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Research in Saint Petersburg

Science Explorer records 205 research institutions in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are St Petersburg University, ITMO University and Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

Research institutions
205
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
229k
▲ 103% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
6.4%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Saint Petersburg?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1St Petersburg UniversityUniversity 43,556 #1,220
2Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic UniversityUniversity 17,509 #2,172
3ITMO UniversityUniversity 13,883 #1,503
4Ioffe InstituteResearch facility 9,460 #2,583
5Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical UniversityUniversity 7,101 #6,690
6Zoological InstituteArchive 5,423 #13,403
7Herzen UniversityUniversity 5,195 #9,055
8First Pavlov State Medical University of St. PetersburgUniversity 5,035 #7,692
9S. M. Kirov Military Medical AcademyUniversity 4,247 #5,042
10North-West State Technical UniversityUniversity 4,176 #16,796
11St. Petersburg State Technological InstituteUniversity 4,021 #7,663
12Institute of Macromolecular CompoundsResearch facility 3,813 #11,434
13North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. MechnikovUniversity 3,712 #7,777
14Saint Petersburg Mining UniversityUniversity 3,659 #3,508
15Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and BiochemistryResearch facility 3,432 #8,589
16Pavlov Institute of Physiology of the Russian Academy of SciencesResearch facility 3,174 #9,911
17Federal Almazov North-West Medical Research CentreResearch facility 3,138 #7,915
18Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace and InstrumentationUniversity 2,974 #13,558
19Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical UniversityUniversity 2,965 #9,661
20Institute of Problems of Mechanical EngineeringResearch facility 2,923 #11,537
21Institute of CytologyResearch facility 2,875 #7,019
22State Optical Institute named after SI VavilovResearch facility 2,785 #5,672 all time
23Petersburg State Transport UniversityUniversity 2,541 #5,893
24Pulkovo ObservatoryResearch facility 2,160 #13,224
25Saint Petersburg State University of EconomicsUniversity 2,048 #18,613
26Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil EngineeringUniversity 1,993 #8,905
27State Marine Technical University of St. PetersburgUniversity 1,946 #12,259
28Institute of Chemistry of Silicates named after I.V. GrebenshchikovResearch facility 1,760 #10,686
29Saint-Petersburg State University of Technology and DesignUniversity 1,721 #10,366
30North-West Institute of ManagementUniversity 1,694 #19,279
31State Research Center of the Russian FederationResearch facility 1,672 #12,290
32Institute of Experimental MedicineResearch facility 1,598 #10,286
33Saint-Petersburg State University of TelecommunicationsUniversity 1,575 #16,305
34St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and AutomationResearch facility 1,542 #24,142
35Research Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology named after D.O. OttResearch facility 1,395 #15,702
36V. G. Khlopin Radium InstituteResearch facility 1,291 #22,357
37Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland ShippingUniversity 1,282 #11,307
38All-Russian Institute of Plant ProtectionResearch facility 1,241 #21,323
39Institute of Applied AstronomyResearch facility 1,188 #23,373
40Arctic and Antarctic Research InstituteResearch facility 1,157 #9,829
41N.I. Vavilov Research Institute of Plant IndustryResearch facility 1,112 #17,555
42Baltic State Technical University VoenmehUniversity 1,064 #15,004
43St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Institute of MathematicsResearch facility 1,063 #16,705
44Institute of Oncology NN PetrovHospital / health system 1,057 #19,773
45European University at Saint PetersburgUniversity 1,011 #20,834
46Russian State Hydrometeorological UniversityUniversity 1,011 #13,835
47D.I. Mendeleyev Institute for MetrologyResearch facility 995 #13,468
48Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical UniversityUniversity 894 #23,044
49Institute of Linguistic StudiesUniversity 870 #24,822
50Institute of Oriental ManuscriptsResearch facility 863 #14,121
51A.P. Karpinsky Russian Geological Research InstituteResearch facility 848 #19,544
52Institute for Analytical InstrumentationResearch facility 837 #15,106
53Military Space Academy named after AF MozhaiskyUniversity 835 #23,062
54Saint-Petersburg Institute of HistoryResearch facility 809 #20,304
55Central Research Institute of Structural Materials PrometeyResearch facility 789 #17,215
56Saint Petersburg Academic UniversityUniversity 766 #18,863
57Institute of Precambrian Geology and GeochronologyResearch facility 750 #19,510
58Saint - Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical AcademyUniversity 715 #15,270
59St.Petersburg V.M.Bekhterev Psychoneurological Research InstituteResearch facility 705 #18,664
60Saint Petersburg University of Management and EconomicsUniversity 667 #17,950

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.

St Petersburg University: 21.5%Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University: 8.6%ITMO University: 6.9%Ioffe Institute: 4.7%56 others listed: 58.3%22%largest
St Petersburg University44k · 21.5%Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University18k · 8.6%ITMO University14k · 6.9%Ioffe Institute9,460 · 4.7%56 others listed118k · 58.3%

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

What is Saint Petersburg strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Saint Petersburg is most concentrated in Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Anatomy and General Materials Science (19.8× the world share in Nuclear Energy and Engineering).

  1. Nuclear Energy and EngineeringSubfield · 75.1 works20×
  2. AnatomySubfield · 134.9 works10.0×
  3. General Materials ScienceSubfield · 241.8 works9.8×
  4. Fuel TechnologySubfield · 43.0 works9.3×
  5. DevelopmentSubfield · 405.1 works7.1×
  6. Filtration and SeparationSubfield · 21.8 works3.5×
  7. ArcheologySubfield · 29.1 works3.4×
  8. GeologySubfield · 238.9 works3.1×
← 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.

Which keywords describe research in Saint Petersburg?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Digital Transformation, Sustainable Development, Climate Change, Digital Economy, Innovation, Energy Efficiency, Artificial Intelligence and Regional 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 2022–2025 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. Climate Change2,551▲ 1.68×118 topics
  2. Sustainable Development2,342▲ 2.6×102 topics
  3. Epidemiology1,745▼ 0.78×138 topics
  4. Sustainability1,690▲ 1.23×115 topics
  5. Digital Transformation1,666▲ 5.6×29 topics
  6. Globalization1,624▲ 1.47×161 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence1,607▲ 2.1×66 topics
  8. Innovation1,575▲ 2.7×83 topics
  9. Energy Efficiency1,499▲ 2.8×43 topics
  10. Machine Learning1,490▼ 0.81×97 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress1,092▲ 1.18×63 topics
  12. Neural Networks1,077▲ 1.24×42 topics
  13. Regional Development984▲ 4.8×21 topics
  14. Digital Economy983▲ 9.5×18 topics
  15. Economic Development924▲ 2.0×49 topics
  16. Cyber-Physical Systems861▲ 5.8×9 topics
  17. Language849▲ 6.2×15 topics
  18. International Relations785▲ 5.8×28 topics
  19. Geopolitics764▲ 8.8×11 topics
  20. Arctic724▲ 11×4 topics
  21. Digitalization723▲ 6.4×14 topics
  22. Media633▲ 7.3×15 topics
  23. Legal Regulation620▲ 5.0×8 topics
  24. Migration603▲ 3.2×30 topics
  25. Linguistics592▲ 6.4×9 topics
  26. Innovation Management508▲ 5.4×10 topics
  27. Youth478▲ 6.1×7 topics
  28. Quality Management467▲ 5.5×9 topics
  29. Digital Technologies463▲ 5.8×6 topics
  30. Global Economy461▲ 6.0×6 topics
  31. Phraseology447▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Environmental Safety425▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Cultural Communication410▲ 20×1 topic
  34. Persuasion Strategies410▲ 20×1 topic
  35. Geographical Analysis401▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Knowledge Clusters390▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Cardiovascular Diseases388▲ 7.5×4 topics
  38. Project Management385▲ 7.9×2 topics
  39. Information Technologies384▲ 24×1 topic
  40. Shipping382▲ 13×2 topics

What research is done in Saint Petersburg?

Discourse Analysis and C…410Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication: 410 fractional worksEconomic and Technologic…384Economic and Technological Systems Analysis: 384 fractional worksEconomic and Technological Developments in Russia: 368 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…364Healthcare Systems and Public Health: 364 fractional worksArctic and Russian Polic…348Arctic and Russian Policy Studies: 348 fractional worksSociopolitical Dynamics in Russia: 341 fractional worksRegional Socio-Economic Development Trends: 322 fractional worksIndustrial Engineering a…298Industrial Engineering and Technologies: 298 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Challenges: 289 fractional worksSecurity, Politics, and Digital Transformation: 246 fractional works
Cultural StudiesManagement of Technology and InnovationDevelopmentEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication Cultural Studies 410 works
  2. 2 Economic and Technological Systems Analysis Management of Technology and Innovation 384 works
  3. 3 Economic and Technological Developments in Russia Development 368 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Systems and Public Health Epidemiology 364 works
  5. 5 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 348 works
  6. 6 Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia Sociology and Political Science 341 works
  7. 7 Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends Demography 322 works
  8. 8 Industrial Engineering and Technologies Mechanical Engineering 298 works
  9. 9 Educational Innovations and Challenges Information Systems 289 works
  10. 10 Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation Political Science and International Relations 246 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.