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Life Sciences research in Russia

Sechenov University ranks first in Russia for Life Sciences research in 2022–2025 (#669 worldwide), followed by Lomonosov Moscow State University and Peoples' Friendship University of Russia.

Russia's world rank
#31
of 149 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
66k
Top-10% rate
5.7%
Ranked institutions
60

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Life Sciences in Russia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Sechenov UniversityMoscow #66927.48.4%1,180
2Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscow #94323.68.0%2,321
3Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaMoscow #1,07522.112.5%626
4Pirogov Russian National Research Medical UniversityMoscow #1,69117.14.7%705
5Kazan Federal UniversityKazan’ #1,79116.410.4%593
6Ministry of Health of the Russian FederationMoscow #1,88415.93.7%839
7N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorod #1,91115.714.6%371
8St Petersburg UniversitySaint Petersburg #2,06414.87.3%966
9Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow #2,11314.66.3%1,677
10Institute of Bioorganic ChemistryMoscow #2,24013.910.6%479
11Engelhardt Institute of Molecular BiologyMoscow #2,46812.810.1%305
12Novosibirsk State UniversityNovosibirsk #2,62712.17.3%349
13Federal Medical-Biological AgencyMoscow #2,64712.15.8%373
14Sirius University of Science and TechnologySochi #2,86211.215.5%205
15Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesNovosibirsk #2,90211.06.9%584
16Institute of CytologySaint Petersburg #2,94910.912.9%259
17ITMO UniversitySt Petersburg #2,98410.712.1%288
18Institute of Biomedical ChemistryMoscow #3,2569.810.0%211
19Samara State Medical UniversitySamara #3,2799.73.4%239
20Moscow Institute of Physics and TechnologyDolgoprudnyy #3,3049.612.5%254
21Kurchatov InstituteMoscow #3,3139.66.2%390
22Institute of Cytology and GeneticsNovosibirsk #3,3699.46.2%556
23Institute of Cell BiophysicsPushchino #3,4569.110.9%146
24National Research Tomsk State UniversityTomsk #3,5218.911.6%335
25Research Institute of Fundamental and Clinical ImmunologyNovosibirsk #3,5628.84.4%89
26Tomsk National Research Medical CenterTomsk #3,5768.75.1%202
27Russian Scientific Center of SurgeryMoscow #3,5778.76.5%88
28Southern Federal UniversityRostov-on-Don #3,6628.411.9%272
29Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and NeurophysiologyMoscow #3,7028.35.6%279
30Institute of Molecular GeneticsMoscow #3,7088.316.3%95
31Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental MedicineNovosibirsk #3,7118.39.7%203
32Prokhorov General Physics InstituteMoscow #3,7778.116.8%91
33Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and BiochemistrySaint Petersburg #3,7868.14.4%299
34Research Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology, the Russian Academy of Medical SciencesMoscow #3,8927.88.0%112
35Severtsov Institute of Ecology and EvolutionMoscow #3,9077.78.3%544
36National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology named after Academician V.I.Kulakov of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian FederationMoscow #3,9327.69.5%128
37Federal Almazov North-West Medical Research CentreSaint Petersburg #3,9567.65.1%230
38Bioengineering CenterMoscow #4,0017.420.5%112
39Pavlov Institute of Physiology of the Russian Academy of SciencesSaint Petersburg #4,0347.42.8%235
40Research Centre for Medical GeneticsMoscow #4,0447.38.9%247
41Koltzov Institute of Developmental BiologyMoscow #4,0607.38.8%160
42Department of Agricultural SciencesMoscow #4,0747.238.4%75
43Central Research Institute of EpidemiologyMoscow #4,2216.88.0%88
44Ural Federal UniversityYekaterinburg #4,2416.810.9%290
45Skolkovo Institute of Science and TechnologySkolkovo #4,2826.714.3%173
46Institute of Experimental MedicineSaint Petersburg #4,4666.28.1%124
47Siberian State Medical UniversityTomsk #4,4836.23.6%188
48National Research University Higher School of EconomicsMoscow #4,4886.210.7%336
49First Pavlov State Medical University of St. PetersburgSt Petersburg #4,5646.02.8%219
50N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic ChemistryMoscow #4,6425.811.6%170
51National Medical Research Center of CardiologyMoscow #4,6455.84.9%158
52State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology VECTORKol'tsovo #4,6595.86.5%122
53Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic UniversitySaint Petersburg #4,6685.710.2%206
54National Research Mordovia State UniversitySaransk #4,7205.64.4%172
55Timiryazev Institute of Plant PhysiologyMoscow #4,7445.617.0%231
56Research Center of NeurologyMoscow #4,7615.54.1%217
57Institute of Gene BiologyMoscow #4,7925.49.8%179
58Mental Health Research Center of Russian Academy of Medical SciencesMoscow #4,8075.42.7%121
59Research Institute of Human MorphologyMoscow #4,8465.36.8%102
60Samara National Research UniversitySamara #4,8755.27.6%83

Institutions in Russia above the floor of 40 fractional works in Life Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Life Sciences researchers in Russia?

Vladimir P. Skulachev, Michael S. Ignatov and Elena A. Ignatova rank highest among researchers based in Russia.

  1. 1Vladimir P. Skulachev#90,304 worldwide overall606 citations · 82 works
  2. 2Michael S. Ignatov#138,563 worldwide overall380 citations · 131 works
  3. 3Elena A. Ignatova#268,543 worldwide overall161 citations · 68 works
  4. 4Э. К. Хуснутдинова#350,027 worldwide overall284 citations · 80 works
  5. 5Sergey V. Razin#437,773 worldwide overall266 citations · 86 works
  6. 6Maryline Kouba#458,643 worldwide overall363 citations · 176 works
  7. 7Rosella Brozzi#462,058 worldwide overall129 citations · 72 works
  8. 8Vasileios Bampidis#494,435 worldwide overall369 citations · 187 works
  9. 9Birgit Dusemund#503,027 worldwide overall362 citations · 168 works
  10. 10Tatiana Minkina#539,615 worldwide overall512 citations · 69 works
  11. 11Mojca Fašmon Durjava#608,494 worldwide overall201 citations · 119 works
  12. 12Ruud Woutersen#638,824 worldwide overall220 citations · 135 works
  13. 13Baltasar Mayo#644,863 worldwide overall354 citations · 209 works
  14. 14Mariana Petkova#645,585 worldwide overall222 citations · 139 works
  15. 15Fernando Ramos#645,912 worldwide overall249 citations · 165 works

How Russia compares with other countries in Life Sciences