Universities by Research Publications in Russia
Universities and colleges ranked by the number of scholarly works indexed by OpenAlex. This measures research volume, not teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.
1Lomonosov Moscow State University8,562,526 citations
228,125
2National Research University Higher School of Economics833,739 citations
117,268
3St Petersburg University2,429,575 citations
98,428
4Peoples' Friendship University of Russia479,069 citations
50,880
5Sechenov University1,007,545 citations
50,180
6Ural Federal University716,448 citations
49,601
7Kazan Federal University900,071 citations
45,666
8Novosibirsk State University2,000,825 citations
42,228
9Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology1,001,322 citations
35,944
10National Research Tomsk State University678,534 citations
35,849
11Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University570,661 citations
34,292
12National Research Nuclear University MEPhI2,775,781 citations
33,785
13Southern Federal University551,584 citations
33,688
14Tomsk Polytechnic University666,492 citations
32,644
15ITMO University851,960 citations
31,252
16Bauman Moscow State Technical University246,192 citations
27,386
17Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University402,217 citations
26,662
18Financial University93,793 citations
23,679
19National University of Science and Technology757,729 citations
22,551
20South Ural State University361,614 citations
21,893
21Siberian Federal University290,956 citations
20,282
22N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod339,444 citations
18,826
23Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics3,536,461 citations
17,730
24Plekhanov Russian University of Economics81,224 citations
17,492
25Saratov State University338,068 citations
17,438
26Far Eastern Federal University243,837 citations
16,712
27Moscow State Institute of International Relations30,705 citations
16,671
28Altai State University60,693 citations
15,754
29Samara National Research University171,303 citations
15,374
30Moscow State University of Civil Engineering73,675 citations
15,326
31Voronezh State University158,908 citations
15,008
32Novosibirsk State Technical University162,266 citations
14,627
33Don State Technical University110,556 citations
14,526
34Moscow Aviation Institute112,793 citations
13,959
35Moscow Power Engineering Institute124,716 citations
13,891
36Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University147,012 citations
13,086
37Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology610,707 citations
13,025
38First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg212,519 citations
13,019
39Belgorod National Research University161,898 citations
12,128
40Moscow State Pedagogical University115,605 citations
11,818
41D. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia179,323 citations
11,502
42MIREA - Russian Technological University96,957 citations
11,410
43University of Tyumen83,877 citations
11,251
44Herzen University64,851 citations
11,245
45Kazan State Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev93,622 citations
10,598
46Samara State Technical University82,215 citations
10,334
47Kuban State University107,615 citations
10,296
48North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov80,396 citations
10,296
49Perm State University75,585 citations
9,897
50Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education61,293 citations
9,855
Highlights
Within Russia, Lomonosov Moscow State University ranks first in 2026 with 228,125, followed by National Research University Higher School of Economics (117,268) and St Petersburg University (98,428).
Lomonosov Moscow State University is 1.9 times higher than National Research University Higher School of Economics, the runner-up.
Across 50 entries, values run from 228,125 (Lomonosov Moscow State University) to 9,855 (Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education), with a median of 17,075.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications, 2026. Unit: works.
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