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Science in Belarus

Belarus ranks #95 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#80 all time), with 15k research works and 4.8% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#95
of 192 · #80 all time
Works, 2022–2025
15k
▲ 65% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
4.8%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
0 in the top 1,000
Open access
46%
world 63%

What is Belarus strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, Belarus ranks highest in Medicine (#88 of 155), Engineering (#88 of 134) and Materials Science (#61 of 90). Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Materials Science, Nuclear Energy and Engineering and Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #88 of 155 4.1%2,407 Institutions
EngineeringField #88 of 134 4.3%2,826 Institutions
Materials ScienceField #61 of 90 4.6%1,022 Institutions
Computer ScienceField #94 of 131 5.0%900 Institutions
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #86 of 108 6.1%680 Institutions
Social SciencesField #121 of 151 5.0%1,815 Institutions
Environmental ScienceField #106 of 125 5.4%624 Institutions
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #111 of 126 3.8%925 Institutions
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #109 of 122 5.4%471 Institutions
Business, Management and AccountingField #105 of 113 5.0%427 Institutions
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #71 of 76 3.9%549 Institutions
Physics and AstronomyField #74 of 79 3.9%504 Institutions

Where its research is concentrated

Location quotient: how much more — or less — of each node it does than its size predicts. Drawn around 1×, where “twice the world share” and “half of it” are the same distance apart in opposite directions. A volume reading, which on a country axis is largely population and industrial structure.

  1. General Materials ScienceSubfield · 131.3 works20×
  2. Nuclear Energy and EngineeringSubfield · 20.2 works20×
  3. Discrete Mathematics and CombinatoricsSubfield · 55.8 works9.4×
  4. Fuel TechnologySubfield · 11.3 works9.3×
  5. DevelopmentSubfield · 121.1 works8.1×
  6. AnatomySubfield · 24.2 works6.8×
  7. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 158.4 works4.2×
  8. Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 53.0 works4.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 925 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 680 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.96× its world share, 144 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 179 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.20× its world share, 63 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.86× its world share, 45 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.49× its world share, 347 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.78× its world share, 900 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 185 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.99× its world share, 135 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.27× its world share, 2,826 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 624 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.97× its world share, 1,022 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.13× its world share, 374 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.52× its world share, 504 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.76× its world share, 55 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.43× its world share, 168 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.84× its world share, 2,407 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 51 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.76× its world share, 15 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.78× its world share, 334 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.89× its world share, 427 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 92 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.10× its world share, 351 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 214 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 1,815 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research in Belarus?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Digital Transformation, Digital Economy, Climate Change, Food Security, Regional Development, Innovation 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 country'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 Development866▲ 3.7×89 topics
  2. Climate Change697▲ 1.74×111 topics
  3. Artificial Intelligence510▲ 2.5×60 topics
  4. Innovation469▲ 3.0×63 topics
  5. Epidemiology448▼ 0.76×133 topics
  6. Digital Transformation445▲ 5.6×23 topics
  7. Globalization431▲ 1.48×106 topics
  8. Food Security388▲ 4.7×24 topics
  9. Energy Efficiency380▲ 2.7×41 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress364▲ 1.49×63 topics
  11. Mechanical Properties340▲ 2.4×39 topics
  12. Regional Development337▲ 6.3×18 topics
  13. Digital Economy324▲ 12×17 topics
  14. Economic Development309▲ 2.5×42 topics
  15. Renewable Energy295▲ 1.38×54 topics
  16. Nanoparticles282▲ 1.51×44 topics
  17. Legal Regulation259▲ 7.9×8 topics
  18. Digitalization230▲ 7.8×14 topics
  19. Economic Security216▲ 6.8×7 topics
  20. Metal Nanoparticles208▲ 8.3×6 topics
  21. Agricultural Development207▲ 8.5×7 topics
  22. Nutrition200▲ 3.0×14 topics
  23. Ethnicity196▲ 3.5×17 topics
  24. Synthesis186▲ 3.4×35 topics
  25. Global Economy180▲ 8.8×7 topics
  26. Language168▲ 4.6×12 topics
  27. Industry 4.0160▲ 20×2 topics
  28. Aerospace Applications143▲ 9.6×3 topics
  29. Industrial Policy138▲ 8.4×4 topics
  30. Foresight138▲ 6.8×2 topics
  31. Structural Properties132▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Resource Efficiency130▲ 6.3×3 topics
  33. Adhesive Joints129▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Transition127▲ 9.2×6 topics
  35. Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics127▲ 24×1 topic
  36. Polymer Composite Materials127▲ 24×1 topic
  37. Cultural History123▲ 6.8×8 topics
  38. Geographical Analysis122▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Knowledge Clusters118▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Functional Foods117▲ 8.5×4 topics

Which universities in Belarus lead research?

Belarusian State University, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and Department of Medical Sciences rank highest in Belarus on research quality in 2022–2025.

0%10%20%30%mean 7.72667%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Belarusian State University: 1,997, 5.3%National Academy of Sciences of Belarus: 1,437, 4.3%Department of Medical Sciences: 336, 24.0%Department of Physics, Mathematics and Informatics: 726, 10.4%Belarusian National Technical University: 900, 3.9%Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics: 638, 3.2%Francisk Skorina Gomel State University: 345, 4.1%Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno: 323, 3.3%Institute of Microbiology: 117, 23.0%Belarusian State Technological University: 472, 1.1%Institute of Chemistry of New Materials of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus: 107, 10.7%Belarusian State Agrarian Technical University: 97, 4.7%Gomel State Medical University: 291, 2.0%Department of Chemistry and Earth Sciences: 172, 10.7%Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry: 143, 5.2%Department of Medica…Department of Physic…Belarusian State Uni…National Academy of …
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One dot per institution in the list below. The upper left is the interesting corner.

  1. 1Belarusian State UniversityUniversity · Minsk · #4,519 worldwide5.3% top 10% · 2k works
  2. 2National Academy of Sciences of BelarusGovernment institution · Minsk · #4,925 worldwide4.3% top 10% · 1.4k works
  3. 3Department of Medical SciencesResearch facility · Minsk · #6,184 worldwide24.0% top 10% · 336 works
  4. 4Department of Physics, Mathematics and InformaticsResearch facility · Minsk · #6,744 worldwide10.4% top 10% · 726 works
  5. 5Belarusian National Technical UniversityUniversity · Minsk · #7,011 worldwide3.9% top 10% · 900 works
  6. 6Belarusian State University of Informatics and RadioelectronicsUniversity · Minsk · #11,170 worldwide3.2% top 10% · 638 works
  7. 7Francisk Skorina Gomel State UniversityUniversity · Homyel · #12,141 worldwide4.1% top 10% · 345 works
  8. 8Yanka Kupala State University of GrodnoUniversity · Hrodna · #12,356 worldwide3.3% top 10% · 323 works
  9. 9Institute of MicrobiologyResearch facility · Minsk · #12,398 worldwide23.0% top 10% · 117 works
  10. 10Belarusian State Technological UniversityUniversity · Minsk · #13,258 worldwide1.1% top 10% · 472 works
  11. 11Institute of Chemistry of New Materials of the National Academy of Sciences of BelarusResearch facility · Minsk · #13,348 worldwide10.7% top 10% · 107 works
  12. 12Belarusian State Agrarian Technical UniversityUniversity · Minsk · #13,806 worldwide4.7% top 10% · 97 works
  13. 13Gomel State Medical UniversityUniversity · Homyel · #15,742 worldwide2.0% top 10% · 291 works
  14. 14Department of Chemistry and Earth SciencesResearch facility · Minsk · #15,796 worldwide10.7% top 10% · 172 works
  15. 15Institute of Bioorganic ChemistryResearch facility · Minsk · #16,316 worldwide5.2% top 10% · 143 works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in Belarus

Who are the top researchers in Belarus?

А. В. Мудрый, Sergei V. Levchik and V. M. Maslov rank highest among researchers based in Belarus.

  1. 1 А. В. Мудрый · #67,895 worldwide 268 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Sergei V. Levchik · #88,286 worldwide 330 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 V. M. Maslov · #118,861 worldwide 292 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 P. Kuzhir · #125,391 worldwide 770 citations · 92 works
  5. 5 Mikhail Y. Kovalyov · #130,050 worldwide 328 citations · 72 works
  6. 6 Alena Skrahina · #157,213 worldwide 111 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Valery Gordon · #192,474 worldwide 159 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 А. С. Лобко · #225,513 worldwide 243 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Anatoly A. Kilbas · #230,530 worldwide 180 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 В. И. Копылов · #235,909 worldwide 146 citations · 28 works
Top researchers in Belarus

Which cities in Belarus are research hubs?

  1. 1 Minsk Belarus 58k works

How open and international is Belarus's research?

46% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 26% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available46.3%not open53.7%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.1%domestic only73.9%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Belarus's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 65% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Research fields in Belarus