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Research in Nal'chik

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Nal'chik, Russia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Kabardino-Balkarian State University and Kabardino-Balkar State Agrarian University.

Research institutions
4
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3k
▼ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.2k
2.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
2.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1957-2026
70 years on the record
Nal'chik

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 Nal'chik?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Kabardino-Balkarian State UniversityUniversity 2,420 #10,126
2Kabardino-Balkar State Agrarian UniversityUniversity 466 #11,908
3Federal State Budget Scientific Institution Institute of Applied Mathematics and AutomationUniversity 78 not ranked
4North-Caucasian State Institute of ArtsUniversity 14 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.

Kabardino-Balkarian State University: 81.3%Kabardino-Balkar State Agrarian University: 15.6%Federal State Budget Scientific Institution Institute of Applied Mathematics and Automation: 2.6%North-Caucasian State Institute of Arts: 0.5%81%largest
Kabardino-Balkarian State University2,420 · 81.3%Kabardino-Balkar State Agrarian University466 · 15.6%Federal State Budget Scientific Institution Institute of Applied Mathematics and Automation78 · 2.6%North-Caucasian State Institute of Arts14 · 0.5%

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

Which fields of science does Nal'chik work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Nal'chik is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (18%), Engineering (14%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%).

Physical Sciences: 425 fractional works · 39.4% of its workEngineering: 152 fractional works · 14.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 44 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 26 fractional works · 2.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 14 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 96 fractional works · 8.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 34 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 33 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 19 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 44 fractional works · 4.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 36 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInformation Systems: 25 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 27 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 20 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 19 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNumerical Analysis: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 328 fractional works · 30.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 195 fractional works · 18.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 34 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 34 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEducation: 33 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCultural Studies: 22 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopment: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 45 fractional works · 4.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 32 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 35 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 17 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 30 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMusic: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 170 fractional works · 15.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 130 fractional works · 12.1% of its workFood Science: 30 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 29 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 29 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 22 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSoil Science: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 25 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 156 fractional works · 14.4% of its workMedicine: 126 fractional works · 11.7% of its workEpidemiology: 17 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 17 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNal'chik1,078fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences30%

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. Engineering15214.1%
    2. Materials Science968.9%
    3. Environmental Science444.1%
    4. Computer Science363.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy272.5%
    6. Chemistry201.8%
    7. Mathematics191.7%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences141.3%
    9. Energy111.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering80.7%
    1. Social Sciences19518.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting454.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance353.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities302.7%
    5. Psychology161.5%
    6. Decision Sciences80.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13012.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology252.4%
    3. Neuroscience80.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology50.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.2%
    1. Medicine12611.7%
    2. Health Professions171.6%
    3. Dentistry70.7%
    4. Nursing40.4%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Nal'chik strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Nal'chik is most concentrated in Agronomy and Crop Science and Polymers and Plastics (12.8× the world share in Agronomy and Crop Science).

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 27.7 works13×
  2. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 26.4 works7.1×
← 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: 2.82× its world share, 123 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.33× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.21× its world share, 17 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.23× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.98× its world share, 135 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.78× its world share, 36 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.56× its world share, 82 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.54× its world share, 17 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.03× its world share, 21 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.40× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 110 worksMedicineNursing: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.97× its world share, 26 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.01× its world share, 30 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.23× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 158 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.82×123 works
  2. Materials Science2.56×82 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.33×8 works
  4. Mathematics1.54×17 works
  5. Dentistry1.40×6 works
  6. Social Sciences1.36×158 works
  7. Energy1.23×10 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.23×24 works
  9. Chemistry1.21×17 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.03×21 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting1.01×30 works
  12. Engineering0.98×135 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.97×26 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.86×12 works
  15. Environmental Science0.78×36 works
  16. Nursing0.75×3 works
  17. Medicine0.62×110 works
  18. Health Professions0.60×15 works
  19. Veterinary0.53×1 works
  20. Neuroscience0.47×7 works
  21. Psychology0.47×13 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.46×22 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.45×2 works
  24. Computer Science0.44×32 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.43×4 works
  26. Decision Sciences0.41×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Nal'chik?

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

▲ 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 Development101▲ 6.0×35 topics
  2. Climate Change91▲ 3.1×47 topics
  3. Food Security68▲ 12×8 topics
  4. Innovation57▲ 5.2×24 topics
  5. Globalization53▲ 2.5×31 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence52▲ 3.4×27 topics
  7. Digital Transformation52▲ 8.8×13 topics
  8. Regional Development50▲ 13×8 topics
  9. Digital Economy37▲ 17×14 topics
  10. Language37▲ 14×7 topics
  11. Soil Fertility36▲ 15×3 topics
  12. Social Media35▲ 2.4×11 topics
  13. Mechanical Properties35▲ 3.3×26 topics
  14. Agriculture34▲ 8.2×2 topics
  15. Agricultural Development33▲ 20×4 topics
  16. Nutrition32▲ 6.7×9 topics
  17. Metal Nanoparticles31▲ 18×6 topics
  18. Economic Development31▲ 3.6×14 topics
  19. Linguistics29▲ 17×4 topics
  20. Migration28▲ 7.7×5 topics
  21. Digitalization27▲ 12×9 topics
  22. Sustainable Agriculture24▲ 7.2×7 topics
  23. Legal Regulation23▲ 9.6×7 topics
  24. Global Economy23▲ 17×3 topics
  25. Ethnicity23▲ 5.6×4 topics
  26. Media23▲ 14×4 topics
  27. Functional Foods22▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Economic Implications22▲ 42×2 topics
  29. Fisheries Management22▲ 19×1 topic
  30. Micronutrients22▲ 61×1 topic
  31. Coronavirus21▲ 9.8×3 topics
  32. Polymer Nanocomposites20▲ 44×3 topics
  33. Discourse Analysis20▲ 7.7×3 topics
  34. Phraseology20▲ 26×2 topics
  35. Biotechnology20▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Cultural Communication20▲ 52×1 topic
  37. Persuasion Strategies20▲ 52×1 topic
  38. Crop Productivity19▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Economic Security19▲ 8.5×7 topics
  40. Livestock Breeding19▲ 86×1 topic

What research is done in Nal'chik?

Food Industry and Aquatic Biology: 22 fractional worksAgriculture and Biological Studies: 19 fractional worksDiscourse Analysis and C…16Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication: 16 fractional worksAgricultural Productivit…15Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement: 15 fractional worksMaterial Properties and …15Material Properties and Applications: 15 fractional worksRegional Socio-Economic …14Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends: 14 fractional worksEconomic and Technological Developments in Russia: 12 fractional worksAgricultural Development and Policies: 9 fractional worksDigitalization and Economic Development in Agriculture: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Theoretical and Applied Studies in Material Sciences and Geometry: 8 fractional works
Food ScienceGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesCultural StudiesAgronomy and Crop Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Food Industry and Aquatic Biology Food Science 22 works
  2. 2 Agriculture and Biological Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 19 works
  3. 3 Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication Cultural Studies 16 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement Agronomy and Crop Science 15 works
  5. 5 Material Properties and Applications General Materials Science 15 works
  6. 6 Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends Demography 14 works
  7. 7 Economic and Technological Developments in Russia Development 12 works
  8. 8 Agricultural Development and Policies Agronomy and Crop Science 9 works
  9. 9 Digitalization and Economic Development in Agriculture Strategy and Management 8 works
  10. 10 Advanced Theoretical and Applied Studies in Material Sciences and Geometry Biomedical Engineering 8 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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 2025Nal'chik2.8% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.8% in 2014.

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