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Research in Katowice

Science Explorer records 37 research institutions in Katowice, Poland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Economics in Katowice, University of Silesia in Katowice and Akademii Wychowania Fizycznego im. Jerzego Kukuczki w Katowicach.

Research institutions
37
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
57k
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
413k
7.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

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 Katowice?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Silesia in KatowiceUniversity 17,641 #2,859
2Medical University of SilesiaUniversity 17,592 #9,524
3University of Economics in KatowiceUniversity 11,854 #2,017
4Karol Szymanowski Academy of MusicUniversity 1,950 #5,981 all time
5Central Mining InstituteResearch facility 1,834 #10,633
6Akademii Wychowania Fizycznego im. Jerzego Kukuczki w KatowicachUniversity 1,168 #7,561
7Akademia ŚląskaUniversity 815 #13,715
8Górnośląska Wyższa Szkoła Handlowa im. Wojciecha KorfantegoUniversity 595 #17,744 all time
9Academy of Fine Arts in KatowiceUniversity 404 #11,725
10Institute For Ecology of Industrial AreasResearch facility 321 #21,547 all time
11Euro-CentrumArchive 319 #23,002 all time
12EuromedicHospital / health system 304 #20,609 all time
13Corona (Poland)Company 264 #30,241 all time
14Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania Marketingowego i Języków ObcychUniversity 210 #26,396 all time
15Okręgowy Szpital KolejowyHospital / health system 191 #26,132 all time
16Kompania Węglowa (Poland)Company 122 #32,633 all time
17University of Occupational Safety Management in KatowiceUniversity 95 not ranked
18Polska Grupa Górnicza (Poland)Company 80 not ranked
19Centralny Ośrodek Informatyki GórnictwaCompany 62 not ranked
20Katowice Coal Holding (Poland)Company 49 not ranked
21Centre of Technology Transfer Emag (Poland)Company 42 not ranked
22Zakłady Energetyki Cieplnej (Poland)Company 36 not ranked
23Przedsiębiorstwo Innowacyjno Wdrożeniowe Complex (Poland)Company 30 not ranked
24Elektrobudowa (Poland)Company 29 not ranked
25Wyższa Szkoła Bankowości i Finansów w KatowicachUniversity 24 not ranked
26Górnośląski Park Przemysłowy (Poland)Company 17 not ranked
27Silesian LibraryArchive 10 not ranked
28Gonar (Poland)Company 6 not ranked
29Telvis (Poland)Company 5 not ranked
30Emag Serwis (Poland)Company 4 not ranked
31Fundusz Górnośląski S.A. Oddział w KatowicachInstitution 4 not ranked
32Sevitel (Poland)Company 3 not ranked
33kopex (Poland)Company 3 not ranked
34Silcare (Poland)Company 2 not ranked
35Tauron (Poland)Company 1 not ranked
36ADW (Poland)Company 1 not ranked
37TDJ (Poland)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.

University of Silesia in Katowice: 31.5%Medical University of Silesia: 31.4%University of Economics in Katowice: 21.1%Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music: 3.5%33 others listed: 12.6%31%largest
University of Silesia in Katowice18k · 31.5%Medical University of Silesia18k · 31.4%University of Economics in Katowice12k · 21.1%Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music1,950 · 3.5%33 others listed7,051 · 12.6%

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

Which fields of science does Katowice work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research in Katowice is in Social Sciences, 34% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (31%), Social Sciences (19%), Arts and Humanities (6%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Social Sciences: 4,384 fractional works · 35.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,340 fractional works · 18.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 518 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 389 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEducation: 251 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLinguistics and Language: 237 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnthropology: 203 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLaw: 156 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 106 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 88 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 87 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 80 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 788 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPhilosophy: 187 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory: 148 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 137 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 87 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 85 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 67 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 489 fractional works · 3.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 201 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 136 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 83 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 425 fractional works · 3.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 160 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 72 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 269 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 208 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 73 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 4,238 fractional works · 34.0% of its workMedicine: 3,825 fractional works · 30.7% of its workSurgery: 417 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 333 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 266 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 246 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 208 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 207 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 181 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 174 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 148 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 127 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 126 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 126 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 108 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 106 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 97 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 95 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 90 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 82 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 74 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 65 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 54 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 169 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 278 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 133 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 115 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 80 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOral Surgery: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,359 fractional works · 18.9% of its workEngineering: 629 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 159 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 114 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 70 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 101 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 499 fractional works · 4.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 102 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 69 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 67 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 56 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 346 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 136 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 77 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 66 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 266 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 152 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 216 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 54 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPaleontology: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 163 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 80 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 97 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 68 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 74 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1,497 fractional works · 12.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 616 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 319 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 118 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 493 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPlant Science: 183 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 142 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 59 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 202 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 71 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 133 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 102 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKKatowice12kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences34%Social Sciences35%

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 Sciences4,38435.1%
    1. Social Sciences2,34018.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities7886.3%
    3. Psychology4893.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting4253.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2692.2%
    6. Decision Sciences730.6%
  2. Health Sciences4,23834.0%
    1. Medicine3,82530.7%
    2. Health Professions2782.2%
    3. Dentistry800.6%
    4. Nursing480.4%
    5. Veterinary70.1%
    1. Engineering6295.0%
    2. Environmental Science4994.0%
    3. Computer Science3462.8%
    4. Materials Science2662.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences2161.7%
    6. Chemistry1631.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy970.8%
    8. Mathematics740.6%
    9. Energy480.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering210.2%
  3. Life Sciences1,49712.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6164.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4934.0%
    3. Neuroscience2021.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1331.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics530.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Katowice strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Katowice is most concentrated in Linguistics and Language, General Social Sciences and Anthropology (17.9× the world share in Linguistics and Language).

  1. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 228.4 works18×
  2. General Social SciencesSubfield · 100.6 works8.3×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 189.4 works6.1×
  4. Religious studiesSubfield · 80.8 works4.3×
  5. HistorySubfield · 139.4 works3.9×
  6. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 107.8 works3.8×
  7. PhilosophySubfield · 171.6 works3.6×
← 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: 0.88× its world share, 466 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 531 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.05× its world share, 117 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.96× its world share, 172 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.23× its world share, 48 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 19 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.84× its world share, 146 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 310 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 194 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.42× its world share, 43 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 561 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 450 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.61× its world share, 236 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.53× its world share, 69 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 88 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.31× its world share, 71 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 252 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.52× its world share, 3,258 worksMedicineNursing: 0.75× its world share, 41 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.29× its world share, 734 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.05× its world share, 376 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 61 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.04× its world share, 248 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.29× its world share, 437 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 2,182 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.29×734 works
  2. Social Sciences1.55×2,182 works
  3. Medicine1.52×3,258 works
  4. Dentistry1.31×71 works
  5. Psychology1.29×437 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.23×48 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.11×194 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.05×117 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.05×376 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.04×248 works
  11. Neuroscience0.96×172 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.90×531 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.88×466 works
  14. Health Professions0.86×252 works
  15. Chemistry0.84×146 works
  16. Environmental Science0.81×450 works
  17. Nursing0.75×41 works
  18. Materials Science0.61×236 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.57×61 works
  20. Mathematics0.53×69 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.49×19 works
  22. Energy0.42×43 works
  23. Computer Science0.36×310 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.36×88 works
  25. Engineering0.34×561 works
  26. Veterinary0.34×5 works

Which keywords describe research in Katowice?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Studies, Ethnography, Education, Epidemiology, Sociolinguistics, Migration, Language and Globalization.

▲ 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. Epidemiology733▲ 1.47×134 topics
  2. Education577▲ 2.7×98 topics
  3. Globalization503▲ 2.0×125 topics
  4. Inflammation444▲ 1.67×83 topics
  5. Cultural Studies362▲ 7.9×26 topics
  6. Ethnography358▲ 17×12 topics
  7. Literature317▲ 4.6×45 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease298▲ 2.1×38 topics
  9. Migration295▲ 6.9×28 topics
  10. Sociolinguistics288▲ 13×8 topics
  11. Cultural Identity283▲ 4.6×28 topics
  12. Language277▲ 8.9×12 topics
  13. Obesity274▲ 2.9×28 topics
  14. Culture261▲ 4.0×25 topics
  15. Lexicography254▲ 23×4 topics
  16. Multilingualism250▲ 12×6 topics
  17. Translation247▲ 12×7 topics
  18. European Union245▲ 8.8×26 topics
  19. Pedagogy239▲ 3.8×24 topics
  20. Nationalism238▲ 4.2×27 topics
  21. Cultural Heritage234▲ 3.5×27 topics
  22. Ethics234▲ 3.7×46 topics
  23. Media Discourse229▲ 29×3 topics
  24. Ethnolinguistics225▲ 60×1 topic
  25. Development214▲ 4.8×18 topics
  26. Eastern Europe202▲ 31×3 topics
  27. Soviet Union198▲ 29×3 topics
  28. Social Change197▲ 13×9 topics
  29. National Identity188▲ 13×8 topics
  30. Cultural Discourse186▲ 41×2 topics
  31. Polish history185▲ 60×1 topic
  32. Polish minority185▲ 60×1 topic
  33. Historiography184▲ 12×7 topics
  34. Memory Studies183▲ 23×3 topics
  35. Anthropology182▲ 16×6 topics
  36. Social Sciences181▲ 10×11 topics
  37. Lifelong Learning175▲ 6.8×9 topics
  38. Youth Development168▲ 14×8 topics
  39. Digital Innovations157▲ 87×1 topic
  40. Narrative144▲ 7.5×12 topics

What research is done in Katowice?

  1. 1 Language and Culture Linguistics and Language 217 works
  2. 2 Polish Historical and Cultural Studies Political Science and International Relations 183 works
  3. 3 Central European Literary Studies Anthropology 168 works
  4. 4 Education and Cultural Studies Education 154 works
  5. 5 Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies Philosophy 110 works
  6. 6 Polish Law and Legal System Political Science and International Relations 90 works
  7. 7 Social Issues in Poland General Social Sciences 79 works
  8. 8 Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland History 75 works
  9. 9 Theology and Canon Law Studies Religious studies 65 works
  10. 10 Polish Legal and Social Issues Law 62 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 counting5%10%15%Katowice12.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.7% in 2016.

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