How does Russia rank in Social Sciences research?

Russia ranks #33 of 151 countries on research quality in Social Sciences (2022–2025), with 80k works.

Social Sciences research in Russia

National Research University Higher School of Economics ranks first in Russia for Social Sciences research in 2022–2025 (#451 worldwide), followed by Ural Federal University and Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Russia's world rank: #33
Works, 2022–2025: 80k
Top-10% rate: 8.9%
Ranked institutions: 60

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

What is the best university for Social Sciences in Russia?

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	National Research University Higher School of EconomicsMoscow	#451	30.2	16.4%	2,443
2	Ural Federal UniversityYekaterinburg	#788	23.9	12.1%	887
3	Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscow	#826	23.3	10.5%	1,982
4	Financial UniversityMoscow	#914	22.2	12.0%	1,584
5	Russian State LibraryMoscow	#1,164	19.4	14.8%	97
6	National Research Mordovia State UniversitySaransk	#1,168	19.4	9.8%	372
7	Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaMoscow	#1,200	19.0	13.5%	1,378
8	South Ural State UniversityChelyabinsk	#1,240	18.7	13.8%	312
9	Moscow State Institute of International RelationsMoscow	#1,245	18.6	12.1%	1,947
10	St Petersburg UniversitySaint Petersburg	#1,279	18.3	10.9%	1,770
11	Kutafin Moscow State Law UniversityMoscow	#1,284	18.3	12.4%	1,020
12	Institute of Oriental StudiesMoscow	#1,343	17.8	8.0%	544
13	Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow	#1,361	17.6	10.0%	1,379
14	Institute of Archaeology and EthnographyNovosibirsk	#1,382	17.4	17.3%	101
15	The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public AdministrationMoscow	#1,411	17.2	8.7%	1,389
16	Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign MinistryMoscow	#1,446	16.9	17.9%	235
17	Institute of World Economy and International RelationsMoscow	#1,485	16.6	17.1%	652
18	Russian State Agrarian Correspondence UniversityBalashikha	#1,503	16.5	17.8%	354
19	Kazan Federal UniversityKazan’	#1,659	15.4	9.5%	1,124
20	Volgograd State UniversityVolgograd	#1,765	14.6	11.8%	457
21	Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesNovosibirsk	#1,850	14.1	8.2%	289
22	Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic UniversitySaint Petersburg	#1,907	13.8	15.8%	419
23	Novosibirsk State UniversityNovosibirsk	#2,037	13.0	12.0%	246
24	Department of Social SciencesMoscow	#2,060	12.9	16.1%	311
25	N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorod	#2,118	12.6	9.8%	443
26	Kemerovo State UniversityKemerovo	#2,173	12.3	11.7%	295
27	Russian State University for the HumanitiesMoscow	#2,225	12.0	8.1%	618
28	State University of ManagementMoscow	#2,364	11.3	12.1%	464
29	Plekhanov Russian University of EconomicsMoscow	#2,414	11.1	10.4%	695
30	Institute of Scientific Information on Social SciencesMoscow	#2,432	11.0	10.9%	230
31	Herzen UniversitySt Petersburg	#2,450	10.9	7.7%	643
32	Institute of Slavic StudiesMoscow	#2,576	10.3	13.0%	268
33	National Research Tomsk State UniversityTomsk	#2,585	10.3	11.0%	394
34	Institute of State and LawMoscow	#2,656	10.0	13.4%	452
35	Don State Technical UniversityRostov-on-Don	#2,736	9.6	8.4%	342
36	Moscow State Pedagogical UniversityMoscow	#2,765	9.5	6.1%	849
37	The Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian FederationMoscow	#2,808	9.3	14.1%	385
38	Baikal State UniversityIrkutsk	#2,819	9.3	11.0%	529
39	Southern Federal UniversityRostov-on-Don	#2,862	9.1	7.1%	593
40	Tambov State UniversityTambov	#2,999	8.6	9.1%	310
41	The Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow	#3,040	8.4	19.7%	268
42	Kuban State UniversityKrasnodar	#3,050	8.4	6.8%	522
43	Peter the Great's Museum of Anthropology and EthnographySaint Petersburg	#3,110	8.2	8.1%	91
44	Astrakhan Tatischev State UniversityAstrakhan	#3,158	8.0	9.5%	208
45	Altai State UniversityBarnaul	#3,171	8.0	8.1%	359
46	North-Eastern Federal UniversityYakutsk	#3,186	7.9	6.1%	454
47	Institute of SociologyMoscow	#3,200	7.8	10.7%	433
48	Moscow State University of Psychology & EducationMoscow	#3,268	7.6	17.3%	271
49	Kostroma State University named after N A NekrasovKostroma	#3,275	7.6	9.8%	171
50	Yaroslavl State Pedagogical UniversityYaroslavl	#3,325	7.4	3.8%	186
51	Institute of World HistoryMoscow	#3,370	7.3	4.1%	612
52	Samara State University of Social Sciences and EducationSamara	#3,374	7.2	5.5%	178
53	Moscow State Linguistic UniversityMoscow	#3,396	7.2	6.8%	452
54	Institute of EconomicsYekaterinburg	#3,398	7.2	14.3%	256
55	Tatarstan Academy of SciencesKazan’	#3,403	7.2	6.4%	204
56	Institute of Service and Entrepreneurship of DGTUShakhty	#3,407	7.1	6.2%	157
57	Chelyabinsk State UniversityChelyabinsk	#3,418	7.1	4.1%	553
58	Saint-Petersburg Institute of HistorySaint Petersburg	#3,439	7.0	6.8%	132
59	Russian State University of JusticeMoscow	#3,445	7.0	6.6%	482
60	Institute for African StudiesMoscow	#3,468	6.9	14.4%	234

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

Who are the top Social Sciences researchers in Russia?

Леонид Гринин, Жаднов Валерий Владимирович and Ольга Москалева rank highest among researchers based in Russia.

1Леонид Гринин#172,783 worldwide overall188 citations · 82 works
2Жаднов Валерий Владимирович#219,873 worldwide overall0 citations · 82 works
3Ольга Москалева#611,546 worldwide overall4 citations · 81 works
4Russian Federation#841,243 worldwide overall201 citations · 91 works
5Mariia Rubtcova#1,287,393 worldwide overall9 citations · 104 works
6Oleg Pavenkov#1,290,002 worldwide overall8 citations · 92 works
7Isfol#1,290,037 worldwide overall10 citations · 129 works
8статья Редакционная#1,339,942 worldwide overall3 citations · 1,064 works

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