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On research quality in 2022-now, Russia ranks #49 in the world and Belarus #135, of 189 countries. Belarus stands higher in 0 of the 26 fields both publish in, Russia in 26.

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Belarus

World rank, 2022-now
#135
#132 all time
Works, 2022-now
15k
fractional
Top-10% rate
3.4%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
46%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Nuclear Energy and Engineering, General Materials Science, Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics.

Russia

World rank, 2022-now
#49
#38 all time
Works, 2022-now
544k
fractional
Top-10% rate
4.4%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
41%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Fuel Technology, General Materials Science.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Russia leads on 5 of 9 measures: research quality, excellence for its fields, output, top-10% rate and citations per work. Belarus leads on 3 of 9 measures: open access, international co-authorship and growth. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100.

Belarus 31 level5 Russia
  1. #135Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#49
  2. 0.33×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.34×
  3. 15kOutputfractional works, 2022-now544k
  4. 3.4%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited4.4%
  5. 6.3Citations per workall time, per fractional work7.0
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 46%Open accessof its works free to read, all time41%
  8. 26%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time14%
  9. +0%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change-10%

A rank is drawn as its standing: the longer the bar, the nearer the top. Anything else is drawn against the larger of the two, and two values a hair apart are called level. Quality, excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

Who leads in each field?

Belarus stands higher in 0 of 26 fields, Russia in 26. Russia leads most in Mathematics (#13 against #73). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Belarus 026 Russia
  1. #118Agricultural and Biological Sciences#57
  2. #97Arts and Humanities#37
  3. #85Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#52
  4. #109Business, Management and Accounting#56
  5. -Chemical Engineering#35
  6. #61Chemistry#37
  7. #95Computer Science#46
  8. -Decision Sciences#43
  9. -Dentistry#55
  10. -Earth and Planetary Sciences#56
  11. #103Economics, Econometrics and Finance#42
  12. -Energy#53
  13. #90Engineering#43
  14. #111Environmental Science#86
  15. -Health Professions#73
  16. -Immunology and Microbiology#58
  17. #64Materials Science#30
  18. #73Mathematics#13
  19. #125Medicine#68
  20. -Neuroscience#57
  21. -Nursing#51
  22. -Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#42
  23. #70Physics and Astronomy#30
  24. #100Psychology#64
  25. #129Social Sciences#37
  26. -Veterinary#27

Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022-now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.

The numbers behind each field

Click a heading to sort. The side that does better in a pair of columns is shaded: a lower rank, a higher rate, more works.

Field Belarus rankRussia rank Belarus top 10%Russia top 10% Belarus worksRussia works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #118 #57 3.7% 4.6% 925 31k
Arts and Humanities #97 #37 6.5% 7.1% 334 14k
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #85 #52 3.3% 3.2% 680 23k
Business, Management and Accounting #109 #56 4.3% 5.6% 427 16k
Chemical Engineering - #35 - 2.4% - 2.5k
Chemistry #61 #37 1.9% 2.7% 347 14k
Computer Science #95 #46 3.3% 5.3% 900 33k
Decision Sciences - #43 - 5.8% - 3.8k
Dentistry - #55 - 2.5% - 1.8k
Earth and Planetary Sciences - #56 - 3.1% - 19k
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #103 #42 2.9% 5.9% 351 16k
Energy - #53 - 4.0% - 5.1k
Engineering #90 #43 2.7% 3.5% 2.8k 97k
Environmental Science #111 #86 3.6% 3.6% 624 25k
Health Professions - #73 - 3.3% - 5.8k
Immunology and Microbiology - #58 - 2.5% - 4k
Materials Science #64 #30 2.7% 2.9% 1k 28k
Mathematics #73 #13 3.1% 5.7% 374 10k
Medicine #125 #68 3.2% 3.2% 2.4k 72k
Neuroscience - #57 - 2.4% - 7k
Nursing - #51 - 3.0% - 1.4k
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics - #42 - 2.5% - 1.6k
Physics and Astronomy #70 #30 2.1% 3.0% 504 24k
Psychology #100 #64 4.4% 4.7% 214 9.5k
Social Sciences #129 #37 5.0% 7.8% 1.8k 80k
Veterinary - #27 - 2.4% - 426

What is each known for?

The keywords that describe each side's research, by fractional works in 2022-now and weighted toward what it does more of than the world.

Belarus

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainable Development948▲ 3.6×91 topics
  2. Climate Change760▲ 1.65×112 topics
  3. Artificial Intelligence586▲ 2.4×61 topics
  4. Epidemiology525▼ 0.78×133 topics
  5. Innovation508▲ 2.9×67 topics
  6. Digital Transformation494▲ 5.4×25 topics
  7. Globalization482▲ 1.45×111 topics
  8. Energy Efficiency418▲ 2.7×41 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress414▲ 1.49×63 topics
  10. Food Security410▲ 4.5×24 topics
  11. Sustainability404◆ 0.98×102 topics
  12. Mechanical Properties374▲ 2.2×39 topics
  13. Digital Economy369▲ 11×19 topics
  14. Regional Development359▲ 6.2×19 topics
  15. Renewable Energy331▲ 1.35×55 topics
  16. Economic Development331▲ 2.4×43 topics
  17. Nanoparticles313▲ 1.47×44 topics
  18. Legal Regulation294▲ 7.7×8 topics
  19. Digitalization253▲ 7.3×14 topics
  20. Economic Security232▲ 6.5×7 topics
  21. Agricultural Development225▲ 8.7×7 topics
  22. Metal Nanoparticles220▲ 8.2×6 topics
  23. Nutrition215▲ 2.9×14 topics
  24. Ethnicity207▲ 3.3×18 topics
  25. Synthesis202▲ 3.2×35 topics
  26. Language193▲ 4.6×12 topics
  27. Global Economy189▲ 8.7×7 topics
  28. Industry 4.0167▲ 19×3 topics
  29. Aerospace Applications150▲ 9.2×3 topics
  30. Industrial Policy149▲ 8.2×4 topics
  31. Geopolitics144▲ 5.6×10 topics
  32. Foresight144▲ 6.5×2 topics
  33. Transition140▲ 9.4×6 topics
  34. Structural Properties138▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Cultural History136▲ 6.7×9 topics
  36. Adhesive Joints134▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics132▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Polymer Composite Materials132▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Information Security130▲ 7.8×4 topics
  40. Geographical Analysis126▲ 18×2 topics

Russia

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainable Development37k▲ 3.9×113 topics
  2. Climate Change33k▲ 2.0×132 topics
  3. Digital Transformation24k▲ 7.3×32 topics
  4. Innovation24k▲ 3.8×91 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence23k▲ 2.7×67 topics
  6. Globalization23k▲ 1.94×186 topics
  7. Sustainability18k▲ 1.20×140 topics
  8. Energy Efficiency16k▲ 3.0×45 topics
  9. Regional Development16k▲ 8.0×21 topics
  10. Digital Economy15k▲ 12×20 topics
  11. Economic Development15k▲ 3.1×57 topics
  12. Food Security13k▲ 4.0×25 topics
  13. Educational Technology13k▲ 1.80×48 topics
  14. E-Learning11k▲ 1.97×27 topics
  15. Legal Regulation11k▲ 8.3×8 topics
  16. Digitalization11k▲ 9.0×16 topics
  17. Language11k▲ 7.1×15 topics
  18. Pedagogy9,445▲ 3.1×30 topics
  19. Economic Security8,448▲ 6.6×7 topics
  20. Migration8,418▲ 4.1×35 topics
  21. Ethnicity8,272▲ 3.7×25 topics
  22. International Relations7,912▲ 5.4×31 topics
  23. Global Economy7,846▲ 10×7 topics
  24. Geopolitics7,489▲ 8.2×12 topics
  25. Media7,153▲ 7.9×19 topics
  26. Cyber-Physical Systems6,922▲ 4.4×9 topics
  27. Arctic6,854▲ 10×4 topics
  28. Blockchain Technology6,746▲ 20×4 topics
  29. Linguistics6,575▲ 6.9×9 topics
  30. Youth6,520▲ 7.8×10 topics
  31. Geographical Analysis6,050▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Information Security6,016▲ 10×4 topics
  33. Digital Technologies5,999▲ 7.4×6 topics
  34. Knowledge Clusters5,806▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Agricultural Development5,664▲ 6.2×7 topics
  36. Macroeconomic Assessment5,469▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Russian Economy5,469▲ 25×1 topic
  38. Phraseology5,279▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Spatial Patterns5,109▲ 9.1×4 topics
  40. Cultural Communication4,923▲ 24×1 topic

Size is fractional works in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of the side's work against its share of the world's. Each word links to the topic it comes from most.

How has their output grown?

Russia has out-published Belarus every year since 1980.

still counting100k200kRussia112k in 2025Belarus3,603 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year.

Their share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share, because all of science grows. Each line is a side as a percentage of every work published that year.

still counting2.0%4.0%Russia1.9% in 2025Belarus0.061% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

The share of each side's works, year by year, that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. The average of all institutions is 10.0% (why not 10%).

still counting2.5%5%7.5%Belarus4.8% in 2025Russia4.7% in 2025200020102020

A year with under 1% of the side's peak output is left out: a rate over a handful of papers says nothing. The latest years are still being cited.

Who holds more of the world's best institutions?

A country's average quality and the number of institutions it holds at the very top can disagree, and both are worth knowing. The counts are nested: an institution in the top 50 is also in the top 100.

Belarus 05 level0 Russia
  1. 0In the world top 500
  2. 0In the top 1000
  3. 0In the top 5000
  4. 0In the top 1,0000
  5. #51Elite capacityrank among 204 countries#51

Institutions ranked on research quality, 2022-now. Elite capacity counts a country's institutions by their worldwide rank, weighted so a place at #1 counts for more than one at #480.

Which publishes more research, Belarus or Russia?

Russia publishes 36.6× as much research as Belarus in 2022-now (544k against 15k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Belarus or Russia?

4.4% of Russia's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 3.4% for Belarus.

Is Belarus or Russia growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +0% against 2018-21 for Belarus, and -10% for Russia.

Which has more open access research, Belarus or Russia?

46% of Belarus's research is free to read, against 41% of Russia's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Belarus or Russia?

Belarus holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Russia 0; in the top 1,000 it is 0 against 0.

Which institutions lead in each country?

The highest-ranked institutions on each side on research quality, 2022-now. The percentage is each institution's own top-10% rate: the share of its works that are among the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. Every figure stands alone, so they do not add up to 100%.

Belarus

  1. 1National Academy of Sciences of Belarus5.2% top 10% · 4.7k works
  2. 2Euphrosyne Polotskaya State University2.4% top 10% · 452 works
  3. 3Belarusian National Technical University2.9% top 10% · 900 works
  4. 4Vitebsk State Medical University1.8% top 10% · 335 works
  5. 5Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno3.8% top 10% · 323 works
  6. 6Belarusian State Technological University1.8% top 10% · 472 works

Russia

  1. 1Russian Academy of Sciences4.1% top 10% · 132k works
  2. 2National Research University Higher School of Economics8.0% top 10% · 8.5k works
  3. 3Financial University9.5% top 10% · 4.6k works
  4. 4ITMO University4.7% top 10% · 3.5k works
  5. 5Ural State University of Economics4.1% top 10% · 951 works
  6. 6Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology8.6% top 10% · 1.6k works

The number is the rank inside the country. The track on each row is the top-10% rate; the tick is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below. The ranking is the quality score, which compares the rate with what each institution's own topics predict and adds a small reward for size, so the rates do not fall in order.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

The most cited researchers on each side, among those ranked.

Belarus

  1. 1 Alena Skrahina #47,327 worldwide 8.7k citations · 157 works
  2. 2 Andrey Litvin #129,746 worldwide 8.9k citations · 233 works
  3. 3 Dzmitry Mukha #487,907 worldwide 1k citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Varvara Solodovnikova #491,374 worldwide 2k citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Svetlana N. Samovich #706,105 worldwide 992 citations · 41 works

Russia

  1. 1 S. L. Danilishin #1,207 worldwide 94k citations · 319 works
  2. 2 A. Khanzadeev #1,297 worldwide 45k citations · 397 works
  3. 3 V. Barret #2,233 worldwide 23k citations · 184 works
  4. 4 I. Novikov #4,043 worldwide 38k citations · 135 works
  5. 5 V. Punin #4,147 worldwide 27k citations · 248 works