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Research in Dushanbe

Science Explorer records 18 research institutions in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan, Tajik National University and Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan.

Research institutions
18
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
26k
▲ 47% vs 2018-21
Citations
140k
5.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
6.6%
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 Dushanbe?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Moscow State UniversityUniversity 21,290 #22,355
2Academy of Sciences of the Republic of TajikistanUniversity 1,196 #7,698
3Tajik National UniversityUniversity 783 #10,165
4Tajik State Medical UniversityUniversity 641 #16,190
5Technological University of TajikistanUniversity 414 #14,257
6Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of TajikistanGovernment institution 361 #11,538
7Institute of Chemistry named after V.I. NikitinResearch facility 226 #20,875
8Tajik Technical University named after academic M.S.OsimiUniversity 178 #26,312 all time
9Russian-Tajik Slavonic UniversityUniversity 105 not ranked
10Tajik State Pedagogical UniversityUniversity 102 not ranked
11Tajik Agrarian University Shirinsho ShotemurUniversity 98 not ranked
12Tajik State University of CommerceUniversity 93 not ranked
13Habitat for HumanityNonprofit 89 not ranked
14Finance and Economics Institute of TajikistanUniversity 63 not ranked
15Tajik State Institute of LanguagesUniversity 56 not ranked
16Tajikistan Humanitarian International UniversityUniversity 5 not ranked
17Centre Culturel BactriaResearch facility 0 not ranked
18InternewsNonprofit 0 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.

Moscow State University: 82.8%Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan: 4.7%Tajik National University: 3.0%Tajik State Medical University: 2.5%12 others listed: 7.0%83%largest
Moscow State University21k · 82.8%Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan1,196 · 4.7%Tajik National University783 · 3.0%Tajik State Medical University641 · 2.5%12 others listed1,790 · 7.0%

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

Which fields of science does Dushanbe work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research in Dushanbe is in Social Sciences, 36% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Medicine (11%), Engineering (10%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 3,270 fractional works · 41.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,990 fractional works · 25.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 459 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 453 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEducation: 255 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCultural Studies: 174 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopment: 107 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCommunication: 97 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 89 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 86 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransportation: 71 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 454 fractional works · 5.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 119 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 65 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 64 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 54 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 343 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 192 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 132 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 246 fractional works · 3.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 144 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 183 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 57 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 54 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,873 fractional works · 36.1% of its workEngineering: 762 fractional works · 9.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 125 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 108 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 105 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 104 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 96 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 390 fractional works · 4.9% of its workInformation Systems: 178 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 109 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 353 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEcology: 79 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 77 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 335 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 80 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeology: 74 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 60 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 307 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 92 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 84 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 265 fractional works · 3.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 78 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMathematical Physics: 63 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNumerical Analysis: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 237 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 131 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 138 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 61 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 971 fractional works · 12.2% of its workMedicine: 870 fractional works · 10.9% of its workSurgery: 122 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 83 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 61 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 58 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnatomy: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 151 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 71 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 835 fractional works · 10.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 344 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPlant Science: 74 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 58 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 334 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 204 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 96 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDushanbe7,950fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences41%

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 Sciences3,27041.1%
    1. Social Sciences1,99025.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities4545.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3434.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting2463.1%
    5. Psychology1832.3%
    6. Decision Sciences540.7%
    1. Engineering7629.6%
    2. Computer Science3904.9%
    3. Environmental Science3534.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences3354.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy3073.9%
    6. Mathematics2653.3%
    7. Materials Science2373.0%
    8. Chemistry1381.7%
    9. Energy560.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering300.4%
    1. Medicine87010.9%
    2. Health Professions710.9%
    3. Nursing160.2%
    4. Dentistry110.1%
    5. Veterinary30.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3444.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3344.2%
    3. Neuroscience961.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology440.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics170.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Dushanbe strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Dushanbe is most concentrated in Development, Geology and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance (14.4× the world share in Development).

  1. DevelopmentSubfield · 101.9 works14×
  2. GeologySubfield · 71.0 works7.5×
  3. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 113.8 works6.5×
← 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: 0.90× its world share, 299 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 293 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.51× its world share, 36 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.72× its world share, 82 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.15× its world share, 28 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.13× its world share, 125 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.63× its world share, 344 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.85× its world share, 313 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.74× its world share, 48 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.64× its world share, 675 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.90× its world share, 313 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.83× its world share, 203 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.89× its world share, 238 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.75× its world share, 273 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 64 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.54× its world share, 728 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.09× its world share, 424 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.95× its world share, 216 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 47 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.87× its world share, 280 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 158 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.01× its world share, 1,784 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics2.89×238 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.85×313 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.09×424 works
  4. Social Sciences2.01×1,784 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.87×280 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.75×273 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.15×28 works
  8. Chemistry1.13×125 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.95×216 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.90×299 works
  11. Environmental Science0.90×313 works
  12. Materials Science0.83×203 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×293 works
  14. Energy0.74×48 works
  15. Psychology0.74×158 works
  16. Neuroscience0.72×82 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.69×47 works
  18. Engineering0.64×675 works
  19. Computer Science0.63×344 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.56×14 works
  21. Medicine0.54×728 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.51×36 works
  23. Nursing0.40×14 works
  24. Health Professions0.34×64 works
  25. Dentistry0.23×8 works
  26. Veterinary0.23×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Dushanbe?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Digital Transformation, Sustainable Development, Economic Development, Language, Regional Development, Digital Economy and Climate Change.

▲ 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. Globalization572▲ 3.7×122 topics
  2. Climate Change464▲ 2.1×104 topics
  3. Sustainable Development447▲ 3.6×85 topics
  4. Digital Transformation356▲ 8.3×24 topics
  5. Economic Development326▲ 5.1×44 topics
  6. Innovation320▲ 3.9×63 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence309▲ 2.7×61 topics
  8. Social Media295▲ 2.7×34 topics
  9. Language269▲ 14×15 topics
  10. Regional Development259▲ 9.5×19 topics
  11. Digital Economy252▲ 16×18 topics
  12. Pedagogy218▲ 5.5×22 topics
  13. Ethnicity214▲ 7.2×21 topics
  14. Legal Regulation213▲ 12×8 topics
  15. Identity212▲ 3.7×62 topics
  16. Nationalism182▲ 5.1×30 topics
  17. Media180▲ 15×14 topics
  18. Linguistics173▲ 14×8 topics
  19. Migration170▲ 6.2×26 topics
  20. International Relations169▲ 8.8×22 topics
  21. Geopolitics155▲ 13×10 topics
  22. Economic Security153▲ 9.1×7 topics
  23. Politics148▲ 7.1×21 topics
  24. Discourse Analysis146▲ 7.6×8 topics
  25. Digital Education145▲ 12×6 topics
  26. Educational Technologies144▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Youth140▲ 13×6 topics
  28. Phraseology138▲ 24×3 topics
  29. Language Teaching138▲ 6.5×8 topics
  30. Coronavirus135▲ 8.5×4 topics
  31. Arctic132▲ 15×4 topics
  32. Cultural Communication130▲ 47×1 topic
  33. Persuasion Strategies130▲ 47×1 topic
  34. Teaching Methods126▲ 9.8×10 topics
  35. Global Economy126▲ 12×6 topics
  36. Tourism Development124▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Critical Thinking120▲ 13×4 topics
  38. Formative Assessment120▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Artistic Education119▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Student Competencies119▲ 23×1 topic

What research is done in Dushanbe?

  1. 1 Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication Cultural Studies 123 works
  2. 2 Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia Sociology and Political Science 110 works
  3. 3 Economic and Technological Developments in Russia Development 95 works
  4. 4 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 91 works
  5. 5 Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation Political Science and International Relations 69 works
  6. 6 Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies Communication 65 works
  7. 7 Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends Demography 65 works
  8. 8 Geological Studies and Exploration Geology 62 works
  9. 9 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 60 works
  10. 10 Legal and Policy Issues Law 53 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 counting5%10%15%Dushanbe10.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.0% in 1995.

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