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Social Sciences research in Russia

Financial University ranks first in Russia for Social Sciences research in 2022-now (#556 worldwide), followed by National Research University Higher School of Economics and Moscow State Institute of International Relations.

Russia's world rank
#42
of 161 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
139k
Top-10% rate
7.0%
Ranked institutions
60

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

What is the best university for Social Sciences in Russia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Financial UniversityMoscow #55631.19.8%3,348
2National Research University Higher School of EconomicsMoscow #57630.79.2%4,865
3Moscow State Institute of International RelationsMoscow #65629.26.9%2,976
4Kutafin Moscow State Law UniversityMoscow #77827.48.6%1,555
5State University of ManagementMoscow #82426.89.0%1,018
6Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow #86326.38.1%20,023
7The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public AdministrationMoscow #1,08923.75.8%2,323
8Samara State University of EconomicsSamara #1,39321.02.6%996
9Russian State University for the HumanitiesMoscow #1,46720.55.9%994
10North-West Institute of ManagementSaint Petersburg #1,50520.24.2%543
11Baikal State UniversityIrkutsk #1,62019.48.6%861
12Ufa University of Science and TechnologyUfa #1,63219.35.9%342
13The Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian FederationMoscow #1,65919.18.7%530
14Moscow State Pedagogical UniversityMoscow #1,79818.25.7%1,263
15Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaMoscow #1,83018.19.8%2,302
16Moscow State Linguistic UniversityMoscow #1,84418.06.0%728
17Rostov State University of EconomicsRostov-on-Don #1,97717.26.1%445
18Moscow City UniversityMoscow #2,22315.99.8%491
19Russian State University of JusticeMoscow #2,24815.84.6%660
20Moscow State University of Psychology & EducationMoscow #2,36415.316.0%637
21Russian Customs AcademyLyubertsy #2,40115.15.1%218
22Linguistics University of Nizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorod #2,44214.98.0%148
23Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign MinistryMoscow #2,45814.89.6%340
24Russian University of TransportMoscow #2,49014.75.3%426
25Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscow #2,53814.57.7%3,539
26Plekhanov Russian University of EconomicsMoscow #2,54114.56.3%1,636
27Altai State UniversityBarnaul #2,64814.05.1%544
28The All-Russian State University of JusticeMoscow #2,67213.92.4%365
29Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian FederationMoscow #2,69813.83.5%642
30Institute of Social SciencesMoscow #2,73513.78.1%232
31Institute of Electronic Measurements KVARZ (Russia)Nizhny Novgorod #2,76513.68.5%671
32Russian State LibraryMoscow #2,80013.415.6%144
33ITMO UniversitySt Petersburg #2,82013.36.1%381
34Moscow State University of Technologies and Management named after K.G. RazumovskiyMoscow #2,90813.07.9%302
35Russian State Agrarian Correspondence UniversityBalashikha #2,91113.010.0%662
36Ural State University of EconomicsYekaterinburg #2,99112.74.4%557
37Tambov State UniversityTambov #3,03812.59.6%455
38Moscow State Art and Industry Academy named after SG StroganovMoscow #3,07712.41.9%166
39Moscow Institute of Thermal TechnologyMoscow #3,18712.017.2%153
40Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State UniversityVeliky Novgorod #3,21211.97.9%272
41Amur State UniversityBlagoveshchensk #3,22911.91.1%547
42Government of RussiaMoscow #3,23511.97.6%282
43St.Tikhon's Orthodox UniversityMoscow #3,26011.85.1%161
44Gnessin Russian Academy of MusicMoscow #3,31511.611.5%101
45Institute of Social and HumanitiesKazan’ #3,31911.610.4%204
46St Petersburg UniversitySaint Petersburg #3,37511.46.9%3,038
47Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical UniversityNizhny Novgorod #3,45511.110.0%311
48Herzen UniversitySt Petersburg #3,58110.76.6%1,105
49Saint Petersburg State University of EconomicsSaint Petersburg #3,61210.67.1%483
50Kurgan State UniversityKurgan #3,62110.64.8%526
51Saint Petersburg University of Management and EconomicsSt Petersburg #3,62910.66.9%336
52Volgograd State UniversityVolgograd #3,63610.68.6%745
53Novosibirsk State University of Economics and ManagementNovosibirsk #3,67710.45.4%367
54Pyatigorsk State UniversityPyatigorsk #3,68610.45.3%201
55Moscow State University of Civil EngineeringMoscow #3,69010.48.9%396
56Tatarstan Academy of SciencesKazan’ #3,75710.27.6%276
57Kuban State Agrarian UniversityKrasnodar #3,78210.16.6%384
58Irkutsk National Research Technical UniversityIrkutsk #3,79010.111.2%235
59Russian State Social UniversityMoscow #3,82810.05.7%305
60Siberian Transport UniversityNovosibirsk #3,83110.04.3%174

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

Who are the top Social Sciences researchers in Russia?

Armando Papa, Kazi Sohag and Shujaat Abbas rank highest among researchers based in Russia, on their papers in Social Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Armando Papa#12,829 worldwide overall56.6 of 95 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Kazi Sohag#13,658 worldwide overall53.3 of 106 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Shujaat Abbas#66,515 worldwide overall45.4 of 87 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Andrey Korotayev#274,864 worldwide overall59.2 of 284 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Tatiana Filatova#50,729 worldwide overall39.3 of 120 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Dirk Meissner#63,482 worldwide overall35.5 of 87 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Alexey Yurievich Mikhaylov#153,047 worldwide overall52.4 of 86 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Anatoly P. Derevianko#140,293 worldwide overall32.6 of 102 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Russia on their work in Social 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 Social Sciences