2020 tables: Institutions - physical sciences - academic

The 2020 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019.

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# Institution Share 2018 Share 2019 Count 2019 Change in Adjusted Share* 2018–2019
1 Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Russia 24.42 22.06 256 -10.9%
2 Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology - State University (MIPT), Russia 14.69 12.42 175 -16.7%
3 ITMO National Research University (ITMO University), Russia 13.35 12.26 46 -9.5%
4 Saint Petersburg State University (SPbU), Russia 7.44 9.59 68 27.1%
5 Novosibirsk State University (NSU), Russia 6.14 6.99 187 12.3%
6 Ural Federal University (UrFU), Russia 3.60 6.91 28 89.1%
7 National University of Science and Technology (MISIS), Russia 7.54 5.45 73 -28.8%
8 Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), Russia 4.43 5.42 28 20.7%
9 Kazan Federal University (KFU), Russia 6.90 5.00 22 -28.5%
10 National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Russia 7.71 4.43 195 -43.3%
11 Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU), Russia 5.22 4.07 118 -23.2%
12 Tomsk State University (TSU), Russia 6.06 3.87 89 -37.0%
13 Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics (TUSUR), Russia 0.25 2.89 8 1038.1%
14 National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE), Russia 4.94 2.56 52 -48.9%
15 Tomsk State Pedagogical University (TSPU), Russia 2.01 2.40 14 17.8%
16 Moscow Technological University (MIREA), Russia 2.25 1.71 9 -24.9%
17 Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod (UNN), Russia 4.25 1.71 6 -60.4%
18 Bashkir State Pedagogical University (BSPU), Russia 0.63 1.46 2 130.0%
19 Samara National Research University, Russia 0.34 1.43 5 316.3%
20 Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (IKBFU), Russia 1.08 1.25 2 13.7%
21 Saratov State University (SGU), Russia 3.13 1.06 2 -66.8%
22 University of Tyumen (UT), Russia 1.00 1.00 1 -1.4%
22 Tver State University, Russia – 1.00 1 N/A
23 Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU), Russia 3.32 0.93 65 -72.5%
24 Irkutsk State University (ISU), Russia 0.25 0.84 2 231.6%
25 Novosibirsk State Technical University (NSTU), Russia 0.20 0.81 16 290.3%
26 Saint-Petersburg Electrotechnical University (LETI), Russia 0.48 0.77 4 59.5%
27 P.G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University, Russia 0.13 0.64 2 408.2%
28 Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), Russia 3.71 0.64 5 -83.1%
29 Southern Federal University (SFedU), Russia 0.18 0.63 5 252.1%
30 Siberian Federal University (SibFU), Russia 0.13 0.56 7 310.3%
31 Voronezh State University (VSU), Russia 0.52 0.52 2 -2.8%
32 I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (FMSMU), Russia 0.46 0.48 5 2.4%
33 Moscow State Pedagogical University (MSPU), Russia 0.68 0.38 1 -45.5%
34 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (RNRMU), Russia 0.16 0.35 1 114.7%
35 Kazan State Power Engineering University (KSPEU), Russia – 0.33 1 N/A
35 Moscow Aviation Institute - National Research University (MAI), Russia – 0.33 1 N/A
35 Southwest State University (SWSU), Russia – 0.33 1 N/A
36 Bauman Moscow State Technical University (BMSTU), Russia 2.09 0.33 2 -84.5%
37 South Ural State University (SUSU), Russia 0.78 0.32 3 -59.9%
38 Yandex School of Data Analysis, Russia 0.53 0.30 39 -45.1%
39 Tambov State Technical University (TSTU), Russia – 0.26 1 N/A
40 Peoples Friendship University of Russia (PFUR), Russia 0.53 0.25 1 -53.8%
40 Siberian State Medical University, Russia – 0.25 1 N/A
41 National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET), Russia 0.31 0.22 1 -29.6%
42 Belgorod State National Research University (BelSU), Russia 0.03 0.17 1 432.6%
42 Dubna International University of Nature, Society and Man, Russia 1.71 0.17 1 -90.4%
43 Vladimir State University named after Alexander and Nikolay Stoletovs, Russia – 0.16 4 N/A
44 Kursk State University, Russia – 0.13 1 N/A
45 Moscow Power Engineering Institute (MPEI), Russia 0.09 0.11 2 15.6%
46 Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University n.a. R.E. Alekseev (NNSTU), Russia – 0.08 1 N/A
47 Far Eastern State Transport University (FESTU), Russia 0.02 0.08 2 222.6%
48 Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Russia 0.17 0.07 1 -57.8%
49 D. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Russia 0.03 0.05 1 77.4%
50 N.P. Ogarev Mordovia State University, Russia 0.08 0.05 1 -38.4%
51 Syktyvkar State University, Russia – 0.04 1 N/A
52 Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Russia – 0.02 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.
  3. Nature Index recognizes that many other factors must be taken into account when considering research quality and institutional performance; Nature Index metrics alone should not be used to assess institutions or individuals.
  4. Nature Index data and methods are transparent and available under a creative commons licence at nature.com/nature-index/.

The Nature Index database undergoes regular updating, corrections, adjustment of institutional hierarchies, and removal of retracted papers and thus the live website can differ from the frozen annual tables.

*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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