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Russian Academy of Sciences

In research, Russian Academy of Sciences stands highest in Physical Sciences (#785 of 12,888 worldwide), Mathematics (#140 of 1,053 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,824 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Fuel Technology, General Materials Science and Development — Fuel Technology is 26.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,365
of 28,054 · #468 all time
Rank in Russia
#7
of 1,062
Research works
99k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
893k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
18%
world 28%

What is Russian Academy of Sciences 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 #785 of 12,888 5.3%6,517 #312
MathematicsField #140 of 1,053 8.8%490 #173
Social SciencesDomain #1,824 of 10,521 10.9%2,206 #1630
MedicineField #1,827 of 10,443 5.8%788 #1747
EngineeringField #1,177 of 6,636 5.0%1,811 #421
Health SciencesDomain #2,460 of 11,982 5.8%876 #2239
Social SciencesField #1,361 of 6,365 10.0%1,379 #1421
EnergyField #161 of 694 6.0%106 #86
Computer ScienceField #1,179 of 4,667 6.3%814 #1142
Life SciencesDomain #2,113 of 7,800 6.3%1,677 #1528

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Russian Academy of Sciences 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#312 #785
  2. Mathematics#173 #140
  3. Social Sciences#1,630 #1,824
  4. Medicine#1,747 #1,827
  5. Engineering#421 #1,177
  6. Health Sciences#2,239 #2,460
  7. Social Sciences#1,421 #1,361
  8. Energy#86 #161
  9. Computer Science#1,142 #1,179
  10. Life Sciences#1,528 #2,113
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 Russian Academy of Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Fuel Technology takes 26.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Fuel TechnologySubfield · 24.8 works27×
  2. General Materials ScienceSubfield · 47.7 works9.7×
  3. DevelopmentSubfield · 85.7 works7.5×
  4. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 117.8 works6.6×
  5. Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 60.2 works6.3×
  6. OceanographySubfield · 193.6 works6.1×
  7. GeologySubfield · 89.3 works5.8×
  8. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 74.1 works5.5×
← 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: 1.66× its world share, 888 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 624 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 54 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 84 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 27 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.76× its world share, 70 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.84× its world share, 326 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.93× its world share, 814 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.40× its world share, 778 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.02× its world share, 106 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.07× its world share, 1,811 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.40× its world share, 782 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.72× its world share, 676 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.69× its world share, 490 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.65× its world share, 664 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.18× its world share, 54 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 788 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.94× its world share, 306 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 166 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 86 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.79× its world share, 191 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 78 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 1,379 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Russian Academy of Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, M. M. Dubinin, L. V. Kantorovich and B.V. Derjaguin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Russian Academy of Sciences.

  1. 1 M. M. Dubinin Russia · #33,521 worldwide 575 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 L. V. Kantorovich Russia · #51,311 worldwide 281 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 B.V. Derjaguin Russia · #82,382 worldwide 383 citations · 80 works
  4. 4 Борис М. Болотовский Russia · #83,108 worldwide 103 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 С. В. Орлов Russia · #84,533 worldwide 493 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Виталий Л. Гинзбург Russia · #94,525 worldwide 332 citations · 188 works
  7. 7 Michael S. Ignatov Russia · #138,563 worldwide 380 citations · 102 works
  8. 8 С. К. Годунов Russia · #146,285 worldwide 108 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 I.Ya. Pomeranchuk Russia · #167,748 worldwide 132 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 А. D. Potemkin Russia · #183,240 worldwide 126 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Russian Academy of Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Russian Academy of Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Regional Development, Digital Transformation, Sustainable Development, Food Security, Arctic, International Relations and Geopolitics.

▲ 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 Change811▲ 2.7×99 topics
  2. Sustainable Development412▲ 2.3×62 topics
  3. Globalization294▲ 1.33×98 topics
  4. Digital Transformation287▲ 4.8×14 topics
  5. Food Security283▲ 4.6×16 topics
  6. Regional Development260▲ 6.4×16 topics
  7. Environmental Impact250▲ 1.30×52 topics
  8. Innovation245▲ 2.1×52 topics
  9. Arctic215▲ 17×4 topics
  10. Migration212▲ 5.6×24 topics
  11. International Relations208▲ 7.7×21 topics
  12. Economic Development198▲ 2.2×38 topics
  13. Geopolitics184▲ 11×10 topics
  14. Linguistics174▲ 9.4×8 topics
  15. Media174▲ 10×11 topics
  16. Language172▲ 6.2×13 topics
  17. Microbial Communities169▲ 3.5×10 topics
  18. Invasive Species167▲ 3.5×21 topics
  19. Agriculture163▲ 3.6×7 topics
  20. Digital Economy162▲ 7.8×14 topics
  21. Biogeography162▲ 5.5×20 topics
  22. Tectonics150▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Labor Market143▲ 4.3×12 topics
  24. Geographical Analysis142▲ 27×2 topics
  25. Spatial Patterns139▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Holocene134▲ 10×3 topics
  27. Sea Level131▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Coronavirus129▲ 5.5×3 topics
  29. Demographic Dynamics125▲ 29×1 topic
  30. Rural Transformation125▲ 29×1 topic
  31. Phraseology122▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Cultural Communication118▲ 29×1 topic
  33. Persuasion Strategies118▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Youth110▲ 7.0×4 topics
  35. Mediterranean109▲ 11×5 topics
  36. Sedimentation99▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Black Sea98▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Caspian Sea98▲ 29×1 topic
  39. paleoceanography98▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Numerical Modeling98▲ 8.0×6 topics

Which research topics does Russian Academy of Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends, Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication, Marine and environmental studies and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia.

Regional Socio-Economic …125Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends: 125 fractional worksDiscourse Analysis and C…118Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication: 118 fractional worksMarine and environmental…98Marine and environmental studies: 98 fractional worksSociopolitical Dynamics …84Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia: 84 fractional worksGeological Studies and Exploration: 81 fractional worksEconomic and Technological Developments in Russia: 78 fractional worksArctic and Russian Polic…74Arctic and Russian Policy Studies: 74 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 67 fractional worksAquatic and Environmental Studies: 65 fractional worksFood Industry and Aquati…61Food Industry and Aquatic Biology: 61 fractional works
DemographyCultural StudiesOceanographySociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends Demography 125 works
  2. 2 Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication Cultural Studies 118 works
  3. 3 Marine and environmental studies Oceanography 98 works
  4. 4 Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia Sociology and Political Science 84 works
  5. 5 Geological Studies and Exploration Geology 81 works
  6. 6 Economic and Technological Developments in Russia Development 78 works
  7. 7 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 74 works
  8. 8 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 67 works
  9. 9 Aquatic and Environmental Studies Earth-Surface Processes 65 works
  10. 10 Food Industry and Aquatic Biology Food Science 61 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 available17.8%not open82.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.2%domestic only84.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Russian Academy of Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower 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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