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Research in Yekaterinburg

Science Explorer records 40 research institutions in Yekaterinburg, Russia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Ural State University of Economics, Ural State Law University and Liberal Arts University.

Research institutions
40
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
85k
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
556k
6.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
6.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 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 Yekaterinburg?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Ural Federal UniversityUniversity 21,451 #10,774
2Russian School of Private LawUniversity 2,906 #8,614 all time
3Ural State University of EconomicsUniversity 2,515 #1,995
4Ural State Medical UniversityUniversity 2,327 #17,611
5Ural State Pedagogical UniversityUniversity 1,879 #12,385
6Liberal Arts UniversityUniversity 1,816 #9,776
7Ural State Agrarian UniversityUniversity 1,558 #10,350
8Ural State Law UniversityUniversity 1,159 #9,022
9Ural State Mining UniversityUniversity 824 #13,854
10Ural State University of Railway TransportUniversity 723 #11,480
11Ural State Forestry Engineering UniversityUniversity 700 #12,359
12Russian State Vocational Pedagogical UniversityUniversity 633 #14,110
13Regional Children's Clinical Hospital No. 1Hospital / health system 575 #19,053
14Ekaterinburg Research Institute of Viral InfectionsResearch facility 354 #19,322
15Ural research Institute of PhthisiopulmonologyResearch facility 272 #22,251
16Eastern Research Institute of Coal ChemistryResearch facility 234 #23,212 all time
17Ural State Academy of Architecture and ArtsUniversity 210 #19,074
18SverdNIIhimmashUniversity 135 #34,213 all time
19Regional Children's Hospital No1Hospital / health system 133 #34,476 all time
20Institute of International RelationsUniversity 133 #32,495 all time
21Institute of Medical Cell TechnologiesResearch facility 117 not ranked
22Ekaterinburg State Theatre InstituteUniversity 111 not ranked
23Children's City Clinical Hospital №11Hospital / health system 101 not ranked
24Uralniti (Russia)Company 76 not ranked
25Ural Scientific Research Institute of Dermatovenerology and ImmunopathologyResearch facility 75 not ranked
26International Association for Continuing Engineering EducationUniversity 75 not ranked
27Ekaterinburg Academy of Contemporary ArtUniversity 56 not ranked
28Scientific and Production Association of Automatics named after Academician N.A.Semikhatov (Russia)Company 51 not ranked
29All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of metallurgical heatResearch facility 44 not ranked
30Ural Institute of CardiologyHospital / health system 40 not ranked
31Urals Research Institute for the Protection of Maternity and InfancyResearch facility 38 not ranked
32Clinical Institute of BrainHospital / health system 37 not ranked
33Ural Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics named after V.D. ChaklinHospital / health system 32 not ranked
34Institute of Quantum Materials ScienceResearch facility 21 not ranked
35Ural Scientific Research Veterinary InstituteResearch facility 17 not ranked
36Nipigormash (Russia)Company 16 not ranked
37The Ural Scientific-Research Institute of Architecture and Construction (Russia)Company 13 not ranked
38Chelyabinsk Law institute of Ministry of Internal Affairs of RussiaUniversity 6 not ranked
39Urals Institute of ManagementInstitution 2 not ranked
40Universal Printing House "Alpha Print" (Russia)Company 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.

Ural Federal University: 51.7%Russian School of Private Law: 7.0%Ural State University of Economics: 6.1%Ural State Medical University: 5.6%36 others listed: 29.6%52%largest
Ural Federal University21k · 51.7%Russian School of Private Law2,906 · 7.0%Ural State University of Economics2,515 · 6.1%Ural State Medical University2,327 · 5.6%36 others listed12k · 29.6%

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

Which fields of science does Yekaterinburg work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research in Yekaterinburg is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (19%), Social Sciences (14%), Materials Science (9%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 11k fractional works · 52.2% of its workEngineering: 4,053 fractional works · 19.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1,209 fractional works · 5.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 663 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 439 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 356 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 241 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 191 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 177 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 175 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 168 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 166 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 127 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 58 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 44 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2,010 fractional works · 9.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1,281 fractional works · 6.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 400 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 102 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 78 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCeramics and Composites: 71 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1,231 fractional works · 5.8% of its workInformation Systems: 614 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 286 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 110 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 71 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 71 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 78 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 965 fractional works · 4.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 216 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 154 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 144 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 98 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 71 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 70 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 63 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 55 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 700 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 224 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 183 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 134 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 87 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 73 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 691 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 428 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 127 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 55 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 81 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 651 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeophysics: 207 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 142 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeology: 95 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 63 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 87 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 355 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 95 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 64 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 59 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 49 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 87 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 278 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 181 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFuel Technology: 44 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 193 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 116 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 51 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5,702 fractional works · 26.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 3,085 fractional works · 14.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 625 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 614 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEducation: 348 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 326 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopment: 271 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLaw: 179 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 164 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 100 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 86 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 70 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 69 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 58 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 50 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 46 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 80 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 856 fractional works · 4.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 412 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 164 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 101 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 55 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 55 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 788 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 473 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 275 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 491 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArcheology: 103 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 86 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 73 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 126 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 322 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 104 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 87 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 74 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 161 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 103 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2,427 fractional works · 11.4% of its workMedicine: 1,951 fractional works · 9.2% of its workEpidemiology: 220 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 191 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 182 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 147 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 127 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 126 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 102 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 82 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 77 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 51 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 49 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 544 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth Professions: 330 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 143 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 187 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 72 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 59 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 15 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2,049 fractional works · 9.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,166 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPlant Science: 299 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 237 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 168 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 133 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 116 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 92 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInsect Science: 43 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 567 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 282 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 152 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 132 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 147 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 52 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 95 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 100 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 68 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 69 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKYekaterinburg21kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences52%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences27%

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. Engineering4,05319.0%
    2. Materials Science2,0109.4%
    3. Computer Science1,2315.8%
    4. Environmental Science9654.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy7003.3%
    6. Chemistry6913.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences6513.1%
    8. Mathematics3551.7%
    9. Energy2781.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering1930.9%
  1. Social Sciences5,70226.8%
    1. Social Sciences3,08514.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting8564.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance7883.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities4912.3%
    5. Psychology3221.5%
    6. Decision Sciences1610.8%
  2. Health Sciences2,42711.4%
    1. Medicine1,9519.2%
    2. Health Professions3301.6%
    3. Dentistry720.3%
    4. Nursing590.3%
    5. Veterinary150.1%
  3. Life Sciences2,0499.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,1665.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5672.7%
    3. Neuroscience1470.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1000.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics690.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Yekaterinburg strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Yekaterinburg is most concentrated in Fuel Technology, Development and General Materials Science (25.7× the world share in Fuel Technology).

  1. Fuel TechnologySubfield · 40.8 works26×
  2. DevelopmentSubfield · 261.0 works13×
  3. General Materials ScienceSubfield · 99.4 works12×
  4. Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 106.6 works7.1×
  5. AnatomySubfield · 29.7 works6.4×
  6. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 172.2 works5.6×
← 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: 1.15× its world share, 1,060 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 514 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 87 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 130 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.90× its world share, 61 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.62× its world share, 177 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.09× its world share, 636 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.75× its world share, 1,127 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.93× its world share, 585 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.42× its world share, 254 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.29× its world share, 3,739 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.91× its world share, 878 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.74× its world share, 1,851 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.46× its world share, 332 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.45× its world share, 623 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.62× its world share, 58 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 304 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 1,735 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 53 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 13 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.77× its world share, 430 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.27× its world share, 791 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 144 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.76× its world share, 730 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 268 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 2,785 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science2.74×1,851 works
  2. Chemical Engineering2.62×177 works
  3. Chemistry2.09×636 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.93×585 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.76×730 works
  6. Mathematics1.46×332 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.45×623 works
  8. Energy1.42×254 works
  9. Engineering1.29×3,739 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting1.27×791 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.15×1,060 works
  12. Social Sciences1.14×2,785 works
  13. Environmental Science0.91×878 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.90×61 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.77×430 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.77×144 works
  17. Computer Science0.75×1,127 works
  18. Dentistry0.62×58 works
  19. Health Professions0.60×304 works
  20. Nursing0.56×53 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.50×514 works
  22. Veterinary0.49×13 works
  23. Medicine0.47×1,735 works
  24. Psychology0.45×268 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.44×87 works
  26. Neuroscience0.41×130 works

Which keywords describe research in Yekaterinburg?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Digital Transformation, Regional Development, Innovation, Climate Change, Digital Economy, Economic Development and Artificial Intelligence.

▲ 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 Development1,438▲ 4.3×96 topics
  2. Climate Change1,210▲ 2.1×116 topics
  3. Digital Transformation962▲ 8.4×26 topics
  4. Innovation919▲ 4.2×72 topics
  5. Globalization831▲ 1.98×123 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence785▲ 2.6×59 topics
  7. Regional Development764▲ 10×21 topics
  8. Sustainability691▲ 1.33×105 topics
  9. Economic Development659▲ 3.9×47 topics
  10. Energy Efficiency627▲ 3.2×43 topics
  11. Mechanical Properties596▲ 2.9×38 topics
  12. Food Security560▲ 4.8×21 topics
  13. Environmental Impact520▲ 1.43×67 topics
  14. Digital Economy497▲ 12×16 topics
  15. Renewable Energy495▲ 1.61×56 topics
  16. Microstructure479▲ 4.3×19 topics
  17. Educational Technology477▲ 1.89×44 topics
  18. E-Learning449▲ 2.2×22 topics
  19. Digitalization405▲ 9.3×13 topics
  20. Global Economy370▲ 14×7 topics
  21. Migration357▲ 4.9×19 topics
  22. Synthesis336▲ 4.2×35 topics
  23. Agriculture333▲ 4.1×15 topics
  24. Knowledge Management331▲ 2.8×35 topics
  25. Superconductivity299▲ 8.1×9 topics
  26. Electronic Structure285▲ 7.5×8 topics
  27. Labor Market282▲ 4.7×11 topics
  28. Geographical Analysis280▲ 31×2 topics
  29. Economic Security274▲ 6.1×7 topics
  30. Knowledge Clusters267▲ 32×2 topics
  31. Spatial Patterns267▲ 13×4 topics
  32. International Relations264▲ 5.1×26 topics
  33. Legal Regulation261▲ 5.5×8 topics
  34. Macroeconomic Assessment258▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Russian Economy258▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Demographic Dynamics242▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Rural Transformation242▲ 33×1 topic
  38. Geopolitics226▲ 7.0×11 topics
  39. Youth213▲ 7.2×8 topics
  40. Industrial Policy213▲ 9.3×5 topics

What research is done in Yekaterinburg?

  1. 1 Economic and Technological Developments in Russia Development 251 works
  2. 2 Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends Demography 233 works
  3. 3 Educational Innovations and Challenges Information Systems 141 works
  4. 4 Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 135 works
  5. 5 Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia Sociology and Political Science 131 works
  6. 6 Food Industry and Aquatic Biology Food Science 121 works
  7. 7 Legal and Policy Issues Law 113 works
  8. 8 Regional Economic Development and Innovation Strategy and Management 105 works
  9. 9 Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication Cultural Studies 104 works
  10. 10 Engineering and Environmental Studies Ocean Engineering 101 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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 2025Yekaterinburg7.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.0% in 2013.

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