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Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

In research, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,834 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#953 of 6,365 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,638 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Energy, Development and General Social Sciences — General Energy is 19.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,572
of 28,054 · #4,610 all time
Rank in Kazakhstan
#3
of 84
Research works
9.3k
▲ 125% vs 2013–17
Citations
38k
4.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is Al-Farabi Kazakh National University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #1,834 of 12,888 9.9%1,718 #3073
Social SciencesField #953 of 6,365 12.5%850 #2078
Social SciencesDomain #1,638 of 10,521 12.2%1,418 #3182
Health SciencesDomain #3,175 of 11,982 11.8%327 #7888
EngineeringField #1,970 of 6,636 7.3%573 #3299
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #393 of 1,201 13.8%217 #887
MedicineField #3,573 of 10,443 9.9%253 #8542
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,588 of 3,409 12.8%229 #3184
EnergyField #325 of 694 8.2%70 #551
Life SciencesDomain #3,716 of 7,800 12.0%394 #7465

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Al-Farabi Kazakh National University sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#3,073 #1,834
  2. Social Sciences#2,078 #953
  3. Social Sciences#3,182 #1,638
  4. Health Sciences#7,888 #3,175
  5. Engineering#3,299 #1,970
  6. Political Science and International Relations#887 #393
  7. Medicine#8,542 #3,573
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#3,184 #1,588
  9. Energy#551 #325
  10. Life Sciences#7,465 #3,716
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Al-Farabi Kazakh National University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Energy takes 19.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General EnergySubfield · 20.5 works20×
  2. DevelopmentSubfield · 27.8 works7.2×
  3. General Social SciencesSubfield · 27.6 works6.5×
  4. CommunicationSubfield · 51.5 works4.9×
  5. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 25.9 works4.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 229 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 110 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 25 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.98× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.38× its world share, 19 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.24× its world share, 75 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.12× its world share, 336 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 65 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.97× its world share, 70 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.99× its world share, 573 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.05× its world share, 201 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.11× its world share, 150 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.81× its world share, 82 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.72× its world share, 147 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.55× its world share, 56 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 253 worksMedicineNursing: 0.54× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.42× its world share, 158 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.15× its world share, 143 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 28 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.86× its world share, 154 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 86 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.74× its world share, 850 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University?

Ranked on the composite score, Alibek Issakhov, Gaukhar Konuspayeva and Rafis Abazov lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.

  1. 1 Alibek Issakhov Kazakhstan · #160,455 worldwide 330 citations · 55 works
  2. 2 Gaukhar Konuspayeva Kazakhstan · #185,674 worldwide 94 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Rafis Abazov Kazakhstan · #267,896 worldwide 27 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 А. Kаltayev Kazakhstan · #480,687 worldwide 126 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Батырхан Омаров Kazakhstan · #520,294 worldwide 74 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Renate Belentschikow Kazakhstan · #642,350 worldwide 0 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 В. Е. Мессерле Kazakhstan · #654,345 worldwide 43 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 А. Б. Устименко Kazakhstan · #831,715 worldwide 44 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Ж. К. Каирбеков Kazakhstan · #874,199 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 B. K. Zayadan Kazakhstan · #875,835 worldwide 22 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

Which keywords describe research at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Education, Language, Climate Change, Geopolitics and Digital Transformation.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization228▲ 3.0×72 topics
  2. Sustainable Development209▲ 3.4×68 topics
  3. Climate Change200▲ 1.92×95 topics
  4. Education182▲ 2.8×64 topics
  5. Innovation162▲ 4.0×44 topics
  6. Machine Learning144◆ 1.14×78 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence140▲ 2.6×47 topics
  8. Sustainability131▲ 1.39×69 topics
  9. Renewable Energy110▲ 1.97×45 topics
  10. Language107▲ 11×12 topics
  11. Digital Transformation107▲ 5.2×22 topics
  12. Social Media103▲ 1.87×29 topics
  13. Energy Efficiency98▲ 2.7×39 topics
  14. Geopolitics95▲ 16×10 topics
  15. Economic Development94▲ 3.0×31 topics
  16. Educational Technology91▲ 1.99×31 topics
  17. Regional Development90▲ 6.5×12 topics
  18. Migration86▲ 6.7×16 topics
  19. Central Asia85▲ 31×4 topics
  20. Security84▲ 3.3×21 topics
  21. Legal Regulation83▲ 9.7×8 topics
  22. International Relations80▲ 8.6×18 topics
  23. Pedagogy76▲ 4.0×14 topics
  24. Ethnicity70▲ 4.8×10 topics
  25. Digital Economy70▲ 9.9×15 topics
  26. Cultural Diplomacy67▲ 21×5 topics
  27. Economic Security66▲ 7.9×7 topics
  28. Belt and Road Initiative62▲ 44×3 topics
  29. Linguistics62▲ 9.8×6 topics
  30. Digitalization59▲ 7.7×9 topics
  31. Information Security55▲ 15×4 topics
  32. Labor Market53▲ 4.7×11 topics
  33. Economy47▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Soft Power46▲ 30×3 topics
  35. Media45▲ 7.6×9 topics
  36. Global Economy43▲ 8.2×4 topics
  37. Eurasian integration42▲ 94×1 topic
  38. Russia-China cooperation42▲ 94×1 topic
  39. National Security42▲ 19×3 topics
  40. Cross-Cultural Communication41▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Al-Farabi Kazakh National University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Central Asia Education and Culture, Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation, Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends and Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication.

Central Asia Education a…42Central Asia Education and Culture: 42 fractional worksSecurity, Politics, and …40Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation: 40 fractional worksRegional Socio-Economic Development Trends: 34 fractional worksDiscourse Analysis and Cultural Communication: 31 fractional worksLanguage, Communication, and Linguistic Studies: 31 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 30 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural Studies: 27 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…27Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 27 fractional worksCultural, Linguistic, Economic Studies: 26 fractional worksEconomic and Technological Developments in Russia: 26 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsDemographyCultural StudiesCommunication5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Central Asia Education and Culture Political Science and International Relations 42 works
  2. 2 Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation Political Science and International Relations 40 works
  3. 3 Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends Demography 34 works
  4. 4 Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication Cultural Studies 31 works
  5. 5 Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies Communication 31 works
  6. 6 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 30 works
  7. 7 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 27 works
  8. 8 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 27 works
  9. 9 Cultural, Linguistic, Economic Studies General Social Sciences 26 works
  10. 10 Economic and Technological Developments in Russia Development 26 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available71.4%not open28.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.8%domestic only72.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Al-Farabi Kazakh National University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 125% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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