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Physics and Astronomy research in Russia

Lomonosov Moscow State University ranks first in Russia for Physics and Astronomy research in 2022–2025 (#341 worldwide), followed by ITMO University and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

Russia's world rank
#18
of 79 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
24k
Top-10% rate
8.3%
Ranked institutions
60

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

What is the best university for Physics and Astronomy in Russia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscow #34121.39.0%1,737
2ITMO UniversitySt Petersburg #36620.39.6%319
3Moscow Institute of Physics and TechnologyDolgoprudnyy #39919.113.9%494
4Ioffe InstituteSt Petersburg #40319.09.7%628
5Kurchatov InstituteMoscow #41318.710.1%742
6P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow #42318.411.0%807
7National Research Nuclear University MEPhIMoscow #43318.010.3%621
8St Petersburg UniversitySaint Petersburg #43518.09.6%682
9Joint Institute for Nuclear ResearchDubna #54414.916.3%920
10National Research University Higher School of EconomicsMoscow #56314.59.4%399
11Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow #60713.56.8%664
12Skolkovo Institute of Science and TechnologySkolkovo #60813.415.6%112
13Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityMoscow #77310.27.8%190
14Ural Federal UniversityYekaterinburg #7919.94.6%289
15Joint Institute for High TemperaturesMoscow #7949.87.5%190
16Novosibirsk State UniversityNovosibirsk #8099.69.5%297
17Samara National Research UniversitySamara #8119.610.9%227
18Institute of AstronomyMoscow #8219.415.8%301
19Institute of Applied PhysicsNizhny Novgorod #8289.36.7%331
20National Research Tomsk State UniversityTomsk #8898.310.3%252
21Russian Quantum CenterMoscow #9287.76.7%94
22M.N. Mikheev Institute of Metal PhysicsYekaterinburg #9687.23.5%147
23Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic UniversitySaint Petersburg #9697.27.3%282
24Petersburg Nuclear Physics InstituteGatchina #9727.111.9%186
25National University of Science and TechnologyMoscow #9827.07.6%108
26All Russia Research Institute of AutomaticsMoscow #1,0316.317.7%79
27Institute of SpectroscopyMoscow #1,0446.211.6%79
28Image Processing Systems InstituteSamara #1,1025.48.1%65
29Kotelnikov Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics of the Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow #1,1135.31.9%236
30Far Eastern Federal UniversityVladivostok #1,1405.011.5%68
31Landau Institute for Theoretical PhysicsChernogolovka #1,1484.912.3%126
32Institute of PhysicsKrasnoyarsk #1,1534.85.2%135
33Institute for Nuclear ResearchMoscow #1,1784.514.4%387
34Institute of Semiconductor PhysicsNovosibirsk #1,1794.54.7%89
35Institute for Physics of MicrostructuresNizhny Novgorod #1,1864.44.7%103
36Prokhorov General Physics InstituteMoscow #1,1944.32.7%222
37Moscow Power Engineering InstituteMoscow #1,2024.24.4%160
38Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaMoscow #1,2094.216.3%156
39Kazan Federal UniversityKazan’ #1,2104.24.9%211
40N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorod #1,2923.34.8%169
41Steklov Mathematical InstituteMoscow #1,2933.318.3%155
42Osipyan Institute of Solid State Physics RASChernogolovka #1,2963.22.1%118
43Budker Institute of Nuclear PhysicsNovosibirsk #1,3153.017.4%184
44Institute of Automation and ElectrometryNovosibirsk #1,3242.95.9%66
45Tomsk Polytechnic UniversityTomsk #1,3272.911.7%91
46Saratov State UniversitySaratov #1,3612.64.7%128
47Novosibirsk State Technical UniversityNovosibirsk #1,3672.56.3%90
48Dubna State UniversityDubna #1,3702.514.8%143
49Volgograd State UniversityVolgograd #1,3842.35.0%62
50Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesNovosibirsk #1,4082.112.5%86
51V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric OpticsTomsk #1,4122.12.7%85
52Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radio-ElectronicsTomsk #1,4162.013.6%132
53Moscow Aviation InstituteMoscow #1,4641.67.0%175
54Southern Federal UniversityRostov-on-Don #1,489135.05.5%126
55Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical UniversitySaint Petersburg #1,490134.08.5%92
56Pulkovo ObservatorySaint Petersburg #1,525103.04.8%221
57Keldysh Institute of Applied MathematicsMoscow #1,53396.05.1%181
58Institute for Problems in MechanicsMoscow #1,53991.07.3%74
59MIREA - Russian Technological UniversityMoscow #1,55081.02.9%95
60Institute of High Current ElectronicsTomsk #1,55676.01.9%85

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

Who are the top Physics and Astronomy researchers in Russia?

S. Walsh, A. Bocci and V. D. Peshekhonov rank highest among researchers based in Russia.

  1. 1S. Walsh#241 worldwide overall5.5k citations · 188 works
  2. 2A. Bocci#1,252 worldwide overall6.3k citations · 339 works
  3. 3V. D. Peshekhonov#3,438 worldwide overall2.7k citations · 179 works
  4. 4Xiaogang Wang#3,681 worldwide overall13k citations · 483 works
  5. 5U. Husemann#22,064 worldwide overall1.6k citations · 163 works
  6. 6S. F. Ganzhur#25,138 worldwide overall1.8k citations · 183 works
  7. 7A. A. Salnikov#26,413 worldwide overall2.5k citations · 269 works
  8. 8E. P. Solodov#32,940 worldwide overall2.7k citations · 310 works
  9. 9M. Feindt#35,639 worldwide overall2.2k citations · 260 works
  10. 10S. Banerjee#35,783 worldwide overall3.2k citations · 367 works
  11. 11A. P. Onuchin#36,040 worldwide overall2.6k citations · 303 works
  12. 12A. D. Bukin#37,400 worldwide overall1.9k citations · 225 works
  13. 13P. Taras#38,834 worldwide overall1.7k citations · 201 works
  14. 14G. Piredda#45,242 worldwide overall2k citations · 248 works
  15. 15В. П. Дружинин#48,292 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 176 works

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