Matenadaran
In research, Matenadaran stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,859 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities — Arts and Humanities is 14.8× its share of world research.
- World rank, 2022–2025
- #27,573 of 28,054
- Rank in Armenia
- #27 of 28
- Research works
- 103 ▲ 471% vs 2013–17
- Citations
- 50 0.5 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 8.2% record average 16.5%
- Open access
- 64% world 28%
What is Matenadaran known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #9,859 of 10,521 | 8.2% | 73 | — |
Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Matenadaran 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).
What does Matenadaran specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 14.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Arts and HumanitiesField · 32.6 works15×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 14.8×. Every wedge is a field page.
- Arts and Humanities 14.8×
- Social Sciences 3.9×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.5×
- Psychology 0.5×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.4×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.3×
- Computer Science 0.2×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.2×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.1×
- Chemistry 0.1×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.1×
- Health Professions 0.1×
Which keywords describe research at Matenadaran?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Exchange, Cultural Interaction, Globalization, Neoliberalism, Human Agency, Immigration, Religious Identity and Eurasian Exchange.
- Rituals
- Feminism
- Archaeology
- Culture
- Greek Literature
- Cross-Cultural Encounters
- Diplomacy
- Mediterranean
- Cultural Heritage
- Arabia
- Language Contact
- Historical Phonology
- Gospel Translation
- Linguistics
- Christian-Muslim Relations
- Byzantium
- Eurasian Exchange
- Immigration
- Neoliberalism
- Cultural Interaction
- Cultural Exchange
- Globalization
- Human Agency
- Religious Identity
- Silk Roads
- Eastern Mediterranean
- Cultural Transmission
- Early Christian Apologetics
- Etymology
- Urban Development
- Turkic
- Byzantine
- Late Antiquity
- Ottoman Empire
- Ancient Rome
- Crusades
- Corpus Linguistics
- Secularism
- Middle East
- Islamic reform
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
- Cultural Exchange24▲ 237×3 topics
- Cultural Interaction13▲ 685×2 topics
- Globalization13▲ 8.6×3 topics
- Neoliberalism13▲ 46×2 topics
- Human Agency12▲ 1662×1 topic
- Immigration12▲ 143×1 topic
- Religious Identity11▲ 235×3 topics
- Eurasian Exchange11▲ 703×1 topic
- Silk Roads11▲ 703×1 topic
- Byzantium11▲ 717×1 topic
- Eastern Mediterranean11▲ 717×1 topic
- Christian-Muslim Relations7▲ 321×2 topics
- Cultural Transmission6▲ 92×2 topics
- Linguistics5▲ 42×3 topics
- Early Christian Apologetics5▲ 267×1 topic
- Gospel Translation5▲ 267×1 topic
- Etymology5▲ 119×2 topics
- Historical Phonology5▲ 119×2 topics
- Urban Development4▲ 16×2 topics
- Language Contact4▲ 53×1 topic
- Turkic4▲ 184×1 topic
- Arabia4▲ 154×1 topic
- Byzantine4▲ 154×1 topic
- Cultural Heritage3▲ 7.8×6 topics
- Late Antiquity3▲ 77×2 topics
- Mediterranean3▲ 38×2 topics
- Ottoman Empire2▲ 40×2 topics
- Diplomacy2▲ 31×2 topics
- Ancient Rome2▲ 84×1 topic
- Cross-Cultural Encounters2▲ 605×1 topic
- Crusades2▲ 605×1 topic
- Greek Literature2▲ 84×1 topic
- Corpus Linguistics2▲ 12×2 topics
- Culture2▲ 5.0×3 topics
- Secularism2▲ 23×2 topics
- Archaeology2▲ 17×3 topics
- Middle East2▲ 33×2 topics
- Feminism2▲ 6.9×1 topic
- Islamic reform2▲ 45×1 topic
- Rituals1▲ 20×2 topics
Which research topics does Matenadaran publish most on?
By volume in 2022–2025: History and Cultural Heritage, Eurasian Exchange Networks, Byzantine Studies and History and Historical and Linguistic Studies.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 History and Cultural Heritage Cultural Studies 12 works
- 2 Eurasian Exchange Networks Anthropology 11 works
- 3 Byzantine Studies and History Classics 11 works
- 4 Historical and Linguistic Studies Sociology and Political Science 5 works
- 5 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 4 works
- 6 Archaeology and Historical Studies Archeology 4 works
- 7 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 2 works
- 8 Medieval History and Crusades History 2 works
- 9 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 2 works
- 10 Ancient Near East History Archeology 1 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
World: 19% is written across borders.
How has Matenadaran's research output changed?
Output in 2018–2022 was 471% higher than in 2013–2017.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Other research institutions in Yerevan
- Yerevan State University
- National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
- National Institute of Health
- A. Alikhanyan National Laboratory
- Yerevan State Medical University
- National Polytechnic University of Armenia
- Psychiatric Medical Center
- Armenian State University of Economics
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.