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Science in Mongolia

Mongolia ranks #112 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#114 all time), with 6.4k research works and 8.5% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#112
of 192 · #114 all time
Works, 2022–2025
6.4k
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
8.5%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
0 in the top 1,000
Open access
55%
world 63%

What is Mongolia strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, Mongolia ranks highest in Social Sciences (#87 of 151), Computer Science (#90 of 131) and Medicine (#115 of 155). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Fuel Technology, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design and Music.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesField #87 of 151 10.0%1,238 Institutions
Computer ScienceField #90 of 131 5.2%513 Institutions
MedicineField #115 of 155 6.9%742 Institutions
Environmental ScienceField #101 of 125 8.3%556 Institutions
Arts and HumanitiesField #86 of 106 12.7%485 Institutions
EngineeringField #114 of 134 4.8%603 Institutions
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #108 of 122 9.4%342 Institutions
PsychologyField #101 of 109 9.5%202 Institutions
EducationSubfield #107 of 115 9.0%261
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #103 of 110 11.4%246 Institutions
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #118 of 126 8.1%358 Institutions
Business, Management and AccountingField #106 of 113 9.7%269 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 · 14.2 works27×
  2. Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignSubfield · 56.8 works11×
  3. MusicSubfield · 46.0 works8.8×
  4. ArcheologySubfield · 6.4 works6.5×
  5. Library and Information SciencesSubfield · 7.1 works5.8×
  6. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 161.1 works5.7×
  7. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 189.4 works5.0×
  8. AnthropologySubfield · 89.3 works4.9×
← 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: 1.17× its world share, 358 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 209 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 31 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 50 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.04× its world share, 24 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.88× its world share, 20 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.56× its world share, 56 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.03× its world share, 513 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.15× its world share, 216 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.93× its world share, 55 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 603 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.74× its world share, 556 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.59× its world share, 132 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.78× its world share, 59 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.65× its world share, 93 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.79× its world share, 24 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 140 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 742 worksMedicineNursing: 0.67× its world share, 21 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.84× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.61× its world share, 485 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.30× its world share, 268 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 74 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.79× its world share, 246 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 202 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 1,238 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research in Mongolia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Ecological Knowledge, Adaptation, Globalization, Artificial Intelligence, Livelihoods and Land Management.

▲ 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. Climate Change469▲ 2.7×99 topics
  2. Sustainability309▲ 1.97×102 topics
  3. Globalization269▲ 2.1×124 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence234▲ 2.6×62 topics
  5. Sustainable Development215▲ 2.1×78 topics
  6. Machine Learning204◆ 0.97×86 topics
  7. Education169▲ 1.53×108 topics
  8. Adaptation146▲ 7.9×14 topics
  9. Ecological Knowledge145▲ 51×2 topics
  10. Economic Development136▲ 2.6×39 topics
  11. Innovation135▲ 2.0×69 topics
  12. Livelihoods131▲ 58×2 topics
  13. Land Management130▲ 56×2 topics
  14. Pastoralists129▲ 76×1 topic
  15. Rangeland Degradation129▲ 76×1 topic
  16. Linguistics120▲ 11×9 topics
  17. History118▲ 2.6×45 topics
  18. Economic Growth112▲ 2.0×31 topics
  19. Etymology105▲ 33×2 topics
  20. Historical Phonology105▲ 33×2 topics
  21. Morphology104▲ 9.4×11 topics
  22. Biodiversity100▲ 2.1×32 topics
  23. Language Contact98▲ 16×5 topics
  24. Virtual Reality95▲ 2.9×19 topics
  25. Syntax94▲ 21×3 topics
  26. Turkic90▲ 49×1 topic
  27. oral epics90▲ 49×1 topic
  28. Central Asia85▲ 19×4 topics
  29. Philosophy80▲ 2.8×31 topics
  30. Water Quality79▲ 3.1×18 topics
  31. Multimedia Technology78▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Arctic70▲ 9.6×4 topics
  33. Human-Computer Interaction65▲ 5.8×7 topics
  34. Economic Security65▲ 4.7×7 topics
  35. Financial Security59▲ 8.3×3 topics
  36. Eurasian Exchange57▲ 43×1 topic
  37. Silk Roads57▲ 43×1 topic
  38. Digital Media Technology55▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Visual Communication Design55▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Regional Planning48▲ 10.0×2 topics

Which universities in Mongolia lead research?

University of the Humanities, National University of Mongolia and Mongolian Academy of Sciences rank highest in Mongolia on research quality in 2022–2025.

0%10%20%mean 8.99333%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of the Humanities: 603, 16.5%National University of Mongolia: 1,217, 8.1%Mongolian Academy of Sciences: 827, 5.5%Mongolian University of Science and Technology: 721, 6.7%Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences: 301, 7.7%University of Finance and Economics: 561, 8.6%Mongolian University of Life Sciences: 284, 10.2%Mongolian National University: 291, 6.6%National Influenza Center: 63, 21.4%Mongolian National University of Education: 232, 8.3%National Academy of Governance: 375, 10.1%Research Institute of Animal Husbandry: 152, 6.6%Ministry of Health: 172, 5.4%National Center for Communicable Diseases: 113, 6.8%Ider University: 187, 6.4%University of the Hu…National University …Mongolian University…Mongolian Academy of…
above the meannear itbelow it

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

  1. 1University of the HumanitiesUniversity · Ulaanbaatar · #4,979 worldwide16.5% top 10% · 603 works
  2. 2National University of MongoliaUniversity · Ulaanbaatar · #6,111 worldwide8.1% top 10% · 1.2k works
  3. 3Mongolian Academy of SciencesGovernment institution · Ulaanbaatar · #7,308 worldwide5.5% top 10% · 827 works
  4. 4Mongolian University of Science and TechnologyUniversity · Ulaanbaatar · #8,868 worldwide6.7% top 10% · 721 works
  5. 5Mongolian National University of Medical SciencesUniversity · Ulaanbaatar · #11,705 worldwide7.7% top 10% · 301 works
  6. 6University of Finance and EconomicsUniversity · Ulaanbaatar · #14,549 worldwide8.6% top 10% · 561 works
  7. 7Mongolian University of Life SciencesUniversity · Ulaanbaatar · #15,687 worldwide10.2% top 10% · 284 works
  8. 8Mongolian National UniversityUniversity · Ulaanbaatar · #15,948 worldwide6.6% top 10% · 291 works
  9. 9National Influenza CenterGovernment institution · Ulaanbaatar · #17,168 worldwide21.4% top 10% · 63 works
  10. 10Mongolian National University of EducationUniversity · Ulaanbaatar · #18,143 worldwide8.3% top 10% · 232 works
  11. 11National Academy of GovernanceUniversity · Ulaanbaatar · #19,265 worldwide10.1% top 10% · 375 works
  12. 12Research Institute of Animal HusbandryGovernment institution · Ulaanbaatar · #19,395 worldwide6.6% top 10% · 152 works
  13. 13Ministry of HealthGovernment institution · Ulaanbaatar · #21,170 worldwide5.4% top 10% · 172 works
  14. 14National Center for Communicable DiseasesGovernment institution · Ulaanbaatar · #22,101 worldwide6.8% top 10% · 113 works
  15. 15Ider UniversityUniversity · Ulaanbaatar · #22,912 worldwide6.4% top 10% · 187 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 Mongolia

Who are the top researchers in Mongolia?

Bazartseren Boldgiv, Gombosuren Badarch and Klaus Bruhn Jensen rank highest among researchers based in Mongolia.

  1. 1 Bazartseren Boldgiv · #144,851 worldwide 369 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Gombosuren Badarch · #174,192 worldwide 295 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Klaus Bruhn Jensen · #179,896 worldwide 117 citations · 50 works
  4. 4 Tim Rooth · #458,959 worldwide 8 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Barbara Bogusz · #477,369 worldwide 2 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Nyamsuren Batsaikhan · #569,162 worldwide 39 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 B. Tsednee · #607,897 worldwide 101 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Samokhvalov Ei · #705,749 worldwide 8 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Lili Zhao · #743,084 worldwide 33 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Shabbar Jaffry · #768,603 worldwide 58 citations · 31 works
Top researchers in Mongolia

Which cities in Mongolia are research hubs?

  1. 1 Ulaanbaatar Mongolia 23k works

How open and international is Mongolia's research?

55% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 39% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available54.7%not open45.3%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.8%domestic only61.2%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Mongolia's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% lower 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 Mongolia