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Molecular Biology research in Russia

Lomonosov Moscow State University ranks first in Russia for Molecular Biology research in 2022–2025 (#488 worldwide), followed by Sechenov University and Russian Academy of Sciences.

Russia's world rank
#26
of 87 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
13k
Top-10% rate
6.6%
Ranked institutions
38

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

What is the best university for Molecular Biology in Russia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscow #48819.57.9%742
2Sechenov UniversityMoscow #71814.410.3%294
3Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow #1,0879.06.0%372
4Kazan Federal UniversityKazan’ #1,3406.310.3%169
5Institute of Bioorganic ChemistryMoscow #1,3516.29.7%231
6St Petersburg UniversitySaint Petersburg #1,4275.56.1%261
7Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaMoscow #1,5034.812.1%122
8Engelhardt Institute of Molecular BiologyMoscow #1,5264.67.7%174
9Institute of CytologySaint Petersburg #1,5354.512.5%142
10Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesNovosibirsk #1,6703.47.3%188
11Sirius University of Science and TechnologySochi #1,6813.319.3%69
12Ministry of Health of the Russian FederationMoscow #1,7193.13.9%254
13Pirogov Russian National Research Medical UniversityMoscow #1,7223.05.4%204
14Moscow Institute of Physics and TechnologyDolgoprudnyy #1,8062.412.0%106
15Kurchatov InstituteMoscow #1,8452.16.8%145
16Institute of Cytology and GeneticsNovosibirsk #1,8492.16.6%149
17ITMO UniversitySt Petersburg #1,8642.010.5%88
18Timiryazev Institute of Plant PhysiologyMoscow #1,8851.912.5%77
19Novosibirsk State UniversityNovosibirsk #1,9121.76.1%129
20Institute of Biomedical ChemistryMoscow #1,967131.08.5%123
21N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic ChemistryMoscow #1,971128.08.7%76
22Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental MedicineNovosibirsk #1,987118.06.6%123
23Institute of Gene BiologyMoscow #1,994113.08.7%110
24Research Centre for Medical GeneticsMoscow #1,997111.08.2%102
25Skolkovo Institute of Science and TechnologySkolkovo #2,002108.011.7%72
26Federal Medical-Biological AgencyMoscow #2,012101.07.4%111
27National Research University Higher School of EconomicsMoscow #2,02295.010.8%77
28Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and BiochemistrySaint Petersburg #2,07064.05.3%83
29Vavilov Institute of General GeneticsMoscow #2,11139.08.4%61
30Ufa Institute of ChemistryUfa #2,11934.03.1%118
31G. K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of MicroorganismsPushchino #2,12033.08.0%74
32Ural Federal UniversityYekaterinburg #2,13027.05.8%70
33Federal Research Centre «Fundamentals of Biotechnology» of the Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow #2,14021.04.7%72
34A N Bach Institute of BiochemistryMoscow #2,14220.06.4%65
35Federal Almazov North-West Medical Research CentreSaint Petersburg #2,14617.05.5%69
36National Medical Research Center of CardiologyMoscow #2,1618.05.3%60
37Tomsk National Research Medical CenterTomsk #2,1647.03.8%63
38Institute of Theoretical and Experimental BiophysicsPushchino #2,1665.03.3%72

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

Who are the top Molecular Biology researchers in Russia?

Vladimir P. Skulachev, Alexander S. Spirin and Э. К. Хуснутдинова rank highest among researchers based in Russia.

  1. 1Vladimir P. Skulachev#90,304 worldwide overall606 citations · 50 works
  2. 2Alexander S. Spirin#203,991 worldwide overall252 citations · 33 works
  3. 3Э. К. Хуснутдинова#350,027 worldwide overall284 citations · 30 works
  4. 4Sergey V. Razin#437,773 worldwide overall266 citations · 48 works
  5. 5Olga I. Lavrik#600,752 worldwide overall151 citations · 41 works
  6. 6М. П. Кирпичников#667,558 worldwide overall132 citations · 30 works
  7. 7Anton Buzdin#728,324 worldwide overall88 citations · 27 works
  8. 8Alexander N. Orekhov#802,151 worldwide overall171 citations · 26 works
  9. 9Alexei V. Finkelstein#827,086 worldwide overall134 citations · 31 works
  10. 10Nikolay K. Kochetkov#854,758 worldwide overall122 citations · 34 works
  11. 11Severin Se#867,581 worldwide overall133 citations · 31 works
  12. 12Pavel Georgiev#935,937 worldwide overall114 citations · 61 works
  13. 13Н. А. Колчанов#971,458 worldwide overall93 citations · 38 works
  14. 14Valentin V. Vlassov#990,970 worldwide overall80 citations · 36 works
  15. 15Boris I. Kurganov#992,154 worldwide overall90 citations · 31 works

How Russia compares with other countries in Molecular Biology