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Ural State University of Railway Transport

In research, Ural State University of Railway Transport stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,861 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#11,972 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#6,566 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering — Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering is 17.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,819
of 28,054 · #35,217 all time
Rank in Russia
#727
of 1,062
Research works
723
▲ 295% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.3k
1.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is Ural State University of Railway Transport 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 #8,861 of 10,521 8.4%111 #15331
Physical SciencesDomain #11,972 of 12,888 0.6%158 #18992
EngineeringField #6,566 of 6,636 0.6%112 #10581

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ural State University of Railway Transport 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#15,331 #8,861
  2. Physical Sciences#18,992 #11,972
  3. Engineering#10,581 #6,566
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 Ural State University of Railway Transport specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering takes 17.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 25.2 works17×
  2. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 23.8 works7.2×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.71× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.29× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.66× its world share, 112 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.84× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.08× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.02× its world share, 27 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.45× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 50 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ural State University of Railway Transport?

Ranked on the composite score, Н. Ф. Сирина and С. П. Баутин lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ural State University of Railway Transport.

  1. 1 Н. Ф. Сирина Russia · #842,815 worldwide 10 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 С. П. Баутин Russia · #1,347,065 worldwide 4 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Ural State University of Railway Transport

Which keywords describe research at Ural State University of Railway Transport?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Digitalization, Logistics, Digital Transformation, Innovation, Supply Chain and Efficiency.

▲ 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. Sustainability37▲ 5.4×17 topics
  2. Sustainable Development31▲ 7.0×26 topics
  3. Digitalization29▲ 52×8 topics
  4. Digital Transformation22▲ 15×9 topics
  5. Logistics22▲ 48×4 topics
  6. Innovation20▲ 6.9×16 topics
  7. Supply Chain18▲ 31×5 topics
  8. Efficiency18▲ 21×3 topics
  9. Management17▲ 7.9×4 topics
  10. Simulation17▲ 24×6 topics
  11. Energy Efficiency17▲ 6.5×12 topics
  12. Human Resource16▲ 261×2 topics
  13. Traffic Management16▲ 128×2 topics
  14. Digital Technologies16▲ 40×4 topics
  15. Environmental Impact16▲ 3.3×9 topics
  16. Transport15▲ 173×2 topics
  17. Railway15▲ 523×1 topic
  18. Educational Technology15▲ 4.5×8 topics
  19. Globalization15▲ 2.7×16 topics
  20. E-Learning13▲ 4.8×6 topics
  21. Intelligent Transportation Systems13▲ 31×3 topics
  22. Quality Management12▲ 29×4 topics
  23. Regional Development12▲ 12×6 topics
  24. Traffic Safety12▲ 194×3 topics
  25. Vehicle Diagnostics12▲ 279×2 topics
  26. Environmental Management12▲ 10×9 topics
  27. Road Infrastructure12▲ 372×1 topic
  28. Transport Network12▲ 372×1 topic
  29. Digital Economy10▲ 20×11 topics
  30. Economic Development10▲ 4.5×13 topics
  31. Innovation Management10▲ 21×4 topics
  32. Pedagogy10▲ 7.0×4 topics
  33. Environmental Safety10▲ 95×2 topics
  34. Cyber-Physical Systems9▲ 13×3 topics
  35. International Relations9▲ 13×4 topics
  36. Higher Education9▲ 5.8×6 topics
  37. Project Management8▲ 34×2 topics
  38. Distance Learning8▲ 8.4×4 topics
  39. Entrepreneurship8▲ 7.4×6 topics
  40. Information Technologies8▲ 97×1 topic

Which research topics does Ural State University of Railway Transport publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Transport and Logistics Innovations, Transportation Systems and Logistics, Economic and Technological Systems Analysis and Educational Innovations and Challenges.

Transport and Logistics …15Transport and Logistics Innovations: 15 fractional worksTransportation Systems and Logistics: 12 fractional worksEconomic and Technological Systems Analysis: 8 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Challenges: 6 fractional worksRegional Socio-Economic Development Trends: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Research in Sys…5Advanced Research in Systems and Signal Processing: 5 fractional worksRailway Systems and Energy Efficiency: 5 fractional worksUrban Transport Systems Analysis: 4 fractional worksTransportation Planning and Optimization: 4 fractional worksArctic and Russian Policy Studies: 4 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringCivil and Structural EngineeringManagement of Technology and InnovationInformation Systems4 others

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

  1. 1 Transport and Logistics Innovations Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 15 works
  2. 2 Transportation Systems and Logistics Civil and Structural Engineering 12 works
  3. 3 Economic and Technological Systems Analysis Management of Technology and Innovation 8 works
  4. 4 Educational Innovations and Challenges Information Systems 6 works
  5. 5 Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends Demography 6 works
  6. 6 Advanced Research in Systems and Signal Processing Control and Systems Engineering 5 works
  7. 7 Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 5 works
  8. 8 Urban Transport Systems Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 4 works
  10. 10 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 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 available59.3%not open40.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.6%domestic only91.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ural State University of Railway Transport's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 295% 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.

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