🎓 Top Research Universities in Russia
Universities and colleges in Russia ranked by the total citations their research has received (OpenAlex).
1Lomonosov Moscow State University228,137 papers
8,537,321
2Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics17,747 papers
3,523,605
3National Research Nuclear University MEPhI33,655 papers
2,768,484
4St Petersburg University98,385 papers
2,420,576
5Novosibirsk State University42,209 papers
1,986,698
6Sechenov University50,066 papers
1,003,597
7Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology35,923 papers
984,442
8Kazan Federal University45,615 papers
896,463
9ITMO University31,224 papers
845,002
10National Research University Higher School of Economics117,179 papers
819,919
11National University of Science and Technology22,531 papers
755,778
12Ural Federal University49,515 papers
713,286
13National Research Tomsk State University35,854 papers
675,549
14Tomsk Polytechnic University32,610 papers
664,326
15Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology13,016 papers
590,244
16Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University34,240 papers
567,648
17Southern Federal University33,661 papers
548,891
18Saint Petersburg Academic University2,182 papers
504,377
19Peoples' Friendship University of Russia50,802 papers
476,483
20Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University26,607 papers
400,864
21South Ural State University21,859 papers
360,210
22N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod18,811 papers
337,906
23Saratov State University17,420 papers
337,074
24Siberian Federal University20,240 papers
289,697
25Bauman Moscow State Technical University27,369 papers
244,521
26Far Eastern Federal University16,706 papers
242,915
27First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg13,004 papers
212,027
28D. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia11,495 papers
178,931
29Samara National Research University15,358 papers
170,090
30Irkutsk State University7,691 papers
166,399
31Ufa State Aviation Technical University6,212 papers
164,799
32Novosibirsk State Technical University14,617 papers
161,454
33Belgorod National Research University12,104 papers
161,292
34Yandex School of Data Analysis456 papers
159,144
35Voronezh State University15,001 papers
158,048
36St. Petersburg State Technological Institute9,481 papers
146,770
37Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University13,075 papers
145,846
38Russian University of Medicine8,252 papers
128,522
39Moscow Power Engineering Institute13,881 papers
123,792
40Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University8,154 papers
116,069
41Moscow State Pedagogical University11,820 papers
115,269
42Moscow Aviation Institute13,951 papers
112,254
43Don State Technical University14,509 papers
109,802
44Kuban State University10,290 papers
107,385
45MIREA - Russian Technological University11,388 papers
96,593
46Bashkir State University8,056 papers
95,768
47Financial University23,613 papers
93,193
48Kazan State Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev10,593 papers
92,903
49Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology5,119 papers
92,204
50Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas7,117 papers
89,777
Highlights
Within Russia, Lomonosov Moscow State University ranks first in 2026 with 8,537,321, followed by Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (3,523,605) and National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (2,768,484).
Lomonosov Moscow State University is 2.4 times higher than Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, the runner-up.
Across 50 entries, values run from 8,537,321 (Lomonosov Moscow State University) to 89,777 (Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas), with a median of 243,718.
Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers, 2026. Unit: citations.