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Russian State University for the Humanities

In research, Russian State University for the Humanities stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,467 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,288 of 5,988 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#617 of 1,896 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cultural Studies, Political Science and International Relations and Communication (Cultural Studies is 17.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,774
of 22,385 · #8,783 all time
Rank in Russia
#29
of 735
Research works
3k
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.7k
1.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.61×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Russian State University for the Humanities

What is Russian State University for the Humanities 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 #1,467 of 9,585 5.9%994 #1915
Social SciencesField #1,288 of 5,988 5.7%618 #1470
Arts and HumanitiesField #617 of 1,896 6.6%222 #974
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,334 of 2,526 5.8%169 #2364
Cultural StudiesSubfield #142 of 249 5.6%90 #314
Physical SciencesDomain #6,886 of 10,670 2.8%166 #12161
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #874 of 1,187 3.2%163 #1563
Computer ScienceField #4,007 of 4,417 2.8%90 #5294

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Russian State University for the Humanities 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#1,915 #1,467
  2. Social Sciences#1,470 #1,288
  3. Arts and Humanities#974 #617
  4. Sociology and Political Science#2,364 #1,334
  5. Cultural Studies#314 #142
  6. Physical Sciences#12,161 #6,886
  7. Political Science and International Relations#1,563 #874
  8. Computer Science#5,294 #4,007
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Russian State University for the Humanities work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Russian State University for the Humanities is in Social Sciences, 14% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (50%), Arts and Humanities (18%), Computer Science (7%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,130 fractional works · 81.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 690 fractional works · 49.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 185 fractional works · 13.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 181 fractional works · 13.0% of its workCultural Studies: 98 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEducation: 58 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCommunication: 32 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAnthropology: 28 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 26 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth: 17 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopment: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 246 fractional works · 17.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 44 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhilosophy: 44 fractional works · 3.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 38 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHistory: 37 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArcheology: 21 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClassics: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMuseology: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workConservation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 63 fractional works · 4.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 18 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 62 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 34 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 27 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 59 fractional works · 4.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 33 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 190 fractional works · 13.7% of its workComputer Science: 102 fractional works · 7.3% of its workInformation Systems: 62 fractional works · 4.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 18 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 27 fractional works · 1.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 26 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Energy: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 38 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMedicine: 26 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 27 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKRussian StateUniversity for…1,385fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences82%

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 Sciences1,13081.6%
    1. Social Sciences69049.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities24617.7%
    3. Psychology634.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance624.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting594.3%
    6. Decision Sciences90.7%
    1. Computer Science1027.3%
    2. Engineering271.9%
    3. Environmental Science261.8%
    4. Energy100.7%
    5. Mathematics90.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy80.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences60.4%
    8. Chemistry20.2%
    9. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Medicine261.9%
    2. Health Professions120.9%
    3. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences151.0%
    2. Neuroscience80.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology40.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Russian State University for the Humanities specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cultural Studies takes 17.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cultural StudiesSubfield · 98.3 works17×
  2. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 185.5 works9.0×
  3. CommunicationSubfield · 32.1 works8.5×
  4. HistorySubfield · 37.4 works8.4×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.94× its world share, 102 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.78× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 27 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 26 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.55× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 26 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 6.15× its world share, 246 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.33× its world share, 59 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.08× its world share, 62 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.50× its world share, 63 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.94× its world share, 690 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.15×246 works
  2. Social Sciences3.94×690 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.08×62 works
  4. Psychology1.50×63 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.33×59 works
  6. Computer Science0.94×102 works
  7. Energy0.78×10 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.71×10 works
  9. Mathematics0.55×9 works
  10. Environmental Science0.37×26 works
  11. Neuroscience0.34×8 works
  12. Health Professions0.33×12 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.28×6 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.27×8 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×14 works
  16. Engineering0.13×27 works
  17. Chemistry0.12×2 works
  18. Medicine0.10×26 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.06×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.05×4 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×0 works
  22. Dentistry0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Russian State University for the Humanities?

Ranked on the quality score, George Starostin, Olga V. Kryshtanovskaya and Mikhail A. Zhivlov lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Russian State University for the Humanities.

  1. 1 George Starostin Russia · #1,415,967 worldwide 602 citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Olga V. Kryshtanovskaya Russia · #2,222,356 worldwide 892 citations · 66 works
  3. 3 Mikhail A. Zhivlov Russia · #2,258,855 worldwide 329 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Yakov G. Testelets Russia · #2,326,425 worldwide 255 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Maria Konoshenko Russia · #2,332,157 worldwide 90 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 A. V. Stoyanovsky Russia · #2,546,250 worldwide 372 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Natalia A. Bakshi Russia · #2,990,945 worldwide 17 citations · 59 works
  8. 8 Olga Freidenberg Russia · #3,392,154 worldwide 75 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Vladislav Mikhailovich Karelin Russia · #3,521,273 worldwide 4 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Albert I. Davletshin Russia · #3,547,728 worldwide 325 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Russian State University for the Humanities

What are the most cited papers from Russian State University for the Humanities?

The most cited paper from Russian State University for the Humanities is "Contrasting Computational Models of Mate Preference Integration Across 45 Countries" (Daniel Conroy‐Beam et al., 2019), with 1,776 citations. Next come "A Global Look at Time" (548) and "Comparing performance of algorithms for generating concept lattices" (515).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Contrasting Computational Models of Mate Preference Integration Across 45 Countries Daniel Conroy‐Beam et al. · Scientific Reports Open access107 authors 15 Nov 2019 1,776
2 A Global Look at Time Anna Sircova et al. · SAGE Open Open access 2014 548
3 Comparing performance of algorithms for generating concept lattices Sergei O. Kuznetsov, Sergei A. Obiedkov · Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence Apr 2002 515
4 Preferred Interpersonal Distances: A Global Comparison Agnieszka Sorokowska et al. · Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology Open access 22 Mar 2017 478
5 The population history of northeastern Siberia since the Pleistocene Martin Sikora et al. · Nature Open access 5 Jun 2019 461
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Russian State University for the Humanities?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Identity, Social Media, Language, Media, Digital Transformation, Nationalism and Linguistics.

▲ 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. Globalization176▲ 6.5×79 topics
  2. Identity146▲ 14×50 topics
  3. Social Media143▲ 7.5×18 topics
  4. Language116▲ 34×11 topics
  5. Education100▲ 4.2×46 topics
  6. Media96▲ 46×10 topics
  7. Digital Transformation93▲ 12×16 topics
  8. Sustainable Development93▲ 4.3×39 topics
  9. Nationalism88▲ 14×27 topics
  10. Linguistics86▲ 39×6 topics
  11. Literature86▲ 11×44 topics
  12. Innovation85▲ 5.9×38 topics
  13. Artificial Intelligence82▲ 4.2×30 topics
  14. Ethnicity78▲ 15×15 topics
  15. Youth77▲ 40×4 topics
  16. Politics75▲ 21×15 topics
  17. Migration74▲ 16×17 topics
  18. Discourse Analysis71▲ 21×3 topics
  19. International Relations71▲ 21×21 topics
  20. Phraseology71▲ 72×3 topics
  21. Pandemic71▲ 5.2×4 topics
  22. Cultural Communication70▲ 145×1 topic
  23. Persuasion Strategies70▲ 145×1 topic
  24. Geopolitics63▲ 30×9 topics
  25. Civic Participation59▲ 88×1 topic
  26. Sociological Research59▲ 142×1 topic
  27. History58▲ 6.0×45 topics
  28. Pedagogy54▲ 7.8×10 topics
  29. Ethics53▲ 7.6×30 topics
  30. Colonialism53▲ 8.1×35 topics
  31. Economic Development52▲ 4.7×21 topics
  32. Regional Development51▲ 11×13 topics
  33. Digital Economy50▲ 18×15 topics
  34. Legal Regulation47▲ 15×8 topics
  35. Religion47▲ 7.4×28 topics
  36. Information Security43▲ 31×3 topics
  37. Cultural Diplomacy42▲ 37×5 topics
  38. Digitalization39▲ 14×9 topics
  39. Central Asia37▲ 38×4 topics
  40. National Security37▲ 49×2 topics

Which research topics does Russian State University for the Humanities publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication, Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia, Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation and Soviet and Russian History.

Discourse Analysis and C…70Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication: 70 fractional worksSociopolitical Dynamics in Russia: 59 fractional worksSecurity, Politics, and Digital Transformation: 35 fractional worksSoviet and Russian History: 24 fractional worksLanguage, Communication, and Linguistic Studies: 23 fractional worksRegional Socio-Economic Development Trends: 22 fractional worksRussian Literature and Bakhtin Studies: 20 fractional worksEastern European Communism and Reforms: 19 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Challenges: 17 fractional worksSocial and Behavioral Studies: 16 fractional works
Cultural StudiesSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsCommunication4 others

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

  1. 1 Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication Cultural Studies 70 works
  2. 2 Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia Sociology and Political Science 59 works
  3. 3 Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation Political Science and International Relations 35 works
  4. 4 Soviet and Russian History Political Science and International Relations 24 works
  5. 5 Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies Communication 23 works
  6. 6 Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends Demography 22 works
  7. 7 Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies Education 20 works
  8. 8 Eastern European Communism and Reforms Sociology and Political Science 19 works
  9. 9 Educational Innovations and Challenges Information Systems 17 works
  10. 10 Social and Behavioral Studies Health 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 available63.8%not open36.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.8%domestic only93.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Russian State University for the Humanities's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher 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 Russian State University for the Humanities as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0043% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Russian State University for the Humanities0.0050% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Russian State University for the Humanities 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 counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Russian State University for the Humanities5.9% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.3% in 2013.

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