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Tomsk Polytechnic University

In research, Tomsk Polytechnic University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,552 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#1,448 of 6,636 worldwide) and Materials Science (#1,039 of 2,468 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Radiation, Mechanics of Materials and Computational Mechanics — Radiation is 11.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,759
of 28,054 · #2,517 all time
Rank in Russia
#28
of 1,062
Research works
11k
▼ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
72k
6.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Tomsk Polytechnic 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 #1,552 of 12,888 8.4%1,202 #1675
EngineeringField #1,448 of 6,636 8.1%639 #1580
Materials ScienceField #1,039 of 2,468 6.9%210 #662
Social SciencesDomain #6,365 of 10,521 13.6%119 #4117
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #910 of 1,351 5.7%151 #774
Social SciencesField #4,522 of 6,365 12.9%71 #4541
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,743 of 2,318 8.2%93 #1805
Materials ChemistrySubfield #1,192 of 1,556 6.4%138 #1465
Health SciencesDomain #9,600 of 11,982 8.4%63 #10799
Physics and AstronomyField #1,327 of 1,646 11.7%91 #1884

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tomsk Polytechnic 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#1,675 #1,552
  2. Engineering#1,580 #1,448
  3. Materials Science#662 #1,039
  4. Social Sciences#4,117 #6,365
  5. Mechanical Engineering#774 #910
  6. Social Sciences#4,541 #4,522
  7. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,805 #1,743
  8. Materials Chemistry#1,465 #1,192
  9. Health Sciences#10,799 #9,600
  10. Physics and Astronomy#1,884 #1,327
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 Tomsk Polytechnic University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Radiation takes 11.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RadiationSubfield · 23.2 works12×
  2. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 74.8 works7.4×
  3. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 54.8 works6.6×
  4. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 151.5 works5.8×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.85× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.02× its world share, 15 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.66× its world share, 60 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 44 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.75× its world share, 39 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.17× its world share, 28 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.99× its world share, 639 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.00× its world share, 71 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.22× its world share, 210 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.87× its world share, 91 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 54 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 71 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tomsk Polytechnic University?

Ranked on the composite score, Evgenii Plotnikov, Dushantha Nalin K. Jayakody and V. P. Vavilov lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tomsk Polytechnic University.

  1. 1 Evgenii Plotnikov · #115,001 worldwide 545 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Dushantha Nalin K. Jayakody · #163,622 worldwide 338 citations · 67 works
  3. 3 V. P. Vavilov · #257,970 worldwide 125 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Ivan Isakov · #281,360 worldwide 80 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Р. С. Волков · #380,887 worldwide 123 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Mekhman S. Yusubov · #427,626 worldwide 114 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Аркадий Эдуардович Сенцов · #429,508 worldwide 0 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Е Л Логинов · #484,005 worldwide 1 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 А. А. Орлов · #507,189 worldwide 24 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 И. Г. Фролова · #555,917 worldwide 4 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Tomsk Polytechnic University

Which keywords describe research at Tomsk Polytechnic University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Energy Efficiency, Microstructure, Renewable Energy, Composite Materials, Nanocomposites, Biomedical Applications and Sintering.

▲ 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. Mechanical Properties102▲ 7.4×32 topics
  2. Energy Efficiency78▲ 5.8×31 topics
  3. Renewable Energy66▲ 3.2×34 topics
  4. Environmental Impact62▲ 2.6×34 topics
  5. Microstructure60▲ 8.1×18 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications57▲ 3.4×32 topics
  7. Nanoparticles50▲ 2.8×38 topics
  8. Nanocomposites50▲ 4.3×21 topics
  9. Sustainable Development43▲ 1.88×29 topics
  10. Composite Materials41▲ 14×10 topics
  11. Nanomaterials38▲ 2.5×20 topics
  12. Sintering38▲ 20×5 topics
  13. Oxidation Resistance36▲ 23×3 topics
  14. Spark Plasma Sintering34▲ 23×2 topics
  15. Rheology30▲ 11×7 topics
  16. Gasification30▲ 31×3 topics
  17. Thin Films29▲ 11×9 topics
  18. Stability29▲ 8.8×5 topics
  19. Surfactants29▲ 21×4 topics
  20. Heat Transfer29▲ 4.1×16 topics
  21. Combustion28▲ 31×2 topics
  22. Synthesis28▲ 5.2×27 topics
  23. Coal Water Slurry26▲ 134×1 topic
  24. Petrochemicals26▲ 134×1 topic
  25. Multiphase Flow24▲ 19×4 topics
  26. Nanostructured Materials24▲ 9.8×4 topics
  27. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy23▲ 21×2 topics
  28. Biomass23▲ 15×4 topics
  29. Hydrogen Embrittlement23▲ 19×3 topics
  30. Coatings22▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Nanoindentation22▲ 26×1 topic
  32. Sputtering22▲ 26×1 topic
  33. Renewable Fuels22▲ 13×3 topics
  34. Metal Nanoparticles21▲ 8.8×6 topics
  35. Pyrolysis21▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Cemented Carbides20▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Ceramic Materials20▲ 15×4 topics
  38. Nuclear Power Plants20▲ 57×2 topics
  39. Tungsten Carbide20▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Biochar20▲ 8.6×3 topics

Which research topics does Tomsk Polytechnic University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coal Combustion and Slurry Processing, Metal and Thin Film Mechanics, Advanced materials and composites and Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes.

Coal Combustion and Slur…26Coal Combustion and Slurry Processing: 26 fractional worksMetal and Thin Film Mech…22Metal and Thin Film Mechanics: 22 fractional worksAdvanced materials and c…20Advanced materials and composites: 20 fractional worksThermochemical Biomass C…19Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes: 19 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Properties: 16 fractional worksEnvironmental and Industrial Safety: 16 fractional worksIndustrial Engineering a…15Industrial Engineering and Technologies: 15 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer: 14 fractional worksAdvanced ceramic materials synthesis: 13 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics …11Nuclear reactor physics and engineering: 11 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsBiomedical EngineeringMaterials Chemistry4 others

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

  1. 1 Coal Combustion and Slurry ProcessingMechanical Engineering 26 works
  2. 2 Metal and Thin Film MechanicsMechanics of Materials 22 works
  3. 3 Advanced materials and compositesMechanical Engineering 20 works
  4. 4 Thermochemical Biomass Conversion ProcessesBiomedical Engineering 19 works
  5. 5 Nuclear Materials and PropertiesMaterials Chemistry 16 works
  6. 6 Environmental and Industrial SafetyEnvironmental Engineering 16 works
  7. 7 Industrial Engineering and TechnologiesMechanical Engineering 15 works
  8. 8 Fluid Dynamics and Heat TransferComputational Mechanics 14 works
  9. 9 Advanced ceramic materials synthesisCeramics and Composites 13 works
  10. 10 Nuclear reactor physics and engineeringAerospace Engineering 11 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 available40.3%not open59.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.0%domestic only84.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tomsk Polytechnic University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% lower 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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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.