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Physical Sciences research in Russia

Lomonosov Moscow State University ranks first in Russia for Physical Sciences research in 2022–2025 (#548 worldwide), followed by Ural Federal University and St Petersburg University.

Russia's world rank
#20
of 157 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
258k
Top-10% rate
5.5%
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
1Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscow #54833.46.5%10,527
2Ural Federal UniversityYekaterinburg #55433.28.1%3,814
3St Petersburg UniversitySaint Petersburg #71730.57.2%5,002
4Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow #78529.65.3%6,517
5Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityMoscow #83628.96.8%3,084
6Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaMoscow #85528.711.4%2,040
7Kurchatov InstituteMoscow #94027.76.3%2,456
8ITMO UniversitySt Petersburg #96727.47.4%2,654
9National Research University Higher School of EconomicsMoscow #98027.210.3%2,922
10National Research Tomsk State UniversityTomsk #1,01226.97.3%2,766
11N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic ChemistryMoscow #1,10825.98.9%1,001
12P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow #1,12425.88.3%1,693
13Skolkovo Institute of Science and TechnologySkolkovo #1,13825.615.1%1,314
14Moscow Institute of Physics and TechnologyDolgoprudnyy #1,15325.59.9%2,185
15South Ural State UniversityChelyabinsk #1,31024.29.2%1,626
16Siberian Federal UniversityKrasnoyarsk #1,38923.55.8%1,361
17Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic UniversitySaint Petersburg #1,39623.57.3%3,001
18Ioffe InstituteSt Petersburg #1,43223.24.9%1,944
19National Research Nuclear University MEPhIMoscow #1,46823.06.9%2,058
20Moscow Aviation InstituteMoscow #1,48722.87.3%2,622
21Samara National Research UniversitySamara #1,48822.87.6%1,627
22National University of Science and TechnologyMoscow #1,49122.810.3%1,299
23Tomsk Polytechnic UniversityTomsk #1,55222.48.4%1,202
24Kazan Federal UniversityKazan’ #1,57022.26.9%2,746
25Siberian State Aerospace UniversityKrasnoyarsk #1,59322.16.0%688
26NS Kurnakova Institute of General and Inorganic ChemistryMoscow #1,69021.55.8%977
27Joint Institute for Nuclear ResearchDubna #1,71121.312.9%1,540
28Novosibirsk State UniversityNovosibirsk #1,77421.06.7%1,882
29Moscow State University of Civil EngineeringMoscow #1,86920.43.4%2,346
30Boreskov Institute of CatalysisNovosibirsk #1,87820.43.6%1,065
31Southern Federal UniversityRostov-on-Don #1,90720.26.4%2,117
32Saint Petersburg Mining UniversitySt Petersburg #1,99619.712.9%1,019
33D. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of RussiaMoscow #2,10419.14.0%993
34Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesNovosibirsk #2,18018.85.7%1,465
35A.E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical ChemistryKazan’ #2,26018.47.1%436
36Far Eastern Federal UniversityVladivostok #2,35917.96.8%772
37Don State Technical UniversityRostov-on-Don #2,38817.85.3%1,474
38Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and ElectrochemistryMoscow #2,44817.53.9%1,058
39Joint Institute for High TemperaturesMoscow #2,46617.58.6%924
40Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic ChemistryNovosibirsk #2,52017.23.6%739
41Kazan State Technical University named after A. N. TupolevKazan’ #2,52117.26.1%800
42Steklov Mathematical InstituteMoscow #2,53017.210.2%811
43MIREA - Russian Technological UniversityMoscow #2,56917.03.9%1,499
44Moscow Power Engineering InstituteMoscow #2,57417.03.7%2,595
45M.N. Mikheev Institute of Metal PhysicsYekaterinburg #2,59117.02.4%767
46Institute of AstronomyMoscow #2,60316.915.0%400
47Institute of Problems of Chemical PhysicsChernogolovka #2,64416.74.1%714
48Institute of Catalysis and PetrochemistryUfa #2,68216.611.8%306
49Novosibirsk State Technical UniversityNovosibirsk #2,68516.63.9%1,237
50Computing CenterKhabarovsk #2,74116.412.5%285
51Kazan State Technological UniversityKazan’ #2,76016.33.3%1,057
52Institute of Solution ChemistryIvanovo #2,76616.35.4%458
53A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement CompoundsMoscow #2,79716.14.9%627
54Financial UniversityMoscow #2,82516.09.1%1,020
55Prokhorov General Physics InstituteMoscow #2,83416.03.4%932
56National Research University of Electronic TechnologyMoscow #2,83616.03.8%551
57Institute of Applied PhysicsNizhny Novgorod #2,87515.95.0%1,027
58Semenov Institute of Chemical PhysicsMoscow #2,89115.86.7%664
59Belgorod State Technological UniversityBelgorod #2,97515.52.8%798
60N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorod #2,98315.54.9%1,397

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

Who are the top Physical Sciences researchers in Russia?

A. Bocci, Xiaogang Wang and A. A. Salnikov rank highest among researchers based in Russia.

  1. 1A. Bocci#1,252 worldwide overall6.3k citations · 342 works
  2. 2Xiaogang Wang#3,681 worldwide overall13k citations · 917 works
  3. 3A. A. Salnikov#26,413 worldwide overall2.5k citations · 288 works
  4. 4E. P. Solodov#32,940 worldwide overall2.7k citations · 329 works
  5. 5M. Feindt#35,639 worldwide overall2.2k citations · 272 works
  6. 6S. Banerjee#35,783 worldwide overall3.2k citations · 402 works
  7. 7A. P. Onuchin#36,040 worldwide overall2.6k citations · 332 works
  8. 8G. Piredda#45,242 worldwide overall2k citations · 268 works
  9. 9A. Vinogradov#51,196 worldwide overall1.6k citations · 257 works
  10. 10I. Lokhtin#57,795 worldwide overall3.3k citations · 452 works
  11. 11Р. З. Валиев#72,618 worldwide overall1.6k citations · 267 works
  12. 12E. Won#95,184 worldwide overall1.8k citations · 316 works
  13. 13K. Abe#95,225 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 265 works
  14. 14A. Bondar#153,009 worldwide overall3k citations · 607 works
  15. 15W. Gradl#284,762 worldwide overall2k citations · 499 works

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