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Research in Opava

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Opava, Czechia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Silesian University in Opava and Silesian Museum.

Research institutions
12
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.7k
▼ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
26k
5.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1954-2026
73 years on the record
Opava

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 Opava?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Silesian University in OpavaUniversity 4,239 #5,180
2Silesian MuseumArchive 292 #20,755
3State Phytosanitary AdministrationGovernment institution 106 not ranked
4Slezská Nemocnice v OpavěHospital / health system 18 not ranked
5Mvb Opava (Czechia)Company 4 not ranked
6Ostroj (Czechia)Company 3 not ranked
7Hytech (Czechia)Company 3 not ranked
8Akzo Nobel (Czechia)Company 2 not ranked
9Activair (Czechia)Company 1 not ranked
10Top - Modern (Czechia)Company 1 not ranked
11K2pharm (Czechia)Company 1 not ranked
12Isotra (Czechia)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.

Silesian University in Opava: 90.8%Silesian Museum: 6.3%State Phytosanitary Administration: 2.3%Slezská Nemocnice v Opavě: 0.4%8 others listed: 0.3%91%largest
Silesian University in Opava4,239 · 90.8%Silesian Museum292 · 6.3%State Phytosanitary Administration106 · 2.3%Slezská Nemocnice v Opavě18 · 0.4%8 others listed16 · 0.3%

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

Which fields of science does Opava work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research in Opava is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Arts and Humanities (12%), Physics and Astronomy (11%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 502 fractional works · 57.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 269 fractional works · 30.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 69 fractional works · 7.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 51 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEducation: 40 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAnthropology: 23 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 22 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLaw: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 106 fractional works · 12.0% of its workHistory: 27 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 21 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhilosophy: 19 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArcheology: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workReligious studies: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 50 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMarketing: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAccounting: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 45 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 30 fractional works · 3.4% of its workFinance: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 20 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 228 fractional works · 26.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 98 fractional works · 11.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 52 fractional works · 6.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 22 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 31 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 25 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 24 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 23 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPaleontology: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 104 fractional works · 11.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 80 fractional works · 9.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 41 fractional works · 4.7% of its workInsect Science: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAquatic Science: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 43 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMedicine: 29 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKOpava878fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences57%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences26930.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities10612.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting505.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance455.1%
    5. Decision Sciences202.3%
    6. Psychology121.4%
    1. Physics and Astronomy9811.2%
    2. Computer Science313.6%
    3. Environmental Science252.9%
    4. Mathematics242.8%
    5. Engineering232.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences151.7%
    7. Materials Science70.8%
    8. Chemistry40.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Energy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences809.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology202.3%
    3. Neuroscience20.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.2%
    1. Medicine293.3%
    2. Health Professions111.2%
    3. Nursing10.2%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Opava strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Opava is most concentrated in Linguistics and Language, Astronomy and Astrophysics and History (24.6× the world share in Linguistics and Language).

  1. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 22.1 works25×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 46.9 works12×
  3. HistorySubfield · 25.6 works10×
  4. AnthropologySubfield · 22.0 works10.0×
← 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: 1.29× its world share, 48 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 27 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.35× its world share, 22 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 4.96× its world share, 86 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.47× its world share, 101 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.95× its world share, 49 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.48× its world share, 19 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.65× its world share, 44 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.62× its world share, 259 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy4.96×86 works
  2. Arts and Humanities4.47×101 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.65×44 works
  4. Social Sciences2.62×259 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.48×19 works
  6. Mathematics2.35×22 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.95×49 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.29×48 works
  9. Environmental Science0.56×22 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.51×6 works
  11. Health Professions0.51×11 works
  12. Psychology0.51×12 works
  13. Computer Science0.44×27 works
  14. Veterinary0.42×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.40×16 works
  16. Dentistry0.34×1 works
  17. Chemistry0.27×3 works
  18. Nursing0.23×1 works
  19. Materials Science0.19×5 works
  20. Engineering0.17×20 works
  21. Medicine0.17×26 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.14×1 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.13×0 works
  24. Neuroscience0.08×1 works
  25. Energy0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Opava?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Cultural Studies, Ethnography, Nationalism, Literature, Taxonomy, Evolution and Migration.

▲ 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. Education65▲ 4.3×26 topics
  2. Globalization48▲ 2.8×46 topics
  3. Cultural Studies45▲ 14×15 topics
  4. Ethnography36▲ 24×2 topics
  5. Literature35▲ 7.4×20 topics
  6. Nationalism34▲ 8.7×9 topics
  7. Biodiversity34▲ 5.1×18 topics
  8. Human Rights33▲ 3.7×24 topics
  9. Taxonomy33▲ 26×13 topics
  10. Evolution33▲ 14×8 topics
  11. Cultural Identity33▲ 7.5×10 topics
  12. Migration32▲ 11×9 topics
  13. Phylogeny32▲ 21×15 topics
  14. Biogeography31▲ 13×16 topics
  15. Cultural Heritage31▲ 6.7×10 topics
  16. Sociolinguistics31▲ 19×7 topics
  17. Eastern Europe30▲ 66×3 topics
  18. Identity30▲ 4.7×21 topics
  19. Soviet Union30▲ 61×2 topics
  20. Black Holes29▲ 35×3 topics
  21. Polish history28▲ 132×1 topic
  22. Polish minority28▲ 132×1 topic
  23. Ethics27▲ 6.1×15 topics
  24. Pedagogy27▲ 6.2×10 topics
  25. Language27▲ 12×7 topics
  26. Multilingualism27▲ 19×4 topics
  27. Lexicography27▲ 35×4 topics
  28. Culture25▲ 5.4×5 topics
  29. European Union24▲ 12×14 topics
  30. Translation24▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Morphology23▲ 15×7 topics
  32. Social Change23▲ 21×4 topics
  33. Media Discourse23▲ 41×2 topics
  34. Ethnolinguistics22▲ 84×1 topic
  35. Historiography22▲ 20×4 topics
  36. National Identity21▲ 21×3 topics
  37. Social Sciences21▲ 17×5 topics
  38. Memory Studies20▲ 36×2 topics
  39. Anthropology20▲ 24×1 topic
  40. Digital Innovations19▲ 149×1 topic

What research is done in Opava?

Polish Historical and Cultural Studies: 28 fractional worksLanguage and Culture: 22 fractional worksCentral European Literar…19Central European Literary Studies: 19 fractional worksEducation and Cultural S…19Education and Cultural Studies: 19 fractional worksPolish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies: 14 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 12 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural …12Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland: 12 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 11 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 11 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoreti…11Black Holes and Theoretical Physics: 11 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsLinguistics and LanguageAnthropologyEducation4 others

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

  1. 1 Polish Historical and Cultural Studies Political Science and International Relations 28 works
  2. 2 Language and Culture Linguistics and Language 22 works
  3. 3 Central European Literary Studies Anthropology 19 works
  4. 4 Education and Cultural Studies Education 19 works
  5. 5 Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies Philosophy 14 works
  6. 6 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 12 works
  7. 7 Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland History 12 works
  8. 8 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 11 works
  9. 9 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 11 works
  10. 10 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 11 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 counting10%20%Opava12.9% 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 15.9% in 2016.

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