2 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 10.4% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.
Which research institutions are in Almaty?
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.
How concentrated the city is
The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Almaty work in?
In 2022-now, 39% of research in Almaty is in Physical Sciences, 37% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Engineering (15%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.
Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.
Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
- Physical Sciences8,79038.9%
- Engineering3,36214.9%
- Computer Science1,8038.0%
- Environmental Science1,1205.0%
- Materials Science5752.5%
- Mathematics5122.3%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences4191.9%
- Physics and Astronomy4161.8%
- Chemistry2751.2%
- Energy2571.1%
- Chemical Engineering520.2%
- Social Sciences8,35937.0%
- Social Sciences4,61920.4%
- Arts and Humanities9674.3%
- Business, Management and Accounting9014.0%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance8733.9%
- Psychology7973.5%
- Decision Sciences2020.9%
- Health Sciences2,77712.3%
- Medicine2,1619.6%
- Health Professions4161.8%
- Nursing1000.4%
- Dentistry710.3%
- Veterinary300.1%
- Life Sciences2,69111.9%
What is Almaty strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Almaty is most concentrated in Fuel Technology, General Energy and Development (13.3× the world share in Fuel Technology).
- Fuel TechnologySubfield · 21.4 works13×
- General EnergySubfield · 60.0 works11×
- DevelopmentSubfield · 111.4 works5.7×
- Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 79.0 works4.7×
- TransportationSubfield · 292.6 works4.5×
- General Materials ScienceSubfield · 38.2 works4.5×
Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.
The whole field profile
All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 1.9×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Mathematics1.95×448 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.85×773 works
- Social Sciences1.64×4,057 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.56×1,448 works
- Arts and Humanities1.50×849 works
- Energy1.26×226 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.24×782 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.16×357 works
- Psychology1.11×662 works
- Computer Science1.01×1,542 works
- Engineering1.01×2,955 works
- Environmental Science0.97×937 works
- Veterinary0.92×24 works
- Nursing0.89×85 works
- Decision Sciences0.88×166 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.83×361 works
- Chemistry0.80×246 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.75×52 works
- Materials Science0.73×500 works
- Health Professions0.73×376 works
- Chemical Engineering0.63×43 works
- Dentistry0.61×58 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.54×567 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.53×104 works
- Medicine0.48×1,801 works
- Neuroscience0.39×122 works
Which keywords describe research in Almaty?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Innovation, Climate Change, Globalization, Education, Legal Regulation, Economic Security and Digital Transformation.
- Central Asia
- Air Force
- Malay Language
- Transport Policy
- International Trade Law
- Strategic Planning
- Islam
- International Relations
- Migration
- Digital Economy
- Ethnicity
- Teacher Training
- Legal Regulation
- Food Security
- E-Learning
- Digital Transformation
- Educational Technology
- Sustainability
- Education
- Climate Change
- Sustainable Development
- Globalization
- Innovation
- Artificial Intelligence
- Renewable Energy
- Energy Efficiency
- Economic Development
- Pedagogy
- Economic Security
- Culture
- Digitalization
- Regional Development
- Language
- Geopolitics
- Modernization
- Foresight
- Public Oversight
- Sharia Law
- Design
- Warfare
Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 40 words, with their numbers
- Sustainable Development1,310▲ 3.7×105 topics
- Climate Change1,205▲ 1.96×123 topics
- Globalization1,008▲ 2.3×140 topics
- Education914▲ 2.4×117 topics
- Innovation879▲ 3.8×73 topics
- Sustainability817▲ 1.48×122 topics
- Artificial Intelligence672▲ 2.1×64 topics
- Educational Technology643▲ 2.4×46 topics
- Renewable Energy580▲ 1.77×57 topics
- Digital Transformation547▲ 4.5×30 topics
- Energy Efficiency542▲ 2.6×43 topics
- E-Learning514▲ 2.4×23 topics
- Economic Development496▲ 2.8×46 topics
- Food Security461▲ 3.8×24 topics
- Pedagogy451▲ 4.0×25 topics
- Legal Regulation449▲ 8.8×8 topics
- Economic Security428▲ 8.9×7 topics
- Teacher Training426▲ 3.1×24 topics
- Culture409▲ 3.5×33 topics
- Ethnicity404▲ 4.8×22 topics
- Digitalization393▲ 8.5×14 topics
- Digital Economy380▲ 8.3×19 topics
- Regional Development376▲ 4.9×21 topics
- Migration347▲ 4.5×29 topics
- Language312▲ 5.6×15 topics
- International Relations302▲ 5.5×27 topics
- Geopolitics299▲ 8.7×11 topics
- Islam298▲ 6.4×5 topics
- Modernization282▲ 6.8×5 topics
- Strategic Planning277▲ 8.3×5 topics
- Foresight276▲ 9.3×2 topics
- International Trade Law272▲ 9.2×2 topics
- Public Oversight269▲ 9.7×1 topic
- Transport Policy269▲ 9.7×1 topic
- Sharia Law267▲ 8.3×2 topics
- Malay Language266▲ 8.4×1 topic
- Design264▲ 7.1×6 topics
- Air Force257▲ 9.6×1 topic
- Warfare257▲ 9.6×1 topic
- Central Asia247▲ 15×4 topics
What research is done in Almaty?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 260 works
- 2 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 254 works
- 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 248 works
- 4 Food Industry and Aquatic Biology Food Science 149 works
- 5 Educational Innovations and Challenges Information Systems 131 works
- 6 Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends Demography 123 works
- 7 Central Asia Education and Culture Political Science and International Relations 109 works
- 8 Educational Methods and Teacher Development Information Systems 103 works
- 9 Economic and Technological Developments in Russia Development 96 works
- 10 Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation Political Science and International Relations 90 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.9% in 2007.
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