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Research in Murmansk

Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Murmansk, Russia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Murmansk Arctic State University, Murmansk State Technical University and Knipovich Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography.

Research institutions
8
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.2k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
26k
6.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
6.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1957-2026
70 years on the record
Murmansk

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 Murmansk?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Murmansk State Technical UniversityUniversity 1,492 #11,274
2Murmansk Arctic State UniversityUniversity 643 #10,969
3Knipovich Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and OceanographyResearch facility 309 #22,347
4Murmansk Regional Oncology CenterHospital / health system 22 not ranked
5International Institute of Business EducationUniversity 21 not ranked
6Murmansk Regional Clinical HospitalHospital / health system 20 not ranked
7Murmansk Academy of Economics and ManagementUniversity 15 not ranked
8Pasvik Nature ReserveInstitution 8 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.

Murmansk State Technical University: 59.0%Murmansk Arctic State University: 25.4%Knipovich Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography: 12.2%Murmansk Regional Oncology Center: 0.9%4 others listed: 2.5%59%largest
Murmansk State Technical University1,492 · 59.0%Murmansk Arctic State University643 · 25.4%Knipovich Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography309 · 12.2%Murmansk Regional Oncology Center22 · 0.9%4 others listed64 · 2.5%

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

Which fields of science does Murmansk work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research in Murmansk is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (17%), Environmental Science (15%), Social Sciences (13%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 603 fractional works · 60.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 170 fractional works · 17.2% of its workOceanography: 68 fractional works · 6.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 52 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGeophysics: 26 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeology: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 152 fractional works · 15.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 52 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEcology: 49 fractional works · 4.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 124 fractional works · 12.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 22 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 75 fractional works · 7.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 67 fractional works · 6.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 48 fractional works · 4.8% of its workInformation Systems: 31 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 189 fractional works · 19.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 130 fractional works · 13.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 56 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEducation: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workTransportation: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 21 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 149 fractional works · 15.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 115 fractional works · 11.6% of its workFood Science: 63 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAquatic Science: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 52 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMedicine: 29 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 20 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMurmansk994fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences61%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences19%

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. Earth and Planetary Sciences17017.2%
    2. Environmental Science15215.3%
    3. Engineering12412.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy757.6%
    5. Computer Science484.8%
    6. Materials Science151.5%
    7. Chemistry70.8%
    8. Energy50.5%
    9. Mathematics40.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.2%
    1. Social Sciences13013.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting212.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance121.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities121.2%
    5. Psychology121.2%
    6. Decision Sciences30.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11511.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology282.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology40.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    5. Neuroscience10.1%
    1. Medicine292.9%
    2. Health Professions202.0%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Murmansk strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Murmansk is most concentrated in Oceanography, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Atmospheric Science (24.5× the world share in Oceanography).

  1. OceanographySubfield · 61.3 works25×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 57.5 works12×
  3. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 46.5 works12×
  4. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 155.1 works11×
  5. Food ScienceSubfield · 57.2 works8.5×
← 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: 2.43× its world share, 103 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 43 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11.09× its world share, 155 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.87× its world share, 116 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.07× its world share, 136 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.26× its world share, 64 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.63× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.49× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 119 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 11.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.09×155 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy3.26×64 works
  3. Environmental Science3.07×136 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.43×103 works
  5. Social Sciences1.06×119 works
  6. Veterinary0.96×1 works
  7. Engineering0.87×116 works
  8. Health Professions0.76×18 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.63×18 works
  10. Computer Science0.62×43 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.53×25 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.52×2 works
  13. Energy0.50×4 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.49×9 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.48×4 works
  16. Chemistry0.46×6 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.44×11 works
  18. Materials Science0.43×13 works
  19. Psychology0.35×10 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.32×1 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.29×2 works
  22. Mathematics0.28×3 works
  23. Nursing0.28×1 works
  24. Medicine0.14×24 works
  25. Neuroscience0.02×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Murmansk?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Food Security, Nutrition, Arctic, Solar Wind, Functional Foods and Agricultural Development.

▲ 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 Change213▲ 7.9×50 topics
  2. Sustainable Development98▲ 6.3×33 topics
  3. Food Security82▲ 15×9 topics
  4. Nutrition64▲ 15×4 topics
  5. Arctic63▲ 58×4 topics
  6. Solar Wind57▲ 63×2 topics
  7. Functional Foods56▲ 63×4 topics
  8. Agricultural Development56▲ 37×3 topics
  9. Fisheries Management55▲ 51×1 topic
  10. Micronutrients55▲ 164×1 topic
  11. Sustainability52▲ 2.1×25 topics
  12. Electron Acceleration38▲ 58×2 topics
  13. Ionosphere38▲ 70×1 topic
  14. Magnetosphere38▲ 70×1 topic
  15. Digital Transformation36▲ 6.6×14 topics
  16. Biodiversity33▲ 4.4×16 topics
  17. Geopolitics33▲ 22×4 topics
  18. International Relations32▲ 14×4 topics
  19. Governance30▲ 9.4×5 topics
  20. Holocene30▲ 27×2 topics
  21. Sea Level30▲ 33×2 topics
  22. Shipping30▲ 61×2 topics
  23. Oil and Gas29▲ 84×2 topics
  24. Maritime Transport29▲ 114×1 topic
  25. Northern Sea Route29▲ 114×1 topic
  26. Fisheries Sustainability28▲ 33×2 topics
  27. Invasive Species28▲ 6.7×12 topics
  28. Ocean Circulation27▲ 20×3 topics
  29. Sedimentation24▲ 44×2 topics
  30. Mediterranean24▲ 27×2 topics
  31. Black Sea24▲ 64×1 topic
  32. paleoceanography24▲ 87×1 topic
  33. Biogeography24▲ 8.5×9 topics
  34. Ionospheric Anomalies22▲ 59×1 topic
  35. Seismic Electromagnetics22▲ 59×1 topic
  36. Ecosystem Management22▲ 38×2 topics
  37. Trophic Cascades22▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Fish Population Dynamics22▲ 54×1 topic
  39. Marine Fisheries22▲ 54×1 topic
  40. Benthic Communities22▲ 35×2 topics

What research is done in Murmansk?

Food Industry and Aquati…50Food Industry and Aquatic Biology: 50 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 34 fractional worksArctic and Russian Polic…27Arctic and Russian Policy Studies: 27 fractional worksMarine and environmental…22Marine and environmental studies: 22 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and Analysis: 21 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 20 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma D…16Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 16 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 16 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Challenges: 12 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and Ecology: 12 fractional works
Food ScienceAstronomy and AstrophysicsSociology and Political ScienceOceanography5 others

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

  1. 1 Food Industry and Aquatic Biology Food Science 50 works
  2. 2 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 34 works
  3. 3 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 27 works
  4. 4 Marine and environmental studies Oceanography 22 works
  5. 5 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 21 works
  6. 6 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 20 works
  7. 7 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 16 works
  8. 8 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 16 works
  9. 9 Educational Innovations and Challenges Information Systems 12 works
  10. 10 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 12 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 2025Murmansk5.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.1% in 1997.

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