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Research in Liberec

Science Explorer records 28 research institutions in Liberec, Czechia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Technical University of Liberec and Regional Development Agency.

Research institutions
28
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.1k
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
52k
8.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1956-2026
71 years on the record
Liberec

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 Liberec?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Technical University of LiberecUniversity 4,518 #5,974
2Regional Development AgencyInstitution 528 #11,102
3VUTS (Czechia)Research facility 460 #28,977 all time
4Krajská Nemocnice LiberecHospital / health system 320 #29,738 all time
5DTZ (Czechia)Company 128 #31,738 all time
6S Group Holding (Czechia)Company 75 not ranked
7North Bohemian Museum in LiberecArchive 23 not ranked
8Elmarco (Czechia)Company 18 not ranked
9Magna Exteriors (Czechia)Company 11 not ranked
10APPLIC (Czechia)Company 6 not ranked
11Valbek (Czechia)Company 5 not ranked
12MZ Liberec (Czechia)Company 5 not ranked
13Dopravní Podnik Měst Liberce a Jablonce nad Nisou (Czechia)Company 4 not ranked
14Neisse UniversityUniversity 4 not ranked
15Centrum Léčebné Rehabilitace LiberecHospital / health system 3 not ranked
16Edip (Czechia)Company 3 not ranked
17Lenam (Czechia)Company 3 not ranked
18DIZ Bohemia (Czechia)Company 2 not ranked
19Termizo (Czechia)Company 2 not ranked
20Europanel (Czechia)Company 2 not ranked
21Evernia (Czechia)Company 1 not ranked
22Modelárna Liaz (Czechia)Company 1 not ranked
23Net-systemCompany 1 not ranked
24KMB systems (Czechia)Company 1 not ranked
25Regional Art Gallery LiberecArchive 1 not ranked
26Licon Heat (Czechia)Company 0 not ranked
27MSV Systems (Czechia)Company 0 not ranked
28IQLANDIAInstitution 0 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.

Technical University of Liberec: 73.8%Regional Development Agency: 8.6%VUTS (Czechia): 7.5%Krajská Nemocnice Liberec: 5.2%21 others listed: 4.9%74%largest
Technical University of Liberec4,518 · 73.8%Regional Development Agency528 · 8.6%VUTS (Czechia)460 · 7.5%Krajská Nemocnice Liberec320 · 5.2%21 others listed299 · 4.9%

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

Which fields of science does Liberec work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research in Liberec is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (29%), Materials Science (12%), Social Sciences (12%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,033 fractional works · 61.2% of its workEngineering: 486 fractional works · 28.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 103 fractional works · 6.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 73 fractional works · 4.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 52 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 39 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 38 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 37 fractional works · 2.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 31 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 28 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 23 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 205 fractional works · 12.1% of its workBiomaterials: 64 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 61 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 50 fractional works · 3.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 133 fractional works · 7.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 37 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 33 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 105 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPollution: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 28 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 437 fractional works · 25.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 194 fractional works · 11.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 53 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEducation: 41 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 27 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 92 fractional works · 5.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 60 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 44 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFinance: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 37 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 30 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 131 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMedicine: 111 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSurgery: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 85 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 45 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLiberec1,687fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences61%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences26%

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. Engineering48628.8%
    2. Materials Science20512.1%
    3. Computer Science1337.9%
    4. Environmental Science1056.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy281.7%
    6. Chemistry231.3%
    7. Energy191.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences171.0%
    9. Mathematics110.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering60.4%
    1. Social Sciences19411.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting925.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance603.5%
    4. Psychology372.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities301.8%
    6. Decision Sciences241.4%
    1. Medicine1116.6%
    2. Health Professions130.8%
    3. Dentistry30.2%
    4. Veterinary20.1%
    5. Nursing20.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences452.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology281.7%
    3. Neuroscience80.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Liberec strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Liberec is most concentrated in Polymers and Plastics, Biomaterials and Automotive Engineering (9.8× the world share in Polymers and Plastics).

  1. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 55.7 works9.8×
  2. BiomaterialsSubfield · 58.4 works9.7×
  3. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 34.7 works4.6×
← 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: 0.54× its world share, 36 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.97× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.89× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 72 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.22× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.03× its world share, 429 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.18× its world share, 83 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.83× its world share, 188 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.73× its world share, 23 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 97 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.60× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.74× its world share, 79 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.81× its world share, 54 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 162 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science3.83×188 works
  2. Engineering2.03×429 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.81×54 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.74×79 works
  5. Energy1.22×16 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.19×16 works
  7. Environmental Science1.18×83 works
  8. Chemical Engineering0.97×5 works
  9. Social Sciences0.91×162 works
  10. Chemistry0.89×20 works
  11. Veterinary0.83×2 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.73×23 works
  13. Psychology0.71×30 works
  14. Computer Science0.66×72 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.64×14 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.60×24 works
  17. Mathematics0.57×9 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.54×36 works
  19. Dentistry0.37×2 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.36×2 works
  21. Medicine0.36×97 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.32×24 works
  23. Neuroscience0.28×6 works
  24. Health Professions0.25×9 works
  25. Nursing0.21×1 works
  26. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Liberec?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomedical Applications, Nanocomposites, Tissue Engineering, Heat Transfer, Mechanical Properties, Drug Delivery, Regenerative Medicine and Nanofibers.

▲ 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. Biomedical Applications95▲ 4.8×32 topics
  2. Nanocomposites81▲ 6.1×20 topics
  3. Sustainability72▲ 1.74×72 topics
  4. Mechanical Properties68▲ 4.1×33 topics
  5. Environmental Impact66▲ 2.3×53 topics
  6. Tissue Engineering64▲ 6.3×12 topics
  7. Heat Transfer58▲ 7.0×18 topics
  8. Drug Delivery56▲ 6.0×14 topics
  9. Artificial Intelligence54▲ 2.2×30 topics
  10. Sustainable Development44▲ 1.66×59 topics
  11. Nanomaterials42▲ 2.4×20 topics
  12. Regenerative Medicine41▲ 9.4×5 topics
  13. Nanofibers40▲ 12×2 topics
  14. Polymer Composites39▲ 8.7×7 topics
  15. Thermal Properties38▲ 18×6 topics
  16. Electrospinning34▲ 29×1 topic
  17. Polymer Nanofibers34▲ 29×1 topic
  18. Fabric Comfort33▲ 69×1 topic
  19. Moisture Management33▲ 69×1 topic
  20. Additive Manufacturing33▲ 6.3×7 topics
  21. Graphene31▲ 2.8×11 topics
  22. Recycling29▲ 4.5×10 topics
  23. 3D Printing26▲ 7.0×4 topics
  24. Applications26▲ 5.7×5 topics
  25. Challenges21▲ 11×2 topics
  26. Health Monitoring21▲ 6.0×5 topics
  27. Energy Harvesting20▲ 6.6×3 topics
  28. Flexible Electronics19▲ 6.7×3 topics
  29. Materials19▲ 4.9×6 topics
  30. Finite Element Analysis19▲ 4.9×9 topics
  31. Biomedical Engineering18▲ 7.5×2 topics
  32. Ceramics18▲ 7.2×3 topics
  33. Fused Deposition Modeling18▲ 9.8×1 topic
  34. Nanogenerators18▲ 7.8×1 topic
  35. Wearable18▲ 7.8×1 topic
  36. Mechanical Behavior17▲ 8.4×5 topics
  37. Tool Wear17▲ 7.9×3 topics
  38. Biodegradable Polymers16▲ 5.6×4 topics
  39. Surface Roughness16▲ 6.8×4 topics
  40. Adhesive Joints14▲ 12×2 topics

What research is done in Liberec?

Electrospun Nanofibers i…32Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications: 32 fractional worksTextile materials and ev…31Textile materials and evaluations: 31 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 17 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 16 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 11 fractional worksbiodegradable polymer sy…10biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties: 10 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 9 fractional worksElectromagnetic wave absorption materials: 8 fractional worksNatural Fiber Reinforced Composites: 8 fractional worksEducation, Psychology, and Social Research: 8 fractional works
BiomaterialsPolymers and PlasticsAutomotive EngineeringBiomedical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications Biomaterials 32 works
  2. 2 Textile materials and evaluations Polymers and Plastics 31 works
  3. 3 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 17 works
  4. 4 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 16 works
  5. 5 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  6. 6 biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties Biomaterials 10 works
  7. 7 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 9 works
  8. 8 Electromagnetic wave absorption materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 8 works
  9. 9 Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites Polymers and Plastics 8 works
  10. 10 Education, Psychology, and Social Research Education 8 works

Research output over time

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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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Liberec7.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.7% in 2010.

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