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Mathematics research in Russia

Lomonosov Moscow State University ranks first in Russia for Mathematics research in 2022–2025 (#67 worldwide), followed by St Petersburg University and National Research University Higher School of Economics.

Russia's world rank
#13
of 82 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
10k
Top-10% rate
8.3%
Ranked institutions
34

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

What is the best university for Mathematics in Russia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscow #6739.610.6%963
2St Petersburg UniversitySaint Petersburg #10033.86.0%468
3National Research University Higher School of EconomicsMoscow #11531.89.7%496
4Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow #14029.08.8%490
5Moscow Institute of Physics and TechnologyDolgoprudnyy #14428.615.8%175
6Sobolev Institute of MathematicsNovosibirsk #17725.612.5%340
7Steklov Mathematical InstituteMoscow #21522.89.4%407
8Institute for Information Transmission ProblemsMoscow #22422.216.6%126
9Moscow Aviation InstituteMoscow #23021.912.9%122
10Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaMoscow #36415.311.5%184
11Yaroslavl State UniversityYaroslavl #44812.36.3%100
12Novosibirsk State UniversityNovosibirsk #48711.110.6%159
13Moscow Center For Continuous Mathematical EducationMoscow #50710.512.0%180
14Kazan Federal UniversityKazan’ #5808.65.7%180
15Ural Federal UniversityYekaterinburg #6237.58.6%103
16N.N. Krasovskii Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesYekaterinburg #6606.77.7%125
17Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityMoscow #7854.26.9%80
18Chelyabinsk State UniversityChelyabinsk #7914.110.9%74
19Department of Mathematical SciencesMoscow #7924.19.0%84
20South Ural State UniversityChelyabinsk #8622.912.7%65
21Siberian Federal UniversityKrasnoyarsk #8712.77.8%62
22V. A. Trapeznikov Institute of Control SciencesMoscow #8752.73.9%111
23Moscow Power Engineering InstituteMoscow #8762.64.3%113
24Keldysh Institute of Applied MathematicsMoscow #8802.66.9%142
25Institute for Problems in MechanicsMoscow #8942.38.0%70
26Institute of Applied MathematicsVladivostok #9062.25.2%61
27Belgorod National Research UniversityBelgorod #9261.97.1%77
28Voronezh State UniversityVoronezh #9271.84.4%119
29St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Institute of MathematicsSaint Petersburg #9381.76.0%62
30Samara National Research UniversitySamara #963128.011.9%72
31Southern Federal UniversityRostov-on-Don #977108.07.2%92
32Saratov State UniversitySaratov #98793.011.2%130
33Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science Federal Scientific Center "Vladikavkaz Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences"Vladikavkaz #1,00074.09.3%62
34Institute of Mathematics with Computer CenterUfa #1,01158.03.9%82

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

Who are the top Mathematics researchers in Russia?

Vladimir I. Arnold, И. А. Ибрагимов and А. Т. Фоменко rank highest among researchers based in Russia.

  1. 1Vladimir I. Arnold#3,467 worldwide overall1.5k citations · 79 works
  2. 2И. А. Ибрагимов#46,573 worldwide overall477 citations · 37 works
  3. 3А. Т. Фоменко#58,764 worldwide overall296 citations · 27 works
  4. 4Grigori Olshanski#58,946 worldwide overall358 citations · 42 works
  5. 5A. M. Perelomov#60,580 worldwide overall594 citations · 28 works
  6. 6P. P. Kulish#71,458 worldwide overall372 citations · 30 works
  7. 7Boris Feigin#86,739 worldwide overall511 citations · 90 works
  8. 8А. Морозов#99,262 worldwide overall693 citations · 54 works
  9. 9Yu. Ilyashenko#99,431 worldwide overall213 citations · 32 works
  10. 10А. Миронов#102,764 worldwide overall533 citations · 45 works
  11. 11Albert N. Shiryaev#116,948 worldwide overall291 citations · 29 works
  12. 12А. М. Райгородский#138,388 worldwide overall309 citations · 62 works
  13. 13Alexander Ivanovich Aptekarev#164,564 worldwide overall192 citations · 45 works
  14. 14Nikolay A. Kudryashov#169,753 worldwide overall752 citations · 33 works
  15. 15M. M. Popov#170,790 worldwide overall182 citations · 33 works

How Russia compares with other countries in Mathematics