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Research in Bishkek

Science Explorer records 31 research institutions in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Kyrgyz State National University, Kyrgyz-Türkish Manas Üniversity and Aga Khan Foundation.

Research institutions
31
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
10k
▲ 95% vs 2018-21
Citations
30k
3.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
8.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Bishkek

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 Bishkek?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Kyrgyz State National UniversityUniversity 1,573 #1,780
2Kyrgyz-Türkish Manas ÜniversityUniversity 1,470 #4,489
3Kyrgyz State Medical AcademyHospital / health system 881 #14,318
4Aga Khan FoundationNonprofit 683 #7,658
5Kyrgyz National UniversityUniversity 672 #8,661
6Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University named after B.N. YeltsinUniversity 664 #10,656
7National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of KyrgyzstanResearch facility 566 #10,233
8University of Central AsiaUniversity 522 #8,157
9International University of KyrgyzstanUniversity 493 #8,495
10Kyrgyz State Technical UniversityUniversity 483 #8,626
11National Center of Cardiology and Internal MedicineHospital / health system 348 #21,384
12Kyrgyz State University of Construction, Transport and Architecture named after N. IsanovUniversity 280 #15,443
13American University of Central AsiaUniversity 259 #19,269
14Ala-Too International UniversityUniversity 208 #14,551
15Kyrgyz National Agrarian University named after K.I. SkryabinUniversity 158 #16,993
16Bishkek Academy of Finance and EconomicsUniversity 135 #28,870 all time
17Kyrgyz Economic UniversityUniversity 132 #20,296
18Bishkek Humanities UniversityUniversity 82 not ranked
19Central-Asian Institute for Applied GeosciencesUniversity 77 not ranked
20Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Kyrgyz RepublicUniversity 67 not ranked
21Ministry of Health of KyrgyzstanGovernment institution 40 not ranked
22Kyrgyz State Law AcademyUniversity 19 not ranked
23Kyrgyzskaya State Academy of Physical Culture and SportsUniversity 19 not ranked
24The Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz RepublicGovernment institution 15 not ranked
25Ministry of Emergency SituationsGovernment institution 14 not ranked
26Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz RepublicGovernment institution 13 not ranked
27Aigine Cultural Research CenterNonprofit 4 not ranked
28Geological Survey of KyrgyzstanGovernment institution 3 not ranked
29United Nations Children's FundInstitution 2 not ranked
30KabarInstitution 2 not ranked
31Delegation of the European Union to the Kyrgyz RepublicGovernment institution 2 not ranked

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.

Kyrgyz State National University: 15.9%Kyrgyz-Türkish Manas Üniversity: 14.9%Kyrgyz State Medical Academy: 8.9%Aga Khan Foundation: 6.9%27 others listed: 53.4%16%largest
Kyrgyz State National University1,573 · 15.9%Kyrgyz-Türkish Manas Üniversity1,470 · 14.9%Kyrgyz State Medical Academy881 · 8.9%Aga Khan Foundation683 · 6.9%27 others listed5,279 · 53.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Bishkek work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research in Bishkek is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Medicine (15%), Computer Science (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2,937 fractional works · 50.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,829 fractional works · 31.4% of its workEducation: 636 fractional works · 10.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 398 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 306 fractional works · 5.3% of its workDemography: 84 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCultural Studies: 69 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 63 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 50 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 38 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 339 fractional works · 5.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 112 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 67 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMuseology: 52 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 302 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 226 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 59 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 216 fractional works · 3.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 83 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 61 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 212 fractional works · 3.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 78 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,386 fractional works · 23.8% of its workComputer Science: 487 fractional works · 8.4% of its workInformation Systems: 297 fractional works · 5.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 93 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 374 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 56 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 47 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 46 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 213 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 66 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 98 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNumerical Analysis: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 76 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeophysics: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,040 fractional works · 17.9% of its workMedicine: 877 fractional works · 15.1% of its workEpidemiology: 121 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 84 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 83 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 57 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 54 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 54 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 49 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnatomy: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 141 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Professions: 123 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 48 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 463 fractional works · 8.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 251 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPlant Science: 66 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 54 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 126 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 56 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 46 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBishkek5,827fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences50%

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
  1. Social Sciences2,93750.4%
    1. Social Sciences1,82931.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities3395.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3025.2%
    4. Psychology2163.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting2123.6%
    6. Decision Sciences400.7%
    1. Computer Science4878.4%
    2. Engineering3746.4%
    3. Environmental Science2133.7%
    4. Mathematics981.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences761.3%
    6. Materials Science420.7%
    7. Physics and Astronomy410.7%
    8. Energy370.6%
    9. Chemistry170.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.0%
  3. Health Sciences1,04017.9%
    1. Medicine87715.1%
    2. Health Professions1232.1%
    3. Dentistry160.3%
    4. Nursing150.3%
    5. Veterinary90.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2514.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1262.2%
    3. Neuroscience430.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology330.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics110.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Bishkek strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Bishkek is most concentrated in Museology, Emergency Medicine and Development (7.9× the world share in Museology).

  1. MuseologySubfield · 48.3 works7.9×
  2. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 64.6 works5.3×
  3. DevelopmentSubfield · 25.1 works5.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 219 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 104 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.47× its world share, 23 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 35 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.06× its world share, 411 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 68 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.73× its world share, 33 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 341 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 176 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 36 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.48× its world share, 87 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 37 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.51× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 104 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.75× its world share, 715 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.08× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.11× its world share, 302 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.11× its world share, 177 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 34 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.46× its world share, 261 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.18× its world share, 178 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.50× its world share, 1,570 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences2.50×1,570 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.46×261 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.11×302 works
  4. Mathematics1.48×87 works
  5. Psychology1.18×178 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.11×177 works
  7. Veterinary1.08×7 works
  8. Computer Science1.06×411 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.93×219 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.87×68 works
  11. Health Professions0.80×104 works
  12. Medicine0.75×715 works
  13. Energy0.73×33 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.72×34 works
  15. Environmental Science0.71×176 works
  16. Nursing0.53×13 works
  17. Dentistry0.51×12 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.47×23 works
  19. Engineering0.46×341 works
  20. Neuroscience0.44×35 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.41×7 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.39×104 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.33×37 works
  24. Materials Science0.21×36 works
  25. Chemistry0.19×15 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.12×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Bishkek?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Innovation, Pedagogy, Sustainable Development, Globalization, Educational Technology, Digital Education and E-Learning.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

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
  1. Education461▲ 4.6×83 topics
  2. Globalization419▲ 3.7×90 topics
  3. Sustainable Development391▲ 4.3×85 topics
  4. Innovation373▲ 6.2×52 topics
  5. Educational Technology355▲ 5.2×39 topics
  6. Pedagogy328▲ 11×17 topics
  7. Sustainability299▲ 2.1×89 topics
  8. E-Learning287▲ 5.1×22 topics
  9. Climate Change259▲ 1.63×99 topics
  10. Digital Education247▲ 29×6 topics
  11. Online Learning247▲ 5.1×22 topics
  12. Economic Development226▲ 4.9×36 topics
  13. Digital Economy225▲ 19×17 topics
  14. Educational Technologies222▲ 42×2 topics
  15. Artificial Intelligence219▲ 2.6×59 topics
  16. Language Teaching215▲ 14×7 topics
  17. Social Media208▲ 2.6×31 topics
  18. Tourism Development205▲ 26×2 topics
  19. Teacher Training203▲ 5.7×21 topics
  20. Teaching Methods199▲ 21×10 topics
  21. Entrepreneurship198▲ 8.6×13 topics
  22. Critical Thinking196▲ 29×4 topics
  23. Formative Assessment192▲ 40×2 topics
  24. Artistic Education192▲ 50×1 topic
  25. Student Competencies192▲ 50×1 topic
  26. Central Asia190▲ 46×4 topics
  27. International Relations183▲ 13×24 topics
  28. Digital Transformation167▲ 5.3×25 topics
  29. Cultural Diplomacy166▲ 35×5 topics
  30. Migration164▲ 8.2×21 topics
  31. Geopolitics164▲ 18×10 topics
  32. Digitalization161▲ 14×13 topics
  33. Distance Learning160▲ 7.9×10 topics
  34. Security156▲ 4.0×25 topics
  35. Language147▲ 10×11 topics
  36. Belt and Road Initiative141▲ 63×3 topics
  37. Investment117▲ 18×6 topics
  38. Industrial Enterprises111▲ 56×1 topic
  39. Innovation Economics111▲ 56×1 topic
  40. Soft Power110▲ 47×3 topics

What research is done in Bishkek?

Education, Innovation an…178Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 178 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial Development: 97 fractional worksCentral Asia Education a…89Central Asia Education and Culture: 89 fractional worksForeign Language Teachin…73Foreign Language Teaching Methods: 73 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural Studies: 60 fractional worksEmergency Medicine Education and Research: 56 fractional worksEducational Innovations …51Educational Innovations and Challenges: 51 fractional worksRegional Socio-Economic Development Trends: 46 fractional worksSoviet and Russian History: 46 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Public Health: 44 fractional works
EducationEconomics and EconometricsPolitical Science and International RelationsLanguage and Linguistics4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 178 works
  2. 2 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 97 works
  3. 3 Central Asia Education and Culture Political Science and International Relations 89 works
  4. 4 Foreign Language Teaching Methods Education 73 works
  5. 5 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 60 works
  6. 6 Emergency Medicine Education and Research Emergency Medicine 56 works
  7. 7 Educational Innovations and Challenges Information Systems 51 works
  8. 8 Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends Demography 46 works
  9. 9 Soviet and Russian History Political Science and International Relations 46 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Systems and Public Health Epidemiology 44 works

Research output over time

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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.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Bishkek8.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.5% in 2008.

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