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Research in Saransk

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Saransk, Russia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are National Research Mordovia State University and Mordovia State Pedagogical Institute named after ME Evseveva.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.9k
▼ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
2.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1961-2026
66 years on the record
Saransk

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Which research institutions are in Saransk?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1National Research Mordovia State UniversityUniversity 4,492 #10,328
2Mordovia State Pedagogical Institute named after ME EvsevevaUniversity 442 #19,679

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.

Which fields of science does Saransk work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research in Saransk is in Social Sciences, 34% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Medicine (15%), Engineering (13%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 650 fractional works · 37.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 448 fractional works · 26.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 76 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEducation: 73 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCultural Studies: 72 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 70 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCommunication: 36 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDemography: 36 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopment: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 75 fractional works · 4.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 30 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 48 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 42 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 31 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 586 fractional works · 34.2% of its workEngineering: 217 fractional works · 12.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 43 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 36 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 23 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 102 fractional works · 5.9% of its workInformation Systems: 81 fractional works · 4.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 85 fractional works · 5.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 30 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 81 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 46 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCeramics and Composites: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 25 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNuclear Energy and Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 288 fractional works · 16.8% of its workMedicine: 266 fractional works · 15.5% of its workEpidemiology: 30 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 30 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 191 fractional works · 11.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 116 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 34 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSaransk1,715fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences38%

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 Sciences44826.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities754.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting482.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance422.4%
    5. Psychology311.8%
    6. Decision Sciences70.4%
    1. Engineering21712.6%
    2. Computer Science1025.9%
    3. Environmental Science855.0%
    4. Materials Science814.7%
    5. Energy251.5%
    6. Chemistry241.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy181.0%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences120.7%
    9. Mathematics120.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering110.6%
    1. Medicine26615.5%
    2. Health Professions130.8%
    3. Dentistry60.3%
    4. Nursing20.1%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1166.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology342.0%
    3. Neuroscience241.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology110.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Saransk strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Saransk is most concentrated in Cultural Studies, Communication and Language and Linguistics (10.0× the world share in Cultural Studies).

  1. Cultural StudiesSubfield · 64.3 works10.0×
  2. CommunicationSubfield · 30.7 works7.1×
  3. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 29.4 works4.2×
← 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: 1.39× its world share, 104 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 31 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 23 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.68× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.89× its world share, 22 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.79× its world share, 97 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.68× its world share, 24 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.87× its world share, 206 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 77 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.37× its world share, 76 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.62× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.78× its world share, 238 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.50× its world share, 68 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.84× its world share, 42 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.11× its world share, 37 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.58× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.07× its world share, 413 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences2.07×413 works
  2. Chemical Engineering1.68×9 works
  3. Energy1.68×24 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.50×68 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.39×104 works
  6. Materials Science1.37×76 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.11×37 works
  8. Environmental Science0.98×77 works
  9. Neuroscience0.90×23 works
  10. Chemistry0.89×22 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.88×5 works
  12. Engineering0.87×206 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.84×42 works
  14. Computer Science0.79×97 works
  15. Medicine0.78×238 works
  16. Dentistry0.68×5 works
  17. Veterinary0.66×1 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.63×10 works
  19. Mathematics0.62×12 works
  20. Psychology0.58×28 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.48×12 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.46×16 works
  23. Decision Sciences0.41×6 works
  24. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.36×31 works
  25. Nursing0.32×2 works
  26. Health Professions0.30×12 works

Which keywords describe research in Saransk?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Language, Digital Transformation, Social Media, Innovation, Linguistics, Media and Pedagogy.

▲ 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 Development144▲ 5.3×44 topics
  2. Language115▲ 27×9 topics
  3. Social Media113▲ 4.8×13 topics
  4. Digital Transformation104▲ 11×13 topics
  5. Globalization104▲ 3.1×37 topics
  6. Innovation94▲ 5.3×31 topics
  7. Climate Change92▲ 1.98×41 topics
  8. Education85▲ 2.9×27 topics
  9. Educational Technology78▲ 3.9×16 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence77▲ 3.1×27 topics
  11. Linguistics74▲ 27×4 topics
  12. Media72▲ 28×3 topics
  13. Pedagogy71▲ 8.3×8 topics
  14. Pandemic70▲ 4.1×6 topics
  15. Discourse Analysis70▲ 17×4 topics
  16. E-Learning69▲ 4.2×11 topics
  17. Food Security67▲ 7.2×9 topics
  18. Identity66▲ 5.3×22 topics
  19. Regional Development66▲ 11×9 topics
  20. Phraseology65▲ 53×2 topics
  21. Coronavirus64▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Cultural Communication63▲ 106×1 topic
  23. Persuasion Strategies63▲ 106×1 topic
  24. Youth60▲ 25×3 topics
  25. Ethnicity57▲ 8.9×7 topics
  26. Migration54▲ 9.3×12 topics
  27. Digitalization53▲ 15×8 topics
  28. Economic Development52▲ 3.8×16 topics
  29. Higher Education48▲ 5.2×12 topics
  30. Distance Learning46▲ 7.8×8 topics
  31. Agriculture45▲ 6.8×4 topics
  32. Geographical Analysis44▲ 61×2 topics
  33. Nationalism44▲ 5.7×8 topics
  34. Politics43▲ 9.5×3 topics
  35. Digital Economy42▲ 12×13 topics
  36. Civic Participation41▲ 50×1 topic
  37. Sociological Research41▲ 81×1 topic
  38. Legal Regulation37▲ 9.7×7 topics
  39. Labor Market36▲ 7.5×6 topics
  40. Spatial Patterns35▲ 22×2 topics

What research is done in Saransk?

Discourse Analysis and C…58Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication: 58 fractional worksSociopolitical Dynamics in Russia: 39 fractional worksRegional Socio-Economic …33Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends: 33 fractional worksEducational Innovations …29Educational Innovations and Challenges: 29 fractional worksLanguage, Communication, and Linguistic Studies: 27 fractional worksSecurity, Politics, and Digital Transformation: 20 fractional worksForeign Language Teachin…17Foreign Language Teaching Methods: 17 fractional worksSocial and Behavioral Studies: 17 fractional worksMaterial Properties and Applications: 16 fractional worksEducational Methods and Teacher Development: 15 fractional works
Cultural StudiesSociology and Political ScienceDemographyInformation Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication Cultural Studies 58 works
  2. 2 Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia Sociology and Political Science 39 works
  3. 3 Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends Demography 33 works
  4. 4 Educational Innovations and Challenges Information Systems 29 works
  5. 5 Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies Communication 27 works
  6. 6 Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation Political Science and International Relations 20 works
  7. 7 Foreign Language Teaching Methods Education 17 works
  8. 8 Social and Behavioral Studies Health 17 works
  9. 9 Material Properties and Applications General Materials Science 16 works
  10. 10 Educational Methods and Teacher Development Information Systems 15 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 2025Saransk8.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.8% in 2015.

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