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Research in Kharkiv

Science Explorer records 42 research institutions in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs and National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute".

Research institutions
42
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
74k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
260k
3.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.6%
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 Kharkiv?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National UniversityUniversity 12,868 #7,744
2National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"University 6,374 #2,948
3Kharkiv Institute of Physics and TechnologyResearch facility 3,937 #15,366
4Kharkiv National Medical UniversityUniversity 3,655 #14,374
5Kharkiv National University of Radio ElectronicsUniversity 3,402 #6,498
6National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation InstituteUniversity 2,950 #3,360
7O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in KharkivUniversity 2,694 #3,850
8Kharkiv National University of Internal AffairsUniversity 2,513 #2,623
9Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of EconomicsUniversity 2,479 #3,601
10National University of PharmacyUniversity 2,368 #10,114
11H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical UniversityUniversity 1,796 #2,622
12Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway UniversityUniversity 1,541 #4,860
13Kharkiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate EducationUniversity 1,533 #11,296
14Yaroslav Mudryi National Law UniversityUniversity 1,514 #4,542
15Ukrainian Engineering Pedagogics AcademyUniversity 1,283 #4,449
16Ukrainian State University of Railway TransportUniversity 1,227 #7,499
17Kharkiv State Academy of CultureUniversity 939 #5,322
18Ukrainian Research Institute of Refractories named after A.S. BerezhnoyResearch facility 922 #32,424 all time
19Kharkiv State Academy of Physical CultureUniversity 788 #3,590
20Ivan Kozhedub Kharkiv National Air Force UniversityUniversity 703 #6,717
21National Guard Military Academy of UkraineGovernment institution 652 #6,668
22Kharkiv State University of Food Technology and TradeUniversity 647 #20,534 all time
23Kharkiv Petro Vasylenko National Technical University of AgricultureUniversity 602 #12,828 all time
24Energostal (Ukraine)Company 580 #10,960
25State Institution "Institute for Children and Adolescents Health Care at the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine"Research facility 556 #18,050
26Kharkiv National University of Construction and ArchitectureUniversity 490 #19,186
27Ukrainian Scientific and Research Institute of Ecological ProblemsResearch facility 468 #19,883
28National Scientific Center "Institute of Experimental and Clinical Veterinary Medicine"Research facility 421 #17,123
29Kharkov TechnologiesCompany 414 #30,794 all time
30Kharkiv National Agrarian University named after V.V.DokuchajevUniversity 378 #22,897 all time
31Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry ResearchResearch facility 359 #20,711
32Kharkiv University of Air ForceUniversity 355 #28,818 all time
33Kharkiv State Academy of Design and ArtsUniversity 283 #10,175
34Kharkiv Regional Clinical Psychiatric Hospital No 3Hospital / health system 212 #21,479
35Kharkiv National Kotlyarevsky University of ArtsUniversity 209 #20,614
36Kharkiv State Veterinary AcademyUniversity 169 #28,920 all time
37Institute of IonosphereResearch facility 101 not ranked
38Kharkiv University of Humanities People’s Ukrainian AcademyUniversity 90 not ranked
39Giprokoks (Ukraine)Company 89 not ranked
40Ukrainian State Research Institute for CarbochemistryResearch facility 40 not ranked
41Kharkiv Lit MuseumArchive 2 not ranked
42Foundation Children with Spinal Muscular AtrophyNonprofit 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.

V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University: 20.6%National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute": 10.2%Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology: 6.3%Kharkiv National Medical University: 5.8%37 others listed: 57.1%21%largest
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University13k · 20.6%National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"6,374 · 10.2%Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology3,937 · 6.3%Kharkiv National Medical University3,655 · 5.8%37 others listed36k · 57.1%

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

Which fields of science does Kharkiv work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Kharkiv is in Physical Sciences, 35% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (19%), Engineering (19%), Medicine (12%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 11k fractional works · 44.4% of its workEngineering: 4,567 fractional works · 19.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 951 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 666 fractional works · 2.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 597 fractional works · 2.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 386 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 363 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 363 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 311 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 262 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 172 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 122 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 119 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 111 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 70 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 53 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2,057 fractional works · 8.7% of its workInformation Systems: 905 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 364 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 360 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 210 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 55 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 163 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,592 fractional works · 6.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 629 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 450 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 180 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 86 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 75 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 61 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 110 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 762 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 458 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 115 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 75 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 113 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 726 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 284 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 149 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 83 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 73 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 68 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 64 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 240 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 112 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 128 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 207 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 53 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 154 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 184 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy: 155 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 86 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 69 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 8,251 fractional works · 34.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 4,573 fractional works · 19.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1,336 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1,084 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEducation: 753 fractional works · 3.2% of its workTransportation: 465 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLaw: 204 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 109 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 103 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 90 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 82 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 72 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 69 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 61 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 145 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1,626 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 823 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 775 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 886 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 332 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 235 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 202 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 117 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 519 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 143 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 76 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 67 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 233 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 495 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 145 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 142 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 124 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 72 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 152 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 89 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 63 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 3,417 fractional works · 14.4% of its workMedicine: 2,843 fractional works · 12.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 347 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 294 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 263 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 195 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 171 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 139 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 133 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 113 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnatomy: 109 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 84 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 72 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 72 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 71 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 66 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 61 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 61 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 54 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 53 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 53 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 431 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 446 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 198 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 116 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 132 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 67 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 43 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 19 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,532 fractional works · 6.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 747 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 205 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 177 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 119 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 84 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 162 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 397 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 194 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 74 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 129 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 183 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 73 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 55 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 124 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 83 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 80 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 57 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKharkiv24kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences35%

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. Engineering4,56719.3%
    2. Computer Science2,0578.7%
    3. Environmental Science1,5926.7%
    4. Materials Science7623.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy7263.1%
    6. Chemistry2401.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences2070.9%
    8. Mathematics1840.8%
    9. Energy1550.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering320.1%
  1. Social Sciences8,25134.8%
    1. Social Sciences4,57319.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1,6266.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting8863.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities5192.2%
    5. Psychology4952.1%
    6. Decision Sciences1520.6%
  2. Health Sciences3,41714.4%
    1. Medicine2,84312.0%
    2. Health Professions4461.9%
    3. Dentistry670.3%
    4. Nursing430.2%
    5. Veterinary190.1%
  3. Life Sciences1,5326.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7473.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3971.7%
    3. Neuroscience1830.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1240.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics800.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kharkiv strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kharkiv is most concentrated in Fuel Technology, Anatomy and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance (21.2× the world share in Fuel Technology).

  1. Fuel TechnologySubfield · 37.3 works21×
  2. AnatomySubfield · 106.6 works21×
  3. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 717.3 works13×
  4. General Materials ScienceSubfield · 111.4 works12×
  5. TransportationSubfield · 454.0 works6.3×
  6. Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationSubfield · 180.6 works4.6×
  7. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 293.6 works4.5×
← 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: 0.65× its world share, 664 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 358 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.51× its world share, 111 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 163 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 69 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 28 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.65× its world share, 218 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.08× its world share, 1,808 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 192 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.69× its world share, 136 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.29× its world share, 4,152 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.34× its world share, 1,432 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.91× its world share, 682 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.65× its world share, 163 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.38× its world share, 658 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 61 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 409 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 2,596 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 39 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.54× its world share, 16 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.74× its world share, 462 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.13× its world share, 782 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 128 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.18× its world share, 1,461 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.67× its world share, 440 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 4,236 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.18×1,461 works
  2. Social Sciences1.56×4,236 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.38×658 works
  4. Environmental Science1.34×1,432 works
  5. Engineering1.29×4,152 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.13×782 works
  7. Computer Science1.08×1,808 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.91×69 works
  9. Materials Science0.91×682 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.74×462 works
  11. Health Professions0.72×409 works
  12. Energy0.69×136 works
  13. Psychology0.67×440 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.65×664 works
  15. Chemistry0.65×218 works
  16. Mathematics0.65×163 works
  17. Medicine0.63×2,596 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.62×128 works
  19. Dentistry0.59×61 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.57×192 works
  21. Veterinary0.54×16 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.51×111 works
  23. Neuroscience0.47×163 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.38×28 works
  25. Nursing0.37×39 works
  26. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.31×358 works

Which keywords describe research in Kharkiv?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Economic Development, Financial Security, Legal Regulation, Innovation, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Management and Economic Security.

▲ 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. Sustainable Development2,500▲ 6.7×87 topics
  2. Economic Development1,364▲ 7.2×42 topics
  3. Globalization1,353▲ 2.9×126 topics
  4. Innovation1,276▲ 5.2×71 topics
  5. Financial Security1,266▲ 50×3 topics
  6. Legal Regulation1,261▲ 24×8 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence1,189▲ 3.5×61 topics
  8. Energy Efficiency1,188▲ 5.4×43 topics
  9. Human Rights1,184▲ 4.9×71 topics
  10. Renewable Energy1,026▲ 3.0×55 topics
  11. Environmental Management972▲ 10×18 topics
  12. Economic Security968▲ 19×7 topics
  13. Digital Transformation817▲ 6.4×28 topics
  14. Educational Technology738▲ 2.6×40 topics
  15. Digital Economy733▲ 15×15 topics
  16. Industrial Policy627▲ 25×6 topics
  17. Pedagogy600▲ 5.0×24 topics
  18. International Law597▲ 8.0×29 topics
  19. Foresight556▲ 18×2 topics
  20. Public Finance536▲ 51×2 topics
  21. Innovation Development534▲ 29×3 topics
  22. Fiscal Risks534▲ 63×1 topic
  23. Smart Industry534▲ 63×1 topic
  24. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles520▲ 12×5 topics
  25. Strategic Planning515▲ 15×5 topics
  26. Design513▲ 13×5 topics
  27. Modernization508▲ 12×5 topics
  28. Air Force505▲ 18×1 topic
  29. Warfare505▲ 18×1 topic
  30. Ethnicity497▲ 5.6×15 topics
  31. Digitalization478▲ 9.8×13 topics
  32. Social Responsibility469▲ 8.6×12 topics
  33. Green Investments457▲ 37×1 topic
  34. Social Safety457▲ 37×1 topic
  35. International Trade Law431▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Public Oversight431▲ 15×1 topic
  37. Transport Policy431▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Social Influence416▲ 8.3×3 topics
  39. Resource Efficiency414▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Islam410▲ 8.4×4 topics

What research is done in Kharkiv?

  1. 1 Economic Issues in Ukraine General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 514 works
  2. 2 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 483 works
  3. 3 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 422 works
  4. 4 Business and Economic Development Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 406 works
  5. 5 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 402 works
  6. 6 Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies Political Science and International Relations 294 works
  7. 7 Economic and Business Development Strategies Economics and Econometrics 267 works
  8. 8 Diverse Scientific Research in Ukraine Global and Planetary Change 264 works
  9. 9 Labor Market and Education Economics and Econometrics 241 works
  10. 10 Legal Studies and Reforms Political Science and International Relations 213 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Kharkiv7.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.5% in 2021.

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