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Research in Samarkand

Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Samarkand State University named after Sharof Rashidov, Samarkand Institute of Economics and Service and Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages.

Research institutions
7
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
11k
▲ 156% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
1.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
5.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Samarkand

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 Samarkand?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Samarkand State University named after Sharof RashidovUniversity 4,465 #4,870
2Samarkand State Medical InstituteHospital / health system 2,889 #13,702
3Samarkand State Institute of Foreign LanguagesUniversity 1,597 #6,965
4Samarkand Institute of Economics and ServiceUniversity 1,042 #5,897
5Samarkand State Architectural and Civil-Engineering InstituteUniversity 391 #12,052
6Samarkand Institute of Veterinary MedicineUniversity 191 #27,022 all time
7"Silk Road" International University of Tourism and Cultural HeritageUniversity 39 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.

Samarkand State University named after Sharof Rashidov: 42.1%Samarkand State Medical Institute: 27.2%Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages: 15.0%Samarkand Institute of Economics and Service: 9.8%3 others listed: 5.9%42%largest
Samarkand State University named after Sharof Rashidov4,465 · 42.1%Samarkand State Medical Institute2,889 · 27.2%Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages1,597 · 15.0%Samarkand Institute of Economics and Service1,042 · 9.8%3 others listed621 · 5.9%

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

Which fields of science does Samarkand work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in Samarkand is in Social Sciences, 22% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Medicine (16%), Engineering (8%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 3,668 fractional works · 46.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,181 fractional works · 27.7% of its workEducation: 1,032 fractional works · 13.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 364 fractional works · 4.6% of its workTransportation: 228 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 205 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCultural Studies: 85 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 82 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 70 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 548 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 495 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 543 fractional works · 6.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 191 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhilosophy: 149 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 110 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArcheology: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 63 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 188 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 65 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 64 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 184 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 82 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,736 fractional works · 22.1% of its workMedicine: 1,255 fractional works · 16.0% of its workSurgery: 177 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 131 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 108 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 89 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 69 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnatomy: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 117 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 373 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 278 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 77 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPeriodontics: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,627 fractional works · 20.7% of its workEngineering: 624 fractional works · 7.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 225 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 59 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 54 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 338 fractional works · 4.3% of its workInformation Systems: 202 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 63 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 169 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 115 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 111 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 61 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 94 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 85 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 830 fractional works · 10.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 522 fractional works · 6.6% of its workAquatic Science: 220 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPlant Science: 94 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 156 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 67 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 76 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 57 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSamarkand7,862fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences47%

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. Social Sciences3,66846.7%
    1. Social Sciences2,18127.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5487.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities5436.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1882.4%
    5. Psychology1842.3%
    6. Decision Sciences240.3%
  2. Health Sciences1,73622.1%
    1. Medicine1,25516.0%
    2. Health Professions3734.7%
    3. Dentistry771.0%
    4. Nursing220.3%
    5. Veterinary90.1%
    1. Engineering6247.9%
    2. Computer Science3384.3%
    3. Environmental Science1692.1%
    4. Mathematics1151.5%
    5. Materials Science1111.4%
    6. Chemistry941.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy851.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering340.4%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences330.4%
    10. Energy240.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5226.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1562.0%
    3. Neuroscience761.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology570.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics180.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Samarkand strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Samarkand is most concentrated in Anatomy, Aquatic Science and Philosophy (23.8× the world share in Anatomy).

  1. AnatomySubfield · 31.3 works24×
  2. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 153.4 works15×
  3. PhilosophySubfield · 145.2 works6.2×
  4. TransportationSubfield · 98.9 works5.4×
  5. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 126.9 works5.3×
  6. General Social SciencesSubfield · 28.4 works4.7×
  7. EducationSubfield · 753.3 works4.5×
  8. CommunicationSubfield · 59.9 works4.0×
← 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: 1.50× its world share, 392 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 96 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 30 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 47 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.70× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.64× its world share, 32 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.95× its world share, 82 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 237 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 29 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 17 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 415 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 126 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.48× its world share, 91 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.53× its world share, 99 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.61× its world share, 74 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.97× its world share, 52 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.31× its world share, 334 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.86× its world share, 907 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 15 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.63× its world share, 418 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.66× its world share, 117 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 18 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.86× its world share, 336 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 107 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.01× its world share, 1,399 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.86×336 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.63×418 works
  3. Health Professions2.31×334 works
  4. Social Sciences2.01×1,399 works
  5. Dentistry1.97×52 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.64×32 works
  7. Mathematics1.53×99 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.50×392 works
  9. Chemistry0.95×82 works
  10. Medicine0.86×907 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.70×14 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.66×117 works
  13. Psychology0.64×107 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.61×74 works
  15. Veterinary0.58×4 works
  16. Computer Science0.56×237 works
  17. Nursing0.55×15 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.54×30 works
  19. Neuroscience0.53×47 works
  20. Engineering0.50×415 works
  21. Materials Science0.48×91 works
  22. Environmental Science0.46×126 works
  23. Decision Sciences0.35×18 works
  24. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.33×96 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.33×29 works
  26. Energy0.33×17 works

Which keywords describe research in Samarkand?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pedagogy, Educational Technologies, Language Teaching, Digital Education, Tourism Development, Teaching Methods, Critical Thinking and Formative Assessment.

▲ 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. Pedagogy880▲ 22×16 topics
  2. Educational Technologies879▲ 122×2 topics
  3. Language Teaching862▲ 41×8 topics
  4. Digital Education835▲ 72×6 topics
  5. Tourism Development820▲ 76×2 topics
  6. Teaching Methods819▲ 64×7 topics
  7. Critical Thinking812▲ 89×4 topics
  8. Formative Assessment810▲ 123×2 topics
  9. Artistic Education808▲ 157×1 topic
  10. Student Competencies808▲ 157×1 topic
  11. Globalization684▲ 4.4×82 topics
  12. Sustainability533▲ 2.8×76 topics
  13. Entrepreneurship513▲ 17×16 topics
  14. Digital Economy497▲ 31×14 topics
  15. Economic Development495▲ 7.9×31 topics
  16. Investment434▲ 48×6 topics
  17. Industrial Enterprises424▲ 158×1 topic
  18. Innovation Economics424▲ 158×1 topic
  19. History417▲ 7.6×24 topics
  20. Philosophy392▲ 11×23 topics
  21. Culture287▲ 7.0×16 topics
  22. Literature277▲ 6.5×34 topics
  23. Economic Security277▲ 17×7 topics
  24. Ethnicity276▲ 9.4×14 topics
  25. Science247▲ 13×6 topics
  26. Islam245▲ 15×4 topics
  27. Social Influence244▲ 15×2 topics
  28. Malay Language244▲ 22×1 topic
  29. Sharia Law244▲ 22×1 topic
  30. Legal Regulation238▲ 13×7 topics
  31. International Trade Law224▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Public Oversight224▲ 23×1 topic
  33. Transport Policy224▲ 23×1 topic
  34. Language224▲ 11×11 topics
  35. Climate Change Impact220▲ 12×7 topics
  36. Foresight220▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Modernization218▲ 15×5 topics
  38. Energy Consumption218▲ 12×6 topics
  39. Design216▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles215▲ 15×4 topics

What research is done in Samarkand?

Education, Innovation an…597Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 597 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial …251Economic and Industrial Development: 251 fractional worksEngineering and Agricult…148Engineering and Agricultural Innovations: 148 fractional worksHermeneutics and Narrative Identity: 125 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 125 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and S…125Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 125 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 106 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 95 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 88 fractional worksForeign Language Teaching Methods: 66 fractional works
EducationEconomics and EconometricsAquatic SciencePhilosophy4 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 597 works
  2. 2 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 251 works
  3. 3 Engineering and Agricultural Innovations Aquatic Science 148 works
  4. 4 Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity Philosophy 125 works
  5. 5 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 125 works
  6. 6 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 125 works
  7. 7 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 106 works
  8. 8 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 95 works
  9. 9 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 88 works
  10. 10 Foreign Language Teaching Methods Education 66 works

Research output over time

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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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Samarkand7.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.4% in 2007.

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