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Social Sciences research in Russia

Financial University ranks first in Russia for Social Sciences research in 2022-now (#494 worldwide), followed by Moscow State Institute of International Relations and National Research University Higher School of Economics.

Russia's world rank
#37
of 148 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
80k
Top-10% rate
7.8%
Ranked institutions
60

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

What is the best university for Social Sciences in Russia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Financial UniversityMoscow #49428.711.9%1,584
2Moscow State Institute of International RelationsMoscow #52328.07.7%1,947
3National Research University Higher School of EconomicsMoscow #57826.910.2%2,443
4State University of ManagementMoscow #78223.411.4%464
5Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow #82722.88.8%11,942
6Kutafin Moscow State Law UniversityMoscow #89221.99.7%1,020
7Ufa University of Science and TechnologyUfa #89521.96.9%257
8North-West Institute of ManagementSaint Petersburg #93221.44.9%380
9The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public AdministrationMoscow #93421.46.8%1,389
10Moscow State University of Psychology & EducationMoscow #1,16118.919.0%271
11Moscow State Linguistic UniversityMoscow #1,19418.56.8%452
12Russian State University for the HumanitiesMoscow #1,28817.75.7%618
13Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaMoscow #1,48316.011.1%1,378
14Linguistics University of Nizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorod #1,48516.09.4%98
15Moscow State Pedagogical UniversityMoscow #1,51915.86.7%849
16Baikal State UniversityIrkutsk #1,62315.09.3%529
17Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign MinistryMoscow #1,67714.612.4%235
18Russian University of TransportMoscow #1,70414.48.3%215
19The Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian FederationMoscow #1,72814.39.6%385
20Rostov State University of EconomicsRostov-on-Don #1,76014.17.8%224
21Moscow City UniversityMoscow #1,88213.311.3%308
22Samara State University of EconomicsSamara #2,02012.53.4%447
23Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical UniversityNizhny Novgorod #2,04312.412.4%184
24Russian State LibraryMoscow #2,15211.816.5%97
25Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian FederationMoscow #2,16511.73.7%462
26European University at Saint PetersburgSt Petersburg #2,29711.05.8%152
27Russian State University of JusticeMoscow #2,30911.05.3%482
28Institute of Electronic Measurements KVARZ (Russia)Nizhny Novgorod #2,32010.99.1%507
29Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscow #2,38010.68.5%1,982
30Russian Customs AcademyLyubertsy #2,44410.36.8%128
31ITMO UniversitySt Petersburg #2,51210.08.6%160
32Plekhanov Russian University of EconomicsMoscow #2,51710.08.9%695
33St Petersburg UniversitySaint Petersburg #2,5869.67.7%1,770
34Pyatigorsk State UniversityPyatigorsk #2,5999.67.1%131
35National Research Mordovia State UniversitySaransk #2,7159.111.9%372
36Vladivostok State UniversityVladivostok #2,7858.811.3%157
37Saratov State UniversitySaratov #2,8838.49.9%329
38Herzen UniversitySt Petersburg #2,9148.37.6%643
39Ural State University of EconomicsYekaterinburg #2,9198.36.6%237
40North-West State Technical UniversitySaint Petersburg #2,9578.111.5%106
41Humanitarian InstituteMoscow #2,9718.16.3%175
42Saint Petersburg State University of EconomicsSaint Petersburg #3,0007.99.8%223
43Orenburg State Pedagogical UniversityOrenburg #3,0447.81.7%128
44Moscow State University of Technologies and Management named after K.G. RazumovskiyMoscow #3,0487.88.3%161
45Russian State Agrarian Correspondence UniversityBalashikha #3,0527.810.6%354
46Kostroma State University named after N A NekrasovKostroma #3,0647.710.6%171
47Tambov State UniversityTambov #3,0937.69.9%310
48Altai State UniversityBarnaul #3,1027.65.9%359
49Institute of Management and BusinessMoscow #3,1557.47.6%88
50Amur State UniversityBlagoveshchensk #3,2007.21.3%323
51Russian State Social UniversityMoscow #3,2077.27.1%182
52Siberian State University Geosystems and TechnologyNovosibirsk #3,2507.04.4%255
53Samara State University of Social Sciences and EducationSamara #3,2687.06.1%178
54Pushkin State Russian language InstituteMoscow #3,2836.911.4%151
55Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State UniversityVeliky Novgorod #3,2886.99.3%154
56Perm Military InstitutePerm #3,2976.97.7%84
57State Academic University of HumanitiesMoscow #3,3226.86.5%204
58Institute of Social and HumanitiesKazan’ #3,3306.88.7%119
59University of TyumenTyumen #3,3616.65.8%370
60The All-Russian State University of JusticeMoscow #3,5096.12.8%273

Institutions in Russia above the floor of 40 fractional works in Social Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Social Sciences researchers in Russia?

Andrey Korotayev, Yaroslav V. Kuzmin and Anatoly P. Derevianko rank highest among researchers based in Russia, on their papers in Social Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Andrey Korotayev#274,864 worldwide overall41.3 of 170 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Yaroslav V. Kuzmin#706,246 worldwide overall19.7 of 69 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Anatoly P. Derevianko#140,293 worldwide overall19.0 of 62 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Russia on their work in Social Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Russia compares with other countries in Social Sciences