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Research in Yekaterinburg

Science Explorer records 68 research institutions in Yekaterinburg, Russia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Ural Federal University, M.N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics and Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Research institutions
68
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
85k
▲ 93% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
6.7%
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 Yekaterinburg?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Ural Federal UniversityUniversity 21,451 #813
2Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesResearch facility 6,096 #5,780
3M.N. Mikheev Institute of Metal PhysicsResearch facility 4,602 #4,605
4Institute of MetallurgyResearch facility 4,270 #9,298
5Institute of History and ArchaeologyResearch facility 3,144 #20,206
6Russian School of Private LawUniversity 2,906 #33,127 all time
7Ural State University of EconomicsUniversity 2,515 #17,711
8Institute of Engineering ScienceResearch facility 2,489 #12,228
9N.N. Krasovskii Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesResearch facility 2,435 #9,210
10Ural State Medical UniversityUniversity 2,327 #9,636
11Institute of MiningResearch facility 2,286 #20,150
12Institute of Organic SynthesisResearch facility 2,254 #9,777
13Institute of Solid State ChemistryResearch facility 2,207 #6,100
14Institute of EconomicsResearch facility 2,061 #12,359
15Institute of ElectrophysicsResearch facility 1,992 #11,106
16Ural State Pedagogical UniversityUniversity 1,879 #23,346
17Liberal Arts UniversityUniversity 1,816 #18,114
18Institute of High Temperature ElectrochemistryResearch facility 1,609 #6,711
19Institute of GeophysicsResearch facility 1,590 #17,027
20Ural State Agrarian UniversityUniversity 1,558 #14,851
21Institute of Thermal PhysicsResearch facility 1,431 #24,387
22Institute of Plant and Animal EcologyResearch facility 1,274 #14,805
23Ural State Law UniversityUniversity 1,159 #20,242
24Institute of Industrial EcologyResearch facility 895 #21,792
25Zavaritsky Institute of Geology and GeochemistryResearch facility 885 #18,705
26Ural Institute of MetalsResearch facility 854 #10,635 all time
27Ural State Mining UniversityUniversity 824 #23,280
28Ural State University of Railway TransportUniversity 723 #22,819
29Ural State Forestry Engineering UniversityUniversity 700 #19,485
30Russian State Vocational Pedagogical UniversityUniversity 633 #25,534
31Institute of Immunology and PhysiologyResearch facility 607 #11,281
32Regional Children's Clinical Hospital No. 1Hospital / health system 575 #21,484
33Ekaterinburg Research Institute of Viral InfectionsResearch facility 354 #24,338
34Ural research Institute of PhthisiopulmonologyResearch facility 272 #27,160
35Eastern Research Institute of Coal ChemistryResearch facility 234 #6,011 all time
36Ural State Academy of Architecture and ArtsUniversity 210 #27,170
37SverdNIIhimmashUniversity 135 #41,334 all time
38Regional Children's Hospital No1Hospital / health system 133 #40,662 all time
39Institute of International RelationsUniversity 133 #40,739 all time
40Institute of Medical Cell TechnologiesResearch facility 117 not ranked
41Ekaterinburg State Theatre InstituteUniversity 111 not ranked
42Children's City Clinical Hospital №11Hospital / health system 101 not ranked
43Ural Law Institute Russian Ministry of Internal AffairsUniversity 96 not ranked
44Ural Institute of Economics, Management and LawUniversity 92 not ranked
45Ural Institute for the HumanitiesUniversity 87 not ranked
46Uralniti (Russia)Company 76 not ranked
47Ural Scientific Research Institute of Dermatovenerology and ImmunopathologyResearch facility 75 not ranked
48International Association for Continuing Engineering EducationUniversity 75 not ranked
49Russian Research Institute for Integrated Water Management and ProtectionUniversity 69 not ranked
50Ekaterinburg Academy of Contemporary ArtUniversity 56 not ranked
51Scientific and Production Association of Automatics named after Academician N.A.Semikhatov (Russia)Company 51 not ranked
52All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of metallurgical heatResearch facility 44 not ranked
53Ural Institute of CardiologyHospital / health system 40 not ranked
54Urals Research Institute for the Protection of Maternity and InfancyResearch facility 38 not ranked
55Clinical Institute of BrainHospital / health system 37 not ranked
56Ural Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics named after V.D. ChaklinHospital / health system 32 not ranked
57Ural State Conservatory named after M.P. MussorgskyInstitution 30 not ranked
58Institute of Quantum Materials ScienceResearch facility 21 not ranked
59Ural Scientific Research Veterinary InstituteResearch facility 17 not ranked
60Nipigormash (Russia)Company 16 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.

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: 25.3%Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences: 7.2%M.N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics: 5.4%Institute of Metallurgy: 5.0%56 others listed: 57.1%25%largest
Ural Federal University21k · 25.3%Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences6,096 · 7.2%M.N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics4,602 · 5.4%Institute of Metallurgy4,270 · 5.0%56 others listed48k · 57.1%

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

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×
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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 Yekaterinburg?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Digital Transformation, Regional Development, Innovation, Climate Change, Economic Development, Digital Economy 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 2022–2025 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. Sustainable Development1,336▲ 4.3×91 topics
  2. Climate Change1,136▲ 2.2×112 topics
  3. Digital Transformation889▲ 8.7×23 topics
  4. Innovation864▲ 4.2×67 topics
  5. Globalization744▲ 1.96×115 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence728▲ 2.7×55 topics
  7. Regional Development721▲ 10×19 topics
  8. Sustainability626▲ 1.33×103 topics
  9. Economic Development618▲ 3.9×45 topics
  10. Energy Efficiency579▲ 3.2×43 topics
  11. Mechanical Properties557▲ 3.0×38 topics
  12. Food Security528▲ 5.0×21 topics
  13. Environmental Impact476▲ 1.44×64 topics
  14. Renewable Energy451▲ 1.62×56 topics
  15. Microstructure451▲ 4.5×19 topics
  16. Digital Economy438▲ 12×16 topics
  17. Educational Technology429▲ 1.87×40 topics
  18. E-Learning407▲ 2.1×22 topics
  19. Digitalization368▲ 9.6×10 topics
  20. Global Economy354▲ 13×7 topics
  21. Migration328▲ 5.0×18 topics
  22. Agriculture318▲ 4.1×15 topics
  23. Synthesis305▲ 4.2×35 topics
  24. Superconductivity280▲ 8.4×9 topics
  25. Environmental Management276▲ 3.6×18 topics
  26. Geographical Analysis270▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Electronic Structure269▲ 7.7×8 topics
  28. Labor Market269▲ 4.7×11 topics
  29. Knowledge Clusters258▲ 31×2 topics
  30. Spatial Patterns255▲ 14×4 topics
  31. Macroeconomic Assessment251▲ 33×1 topic
  32. Russian Economy251▲ 33×1 topic
  33. Economic Security250▲ 6.0×7 topics
  34. International Relations242▲ 5.2×24 topics
  35. Legal Regulation234▲ 5.5×8 topics
  36. Demographic Dynamics233▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Rural Transformation233▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Geopolitics210▲ 7.0×11 topics
  39. Industrial Policy201▲ 9.5×5 topics
  40. Youth195▲ 7.2×8 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

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