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ITMO University

In research, ITMO University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,026 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#1,309 of 5,901 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,820 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Control and Systems Engineering (Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics is 8.6× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#1,749
of 22,385 · #1,379 all time
Rank in Russia
#4
of 735
Research works
14k
▼ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
110k
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.69×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%

What is ITMO University known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #1,026 of 10,670 4.2%2,654 #898
EngineeringField #1,309 of 5,901 4.0%1,160 #693
Social SciencesDomain #2,820 of 9,585 6.1%381 #1590
Life SciencesDomain #1,906 of 6,403 6.8%288 #1831
Materials ScienceField #915 of 2,276 4.5%290 #844
Social SciencesField #2,512 of 5,988 8.6%160 #1597
Computer ScienceField #1,888 of 4,417 3.6%616 #891
Health SciencesDomain #4,468 of 9,902 6.3%199 #2603
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,025 of 2,176 4.2%316 #734
Physics and AstronomyField #672 of 1,417 4.9%319 #653

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where ITMO 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Physical Sciences#898 #1,026
  2. Engineering#693 #1,309
  3. Social Sciences#1,590 #2,820
  4. Life Sciences#1,831 #1,906
  5. Materials Science#844 #915
  6. Social Sciences#1,597 #2,512
  7. Computer Science#891 #1,888
  8. Health Sciences#2,603 #4,468
  9. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#734 #1,025
  10. Physics and Astronomy#653 #672
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does ITMO University work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at ITMO University is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (32%), Computer Science (19%), Physics and Astronomy (9%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,933 fractional works · 75.4% of its workEngineering: 1,258 fractional works · 32.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 339 fractional works · 8.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 222 fractional works · 5.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 191 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 101 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 101 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 59 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 57 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 44 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 36 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 720 fractional works · 18.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 263 fractional works · 6.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 117 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInformation Systems: 116 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 104 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSignal Processing: 39 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 344 fractional works · 8.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 239 fractional works · 6.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 49 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAcoustics and Ultrasonics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 313 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 160 fractional works · 4.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 58 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomaterials: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCeramics and Composites: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 96 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 36 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 82 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 39 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 34 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 34 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 421 fractional works · 10.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 174 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 44 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransportation: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 121 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 41 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 320 fractional works · 8.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 156 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 97 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiophysics: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 115 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFood Science: 67 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 216 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMedicine: 182 fractional works · 4.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 67 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNursing: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKITMO University3,890fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences75%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences11%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1,25832.4%
    2. Computer Science72018.5%
    3. Physics and Astronomy3448.8%
    4. Materials Science3138.0%
    5. Chemistry962.5%
    6. Environmental Science822.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences391.0%
    8. Energy340.9%
    9. Mathematics340.9%
    10. Chemical Engineering140.3%
    1. Social Sciences1744.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1213.1%
    3. Decision Sciences381.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance371.0%
    5. Psychology350.9%
    6. Arts and Humanities150.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1564.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1152.9%
    3. Neuroscience290.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology120.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics90.2%
    1. Medicine1824.7%
    2. Nursing190.5%
    3. Health Professions110.3%
    4. Dentistry40.1%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does ITMO University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics takes 8.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 239.0 works8.6×
  2. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 190.6 works4.5×
← 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: 0.62× its world share, 115 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 156 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 29 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.99× its world share, 14 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.57× its world share, 96 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.38× its world share, 720 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 38 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 34 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.16× its world share, 1,258 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 82 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.30× its world share, 313 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.74× its world share, 34 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.97× its world share, 344 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 182 worksMedicineNursing: 1.01× its world share, 19 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.96× its world share, 121 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 38 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 38 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 35 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 174 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy3.97×344 works
  2. Computer Science2.38×720 works
  3. Materials Science2.30×313 works
  4. Engineering2.16×1,258 works
  5. Chemistry1.57×96 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.02×38 works
  7. Nursing1.01×19 works
  8. Chemical Engineering0.99×14 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.96×121 works
  10. Energy0.95×34 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.75×156 works
  12. Mathematics0.74×34 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.64×9 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.63×38 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.62×115 works
  16. Neuroscience0.46×29 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.45×38 works
  18. Environmental Science0.43×82 works
  19. Social Sciences0.35×174 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.30×12 works
  21. Psychology0.29×35 works
  22. Medicine0.24×182 works
  23. Dentistry0.19×4 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.14×15 works
  25. Veterinary0.12×1 works
  26. Health Professions0.10×11 works

Who are the top researchers at ITMO University?

Ranked on the quality score, Alex Krasnok, C. Z. Yuan and Konstantin Zaitsev lead among researchers whose main affiliation is ITMO University.

  1. 1 Alex Krasnok Russia · #205,277 worldwide 7.7k citations · 235 works
  2. 2 C. Z. Yuan Russia · #249,067 worldwide 530 citations · 65 works
  3. 3 Konstantin Zaitsev Russia · #276,774 worldwide 5.8k citations · 94 works
  4. 4 Ekaterina Khestanova Russia · #355,369 worldwide 2.8k citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Alexey Sergushichev Russia · #414,427 worldwide 12k citations · 100 works
  6. 6 Maria V. Mukhina Russia · #450,126 worldwide 812 citations · 4,819 works
  7. 7 Andrey Bogdanov Russia · #488,083 worldwide 10k citations · 300 works
  8. 8 Pavel A. Belov Russia · #491,213 worldwide 20k citations · 638 works
  9. 9 Alexander Sergeevich Shalin Russia · #555,109 worldwide 4.7k citations · 241 works
  10. 10 Maria M. Firulyova Russia · #576,661 worldwide 1.2k citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at ITMO University

What are the most cited papers from ITMO University?

The most cited paper from ITMO University is "Fast gene set enrichment analysis" (Gennady Korotkevich, Vladimir Sukhov, Nikolay Budin et al., 2016), with 3,771 citations. Next come "Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species" (3,311) and "Asymmetric Metasurfaces with High- Q Resonances Governed by Bound States in the Continuum" (2,113).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Fast gene set enrichment analysis Gennady Korotkevich, Vladimir Sukhov, Nikolay Budin et al. · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) PreprintOpen access 20 Jun 2016 3,771
2 Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species Arang Rhie et al. · Nature Open access129 authors 28 Apr 2021 3,311
3 Asymmetric Metasurfaces with High- Q Resonances Governed by Bound States in the Continuum Kirill Koshelev, Sergey Lepeshov, Mingkai Liu et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access 9 Nov 2018 2,113
4 Hyperbolic metamaterials Alexander N. Poddubny, Ivan V. Iorsh, Pavel A. Belov et al. · Nature Photonics 28 Nov 2013 2,108
5 Network Integration of Parallel Metabolic and Transcriptional Data Reveals Metabolic Modules that Regulate Macrophage Polarization Abhishek Jha, Stanley Ching‐Cheng Huang, Alexey Sergushichev et al. · Immunity Open access Mar 2015 2,076
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at ITMO University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Biosensors, Biomedical Applications, Cyber-Physical Systems, Optical Modulators and Photonic Crystals.

▲ 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-now 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. Deep Learning267▲ 1.99×79 topics
  2. Machine Learning246▲ 1.90×83 topics
  3. Neural Networks191▲ 3.2×39 topics
  4. Biomedical Applications146▲ 3.2×34 topics
  5. Biosensors116▲ 6.1×12 topics
  6. Nanoparticles111▲ 2.3×39 topics
  7. Sustainable Development109▲ 1.79×39 topics
  8. Energy Efficiency108▲ 3.0×34 topics
  9. Artificial Intelligence105▲ 1.89×41 topics
  10. Big Data100▲ 2.7×25 topics
  11. Digital Transformation90▲ 4.3×15 topics
  12. Cyber-Physical Systems88▲ 8.6×8 topics
  13. Optical Modulators78▲ 14×3 topics
  14. Photonic Crystals74▲ 15×5 topics
  15. Nonlinear Systems74▲ 8.7×7 topics
  16. Metamaterials61▲ 11×5 topics
  17. Microcavities53▲ 13×2 topics
  18. Semiconductor52▲ 4.1×7 topics
  19. Raman Lasers52▲ 13×2 topics
  20. Innovation Management49▲ 8.2×6 topics
  21. Silicon Photonics49▲ 13×2 topics
  22. Adaptive Control49▲ 9.4×7 topics
  23. Crystal Growth49▲ 4.6×11 topics
  24. Feedback Control49▲ 7.6×8 topics
  25. Nanophotonics48▲ 13×3 topics
  26. Integrated Circuits47▲ 8.3×2 topics
  27. Nonlinear Optics46▲ 11×4 topics
  28. Nanophotonic Waveguides46▲ 13×1 topic
  29. Whispering Gallery Mode46▲ 13×1 topic
  30. Spectroscopy46▲ 7.0×11 topics
  31. Photovoltaics42▲ 7.0×3 topics
  32. Neural Network40▲ 5.6×7 topics
  33. Entanglement39▲ 6.7×4 topics
  34. Fault Tolerance38▲ 6.3×7 topics
  35. Slow Light38▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Sliding Mode Control37▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Environmental Safety36▲ 27×2 topics
  38. Microresonators36▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Fiber Lasers35▲ 9.6×3 topics
  40. Optical Fiber34▲ 8.6×3 topics

Which research topics does ITMO University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Photonic and Optical Devices, Economic and Technological Systems Analysis, Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems and Advanced Data Processing Techniques.

  1. 1 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 46 works
  2. 2 Economic and Technological Systems Analysis Management of Technology and Innovation 34 works
  3. 3 Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems Control and Systems Engineering 32 works
  4. 4 Advanced Data Processing Techniques Control and Systems Engineering 30 works
  5. 5 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 26 works
  6. 6 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 25 works
  7. 7 Photonic Crystals and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 23 works
  8. 8 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 22 works
  9. 9 Engineering Technology and Methodologies Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 22 works
  10. 10 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 21 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 available45.5%not open54.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.7%domestic only78.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has ITMO University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is ITMO University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.015% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%ITMO University0.013% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of ITMO University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025ITMO University4.6% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.0% in 2005.

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