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Kola Science Centre

In research, Kola Science Centre stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,666 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#7,728 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,019 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Inorganic Chemistry — Inorganic Chemistry is 14.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,134
of 28,054 · #8,375 all time
Rank in Russia
#124
of 1,062
Research works
3.3k
▲ 207% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
6.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Kola Science Centre 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 #3,666 of 12,888 3.3%726 #5209
Social SciencesDomain #7,728 of 10,521 12.8%185 #7215
Social SciencesField #5,019 of 6,365 12.5%124 #5245
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,110 of 2,578 14.3%63 #2508
EngineeringField #5,536 of 6,636 2.1%217 #7621
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #1,045 of 1,209 6.5%108 #1829
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,215 of 3,409 5.3%105 #4537
Environmental ScienceField #3,368 of 3,551 3.8%91 #4614
Materials ScienceField #2,358 of 2,468 1.1%127 #3732
Life SciencesDomain #7,498 of 7,800 5.3%119 #13295

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kola Science Centre 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#5,209 #3,666
  2. Social Sciences#7,215 #7,728
  3. Social Sciences#5,245 #5,019
  4. Sociology and Political Science#2,508 #2,110
  5. Engineering#7,621 #5,536
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences#1,829 #1,045
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#4,537 #3,215
  8. Environmental Science#4,614 #3,368
  9. Materials Science#3,732 #2,358
  10. Life Sciences#13,295 #7,498
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 Kola Science Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Inorganic Chemistry takes 14.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 38.3 works14×
← 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: 2.06× its world share, 105 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.68× its world share, 18 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.49× its world share, 58 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 43 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.46× its world share, 108 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.07× its world share, 20 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.35× its world share, 217 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.72× its world share, 91 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.41× its world share, 127 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.76× its world share, 42 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.66× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 124 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kola Science Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Н. А. Константинова, I. N. Tolstikhin and А. А. Жамалетдинов lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kola Science Centre.

  1. 1 Н. А. Константинова Russia · #51,404 worldwide 210 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 I. N. Tolstikhin Russia · #227,751 worldwide 149 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 А. А. Жамалетдинов Russia · #507,808 worldwide 32 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Vera Samarina Russia · #599,558 worldwide 27 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Anna А. Vilnet Russia · #614,251 worldwide 63 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 В. А. Цукерман Russia · #638,886 worldwide 18 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 В. А. Маслобоев Russia · #767,925 worldwide 38 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 И. Н. Урбанавичене Russia · #816,403 worldwide 18 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 G. P. Urbanavichus Russia · #886,988 worldwide 26 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Evgeny Borovichev Russia · #973,060 worldwide 34 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Kola Science Centre

Which keywords describe research at Kola Science Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Arctic, Geopolitics, International Relations, Governance, Oil and Gas and Northern Sea Route.

▲ 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. Climate Change148▲ 5.2×46 topics
  2. Sustainable Development88▲ 5.2×28 topics
  3. Arctic69▲ 57×4 topics
  4. Sustainability68▲ 2.6×27 topics
  5. Geopolitics51▲ 31×5 topics
  6. International Relations50▲ 20×6 topics
  7. Governance46▲ 13×4 topics
  8. Oil and Gas46▲ 115×2 topics
  9. Northern Sea Route45▲ 151×1 topic
  10. Shipping45▲ 84×1 topic
  11. Environmental Impact45▲ 2.5×21 topics
  12. Food Security44▲ 7.4×9 topics
  13. Lithium-ion Batteries42▲ 9.2×4 topics
  14. Circular Economy40▲ 14×5 topics
  15. Regional Development40▲ 10×9 topics
  16. Adsorption39▲ 17×6 topics
  17. Nanomaterials39▲ 3.4×14 topics
  18. Biogeography38▲ 13×15 topics
  19. Tectonics37▲ 29×3 topics
  20. Crystal Growth36▲ 12×9 topics
  21. Innovation35▲ 3.1×14 topics
  22. Energy Efficiency35▲ 3.5×16 topics
  23. Metal Recovery32▲ 15×3 topics
  24. Digital Transformation32▲ 5.6×11 topics
  25. Microbial Communities28▲ 6.2×6 topics
  26. Mosses28▲ 101×2 topics
  27. Actinides26▲ 47×2 topics
  28. Rare Earth Elements26▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Plate Tectonics26▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Frequency Conversion25▲ 56×3 topics
  31. Environmental Remediation24▲ 39×2 topics
  32. Optical Modulators23▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Digital Economy23▲ 12×8 topics
  34. Nonlinear Optical Materials23▲ 55×2 topics
  35. Second Harmonic Generation23▲ 80×2 topics
  36. Crystallographic Computing22▲ 160×1 topic
  37. Deep-Ultraviolet Materials22▲ 160×1 topic
  38. Crystal Structure21▲ 14×5 topics
  39. Microresonators21▲ 24×3 topics
  40. Hybrid Materials20▲ 29×3 topics

Which research topics does Kola Science Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Arctic and Russian Policy Studies, Crystal Structures and Properties, Geological Studies and Exploration and Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics.

Arctic and Russian Polic…45Arctic and Russian Policy Studies: 45 fractional worksCrystal Structures and Properties: 22 fractional worksGeological Studies and Exploration: 18 fractional worksPhotorefractive and Nonlinear Optics: 18 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 18 fractional worksEngineering and Environmental Studies: 18 fractional worksExtraction and Separatio…18Extraction and Separation Processes: 18 fractional worksChemical Synthesis and Characterization: 17 fractional worksFood Industry and Aquatic Biology: 16 fractional worksIndustrial Engineering a…16Industrial Engineering and Technologies: 16 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceElectronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsGeologyAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics5 others

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

  1. 1 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 45 works
  2. 2 Crystal Structures and Properties Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 22 works
  3. 3 Geological Studies and Exploration Geology 18 works
  4. 4 Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 18 works
  5. 5 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 18 works
  6. 6 Engineering and Environmental Studies Ocean Engineering 18 works
  7. 7 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 18 works
  8. 8 Chemical Synthesis and Characterization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 17 works
  9. 9 Food Industry and Aquatic Biology Food Science 16 works
  10. 10 Industrial Engineering and Technologies Mechanical Engineering 16 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 available46.5%not open53.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.7%domestic only88.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kola Science Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 207% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.