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Samara University

In research, Samara University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,852 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,905 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,609 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 7.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,921
of 28,054 · #18,635 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#34
of 56
Research works
959
▲ 225% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.5k
7.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is Samara University 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
Social SciencesDomain #4,852 of 10,521 28.4%110 #10155
Health SciencesDomain #5,905 of 11,982 35.6%123 #13103
MedicineField #5,609 of 10,443 32.7%89 #12403
Physical SciencesDomain #8,613 of 12,888 18.0%100 #17146

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Samara 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 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. Social Sciences#10,155 #4,852
  2. Health Sciences#13,103 #5,905
  3. Medicine#12,403 #5,609
  4. Physical Sciences#17,146 #8,613
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 Samara University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 21.2 works7.4×
← 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: 1.83× its world share, 33 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.13× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.54× its world share, 31 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.26× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.57× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.05× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.21× its world share, 89 worksMedicineNursing: 5.95× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.15× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.62× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.78× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.87× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.30× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 53 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Samara University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Maternal Mortality, Health Inequalities, Community Health Workers, Child Mortality, Health Systems, Child Development, Epidemiology and Pandemic.

▲ 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. Epidemiology29▲ 1.93×61 topics
  2. Climate Change21▲ 2.0×36 topics
  3. Maternal Mortality20▲ 23×5 topics
  4. Health Inequalities18▲ 40×2 topics
  5. Community Health Workers16▲ 51×2 topics
  6. Child Mortality16▲ 60×1 topic
  7. Health Systems16▲ 60×1 topic
  8. Pandemic15▲ 3.7×10 topics
  9. Child Development14▲ 8.9×4 topics
  10. COVID-1914▲ 2.7×11 topics
  11. Risk Factors14▲ 3.3×15 topics
  12. Sustainability14▲ 1.49×23 topics
  13. Globalization14▲ 1.82×23 topics
  14. Mental Health13▲ 2.2×15 topics
  15. Public Health12▲ 2.2×24 topics
  16. Sustainable Development12▲ 1.98×25 topics
  17. Digital Transformation11▲ 5.3×10 topics
  18. Economic Development10▲ 3.2×13 topics
  19. Global Burden of Disease9▲ 10×3 topics
  20. Maternal and Child Undernutrition9▲ 29×1 topic
  21. Water Sanitation Hygiene9▲ 29×1 topic
  22. Smallholder Farmers9▲ 10×4 topics
  23. Depression8▲ 2.5×7 topics
  24. Immune Response8▲ 3.7×13 topics
  25. Sustainable Agriculture7▲ 5.7×4 topics
  26. Psychological Distress7▲ 7.1×3 topics
  27. Coronavirus7▲ 8.3×4 topics
  28. Language7▲ 7.1×4 topics
  29. Vaccine7▲ 4.3×11 topics
  30. Adaptation6▲ 6.0×5 topics
  31. Psychological Impact6▲ 5.1×6 topics
  32. Media6▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Adolescent Health6▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Social Networks6▲ 5.6×4 topics
  35. HIV Prevention5▲ 23×2 topics
  36. Linguistics5▲ 8.5×3 topics
  37. Phraseology5▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Cultural Communication5▲ 35×1 topic
  39. Sexual Behavior5▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Youth Risk Behavior5▲ 36×1 topic

Which research topics does Samara University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health.

Global Maternal and Chil…16Global Maternal and Child Health: 16 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…9Child Nutrition and Water Access: 9 fractional worksDiscourse Analysis and C…5Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication: 5 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 5 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and R…4Healthcare Systems and Reforms: 4 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 3 fractional worksFractional Differential Equations Solutions: 3 fractional worksReproductive Health and Contraception: 3 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 3 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsCultural StudiesGeneral Health Professions5 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 16 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 9 works
  3. 3 Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication Cultural Studies 5 works
  4. 4 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 5 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 5 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 4 works
  7. 7 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  8. 8 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 3 works
  9. 9 Reproductive Health and Contraception Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  10. 10 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 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 available70.8%not open29.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.9%domestic only83.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Samara University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 225% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.