City · Slovenia
Research in Ljubljana
Science Explorer records 186 research institutions in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Ljubljana, Jožef Stefan Institute and National Institute of Chemistry.
- Research institutions
- 186 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 115k ▲ 11% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 15.7% record average 16.5%
A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Ljubljana?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of LjubljanaUniversity | 45,965 | #594 | |
| 2 | Jožef Stefan InstituteResearch facility | 12,481 | #1,487 | |
| 3 | Institute of CriminologyResearch facility | 6,739 | #15,323 | |
| 4 | Ljubljana University Medical CentreHospital / health system | 6,598 | #4,722 | |
| 5 | Faculty of MediaUniversity | 4,676 | #16,314 | |
| 6 | Faculty of DesignUniversity | 3,622 | #11,076 | |
| 7 | College of AccountingUniversity | 3,556 | #17,699 | |
| 8 | National Institute of ChemistryResearch facility | 2,882 | #3,703 | |
| 9 | Institute of Contemporary HistoryArchive | 1,963 | #12,722 | |
| 10 | Institute of Oncology LjubljanaResearch facility | 1,916 | #9,110 | |
| 11 | University Psychiatric HospitalHospital / health system | 1,630 | #18,195 | |
| 12 | Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate SchoolUniversity | 1,092 | #8,982 | |
| 13 | National Institute of BiologyResearch facility | 1,070 | #11,789 | |
| 14 | Institute of Mathematics, Physics, and MechanicsResearch facility | 1,022 | #6,332 | |
| 15 | Ekonomski InštitutResearch facility | 1,022 | #27,192 | |
| 16 | National Museum of SloveniaArchive | 900 | #18,527 | |
| 17 | Slovenian Academy of Sciences and ArtsInstitution | 871 | #15,946 | |
| 18 | Institute for Ethnic StudiesResearch facility | 833 | #22,487 | |
| 19 | Geodetic Institute of SloveniaResearch facility | 731 | #16,412 | |
| 20 | National Institute of Public HealthGovernment institution | 723 | #14,171 | |
| 21 | Agricultural institute of SloveniaResearch facility | 658 | #20,842 | |
| 22 | Institute of Metals and TechnologyResearch facility | 646 | #14,229 | |
| 23 | Institute for Economic ResearchResearch facility | 602 | #22,007 | |
| 24 | Intellectual Property InstituteUniversity | 591 | #24,760 | |
| 25 | Geological Survey of SloveniaResearch facility | 577 | #13,947 | |
| 26 | XLAB (Slovenia)Company | 539 | #16,468 | |
| 27 | Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering InstituteResearch facility | 513 | #18,018 | |
| 28 | Slovenian Forestry InstituteInstitution | 463 | #15,199 | |
| 29 | Counselling Centre for Children, Adolescents and ParentsInstitution | 435 | #27,734 all time | |
| 30 | Educational Research InstituteResearch facility | 430 | #25,077 | |
| 31 | Elektro Ljubljana (Slovenia)Company | 412 | #27,348 | |
| 32 | Univerzitetni Rehabilitacijski InštitutUniversity | 398 | #35,587 all time | |
| 33 | Institute of Occupational SafetyResearch facility | 383 | #28,958 all time | |
| 34 | Ministry of DefenceGovernment institution | 345 | #17,839 all time | |
| 35 | Slovenska Industrija Jekla (Slovenia)Company | 306 | #26,163 | |
| 36 | Biotechnical Educational Centre LjubljanaUniversity | 250 | #33,826 all time | |
| 37 | Community Health Centre LjubljanaHospital / health system | 243 | #22,486 | |
| 38 | Omega Consult (Slovenia)Company | 237 | #25,790 | |
| 39 | National and University Library of SloveniaArchive | 216 | #25,924 all time | |
| 40 | S&T SlovenijaUniversity | 212 | #40,985 all time | |
| 41 | B2 (Slovenia)Company | 208 | #37,806 all time | |
| 42 | Inštitut BionResearch facility | 203 | #37,696 all time | |
| 43 | Institute for Sustainable DevelopmentNonprofit | 202 | #18,040 | |
| 44 | Očesna Klinika UKC LjubljanaHospital / health system | 193 | #42,704 all time | |
| 45 | Blood Transfusion Centre of SloveniaHospital / health system | 192 | #26,024 all time | |
| 46 | Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of SloveniaGovernment institution | 182 | #26,962 all time | |
| 47 | Vodovod-Kanalizacija (Slovenia)Company | 181 | #42,004 all time | |
| 48 | Higher School of Applied SciencesUniversity | 177 | #25,434 | |
| 49 | Slovenian Environment AgencyGovernment institution | 164 | #25,324 all time | |
| 50 | Ministry of HealthGovernment institution | 163 | #39,817 all time | |
| 51 | EN-FIST Centre of Excellence (Slovenia)Company | 163 | #22,879 all time | |
| 52 | Slovenian Museum of Natural HistoryArchive | 160 | #34,699 all time | |
| 53 | Health Insurance Institute of SloveniaInstitution | 154 | #33,053 all time | |
| 54 | Gradbeni Inštitut Zrmk d.o.oCompany | 153 | #42,036 all time | |
| 55 | Urban planning Institute of the Republic of SloveniaResearch facility | 151 | #39,338 all time | |
| 56 | Ministry of the InteriorGovernment institution | 130 | #42,334 all time | |
| 57 | Slovenian Institute of Quality and MetrologyResearch facility | 124 | #35,594 all time | |
| 58 | Academic and Research Network of SloveniaGovernment institution | 120 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Peace Institute- Institute for Contemporary Social and Political StudiesNonprofit | 118 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Bank of SloveniaInstitution | 118 | 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 Ljubljana46k · 41.0%Jožef Stefan Institute12k · 11.1%Institute of Criminology6,739 · 6.0%Ljubljana University Medical Centre6,598 · 5.9%56 others listed40k · 35.9%
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Ljubljana strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Ljubljana is most concentrated in Space and Planetary Science, Music and Algebra and Number Theory (5.6× the world share in Space and Planetary Science).
- Space and Planetary ScienceSubfield · 21.9 works5.6×
- MusicSubfield · 58.6 works3.7×
- Algebra and Number TheorySubfield · 34.5 works2.8×
- Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 232.2 works2.7×
- ArcheologySubfield · 158.0 works2.7×
← 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.
Which keywords describe research in Ljubljana?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Cultural History, Identity, Social Change, Ethics, Sustainability, Spirituality and Media.
- Eastern Europe
- Dissent
- Economic Diplomacy
- Negotiation
- Sovereign Debt Crises
- Foreign Policy
- Nation-Building
- Communication Technology
- Social Change
- Media
- Cultural Integration
- International Relations
- Mechanical Properties
- Public Health
- Ethics
- Environmental Impact
- Identity
- Sustainable Development
- Machine Learning
- Sustainability
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Globalization
- Religion
- Human Rights
- Social Media
- Mental Health
- Resilience
- Economic Growth
- Nationalism
- Cultural History
- Cultural Heritage
- Spirituality
- Youth Subcultures
- International Trade
- Transition
- Authoritarianism
- Commercial Diplomacy
- Memory Politics
- Post-Communist
▲ 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
- Epidemiology604▼ 0.78×138 topics
- Sustainability539◆ 1.13×116 topics
- Climate Change539◆ 1.02×116 topics
- Machine Learning504▼ 0.79×89 topics
- Globalization438◆ 1.14×156 topics
- Sustainable Development357◆ 1.15×94 topics
- Religion356▲ 3.8×39 topics
- Identity349▲ 2.5×68 topics
- Human Rights342▲ 1.70×78 topics
- Environmental Impact342◆ 1.03×66 topics
- Social Media308◆ 1.10×38 topics
- Ethics291▲ 3.1×52 topics
- Mental Health286◆ 1.00×48 topics
- Public Health284◆ 1.00×70 topics
- Resilience253▲ 2.7×19 topics
- Mechanical Properties251▲ 1.32×38 topics
- Economic Growth228▲ 1.37×31 topics
- International Relations222▲ 4.7×30 topics
- Nationalism204▲ 2.3×32 topics
- Cultural Integration204▲ 4.6×3 topics
- Cultural History203▲ 8.5×13 topics
- Media196▲ 6.5×16 topics
- Cultural Heritage195▲ 1.82×36 topics
- Social Change194▲ 8.0×18 topics
- Spirituality181▲ 9.5×7 topics
- Communication Technology173▲ 71×1 topic
- Youth Subcultures173▲ 71×1 topic
- Nation-Building159▲ 15×4 topics
- International Trade149▲ 5.2×12 topics
- Foreign Policy137▲ 17×4 topics
- Transition136▲ 7.5×6 topics
- Sovereign Debt Crises135▲ 16×2 topics
- Authoritarianism133▲ 7.6×5 topics
- Negotiation126▲ 20×4 topics
- Commercial Diplomacy123▲ 52×1 topic
- Economic Diplomacy123▲ 52×1 topic
- Memory Politics120▲ 21×2 topics
- Dissent120▲ 30×1 topic
- Post-Communist120▲ 30×1 topic
- Eastern Europe90▲ 8.2×3 topics
What research is done in Ljubljana?
Sociology and Political ScienceEconomics and EconometricsLanguage and LinguisticsCultural Studies3 others
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies Sociology and Political Science 173 works
- 2 Balkan and Eastern European Studies Economics and Econometrics 123 works
- 3 Eastern European Communism and Reforms Sociology and Political Science 120 works
- 4 Regional Development and Management Studies Economics and Econometrics 77 works
- 5 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 69 works
- 6 Balkans: History, Politics, Society Cultural Studies 66 works
- 7 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity Language and Linguistics 57 works
- 8 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 42 works
- 9 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 42 works
- 10 Diverse Musicological Studies Music 40 works
Research output over time
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