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Institute of Oriental Manuscripts

In research, Institute of Oriental Manuscripts stands highest in Arts and Humanities (#467 of 1,998 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,089 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,349 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Religious studies, Anthropology and Arts and Humanities — Religious studies is 47.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,121
of 28,054 · #22,014 all time
Rank in Russia
#389
of 1,062
Research works
863
▲ 150% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
16.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Institute of Oriental Manuscripts 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
Arts and HumanitiesField #467 of 1,998 14.1%77 #1289
Social SciencesDomain #3,089 of 10,521 10.0%218 #5899
Social SciencesField #5,349 of 6,365 7.1%133 #8792

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Oriental Manuscripts 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. Arts and Humanities#1,289 #467
  2. Social Sciences#5,899 #3,089
  3. Social Sciences#8,792 #5,349
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 Institute of Oriental Manuscripts specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Religious studies takes 47.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Religious studiesSubfield · 23.4 works48×
  2. AnthropologySubfield · 28.3 works34×
  3. Arts and HumanitiesField · 77.4 works9.1×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 9.14× its world share, 77 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.56× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.59× its world share, 133 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 9.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Oriental Manuscripts?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Religion, Philosophy, Culture, Central Asia, Cultural Interaction, Eurasian Exchange and Silk Roads.

▲ 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. History50▲ 24×14 topics
  2. Religion43▲ 31×11 topics
  3. Philosophy39▲ 30×9 topics
  4. Culture32▲ 21×11 topics
  5. Central Asia31▲ 149×4 topics
  6. Cultural Interaction26▲ 355×2 topics
  7. Eurasian Exchange26▲ 429×1 topic
  8. Silk Roads26▲ 429×1 topic
  9. Nationalism25▲ 19×8 topics
  10. Linguistics24▲ 51×5 topics
  11. Modernization24▲ 45×4 topics
  12. Cultural Transmission18▲ 78×4 topics
  13. Regulation18▲ 11×2 topics
  14. China18▲ 64×1 topic
  15. Confucianism18▲ 143×1 topic
  16. Buddhism16▲ 375×1 topic
  17. South Asia16▲ 375×1 topic
  18. Etymology15▲ 103×2 topics
  19. Historical Phonology15▲ 103×2 topics
  20. Colonialism15▲ 11×9 topics
  21. Politics13▲ 17×4 topics
  22. Society13▲ 23×5 topics
  23. Identity13▲ 6.0×8 topics
  24. Human Rights12▲ 4.0×11 topics
  25. Christian-Muslim Relations12▲ 145×2 topics
  26. Early Christian Apologetics12▲ 170×1 topic
  27. Gospel Translation12▲ 170×1 topic
  28. Migration12▲ 12×6 topics
  29. Gender11▲ 7.0×5 topics
  30. Media11▲ 24×3 topics
  31. Ethnicity10▲ 9.2×9 topics
  32. Empire10▲ 40×3 topics
  33. Language10▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Language Contact10▲ 33×1 topic
  35. Turkic10▲ 115×1 topic
  36. International Relations9▲ 13×10 topics
  37. Literature9▲ 5.9×6 topics
  38. Conflict8▲ 18×6 topics
  39. Feminism8▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Palestine8▲ 49×2 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Oriental Manuscripts publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Eurasian Exchange Networks, Chinese history and philosophy, Indian and Buddhist Studies and Historical and Linguistic Studies.

Eurasian Exchange Networks26Eurasian Exchange Networks: 26 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 18 fractional worksIndian and Buddhist Studies: 16 fractional worksHistorical and Linguistic Studies: 12 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural Studies: 10 fractional worksArchaeology and Historic…8Archaeology and Historical Studies: 8 fractional worksDiscourse Analysis and Cultural Communication: 7 fractional worksJapanese History and Culture: 7 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 6 fractional worksLinguistics and language evolution: 6 fractional works
AnthropologySociology and Political ScienceReligious studiesLanguage and Linguistics3 others

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

  1. 1 Eurasian Exchange Networks Anthropology 26 works
  2. 2 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 18 works
  3. 3 Indian and Buddhist Studies Religious studies 16 works
  4. 4 Historical and Linguistic Studies Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  5. 5 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 10 works
  6. 6 Archaeology and Historical Studies Archeology 8 works
  7. 7 Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication Cultural Studies 7 works
  8. 8 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 7 works
  9. 9 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  10. 10 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 6 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 available54.5%not open45.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.0%domestic only55.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Oriental Manuscripts's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 150% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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