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Top Development Research Institutions

Financial University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 21 ranked institutions.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1Financial University Russia · Moscow 100.0 12.9% 410 671#5
2National Research University Higher School of Economics Russia · Moscow 77.2 17.5% 111 211#17
3Plekhanov Russian University of Economics Russia · Moscow 63.9 9.2% 222 244#25
4Moscow State Institute of International Relations Russia · Moscow 54.5 16.9% 107 158#35
5The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration Russia · Moscow 47.1 8.2% 185 153#26
6University of Johannesburg South Africa · Johannesburg 41.1 20.2% 80 140#38
7Lomonosov Moscow State University Russia · Moscow 36.1 12.8% 136 224#37
8Institute of Economics Russia · Yekaterinburg 31.7 18.8% 96 255#40
9Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Russia · Saint Petersburg 27.8 17.2% 69 121#20
10Russian Academy of Sciences Russia · Moscow 24.4 12.8% 86 154#29
11State University of Management Russia · Moscow 21.2 12.4% 100 143#34
12Moscow State University Tajikistan · Dushanbe 18.4 11.3% 93 141#57
13Peoples' Friendship University of Russia Russia · Moscow 15.8 13.1% 68 81#42
14Baikal State University Russia · Irkutsk 13.3 14.2% 66 100#56
15Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Mexico · Mexico City 11.1 9.4% 75 62#28
16Weatherford College United States · Weatherford 8.9 7.9% 78 54#63
17Institute of World Economy and International Relations Russia · Moscow 6.9 10.3% 66 74#53
18Samara State University of Economics Russia · Samara 5.1 3.2% 130 40#41
19Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas Argentina · Buenos Aires 3.3 5.7% 72 59#47
20Ural State University of Economics Russia · Yekaterinburg 1.6 4.3% 62 62#70
21Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy Germany · Hamburg 0.0 0.8% 83 0#74

institutions ranked worldwide in Development (21). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.

How spread out this pool is

Every row above on one axis — one tick each, right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.

0 – 5: 3 places5 – 10: 3 places10 – 15: 2 places15 – 20: 2 places20 – 25: 2 places25 – 30: 1 places30 – 35: 1 places35 – 40: 1 places40 – 45: 1 places45 – 50: 1 places50 – 55: 1 places55 – 60: 0 places60 – 65: 1 places65 – 70: 0 places70 – 75: 0 places75 – 80: 1 places80 – 85: 0 places85 – 90: 0 places90 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places0100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Financial University Russia 410 works
  2. 2 Plekhanov Russian University of Economics Russia 222 works
  3. 3 The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration Russia 185 works
  4. 4 Lomonosov Moscow State University Russia 136 works
  5. 5 Samara State University of Economics Russia 130 works
  6. 6 National Research University Higher School of Economics Russia 111 works
  7. 7 Moscow State Institute of International Relations Russia 107 works
  8. 8 State University of Management Russia 100 works
  9. 9 Institute of Economics Russia 96 works
  10. 10 Moscow State University Tajikistan 93 works
  11. 11 Russian Academy of Sciences Russia 86 works
  12. 12 Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy Germany 83 works
  13. 13 University of Johannesburg South Africa 80 works
  14. 14 Weatherford College United States 78 works
  15. 15 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Mexico 75 works

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