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Ural State Mining University

In research, Ural State Mining University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,369 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,671 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering (Mechanics of Materials is 13.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,854
of 22,385 · #26,544 all time
Rank in Russia
#310
of 735
Research works
824
▼ 44% vs 2018-21
Citations
2k
2.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.78×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Ural State Mining University

What is Ural State 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
Physical SciencesDomain #7,369 of 10,670 1.7%178 #14973
EngineeringField #5,671 of 5,901 1.9%115 #8831

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ural State 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 fields of science does Ural State Mining University work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Ural State Mining University is in Physical Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (53%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (8%), Materials Science (7%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 184 fractional works · 83.3% of its workEngineering: 118 fractional works · 53.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 51 fractional works · 23.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 22 fractional works · 9.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 15 fractional works · 7.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 19 fractional works · 8.5% of its workGeology: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeophysics: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 16 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 5.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 4.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFuel Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 12.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUral State MiningUniversity221fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences83%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences12%

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. Engineering11853.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences198.5%
    3. Materials Science167.2%
    4. Environmental Science135.7%
    5. Computer Science114.8%
    6. Physics and Astronomy21.0%
    7. Energy20.8%
    8. Chemistry10.7%
    9. Mathematics10.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.5%
    1. Social Sciences156.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting52.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities20.7%
    5. Psychology10.5%
    6. Decision Sciences10.5%
    1. Medicine31.6%
    2. Dentistry10.6%
    3. Health Professions10.4%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ural State Mining University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mechanics of Materials takes 13.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 21.9 works14×
  2. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 51.2 works13×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.44× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.42× its world share, 19 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.56× its world share, 118 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.16× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.07× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.75× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.42×19 works
  2. Engineering3.56×118 works
  3. Materials Science2.07×16 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.44×1 works
  5. Environmental Science1.16×13 works
  6. Dentistry1.14×1 works
  7. Energy0.92×2 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.75×5 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.64×3 works
  10. Computer Science0.62×11 works
  11. Social Sciences0.55×15 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.52×1 works
  13. Mathematics0.46×1 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.45×2 works
  15. Chemistry0.43×2 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×3 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.25×0 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.24×2 works
  19. Psychology0.17×1 works
  20. Health Professions0.13×1 works
  21. Medicine0.08×3 works
  22. Nursing0.08×0 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ural State Mining University?

Ranked on the quality score, Vladimir Propp, Lyudmila Anatolyevna Mochalova and A. V. Dushin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ural State Mining University.

  1. 1 Vladimir Propp Russia · #726,372 worldwide 4k citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Lyudmila Anatolyevna Mochalova Russia · #4,306,900 worldwide 135 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 A. V. Dushin Russia · #4,691,471 worldwide 203 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Natalya Sergeevna Ivanova Russia · #4,898,089 worldwide 28 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Е. Д. Тельманова Russia · #4,921,913 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Valentina N. Kardapoltseva Russia · #5,008,925 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 A. S. Komlev Russia · #5,025,533 worldwide 24 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 E. V. Tsoi Russia · #5,074,466 worldwide 33 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 A. G. Andreeva Russia · #5,086,341 worldwide 20 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 V. Kozlov Russia · #5,096,988 worldwide 15 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Ural State Mining University

What are the most cited papers from Ural State Mining University?

The most cited paper from Ural State Mining University is "Vs sustainable development: scenarios for the future" (V. V. Yurak, A. V. Dushin, Lyudmila Anatolyevna Mochalova, 2020), with 68 citations. Next come "Characterization of Carbon-Encapsulated Nickel and Iron Nanoparticles by Means of X-ray Absorption and Photoelectron Spectroscopy" (64) and "Elastic parameters of single-crystal and polycrystalline wurtzite-like oxides BeO and ZnO: Ab initio calculations" (59).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Vs sustainable development: scenarios for the future V. V. Yurak, A. V. Dushin, Lyudmila Anatolyevna Mochalova · Journal of Mining Institute Open access 24 May 2020 68
2 Characterization of Carbon-Encapsulated Nickel and Iron Nanoparticles by Means of X-ray Absorption and Photoelectron Spectroscopy Vadim R. Galakhov, Alexey S. Shkvarin, Anna Sergeevna Semenova et al. · The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2 Dec 2010 64
3 Elastic parameters of single-crystal and polycrystalline wurtzite-like oxides BeO and ZnO: Ab initio calculations Igor R. Shein, V. S. Kiĭko, Yu. N. Makurin et al. · Physics of the Solid State Jun 2007 59
4 Self-trapped excitons in LiB3O5 and Li2B4O7 lithium borates: Time-resolved low-temperature luminescence VUV spectroscopy Igor N. Ogorodnikov, Vladimir A. Pustovarov, А. В. Кружалов et al. · Physics of the Solid State Mar 2000 55
5 Convergence of genetic algorithms R. R. Sharapov, A. V. Lapshin · Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis Jul 2006 53
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ural State Mining University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Energy Efficiency, Innovation, Environmental Impact, Circular Economy, Digital Economy, Gasification and Technology.

▲ 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 Development35▲ 10×17 topics
  2. Energy Efficiency25▲ 12×16 topics
  3. Environmental Impact21▲ 5.7×14 topics
  4. Innovation19▲ 8.3×11 topics
  5. Circular Economy17▲ 29×6 topics
  6. Renewable Energy17▲ 5.3×8 topics
  7. Digital Economy17▲ 38×6 topics
  8. Gasification15▲ 99×2 topics
  9. Environmental Management15▲ 17×6 topics
  10. Technology15▲ 13×3 topics
  11. Coal15▲ 448×1 topic
  12. Resource Efficiency15▲ 51×3 topics
  13. Rock Mechanics15▲ 70×2 topics
  14. Underground15▲ 448×1 topic
  15. Lithium-ion Batteries15▲ 16×2 topics
  16. Technological Innovation14▲ 88×2 topics
  17. Carbon Sequestration14▲ 87×1 topic
  18. Hydrogen Initiatives14▲ 278×1 topic
  19. Wave Propagation14▲ 57×2 topics
  20. Geomechanical Processes14▲ 238×1 topic
  21. Seismicity14▲ 184×1 topic
  22. Numerical Modeling14▲ 58×3 topics
  23. Welding13▲ 96×2 topics
  24. Mining13▲ 357×1 topic
  25. Resource Extraction13▲ 357×1 topic
  26. Machine Learning12▲ 1.67×10 topics
  27. Mechanical Properties11▲ 5.0×19 topics
  28. Tectonics11▲ 41×2 topics
  29. Microstructure10▲ 9.2×13 topics
  30. Arctic8▲ 34×4 topics
  31. Continental Margin7▲ 54×2 topics
  32. Crustal Structure7▲ 54×2 topics
  33. Petroleum7▲ 66×1 topic
  34. geology7▲ 130×1 topic
  35. Corrosion6▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Steel6▲ 64×2 topics
  37. Plate Tectonics6▲ 16×3 topics
  38. Geological Mapping5▲ 31×2 topics
  39. Hyperspectral Imaging5▲ 9.2×2 topics
  40. Compositional Data Analysis5▲ 36×1 topic

Which research topics does Ural State Mining University publish most on?

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

Mining and Gasification Technologies: 15 fractional worksIndustrial Engineering and Technologies: 14 fractional worksGeotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering: 14 fractional worksEngineering and Environm…13Engineering and Environmental Studies: 13 fractional worksGeological Studies and Exploration: 7 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 5 fractional worksEngineering Diagnostics and Reliability: 4 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 4 fractional worksMinerals Flotation and Separation Techniques: 4 fractional worksMetal Alloys Wear and Properties: 4 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsOcean EngineeringGeology4 others

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

  1. 1 Mining and Gasification Technologies Mechanical Engineering 15 works
  2. 2 Industrial Engineering and Technologies Mechanical Engineering 14 works
  3. 3 Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering Mechanics of Materials 14 works
  4. 4 Engineering and Environmental Studies Ocean Engineering 13 works
  5. 5 Geological Studies and Exploration Geology 7 works
  6. 6 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  7. 7 Engineering Diagnostics and Reliability Mechanics of Materials 4 works
  8. 8 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 4 works
  9. 9 Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques Water Science and Technology 4 works
  10. 10 Metal Alloys Wear and Properties Materials Chemistry 4 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 available53.0%not open47.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.1%domestic only92.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ural State Mining University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 44% 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 Ural State Mining University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00068% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Ural State Mining University0.00040% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Ural State 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Ural State Mining University1.1% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 4.2% in 2018.

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