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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 2022–2025 are Nazarbayev University, L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University and Astana Medical University.

Research institutions
23
12 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
21k
▲ 193% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
14.3%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Nur-Sultan?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Nazarbayev UniversityUniversity 6,948 #825
2L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National UniversityUniversity 5,851 #2,521
3Astana Medical UniversityUniversity 2,835 #3,487
4S.Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical UniversityUniversity 1,399 #9,333
5Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of KazakhstanFunder 949 #18,184
6Economic Research InstituteResearch facility 551 #19,076
7National Center for BiotechnologyResearch facility 525 #15,627
8National Research Center for Maternal and Child HealthHospital / health system 505 #12,194
9KazMunayGas (Kazakhstan)Company 436 #15,586
10Maqsut Narikbayev UniversityUniversity 244 #26,383
11Kazakh University of Technology and BusinessUniversity 208 #22,290
12Eurasian Humanities InstituteUniversity 151 #27,263
13Republican Center for Healthcare DevelopmentHospital / health system 135 #40,538 all time
14National Medical HoldingInstitution 131 #38,414 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 2022–2025. 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.

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.

Which keywords describe research in Nur-Sultan?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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 Development558▲ 3.4×77 topics
  2. Globalization479▲ 2.3×104 topics
  3. Climate Change464▲ 1.65×101 topics
  4. Innovation368▲ 3.4×52 topics
  5. Machine Learning365◆ 1.07×90 topics
  6. Sustainability334▲ 1.31×88 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence325▲ 2.3×55 topics
  8. Education297▲ 1.66×77 topics
  9. Energy Efficiency286▲ 2.9×43 topics
  10. Renewable Energy285▲ 1.89×51 topics
  11. Legal Regulation283▲ 12×8 topics
  12. Economic Security274▲ 12×7 topics
  13. Ethnicity240▲ 6.1×17 topics
  14. Digital Transformation239▲ 4.3×23 topics
  15. Culture217▲ 3.9×19 topics
  16. Food Security213▲ 3.7×18 topics
  17. Regional Development212▲ 5.6×16 topics
  18. Literature185▲ 3.3×16 topics
  19. Digital Economy185▲ 9.7×15 topics
  20. Philosophy181▲ 3.9×14 topics
  21. Foresight181▲ 13×2 topics
  22. Strategic Planning180▲ 12×4 topics
  23. International Trade Law179▲ 13×2 topics
  24. Social Influence179▲ 7.9×3 topics
  25. Islam178▲ 8.1×5 topics
  26. Public Oversight178▲ 14×1 topic
  27. Transport Policy178▲ 14×1 topic
  28. Science178▲ 6.9×6 topics
  29. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles177▲ 9.1×4 topics
  30. Malay Language174▲ 12×1 topic
  31. Sharia Law174▲ 12×1 topic
  32. Design174▲ 10×4 topics
  33. Modernization174▲ 9.1×4 topics
  34. Air Force171▲ 13×1 topic
  35. Warfare171▲ 13×1 topic
  36. Migration171▲ 4.9×21 topics
  37. Geopolitics170▲ 11×10 topics
  38. International Relations167▲ 6.6×18 topics
  39. Digitalization159▲ 7.7×12 topics
  40. Central Asia141▲ 19×4 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

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