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Russian Railways

In research, Russian Railways stands highest in Medicine (#6,363 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,758 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,067
of 22,385 · #23,225 all time
Rank in Russia
#290
of 735
Research works
593
▼ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
3.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Russian Railways

What is Russian Railways 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
MedicineField #6,363 of 8,541 2.1%83 #13009
Health SciencesDomain #7,758 of 9,902 2.3%87 #15231

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Russian Railways 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 Russian Railways work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Russian Railways is in Health Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (48%), Engineering (24%), Social Sciences (6%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 94 fractional works · 50.3% of its workMedicine: 90 fractional works · 48.5% of its workSurgery: 18 fractional works · 9.6% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnatomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 59 fractional works · 31.7% of its workEngineering: 45 fractional works · 24.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 7.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 9 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNuclear Energy and Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 12.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRussian Railways187fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences50%Social Sciences13%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine9048.5%
    2. Health Professions31.4%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Engineering4524.3%
    2. Computer Science52.5%
    3. Environmental Science21.2%
    4. Materials Science21.1%
    5. Energy21.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    9. Chemistry00.2%
    1. Social Sciences115.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting73.8%
    3. Psychology31.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.0%
    5. Decision Sciences10.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology42.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology31.6%
    3. Neuroscience21.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.55× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.20× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.62× its world share, 45 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.52× its world share, 90 worksMedicineNursing: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.16× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.52×90 works
  2. Engineering1.62×45 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.55×3 works
  4. Energy1.20×2 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.16×7 works
  6. Neuroscience0.69×2 works
  7. Veterinary0.66×0 works
  8. Psychology0.53×3 works
  9. Health Professions0.52×3 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.47×2 works
  11. Social Sciences0.47×11 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.46×1 works
  13. Nursing0.42×0 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.42×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.41×4 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.34×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.32×5 works
  18. Materials Science0.32×2 works
  19. Dentistry0.25×0 works
  20. Environmental Science0.24×2 works
  21. Mathematics0.17×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.16×1 works
  23. Chemistry0.12×0 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.09×0 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Russian Railways?

Ranked on the quality score, Igor Sonkin, A. Gubkin and Thomas A. Urquhart lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Russian Railways.

  1. 1 Igor Sonkin Russia · #2,023,051 worldwide 340 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 A. Gubkin Russia · #3,744,165 worldwide 325 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Thomas A. Urquhart Russia · #3,956,113 worldwide 44 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 A P Roĭtman Russia · #4,691,921 worldwide 6 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Калинин Андрей Андреевич Russia · #4,786,395 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 А З Цфасман Russia · #4,789,908 worldwide 16 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Леонтьев Рудольф Георгиевич Russia · #4,933,159 worldwide 0 citations · 14 works
  8. 8 М. С. Суровикина Russia · #5,001,931 worldwide 23 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 О Н Дунаев Russia · #5,070,763 worldwide 9 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Б. М. Лапидус Russia · #5,132,267 worldwide 58 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Russian Railways

What are the most cited papers from Russian Railways?

The most cited paper from Russian Railways is "Avelumab plus Axitinib versus Sunitinib for Advanced Renal-Cell Carcinoma" (Robert John Motzer et al., 2019), with 2,590 citations. Next come "Tremelimumab plus Durvalumab in Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma" (1,534) and "Prospective Observational Study on acute Appendicitis Worldwide (POSAW)" (282).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Avelumab plus Axitinib versus Sunitinib for Advanced Renal-Cell Carcinoma Robert John Motzer et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 16 Feb 2019 2,590
2 Tremelimumab plus Durvalumab in Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma Ghassan K. Abou‐Alfa et al. · NEJM Evidence Open access 6 Jun 2022 1,534
3 Prospective Observational Study on acute Appendicitis Worldwide (POSAW) Massimo Sartelli et al. · World Journal of Emergency Surgery Open access149 authors 16 Apr 2018 282
4 Docetaxel and prednisone with or without lenalidomide in chemotherapy-naive patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (MAINSAIL): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial Daniel Peter Petrylak et al. · The Lancet Oncology 2 Mar 2015 151
5 Coronary heart disease diagnosis by artificial neural networks including genetic polymorphisms and clinical parameters Oleg Yu. Atkov, Svetlana G. Gorokhova, Alexander Sboev et al. · Journal of Cardiology Open access 3 Jan 2012 118
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Russian Railways?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Energy Efficiency, Management, Logistics, Efficiency, Digitalization, Risk Factors, Traffic Management and Prevention.

▲ 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. Energy Efficiency16▲ 9.4×11 topics
  2. Epidemiology14▲ 1.96×45 topics
  3. Sustainability12▲ 2.6×12 topics
  4. Management12▲ 7.8×15 topics
  5. Risk Factors10▲ 5.0×16 topics
  6. Logistics10▲ 34×3 topics
  7. Sustainable Development10▲ 3.3×15 topics
  8. Efficiency9▲ 16×2 topics
  9. Digitalization9▲ 23×4 topics
  10. Public Health8▲ 3.0×13 topics
  11. Traffic Management8▲ 94×2 topics
  12. Prevention8▲ 10×8 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress8▲ 2.6×15 topics
  14. Supply Chain7▲ 19×2 topics
  15. Simulation7▲ 15×3 topics
  16. Human Resource7▲ 158×1 topic
  17. Transport7▲ 119×1 topic
  18. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 3.1×16 topics
  19. Digital Technologies6▲ 26×2 topics
  20. Cardiovascular Diseases6▲ 36×2 topics
  21. Digital Transformation6▲ 5.9×8 topics
  22. Occupational Health6▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Epidemiological Studies6▲ 23×1 topic
  24. Mortality Trends6▲ 81×1 topic
  25. Digital Economy6▲ 15×5 topics
  26. Control Systems5▲ 15×6 topics
  27. Intelligent Transportation Systems5▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Vehicle Diagnostics5▲ 174×2 topics
  29. Optimization5▲ 5.5×3 topics
  30. Mathematical Modeling4▲ 28×2 topics
  31. Road Infrastructure4▲ 223×1 topic
  32. Traffic Safety4▲ 113×1 topic
  33. Electric Drives4▲ 60×1 topic
  34. Reliability4▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Cyber-Physical Systems4▲ 8.4×4 topics
  36. Carbon Sequestration4▲ 29×1 topic
  37. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 6.7×8 topics
  38. Hydrogen Initiatives4▲ 91×1 topic
  39. Quality Management4▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Surgical Treatment4▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Russian Railways publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Transport and Logistics Innovations, Healthcare Systems and Public Health, Transportation Systems and Logistics and Electric Power Systems and Control.

Transport and Logistics Innovations: 7 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Public Health: 6 fractional worksTransportation Systems a…4Transportation Systems and Logistics: 4 fractional worksElectric Power Systems a…4Electric Power Systems and Control: 4 fractional worksIndustrial Engineering and Technologies: 4 fractional worksRailway Systems and Energy Efficiency: 4 fractional worksHuman Health and Disease3Human Health and Disease: 3 fractional worksUrban Transport Systems Analysis: 2 fractional worksEconomic and Technological Systems Analysis: 2 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 2 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringEpidemiologyCivil and Structural EngineeringElectrical and Electronic Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Transport and Logistics Innovations Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 7 works
  2. 2 Healthcare Systems and Public Health Epidemiology 6 works
  3. 3 Transportation Systems and Logistics Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Electric Power Systems and Control Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Industrial Engineering and Technologies Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Human Health and Disease Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  8. 8 Urban Transport Systems Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Economic and Technological Systems Analysis Management of Technology and Innovation 2 works
  10. 10 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 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 available60.9%not open39.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.2%domestic only85.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Russian Railways's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Russian Railways as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00073% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Russian Railways0.00066% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Russian Railways 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 2025Russian Railways3.4% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.7% in 2018.

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