Research in Krakow
Science Explorer records 65 research institutions in Krakow, Poland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Jagiellonian University, AGH University of Krakow and Krakow University of Economics.
- Research institutions
- 65 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 178k ▼ 8% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 1.7M 9.4 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 13.6% 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 Krakow?
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Krakow work in?
In 2022-now, 37% of research in Krakow is in Physical Sciences, 36% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (21%), Engineering (14%), Medicine (13%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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
- Physical Sciences14k37.2%
- Engineering5,27113.8%
- Computer Science1,9775.2%
- Environmental Science1,7374.6%
- Materials Science1,6204.2%
- Physics and Astronomy1,2483.3%
- Chemistry6081.6%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences5781.5%
- Mathematics5741.5%
- Energy4521.2%
- Chemical Engineering1310.3%
- Social Sciences14k36.4%
- Social Sciences7,99821.0%
- Arts and Humanities3,0097.9%
- Psychology9572.5%
- Business, Management and Accounting8892.3%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance7962.1%
- Decision Sciences2350.6%
- Health Sciences5,89515.4%
- Medicine5,05313.2%
- Health Professions4961.3%
- Nursing1680.4%
- Dentistry1340.4%
- Veterinary440.1%
- Life Sciences4,19111.0%
What is Krakow strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Krakow is most concentrated in Linguistics and Language, General Social Sciences and History (16.8× the world share in Linguistics and Language).
- Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 667.0 works17×
- General Social SciencesSubfield · 302.5 works8.0×
- HistorySubfield · 714.1 works6.4×
- Religious studiesSubfield · 340.5 works5.9×
- AnthropologySubfield · 569.8 works5.9×
- ClassicsSubfield · 85.5 works4.2×
- Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 2,073.7 works4.0×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Arts and Humanities2.78×2,781 works
- Social Sciences1.70×7,458 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.48×1,141 works
- Energy1.30×412 works
- Mathematics1.27×518 works
- Materials Science1.21×1,456 works
- Chemistry1.02×552 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.02×755 works
- Chemical Engineering0.97×117 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.94×512 works
- Engineering0.92×4,798 works
- Neuroscience0.91×512 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.90×1,486 works
- Environmental Science0.90×1,544 works
- Nursing0.90×152 works
- Psychology0.81×849 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.78×95 works
- Veterinary0.77×36 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.76×1,406 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.73×814 works
- Dentistry0.72×121 works
- Medicine0.67×4,440 works
- Computer Science0.66×1,779 works
- Decision Sciences0.63×211 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.57×200 works
- Health Professions0.50×452 works
Which keywords describe research in Krakow?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Studies, Migration, Ethnography, Education, European Union, Nationalism, Globalization and Eastern Europe.
- Polish nobility
- Traditional Architecture
- Historical Linguistics
- Memory Studies
- Social Change
- National Identity
- Lifelong Learning
- Ethnolinguistics
- Urban Development
- Multilingualism
- Language
- Polish history
- Cultural Discourse
- Ethics
- Cultural Heritage
- Eastern Europe
- Literature
- Ethnography
- Nationalism
- Globalization
- Education
- Cultural Studies
- Migration
- European Union
- Cultural Identity
- Soviet Union
- Sociolinguistics
- Culture
- Pedagogy
- Polish minority
- Lexicography
- Translation
- Media Discourse
- Social Sciences
- Youth Development
- Digital Innovations
- Historiography
- Anthropology
- Intellectual Movements
- Eastern European culture
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
- Education1,710▲ 2.6×136 topics
- Globalization1,670▲ 2.2×166 topics
- Cultural Studies1,138▲ 8.1×39 topics
- Nationalism1,047▲ 6.1×33 topics
- Migration1,037▲ 8.0×32 topics
- Ethnography1,021▲ 16×15 topics
- European Union998▲ 12×28 topics
- Literature921▲ 4.4×59 topics
- Cultural Identity875▲ 4.6×38 topics
- Eastern Europe869▲ 44×3 topics
- Soviet Union861▲ 41×3 topics
- Cultural Heritage850▲ 4.2×39 topics
- Sociolinguistics829▲ 12×9 topics
- Ethics820▲ 4.2×56 topics
- Culture819▲ 4.1×35 topics
- Cultural Discourse793▲ 57×3 topics
- Pedagogy791▲ 4.1×30 topics
- Polish history788▲ 84×1 topic
- Polish minority788▲ 84×1 topic
- Language773▲ 8.2×13 topics
- Lexicography767▲ 23×4 topics
- Multilingualism721▲ 12×6 topics
- Translation717▲ 11×7 topics
- Urban Development714▲ 5.3×21 topics
- Media Discourse672▲ 28×3 topics
- Ethnolinguistics667▲ 58×2 topics
- Social Sciences611▲ 11×22 topics
- Lifelong Learning600▲ 7.6×10 topics
- Youth Development565▲ 16×9 topics
- National Identity560▲ 13×11 topics
- Digital Innovations547▲ 99×1 topic
- Social Change544▲ 12×19 topics
- Historiography509▲ 11×12 topics
- Memory Studies508▲ 21×5 topics
- Anthropology495▲ 14×8 topics
- Historical Linguistics481▲ 39×3 topics
- Intellectual Movements468▲ 58×2 topics
- Traditional Architecture467▲ 13×3 topics
- Eastern European culture467▲ 96×1 topic
- Polish nobility467▲ 96×1 topic
What research is done in Krakow?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Polish Historical and Cultural Studies Political Science and International Relations 767 works
- 2 Language and Culture Linguistics and Language 647 works
- 3 Education and Cultural Studies Education 515 works
- 4 Central European Literary Studies Anthropology 459 works
- 5 Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland History 442 works
- 6 Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies Philosophy 291 works
- 7 Theology and Canon Law Studies Religious studies 283 works
- 8 Polish Law and Legal System Political Science and International Relations 260 works
- 9 Social Issues in Poland General Social Sciences 241 works
- 10 Polish Legal and Social Issues Law 228 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.6% in 2016.
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