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Research in Gdańsk

Science Explorer records 39 research institutions in Gdańsk, Poland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk Medical University and University of Gdańsk.

Research institutions
39
9 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
65k
▼ 2% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
15.7%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Gdańsk?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of GdańskUniversity 24,271 #1,767
2Gdańsk University of TechnologyUniversity 19,661 #925
3Gdańsk Medical UniversityUniversity 13,652 #1,675
4Institute of Fluid Flow-MachineryResearch facility 1,577 #11,641
5University Clinical CentreHospital / health system 1,347 #13,733
6Gdansk University of Physical Education and SportUniversity 1,125 #14,430
7WSB Merito University in GdańskUniversity 883 #21,087
8Institute of HydroengineeringResearch facility 517 #31,599 all time
9Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w GdańskuNonprofit 451 #26,900
10Maritime Institute in GdanskResearch facility 330 #33,130 all time
11Przedsiębiorstwo Badań i DoradztwaInstitution 222 #42,781 all time
12National Museum in GdanskArchive 198 #40,081 all time
13Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania w GdańskuUniversity 188 #42,035 all time
14Akademia Ateneum w GdańskuUniversity 186 #27,844
15Centrum Techniki OkrętowejResearch facility 185 #40,640 all time
16Gdańska Wyższa Szkoła HumanistycznaUniversity 113 not ranked
17Akademia Muzyczna im. Stanisława Moniuszki w GdańskuUniversity 109 not ranked
18Gdansk School of Higher EducationUniversity 101 not ranked
19Intel (Poland)Company 50 not ranked
20Gdańskie Seminarium DuchowneUniversity 47 not ranked
21Baltic Sea Cultural Centre in GdańskArchive 43 not ranked
22Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management in GdanskUniversity 43 not ranked
23Blue Dot Solutions (Poland)Company 38 not ranked
24Polskie Stowarzyszenie KorozyjneNonprofit 32 not ranked
25Grupa Lotos (Poland)Company 29 not ranked
26ZRE Gdańsk (Poland)Company 26 not ranked
27Automex (Poland)Company 13 not ranked
28Hospicjum im. Ks. Eugeniusza Dutkiewicza SACHospital / health system 9 not ranked
29Ekopop (Poland)Company 9 not ranked
30Marine Projects (Poland)Company 9 not ranked
31BioLab Innovative Research Technologies (Poland)Company 7 not ranked
32Gdansk Water FoundationNonprofit 6 not ranked
33Przedsiębiorstwo Robót Elewacyjnych (Poland)Company 4 not ranked
34SentiOne (Poland)Company 4 not ranked
35Fes Trading (Poland)Company 3 not ranked
36Union of the Baltic CitiesInstitution 2 not ranked
37Remstat (Poland)Company 1 not ranked
38Baltic Energy Conservation AgencyInstitution 1 not ranked
39Tercja Systemy Pomiarowe i Komputerowe (Poland)Company 1 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.

University of Gdańsk: 37.1%Gdańsk University of Technology: 30.0%Gdańsk Medical University: 20.8%Institute of Fluid Flow-Machinery: 2.4%35 others listed: 9.7%37%largest
University of Gdańsk24k · 37.1%Gdańsk University of Technology20k · 30.0%Gdańsk Medical University14k · 20.8%Institute of Fluid Flow-Machinery1,577 · 2.4%35 others listed6,332 · 9.7%

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

What is Gdańsk strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Gdańsk is most concentrated in Linguistics and Language, General Social Sciences and History (10.4× the world share in Linguistics and Language).

  1. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 140.1 works10×
  2. General Social SciencesSubfield · 80.0 works6.2×
  3. HistorySubfield · 147.5 works3.9×
  4. AnthropologySubfield · 122.1 works3.7×
  5. Biological PsychiatrySubfield · 20.2 works3.2×
  6. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 462.7 works2.7×
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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.

Which keywords describe research in Gdańsk?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Studies, Ethnography, Education, Globalization, European Union, Eastern Europe, Soviet Union and Sociolinguistics.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology423◆ 0.91×130 topics
  2. Globalization402▲ 1.75×118 topics
  3. Education389▲ 1.93×90 topics
  4. Inflammation277◆ 1.14×83 topics
  5. Cultural Studies265▲ 6.0×31 topics
  6. Environmental Impact254▲ 1.27×64 topics
  7. Ethnography218▲ 11×14 topics
  8. Literature209▲ 3.3×45 topics
  9. Nationalism201▲ 3.7×27 topics
  10. European Union191▲ 7.2×21 topics
  11. Cultural Heritage182▲ 2.9×30 topics
  12. Identity179▲ 2.1×58 topics
  13. Migration178▲ 4.5×27 topics
  14. Eastern Europe177▲ 27×3 topics
  15. Pedagogy177▲ 3.1×24 topics
  16. Cultural Identity176▲ 2.9×24 topics
  17. Soviet Union175▲ 26×3 topics
  18. Sociolinguistics167▲ 7.5×8 topics
  19. Culture165▲ 2.7×26 topics
  20. Language162▲ 5.7×13 topics
  21. Polish history162▲ 51×1 topic
  22. Polish minority162▲ 51×1 topic
  23. Urban Development158▲ 3.7×15 topics
  24. Ethics157▲ 2.8×44 topics
  25. Translation156▲ 7.7×6 topics
  26. Lexicography151▲ 14×5 topics
  27. Multilingualism149▲ 7.6×5 topics
  28. Media Discourse137▲ 18×4 topics
  29. Ethnolinguistics134▲ 35×2 topics
  30. Lifelong Learning129▲ 5.4×11 topics
  31. Social Sciences122▲ 7.4×10 topics
  32. Youth Development120▲ 11×7 topics
  33. National Identity113▲ 8.5×7 topics
  34. Social Change110▲ 7.6×9 topics
  35. Historiography108▲ 7.3×6 topics
  36. Digital Innovations107▲ 58×1 topic
  37. Memory Studies106▲ 14×5 topics
  38. Anthropology105▲ 9.2×6 topics
  39. Public Administration102▲ 10×5 topics
  40. European Union Law100▲ 50×2 topics

What research is done in Gdańsk?

  1. 1 Polish Historical and Cultural Studies Political Science and International Relations 162 works
  2. 2 Language and Culture Linguistics and Language 133 works
  3. 3 Education and Cultural Studies Education 107 works
  4. 4 Central European Literary Studies Anthropology 100 works
  5. 5 Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland History 82 works
  6. 6 Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies Philosophy 74 works
  7. 7 Polish Law and Legal System Political Science and International Relations 73 works
  8. 8 Social Issues in Poland General Social Sciences 65 works
  9. 9 Polish Legal and Social Issues Law 62 works
  10. 10 Urban Development and Cultural Heritage Urban Studies 43 works

Research output over time

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