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Science in Russia

Russia ranks #24 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#16 all time), with 544k research works and 6.2% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#24
of 192 · #16 all time
Works, 2022–2025
544k
▲ 100% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
6.2%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
2 in the top 1,000
Open access
41%
world 63%

What is Russia strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, Russia ranks highest in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#4 of 43), Energy (#7 of 73) and Materials Science (#9 of 90). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Fuel Technology, Nuclear Energy and Engineering and General Materials Science.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield #4 of 43 8.8%6,473 Institutions
EnergyField #7 of 73 6.6%5,149 Institutions
Materials ScienceField #9 of 90 4.4%28,230 Institutions
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #16 of 110 11.1%15,699 Institutions
MathematicsField #13 of 82 8.3%10,118 Institutions
MedicineField #25 of 155 3.8%72,155 Institutions
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #10 of 56 4.1%5,390 Institutions
DevelopmentSubfield #4 of 22 9.3%5,762 Institutions
LawSubfield #9 of 48 11.1%5,189 Institutions
Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield #10 of 50 7.1%4,297 Institutions
EngineeringField #27 of 134 4.6%97,074 Institutions
Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield #13 of 64 3.1%9,883 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 · 727.9 works16×
  2. Nuclear Energy and EngineeringSubfield · 569.5 works16×
  3. General Materials ScienceSubfield · 2,684.8 works11×
  4. DevelopmentSubfield · 5,762.5 works10×
  5. AnatomySubfield · 1,074.5 works8.2×
  6. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 6,473.0 works4.7×
  7. General EnergySubfield · 616.3 works4.2×
  8. GeologySubfield · 2,968.7 works4.0×
← 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: 1.19× its world share, 31k worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 23k worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.72× its world share, 3,968 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 7,003 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.84× its world share, 1,605 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.33× its world share, 2,541 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.67× its world share, 14k worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.78× its world share, 33k worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.23× its world share, 19k worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.03× its world share, 5,148 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.19× its world share, 97k worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.92× its world share, 25k worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.49× its world share, 28k worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.58× its world share, 10k worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.94× its world share, 24k worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.66× its world share, 1,753 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.40× its world share, 5,755 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.69× its world share, 72k worksMedicineNursing: 0.54× its world share, 1,449 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.58× its world share, 426 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.90× its world share, 14k worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.91× its world share, 16k worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 3,795 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.35× its world share, 16k worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 9,451 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 80k worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research in Russia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Digital Transformation, Climate Change, Innovation, Regional Development, Digital Economy, Artificial Intelligence and Globalization.

▲ 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 Development34k▲ 3.9×113 topics
  2. Climate Change31k▲ 2.1×132 topics
  3. Innovation22k▲ 3.8×91 topics
  4. Digital Transformation21k▲ 7.3×32 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence20k▲ 2.7×67 topics
  6. Globalization20k▲ 1.90×185 topics
  7. Sustainability16k▲ 1.19×140 topics
  8. Regional Development15k▲ 7.8×21 topics
  9. Energy Efficiency15k▲ 3.0×45 topics
  10. Economic Development14k▲ 3.0×57 topics
  11. Digital Economy13k▲ 13×20 topics
  12. Food Security12k▲ 4.1×25 topics
  13. Educational Technology11k▲ 1.75×48 topics
  14. E-Learning10k▲ 1.83×27 topics
  15. Legal Regulation9,806▲ 8.2×8 topics
  16. Digitalization9,789▲ 9.0×16 topics
  17. Language9,611▲ 7.2×15 topics
  18. Pedagogy8,490▲ 3.2×30 topics
  19. Migration7,736▲ 4.2×35 topics
  20. Ethnicity7,727▲ 3.8×25 topics
  21. Global Economy7,423▲ 9.9×7 topics
  22. Economic Security7,416▲ 6.3×7 topics
  23. International Relations7,345▲ 5.6×31 topics
  24. Geopolitics6,979▲ 8.3×12 topics
  25. Media6,651▲ 8.0×19 topics
  26. Arctic6,564▲ 11×4 topics
  27. Cyber-Physical Systems6,370▲ 4.5×9 topics
  28. Linguistics6,149▲ 6.8×9 topics
  29. Blockchain Technology6,043▲ 20×4 topics
  30. Youth6,018▲ 8.0×10 topics
  31. Geographical Analysis5,783▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Knowledge Clusters5,562▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Digital Technologies5,487▲ 7.1×6 topics
  34. Information Security5,314▲ 10×4 topics
  35. Macroeconomic Assessment5,280▲ 24×1 topic
  36. Russian Economy5,280▲ 24×1 topic
  37. Spatial Patterns4,933▲ 9.6×4 topics
  38. Phraseology4,918▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Demographic Dynamics4,678▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Rural Transformation4,678▲ 23×1 topic

How many world-class institutions does Russia 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 1,000th2

Bands are exclusive, so the squares add up to 2 — the institutions it holds in the world top 1,000 — and not to four times it.

Which universities in Russia lead research?

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Ural Federal University and Peoples' Friendship University of Russia rank highest in Russia on research quality in 2022–2025.

0%10%20%mean 9.42667%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Lomonosov Moscow State University: 18k, 7.7%Ural Federal University: 5,993, 10.5%Peoples' Friendship University of Russia: 6,573, 10.6%St Petersburg University: 9,846, 8.3%Sechenov University: 6,322, 7.3%National Research University Higher School of Economics: 8,458, 14.4%Russian Academy of Sciences: 11k, 6.6%Bauman Moscow State Technical University: 3,802, 7.3%ITMO University: 3,521, 8.3%Kurchatov Institute: 3,143, 6.1%National Research Tomsk State University: 3,923, 8.3%N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry: 1,222, 9.4%Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology: 2,702, 10.4%Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology: 1,618, 15.4%South Ural State University: 2,436, 10.8%Peoples' Friendship …Ural Federal Univers…St Petersburg Univer…Lomonosov Moscow Sta…
above the meannear itbelow it

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

  1. 1Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityUniversity · Moscow · #742 worldwide7.7% top 10% · 18k works
  2. 2Ural Federal UniversityUniversity · Yekaterinburg · #813 worldwide10.5% top 10% · 6k works
  3. 3Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaUniversity · Moscow · #1,102 worldwide10.6% top 10% · 6.6k works
  4. 4St Petersburg UniversityUniversity · Saint Petersburg · #1,220 worldwide8.3% top 10% · 9.8k works
  5. 5Sechenov UniversityUniversity · Moscow · #1,302 worldwide7.3% top 10% · 6.3k works
  6. 6National Research University Higher School of EconomicsUniversity · Moscow · #1,307 worldwide14.4% top 10% · 8.5k works
  7. 7Russian Academy of SciencesGovernment institution · Moscow · #1,365 worldwide6.6% top 10% · 11k works
  8. 8Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityUniversity · Moscow · #1,440 worldwide7.3% top 10% · 3.8k works
  9. 9ITMO UniversityUniversity · St Petersburg · #1,503 worldwide8.3% top 10% · 3.5k works
  10. 10Kurchatov InstituteResearch facility · Moscow · #1,556 worldwide6.1% top 10% · 3.1k works
  11. 11National Research Tomsk State UniversityUniversity · Tomsk · #1,753 worldwide8.3% top 10% · 3.9k works
  12. 12N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic ChemistryResearch facility · Moscow · #1,818 worldwide9.4% top 10% · 1.2k works
  13. 13Moscow Institute of Physics and TechnologyUniversity · Dolgoprudnyy · #1,850 worldwide10.4% top 10% · 2.7k works
  14. 14Skolkovo Institute of Science and TechnologyUniversity · Skolkovo · #1,875 worldwide15.4% top 10% · 1.6k works
  15. 15South Ural State UniversityUniversity · Chelyabinsk · #1,889 worldwide10.8% top 10% · 2.4k 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 Russia

Who are the top researchers in Russia?

М. А. Пирадов, S. Walsh and Е. V. Shlyakhto rank highest among researchers based in Russia.

  1. 1 М. А. Пирадов · #155 worldwide 2.9k citations · 122 works
  2. 2 S. Walsh · #241 worldwide 5.5k citations · 161 works
  3. 3 Е. V. Shlyakhto · #355 worldwide 2.7k citations · 110 works
  4. 4 A. Bocci · #1,252 worldwide 6.3k citations · 262 works
  5. 5 V. V. Ammosov · #1,547 worldwide 3.5k citations · 88 works
  6. 6 H. M. Lacker · #1,654 worldwide 3.1k citations · 100 works
  7. 7 В. И. Анисимов · #2,212 worldwide 2.6k citations · 90 works
  8. 8 L.D. LANDAU · #2,442 worldwide 1.9k citations · 74 works
  9. 9 D.Y. Bardin · #2,780 worldwide 3.5k citations · 69 works
  10. 10 Eugene Garfield · #2,801 worldwide 1.1k citations · 93 works
Top researchers in Russia

Which cities in Russia are research hubs?

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 977k works
  2. 2 Saint Petersburg Russia 229k works
  3. 3 Novosibirsk Russia 122k works
  4. 4 Yekaterinburg Russia 85k works
  5. 5 Tomsk Russia 57k works
  6. 6 Kazan’ Russia 56k works
  7. 7 Rostov-on-Don Russia 37k works
  8. 8 Nizhny Novgorod Russia 36k works
  9. 9 Irkutsk Russia 33k works
  10. 10 Ufa Russia 32k works
  11. 11 Samara Russia 30k works
  12. 12 Krasnoyarsk Russia 27k works

How much of it is in the largest

The same cities as shares of everything these twelve account for.

Moscow: 56.8%Saint Petersburg: 13.3%Novosibirsk: 7.1%Yekaterinburg: 4.9%8 others listed: 17.9%57%largest
Moscow977k · 56.8%Saint Petersburg229k · 13.3%Novosibirsk122k · 7.1%Yekaterinburg85k · 4.9%8 others listed308k · 17.9%

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

How open and international is Russia's research?

41% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 14% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available41.2%not open58.8%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.4%domestic only85.6%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Russia's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 100% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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 Russia