2017 tables: Institutions - academic

The 2017 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016.

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# Institution Share 2015 Share 2016 Count 2016 Change in Adjusted Share* 2015–2016
1 Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Russia 38.01 42.63 331 15.0%
2 Saint Petersburg State University (SPbU), Russia 28.01 20.92 103 -23.4%
3 ITMO National Research University (ITMO University), Russia 13.03 13.95 48 9.8%
4 Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology - State University (MIPT), Russia 11.08 13.85 107 28.2%
5 Novosibirsk State University (NSU), Russia 13.19 11.19 120 -13.0%
6 Ural Federal University (UrFU), Russia 6.25 8.61 27 41.3%
7 Kazan Federal University (KFU), Russia 4.47 7.82 32 79.5%
8 National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Russia 6.52 6.62 190 4.2%
9 Tomsk State University (TSU), Russia 5.61 5.24 53 -4.2%
10 Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod (UNN), Russia 5.40 4.01 20 -23.7%
11 Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), Russia 2.83 3.59 37 30.0%
12 Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU), Russia 1.69 3.36 13 103.9%
13 Saratov State University (SGU), Russia 4.79 3.03 7 -35.1%
14 National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE), Russia 2.87 2.70 17 -3.4%
15 National University of Science and Technology (MISIS), Russia 3.24 2.41 28 -23.8%
16 Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), Russia 1.69 2.36 11 43.4%
17 Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU), Russia 4.81 2.12 72 -54.8%
18 Southern Federal University (SFedU), Russia 2.97 1.97 11 -32.1%
19 Moscow State Pedagogical University (MSPU), Russia 0.44 1.64 6 283.7%
20 Peoples Friendship University of Russia (PFUR), Russia 0.75 1.49 7 103.1%
21 Perm State University (PSU), Russia – 1.13 2 N/A
22 Moscow Technological University (MIREA), Russia – 1.12 5 N/A
23 Dubna International University of Nature, Society and Man, Russia 1.26 1.04 5 -15.3%
24 Tomsk State Pedagogical University (TSPU), Russia 2.79 0.95 5 -65.2%
25 National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET), Russia 1.52 0.90 2 -39.3%
26 Samara National Research University, Russia 2.23 0.86 4 -60.2%
27 Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy, Russia 0.29 0.84 4 200.7%
28 Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University n.a. R.E. Alekseev (NNSTU), Russia 0.17 0.82 4 402.6%
29 D. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Russia 0.81 0.81 3 3.1%
30 Ulyanovsk State University (USU), Russia 0.82 0.67 1 -16.8%
31 Kazan National Research Technological University (KNRTU), Russia 1.23 0.63 2 -47.3%
32 Voronezh State University (VSU), Russia 0.33 0.48 2 48.4%
33 Chelyabinsk State University (CSU), Russia 0.51 0.47 4 -4.5%
34 Bashkir State University (BashSU), Russia 0.13 0.47 2 278.7%
35 Pacific National University (PNU), Russia – 0.43 2 N/A
36 Don State Technical University (DSTU), Russia – 0.40 1 N/A
37 Siberian Federal University (SibFU), Russia 0.98 0.39 4 -59.5%
38 N.P. Ogarev Mordovia State University, Russia – 0.38 2 N/A
39 Petrozavodsk State University (PetrSU), Russia – 0.37 2 N/A
40 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (RNRMU), Russia 0.48 0.33 7 -30.5%
41 Russian State Hydrometeorological University (RSHU), Russia 0.78 0.32 4 -57.3%
42 Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (IKBFU), Russia 0.35 0.32 3 -7.0%
43 North-Caucasus Federal University (NCFU), Russia – 0.29 2 N/A
44 South Ural State University (SUSU), Russia 0.05 0.25 1 440.8%
44 Saint Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical Academy (SPCPA), Russia 0.20 0.25 1 28.2%
44 Moscow State Institute of Radio-engineering, Electronics and Automation, Russia 0.57 0.25 1 -55.1%
44 Moscow Aviation Institute - National Research University (MAI), Russia – 0.25 1 N/A
45 Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography (MIIGAiK), Russia 0.08 0.24 2 211.4%
46 Yandex School of Data Analysis, Russia 0.06 0.22 32 312.1%
47 Bauman Moscow State Technical University (BMSTU), Russia 0.60 0.22 3 -62.7%
48 Far Eastern State Transport University (FESTU), Russia 0.41 0.21 3 -47.5%
49 Novosibirsk State Technical University (NSTU), Russia 0.16 0.19 8 18.9%
50 Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Russia – 0.18 2 N/A
51 Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University (NovSU), Russia – 0.17 1 N/A
52 Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov (SSTU), Russia 0.75 0.12 2 -83.5%
53 Moscow Power Engineering Institute (MPEI), Russia 0.07 0.11 1 59.5%
54 Saint-Petersburg Electrotechnical University (LETI), Russia 0.57 0.10 1 -82.1%
54 Tver State University, Russia 0.57 0.10 1 -81.9%
55 Saint-Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation (SUAI), Russia – 0.10 1 N/A
56 North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk (NEFU), Russia 0.17 0.09 2 -45.5%
57 Independent University of Moscow (IUM), Russia – 0.09 2 N/A
58 Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service (VSUES), Russia 0.16 0.08 1 -45.1%
58 Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics (TUSUR), Russia – 0.08 1 N/A
59 Rostov State Transport University (RSTU), Russia – 0.07 1 N/A
60 Perm State Humanitarian Pedagogical University (PSHPU), Russia 0.56 0.06 1 -88.5%
60 University of Tyumen (UT), Russia – 0.06 1 N/A
61 Tyumen Industrial University (TYUIU), Russia 0.07 0.05 1 -34.7%
62 Komsomolsk-on-Amur State Technical University (KnASTU), Russia – 0.04 1 N/A
63 Innopolis University, Russia – 0.03 1 N/A
64 Togliatti State University, Russia – 0.03 1 N/A
65 Moscow State University of Technology Stankin (MSUT Stankin), Russia – 0.03 1 N/A
65 Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (PRUE), Russia – 0.03 1 N/A
66 Altai State University (ASU), Russia 0.06 0.01 1 -86.6%
67 Belgorod State National Research University (BelSU), Russia 0.38 0.01 1 -98.3%
68 Dagestan State University (DSU), Russia – 0.00 1 N/A
69 Irkutsk State University (ISU), Russia 0.11 0.00 1 -97.5%
70 Blagoveschensk State Pedagogical University (BSPU), Russia – 0.00 1 N/A

Footnote

Each year, the Nature Index publishes tables based on counts of high-quality research outputs in the previous calendar year. Users please note:

  1. The data behind the tables are based on a relatively small proportion of total research papers, they cover the natural sciences only and outputs are non-normalized (that is, they don’t reflect the size of the country or institution, or its overall research output).
  2. The Nature Index is one indicator of institutional research performance. The metrics of Count and Share used to order Nature Index listings are based on an institution’s or country’s publication output in 82 natural-science journals through 2022, in 2023 64 health-science journals were added to the Index. The 146 journals in the Nature Index were selected on reputation by an independent panel of leading scientists in their fields.
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*The change in adjusted Share accounts for the small annual variation in the total number of articles in Nature Index journals. Share values have been adjusted to 2022 levels to calculate the percentage change. For more information on the adjustment, please see the Adjusted metric explainer.


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