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Research in Irkutsk

Science Explorer records 19 research institutions in Irkutsk, Russia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Baikal State University, Irkutsk National Research Technical University and Irkutsk State Transport University.

Research institutions
19
9 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
33k
▼ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
175k
5.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
5.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Irkutsk

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 Irkutsk?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Irkutsk State UniversityUniversity 3,822 #21,588
2Irkutsk National Research Technical UniversityUniversity 3,472 #7,521
3Baikal State UniversityUniversity 2,565 #6,545
4Irkutsk State Medical UniversityUniversity 1,320 #14,067
5Irkutsk State Transport UniversityUniversity 1,041 #10,647
6Irkutsk Research Institute of the Forestry IndustryResearch facility 490 #34,686 all time
7Irkutsk State Agrarian University named after A.A. EzhevskyUniversity 417 #12,996
8Military InstituteUniversity 375 #13,769
9Irkutsk Scientific Center of Surgery and TraumatologyHospital / health system 363 #20,548
10Irkutsk Regional Clinical HospitalHospital / health system 300 #21,790
11Irkutsk Antiplague Research Institute of Siberia and Far EastResearch facility 243 #33,481 all time
12IrkutskNIIHimmash (Russia)Company 50 not ranked
13Irgiredmet (Russia)Company 49 not ranked
14East Siberian University of Economics and LawUniversity 24 not ranked
15Irkutsk Regional Museum of Local HistoryArchive 21 not ranked
16Baikal Research CentreResearch facility 21 not ranked
17Siberian Academy of Law, Economics and ManagementUniversity 14 not ranked
18UrangeologorazvedkaResearch facility 6 not ranked
19Siberian Research, Design and Design Institute of Aluminum and Electrode IndustryResearch facility 1 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.

Irkutsk State University: 26.2%Irkutsk National Research Technical University: 23.8%Baikal State University: 17.6%Irkutsk State Medical University: 9.0%15 others listed: 23.4%26%largest
Irkutsk State University3,822 · 26.2%Irkutsk National Research Technical University3,472 · 23.8%Baikal State University2,565 · 17.6%Irkutsk State Medical University1,320 · 9.0%15 others listed3,415 · 23.4%

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

Which fields of science does Irkutsk work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research in Irkutsk is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (18%), Social Sciences (16%), Medicine (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4,555 fractional works · 54.6% of its workEngineering: 1,471 fractional works · 17.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 312 fractional works · 3.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 216 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 153 fractional works · 1.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 128 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 122 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 109 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 94 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 92 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 90 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 69 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 645 fractional works · 7.7% of its workGeophysics: 217 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 142 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeology: 125 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOceanography: 57 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 627 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEcology: 182 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 104 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 99 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 467 fractional works · 5.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 327 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 413 fractional works · 5.0% of its workInformation Systems: 173 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 140 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 379 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 248 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 240 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 140 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomaterials: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 159 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 58 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Energy: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFuel Technology: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 137 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNumerical Analysis: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,181 fractional works · 26.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,304 fractional works · 15.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 250 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 244 fractional works · 2.9% of its workLaw: 141 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 123 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopment: 108 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 104 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCultural Studies: 73 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 65 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 275 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 148 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 117 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 270 fractional works · 3.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 121 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 96 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 138 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 129 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 66 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 810 fractional works · 9.7% of its workMedicine: 711 fractional works · 8.5% of its workSurgery: 104 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 82 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 61 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 175 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 68 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 803 fractional works · 9.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 378 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPlant Science: 109 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 84 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 59 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 288 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 178 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 66 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKIrkutsk8,349fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences55%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences26%

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. Engineering1,47117.6%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences6457.7%
    3. Environmental Science6277.5%
    4. Chemistry4675.6%
    5. Computer Science4135.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy3794.5%
    7. Materials Science2402.9%
    8. Energy1591.9%
    9. Mathematics1371.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering160.2%
  2. Social Sciences2,18126.1%
    1. Social Sciences1,30415.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2753.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting2703.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities1381.7%
    5. Psychology1291.5%
    6. Decision Sciences660.8%
    1. Medicine7118.5%
    2. Health Professions680.8%
    3. Nursing170.2%
    4. Dentistry110.1%
    5. Veterinary30.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3784.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2883.4%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics530.6%
    4. Neuroscience430.5%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology410.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Irkutsk strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Irkutsk is most concentrated in Fuel Technology, General Energy and Development (57.4× the world share in Fuel Technology).

  1. Fuel TechnologySubfield · 36.1 works57×
  2. General EnergySubfield · 41.8 works20×
  3. DevelopmentSubfield · 106.8 works14×
  4. GeologySubfield · 116.1 works11×
  5. GeophysicsSubfield · 201.5 works7.5×
  6. General Materials ScienceSubfield · 22.8 works6.8×
← 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: 0.95× its world share, 345 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 257 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.49× its world share, 38 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 38 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.84× its world share, 50 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.54× its world share, 14 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.56× its world share, 428 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 380 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.95× its world share, 595 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.14× its world share, 151 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.19× its world share, 1,369 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.49× its world share, 568 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.84× its world share, 224 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.40× its world share, 126 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.03× its world share, 346 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 61 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 627 worksMedicineNursing: 0.42× its world share, 16 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.58× its world share, 128 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.03× its world share, 254 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 61 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.54× its world share, 252 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.49× its world share, 113 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 1,208 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.95×595 works
  2. Chemistry3.56×428 works
  3. Energy2.14×151 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy2.03×346 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.84×50 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.54×252 works
  7. Environmental Science1.49×568 works
  8. Mathematics1.40×126 works
  9. Social Sciences1.25×1,208 works
  10. Engineering1.19×1,369 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting1.03×254 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.95×345 works
  13. Materials Science0.84×224 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.82×61 works
  15. Computer Science0.64×380 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×257 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.58×128 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.54×14 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.49×38 works
  20. Psychology0.49×113 works
  21. Medicine0.43×627 works
  22. Nursing0.42×16 works
  23. Neuroscience0.30×38 works
  24. Health Professions0.30×61 works
  25. Dentistry0.29×11 works
  26. Veterinary0.25×3 works

Which keywords describe research in Irkutsk?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Digital Transformation, Digital Economy, Regional Development, Innovation and Artificial Intelligence.

▲ 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. Climate Change742▲ 3.3×94 topics
  2. Sustainable Development669▲ 5.1×75 topics
  3. Energy Efficiency422▲ 5.5×38 topics
  4. Sustainability390▲ 1.91×79 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence379▲ 3.2×43 topics
  6. Globalization364▲ 2.2×78 topics
  7. Renewable Energy361▲ 3.0×46 topics
  8. Innovation361▲ 4.2×48 topics
  9. Digital Transformation358▲ 7.9×18 topics
  10. Digital Economy317▲ 19×15 topics
  11. Regional Development292▲ 10×17 topics
  12. Economic Development268▲ 4.0×36 topics
  13. Arctic240▲ 26×4 topics
  14. Legal Regulation202▲ 11×8 topics
  15. Tectonics197▲ 20×3 topics
  16. Food Security189▲ 4.2×13 topics
  17. Solar Wind180▲ 24×2 topics
  18. Geopolitics161▲ 13×10 topics
  19. Language160▲ 7.7×9 topics
  20. Digitalization160▲ 9.3×11 topics
  21. Blockchain Technology157▲ 34×4 topics
  22. Digital Technologies154▲ 14×4 topics
  23. Environmental Management150▲ 4.4×15 topics
  24. Sediment Transport148▲ 11×6 topics
  25. Migration142▲ 5.0×15 topics
  26. Circular Economy140▲ 6.1×7 topics
  27. Geographical Analysis133▲ 38×2 topics
  28. Resource Efficiency131▲ 12×3 topics
  29. Global Economy131▲ 12×6 topics
  30. Economic Security130▲ 7.3×7 topics
  31. Cyber-Physical Systems130▲ 5.9×7 topics
  32. International Relations130▲ 6.4×17 topics
  33. Petroleum121▲ 32×2 topics
  34. Fiscal Policy121▲ 7.1×7 topics
  35. Continental Margin120▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Crustal Structure120▲ 25×2 topics
  37. geology118▲ 61×1 topic
  38. sedimentary basins118▲ 61×1 topic
  39. Technological Innovation114▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Carbon Sequestration113▲ 19×2 topics

What research is done in Irkutsk?

Geological Studies and E…109Geological Studies and Exploration: 109 fractional worksLegal and Policy Issues107Legal and Policy Issues: 107 fractional worksIndustrial Engineering and Technologies: 107 fractional worksEconomic and Technologic…99Economic and Technological Developments in Russia: 99 fractional worksRegional Socio-Economic …96Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends: 96 fractional worksWater Resources and Management: 89 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 84 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…81Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 81 fractional worksArctic and Russian Policy Studies: 74 fractional worksEconomic and Technological Systems Analysis: 71 fractional works
GeologyLawMechanical EngineeringDevelopment5 others

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

  1. 1 Geological Studies and Exploration Geology 109 works
  2. 2 Legal and Policy Issues Law 107 works
  3. 3 Industrial Engineering and Technologies Mechanical Engineering 107 works
  4. 4 Economic and Technological Developments in Russia Development 99 works
  5. 5 Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends Demography 96 works
  6. 6 Water Resources and Management Ecology 89 works
  7. 7 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 84 works
  8. 8 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 81 works
  9. 9 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 74 works
  10. 10 Economic and Technological Systems Analysis Management of Technology and Innovation 71 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Irkutsk5.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.9% in 2016.

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