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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics research in Russia

Lomonosov Moscow State University ranks first in Russia for Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics research in 2022–2025 (#231 worldwide), followed by Ioffe Institute and ITMO University.

Russia's world rank
#19
of 59 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
8.2k
Top-10% rate
5.2%
Ranked institutions
31

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics in Russia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscow #23114.14.5%495
2Ioffe InstituteSt Petersburg #26212.16.8%332
3ITMO UniversitySt Petersburg #29210.48.4%225
4P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow #3169.25.6%271
5St Petersburg UniversitySaint Petersburg #3179.16.7%257
6Moscow Institute of Physics and TechnologyDolgoprudnyy #3497.68.1%198
7Kurchatov InstituteMoscow #3686.86.2%184
8National Research Nuclear University MEPhIMoscow #3776.49.2%138
9Joint Institute for Nuclear ResearchDubna #4085.18.8%144
10Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow #4264.53.4%241
11Skolkovo Institute of Science and TechnologySkolkovo #4274.413.4%61
12National Research University Higher School of EconomicsMoscow #4533.57.9%118
13Samara National Research UniversitySamara #4742.86.5%113
14Institute of Applied PhysicsNizhny Novgorod #4782.64.0%192
15Joint Institute for High TemperaturesMoscow #5041.86.7%120
16Novosibirsk State UniversityNovosibirsk #514149.05.3%132
17Russian Quantum CenterMoscow #515146.06.8%82
18Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic UniversitySaint Petersburg #529104.05.0%124
19Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityMoscow #530101.07.9%82
20National Research Tomsk State UniversityTomsk #53489.05.5%94
21National University of Science and TechnologyMoscow #53877.07.5%64
22Ural Federal UniversityYekaterinburg #54654.04.4%91
23Prokhorov General Physics InstituteMoscow #55334.01.8%141
24Kotelnikov Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics of the Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow #55431.01.5%152
25Institute of Semiconductor PhysicsNovosibirsk #55917.03.9%74
26Moscow Power Engineering InstituteMoscow #56014.04.3%75
27N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorod #56111.02.6%88
28Osipyan Institute of Solid State Physics RASChernogolovka #5628.02.3%83
29Saratov State UniversitySaratov #5636.03.7%62
30Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radio-ElectronicsTomsk #5643.02.9%66
31Institute for Nuclear ResearchMoscow #5650.03.0%62

Institutions in Russia above the floor of 40 fractional works in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics researchers in Russia?

Xiaogang Wang, Е. А. Хазанов and M. L. Gorodetsky rank highest among researchers based in Russia.

  1. 1Xiaogang Wang#3,681 worldwide overall13k citations · 32 works
  2. 2Е. А. Хазанов#22,868 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 36 works
  3. 3M. L. Gorodetsky#27,651 worldwide overall495 citations · 30 works
  4. 4Zh. I. Alfërov#32,824 worldwide overall497 citations · 32 works
  5. 5V. L. Bratman#33,812 worldwide overall354 citations · 37 works
  6. 6A. Vinogradov#51,196 worldwide overall1.6k citations · 29 works
  7. 7V. M. Mostepanenko#95,283 worldwide overall721 citations · 45 works
  8. 8G. L. Klimchitskaya#98,595 worldwide overall597 citations · 40 works
  9. 9С. В. Самсонов#102,439 worldwide overall185 citations · 29 works
  10. 10M. V. Maximov#107,335 worldwide overall445 citations · 52 works
  11. 11Alexander A. Kaminskii#113,315 worldwide overall310 citations · 34 works
  12. 12V. M. Ustinov#114,961 worldwide overall685 citations · 82 works
  13. 13Лев П. Питаевский#125,270 worldwide overall489 citations · 69 works
  14. 14P. Wiegmann#158,423 worldwide overall466 citations · 35 works
  15. 15V. D. Kulakovskiĭ#162,460 worldwide overall365 citations · 51 works

How Russia compares with other countries in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics