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Southern Federal University

In research, Southern Federal University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,907 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,457 of 10,521 worldwide) and Engineering (#2,320 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Development, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Communication — Development is 13.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,689
of 28,054 · #2,727 all time
Rank in Russia
#26
of 1,062
Research works
16k
▲ 89% vs 2013–17
Citations
87k
5.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Southern Federal 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,907 of 12,888 6.4%2,117 #1890
Social SciencesDomain #3,457 of 10,521 8.0%1,080 #4523
EngineeringField #2,320 of 6,636 5.4%686 #2351
Environmental ScienceField #1,260 of 3,551 10.8%245 #2443
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,216 of 3,409 17.0%142 #2182
Materials ScienceField #979 of 2,468 5.4%335 #980
Social SciencesField #2,862 of 6,365 7.1%593 #3772
Life SciencesDomain #3,662 of 7,800 11.9%272 #4872
Computer ScienceField #2,341 of 4,667 6.9%319 #2582
Health SciencesDomain #6,510 of 11,982 4.8%159 #9644

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Southern Federal 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. Physical Sciences#1,890 #1,907
  2. Social Sciences#4,523 #3,457
  3. Engineering#2,351 #2,320
  4. Environmental Science#2,443 #1,260
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,182 #1,216
  6. Materials Science#980 #979
  7. Social Sciences#3,772 #2,862
  8. Life Sciences#4,872 #3,662
  9. Computer Science#2,582 #2,341
  10. Health Sciences#9,644 #6,510
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 Southern Federal University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Development takes 13.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DevelopmentSubfield · 49.2 works13×
  2. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 50.3 works5.5×
  3. CommunicationSubfield · 45.4 works4.6×
  4. Applied MathematicsSubfield · 46.7 works4.5×
  5. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 70.5 works4.3×
← 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: 0.83× its world share, 142 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 77 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 41 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.98× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.33× its world share, 133 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.13× its world share, 319 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.16× its world share, 123 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.41× its world share, 47 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.26× its world share, 686 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.36× its world share, 245 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.65× its world share, 335 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.15× its world share, 92 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.56× its world share, 126 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 128 worksMedicineNursing: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.00× its world share, 105 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.23× its world share, 144 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 30 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.61× its world share, 125 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 83 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 593 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Southern Federal University?

Ranked on the composite score, Ashutosh Sharma, Philipp V. Demekhin and Л. А. Бугаев lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southern Federal University.

  1. 1 Ashutosh Sharma Russia · #154,451 worldwide 172 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Philipp V. Demekhin Russia · #205,306 worldwide 145 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Л. А. Бугаев Russia · #254,964 worldwide 197 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Pavel Dmitriev Russia · #293,363 worldwide 106 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Mikhail A. Soldatov Russia · #293,547 worldwide 134 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 L. A. Avakyan Russia · #315,278 worldwide 193 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Saglara Mandzhieva Russia · #338,589 worldwide 311 citations · 80 works
  8. 8 Svetlana Sushkova Russia · #385,701 worldwide 301 citations · 70 works
  9. 9 Marina Burachevskaya Russia · #452,287 worldwide 92 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Vishnu D. Rajput Russia · #470,521 worldwide 527 citations · 106 works
All ranked researchers at Southern Federal University

Which keywords describe research at Southern Federal University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Digital Transformation, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Regional Development, Language, Artificial Intelligence, Globalization and Economic Development.

▲ 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. Sustainable Development227▲ 3.9×49 topics
  2. Digital Transformation202▲ 11×16 topics
  3. Globalization170▲ 2.4×61 topics
  4. Innovation169▲ 4.4×40 topics
  5. Climate Change160▲ 1.64×76 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence151▲ 3.0×37 topics
  7. Regional Development129▲ 9.9×14 topics
  8. Social Media125▲ 2.4×19 topics
  9. Sustainability124▲ 1.40×67 topics
  10. Economic Development113▲ 3.8×29 topics
  11. Nanomaterials105▲ 2.7×19 topics
  12. Language103▲ 12×9 topics
  13. Educational Technology94▲ 2.2×19 topics
  14. Energy Efficiency89▲ 2.6×32 topics
  15. Youth78▲ 15×3 topics
  16. Pedagogy77▲ 4.3×9 topics
  17. Ethnicity76▲ 5.6×10 topics
  18. Nationalism74▲ 4.4×16 topics
  19. Digitalization72▲ 10×10 topics
  20. Media70▲ 12×7 topics
  21. Digital Economy66▲ 9.9×13 topics
  22. Toxicity66▲ 4.2×17 topics
  23. Microbial Communities65▲ 4.2×9 topics
  24. Politics64▲ 6.5×8 topics
  25. Global Economy61▲ 12×3 topics
  26. Civic Participation60▲ 32×1 topic
  27. Sociological Research60▲ 51×1 topic
  28. Cyber-Physical Systems58▲ 6.1×6 topics
  29. Linguistics58▲ 9.6×5 topics
  30. Discourse Analysis57▲ 6.2×5 topics
  31. Geographical Analysis57▲ 34×2 topics
  32. Phraseology53▲ 19×3 topics
  33. Ferroelectric Materials52▲ 36×1 topic
  34. Lead-free Piezoceramics52▲ 36×1 topic
  35. Industrial Policy50▲ 13×4 topics
  36. Knowledge Clusters49▲ 31×2 topics
  37. Macroeconomic Assessment48▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Russian Economy48▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Cultural Communication48▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Persuasion Strategies48▲ 36×1 topic

Which research topics does Southern Federal University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia, Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials, Economic and Technological Developments in Russia and Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication.

Sociopolitical Dynamics …60Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia: 60 fractional worksFerroelectric and Piezoe…52Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials: 52 fractional worksEconomic and Technologic…48Economic and Technological Developments in Russia: 48 fractional worksDiscourse Analysis and C…48Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication: 48 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Challenges: 42 fractional worksRegional Socio-Economic Development Trends: 40 fractional worksLanguage, Communication,…36Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies: 36 fractional worksSoil and Environmental S…31Soil and Environmental Studies: 31 fractional worksMultiferroics and relate…28Multiferroics and related materials: 28 fractional worksPsychology of Developmen…28Psychology of Development and Education: 28 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceMaterials ChemistryDevelopmentCultural Studies6 others

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

  1. 1 Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia Sociology and Political Science 60 works
  2. 2 Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials Materials Chemistry 52 works
  3. 3 Economic and Technological Developments in Russia Development 48 works
  4. 4 Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication Cultural Studies 48 works
  5. 5 Educational Innovations and Challenges Information Systems 42 works
  6. 6 Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends Demography 40 works
  7. 7 Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies Communication 36 works
  8. 8 Soil and Environmental Studies Soil Science 31 works
  9. 9 Multiferroics and related materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 28 works
  10. 10 Psychology of Development and Education Developmental and Educational Psychology 28 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 available36.5%not open63.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Southern Federal University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 89% higher 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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