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V. B. Sochava Institute of Geography

In research, V. B. Sochava Institute of Geography stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,543 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#8,841 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,589 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Soil Science, Atmospheric Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Soil Science is 23.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,668
of 28,054 · #10,922 all time
Rank in Russia
#375
of 1,062
Research works
1.8k
▲ 148% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
5.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is V. B. Sochava Institute of Geography 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 #7,543 of 12,888 2.3%194 #7558
Social SciencesDomain #8,841 of 10,521 10.4%127 #7472
Social SciencesField #5,589 of 6,365 10.0%90 #4975
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #1,110 of 1,209 2.0%73 #1572
Environmental ScienceField #3,426 of 3,551 2.4%91 #4562

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where V. B. Sochava Institute of Geography 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#7,558 #7,543
  2. Social Sciences#7,472 #8,841
  3. Social Sciences#4,975 #5,589
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences#1,572 #1,110
  5. Environmental Science#4,562 #3,426
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 V. B. Sochava Institute of Geography specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Soil Science takes 23.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 26.9 works23×
  2. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 36.2 works21×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 73.1 works12×
← 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: 2.66× its world share, 49 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12.08× its world share, 73 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.13× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.77× its world share, 91 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.71× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.59× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.24× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.13× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 90 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 12.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at V. B. Sochava Institute of Geography?

Ranked on the composite score, E J Lehmann, Yu. M. Semenov and В.А. Снытко lead among researchers whose main affiliation is V. B. Sochava Institute of Geography.

  1. 1 E J Lehmann Russia · #473,664 worldwide 13 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Yu. M. Semenov Russia · #1,005,044 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 В.А. Снытко Russia · #1,089,160 worldwide 1 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Felicitas Bachmann Russia · #1,225,795 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 O. P. Osipova Russia · #1,609,718 worldwide 4 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at V. B. Sochava Institute of Geography

Which keywords describe research at V. B. Sochava Institute of Geography?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Arctic, Sustainable Development, Remote Sensing, Sustainability, Food Security, Regional Development and Sediment Transport.

▲ 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. Climate Change134▲ 13×59 topics
  2. Arctic52▲ 120×4 topics
  3. Sustainable Development47▲ 7.7×31 topics
  4. Sustainability41▲ 4.3×34 topics
  5. Remote Sensing39▲ 8.1×20 topics
  6. Food Security31▲ 15×6 topics
  7. Regional Development31▲ 22×8 topics
  8. Sediment Transport29▲ 47×5 topics
  9. Microbial Communities29▲ 17×4 topics
  10. Geographical Analysis28▲ 159×2 topics
  11. Geopolitics27▲ 45×7 topics
  12. Biodiversity26▲ 9.1×17 topics
  13. International Relations25▲ 27×5 topics
  14. Geoarchaeology25▲ 182×2 topics
  15. Desertification24▲ 165×2 topics
  16. Paleosols24▲ 387×1 topic
  17. Soil Evolution24▲ 387×1 topic
  18. Governance22▲ 17×5 topics
  19. Water Quality22▲ 14×4 topics
  20. Northern Sea Route22▲ 199×1 topic
  21. Shipping22▲ 110×1 topic
  22. Economic Growth21▲ 6.4×9 topics
  23. Migration21▲ 16×8 topics
  24. Agriculture20▲ 13×6 topics
  25. Lake Baikal20▲ 712×1 topic
  26. ecological change20▲ 712×1 topic
  27. Hydrology20▲ 40×4 topics
  28. Labor Market19▲ 17×6 topics
  29. Holocene19▲ 42×3 topics
  30. Spatial Patterns18▲ 50×2 topics
  31. Demographic Dynamics18▲ 126×1 topic
  32. Rural Transformation18▲ 126×1 topic
  33. Sea Level18▲ 49×2 topics
  34. Tectonics16▲ 35×3 topics
  35. Continental Margin16▲ 65×2 topics
  36. Crustal Structure16▲ 65×2 topics
  37. Digital Transformation16▲ 7.6×7 topics
  38. Petroleum16▲ 83×1 topic
  39. geology16▲ 163×1 topic
  40. Environmental Management15▲ 9.4×7 topics

Which research topics does V. B. Sochava Institute of Geography publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Soil and Environmental Studies, Arctic and Russian Policy Studies, Water Resources and Management and Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends.

Soil and Environmental S…24Soil and Environmental Studies: 24 fractional worksArctic and Russian Polic…22Arctic and Russian Policy Studies: 22 fractional worksWater Resources and Mana…20Water Resources and Management: 20 fractional worksRegional Socio-Economic …18Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends: 18 fractional worksGeological Studies and Exploration: 16 fractional worksClimate change and permafrost: 13 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…10Environmental Sustainability and Technology: 10 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 10 fractional worksMarine and environmental studies: 8 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 7 fractional works
Soil ScienceSociology and Political ScienceEcologyDemography4 others

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

  1. 1 Soil and Environmental Studies Soil Science 24 works
  2. 2 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 22 works
  3. 3 Water Resources and Management Ecology 20 works
  4. 4 Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends Demography 18 works
  5. 5 Geological Studies and Exploration Geology 16 works
  6. 6 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 13 works
  7. 7 Environmental Sustainability and Technology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 10 works
  8. 8 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 10 works
  9. 9 Marine and environmental studies Oceanography 8 works
  10. 10 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 7 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 available45.2%not open54.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.0%domestic only70.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has V. B. Sochava Institute of Geography's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 148% 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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