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Research in Nur-Sultan

Science Explorer records 23 research institutions in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Nazarbayev University, L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University and Astana Medical University.

Research institutions
23
12 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
21k
▲ 90% vs 2018-21
Citations
146k
6.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Nur-Sultan

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 Nur-Sultan?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Nazarbayev UniversityUniversity 6,948 #1,646
2L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National UniversityUniversity 5,851 #3,316
3Astana Medical UniversityUniversity 2,835 #3,505
4S.Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical UniversityUniversity 1,399 #6,607
5Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of KazakhstanFunder 949 #12,772
6Economic Research InstituteResearch facility 551 #10,103
7National Center for BiotechnologyResearch facility 525 #17,396
8National Research Center for Maternal and Child HealthHospital / health system 505 #13,791
9KazMunayGas (Kazakhstan)Company 436 #9,331
10Maqsut Narikbayev UniversityUniversity 244 #15,556
11Kazakh University of Technology and BusinessUniversity 208 #12,965
12Eurasian Humanities InstituteUniversity 151 #21,383
13Republican Center for Healthcare DevelopmentHospital / health system 135 #32,992 all time
14National Medical HoldingInstitution 131 #34,705 all time
15Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of KazakhstanGovernment institution 59 not ranked
16Ministry of Health of the Republic of KazakhstanGovernment institution 42 not ranked
17International Science and Technology CenterNonprofit 22 not ranked
18Kazakhstan Institute of Standardization and MetrologyGovernment institution 16 not ranked
19National Center of Public Health of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of KazakhstanGovernment institution 11 not ranked
20Ministry of Culture and Sport of the Republic of KazakhstanGovernment institution 8 not ranked
21Kazakh Scientific Reseach Institute for Ecology and ClimateResearch facility 3 not ranked
22National Agency for Technological DevelopmentGovernment institution 2 not ranked
23Eni (Kazakhstan)Company 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.

Nazarbayev University: 33.0%L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University: 27.8%Astana Medical University: 13.5%S.Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University: 6.7%19 others listed: 19.0%33%largest
Nazarbayev University6,948 · 33.0%L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University5,851 · 27.8%Astana Medical University2,835 · 13.5%S.Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University1,399 · 6.7%19 others listed3,999 · 19.0%

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

Which fields of science does Nur-Sultan work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Nur-Sultan is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (20%), Social Sciences (19%), Medicine (13%).

Physical Sciences: 5,234 fractional works · 44.0% of its workEngineering: 2,369 fractional works · 19.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 502 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 313 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 277 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 235 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 202 fractional works · 1.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 162 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 144 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 140 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 117 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 73 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 66 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1,055 fractional works · 8.9% of its workInformation Systems: 327 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 304 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 132 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 125 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 486 fractional works · 4.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 102 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 81 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 69 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 415 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 254 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 252 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 76 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 197 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 77 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 68 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 168 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 96 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Energy: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 133 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 105 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemistry: 126 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3,642 fractional works · 30.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,224 fractional works · 18.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 531 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 522 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEducation: 337 fractional works · 2.8% of its workTransportation: 201 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 131 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 66 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 64 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 55 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 77 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 373 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 247 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 92 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 352 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 142 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 86 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 344 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 152 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 70 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAccounting: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 257 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 77 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 67 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 65 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 92 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,786 fractional works · 15.0% of its workMedicine: 1,525 fractional works · 12.8% of its workSurgery: 189 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 167 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 123 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 119 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 110 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 73 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 66 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 65 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 245 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 181 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 86 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 95 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 17 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,241 fractional works · 10.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 635 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPlant Science: 175 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 165 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 79 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 398 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 220 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 78 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 100 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 94 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 91 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNur-Sultan12kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences31%

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. Engineering2,36919.9%
    2. Computer Science1,0558.9%
    3. Environmental Science4864.1%
    4. Materials Science4153.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy2522.1%
    6. Mathematics1971.7%
    7. Energy1681.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1331.1%
    9. Chemistry1261.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering340.3%
  2. Social Sciences3,64230.6%
    1. Social Sciences2,22418.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3733.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities3523.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting3442.9%
    5. Psychology2572.2%
    6. Decision Sciences920.8%
  3. Health Sciences1,78615.0%
    1. Medicine1,52512.8%
    2. Health Professions1811.5%
    3. Nursing510.4%
    4. Veterinary170.1%
    5. Dentistry130.1%
  4. Life Sciences1,24110.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6355.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3983.3%
    3. Neuroscience940.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology910.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics220.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Nur-Sultan strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Nur-Sultan is most concentrated in General Energy, Development and Transportation (11.3× the world share in General Energy).

  1. General EnergySubfield · 31.8 works11×
  2. DevelopmentSubfield · 62.0 works5.9×
  3. TransportationSubfield · 192.9 works5.5×
  4. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 85.8 works3.3×
← 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 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: 1.11× its world share, 550 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 340 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.76× its world share, 80 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 75 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 19 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.82× its world share, 30 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.70× its world share, 114 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.10× its world share, 894 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 120 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.59× its world share, 153 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.37× its world share, 2,154 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 421 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.02× its world share, 371 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.43× its world share, 176 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.99× its world share, 229 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 156 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 1,261 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 43 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.05× its world share, 15 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.02× its world share, 307 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.92× its world share, 309 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 82 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.53× its world share, 343 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 210 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 1,989 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 1.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy1.59×153 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.53×343 works
  3. Social Sciences1.50×1,989 works
  4. Mathematics1.43×176 works
  5. Engineering1.37×2,154 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.11×550 works
  7. Computer Science1.10×894 works
  8. Veterinary1.05×15 works
  9. Materials Science1.02×371 works
  10. Arts and Humanities1.02×307 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.99×229 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.92×309 works
  13. Nursing0.83×43 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.82×30 works
  15. Environmental Science0.81×421 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.81×82 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.76×80 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.73×120 works
  19. Chemistry0.70×114 works
  20. Psychology0.66×210 works
  21. Medicine0.63×1,261 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.61×340 works
  23. Health Professions0.57×156 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.51×19 works
  25. Neuroscience0.44×75 works
  26. Dentistry0.19×10 works

Which keywords describe research in Nur-Sultan?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Legal Regulation, Economic Security, Globalization, Innovation, Ethnicity, Climate Change and Digital Economy.

▲ 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 Development610▲ 3.3×80 topics
  2. Globalization526▲ 2.2×116 topics
  3. Climate Change506▲ 1.56×105 topics
  4. Machine Learning435◆ 1.10×91 topics
  5. Innovation408▲ 3.3×55 topics
  6. Sustainability374▲ 1.29×92 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence366▲ 2.2×55 topics
  8. Education339▲ 1.66×82 topics
  9. Renewable Energy322▲ 1.87×51 topics
  10. Energy Efficiency310▲ 2.8×45 topics
  11. Legal Regulation298▲ 11×8 topics
  12. Economic Security288▲ 11×7 topics
  13. Digital Transformation260▲ 4.0×24 topics
  14. Ethnicity256▲ 5.7×17 topics
  15. Culture230▲ 3.7×20 topics
  16. Food Security225▲ 3.5×18 topics
  17. Regional Development224▲ 5.5×17 topics
  18. Digital Economy203▲ 8.5×16 topics
  19. Migration196▲ 4.8×22 topics
  20. Philosophy188▲ 3.6×15 topics
  21. Strategic Planning186▲ 11×4 topics
  22. Foresight186▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Social Influence186▲ 7.4×3 topics
  24. Islam185▲ 7.5×5 topics
  25. International Trade Law185▲ 12×2 topics
  26. International Relations184▲ 6.4×22 topics
  27. Science184▲ 6.3×6 topics
  28. Geopolitics183▲ 10×10 topics
  29. Public Oversight183▲ 12×1 topic
  30. Transport Policy183▲ 12×1 topic
  31. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles183▲ 8.1×4 topics
  32. Malay Language180▲ 11×1 topic
  33. Sharia Law180▲ 11×1 topic
  34. Design180▲ 9.3×5 topics
  35. Modernization179▲ 8.2×4 topics
  36. Digitalization177▲ 7.3×12 topics
  37. Air Force176▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Warfare176▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Central Asia165▲ 20×4 topics
  40. Cultural Diplomacy138▲ 14×5 topics

What research is done in Nur-Sultan?

Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 178 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 174 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 171 fractional worksRegional Socio-Economic Development Trends: 81 fractional worksCentral Asia Education and Culture: 68 fractional worksSecurity, Politics, and Digital Transformation: 68 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Challenges: 58 fractional worksFood Industry and Aquatic Biology: 57 fractional worksEconomic and Technological Developments in Russia: 55 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Public Health: 52 fractional works
TransportationSociology and Political ScienceAerospace EngineeringDemography5 others

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

  1. 1 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 178 works
  2. 2 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 174 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 171 works
  4. 4 Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends Demography 81 works
  5. 5 Central Asia Education and Culture Political Science and International Relations 68 works
  6. 6 Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation Political Science and International Relations 68 works
  7. 7 Educational Innovations and Challenges Information Systems 58 works
  8. 8 Food Industry and Aquatic Biology Food Science 57 works
  9. 9 Economic and Technological Developments in Russia Development 55 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Systems and Public Health Epidemiology 52 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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 counting10%20%Nur-Sultan15.9% 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 19.8% in 2000.

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