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Science in Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan ranks #187 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#197 all time), with 1.1k research works and 3.8% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#187
of 192 · #197 all time
Works, 2022–2025
1.1k
▲ 183% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
3.8%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
0 in the top 1,000
Open access
70%
world 63%

What is Turkmenistan strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, Turkmenistan ranks highest in Social Sciences (#148 of 151) and Education (#114 of 115). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aquatic Science, Fuel Technology and General Energy.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesField #148 of 151 4.3%536 Institutions
EducationSubfield #114 of 115 3.3%338 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. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 82.0 works40×
  2. Fuel TechnologySubfield · 2.3 works26×
  3. General EnergySubfield · 4.0 works13×
  4. EducationSubfield · 338.4 works9.9×
  5. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 147.1 works8.3×
  6. MuseologySubfield · 9.0 works6.6×
  7. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 151.0 works6.3×
  8. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 91.6 works5.5×
← 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: 1.96× its world share, 104 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 31 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.88× its world share, 19 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 70 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.36× its world share, 76 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.32× its world share, 151 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.54× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.80× its world share, 536 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research in Turkmenistan?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pedagogy, Language Teaching, Digital Education, Formative Assessment, Teaching Methods, Critical Thinking, Student Competencies 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. Pedagogy307▲ 56×11 topics
  2. Language Teaching305▲ 108×6 topics
  3. Digital Education298▲ 205×4 topics
  4. Formative Assessment297▲ 395×2 topics
  5. Teaching Methods297▲ 187×2 topics
  6. Critical Thinking297▲ 269×1 topic
  7. Student Competencies297▲ 527×1 topic
  8. Globalization180▲ 8.2×29 topics
  9. Sustainability168▲ 6.2×32 topics
  10. Entrepreneurship150▲ 35×4 topics
  11. Digital Economy149▲ 73×9 topics
  12. Economic Development145▲ 16×11 topics
  13. Industrial Enterprises140▲ 624×1 topic
  14. Innovation Economics140▲ 624×1 topic
  15. Renewable Energy114▲ 7.1×28 topics
  16. Energy Consumption82▲ 33×2 topics
  17. Climate Change Impact82▲ 33×2 topics
  18. Irrigation82▲ 508×1 topic
  19. Water Efficiency82▲ 508×1 topic
  20. Migration80▲ 21×13 topics
  21. Global Governance70▲ 27×4 topics
  22. Postcolonialism61▲ 44×2 topics
  23. Biopolitics60▲ 80×1 topic
  24. Crisis Management60▲ 129×1 topic
  25. Educational Technology27▲ 2.0×16 topics
  26. Cultural Heritage24▲ 3.9×14 topics
  27. Central Asia19▲ 24×4 topics
  28. Neoliberalism18▲ 4.5×8 topics
  29. Ethnicity18▲ 4.2×9 topics
  30. Linguistics16▲ 8.9×4 topics
  31. Language Contact16▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Language16▲ 5.9×9 topics
  33. Legal Regulation15▲ 6.1×2 topics
  34. Digital Labour Theory13▲ 177×1 topic
  35. Innovative Pedagogies13▲ 177×1 topic
  36. Morphology13▲ 6.9×4 topics
  37. Etymology13▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Historical Phonology13▲ 24×2 topics
  39. Syntax13▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Folklore12▲ 21×3 topics

Which universities in Turkmenistan lead research?

Turkmen State Pedagogical Institute named Seidnazar Seydi and Institute of Archeology and Ethnography rank highest in Turkmenistan on research quality in 2022–2025.

  1. 1Turkmen State Pedagogical Institute named Seidnazar SeydiResearch facility · Turkmenabat · #22,502 worldwide3.6% top 10% · 797 works
  2. 2Institute of Archeology and EthnographyResearch facility · Ashgabat · #27,319 worldwide5.6% top 10% · 107 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 Turkmenistan

Who are the top researchers in Turkmenistan?

Georges Declercq, Yoni Van Den Eede and Marc Jacobs rank highest among researchers based in Turkmenistan.

  1. 1 Georges Declercq · #295,205 worldwide 7 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Yoni Van Den Eede · #401,956 worldwide 24 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Marc Jacobs · #531,486 worldwide 33 citations · 77 works
  4. 4 Bart Lambert · #616,825 worldwide 2 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Yannick Devos · #984,675 worldwide 56 citations · 66 works
  6. 6 Barbara Veselka · #1,565,119 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
Top researchers in Turkmenistan

How open and international is Turkmenistan's research?

70% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 21% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available70.0%not open30.0%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.8%domestic only79.2%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Turkmenistan's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 183% 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 Turkmenistan