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Research in Lviv

Science Explorer records 30 research institutions in Lviv, Ukraine. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Lviv Polytechnic National University, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University and Lviv University.

Research institutions
30
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
48k
▲ 142% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
8.2%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Lviv?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Lviv Polytechnic National UniversityUniversity 15,722 #2,139
2Lviv UniversityUniversity 11,318 #5,430
3Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityUniversity 4,014 #2,447
4G.V. Karpenko Physical-Mechanical InstituteResearch facility 2,385 #8,949
5Stepan Gzhytskyi National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies LvivUniversity 1,659 #12,528
6Pidstryhach Institute for Applied Problems of Mechanics and MathematicsResearch facility 1,427 #10,745
7Institute of Cell BiologyResearch facility 1,274 #13,930
8Yukhnovskii Institute for Condensed Matter Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of UkraineResearch facility 1,211 #12,971
9Lviv State University of Internal AffairsUniversity 1,028 #19,255
10Lviv State University of Life SafetyUniversity 816 #15,538
11Ukrainian National Forestry UniversityUniversity 754 #15,056
12Institute of Animal Biology NAASResearch facility 736 #24,901
13Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research of NAS of UkraineUniversity 713 #20,326
14Lviv State University of Physical CultureUniversity 650 #17,885
15State Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of UkraineArchive 582 #22,185
16Ukrainian Catholic UniversityUniversity 512 #9,702
17Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Army AcademyUniversity 477 #21,169
18Ukrainian Academy of PrintingUniversity 423 #20,491
19Electron (Ukraine)Company 339 #18,328 all time
20Vlokh Institute of Physical OpticsResearch facility 305 #15,393 all time
21Lviv National Academy of ArtsUniversity 299 #20,648
22SCIVP of Veterinary Medicinal Products and Feed AdditivesResearch facility 279 #23,317
23Lviv National Musical Academy named after Mykola LysenkoUniversity 272 #26,174
24Lviv University of Trade and EconomicsUniversity 190 #38,272 all time
25Institute of Blood Pathology and Transfusion Medicine of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of UkraineResearch facility 150 #31,475 all time
26I.Krypiakevych Institute of Ukrainian Studies National Academy of Sciences of UkraineResearch facility 100 not ranked
27Lviv City Children's HospitalHospital / health system 78 not ranked
28IT Step UniversityUniversity 47 not ranked
29Center for Urban History of East Central EuropeNonprofit 11 not ranked
30Agency of European innovationsNonprofit 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.

Lviv Polytechnic National University: 32.9%Lviv University: 23.7%Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University: 8.4%G.V. Karpenko Physical-Mechanical Institute: 5.0%26 others listed: 30.0%33%largest
Lviv Polytechnic National University16k · 32.9%Lviv University11k · 23.7%Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University4,014 · 8.4%G.V. Karpenko Physical-Mechanical Institute2,385 · 5.0%26 others listed14k · 30.0%

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

What is Lviv strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lviv is most concentrated in Anatomy, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and General Materials Science (20.4× the world share in Anatomy).

  1. AnatomySubfield · 70.1 works20×
  2. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 593.2 works16×
  3. General Materials ScienceSubfield · 46.2 works7.4×
  4. TransportationSubfield · 347.2 works7.3×
  5. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 511.4 works6.1×
  6. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 300.8 works4.8×
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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 Lviv?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Financial Security, Economic Development, Environmental Management, Economic Security, Innovation, Globalization and Legal Regulation.

▲ 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. Sustainable Development1,777▲ 7.8×76 topics
  2. Financial Security1,118▲ 70×3 topics
  3. Economic Development1,036▲ 8.9×39 topics
  4. Globalization946▲ 3.4×107 topics
  5. Innovation836▲ 5.5×62 topics
  6. Climate Change790▲ 2.0×98 topics
  7. Environmental Management756▲ 13×14 topics
  8. Economic Security734▲ 24×7 topics
  9. Renewable Energy698▲ 3.4×49 topics
  10. Energy Efficiency670▲ 5.0×42 topics
  11. Artificial Intelligence628▲ 3.2×54 topics
  12. Legal Regulation579▲ 18×8 topics
  13. Digital Transformation526▲ 6.9×25 topics
  14. Industrial Policy524▲ 33×5 topics
  15. Public Finance484▲ 71×2 topics
  16. Fiscal Risks480▲ 86×1 topic
  17. Smart Industry480▲ 86×1 topic
  18. Human Rights480▲ 3.2×54 topics
  19. Innovation Development403▲ 36×3 topics
  20. Foresight383▲ 20×2 topics
  21. Literature382▲ 4.9×34 topics
  22. Green Investments382▲ 48×1 topic
  23. Social Safety382▲ 48×1 topic
  24. Ethnicity368▲ 6.8×13 topics
  25. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles359▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Design359▲ 15×5 topics
  27. Strategic Planning357▲ 17×5 topics
  28. Modernization356▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Air Force355▲ 20×1 topic
  30. Warfare355▲ 20×1 topic
  31. Social Influence338▲ 11×3 topics
  32. International Trade Law334▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Public Oversight333▲ 18×1 topic
  34. Transport Policy333▲ 18×1 topic
  35. Science333▲ 9.4×9 topics
  36. Islam330▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Sharia Law329▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Malay Language328▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Resource Efficiency308▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Human Capital304▲ 13×10 topics

What research is done in Lviv?

  1. 1 Economic Issues in Ukraine General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 480 works
  2. 2 Business and Economic Development Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 382 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 355 works
  4. 4 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 333 works
  5. 5 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 328 works
  6. 6 Diverse Scientific Research in Ukraine Global and Planetary Change 280 works
  7. 7 Economic and Business Development Strategies Economics and Econometrics 266 works
  8. 8 Labor Market and Education Economics and Econometrics 256 works
  9. 9 Agriculture and Biological Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 133 works
  10. 10 Agriculture Market Analysis Ukraine General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 92 works

Research output over time

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