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Central Asia Education and Culture

Central Asia Education and Culture is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 6.8k research works in it since 1951. 8.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the geopolitical dynamics, international relations, and soft power strategies in Eurasia and Central Asia. It covers topics such as Eurasian integration, Russia-China cooperation, the Belt and Road Initiative, cultural diplomacy, and security challenges in the region. Education also emerges as a tool for soft power and influence in this complex geopolitical landscape.

  • Eurasian integration
  • geopolitics
  • soft power
  • international relations
  • Central Asia
  • education
  • security
  • Russia-China cooperation
  • Belt and Road Initiative
  • cultural diplomacy
Research works
6.8k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
580
per year above
Top-10% rate
8.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+226%
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Which countries lead Central Asia Education and Culture research?

By volume, Russia and Ukraine publish the most (803 and 284 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Russia 803 works
  2. 2 Ukraine 284 works
  3. 3 Kazakhstan 247 works
  4. 4 Uzbekistan 178 works
  5. 5 China 176 works
  6. 6 United States 164 works
  7. 7 Kyrgyzstan 118 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 64 works
  9. 9 Azerbaijan 36 works
  10. 10 ?? 32 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Russia: 38.2%Ukraine: 13.5%Kazakhstan: 11.7%Uzbekistan: 8.5%6 others listed: 28.1%38%largest
Russia803 · 38.2%Ukraine284 · 13.5%Kazakhstan247 · 11.7%Uzbekistan178 · 8.5%6 others listed589 · 28.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Central Asia Education and Culture research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Weatherford College publishes the most Central Asia Education and Culture research, followed by L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University and Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 51 works
  2. 2 L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National UniversityKazakhstan 47 works
  3. 3 Al-Farabi Kazakh National UniversityKazakhstan 42 works
  4. 4 Kyrgyz State National UniversityKyrgyzstan 38 works
  5. 5 Herzen UniversityRussia 29 works
  6. 6 Human Growth FoundationUnited States 28 works
  7. 7 Tashkent State University of Oriental StudiesUzbekistan 26 works
  8. 8 Moscow State Pedagogical UniversityRussia 25 works
  9. 9 Moscow State Institute of International RelationsRussia 25 works
  10. 10 National University of UzbekistanUzbekistan 23 works

Where is Central Asia Education and Culture research done?

The largest centres of Central Asia Education and Culture research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Almaty (Kazakhstan) and Kyiv (Ukraine). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Osh, Bishkek and Nur-Sultan.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 314 works
  2. 2 Tashkent Uzbekistan 117 works
  3. 3 Almaty Kazakhstan 109 works
  4. 4 Kyiv Ukraine 104 works
  5. 5 Bishkek Kyrgyzstan 89 works
  6. 6 Saint Petersburg Russia 83 works
  7. 7 Nur-Sultan Kazakhstan 68 works
  8. 8 Weatherford United States 51 works
  9. 9 Beijing China 32 works
  10. 10 New York United States 32 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. OshKG · 21.3 works155×
  2. BishkekKG · 89.1 works153×
  3. Nur-SultanKZ · 68.5 works56×
  4. AlmatyKZ · 109.4 works48×
  5. MaputoMZ · 20.6 works46×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Central Asia Education and Culture than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Central Asia Education and Culture?

Among universities, judged by research, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University and Ural Federal University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 19.16%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Al-Farabi Kazakh National University: 42, 13.4%L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University: 47, 11.6%Ural Federal University: 12, 19.6%Moscow State University: 13, 9.1%Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University: 15, 13.5%Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry: 9, 30.6%Kyrgyz National University: 13, 22.4%Osh State University: 9, 27.5%National Research University Higher School of Economics: 14, 19.4%International University of Kyrgyzstan: 9, 24.5%Ural Federal Univers…Al-Farabi Kazakh Nat…L. N. Gumilyov Euras…Moscow State Univers…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Al-Farabi Kazakh National UniversityKazakhstan 74.013.4%93.6×42 +204.9%
2 L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National UniversityKazakhstan 72.711.6%126.1×47 +222.1%
3 Ural Federal UniversityRussia 64.619.6%16.5×12 +327.3%
4 Moscow State UniversityTajikistan 63.89.1%20.3×13 +224.0%
5 Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical UniversityKazakhstan 61.913.5%110.5×15 +261.5%
6 Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign MinistryRussia 61.530.6%177.4×9 —
7 Kyrgyz National UniversityKyrgyzstan 59.822.4%314.9×13 —
8 Osh State UniversityKyrgyzstan 59.827.5%81.0×9 —
9 National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia 58.619.4%13.8×14 +97.4%
10 International University of KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan 57.524.5%241.7×9 —

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Central Asia Education and Culture research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 226% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Central Asia Education and Culture.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.