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Arts and Humanities research in Russia

National Research University Higher School of Economics ranks first in Russia for Arts and Humanities research in 2022–2025 (#314 worldwide), followed by Institute of Oriental Manuscripts and Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Russia's world rank
#28
of 106 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
14k
Top-10% rate
11.7%
Ranked institutions
48

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

What is the best university for Arts and Humanities in Russia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1National Research University Higher School of EconomicsMoscow #31424.412.5%505
2Institute of Oriental ManuscriptsSaint Petersburg #46719.114.1%77
3Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscow #51717.812.9%536
4St Petersburg UniversitySaint Petersburg #63215.112.8%484
5Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow #77212.514.6%306
6Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaMoscow #80811.920.4%255
7Institute of World HistoryMoscow #9389.912.4%318
8Ural Federal UniversityYekaterinburg #1,0089.015.7%174
9Russian State Agrarian Correspondence UniversityBalashikha #1,0977.918.4%120
10Moscow State Institute of International RelationsMoscow #1,1107.710.9%326
11Institute of Oriental StudiesMoscow #1,1287.56.8%176
12Institute of Slavic StudiesMoscow #1,1357.415.8%95
13St.Tikhon's Orthodox UniversityMoscow #1,1427.411.0%62
14Herzen UniversitySt Petersburg #1,1727.010.0%272
15Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal UniversityKaliningrad #1,2586.123.0%96
16Kazan Federal UniversityKazan’ #1,2985.713.2%209
17Volgograd State UniversityVolgograd #1,3465.216.8%68
18Institute of Mongolian Buddhist and Tibetan StudiesUlan-Ude #1,3874.87.7%61
19Russian State University for the HumanitiesMoscow #1,4344.411.0%222
20Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesNovosibirsk #1,4774.017.5%101
21Moscow State Pedagogical UniversityMoscow #1,4953.810.9%176
22The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public AdministrationMoscow #1,5303.59.7%100
23Samara National Research UniversitySamara #1,5763.111.4%68
24Moscow State Linguistic UniversityMoscow #1,6282.75.6%187
25Gorky Institute of World LiteratureMoscow #1,6312.711.7%93
26Novosibirsk State UniversityNovosibirsk #1,6822.316.2%76
27Belgorod National Research UniversityBelgorod #1,6832.318.2%62
28North-Eastern Federal UniversityYakutsk #1,6852.214.4%118
29Moscow City UniversityMoscow #1,7182.016.7%80
30Institute of ArchaeologyMoscow #1,7451.816.7%74
31Peter the Great's Museum of Anthropology and EthnographySaint Petersburg #1,7601.712.8%62
32Institute of LinguisticsMoscow #1,785148.07.9%126
33Southern Federal UniversityRostov-on-Don #1,822121.08.7%105
34University of TyumenTyumen #1,87087.07.5%80
35Institute of Archaeology and EthnographyNovosibirsk #1,87584.011.6%66
36N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorod #1,88378.011.2%75
37Institute of History of Material CultureSaint Petersburg #1,90563.012.1%70
38Institute of Linguistic StudiesSaint Petersburg #1,90861.06.5%108
39Kurgan State UniversityKurgan #1,91258.08.6%78
40Financial UniversityMoscow #1,93741.09.3%64
41Institute for Humanities Research and Indigenous Studies of the NorthYakutsk #1,93840.08.4%76
42Kuban State UniversityKrasnodar #1,94833.08.0%65
43Chelyabinsk State UniversityChelyabinsk #1,94933.07.5%76
44National Research Mordovia State UniversitySaransk #1,95429.09.2%62
45Voronezh State UniversityVoronezh #1,97118.08.1%61
46Moscow State Art and Industry Academy named after SG StroganovMoscow #1,9877.05.0%64
47Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and DesignSaint Petersburg #1,9924.03.0%70
48Voronezh State University of Forestry and TechnologiesVoronezh #1,9952.02.6%61

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

Who are the top Arts and Humanities researchers in Russia?

Gary Beckman, Harald Haarmann and Julian Goodare rank highest among researchers based in Russia.

  1. 1Gary Beckman#72,311 worldwide overall82 citations · 64 works
  2. 2Harald Haarmann#99,411 worldwide overall78 citations · 66 works
  3. 3Julian Goodare#152,727 worldwide overall48 citations · 40 works
  4. 4Manuel Fernández‐Götz#241,006 worldwide overall27 citations · 36 works
  5. 5Johannes Stückelberger#330,656 worldwide overall0 citations · 36 works
  6. 6Дирк Кемпер#693,756 worldwide overall5 citations · 37 works
  7. 7Antoine Guillaumont#724,770 worldwide overall28 citations · 88 works
  8. 8Andrey G. Kostianoy#895,182 worldwide overall124 citations · 56 works
  9. 9Igor S. Zonn#1,077,195 worldwide overall48 citations · 50 works
  10. 10Aleksandr V. Semenov#1,256,622 worldwide overall15 citations · 44 works
  11. 11Erich Wasmann#1,402,012 worldwide overall5 citations · 50 works

How Russia compares with other countries in Arts and Humanities