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Political Science and International Relations research in Russia

National Research University Higher School of Economics ranks first in Russia for Political Science and International Relations research in 2022–2025 (#91 worldwide), followed by Moscow State Institute of International Relations and Institute of World Economy and International Relations.

Russia's world rank
#23
of 97 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
16k
Top-10% rate
10.4%
Ranked institutions
60

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

What is the best university for Political Science and International Relations in Russia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1National Research University Higher School of EconomicsMoscow #9136.418.3%610
2Moscow State Institute of International RelationsMoscow #13830.515.9%762
3Institute of World Economy and International RelationsMoscow #17227.421.2%370
4Kutafin Moscow State Law UniversityMoscow #24022.713.1%376
5St Petersburg UniversitySaint Petersburg #28520.313.2%434
6Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscow #29619.811.2%424
7The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public AdministrationMoscow #32218.612.5%316
8Financial UniversityMoscow #35917.013.0%329
9Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaMoscow #36416.812.3%344
10The Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow #39915.524.4%163
11Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow #44514.010.1%353
12Department of Social SciencesMoscow #45513.715.9%100
13Institute of Oriental StudiesMoscow #49112.611.3%210
14Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign MinistryMoscow #55810.820.3%120
15Ural Federal UniversityYekaterinburg #57510.413.3%169
16The Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian FederationMoscow #59210.012.9%180
17Institute of State and LawMoscow #6059.714.0%156
18Russian State Agrarian Correspondence UniversityBalashikha #7087.422.8%67
19Plekhanov Russian University of EconomicsMoscow #7187.216.4%113
20Latin American InstituteMoscow #7446.815.9%80
21Volgograd State UniversityVolgograd #7945.812.7%102
22Russian State University of JusticeMoscow #8005.76.9%171
23Institute of World HistoryMoscow #8105.63.8%296
24Institute of Scientific Information on Social SciencesMoscow #8175.416.0%99
25Baikal State UniversityIrkutsk #8375.110.6%133
26National Research Tomsk State UniversityTomsk #8445.016.7%73
27Kazan Federal UniversityKazan’ #8514.97.0%174
28Kuban State UniversityKrasnodar #8814.47.1%120
29Institute for African StudiesMoscow #8834.317.0%62
30Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian FederationMoscow #9044.06.5%162
31North-West Institute of ManagementSaint Petersburg #9113.99.1%116
32Southern Federal UniversityRostov-on-Don #9383.59.9%93
33South Ural State UniversityChelyabinsk #9413.412.8%70
34Institute of Slavic StudiesMoscow #9453.410.5%82
35Russian State University for the HumanitiesMoscow #9593.25.5%163
36Altai State UniversityBarnaul #9912.711.9%82
37State University of ManagementMoscow #9972.612.0%78
38Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic UniversitySaint Petersburg #1,0012.614.0%63
39N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorod #1,0062.59.4%85
40Institute of SociologyMoscow #1,0332.113.1%67
41Ural State Law UniversityYekaterinburg #1,0751.65.6%111
42Samara State University of EconomicsSamara #1,103120.04.8%105
43National Research Mordovia State UniversitySaransk #1,105117.010.4%62
44Military UniversityMoscow #1,106116.08.2%64
45Chuvash State UniversityCheboksary #1,108114.09.7%63
46Herzen UniversitySt Petersburg #1,12098.04.9%100
47Moscow State Linguistic UniversityMoscow #1,12197.06.3%83
48The All-Russian State University of JusticeMoscow #1,12592.04.1%107
49Federal Penitentiary ServiceMoscow #1,12790.02.7%119
50Moscow State Pedagogical UniversityMoscow #1,12888.04.8%95
51Yaroslavl State UniversityYaroslavl #1,13678.06.5%74
52University of TyumenTyumen #1,13777.06.5%74
53Saratov State Academy of LawSaratov #1,14172.04.9%90
54Saint-Petersburg Institute of HistorySaint Petersburg #1,14370.08.0%61
55Voronezh State UniversityVoronezh #1,14864.06.2%72
56Chelyabinsk State UniversityChelyabinsk #1,15753.04.0%92
57Omsk State UniversityOmsk #1,16148.04.2%88
58Dagestan State UniversityMakhachkala #1,17333.02.1%114
59Samara National Research UniversitySamara #1,18222.02.8%90
60St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of RussiaSaint Petersburg #1,18717.04.0%65

Institutions in Russia above the floor of 40 fractional works in Political Science and International Relations, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Political Science and International Relations researchers in Russia?

Владимир Гельман, Hans M. Kristensen and Chris Christensen rank highest among researchers based in Russia.

  1. 1Владимир Гельман#33,792 worldwide overall144 citations · 26 works
  2. 2Hans M. Kristensen#55,940 worldwide overall103 citations · 36 works
  3. 3Chris Christensen#73,699 worldwide overall155 citations · 17 works
  4. 4Леонид Гринин#172,783 worldwide overall188 citations · 20 works
  5. 5Gérard-René de Groot#375,103 worldwide overall9 citations · 19 works
  6. 6Leonid Luks#376,725 worldwide overall3 citations · 32 works
  7. 7Iskander Magadeev#386,213 worldwide overall0 citations · 28 works
  8. 8Crispin Bates#397,338 worldwide overall43 citations · 17 works
  9. 9Владимир Мау#407,751 worldwide overall53 citations · 23 works
  10. 10G.R. de Groot#468,087 worldwide overall14 citations · 18 works
  11. 11Terry Barringer#480,697 worldwide overall31 citations · 26 works
  12. 12Н. М. Межевич#489,429 worldwide overall7 citations · 19 works
  13. 13Katarzyna Stokłosa#517,363 worldwide overall3 citations · 34 works
  14. 14Evgeny Vinokurov#524,383 worldwide overall37 citations · 26 works
  15. 15Andrei Zagorski#657,004 worldwide overall6 citations · 17 works

How Russia compares with other countries in Political Science and International Relations