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Science in Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan ranks #149 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#190 all time), with 1.1k research works and 3.9% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022-now
#149
of 189 · #190 all time
Works, 2022-now
1.1k
▲ 150% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.5k
1.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate
3.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.66×
1.00× is exactly expected
In the world top 100
0
0 in the top 1,000
Open access
70%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Turkmenistan

What is Turkmenistan strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022-now, Turkmenistan ranks highest in Education (#71 of 112) and Social Sciences (#109 of 148). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aquatic Science, Fuel Technology and Economics and Econometrics.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
EducationSubfield #71 of 112 3.8%338 #96 Institutions
Social SciencesField #109 of 148 4.7%536 #128 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 · 134.2 works · #46 of 214 active here43×
  2. Fuel TechnologySubfield · 2.3 works · #46 of 113 active here17×
  3. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 271.3 works · #96 of 220 active here9.9×
  4. EducationSubfield · 488.1 works · #89 of 222 active here9.3×
  5. General EnergySubfield · 4.0 works · #94 of 167 active here8.6×
  6. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 276.5 works · #67 of 219 active here7.5×
  7. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 169.4 works · #102 of 219 active here6.6×
  8. MuseologySubfield · 10.7 works · #93 of 190 active here5.1×
← 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: 2.10× its world share, 172 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 60 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.38× its world share, 22 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 112 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.15× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.78× its world share, 88 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 25 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7.51× its world share, 276 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.70× its world share, 805 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance7.51×276 works
  2. Social Sciences3.70×805 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.10×172 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.78×88 works
  5. Energy1.38×22 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.57×16 works
  7. Psychology0.50×26 works
  8. Computer Science0.45×60 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.45×25 works
  10. Engineering0.44×112 works
  11. Mathematics0.30×6 works
  12. Environmental Science0.29×24 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.23×4 works
  14. Materials Science0.20×12 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.20×8 works
  16. Neuroscience0.19×5 works
  17. Chemistry0.17×5 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.17×3 works
  19. Health Professions0.15×7 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.11×10 works
  21. Nursing0.11×1 works
  22. Medicine0.10×32 works
  23. Dentistry0.04×0 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.02×0 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.01×0 works
  26. Veterinary0.01×0 works

Which fields of science does Turkmenistan work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research in Turkmenistan is in Social Sciences, 15% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (47%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (16%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,224 fractional works · 71.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 805 fractional works · 46.8% of its workEducation: 488 fractional works · 28.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 169 fractional works · 9.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 48 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCultural Studies: 36 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnthropology: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransportation: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 276 fractional works · 16.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 271 fractional works · 15.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 88 fractional works · 5.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 33 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 25 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 265 fractional works · 15.4% of its workEngineering: 112 fractional works · 6.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 25 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 60 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems: 45 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Energy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 191 fractional works · 11.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 172 fractional works · 10.0% of its workAquatic Science: 134 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 40 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMedicine: 32 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTurkmenistan1,720fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences71%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this country does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences1,22471.2%
    1. Social Sciences80546.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance27616.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities885.1%
    4. Psychology261.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting251.5%
    6. Decision Sciences30.2%
    1. Engineering1126.5%
    2. Computer Science603.5%
    3. Environmental Science241.4%
    4. Energy221.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences150.9%
    6. Materials Science120.7%
    7. Physics and Astronomy80.5%
    8. Mathematics60.3%
    9. Chemistry50.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences17210.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology100.6%
    3. Neuroscience50.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology40.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine321.9%
    2. Health Professions70.4%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Turkmenistan?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pedagogy, Language Teaching, Digital Education, Formative Assessment, Teaching Methods, Educational Technologies, Critical Thinking and Student Competencies.

▲ 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-now 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. Pedagogy455▲ 53×12 topics
  2. Language Teaching451▲ 98×7 topics
  3. Digital Education446▲ 175×5 topics
  4. Formative Assessment443▲ 308×2 topics
  5. Teaching Methods442▲ 159×2 topics
  6. Educational Technologies442▲ 282×2 topics
  7. Critical Thinking442▲ 221×1 topic
  8. Student Competencies442▲ 393×1 topic
  9. Globalization323▲ 9.6×33 topics
  10. Sustainability298▲ 7.1×41 topics
  11. Entrepreneurship275▲ 40×4 topics
  12. Digital Economy272▲ 79×10 topics
  13. Economic Development266▲ 19×12 topics
  14. Industrial Enterprises260▲ 445×1 topic
  15. Innovation Economics260▲ 445×1 topic
  16. Renewable Energy175▲ 7.0×31 topics
  17. Migration154▲ 26×13 topics
  18. Global Governance147▲ 36×4 topics
  19. Climate Change Impact135▲ 34×2 topics
  20. Energy Consumption135▲ 35×2 topics
  21. Irrigation134▲ 404×1 topic
  22. Water Efficiency134▲ 404×1 topic
  23. Postcolonialism134▲ 54×2 topics
  24. Biopolitics134▲ 101×3 topics
  25. Crisis Management133▲ 152×1 topic
  26. Education Reform133▲ 320×1 topic
  27. Innovation36▲ 2.0×22 topics
  28. Neoliberalism35▲ 5.7×8 topics
  29. Digital Labour Theory29▲ 184×1 topic
  30. Innovative Pedagogies29▲ 184×1 topic
  31. Ethnicity25▲ 3.9×9 topics
  32. Language23▲ 5.3×9 topics
  33. Telemedicine22▲ 9.6×5 topics
  34. Central Asia22▲ 18×4 topics
  35. Digitalization21▲ 5.9×9 topics
  36. Algorithmic Modeling20▲ 152×1 topic
  37. Biomedical Signal Processing20▲ 152×1 topic
  38. Remote Monitoring20▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Language Contact19▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Sharia Law19▲ 7.7×1 topic

Which research topics does Turkmenistan publish the most in?

Its largest topics in 2022-now are Education, Innovation and Language Studies, Economic and Industrial Development, Engineering and Agricultural Innovations.

Education, Innovation an…442Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 442 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial …261Economic and Industrial Development: 261 fractional worksEngineering and Agricult…134Engineering and Agricultural Innovations: 134 fractional worksMedical, Sociocultural, …133Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies: 133 fractional worksContemporary art, education, critique: 29 fractional worksAdvanced Computational Techniques in Science and Engineering: 20 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 19 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural Studies: 14 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 13 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 12 fractional worksEurasian Exchange Networks: 12 fractional worksForeign Language Teaching Methods: 11 fractional works
EducationEconomics and EconometricsAquatic SciencePolitical Science and International Relations7 others

Area is fractional works in 2022-now; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to. Every tile is a topic page.

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 442 works
  2. 2 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 261 works
  3. 3 Engineering and Agricultural Innovations Aquatic Science 134 works
  4. 4 Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 133 works
  5. 5 Contemporary art, education, critique Cultural Studies 29 works
  6. 6 Advanced Computational Techniques in Science and Engineering Information Systems 20 works
  7. 7 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 19 works
  8. 8 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 14 works
  9. 9 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 13 works
  10. 10 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 12 works
  11. 11 Eurasian Exchange Networks Anthropology 12 works
  12. 12 Foreign Language Teaching Methods Education 11 works

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-now.

  1. 1Turkmen State Pedagogical Institute named Seidnazar SeydiResearch facility · Turkmenabat · #4,668 worldwide4.0% top 10% · 797 works
  2. 2Institute of Archeology and EthnographyResearch facility · Ashgabat · #20,348 worldwide4.1% top 10% · 107 works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in Turkmenistan

Who are the top researchers in Turkmenistan?

Bart Lambert, Luc Vrydaghs and Pieter Bruegel rank highest among researchers based in Turkmenistan.

  1. 1 Bart Lambert #809,629 worldwide 349 citations · 86 works
  2. 2 Luc Vrydaghs #2,868,565 worldwide 3k citations · 174 works
  3. 3 Pieter Bruegel #3,218,609 worldwide 113 citations · 80 works
  4. 4 Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea #3,244,893 worldwide 7 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Tine Luk Meganck #3,400,089 worldwide 17 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Sabine Van Sprang #3,405,936 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Luc Tuymans #3,597,933 worldwide 15 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Sulgun Sayylova #3,610,053 worldwide 0 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Werner Adriaenssens #3,637,382 worldwide 2 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Suleyman Malikmyradovich Nokerov #3,700,121 worldwide 35 citations · 22 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

In 2022-now, 92% of its research is openly available (world 63%) and 18% is written with co-authors abroad (world 22%). Against what its own mix of topics predicts, that is 1.10× the expected open access and 1.20× the expected international share, which puts it #107 of 173 countries on openness.

How has Turkmenistan's research grown?

Output in 2022-2025 was 150% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Turkmenistan as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0027% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Turkmenistan0.0086% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Turkmenistan over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Over the whole record, 4.8% of its 2.8k works since 1955 reached the world top 10% for their field and year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Turkmenistan6.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.2% in 2014.

Which countries have research most like Turkmenistan's?

Montenegro is Turkmenistan's closest research twin: of all countries, its research is spread across the fields most like Turkmenistan's, with both strong in Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

  1. 1 MontenegroBoth strong in Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Arts and Humanities, Energy 0.74 Compare
  2. 2 UzbekistanBoth strong in Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities 0.68 Compare
  3. 3 MoldovaBoth strong in Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences 0.66 Compare
  4. 4 KazakhstanBoth strong in Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Social Sciences, Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.64 Compare
  5. 5 BurundiBoth strong in Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.64 Compare

Similarity is the correlation of each side's location quotients across every field it publishes in, on a log scale: 1 is the same shape of research, 0 is unrelated. It ignores size. How it is measured.

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