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Neuroscience research in Russia

Sechenov University ranks first in Russia for Neuroscience research in 2022–2025 (#649 worldwide), followed by Lomonosov Moscow State University and Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology.

Russia's world rank
#29
of 74 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
7k
Top-10% rate
4.5%
Ranked institutions
21

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

What is the best university for Neuroscience in Russia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Sechenov UniversityMoscow #6498.34.8%240
2Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscow #7785.85.5%246
3Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and NeurophysiologyMoscow #8414.74.9%222
4Samara State Medical UniversitySamara #8853.97.1%68
5N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorod #9323.211.0%86
6Pirogov Russian National Research Medical UniversityMoscow #9483.03.2%174
7St Petersburg UniversitySaint Petersburg #9562.84.7%148
8Institute of Cytology and GeneticsNovosibirsk #9712.63.6%111
9Pavlov Institute of Physiology of the Russian Academy of SciencesSaint Petersburg #9862.41.4%162
10Kurchatov InstituteMoscow #1,0002.26.7%67
11Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow #1,0371.76.1%84
12Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and BiochemistrySaint Petersburg #1,0441.62.5%153
13Mental Health Research Center of Russian Academy of Medical SciencesMoscow #1,053147.01.5%87
14Federal Medical-Biological AgencyMoscow #1,056143.02.7%71
15Research Center of NeurologyMoscow #1,067128.03.1%132
16Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaMoscow #1,080111.05.4%67
17Federal Almazov North-West Medical Research CentreSaint Petersburg #1,084106.03.3%72
18Kazan Federal UniversityKazan’ #1,09394.07.1%61
19Ministry of Health of the Russian FederationMoscow #1,09690.02.3%124
20National Research University Higher School of EconomicsMoscow #1,11072.010.7%146
21Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal UniversityKaliningrad #1,14726.09.6%103

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

Who are the top Neuroscience researchers in Russia?

М. А. Пирадов, В. Г. Каледа and И. С. Лебедева rank highest among researchers based in Russia.

  1. 1М. А. Пирадов#155 worldwide overall2.9k citations · 19 works
  2. 2В. Г. Каледа#173,300 worldwide overall145 citations · 19 works
  3. 3И. С. Лебедева#211,571 worldwide overall189 citations · 28 works
  4. 4Raul R. Gainetdinov#229,994 worldwide overall266 citations · 26 works
  5. 5Allan V. Kalueff#513,475 worldwide overall151 citations · 19 works
  6. 6Mikhail Lebedev#641,124 worldwide overall71 citations · 25 works
  7. 7Alexander E. Hramov#722,533 worldwide overall228 citations · 39 works
  8. 8Alexei Ossadtchi#776,071 worldwide overall74 citations · 21 works
  9. 9Alexander Kaplan#795,911 worldwide overall85 citations · 38 works
  10. 10В. П. Чехонин#919,530 worldwide overall102 citations · 19 works
  11. 11П. М. Балабан#960,320 worldwide overall75 citations · 25 works
  12. 12Juri D. Kropotov#1,047,246 worldwide overall54 citations · 22 works
  13. 13Vladimir Maksimenko#1,082,274 worldwide overall71 citations · 20 works
  14. 14С. Н. Иллариошкин#1,082,771 worldwide overall46 citations · 22 works
  15. 15Svetlana А. Ivanova#1,092,233 worldwide overall53 citations · 38 works

How Russia compares with other countries in Neuroscience