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Research in Tomsk

Science Explorer records 10 research institutions in Tomsk, Russia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk Polytechnic University and Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radio-Electronics.

Research institutions
10
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
57k
▼ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
336k
5.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
6.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Tomsk

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 Tomsk?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1National Research Tomsk State UniversityUniversity 22,141 #5,070
2Tomsk Polytechnic UniversityUniversity 10,505 #5,491
3Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radio-ElectronicsUniversity 3,449 #8,018
4Siberian State Medical UniversityUniversity 2,547 #20,889
5Tomsk State University of Architecture and BuildingUniversity 1,476 #10,392
6Tomsk State Pedagogical UniversityUniversity 1,224 #9,975
7Siberian Research Institute of Agriculture and PeatUniversity 621 #12,734
8Research Institute of Semiconductor DevicesResearch facility 369 #32,921 all time
9Tomsk Institute of Economics and LawUniversity 105 not ranked
10Research, Design and Technology Institute CableResearch facility 1 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.

National Research Tomsk State University: 52.2%Tomsk Polytechnic University: 24.8%Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radio-Electronics: 8.1%Siberian State Medical University: 6.0%6 others listed: 8.9%52%largest
National Research Tomsk State University22k · 52.2%Tomsk Polytechnic University11k · 24.8%Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radio-Electronics3,449 · 8.1%Siberian State Medical University2,547 · 6.0%6 others listed3,796 · 8.9%

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

Which fields of science does Tomsk work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research in Tomsk is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (29%), Medicine (14%), Materials Science (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 7,313 fractional works · 63.8% of its workEngineering: 3,308 fractional works · 28.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 690 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 630 fractional works · 5.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 437 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 375 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 337 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 214 fractional works · 1.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 185 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 139 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 82 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 64 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 990 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 664 fractional works · 5.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 71 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCeramics and Composites: 67 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 55 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 756 fractional works · 6.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 337 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 128 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 121 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiation: 68 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 673 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 248 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 95 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 92 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 488 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 269 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeology: 70 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 426 fractional works · 3.7% of its workInformation Systems: 175 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 99 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 396 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 123 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 105 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 84 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 124 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 73 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 79 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 73 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,711 fractional works · 14.9% of its workMedicine: 1,592 fractional works · 13.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 262 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 183 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 139 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 131 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 116 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 102 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 83 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 61 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 248 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 73 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,237 fractional works · 10.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 740 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 167 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 110 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 104 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 85 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 60 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 122 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 118 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 116 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 78 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 96 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,201 fractional works · 10.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 474 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPlant Science: 126 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 92 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 71 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 465 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 231 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 104 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 85 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 140 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 74 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 87 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 67 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKTomsk11kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences64%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences11%

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. Engineering3,30828.9%
    2. Materials Science9908.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy7566.6%
    4. Environmental Science6735.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences4884.3%
    6. Computer Science4263.7%
    7. Chemistry3963.5%
    8. Energy1241.1%
    9. Mathematics790.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering730.6%
  2. Health Sciences1,71114.9%
    1. Medicine1,59213.9%
    2. Health Professions730.6%
    3. Nursing230.2%
    4. Dentistry130.1%
    5. Veterinary100.1%
  3. Social Sciences1,23710.8%
    1. Social Sciences7406.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1221.1%
    3. Psychology1181.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities1161.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance960.8%
    6. Decision Sciences450.4%
  4. Life Sciences1,20110.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4744.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4654.1%
    3. Neuroscience1401.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology870.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics350.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Tomsk strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Tomsk is most concentrated in Fuel Technology, General Materials Science and Ceramics and Composites (23.4× the world share in Fuel Technology).

  1. Fuel TechnologySubfield · 20.2 works23×
  2. General Materials ScienceSubfield · 51.8 works11×
  3. Ceramics and CompositesSubfield · 62.4 works8.4×
  4. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 258.3 works5.5×
  5. SpectroscopySubfield · 115.2 works5.0×
  6. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 356.4 works4.7×
  7. GeologySubfield · 67.4 works4.7×
← 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: 0.85× its world share, 427 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 416 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.74× its world share, 79 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.73× its world share, 125 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 30 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.89× its world share, 70 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.23× its world share, 369 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 387 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.81× its world share, 466 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.15× its world share, 112 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.96× its world share, 3,110 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.19× its world share, 627 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.49× its world share, 920 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 71 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.00× its world share, 706 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 68 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 1,426 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 21 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.53× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 104 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 111 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 40 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 85 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 103 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 674 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy3.00×706 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.81×466 works
  3. Materials Science2.49×920 works
  4. Chemistry2.23×369 works
  5. Engineering1.96×3,110 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.89×70 works
  7. Environmental Science1.19×627 works
  8. Energy1.15×112 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.85×427 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.79×30 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.74×416 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.74×79 works
  13. Neuroscience0.73×125 works
  14. Medicine0.70×1,426 works
  15. Mathematics0.57×71 works
  16. Veterinary0.53×8 works
  17. Social Sciences0.50×674 works
  18. Computer Science0.47×387 works
  19. Nursing0.40×21 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.40×40 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.38×85 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.34×104 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.32×111 works
  24. Psychology0.32×103 works
  25. Health Professions0.24×68 works
  26. Dentistry0.22×11 works

Which keywords describe research in Tomsk?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Biomedical Applications, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Satellite Observations, Thin Films and Sintering.

▲ 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. Mechanical Properties528▲ 4.7×38 topics
  2. Climate Change470▲ 1.51×96 topics
  3. Biomedical Applications356▲ 2.6×35 topics
  4. Microstructure333▲ 5.6×19 topics
  5. Energy Efficiency296▲ 2.8×38 topics
  6. Sustainable Development275▲ 1.53×62 topics
  7. Remote Sensing267▲ 1.91×38 topics
  8. Environmental Impact257▲ 1.31×54 topics
  9. Nanoparticles246▲ 1.70×43 topics
  10. Nanocomposites237▲ 2.6×22 topics
  11. Renewable Energy227▲ 1.37×44 topics
  12. Satellite Observations168▲ 15×3 topics
  13. Digital Transformation160▲ 2.6×20 topics
  14. Heat Transfer159▲ 2.8×19 topics
  15. Thin Films158▲ 7.2×9 topics
  16. Air Quality150▲ 7.0×6 topics
  17. Sintering144▲ 9.9×5 topics
  18. Composite Materials142▲ 5.9×10 topics
  19. Synthesis140▲ 3.3×33 topics
  20. Oxidation Resistance135▲ 11×3 topics
  21. Shale Gas134▲ 9.8×2 topics
  22. Metal Nanoparticles130▲ 7.1×6 topics
  23. Language130▲ 4.6×9 topics
  24. Spark Plasma Sintering129▲ 11×2 topics
  25. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy129▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Coatings125▲ 19×2 topics
  27. Nanoindentation124▲ 19×1 topic
  28. Sputtering124▲ 19×1 topic
  29. Arctic121▲ 9.6×4 topics
  30. Petroleum112▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Surface Modification109▲ 7.0×8 topics
  32. Aerospace Applications104▲ 9.5×3 topics
  33. Surfactants102▲ 9.0×5 topics
  34. Pulsed Power100▲ 54×2 topics
  35. Hydraulic Fracturing98▲ 8.0×2 topics
  36. Hydrological Cycle94▲ 8.1×2 topics
  37. Climate94▲ 8.5×2 topics
  38. Ceramic Materials91▲ 8.5×4 topics
  39. Ice Nucleation90▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Frequency Conversion90▲ 19×3 topics

What research is done in Tomsk?

Metal and Thin Film Mech…120Metal and Thin Film Mechanics: 120 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environm…84Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 84 fractional worksAtmospheric Ozone and Climate: 83 fractional worksPulsed Power Technology Applications: 78 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and clouds: 77 fractional worksAdvanced materials and composites: 74 fractional worksDiscourse Analysis and Cultural Communication: 71 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Laser A…70Spectroscopy and Laser Applications: 70 fractional worksCoal Combustion and Slurry Processing: 68 fractional worksPetroleum Processing and Analysis: 57 fractional works
Mechanics of MaterialsGlobal and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric ScienceControl and Systems Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Metal and Thin Film Mechanics Mechanics of Materials 120 works
  2. 2 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 84 works
  3. 3 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 83 works
  4. 4 Pulsed Power Technology Applications Control and Systems Engineering 78 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 77 works
  6. 6 Advanced materials and composites Mechanical Engineering 74 works
  7. 7 Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication Cultural Studies 71 works
  8. 8 Spectroscopy and Laser Applications Spectroscopy 70 works
  9. 9 Coal Combustion and Slurry Processing Mechanical Engineering 68 works
  10. 10 Petroleum Processing and Analysis Analytical Chemistry 57 works

Research output over time

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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 2025Tomsk6.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.3% in 2015.

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