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Law research in Russia

Kutafin Moscow State Law University ranks first in Russia for Law research in 2022–2025 (#40 worldwide), followed by Financial University and Institute of State and Law.

Russia's world rank
#9
of 48 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
5.2k
Top-10% rate
11.1%
Ranked institutions
19

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

What is the best university for Law in Russia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Kutafin Moscow State Law UniversityMoscow #4039.214.5%341
2Financial UniversityMoscow #8926.020.1%111
3Institute of State and LawMoscow #11322.118.9%162
4The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public AdministrationMoscow #12320.711.8%154
5The Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian FederationMoscow #12919.921.0%122
6National Research University Higher School of EconomicsMoscow #20212.515.0%130
7Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaMoscow #23010.412.9%85
8Russian State University of JusticeMoscow #2588.510.3%135
9St Petersburg UniversitySaint Petersburg #2648.116.8%78
10Volgograd State UniversityVolgograd #2677.918.0%63
11Baikal State UniversityIrkutsk #3006.013.4%92
12Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscow #3314.312.3%72
13Moscow State Institute of International RelationsMoscow #3403.99.3%94
14Federal Penitentiary ServiceMoscow #3543.25.1%108
15Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian FederationMoscow #3672.77.3%106
16Ural State Law UniversityYekaterinburg #397135.06.6%85
17Saratov State Academy of LawSaratov #40986.06.7%75
18The All-Russian State University of JusticeMoscow #41178.02.3%78
19Dagestan State UniversityMakhachkala #4310.01.0%69

Institutions in Russia above the floor of 40 fractional works in Law, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Law researchers in Russia?

Sjef van Erp, Marianne Roth and Viktor Shestak rank highest among researchers based in Russia.

  1. 1Sjef van Erp#134,555 worldwide overall50 citations · 27 works
  2. 2Marianne Roth#160,288 worldwide overall30 citations · 20 works
  3. 3Viktor Shestak#201,497 worldwide overall48 citations · 10 works
  4. 4Антонов Михаил Валерьевич#248,978 worldwide overall0 citations · 10 works
  5. 5Caroline Cauffman#286,151 worldwide overall26 citations · 23 works
  6. 6Виктор Муравченко#297,137 worldwide overall0 citations · 14 works
  7. 7Gérard-René de Groot#375,103 worldwide overall9 citations · 19 works
  8. 8G.E. van Maanen#384,384 worldwide overall3 citations · 22 works
  9. 9Matthias Neumayr#384,481 worldwide overall0 citations · 10 works
  10. 10R.J.N. Schlössels#388,191 worldwide overall0 citations · 26 works
  11. 11Eric Brewaeys#401,893 worldwide overall0 citations · 35 works
  12. 12Patricia Van Lersberghe#414,135 worldwide overall0 citations · 10 works
  13. 13Georg Graf#417,126 worldwide overall1 citations · 14 works
  14. 14G.R. de Groot#468,087 worldwide overall14 citations · 25 works
  15. 15Kirill Klevtsov#470,284 worldwide overall0 citations · 13 works

How Russia compares with other countries in Law