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Issyk-Kul State University

Research output, impact, five-year growth, topic strengths and transparent benchmarking from open scholarly metadata.

ITS Research Score42.4
Global research rank#12,103
Country rank#19
Momentum rank#2,117

Research performance overview

Issyk-Kul State University is an education institution in Kyrgyzstan represented in the ITS Research Intelligence database through OpenAlex and ROR-linked identity data. Over the most recent five-year window available locally, the institution is associated with 126 research works and 176 citations. Its current h-index is 17, while the five-year trend shows strong expansion in publication activity. It currently places #12,103 in the ITS global research-performance ranking. Within Kyrgyzstan, its current research-performance position is #19.

Five-year research output and impact

Research works, 5 years126
Citations, 5 years176
H-index17
i10-index28
Publication growth116.1%
Citation growth-57.3%

Recent citation volume is approximately 1.4 citations per five-year work when the two aggregate windows are divided. This is a descriptive ratio rather than a field-normalized citation indicator, because disciplines have very different citation practices. The h-index and i10-index add longer-run visibility context, while the growth metrics show direction of travel rather than historical accumulation alone.

Research trend by year

YearWorksCitations recordedOpen-access works
20102991
20111100
2012190
2013121
2014120
20153292
20162272
2017353
20187106
20197307
2020343
2021105477
202214599
2023173013
2024284926
2025223818
202645044

The yearly series runs from 2010 to 2026 in the current local snapshot. Annual research counts should be read as a pattern rather than as an audited financial-style total: scholarly metadata is continually corrected, affiliations can be re-resolved, and citations continue to accumulate after publication.

Research strengths and leading topics

Education, Innovation and Language StudiesEmergency Medicine Education and ResearchInnovative Educational TechnologiesEconomic and Industrial DevelopmentForeign Language Teaching MethodsEducational Innovations and ChallengesPsychology of Development and EducationSoil and Environmental StudiesEducational Practices and ChallengesLuminescence Properties of Advanced Materials

The strongest topic signals currently associated with Issyk-Kul State University include Education, Innovation and Language Studies, Emergency Medicine Education and Research and Innovative Educational Technologies. Topic lists are useful for understanding where an institution is visibly active, but they are not equivalent to a complete departmental census because OpenAlex topics are inferred from the institution’s works rather than from its administrative structure.

National benchmark

Among the 22 index-ready universities currently available for Kyrgyzstan, the average five-year output is about 698 works and the average five-year citation count is about 923. Issyk-Kul State University is currently below that research-output average and below the citation average. Its own growth signal is 116.1%, compared with a country-set average of 234.0%.

Deep research intelligence

Deep enrichment is queued for this otherwise quality-gated institution. Base research metrics remain available while the collaboration and partner-country aggregates are being calculated.

How to interpret this university profile

ITS Research Solution treats this page as research intelligence rather than a prestige label. The score is designed to summarize measurable research activity using recent output, recent citations, h-index, i10-index and five-year publication growth. Size still matters, so the score should be interpreted together with the trend table and topic profile. A smaller institution with strong momentum can therefore look different from a large institution with a much longer publication history.

Rankings are recalculated from the local analytical database after OpenAlex synchronization. The public page is indexable only when the institution has enough recent research activity, at least five active years in the available trend window, and multiple topic signals. This quality gate prevents empty or minimally populated institution records from becoming search-engine pages.

Data sources and verification

The institution identity is linked to the Research Organization Registry (ROR) through the ROR identifier supplied by OpenAlex. Research counts, citation totals, yearly activity, h-index, i10-index and topic signals come from OpenAlex. OpenAlex institution records are themselves grounded in ROR for canonical institution identity. Data can change as scholarly records, affiliations and citation links are corrected, so the page records the latest local synchronization time rather than presenting the figures as permanent.

  • OpenAlex institution ID: I4210109767
  • ROR ID: 01pb8rp31
  • Last synchronized: 2026-09-09 22:16:03

Frequently asked questions

What is the research score for Issyk-Kul State University?

The current ITS Research Performance Score is 42.4 out of 100. It combines recent publication output, citations, h-index, i10-index and five-year publication growth.

How many research works are associated with Issyk-Kul State University?

The current local five-year window contains 126 works associated with the institution in OpenAlex.

Is this an official university ranking?

No. This is an independent ITS Research Solution research-performance analysis built from open scholarly metadata. It does not represent an official government or accreditation ranking.