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Science in Ukraine

Ukraine ranks #51 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#44 all time), with 168k research works and 7.8% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#51
of 192 · #44 all time
Works, 2022–2025
168k
▲ 162% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
7.8%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
0 in the top 1,000
Open access
65%
world 63%

What is Ukraine strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, Ukraine ranks highest in Medicine (#15 of 155), General Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#7 of 43) and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (#12 of 66). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Anatomy, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Fuel Technology.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #15 of 155 4.3%19,327 Institutions
General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield #7 of 43 10.8%6,172 Institutions
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield #12 of 66 11.7%5,095 Institutions
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #27 of 110 12.2%13,612 Institutions
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #25 of 97 13.0%8,131 Institutions
Materials ScienceField #24 of 90 5.4%4,939 Institutions
DevelopmentSubfield #6 of 22 12.1%755
Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield #19 of 64 5.3%1,991 Institutions
EnergyField #22 of 73 6.3%1,078
Environmental ScienceField #41 of 125 8.2%12,696 Institutions
EngineeringField #44 of 134 6.4%26,415 Institutions
AnatomySubfield #1 of 3 12.5%1,095 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. AnatomySubfield · 1,094.9 works27×
  2. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 6,172.0 works15×
  3. Fuel TechnologySubfield · 139.8 works10×
  4. General Materials ScienceSubfield · 697.6 works9.5×
  5. TransportationSubfield · 5,037.3 works9.0×
  6. Nuclear Energy and EngineeringSubfield · 89.9 works8.0×
  7. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 5,095.4 works5.2×
  8. DevelopmentSubfield · 755.0 works4.5×
← 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: 1.10× its world share, 8,744 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 3,319 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.47× its world share, 796 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 1,178 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 485 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.47× its world share, 279 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.70× its world share, 1,847 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.95× its world share, 12k worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 1,600 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.70× its world share, 1,078 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.05× its world share, 26k worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.52× its world share, 13k worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.84× its world share, 4,938 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.01× its world share, 1,994 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.71× its world share, 2,645 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.85× its world share, 696 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 2,664 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 19k worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 374 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.74× its world share, 169 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.02× its world share, 4,949 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.03× its world share, 5,598 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 905 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.79× its world share, 14k worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 3,363 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.69× its world share, 36k worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research in Ukraine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Financial Security, Economic Development, Innovation, Economic Security, Legal Regulation, Environmental Management 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 Development20k▲ 7.6×109 topics
  2. Globalization11k▲ 3.4×176 topics
  3. Financial Security11k▲ 57×3 topics
  4. Economic Development11k▲ 7.7×56 topics
  5. Innovation11k▲ 6.0×88 topics
  6. Economic Security9,272▲ 26×7 topics
  7. Legal Regulation8,592▲ 23×8 topics
  8. Environmental Management8,023▲ 12×23 topics
  9. Artificial Intelligence7,638▲ 3.3×67 topics
  10. Renewable Energy7,562▲ 3.1×60 topics
  11. Energy Efficiency7,543▲ 4.8×45 topics
  12. Digital Transformation6,424▲ 7.2×31 topics
  13. Human Rights6,376▲ 3.7×89 topics
  14. Foresight5,634▲ 25×2 topics
  15. Ethnicity5,551▲ 8.8×24 topics
  16. History5,386▲ 4.6×60 topics
  17. Literature5,348▲ 5.9×61 topics
  18. Industrial Policy5,327▲ 29×7 topics
  19. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles5,258▲ 17×5 topics
  20. Strategic Planning5,256▲ 21×5 topics
  21. Culture5,240▲ 5.9×37 topics
  22. Design5,233▲ 19×6 topics
  23. Modernization5,223▲ 17×5 topics
  24. Air Force5,195▲ 26×1 topic
  25. Warfare5,195▲ 26×1 topic
  26. Pedagogy5,144▲ 6.3×30 topics
  27. Philosophy5,021▲ 6.8×44 topics
  28. International Trade Law4,901▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Public Oversight4,889▲ 23×1 topic
  30. Transport Policy4,889▲ 23×1 topic
  31. Science4,878▲ 12×13 topics
  32. Social Influence4,854▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Islam4,816▲ 14×5 topics
  34. Sharia Law4,795▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Malay Language4,793▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Public Finance4,703▲ 59×3 topics
  37. Fiscal Risks4,656▲ 71×1 topic
  38. Smart Industry4,656▲ 71×1 topic
  39. Innovation Development4,154▲ 32×3 topics
  40. Digital Economy4,125▲ 13×20 topics

Which universities in Ukraine lead research?

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv Polytechnic National University and Bogomolets National Medical University rank highest in Ukraine on research quality in 2022–2025.

0%5%10%15%mean 7.45333%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: 5,258, 9.0%Lviv Polytechnic National University: 5,439, 8.4%Bogomolets National Medical University: 2,568, 4.0%Poltava State Medical University: 1,501, 5.1%Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University: 1,429, 6.4%National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”: 4,762, 5.4%Sumy State University: 2,076, 14.0%Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv: 5,720, 8.8%National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute": 2,136, 6.9%Kharkiv National Medical University: 1,432, 4.1%I.Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University: 1,094, 6.4%Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University: 1,876, 8.3%Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine: 1,415, 3.7%State University "Kyiv Aviation Institute": 3,117, 8.7%National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation Institute: 1,133, 12.6%National Academy of …Lviv Polytechnic Nat…Poltava State Medica…Bogomolets National …
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One dot per institution in the list below. The upper left is the interesting corner.

  1. 1National Academy of Sciences of UkraineGovernment institution · Kyiv · #1,539 worldwide9.0% top 10% · 5.3k works
  2. 2Lviv Polytechnic National UniversityUniversity · Lviv · #2,139 worldwide8.4% top 10% · 5.4k works
  3. 3Bogomolets National Medical UniversityUniversity · Kyiv · #2,230 worldwide4.0% top 10% · 2.6k works
  4. 4Poltava State Medical UniversityUniversity · Poltava · #2,269 worldwide5.1% top 10% · 1.5k works
  5. 5Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityUniversity · Lviv · #2,447 worldwide6.4% top 10% · 1.4k works
  6. 6National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”University · Kyiv · #2,533 worldwide5.4% top 10% · 4.8k works
  7. 7Sumy State UniversityUniversity · Sumy · #2,546 worldwide14.0% top 10% · 2.1k works
  8. 8Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivUniversity · Kyiv · #2,638 worldwide8.8% top 10% · 5.7k works
  9. 9National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"University · Kharkiv · #2,719 worldwide6.9% top 10% · 2.1k works
  10. 10Kharkiv National Medical UniversityUniversity · Kharkiv · #2,789 worldwide4.1% top 10% · 1.4k works
  11. 11I.Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical UniversityUniversity · Ternopil · #2,812 worldwide6.4% top 10% · 1.1k works
  12. 12Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National UniversityUniversity · Ivano-Frankivsk · #3,382 worldwide8.3% top 10% · 1.9k works
  13. 13Shupyk National Healthcare University of UkraineUniversity · Kyiv · #3,498 worldwide3.7% top 10% · 1.4k works
  14. 14State University "Kyiv Aviation Institute"University · Kyiv · #3,592 worldwide8.7% top 10% · 3.1k works
  15. 15National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation InstituteUniversity · Kharkiv · #3,649 worldwide12.6% top 10% · 1.1k 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 Ukraine

Who are the top researchers in Ukraine?

Igor Bondarenko, Alexander Parkhomenko and Yu.M. Sіrenko rank highest among researchers based in Ukraine.

  1. 1 Igor Bondarenko · #4,607 worldwide 1.2k citations · 104 works
  2. 2 Alexander Parkhomenko · #7,944 worldwide 1.3k citations · 53 works
  3. 3 Yu.M. Sіrenko · #9,658 worldwide 878 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 N. N. Bogolyubov · #15,765 worldwide 572 citations · 55 works
  5. 5 Y. Martynov · #20,133 worldwide 780 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Victoria Vysotska · #30,947 worldwide 258 citations · 80 works
  7. 7 Nikolay Ponomarenko · #32,657 worldwide 477 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Андрій Шелестов · #33,383 worldwide 522 citations · 48 works
  9. 9 Nataliia Kussul · #37,776 worldwide 542 citations · 55 works
  10. 10 Nikolaï Lebovka · #38,278 worldwide 715 citations · 91 works
Top researchers in Ukraine

Which cities in Ukraine are research hubs?

  1. 1 Kyiv Ukraine 218k works
  2. 2 Kharkiv Ukraine 74k works
  3. 3 Lviv Ukraine 48k works
  4. 4 Odesa Ukraine 23k works
  5. 5 Dnipro Ukraine 23k works

How much of it is in the largest

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

Kyiv: 56.3%Kharkiv: 19.2%Lviv: 12.3%Odesa: 6.1%1 other listed: 6.1%56%largest
Kyiv218k · 56.3%Kharkiv74k · 19.2%Lviv48k · 12.3%Odesa23k · 6.1%1 other listed23k · 6.1%

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

How open and international is Ukraine's research?

65% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 14% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available65.4%not open34.6%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.2%domestic only85.8%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Ukraine's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 162% 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 Ukraine