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Saint Petersburg Mining University

In research, Saint Petersburg Mining University stands highest in Engineering (#650 of 5,901 worldwide), Mechanical Engineering (#161 of 1,319 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#2,349 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geology, Ocean Engineering and Mechanics of Materials (Geology is 19.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,907
of 22,385 · #4,753 all time
Rank in Russia
#20
of 735
Research works
3.7k
▼ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
23k
6.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
68%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Saint Petersburg Mining University

What is Saint Petersburg Mining 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
EngineeringField #650 of 5,901 21.0%670 #939
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #161 of 1,319 23.2%227 #282
Physical SciencesDomain #2,349 of 10,670 18.1%1,019 #3130
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #67 of 301 34.0%119 #178
Social SciencesDomain #3,865 of 9,585 25.0%120 #5136
Social SciencesField #3,688 of 5,988 27.9%64 #4730
Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield #300 of 482 10.5%96 #552
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #801 of 1,088 6.7%95 #1547
Environmental ScienceField #2,711 of 3,334 12.1%70 #2520

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Saint Petersburg Mining 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 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. Engineering#939 #650
  2. Mechanical Engineering#282 #161
  3. Physical Sciences#3,130 #2,349
  4. Ocean Engineering#178 #67
  5. Social Sciences#5,136 #3,865
  6. Social Sciences#4,730 #3,688
  7. Mechanics of Materials#552 #300
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences#1,547 #801
  9. Environmental Science#2,520 #2,711
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 Saint Petersburg Mining University work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research at Saint Petersburg Mining University is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (57%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (8%), Environmental Science (6%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,112 fractional works · 86.9% of its workEngineering: 724 fractional works · 56.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 243 fractional works · 19.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 126 fractional works · 9.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 103 fractional works · 8.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 54 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 41 fractional works · 3.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 40 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 37 fractional works · 2.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 22 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 19 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 102 fractional works · 8.0% of its workGeophysics: 39 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeology: 34 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 77 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 16 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 64 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 39 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 47 fractional works · 3.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 20 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 42 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 20 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFuel Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Energy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNuclear Energy and Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 26 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 137 fractional works · 10.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 75 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 22 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 18 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 17 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 21 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSaint PetersburgMining University1,279fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences87%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences11%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering72456.6%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1028.0%
    3. Environmental Science776.1%
    4. Materials Science645.0%
    5. Computer Science473.7%
    6. Energy423.3%
    7. Chemistry262.0%
    8. Physics and Astronomy161.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering70.5%
    10. Mathematics60.5%
    1. Social Sciences755.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting181.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance171.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities161.2%
    5. Decision Sciences70.6%
    6. Psychology40.3%
    1. Medicine141.1%
    2. Health Professions60.5%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences60.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.2%
    3. Neuroscience10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Saint Petersburg Mining University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geology takes 19.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeologySubfield · 33.5 works19×
  2. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 126.4 works19×
  3. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 103.0 works11×
  4. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 242.8 works10×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.48× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.29× its world share, 26 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 47 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.09× its world share, 102 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.56× its world share, 42 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.78× its world share, 724 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.22× its world share, 77 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.44× its world share, 64 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.55× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 75 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.09×102 works
  2. Engineering3.78×724 works
  3. Energy3.56×42 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.48×7 works
  5. Materials Science1.44×64 works
  6. Chemistry1.29×26 works
  7. Environmental Science1.22×77 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.61×17 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.60×7 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.55×16 works
  11. Computer Science0.47×47 works
  12. Social Sciences0.46×75 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.44×18 works
  14. Mathematics0.43×6 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.43×16 works
  16. Health Professions0.19×6 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×6 works
  18. Psychology0.09×4 works
  19. Nursing0.08×0 works
  20. Medicine0.06×14 works
  21. Neuroscience0.05×1 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×3 works

Who are the top researchers at Saint Petersburg Mining University?

Ranked on the quality score, Yury Valeryevich Ilyushin, Vladimir S. Litvinenko and Diana M. Dmitrieva lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saint Petersburg Mining University.

  1. 1 Yury Valeryevich Ilyushin Russia · #599,531 worldwide 784 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Vladimir S. Litvinenko Russia · #1,047,740 worldwide 1.8k citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Diana M. Dmitrieva Russia · #1,418,781 worldwide 403 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Olga Afanaseva Russia · #1,630,753 worldwide 364 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Yuriy K. Kozhubaev Russia · #1,646,278 worldwide 269 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Alexey Cherepovitsyn Russia · #1,736,617 worldwide 1.6k citations · 101 works
  7. 7 Anzhelika M. Eremeeva Russia · #1,862,536 worldwide 270 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Alexander V. Martirosyan Russia · #1,952,545 worldwide 403 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Anna Tsvetkova Russia · #2,065,347 worldwide 297 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Shamil Islamov Russia · #2,082,346 worldwide 397 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Saint Petersburg Mining University

What are the most cited papers from Saint Petersburg Mining University?

The most cited paper from Saint Petersburg Mining University is "Digital Economy as a Factor in the Technological Development of the Mineral Sector" (Vladimir S. Litvinenko, 2019), with 563 citations. Next come "More Than 200 Meters of Lake Ice Above Subglacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica" (229) and "Global guidelines and requirements for professional competencies of natural resource extraction engineers: Implications for ESG principles and sustainable development goals" (217).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Digital Economy as a Factor in the Technological Development of the Mineral Sector Vladimir S. Litvinenko · Natural Resources Research Open access 23 Oct 2019 563
2 More Than 200 Meters of Lake Ice Above Subglacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica Jean-Noël Jouzel, Jean‐Robert Petit, Roland A. Souchez et al. · Science 10 Dec 1999 229
3 Global guidelines and requirements for professional competencies of natural resource extraction engineers: Implications for ESG principles and sustainable development goals Vladimir S. Litvinenko, Ian Bowbriсk, И. С. Наумов et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production Open access 16 Jan 2022 217
4 The Role of Hydrocarbons in the Global Energy Agenda: The Focus on Liquefied Natural Gas Vladimir S. Litvinenko · Resources Open access 21 May 2020 186
5 Public perception of carbon capture and storage: A state-of-the-art overview Pavel Tcvetkov, Alexey Cherepovitsyn, Sergey V. Fedoseev · Heliyon Open access Dec 2019 185
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Saint Petersburg Mining University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Circular Economy, Lithium-ion Batteries, Digital Economy, Resource Efficiency and Carbon Sequestration.

▲ 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. Sustainable Development176▲ 8.8×35 topics
  2. Energy Efficiency171▲ 14×25 topics
  3. Renewable Energy141▲ 7.6×34 topics
  4. Circular Economy106▲ 30×5 topics
  5. Lithium-ion Batteries106▲ 20×4 topics
  6. Environmental Impact97▲ 4.5×34 topics
  7. Digital Economy96▲ 37×8 topics
  8. Resource Efficiency93▲ 54×3 topics
  9. Carbon Sequestration92▲ 99×1 topic
  10. Hydrogen Initiatives92▲ 315×1 topic
  11. Machine Learning77▲ 1.80×36 topics
  12. Innovation65▲ 4.9×19 topics
  13. Optimization64▲ 11×14 topics
  14. Climate Change60▲ 1.71×39 topics
  15. Rock Mechanics59▲ 47×4 topics
  16. Environmental Management58▲ 11×8 topics
  17. Sustainability58▲ 1.84×30 topics
  18. Technology56▲ 8.4×8 topics
  19. Numerical Modeling53▲ 40×4 topics
  20. Welding53▲ 66×3 topics
  21. Wave Propagation51▲ 37×3 topics
  22. Mining51▲ 238×1 topic
  23. Resource Extraction51▲ 238×1 topic
  24. Seismicity49▲ 114×2 topics
  25. Geomechanical Processes49▲ 146×1 topic
  26. Pendulum Waves49▲ 146×1 topic
  27. Gasification48▲ 55×3 topics
  28. Hydrogen Production47▲ 14×4 topics
  29. Coal46▲ 240×1 topic
  30. Underground46▲ 240×1 topic
  31. Tectonics46▲ 30×3 topics
  32. Arctic41▲ 29×4 topics
  33. Corrosion40▲ 25×5 topics
  34. Steel37▲ 68×2 topics
  35. Petroleum36▲ 60×2 topics
  36. Plate Tectonics31▲ 16×3 topics
  37. Continental Margin31▲ 41×2 topics
  38. Crustal Structure31▲ 41×2 topics
  39. CO2 Sequestration28▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Pipeline27▲ 20×3 topics

Which research topics does Saint Petersburg Mining University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Industrial Engineering and Technologies, Engineering and Environmental Studies, Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering and Mining and Gasification Technologies.

Industrial Engineering a…92Industrial Engineering and Technologies: 92 fractional worksEngineering and Environmental Studies: 51 fractional worksGeotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering: 49 fractional worksMining and Gasification Technologies: 46 fractional worksGeological Studies and Exploration: 26 fractional worksEngineering Diagnostics …23Engineering Diagnostics and Reliability: 23 fractional worksElectric Power Systems and Control: 20 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 20 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 19 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 19 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringOcean EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsGeology2 others

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

  1. 1 Industrial Engineering and Technologies Mechanical Engineering 92 works
  2. 2 Engineering and Environmental Studies Ocean Engineering 51 works
  3. 3 Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering Mechanics of Materials 49 works
  4. 4 Mining and Gasification Technologies Mechanical Engineering 46 works
  5. 5 Geological Studies and Exploration Geology 26 works
  6. 6 Engineering Diagnostics and Reliability Mechanics of Materials 23 works
  7. 7 Electric Power Systems and Control Electrical and Electronic Engineering 20 works
  8. 8 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 20 works
  9. 9 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 19 works
  10. 10 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 19 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 available67.7%not open32.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.5%domestic only92.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Saint Petersburg Mining University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 Saint Petersburg Mining University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0044% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Saint Petersburg Mining University0.0034% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Saint Petersburg Mining 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 counting10%20%30%Saint Petersburg Mining University20.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.5% in 2022.

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