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Research in Kurchatov

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Kurchatov, Kazakhstan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.2k
▲ 80% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.8k
6.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1966-2026
61 years on the record
Kurchatov

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 Kurchatov?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1National Nuclear Center of the Republic of KazakhstanResearch facility 1,172 #13,078

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.

Which fields of science does Kurchatov work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research in Kurchatov is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (26%), Materials Science (25%), Physics and Astronomy (20%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 419 fractional works · 87.0% of its workEngineering: 126 fractional works · 26.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 36 fractional works · 7.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 26 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 3.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 17 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 119 fractional works · 24.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 92 fractional works · 19.1% of its workCeramics and Composites: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMetals and Alloys: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 94 fractional works · 19.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 52 fractional works · 10.8% of its workRadiation: 20 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 32 fractional works · 6.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 15 fractional works · 3.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeophysics: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 12 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCatalysis: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 28 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMedicine: 17 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKurchatov482fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences87%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences4%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering12626.1%
    2. Materials Science11924.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy9419.5%
    4. Environmental Science326.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences173.6%
    6. Chemistry122.5%
    7. Energy71.5%
    8. Computer Science51.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering50.9%
    10. Mathematics10.2%
    1. Medicine173.4%
    2. Health Professions112.2%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    1. Social Sciences142.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting30.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities20.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
    6. Psychology00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences91.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology40.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    5. Neuroscience00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kurchatov strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kurchatov is most concentrated in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Materials Chemistry and Physics and Astronomy (36.1× the world share in Nuclear and High Energy Physics).

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 49.3 works36×
  2. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 83.8 works9.8×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 89.4 works9.3×
← 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 24 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: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.58× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.64× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.27× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.83× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.73× its world share, 112 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.27× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 7.15× its world share, 108 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 9.26× its world share, 89 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.87× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 14 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 9.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy9.26×89 works
  2. Materials Science7.15×108 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.58×4 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.27×15 works
  5. Energy1.83×7 works
  6. Engineering1.73×112 works
  7. Chemistry1.64×11 works
  8. Environmental Science1.27×27 works
  9. Health Professions0.87×10 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.42×9 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.24×3 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.22×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.19×10 works
  14. Mathematics0.17×1 works
  15. Medicine0.16×14 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×3 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.15×1 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.15×2 works
  19. Computer Science0.14×5 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×1 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.03×0 works
  22. Neuroscience0.02×0 works
  23. Psychology0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Kurchatov?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Oxidation Resistance, Health Effects, Hydrogen Embrittlement, Radionuclides, Density Functional Theory, Mechanical Properties, High Temperature Behavior and Accident Tolerant Fuels.

▲ 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. Oxidation Resistance33▲ 64×3 topics
  2. Environmental Impact28▲ 3.4×18 topics
  3. Health Effects26▲ 9.0×8 topics
  4. Hydrogen Embrittlement26▲ 66×3 topics
  5. Mechanical Properties26▲ 5.5×21 topics
  6. Radionuclides25▲ 136×2 topics
  7. Density Functional Theory22▲ 45×3 topics
  8. High Temperature Behavior22▲ 82×2 topics
  9. Accident Tolerant Fuels22▲ 130×1 topic
  10. Fuel Cladding22▲ 130×1 topic
  11. Molten Salt19▲ 128×1 topic
  12. Nuclear Reactor19▲ 128×1 topic
  13. Nanomaterials19▲ 3.8×15 topics
  14. Raman Spectroscopy19▲ 21×5 topics
  15. Tomography18▲ 21×3 topics
  16. Oxidation Behavior18▲ 60×2 topics
  17. Thermal Properties17▲ 29×3 topics
  18. Microstructure17▲ 6.8×15 topics
  19. Environmental Impacts16▲ 13×4 topics
  20. fusion materials16▲ 179×1 topic
  21. radiation damage16▲ 179×1 topic
  22. Metal Recovery16▲ 17×3 topics
  23. Microstructural Characterization16▲ 156×1 topic
  24. Nuclear Graphite16▲ 156×1 topic
  25. Lattice QCD15▲ 53×2 topics
  26. Fukushima Daiichi15▲ 192×1 topic
  27. nuclear accident15▲ 192×1 topic
  28. Nucleosynthesis15▲ 62×3 topics
  29. Data Analysis15▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Actinides14▲ 59×2 topics
  31. Sintering14▲ 24×4 topics
  32. Neutron Imaging14▲ 91×1 topic
  33. Small-Angle Scattering14▲ 58×1 topic
  34. Ionizing Radiation13▲ 39×3 topics
  35. Spark Plasma Sintering13▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Ceramics12▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Toxicity12▲ 5.8×7 topics
  38. Nuclear Forces12▲ 130×1 topic
  39. Nuclear Structure12▲ 130×1 topic
  40. Nuclear Waste Disposal11▲ 122×1 topic

What research is done in Kurchatov?

Nuclear Materials and Properties: 21 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 18 fractional worksFusion materials and tec…15Fusion materials and technologies: 15 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Appl…14Nuclear Physics and Applications: 14 fractional worksRadioactive contamination and transfer: 14 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 12 fractional worksNuclear physics research…11Nuclear physics research studies: 11 fractional worksRadioactivity and Radon Measurements: 10 fractional worksNuclear materials and radiation effects: 10 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics a…9Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 9 fractional works
Materials ChemistryAerospace EngineeringRadiationGlobal and Planetary Change2 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 21 works
  2. 2 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 18 works
  3. 3 Fusion materials and technologies Materials Chemistry 15 works
  4. 4 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 14 works
  5. 5 Radioactive contamination and transfer Global and Planetary Change 14 works
  6. 6 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 12 works
  7. 7 Nuclear physics research studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 11 works
  8. 8 Radioactivity and Radon Measurements Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 10 works
  9. 9 Nuclear materials and radiation effects Materials Chemistry 10 works
  10. 10 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 9 works

Research output over time

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Kurchatov13.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.9% in 2025.

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