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Research in St Petersburg

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in St Petersburg. The largest by output are Institute of Limnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, New Technologies and Services (Russia) and St. Petersburg Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Research institutions
3
Research works
190
▲ 110% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
3.1%
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 St Petersburg?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Institute of Limnology of the Russian Academy of SciencesResearch facility 121 #42,087 all time
2New Technologies and Services (Russia)Company 55 not ranked
3St. Petersburg Research Center of the Russian Academy of SciencesGovernment institution 15 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.

What is St Petersburg strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in St Petersburg is most concentrated in Earth and Planetary Sciences (25.5× the world share in Earth and Planetary Sciences).

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 24.8 works25×
← 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 St Petersburg?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sediment Transport, Holocene, Sea Level, Environmental Impact, Water Quality, Hydrodynamic Processes and Numerical Modeling.

▲ 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 Change14▲ 8.3×22 topics
  2. Sediment Transport11▲ 108×4 topics
  3. Environmental Impact8▲ 7.6×9 topics
  4. Holocene8▲ 112×2 topics
  5. Sea Level8▲ 134×2 topics
  6. Hydrodynamic Processes6▲ 934×1 topic
  7. Numerical Modeling6▲ 92×1 topic
  8. Sedimentation6▲ 179×2 topics
  9. Water Quality6▲ 25×8 topics
  10. Black Sea6▲ 246×1 topic
  11. paleoceanography6▲ 325×1 topic
  12. Biodiversity6▲ 13×5 topics
  13. Arctic5▲ 78×4 topics
  14. Lake Baikal4▲ 880×1 topic
  15. ecological change4▲ 880×1 topic
  16. Tectonics4▲ 49×2 topics
  17. Petroleum4▲ 115×1 topic
  18. geology4▲ 226×1 topic
  19. Remote Sensing3▲ 4.0×7 topics
  20. Invasive Species3▲ 11×5 topics
  21. Eutrophication2▲ 38×4 topics
  22. Environmental Monitoring2▲ 9.5×4 topics
  23. Legal Regulation2▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Ocean Circulation2▲ 26×3 topics
  25. Air Force2▲ 26×1 topic
  26. Glacial Cycles2▲ 48×1 topic
  27. Microbial Communities2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  28. Modernization2▲ 17×1 topic
  29. Paleoclimatology2▲ 38×1 topic
  30. Culture2▲ 5.7×1 topic
  31. Economic Security2▲ 14×1 topic
  32. Ecosystem Engineering2▲ 110×2 topics
  33. Islam2▲ 14×1 topic
  34. Transport Policy2▲ 24×1 topic
  35. Agricultural Impact2▲ 128×2 topics
  36. Water Resources2▲ 10.0×3 topics
  37. Geomorphological Effects1▲ 60×2 topics
  38. Paleosols1▲ 142×1 topic
  39. Soil Evolution1▲ 142×1 topic
  40. Harmful Algal Blooms1▲ 28×2 topics

What research is done in St Petersburg?

Aquatic and Environmenta…6Aquatic and Environmental Studies: 6 fractional worksMarine and environmental studies: 6 fractional worksWater Resources and Management: 4 fractional worksGeological Studies and Exploration: 4 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 2 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…2Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 2 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 2 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 2 fractional worksSoil and Environmental Studies: 1 fractional worksFood Industry and Aquatic Biology: 1 fractional works
Earth-Surface ProcessesOceanographyEcologyGeology6 others

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

  1. 1 Aquatic and Environmental Studies Earth-Surface Processes 6 works
  2. 2 Marine and environmental studies Oceanography 6 works
  3. 3 Water Resources and Management Ecology 4 works
  4. 4 Geological Studies and Exploration Geology 4 works
  5. 5 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 2 works
  7. 7 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 2 works
  8. 8 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Soil and Environmental Studies Soil Science 1 works
  10. 10 Food Industry and Aquatic Biology Food Science 1 works

Research output over time

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