Peoples Friendship University of Russia (PFUR)

Российский Университет Дружбы Народов (РУДН)

Russia

Time frame: 1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026

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The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute Count of primary research articles and fractional Share counts of author contribution to articles. The positions in the table below reflect Peoples Friendship University of Russia (PFUR)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where Peoples Friendship University of Russia (PFUR) is listed.

Position by research output Share

Global Russia
Overall 1601 11
Academic 1266 8

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global Russia
Applied sciences 3264 41
Health sciences 6420 67
Natural sciences 1129 10
Biological sciences 2378 9
Chemistry 1846 19
Earth & environmental sciences 1614 13
Physical sciences 469 8
Social sciences 1284 10

Research

Peoples Friendship University of Russia (PFUR) has the following research output in the current window (1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.

Overall research output

Count Share
Overall 27 7.30

Overall Count and Share for 'Peoples Friendship University of Russia (PFUR)' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.

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Research outputs by subject area

Note: Natural sciences includes biological sciences, chemistry, Earth & environmental sciences and physical sciences.
Subject Count Share
Applied sciences 2 0.09
Biological sciences 5 0.21
Chemistry 4 0.56
Earth & environmental sciences 4 0.24
Health sciences 1 0.00
Physical sciences 10 6.07
Social sciences 1 0.13

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Leading research topics

In the Current Index (12-month rolling window), Peoples Friendship University of Russia (PFUR) published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.

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Share output for the past 5 years

Subject area or journal group 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Overall 3 3 5 5 6
Applied sciences 0 0 0 1 0
Health sciences 0 0 0 0 0
Natural sciences 2 3 5 4 0
Biological sciences 0 0 0 0 0
Chemistry 1 1 1 1 1
Earth & environmental sciences 0 0 0 0 0
Physical sciences 1 1 4 2 0
Nature & Science 0 0 0 0 0

Institution benchmarking

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Collaboration

Nature Index collaborations highlight fruitful collaborations that lead to high quality research around the world. A collaboration can be between any two institutions or locations co-authoring at least one article in the journals tracked by the Nature Index. The collaboration score between two institutions is the sum of each of their Shares on the papers to which both have contributed. The table and charts below highlight the leading collaborators with Peoples Friendship University of Russia (PFUR).

International vs domestic collaboration by Share

Type Percentage
International (15 institutions) 60.0%
Domestic (10 institutions) 40.0%

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Top 5 domestic collaborators with Peoples Friendship University of Russia (PFUR) by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Top 5 international collaborators with Peoples Friendship University of Russia (PFUR) by Share

Collaborating institutions

Note: Hover over the bars to view details about each institution's Share.

Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Total Share
Sido Kanhu Murmu University 0.50 / 1.00 1.50
University of Göttingen 0.41 / 0.41 0.82
Samarkand State University (SSU) 0.47 / 0.30 0.77
Aliah University 0.10 / 0.60 0.70
Baku State University 0.41 / 0.22 0.62

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