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π·πΊ Russia
Europe Β· 7 rankings that exist only inside Russia β its states, cities, universities and more.
π₯ Population143.5M#9 of 215π° GDP$2,561.3B#8 of 185π GDP per capita$17,547#63 of 185β€οΈ Life expectancy73.4 yrs#120 of 215πΊοΈ Area16,376,870#1 of 214
Rankings inside Russia
π Education
π° Economy
π Society & Health
ποΈ World Records
π Top Research Universities in Russia
Universities and colleges in Russia ranked by the total citations their research has received (OpenAlex).
1
Lomonosov Moscow State University228,137 papers
8,537,321
2
Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics17,747 papers
3,523,605
3
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI33,655 papers
2,768,484
4
St Petersburg University98,385 papers
2,420,576
5
Novosibirsk State University42,209 papers
1,986,698
6
Sechenov University50,066 papers
1,003,597
7
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology35,923 papers
984,442
8
Kazan Federal University45,615 papers
896,463
9
ITMO University31,224 papers
845,002
10
National Research University Higher School of Economics117,179 papers
819,919
11
National University of Science and Technology22,531 papers
755,778
12
Ural Federal University49,515 papers
713,286
13
National Research Tomsk State University35,854 papers
675,549
14
Tomsk Polytechnic University32,610 papers
664,326
15
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology13,016 papers
590,244
16
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University34,240 papers
567,648
17
Southern Federal University33,661 papers
548,891
18
Saint Petersburg Academic University2,182 papers
504,377
19
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia50,802 papers
476,483
20
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University26,607 papers
400,864
21
South Ural State University21,859 papers
360,210
22
N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod18,811 papers
337,906
23
Saratov State University17,420 papers
337,074
24
Siberian Federal University20,240 papers
289,697
25
Bauman Moscow State Technical University27,369 papers
244,521
26
Far Eastern Federal University16,706 papers
242,915
27
First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg13,004 papers
212,027
28
D. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia11,495 papers
178,931
29
Samara National Research University15,358 papers
170,090
30
Irkutsk State University7,691 papers
166,399
31
Ufa State Aviation Technical University6,212 papers
164,799
32
Novosibirsk State Technical University14,617 papers
161,454
33
Belgorod National Research University12,104 papers
161,292
34
Yandex School of Data Analysis456 papers
159,144
35
Voronezh State University15,001 papers
158,048
36
St. Petersburg State Technological Institute9,481 papers
146,770
37
Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University13,075 papers
145,846
38
Russian University of Medicine8,252 papers
128,522
39
Moscow Power Engineering Institute13,881 papers
123,792
40
Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University8,154 papers
116,069
41
Moscow State Pedagogical University11,820 papers
115,269
42
Moscow Aviation Institute13,951 papers
112,254
43
Don State Technical University14,509 papers
109,802
44
Kuban State University10,290 papers
107,385
45
MIREA - Russian Technological University11,388 papers
96,593
46
Bashkir State University8,056 papers
95,768
47
Financial University23,613 papers
93,193
48
Kazan State Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev10,593 papers
92,903
49
Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology5,119 papers
92,204
50
Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas7,117 papers
89,777
Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers Β· CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) Β· fetched Oct 13, 2026 β Counts every citation to papers by authors affiliated with the institution, so large and old universities score high. It measures research impact, not teaching quality.
Russia in world rankings
πΊοΈ World Records
Largest Countries by Land Area
- 1 Russia16,376,870
π₯ Energy & Industry
Largest Natural Gas Reserves
- 1 Russia47.8 tn mΒ³
β‘ Energy & Industry
Largest Electricity Producers
- 4 Russia1,193 TWh
π€ AI
Countries Building the Most Large-Scale AI Models
- 12 Russia4
π₯οΈ Technology
Most Visited Websites
- 15 Yandex#15
- 29 Dzen News#29
- 33 VK#33
- 42 Mail.ru#42
π Energy & Industry
Top Car and Vehicle Producers
- 18 Russia0.85M
π Society & Health
Largest Cities in the World
- 19 Moscow14,524,753
π Energy & Industry
Electricity Use per Person
- 21 Russia7,774 kWh
βοΈ Energy & Industry
Most Mineral-Dependent Economies
- 35 Russia2.1%
βοΈ Society & Health
Most Unequal Countries (Gini)
- 36 Russia33.0
π Technology
Fastest Fixed Broadband Internet
- 82 Russia91.3 Mbps
β€οΈ Society & Health
Life Expectancy at Birth
- 120 Russia73.4 yrs