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Earth and Planetary Sciences research in Russia

Lomonosov Moscow State University ranks first in Russia for Earth and Planetary Sciences research in 2022–2025 (#261 worldwide), followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and St Petersburg University.

Russia's world rank
#19
of 80 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
19k
Top-10% rate
5.2%
Ranked institutions
60

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

What is the best university for Earth and Planetary Sciences in Russia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscow #26121.65.5%1,099
2Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow #50812.24.4%778
3St Petersburg UniversitySaint Petersburg #55910.97.2%392
4Institute of Oceanology. PP Shirshov Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow #6608.54.5%640
5Institute of GeographyMoscow #6828.16.6%178
6National Research Tomsk State UniversityTomsk #6848.09.5%179
7Melnikov Permafrost Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of ScienceYakutsk #7247.28.4%65
8Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesNovosibirsk #7616.55.0%200
9Geological InstituteMoscow #7945.96.9%537
10A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric PhysicsMoscow #8275.33.1%146
11Moscow Institute of Physics and TechnologyDolgoprudnyy #8325.39.1%117
12Arctic and Antarctic Research InstituteSaint Petersburg #8774.52.6%117
13Ural Federal UniversityYekaterinburg #8914.36.8%86
14Siberian Federal UniversityKrasnoyarsk #9114.07.5%67
15V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric OpticsTomsk #9513.41.4%132
16Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaMoscow #9723.17.9%64
17Murmansk Marine Biological InstituteMurmansk #9842.915.8%75
18V.I. Il'ichev Pacific Oceanological InstituteVladivostok #1,0002.72.7%237
19Institute of Paleontology A A BorisyakMoscow #1,0032.612.4%301
20North-Eastern Federal UniversityYakutsk #1,0052.64.4%75
21Kazan Federal UniversityKazan’ #1,0112.57.7%162
22Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesVladivostok #1,0162.53.8%171
23National Research University Higher School of EconomicsMoscow #1,0272.37.8%74
24Southern Federal UniversityRostov-on-Don #1,0332.27.7%123
25Russian State Hydrometeorological UniversitySaint Petersburg #1,0412.13.1%98
26Far East Geological InstituteVladivostok #1,0422.14.8%97
27Kola Science CentreApatity #1,0452.06.6%108
28Northern (Arctic) Federal UniversityArkhangelsk #1,0492.06.0%75
29Institute of Archaeology and EthnographyNovosibirsk #1,0551.921.7%61
30Marine Hydrophysical InstituteSevastopol' #1,0681.84.7%240
31Saint Petersburg Mining UniversitySt Petersburg #1,0721.710.2%95
32V.I. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical ChemistryMoscow #1,0781.66.1%112
33Moscow State University of Civil EngineeringMoscow #1,0791.64.4%97
34Institute of Applied PhysicsNizhny Novgorod #1,0831.53.3%122
35Joint Institute for High TemperaturesMoscow #1,0861.56.7%68
36Institute of Water ProblemsMoscow #1,098136.01.5%116
37Don State Technical UniversityRostov-on-Don #1,101132.08.3%68
38Institute of Petroleum Geology and GeophysicsNovosibirsk #1,102131.04.5%281
39V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and MineralogyNovosibirsk #1,105127.04.8%295
40Severtsov Institute of Ecology and EvolutionMoscow #1,107124.05.9%119
41Institute of Solar-Terrestrial PhysicsIrkutsk #1,108123.04.2%82
42V. B. Sochava Institute of GeographyIrkutsk #1,110120.01.9%73
43Institute of the Earth’s CrustIrkutsk #1,115114.06.2%162
44Novosibirsk State UniversityNovosibirsk #1,117112.06.6%148
45Voronezh State UniversityVoronezh #1,118110.02.8%68
46Institute of MineralogyMiass #1,119109.07.3%82
47Institute of Biology of Komi Scientific CentreSyktyvkar #1,121106.02.0%93
48Limnological InstituteIrkutsk #1,125101.03.3%61
49Schmidt Institute of Physics of the EarthMoscow #1,126100.05.7%388
50Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits Petrography Mineralogy and GeochemistryMoscow #1,13095.02.5%199
51Vinogradov Institute of GeochemistryIrkutsk #1,13194.04.8%88
52Keldysh Institute of Applied MathematicsMoscow #1,13391.03.1%68
53Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and Ecological SystemsTomsk #1,13984.01.5%60
54Institute for Problems in MechanicsMoscow #1,14478.03.3%74
55A.P. Karpinsky Russian Geological Research InstituteSaint Petersburg #1,14675.05.7%115
56All-Russian Research Institute Fisheries and OceanographyMoscow #1,14972.01.6%169
57Space Research InstituteMoscow #1,15070.06.7%76
58Institute of GeophysicsYekaterinburg #1,15169.05.3%107
59Zavaritsky Institute of Geology and GeochemistryYekaterinburg #1,15268.02.0%129
60Geophysical SurveyObninsk #1,15762.04.3%200

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

Who are the top Earth and Planetary Sciences researchers in Russia?

В. Е. Захаров, В. А. Семенов and Jerry Brown rank highest among researchers based in Russia.

  1. 1В. Е. Захаров#24,593 worldwide overall1k citations · 40 works
  2. 2В. А. Семенов#73,183 worldwide overall540 citations · 39 works
  3. 3Jerry Brown#97,725 worldwide overall326 citations · 36 works
  4. 4Inna Safonova#229,099 worldwide overall328 citations · 43 works
  5. 5Alexander Makshtas#336,075 worldwide overall214 citations · 37 works
  6. 6Alexander B. Rabinovich#405,966 worldwide overall157 citations · 36 works
  7. 7Yuri N. Palyanov#415,394 worldwide overall293 citations · 37 works
  8. 8Sergey Gulev#458,709 worldwide overall200 citations · 37 works
  9. 9Iván Koulakov#474,333 worldwide overall200 citations · 41 works
  10. 10Sergey Chalov#476,062 worldwide overall175 citations · 45 works
  11. 11С. А. Пулинец#488,342 worldwide overall180 citations · 55 works
  12. 12Lev Vinnik#509,793 worldwide overall193 citations · 43 works
  13. 13N. V. Sobolev#592,723 worldwide overall248 citations · 55 works
  14. 14Igor Semiletov#606,636 worldwide overall207 citations · 49 works
  15. 15V. Lipenkov#653,125 worldwide overall142 citations · 40 works

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