Universities by Research i10-index in Russia
Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's institutional i10-index, the number of works with at least ten citations. This is a research metric, not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.
1Lomonosov Moscow State University228,125 works
154,621
2St Petersburg University98,428 works
50,269
3Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics17,730 works
47,488
4Novosibirsk State University42,228 works
39,985
5National Research Nuclear University MEPhI33,785 works
35,779
6Kazan Federal University45,666 works
22,000
7Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology35,944 works
20,564
8Sechenov University50,180 works
19,676
9Ural Federal University49,601 works
19,469
10National University of Science and Technology22,551 works
17,707
11ITMO University31,252 works
16,972
12Tomsk Polytechnic University32,644 works
16,705
13National Research University Higher School of Economics117,268 works
15,983
14National Research Tomsk State University35,849 works
15,542
15Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University34,292 works
14,358
16Southern Federal University33,688 works
13,516
17Peoples' Friendship University of Russia50,880 works
10,977
18Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology13,025 works
10,716
19N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod18,826 works
8,403
20South Ural State University21,893 works
7,613
21Saratov State University17,438 works
7,387
22Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University26,662 works
7,284
23Siberian Federal University20,282 works
6,979
24Bauman Moscow State Technical University27,386 works
6,576
25Far Eastern Federal University16,712 works
6,469
26D. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia11,502 works
5,196
27Voronezh State University15,008 works
4,312
28Irkutsk State University7,697 works
4,131
29Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University13,086 works
3,924
30Samara National Research University15,374 works
3,807
31First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg13,019 works
3,791
32Novosibirsk State Technical University14,627 works
3,639
33St. Petersburg State Technological Institute9,489 works
3,493
34Don State Technical University14,526 works
3,169
35Belgorod National Research University12,128 works
3,022
36Moscow Power Engineering Institute13,891 works
2,939
37Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology5,119 works
2,938
38Moscow Aviation Institute13,959 works
2,903
39Kazan State Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev10,598 works
2,870
40Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University8,160 works
2,803
41Kuban State University10,296 works
2,701
42MIREA - Russian Technological University11,410 works
2,650
43Saint Petersburg Mining University8,649 works
2,556
44Yandex School of Data Analysis454 works
2,393
45Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas7,130 works
2,342
46Ufa State Aviation Technical University6,212 works
2,240
47Perm State University9,897 works
2,163
48Moscow State Pedagogical University11,818 works
2,160
49Moscow State Technological University4,416 works
2,150
50Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University6,342 works
2,105
Highlights
Within Russia, Lomonosov Moscow State University ranks first in 2026 with 154,621, followed by St Petersburg University (50,269) and Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (47,488).
Lomonosov Moscow State University is 3.1 times higher than St Petersburg University, the runner-up.
Across 50 entries, values run from 154,621 (Lomonosov Moscow State University) to 2,105 (Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University), with a median of 5,833.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research i10-index, 2026. Unit: i10-index.
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