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Science in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan ranks #64 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#73 all time), with 40k research works and 11.0% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#64
of 192 · #73 all time
Works, 2022–2025
40k
▲ 177% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
11.0%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
1 in the top 1,000
Open access
68%
world 63%

What is Kazakhstan strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, Kazakhstan ranks highest in Social Sciences (#56 of 151), Medicine (#59 of 155) and Political Science and International Relations (#40 of 97). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Fuel Technology, General Energy and Nuclear Energy and Engineering.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesField #56 of 151 13.3%8,140 Institutions
MedicineField #59 of 155 8.5%4,112 Institutions
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #40 of 97 15.3%1,671 Institutions
EngineeringField #60 of 134 7.8%7,127 Institutions
EducationSubfield #56 of 115 17.3%1,720 Institutions
Arts and HumanitiesField #54 of 106 16.9%1,530 Institutions
Computer ScienceField #69 of 131 12.9%3,257 Institutions
EnergyField #39 of 73 11.8%522 Institutions
Literature and Literary TheorySubfield #34 of 63 20.1%374 Institutions
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #68 of 122 11.3%1,802 Institutions
Materials ScienceField #52 of 90 9.2%1,371 Institutions
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #67 of 108 11.5%1,131 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. Fuel TechnologySubfield · 57.5 works17×
  2. General EnergySubfield · 118.0 works11×
  3. Nuclear Energy and EngineeringSubfield · 27.9 works10×
  4. General Materials ScienceSubfield · 122.4 works7.0×
  5. DevelopmentSubfield · 244.5 works6.0×
  6. ArcheologySubfield · 32.7 works5.3×
  7. TransportationSubfield · 640.4 works4.8×
  8. AnatomySubfield · 44.6 works4.6×
← 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: 1.44× its world share, 2,766 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 1,131 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.57× its world share, 232 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 239 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.68× its world share, 96 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.68× its world share, 96 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.79× its world share, 500 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.04× its world share, 3,257 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 608 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.41× its world share, 522 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.18× its world share, 7,127 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.89× its world share, 1,781 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.97× its world share, 1,371 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.70× its world share, 806 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.82× its world share, 736 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.45× its world share, 88 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 708 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 4,112 worksMedicineNursing: 0.90× its world share, 178 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.99× its world share, 54 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.31× its world share, 1,530 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.05× its world share, 1,370 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 316 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.69× its world share, 1,456 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.89× its world share, 1,097 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 8,140 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 1.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research in Kazakhstan?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Innovation, Globalization, Climate Change, Legal Regulation, Digital Transformation, Economic Security and Education.

▲ 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 Development2,636▲ 4.1×103 topics
  2. Climate Change2,071▲ 1.91×122 topics
  3. Globalization1,849▲ 2.3×151 topics
  4. Innovation1,826▲ 4.3×76 topics
  5. Education1,623▲ 2.3×124 topics
  6. Sustainability1,380▲ 1.41×124 topics
  7. Educational Technology1,326▲ 2.8×45 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence1,224▲ 2.2×61 topics
  9. Energy Efficiency1,147▲ 3.0×44 topics
  10. Renewable Energy1,134▲ 1.95×59 topics
  11. Digital Transformation1,108▲ 5.2×30 topics
  12. E-Learning1,102▲ 2.7×25 topics
  13. Legal Regulation961▲ 11×8 topics
  14. Food Security946▲ 4.3×24 topics
  15. Pedagogy946▲ 4.8×27 topics
  16. Online Learning935▲ 2.8×25 topics
  17. Economic Development911▲ 2.8×49 topics
  18. Economic Security897▲ 10×7 topics
  19. Digitalization855▲ 11×14 topics
  20. Ethnicity832▲ 5.5×22 topics
  21. Regional Development812▲ 5.6×19 topics
  22. Higher Education804▲ 3.7×30 topics
  23. Culture798▲ 3.7×33 topics
  24. Digital Economy788▲ 11×18 topics
  25. Migration685▲ 5.0×30 topics
  26. Islam603▲ 7.1×5 topics
  27. Strategic Planning591▲ 9.8×5 topics
  28. International Trade Law590▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Foresight589▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Public Oversight586▲ 12×1 topic
  31. Transport Policy586▲ 12×1 topic
  32. Social Influence585▲ 6.7×3 topics
  33. Modernization581▲ 7.8×5 topics
  34. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles572▲ 7.6×5 topics
  35. Geopolitics571▲ 9.2×11 topics
  36. Malay Language564▲ 9.9×1 topic
  37. Sharia Law564▲ 9.7×1 topic
  38. Design561▲ 8.5×6 topics
  39. Air Force551▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Warfare551▲ 11×1 topic

How many world-class institutions does Kazakhstan hold?

Average quality and elite capacity disagree by construction, and both are worth knowing: the first is decided by a country’s whole institution population, the second counts the institutions it holds at the top. One square per institution.

501st to 1,000th1

Bands are exclusive, so the squares add up to 1 — the institutions it holds in the world top 1,000 — and not to four times it.

Which universities in Kazakhstan lead research?

Nazarbayev University, L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University and Al-Farabi Kazakh National University rank highest in Kazakhstan on research quality in 2022–2025.

0%10%20%30%mean 11.3333%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Nazarbayev University: 3,067, 25.3%L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University: 3,148, 10.4%Al-Farabi Kazakh National University: 3,857, 11.1%Satbayev University: 1,518, 8.6%Astana Medical University: 1,792, 10.6%Suleyman Demirel University: 2,864, 10.1%Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University: 1,177, 12.9%Kazakh-British Technical University: 496, 13.4%National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan: 434, 11.8%Kazakh National Medical University: 660, 6.8%Aktobe Regional State University named after K.Zhubanov: 420, 11.9%Karaganda Buketov University: 924, 8.7%M.Auezov South Kazakhstan State University: 809, 8.3%Ahmet Yesevi University: 795, 11.4%Toraighyrov University: 436, 8.7%Nazarbayev UniversityAl-Farabi Kazakh Nat…L. N. Gumilyov Euras…Satbayev University
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per institution in the list below. The upper left is the interesting corner.

  1. 1Nazarbayev UniversityUniversity · Astana · #825 worldwide25.3% top 10% · 3.1k works
  2. 2L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National UniversityUniversity · Astana · #2,521 worldwide10.4% top 10% · 3.1k works
  3. 3Al-Farabi Kazakh National UniversityUniversity · Almaty · #2,572 worldwide11.1% top 10% · 3.9k works
  4. 4Satbayev UniversityUniversity · Almaty · #2,866 worldwide8.6% top 10% · 1.5k works
  5. 5Astana Medical UniversityUniversity · Nur-Sultan · #3,487 worldwide10.6% top 10% · 1.8k works
  6. 6Suleyman Demirel UniversityUniversity · Almaty · #3,874 worldwide10.1% top 10% · 2.9k works
  7. 7Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical UniversityUniversity · Almaty · #4,644 worldwide12.9% top 10% · 1.2k works
  8. 8Kazakh-British Technical UniversityUniversity · Almaty · #5,522 worldwide13.4% top 10% · 496 works
  9. 9National Nuclear Center of the Republic of KazakhstanResearch facility · Kurchatov · #5,585 worldwide11.8% top 10% · 434 works
  10. 10Kazakh National Medical UniversityUniversity · Almaty · #5,939 worldwide6.8% top 10% · 660 works
  11. 11Aktobe Regional State University named after K.ZhubanovUniversity · Aktobe · #7,015 worldwide11.9% top 10% · 420 works
  12. 12Karaganda Buketov UniversityUniversity · Karaganda · #7,278 worldwide8.7% top 10% · 924 works
  13. 13M.Auezov South Kazakhstan State UniversityUniversity · Shymkent · #7,389 worldwide8.3% top 10% · 809 works
  14. 14Ahmet Yesevi UniversityUniversity · Turkestan · #7,479 worldwide11.4% top 10% · 795 works
  15. 15Toraighyrov UniversityUniversity · Pavlodar · #8,191 worldwide8.7% top 10% · 436 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 Kazakhstan

Who are the top researchers in Kazakhstan?

Abduzhappar Gaipov, Vahit Yiğit and Dimitri Poddighe rank highest among researchers based in Kazakhstan.

  1. 1 Abduzhappar Gaipov · #32,590 worldwide 385 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Vahit Yiğit · #65,609 worldwide 572 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Dimitri Poddighe · #110,731 worldwide 673 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Ayan Abdrakhmanov · #123,722 worldwide 386 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Srinivasa Rao Bolla · #135,579 worldwide 379 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Alibek Issakhov · #160,455 worldwide 330 citations · 55 works
  7. 7 Gaukhar Konuspayeva · #185,674 worldwide 94 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Marlen Yessirkepov · #210,364 worldwide 150 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Sanzhar Korganbayev · #222,315 worldwide 90 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Mehdi Bagheri · #224,082 worldwide 308 citations · 71 works
Top researchers in Kazakhstan

Which cities in Kazakhstan are research hubs?

  1. 1 Almaty Kazakhstan 47k works
  2. 2 Nur-Sultan Kazakhstan 21k works

How open and international is Kazakhstan's research?

68% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 30% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available68.3%not open31.7%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.1%domestic only69.9%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Kazakhstan's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 177% 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 Kazakhstan