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North-West State Technical University

In research, North-West State Technical University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,858 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,957 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,938
of 22,385 · #5,817 all time
Rank in Russia
#211
of 735
Research works
4.2k
▼ 62% vs 2018-21
Citations
82k
19.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
16%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
North-West State Technical University

What is North-West State Technical 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
Social SciencesDomain #3,858 of 9,585 10.7%186 #1938
Social SciencesField #2,957 of 5,988 11.5%106 #1285

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where North-West State Technical 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 fields of science does North-West State Technical University work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at North-West State Technical University is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (39%), Psychology (12%), Arts and Humanities (11%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 189 fractional works · 67.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 108 fractional works · 38.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 35 fractional works · 12.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 25 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 33 fractional works · 11.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 18 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 31 fractional works · 11.2% of its workHistory: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 55 fractional works · 19.5% of its workComputer Science: 20 fractional works · 7.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 4.2% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 26 fractional works · 9.2% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNorth-West StateTechnical…280fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences68%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences10838.6%
    2. Psychology3311.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities3111.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance103.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting41.5%
    6. Decision Sciences31.1%
    1. Computer Science207.2%
    2. Engineering93.1%
    3. Environmental Science72.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences62.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy41.6%
    6. Mathematics41.5%
    7. Chemistry20.9%
    8. Materials Science10.5%
    9. Energy10.2%
    1. Medicine144.9%
    2. Health Professions103.6%
    3. Dentistry10.4%
    4. Nursing10.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.3%
    2. Neuroscience31.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.92× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.27× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.38× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.88× its world share, 31 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.61× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.88× its world share, 33 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.05× its world share, 108 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.88×31 works
  2. Psychology3.88×33 works
  3. Social Sciences3.05×108 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.61×10 works
  5. Health Professions1.38×10 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.27×6 works
  7. Mathematics1.27×4 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.13×3 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.01×1 works
  10. Computer Science0.92×20 works
  11. Dentistry0.74×1 works
  12. Nursing0.73×1 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.72×4 works
  14. Neuroscience0.68×3 works
  15. Chemistry0.56×2 works
  16. Environmental Science0.50×7 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.47×4 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×4 works
  19. Energy0.26×1 works
  20. Medicine0.25×14 works
  21. Engineering0.21×9 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×2 works
  23. Materials Science0.15×1 works

Who are the top researchers at North-West State Technical University?

Ranked on the quality score, E. V. Blagov, A. B. Fedortsov and S.M. Apollonskii lead among researchers whose main affiliation is North-West State Technical University.

  1. 1 E. V. Blagov Russia · #5,805,572 worldwide 673 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 A. B. Fedortsov Russia · #6,623,196 worldwide 62 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 S.M. Apollonskii Russia · #6,699,213 worldwide 11 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Ya. M. Slobodin Russia · #7,157,657 worldwide 19 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at North-West State Technical University

What are the most cited papers from North-West State Technical University?

The most cited paper from North-West State Technical University is "Tests of new physics from precise measurements of the Casimir pressure between two gold-coated plates" (R. S. Decca, Daniel López, Ephraim Fischbach et al., 2007), with 414 citations. Next come "Precise comparison of theory and new experiment for the Casimir force leads to stronger constraints on thermal quantum effects and long-range interactions" (408) and "Control of the Casimir force by the modification of dielectric properties with light" (205).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tests of new physics from precise measurements of the Casimir pressure between two gold-coated plates R. S. Decca, Daniel López, Ephraim Fischbach et al. · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields Open access 23 Apr 2007 414
2 Precise comparison of theory and new experiment for the Casimir force leads to stronger constraints on thermal quantum effects and long-range interactions R. S. Decca, Daniel López, Ephraim Fischbach et al. · Annals of Physics Open access 5 May 2005 408
3 Control of the Casimir force by the modification of dielectric properties with light F. Chen, G. L. Klimchitskaya, V. M. Mostepanenko et al. · Physical Review B Open access 27 Jul 2007 205
4 Mathematical modeling of magneto-sensitive elastomers Igor A. Brigadnov, Luis Dorfmann · International Journal of Solids and Structures 9 Jun 2003 173
5 Lateral Casimir force between sinusoidally corrugated surfaces: Asymmetric profiles, deviations from the proximity force approximation, and comparison with exact theory Hsiang‐Chih Chiu, G. L. Klimchitskaya, Valery N. Marachevsky et al. · Physical Review B 11 Mar 2010 133
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at North-West State Technical University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Nationalism, Neoliberalism, Ethics, Evidence-Based Practice, Religion, History and Climate Consequences.

▲ 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. Globalization23▲ 4.2×36 topics
  2. Nationalism12▲ 9.9×16 topics
  3. Neoliberalism11▲ 11×14 topics
  4. Public Health11▲ 2.7×10 topics
  5. Ethics11▲ 7.8×18 topics
  6. Evidence-Based Practice11▲ 29×5 topics
  7. Human Rights10▲ 3.7×17 topics
  8. Sustainability10▲ 1.48×18 topics
  9. Social Media10▲ 2.6×16 topics
  10. History10▲ 5.0×16 topics
  11. Economic Development9▲ 4.2×9 topics
  12. Environmental Impact9▲ 1.92×5 topics
  13. Identity9▲ 4.4×17 topics
  14. Mental Health9▲ 2.2×18 topics
  15. Religion9▲ 6.6×16 topics
  16. Meta-Analysis8▲ 5.1×5 topics
  17. Gender8▲ 5.1×15 topics
  18. Climate Consequences8▲ 271×1 topic
  19. Nuclear War8▲ 271×1 topic
  20. Feminism7▲ 8.7×9 topics
  21. Social Justice7▲ 4.2×15 topics
  22. Colonialism6▲ 4.8×14 topics
  23. Psychological Interventions6▲ 16×2 topics
  24. Security6▲ 3.3×7 topics
  25. Psychotherapy Outcome6▲ 99×1 topic
  26. Therapeutic Alliance6▲ 99×1 topic
  27. Politics6▲ 7.6×10 topics
  28. Resilience6▲ 4.0×7 topics
  29. Capitalism5▲ 30×4 topics
  30. Policy5▲ 8.4×4 topics
  31. Cultural Studies5▲ 4.8×7 topics
  32. Postcolonialism5▲ 12×7 topics
  33. Democracy5▲ 4.8×9 topics
  34. Discrimination5▲ 8.0×4 topics
  35. Monetary Policy4▲ 6.8×7 topics
  36. Imperialism4▲ 20×4 topics
  37. Ethnic Identity4▲ 13×3 topics
  38. International Relations4▲ 6.1×5 topics
  39. Decolonization4▲ 18×4 topics
  40. Settler Colonialism4▲ 34×2 topics

Which research topics does North-West State Technical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Nuclear Issues and Defense, Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications, Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies and Academic Writing and Publishing.

Nuclear Issues and Defense8Nuclear Issues and Defense: 8 fractional worksPsychotherapy Techniques and Applications: 6 fractional worksJewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 3 fractional worksAcademic Writing and Publishing: 3 fractional worksPolitical Economy and Marxism: 3 fractional worksIsland Studies and Pacific Affairs: 2 fractional worksHungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies: 2 fractional worksIntelligence, Security, War Strategy: 2 fractional worksOccupational Therapy Practice and Research: 2 fractional worksChild Therapy and Development: 2 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsClinical PsychologySociology and Political ScienceHistory and Philosophy of Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear Issues and Defense Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  2. 2 Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications Clinical Psychology 6 works
  3. 3 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  4. 4 Academic Writing and Publishing History and Philosophy of Science 3 works
  5. 5 Political Economy and Marxism Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  6. 6 Island Studies and Pacific Affairs Demography 2 works
  7. 7 Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies Geography, Planning and Development 2 works
  8. 8 Intelligence, Security, War Strategy Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  9. 9 Occupational Therapy Practice and Research Occupational Therapy 2 works
  10. 10 Child Therapy and Development Clinical Psychology 2 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 available16.1%not open83.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.2%domestic only86.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has North-West State Technical University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 62% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 North-West State Technical University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00061% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%North-West State Technical University0.00036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of North-West State Technical 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 2025North-West State Technical University8.9% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.3% in 2023.

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