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Research in Banská Bystrica

Science Explorer records 13 research institutions in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Matej Bel University and Research Institute of Posts and Telecommunications.

Research institutions
13
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.6k
▲ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
19k
5.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1956-2026
71 years on the record
Banská Bystrica

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Banská Bystrica?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Matej Bel UniversityUniversity 2,618 #3,684
2Research Institute of Posts and TelecommunicationsNonprofit 511 #12,395
3Public Health Authority of the Slovak RepublicHospital / health system 157 #29,552 all time
4Akadémia Umení v Banskej BystriciUniversity 119 not ranked
5Slovak Environmental AgencyInstitution 90 not ranked
6Biotika (Slovakia)Company 22 not ranked
7Slovenská Legálna MetrológiaGovernment institution 15 not ranked
8Stredoslovenské múzeumArchive 6 not ranked
9Gymnázium Andreja SládkovičaUniversity 5 not ranked
10Bitunova (Slovakia)Company 5 not ranked
11Lesy Slovenskej RepublikyGovernment institution 2 not ranked
12APIS (Slovakia)Company 1 not ranked
13Ekoplant (Slovakia)Company 1 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Matej Bel University: 73.7%Research Institute of Posts and Telecommunications: 14.4%Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic: 4.4%Akadémia Umení v Banskej Bystrici: 3.4%9 others listed: 4.1%74%largest
Matej Bel University2,618 · 73.7%Research Institute of Posts and Telecommunications511 · 14.4%Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic157 · 4.4%Akadémia Umení v Banskej Bystrici119 · 3.4%9 others listed147 · 4.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Banská Bystrica work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research in Banská Bystrica is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Computer Science (12%), Engineering (8%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 608 fractional works · 52.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 320 fractional works · 27.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 96 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 64 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEducation: 61 fractional works · 5.3% of its workLaw: 20 fractional works · 1.7% of its workUrban Studies: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLinguistics and Language: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 81 fractional works · 7.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 25 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMarketing: 20 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAccounting: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 73 fractional works · 6.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 28 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhilosophy: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 68 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 55 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 42 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 24 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 374 fractional works · 32.5% of its workComputer Science: 141 fractional works · 12.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 37 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 33 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 19 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 18 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSignal Processing: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 93 fractional works · 8.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 32 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 68 fractional works · 6.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 17 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 109 fractional works · 9.5% of its workMedicine: 83 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 24 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 59 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 33 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBanská Bystrica1,150fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences53%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences32027.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting817.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities736.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance685.9%
    5. Psychology423.7%
    6. Decision Sciences242.1%
    1. Computer Science14112.3%
    2. Engineering938.1%
    3. Environmental Science686.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences171.5%
    5. Mathematics151.3%
    6. Materials Science141.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy131.2%
    8. Chemistry70.7%
    9. Energy40.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.0%
    1. Medicine837.2%
    2. Health Professions242.1%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences332.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology141.3%
    3. Neuroscience70.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Banská Bystrica strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Banská Bystrica is most concentrated in Language and Linguistics (6.0× the world share in Language and Linguistics).

  1. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 26.3 works6.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 29 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.44× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.55× its world share, 120 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 76 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.18× its world share, 58 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.25× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.50× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.87× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 72 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.37× its world share, 68 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.11× its world share, 68 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.11× its world share, 20 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.80× its world share, 60 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.26× its world share, 38 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.22× its world share, 279 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.80×60 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.37×68 works
  3. Social Sciences2.22×279 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.11×68 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.11×20 works
  6. Computer Science1.55×120 works
  7. Psychology1.26×38 works
  8. Mathematics1.25×15 works
  9. Environmental Science1.18×58 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.99×15 works
  11. Health Professions0.87×23 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.62×29 works
  13. Engineering0.51×76 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.50×11 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.44×2 works
  16. Chemistry0.44×7 works
  17. Medicine0.38×72 works
  18. Neuroscience0.37×6 works
  19. Energy0.37×3 works
  20. Materials Science0.28×10 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.21×11 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.19×2 works
  23. Veterinary0.15×0 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.14×0 works
  25. Nursing0.14×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.10×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Banská Bystrica?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Economic Growth, Human Rights, COVID-19 Impact, Sociolinguistics, Sustainability, Digital Education and School Climate.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainable Development58▲ 3.2×49 topics
  2. Sustainability51▲ 1.80×52 topics
  3. Deep Learning44◆ 1.12×60 topics
  4. Human Rights41▲ 3.5×28 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence38▲ 2.3×38 topics
  6. Economic Growth38▲ 4.1×19 topics
  7. Innovation36▲ 3.0×31 topics
  8. Social Media34▲ 2.2×23 topics
  9. Globalization33▲ 1.45×57 topics
  10. Consumer Behavior27▲ 3.7×12 topics
  11. COVID-19 Impact26▲ 13×6 topics
  12. Economic Development25▲ 2.7×23 topics
  13. Internet of Things25▲ 2.5×23 topics
  14. Sociolinguistics24▲ 12×8 topics
  15. Energy Efficiency24▲ 2.3×19 topics
  16. Digital Education23▲ 14×5 topics
  17. School Climate23▲ 42×2 topics
  18. Ethics23▲ 3.9×17 topics
  19. Student Attitudes22▲ 19×2 topics
  20. Educational Methods22▲ 344×1 topic
  21. Environmental Management22▲ 4.8×9 topics
  22. Pedagogical Research22▲ 344×1 topic
  23. Religion20▲ 3.8×13 topics
  24. Digital Transformation20▲ 3.2×18 topics
  25. European Union20▲ 7.8×12 topics
  26. Resilience20▲ 3.5×12 topics
  27. Media18▲ 10×3 topics
  28. Cultural Integration17▲ 7.1×2 topics
  29. Sustainable Tourism17▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Governance17▲ 4.5×8 topics
  31. Destination Image17▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Social Change17▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Tourist Satisfaction16▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Spirituality16▲ 14×4 topics
  35. Tourism Development16▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Community Perceptions16▲ 19×1 topic
  37. Destination Loyalty16▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Communication Technology15▲ 103×1 topic
  39. Youth Subcultures15▲ 103×1 topic
  40. Financial Markets13▲ 9.5×3 topics

What research is done in Banská Bystrica?

Education, Psychology, and Social Research: 20 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 14 fractional worksReligious, Philosophical…14Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies: 14 fractional worksLinguistics, Language Di…10Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity: 10 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 10 fractional worksEastern European Communism and Reforms: 8 fractional worksBusiness and Economic De…8Business and Economic Development: 8 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 7 fractional worksImpact of AI and Big Data on Business and Society: 7 fractional worksRegional Development and Policy: 7 fractional works
EducationSociology and Political ScienceLanguage and LinguisticsEconomics and Econometrics3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Education, Psychology, and Social Research Education 20 works
  2. 2 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 14 works
  3. 3 Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies Sociology and Political Science 14 works
  4. 4 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity Language and Linguistics 10 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 10 works
  6. 6 Eastern European Communism and Reforms Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  7. 7 Business and Economic Development Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 8 works
  8. 8 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  9. 9 Impact of AI and Big Data on Business and Society Management Science and Operations Research 7 works
  10. 10 Regional Development and Policy Political Science and International Relations 7 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Banská Bystrica13.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.5% in 2018.

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