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Research in Ulaanbaatar

Science Explorer records 31 research institutions in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are National University of Mongolia, University of Finance and Economics and University of the Humanities.

Research institutions
31
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
23k
▲ 58% vs 2018-21
Citations
110k
4.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
8.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record

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 Ulaanbaatar?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Mongolian University of Science and TechnologyUniversity 3,985 #11,449
2University of Finance and EconomicsUniversity 3,432 #4,745
3National University of MongoliaUniversity 3,346 #3,535
4University of the HumanitiesUniversity 2,718 #5,002
5Mongolian Academy of SciencesGovernment institution 2,078 #7,058
6National Academy of GovernanceUniversity 984 #7,290
7Mongolian National UniversityUniversity 913 #8,944
8Mongolian National University of Medical SciencesUniversity 908 #11,904
9Mongolian University of Life SciencesUniversity 864 #8,666
10Research Institute of Animal HusbandryGovernment institution 683 #16,862
11Ider UniversityUniversity 676 #7,940
12Ministry of HealthGovernment institution 599 #15,885
13Mongolian National University of EducationUniversity 400 #11,261
14National Influenza CenterGovernment institution 363 #17,372
15National Center for Communicable DiseasesGovernment institution 314 #15,888
16Institute of Chemistry and Chemical TechnologyResearch facility 297 #22,205 all time
17Mongolia International UniversityUniversity 212 #20,376
18Ulaanbaatar International UniversityUniversity 85 not ranked
19New Mongol Institute of TechnologyUniversity 72 not ranked
20Institute of Physics and TechnologyResearch facility 67 not ranked
21Mongolian State University of Culture and ArtUniversity 58 not ranked
22American University of MongoliaUniversity 42 not ranked
23Otgontenger UniversityUniversity 29 not ranked
24National Museum of MongoliaArchive 22 not ranked
25Mongolian Nature and Environment ConsortiumNonprofit 19 not ranked
26Orkhon UniversityUniversity 11 not ranked
27American Center for Mongolian StudiesNonprofit 3 not ranked
28The LGBT CentreNonprofit 2 not ranked
29Immunitor (Mongolia)Company 2 not ranked
30Central Laboratory of the National Veterinary SanitationGovernment institution 1 not ranked
31Zasagt Khan instituteUniversity 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.

Mongolian University of Science and Technology: 17.2%University of Finance and Economics: 14.8%National University of Mongolia: 14.4%University of the Humanities: 11.7%27 others listed: 41.9%17%largest
Mongolian University of Science and Technology3,985 · 17.2%University of Finance and Economics3,432 · 14.8%National University of Mongolia3,346 · 14.4%University of the Humanities2,718 · 11.7%27 others listed9,705 · 41.9%

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

Which fields of science does Ulaanbaatar work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Ulaanbaatar is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (19%), Medicine (12%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2,873 fractional works · 38.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,382 fractional works · 18.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 381 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEducation: 296 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 190 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAnthropology: 95 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCommunication: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 49 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 535 fractional works · 7.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 174 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 80 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 58 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMusic: 50 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 324 fractional works · 4.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 82 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 56 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 305 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 182 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 79 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 240 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 79 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 54 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 50 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 87 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,640 fractional works · 35.4% of its workEngineering: 692 fractional works · 9.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 115 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 104 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 84 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 69 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 60 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 635 fractional works · 8.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 215 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology: 114 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 73 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 60 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 605 fractional works · 8.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 184 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 181 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 67 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 61 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 236 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 74 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeology: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 154 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 91 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 106 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 67 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNumerical Analysis: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 61 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 61 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,123 fractional works · 15.1% of its workMedicine: 897 fractional works · 12.0% of its workEpidemiology: 105 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 95 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 76 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 59 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 134 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 164 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 78 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 814 fractional works · 10.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 428 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPlant Science: 111 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 71 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 60 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 252 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 128 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 71 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 63 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUlaanbaatar7,450fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences39%

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 Sciences2,87338.6%
    1. Social Sciences1,38218.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities5357.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting3244.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3054.1%
    5. Psychology2403.2%
    6. Decision Sciences871.2%
    1. Engineering6929.3%
    2. Environmental Science6358.5%
    3. Computer Science6058.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2363.2%
    5. Materials Science1542.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy1061.4%
    7. Mathematics670.9%
    8. Energy610.8%
    9. Chemistry610.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering220.3%
  2. Health Sciences1,12315.1%
    1. Medicine89712.0%
    2. Health Professions1642.2%
    3. Dentistry270.4%
    4. Nursing240.3%
    5. Veterinary110.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4285.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2523.4%
    3. Neuroscience630.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology450.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics270.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Ulaanbaatar strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ulaanbaatar is most concentrated in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, Music and Language and Linguistics (10.7× the world share in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design).

  1. Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignSubfield · 56.8 works11×
  2. MusicSubfield · 46.0 works8.8×
  3. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 161.1 works5.7×
  4. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 189.4 works5.0×
  5. AnthropologySubfield · 89.3 works4.9×
← 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: 1.17× its world share, 358 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 209 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 31 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 50 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.04× its world share, 24 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.88× its world share, 20 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.56× its world share, 56 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.03× its world share, 513 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.15× its world share, 216 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.93× its world share, 55 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 603 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.74× its world share, 556 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.59× its world share, 132 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.78× its world share, 59 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.65× its world share, 93 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.79× its world share, 24 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 140 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 742 worksMedicineNursing: 0.67× its world share, 21 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.84× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.61× its world share, 485 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.30× its world share, 268 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 74 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.79× its world share, 246 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 202 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 1,238 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.61×485 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.15×216 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.79×246 works
  4. Environmental Science1.74×556 works
  5. Social Sciences1.52×1,238 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.30×268 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.19×74 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.17×358 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.04×24 works
  10. Computer Science1.03×513 works
  11. Psychology1.03×202 works
  12. Energy0.93×55 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.88×20 works
  14. Veterinary0.84×7 works
  15. Health Professions0.83×140 works
  16. Dentistry0.79×24 works
  17. Mathematics0.78×59 works
  18. Nursing0.67×21 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.65×93 works
  20. Engineering0.63×603 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.61×209 works
  22. Medicine0.60×742 works
  23. Materials Science0.59×132 works
  24. Chemistry0.56×56 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.48×31 works
  26. Neuroscience0.48×50 works

Which keywords describe research in Ulaanbaatar?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Ecological Knowledge, Adaptation, Globalization, Artificial Intelligence, Livelihoods and Land Management.

▲ 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. Climate Change527▲ 2.6×105 topics
  2. Sustainability358▲ 1.97×106 topics
  3. Globalization307▲ 2.1×132 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence271▲ 2.5×62 topics
  5. Machine Learning257◆ 1.04×88 topics
  6. Sustainable Development249▲ 2.1×83 topics
  7. Epidemiology227▼ 0.76×130 topics
  8. Deep Learning220▼ 0.86×81 topics
  9. Education190▲ 1.49×115 topics
  10. Adaptation165▲ 7.4×14 topics
  11. Ecological Knowledge164▲ 52×2 topics
  12. Innovation162▲ 2.1×71 topics
  13. Economic Development157▲ 2.6×41 topics
  14. Livelihoods149▲ 58×2 topics
  15. Land Management148▲ 57×2 topics
  16. Pastoralists147▲ 78×1 topic
  17. Rangeland Degradation147▲ 78×1 topic
  18. Economic Growth132▲ 2.2×33 topics
  19. Linguistics127▲ 11×9 topics
  20. History126▲ 2.4×45 topics
  21. Biodiversity114▲ 2.0×35 topics
  22. Etymology112▲ 32×2 topics
  23. Historical Phonology112▲ 32×2 topics
  24. Morphology111▲ 8.3×11 topics
  25. Language Contact104▲ 15×5 topics
  26. Virtual Reality103▲ 2.8×19 topics
  27. Syntax100▲ 19×3 topics
  28. Turkic94▲ 48×1 topic
  29. oral epics94▲ 48×1 topic
  30. Central Asia90▲ 17×4 topics
  31. Multimedia Technology83▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Economic Security80▲ 5.1×7 topics
  33. Arctic75▲ 9.1×4 topics
  34. Financial Security73▲ 9.2×3 topics
  35. Human-Computer Interaction70▲ 5.2×7 topics
  36. Eurasian Exchange61▲ 40×1 topic
  37. Silk Roads61▲ 40×1 topic
  38. Graphic Design59▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Digital Media Technology59▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Visual Communication Design59▲ 21×1 topic

What research is done in Ulaanbaatar?

  1. 1 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 129 works
  2. 2 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 90 works
  3. 3 Eurasian Exchange Networks Anthropology 57 works
  4. 4 Digital Media and Visual Art Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 55 works
  5. 5 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 35 works
  6. 6 Geological Studies and Exploration Geology 34 works
  7. 7 Educational Reforms and Innovations Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 30 works
  8. 8 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 30 works
  9. 9 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 28 works
  10. 10 Economic Issues in Ukraine General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 27 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 counting10%20%Ulaanbaatar10.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.9% in 1996.

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