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Volgograd State Pedagogical University

In research, Volgograd State Pedagogical University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,375 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,760 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,307 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cultural Studies and Information Systems (Cultural Studies is 21.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,918
of 22,385 · #34,187 all time
Rank in Russia
#347
of 735
Research works
868
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
1.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.76×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
60%
world 40%
International
3%
world 18%
Volgograd State Pedagogical University

What is Volgograd State Pedagogical 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
Social SciencesDomain #6,375 of 9,585 6.9%161 #11102
Social SciencesField #4,760 of 5,988 7.7%115 #7701
Physical SciencesDomain #10,307 of 10,670 1.5%83 #17281

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Volgograd State Pedagogical 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#11,102 #6,375
  2. Social Sciences#7,701 #4,760
  3. Physical Sciences#17,281 #10,307
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Volgograd State Pedagogical University work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Volgograd State Pedagogical University is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (44%), Computer Science (20%), Psychology (7%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 177 fractional works · 62.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 125 fractional works · 44.2% of its workEducation: 39 fractional works · 13.9% of its workCultural Studies: 24 fractional works · 8.6% of its workCommunication: 18 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopment: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 19 fractional works · 6.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 11 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 18 fractional works · 6.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 90 fractional works · 31.8% of its workComputer Science: 56 fractional works · 19.9% of its workInformation Systems: 49 fractional works · 17.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnatomy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKVolgograd StatePedagogical…282fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences63%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences12544.2%
    2. Psychology196.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities186.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting93.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance62.1%
    6. Decision Sciences10.4%
    1. Computer Science5619.9%
    2. Engineering103.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy72.6%
    4. Environmental Science51.9%
    5. Mathematics51.6%
    6. Materials Science41.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.6%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Medicine51.9%
    2. Health Professions20.8%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences72.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Volgograd State Pedagogical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cultural Studies takes 21.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cultural StudiesSubfield · 24.2 works21×
  2. Information SystemsSubfield · 48.6 works9.7×
← 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: 0.52× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.56× its world share, 56 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.39× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.18× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.22× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.95× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.98× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.19× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.49× its world share, 125 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.49×125 works
  2. Computer Science2.56×56 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.22×18 works
  4. Psychology2.19×19 works
  5. Mathematics1.39×5 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.18×7 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.98×6 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.95×9 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.52×7 works
  10. Materials Science0.42×4 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.41×1 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.38×2 works
  13. Environmental Science0.38×5 works
  14. Nursing0.30×0 works
  15. Health Professions0.29×2 works
  16. Engineering0.24×10 works
  17. Energy0.11×0 works
  18. Medicine0.10×5 works
  19. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Volgograd State Pedagogical University?

Ranked on the quality score, Marina Rostislavovna ZHELTUKHINA, Tatiana Evdokimova and Д. А. Бощенко lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Volgograd State Pedagogical University.

  1. 1 Marina Rostislavovna ZHELTUKHINA Russia · #1,273,477 worldwide 917 citations · 137 works
  2. 2 Tatiana Evdokimova Russia · #4,664,298 worldwide 65 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Д. А. Бощенко Russia · #4,878,754 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Jim Yoshioka Russia · #4,954,195 worldwide 442 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Т.П. Машихина Russia · #4,960,756 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Svetlana Komissarova Russia · #5,112,909 worldwide 4.4k citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Nadezhda Nickolaevna Panchenko Russia · #5,156,831 worldwide 65 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Ekaterina Valerievna Bobyreva Russia · #5,553,202 worldwide 34 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Irina V. Kryukova Russia · #5,773,334 worldwide 17 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Г. А. Савин Russia · #5,840,635 worldwide 347 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Volgograd State Pedagogical University

What are the most cited papers from Volgograd State Pedagogical University?

The most cited paper from Volgograd State Pedagogical University is "Trends of Augmented Reality Applications and Research throughout the World: Meta-Analysis of Theses, Articles and Papers between 2001-2019 Years" (Murat Tezer, Ezgi Pelin Yıldız, Alfiya Rafisovna Masalimova et al., 2019), with 60 citations. Next come "Perturbation theory for the double sine-Gordon equation" (43) and "Metaphor in Political Media Discourse: Mental Political Leader Portrait" (37).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Trends of Augmented Reality Applications and Research throughout the World: Meta-Analysis of Theses, Articles and Papers between 2001-2019 Years Murat Tezer, Ezgi Pelin Yıldız, Alfiya Rafisovna Masalimova et al. · International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) ReviewOpen access 29 Nov 2019 60
2 Perturbation theory for the double sine-Gordon equation Konstantin Alekseevich Popov · Wave Motion 12 Jul 2005 43
3 Metaphor in Political Media Discourse: Mental Political Leader Portrait Marina Rostislavovna ZHELTUKHINA, Tatyana Yu. Tameryan, Gennady G. Slyshkin et al. · Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies Open access 12 Nov 2018 37
4 Zero mean curvature surfaces of mixed type in Minkowski space Vladimir Aleksandrovich Klyachin · Izvestiya Mathematics 30 Apr 2003 36
5 The solitary electromagnetic waves in the graphene superlattice Sergei V. Kryuchkov, E. I. Kukhar · Physica B Condensed Matter 4 Oct 2012 34
All 64 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Volgograd State Pedagogical University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Educational Technology, E-Learning, Language, Education, Pedagogy, Innovation, Online Learning and Sustainable 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-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. Educational Technology56▲ 17×12 topics
  2. E-Learning49▲ 18×8 topics
  3. Language47▲ 67×7 topics
  4. Education44▲ 9.1×19 topics
  5. Pedagogy40▲ 28×7 topics
  6. Innovation39▲ 13×18 topics
  7. Online Learning37▲ 16×8 topics
  8. Sustainable Development37▲ 8.3×20 topics
  9. Teacher Training32▲ 19×6 topics
  10. Distance Learning32▲ 33×4 topics
  11. Social Media31▲ 8.1×7 topics
  12. Digitalization31▲ 53×6 topics
  13. Digital Transformation28▲ 19×12 topics
  14. Linguistics25▲ 56×5 topics
  15. Globalization24▲ 4.3×16 topics
  16. Discourse Analysis24▲ 35×4 topics
  17. Phraseology23▲ 116×3 topics
  18. Media23▲ 55×4 topics
  19. Pandemic23▲ 8.1×2 topics
  20. Cultural Communication23▲ 233×1 topic
  21. Persuasion Strategies23▲ 233×1 topic
  22. Higher Education21▲ 14×6 topics
  23. Digital Literacy20▲ 13×3 topics
  24. Online Education19▲ 36×1 topic
  25. University Management19▲ 153×1 topic
  26. Cultural Competence18▲ 48×2 topics
  27. Business17▲ 172×1 topic
  28. Intercultural Communication17▲ 134×1 topic
  29. Technology16▲ 11×6 topics
  30. Inclusive Education15▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Digital Learning14▲ 9.8×5 topics
  32. Student Engagement14▲ 12×6 topics
  33. Cognitive Development13▲ 37×1 topic
  34. Curriculum Design13▲ 67×1 topic
  35. Regional Development13▲ 14×6 topics
  36. Ethnicity13▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Distance Education13▲ 23×3 topics
  38. Educational Environment12▲ 113×2 topics
  39. Digital Competence12▲ 49×1 topic
  40. Remote Teaching12▲ 166×1 topic

Which research topics does Volgograd State Pedagogical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication, Educational Innovations and Challenges, Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies and Educational Methods and Teacher Development.

Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication: 23 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Challenges: 19 fractional worksLanguage, Communication,…17Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies: 17 fractional worksEducational Methods and …13Educational Methods and Teacher Development: 13 fractional worksForeign Language Teaching Methods: 12 fractional worksEducation and Professional Development: 10 fractional worksPsychology of Developmen…10Psychology of Development and Education: 10 fractional worksSociopolitical Dynamics in Russia: 8 fractional worksInnovative Educational Technologies: 7 fractional worksRegional Socio-Economic Development Trends: 5 fractional works
Cultural StudiesInformation SystemsCommunicationEducation3 others

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

  1. 1 Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication Cultural Studies 23 works
  2. 2 Educational Innovations and Challenges Information Systems 19 works
  3. 3 Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies Communication 17 works
  4. 4 Educational Methods and Teacher Development Information Systems 13 works
  5. 5 Foreign Language Teaching Methods Education 12 works
  6. 6 Education and Professional Development Education 10 works
  7. 7 Psychology of Development and Education Developmental and Educational Psychology 10 works
  8. 8 Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  9. 9 Innovative Educational Technologies Information Systems 7 works
  10. 10 Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends Demography 5 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 available60.5%not open39.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.2%domestic only96.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Volgograd State Pedagogical University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Volgograd State Pedagogical University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Volgograd State Pedagogical University0.00088% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Volgograd State Pedagogical 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 2025Volgograd State Pedagogical University7.6% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.7% in 2019.

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