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Physical Sciences research in Russia

Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology ranks first in Russia for Physical Sciences research in 2022-now (#892 worldwide), followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and ITMO University.

Russia's world rank
#43
of 154 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
258k
Top-10% rate
3.6%
Ranked institutions
60

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

What is the best university for Physical Sciences in Russia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Skolkovo Institute of Science and TechnologySkolkovo #89226.88.7%1,314
2Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow #94026.23.1%79,278
3ITMO UniversitySt Petersburg #1,02625.24.2%2,654
4National Research University Higher School of EconomicsMoscow #1,46721.46.3%2,922
5Moscow Institute of Physics and TechnologyDolgoprudnyy #1,54920.84.1%2,185
6Kostroma State University named after N A NekrasovKostroma #1,75019.54.9%172
7Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaMoscow #2,14217.37.2%2,040
8Saint Petersburg Mining UniversitySt Petersburg #2,34916.318.1%1,019
9Moscow Technical University of Communication and InformaticsMoscow #2,35816.319.4%732
10Moscow Institute of Thermal TechnologyMoscow #2,42216.011.2%340
11Altai State UniversityBarnaul #2,44615.93.2%396
12Institute for Information Transmission ProblemsMoscow #2,47015.88.4%439
13Tomsk Polytechnic UniversityTomsk #2,54715.45.7%1,202
14Financial UniversityMoscow #2,57415.38.5%1,020
15St Petersburg UniversitySaint Petersburg #2,75314.63.3%5,002
16Rostov State University of EconomicsRostov-on-Don #2,84814.22.8%156
17Rostov State Transport UniversityRostov-on-Don #2,86514.22.3%511
18Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical UniversityMoscow #2,86814.24.5%536
19University of TechnologyKorolyov #2,96013.84.1%417
20National Research Tomsk State UniversityTomsk #3,07013.44.1%2,766
21Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscow #3,12113.23.1%10,527
22Institute of Electronic Measurements KVARZ (Russia)Nizhny Novgorod #3,22812.96.8%439
23Kazan State University of Architecture and EngineeringKazan’ #3,27512.73.5%232
24Moscow Center For Continuous Mathematical EducationMoscow #3,30112.68.5%318
25State University of ManagementMoscow #3,45212.25.4%384
26Bryansk State Technical UniversityBryansk #3,52711.91.7%272
27Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radio-ElectronicsTomsk #3,54211.92.5%817
28Kazan State Technical University named after A. N. TupolevKazan’ #3,59411.74.5%800
29Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil EngineeringSaint Petersburg #3,62711.62.7%489
30Baltic State Technical University VoenmehSt Petersburg #3,69811.42.6%244
31Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil EngineeringNizhny Novgorod #3,75511.33.4%102
32Novosibirsk State UniversityNovosibirsk #3,95210.73.1%1,882
33Samara State University of EconomicsSamara #3,97210.61.1%251
34Rosatom (Russia)Moscow #4,01410.53.8%333
35Pacific National UniversityKhabarovsk #4,11310.32.0%234
36Innopolis UniversityInnopolis #4,12210.26.7%300
37Ufa University of Science and TechnologyUfa #4,13110.23.7%210
38Petrozavodsk State UniversityPetrozavodsk #4,18310.12.8%292
39Lipetsk State Technical UniversityLipetsk #4,22110.02.2%430
40Kuzbass State Technical UniversityKemerovo #4,22510.03.4%407
41Siberian Transport UniversityNovosibirsk #4,3159.82.4%372
42Yelets State University named after Ivan BuninYelets #4,3429.74.9%90
43North-Caucasian Mining and Metallurgical InstituteVladikavkaz #4,4389.57.6%75
44Moscow State Technological UniversityMoscow #4,4829.44.2%318
45Plekhanov Russian University of EconomicsMoscow #4,5729.15.5%712
46Russian University of TransportMoscow #4,6169.03.3%836
47Amur State UniversityBlagoveshchensk #4,6778.91.4%322
48Moscow State Technical University of Civil AviationMoscow #4,7218.81.6%208
49State Marine Technical University of St. PetersburgSt Petersburg #4,8938.44.3%517
50Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityMoscow #4,9108.44.8%3,084
51National University of Science and TechnologyMoscow #4,9128.45.8%1,299
52Higher Institute of ManagementMoscow #4,9908.25.8%96
53Russian State Geological Prospecting UniversityMoscow #5,0118.11.6%261
54Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical UniversityMagnitogorsk #5,1427.93.2%436
55The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public AdministrationMoscow #5,1857.84.4%454
56Povolzhskiy State University of Telecommunications and InformaticsSamara #5,2047.72.5%205
57All Russian Scientific Research Institute of Aviation MaterialsMoscow #5,2427.71.7%166
58State Scientific Research Institute of Aviation SystemsMoscow #5,2657.63.8%104
59Tula State UniversityTula #5,2667.62.1%408
60MemorialMoscow #5,3027.54.1%61

Institutions in Russia above the floor of 40 fractional works in Physical Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Physical Sciences researchers in Russia?

I. Lokhtin, Alexander I. Malakhov and A. A. Korol rank highest among researchers based in Russia, on their papers in Physical Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1I. Lokhtin#5,570 worldwide overall502.8 of 1,352 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Alexander I. Malakhov#25,844 worldwide overall404.0 of 1,408 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3A. A. Korol#24,655 worldwide overall367.7 of 991 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4V. D. Peshekhonov#8,140 worldwide overall269.2 of 686 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5A. Bondar#127,249 worldwide overall331.8 of 1,706 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6I. Vorobiev#21,392 worldwide overall228.6 of 694 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7A. Khanzadeev#1,297 worldwide overall195.3 of 368 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8I. Pshenichnov#18,646 worldwide overall221.3 of 646 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9M. Danilov#93,503 worldwide overall274.4 of 1,248 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10P. Krokovny#167,980 worldwide overall332.3 of 1,879 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11В. А. Окороков#24,764 worldwide overall189.4 of 579 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Sergey P. Baranov#26,595 worldwide overall191.4 of 575 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13S. L. Danilishin#1,207 worldwide overall157.7 of 282 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14А. Г. Богданчиков#22,250 worldwide overall175.3 of 473 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Richard Lednicky#36,572 worldwide overall171.8 of 564 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Russia on their work in Physical Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Russia compares with other countries in Physical Sciences