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Science in Tajikistan

Tajikistan ranks #126 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#112 all time), with 7.1k research works and 6.6% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#126
of 192 · #112 all time
Works, 2022–2025
7.1k
▲ 64% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
6.6%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
0 in the top 1,000
Open access
44%
world 63%

What is Tajikistan strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, Tajikistan ranks highest in Medicine (#121 of 155), Social Sciences (#120 of 151) and Arts and Humanities (#87 of 106). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Development, Filtration and Separation and Fuel Technology.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #121 of 155 3.5%733 Institutions
Social SciencesField #120 of 151 9.4%1,832 Institutions
Arts and HumanitiesField #87 of 106 12.1%428 Institutions
EngineeringField #115 of 134 3.7%689 Institutions
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #99 of 110 11.7%291 Institutions
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #110 of 122 6.6%433 Institutions
Computer ScienceField #120 of 131 7.1%354 Institutions
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #89 of 97 10.9%410 Institutions
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #104 of 108 4.7%294 Institutions
EducationSubfield #112 of 115 10.5%227 Institutions
Materials ScienceField #88 of 90 2.5%204 Institutions
Business, Management and AccountingField #111 of 113 5.9%223 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. DevelopmentSubfield · 103.8 works14×
  2. Filtration and SeparationSubfield · 9.3 works12×
  3. Fuel TechnologySubfield · 5.9 works10×
  4. AnatomySubfield · 15.8 works9.3×
  5. GeologySubfield · 71.0 works7.4×
  6. General EnergySubfield · 13.7 works7.1×
  7. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 116.8 works6.5×
  8. Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 34.3 works5.6×
← 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: 0.89× its world share, 302 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 294 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.51× its world share, 36 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.71× its world share, 82 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.14× its world share, 28 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.12× its world share, 125 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 354 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.81× its world share, 315 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.75× its world share, 49 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.64× its world share, 689 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.90× its world share, 317 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.82× its world share, 204 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.95× its world share, 248 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.72× its world share, 273 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 64 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 733 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.08× its world share, 428 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.97× its world share, 223 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 47 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.91× its world share, 291 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 160 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.03× its world share, 1,832 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research in Tajikistan?

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

▲ 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. Globalization505▲ 3.6×118 topics
  2. Climate Change430▲ 2.2×102 topics
  3. Sustainable Development416▲ 3.7×83 topics
  4. Digital Transformation326▲ 8.6×22 topics
  5. Innovation304▲ 4.1×62 topics
  6. Economic Development287▲ 4.9×45 topics
  7. Social Media277▲ 2.7×33 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence271▲ 2.8×54 topics
  9. Language250▲ 14×15 topics
  10. Regional Development245▲ 9.6×19 topics
  11. Ethnicity211▲ 7.8×20 topics
  12. Digital Economy202▲ 15×18 topics
  13. Identity200▲ 3.9×60 topics
  14. Pedagogy195▲ 5.6×21 topics
  15. Legal Regulation193▲ 12×8 topics
  16. Nationalism175▲ 5.3×29 topics
  17. Media171▲ 16×14 topics
  18. Linguistics166▲ 14×8 topics
  19. International Relations158▲ 9.2×23 topics
  20. Migration148▲ 6.2×26 topics
  21. Geopolitics147▲ 13×10 topics
  22. Economic Security143▲ 9.3×7 topics
  23. Politics141▲ 7.3×18 topics
  24. Discourse Analysis138▲ 7.6×8 topics
  25. Youth132▲ 13×6 topics
  26. Phraseology131▲ 24×3 topics
  27. Coronavirus128▲ 8.5×4 topics
  28. Arctic126▲ 16×4 topics
  29. Cultural Communication123▲ 47×1 topic
  30. Persuasion Strategies123▲ 47×1 topic
  31. Educational Technologies122▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Global Economy122▲ 13×6 topics
  33. Digital Education121▲ 13×5 topics
  34. Language Teaching117▲ 6.5×8 topics
  35. Civic Participation110▲ 30×2 topics
  36. Digital Generation110▲ 48×1 topic
  37. Sociological Research110▲ 48×1 topic
  38. Teaching Methods107▲ 11×8 topics
  39. Tourism Development105▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Critical Thinking101▲ 14×3 topics

Which universities in Tajikistan lead research?

Moscow State University, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan and Technological University of Tajikistan rank highest in Tajikistan on research quality in 2022–2025.

0%5%10%mean 6.44286%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Moscow State University: 5,513, 6.6%Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan: 290, 7.3%Technological University of Tajikistan: 148, 8.2%Tajik National University: 303, 11.3%Tajik State Medical University: 272, 2.0%Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan: 171, 4.7%Institute of Chemistry named after V.I. Nikitin: 61, 5.0%Tajik National Unive…Technological Univer…Academy of Sciences …Moscow State Univers…
above the meannear itbelow it

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

  1. 1Moscow State UniversityUniversity · Dushanbe · #3,150 worldwide6.6% top 10% · 5.5k works
  2. 2Academy of Sciences of the Republic of TajikistanUniversity · Dushanbe · #9,805 worldwide7.3% top 10% · 290 works
  3. 3Technological University of TajikistanUniversity · Dushanbe · #17,029 worldwide8.2% top 10% · 148 works
  4. 4Tajik National UniversityUniversity · Dushanbe · #17,647 worldwide11.3% top 10% · 303 works
  5. 5Tajik State Medical UniversityUniversity · Dushanbe · #23,059 worldwide2.0% top 10% · 272 works
  6. 6Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of TajikistanGovernment institution · Dushanbe · #23,901 worldwide4.7% top 10% · 171 works
  7. 7Institute of Chemistry named after V.I. NikitinResearch facility · Dushanbe · #25,535 worldwide5.0% top 10% · 61 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 Tajikistan

Who are the top researchers in Tajikistan?

Farukh Sharopov, Е.В. Суровцева and В П Куприяновский rank highest among researchers based in Tajikistan.

  1. 1 Farukh Sharopov · #204,133 worldwide 124 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Е.В. Суровцева · #261,229 worldwide 0 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 В П Куприяновский · #284,173 worldwide 3 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 В.А. Томсинов · #361,443 worldwide 0 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 A. I. Markushevich · #385,604 worldwide 36 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Александр Бузгалин · #420,872 worldwide 5 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Olga Akhmánova · #436,788 worldwide 14 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Владислав Иноземцев · #479,627 worldwide 2 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Е.А. Фролова · #503,168 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Vasily Kupriyanovsky · #537,517 worldwide 22 citations · 32 works
Top researchers in Tajikistan

Which cities in Tajikistan are research hubs?

  1. 1 Dushanbe Tajikistan 26k works

How open and international is Tajikistan's research?

44% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 73% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available43.8%not open56.2%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors72.8%domestic only27.2%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Tajikistan's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 64% 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 Tajikistan