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Research in Opole

Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Opole, Poland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Opole University of Technology, University of Opole and Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny w Opolu.

Research institutions
7
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
15k
▼ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
84k
5.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1954-2026
73 years on the record
Opole

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 Opole?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of OpoleUniversity 7,117 #4,149
2Opole University of TechnologyUniversity 6,231 #2,998
3Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny w OpoluHospital / health system 790 #13,062
4Silesian Institute in OpoleResearch facility 245 #28,727 all time
5Public Higher Medical Professional School in OpoleUniversity 241 #20,646 all time
6Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania i Administracji w OpoluUniversity 55 not ranked
7Explomet (Poland)Company 25 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.

University of Opole: 48.4%Opole University of Technology: 42.4%Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny w Opolu: 5.4%Silesian Institute in Opole: 1.7%3 others listed: 2.2%48%largest
University of Opole7,117 · 48.4%Opole University of Technology6,231 · 42.4%Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny w Opolu790 · 5.4%Silesian Institute in Opole245 · 1.7%3 others listed321 · 2.2%

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

Which fields of science does Opole work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research in Opole is in Social Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Engineering (16%), Medicine (16%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,332 fractional works · 43.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 740 fractional works · 24.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 215 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 102 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEducation: 81 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 59 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLaw: 50 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety Research: 42 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnthropology: 39 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 30 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrban Studies: 29 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 300 fractional works · 9.8% of its workReligious studies: 68 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHistory: 67 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 48 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 39 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 118 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 42 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 37 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 92 fractional works · 3.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 40 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 67 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 55 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 924 fractional works · 30.0% of its workEngineering: 503 fractional works · 16.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 121 fractional works · 3.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 65 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 49 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 41 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 41 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 35 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 31 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 117 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 42 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 111 fractional works · 3.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 63 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 39 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 574 fractional works · 18.6% of its workMedicine: 497 fractional works · 16.1% of its workSurgery: 66 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 35 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 63 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 31 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNursing: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 249 fractional works · 8.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 120 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPlant Science: 43 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 37 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInsect Science: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 71 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 34 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 36 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKOpole3,079fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences43%

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. Social Sciences1,33243.3%
    1. Social Sciences74024.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities3009.8%
    3. Psychology1183.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting923.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance672.2%
    6. Decision Sciences160.5%
    1. Engineering50316.3%
    2. Computer Science1173.8%
    3. Environmental Science1113.6%
    4. Materials Science632.0%
    5. Chemistry331.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy321.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences220.7%
    8. Energy210.7%
    9. Mathematics190.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering40.1%
    1. Medicine49716.1%
    2. Health Professions632.1%
    3. Nursing100.3%
    4. Dentistry20.1%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1203.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology712.3%
    3. Neuroscience361.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology140.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics80.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Opole strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Opole is most concentrated in Linguistics and Language, Religious studies and General Social Sciences (18.3× the world share in Linguistics and Language).

  1. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 58.1 works18×
  2. Religious studiesSubfield · 65.8 works14×
  3. General Social SciencesSubfield · 28.5 works9.4×
  4. HistorySubfield · 61.9 works7.0×
  5. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 205.9 works5.0×
  6. Safety ResearchSubfield · 37.0 works4.8×
  7. AnthropologySubfield · 36.4 works4.7×
← 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.

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: 0.82× its world share, 108 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 60 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 31 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.65× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.66× its world share, 29 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 102 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.78× its world share, 20 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.08× its world share, 446 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 100 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.60× its world share, 58 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.53× its world share, 17 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 25 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.78× its world share, 56 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.78× its world share, 417 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.53× its world share, 282 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.95× its world share, 85 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.09× its world share, 65 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.22× its world share, 102 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 695 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.53×282 works
  2. Social Sciences1.99×695 works
  3. Psychology1.22×102 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.09×65 works
  5. Engineering1.08×446 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting0.95×85 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.82×108 works
  8. Energy0.78×20 works
  9. Health Professions0.78×56 works
  10. Medicine0.78×417 works
  11. Environmental Science0.73×100 works
  12. Neuroscience0.69×31 works
  13. Chemistry0.66×29 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.65×6 works
  15. Nursing0.62×8 works
  16. Materials Science0.60×58 works
  17. Mathematics0.53×17 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.50×14 works
  19. Computer Science0.47×102 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.45×13 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.45×4 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.45×20 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.41×60 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.41×25 works
  25. Veterinary0.24×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.14×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Opole?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: European Union, Cultural Studies, Migration, Globalization, Nationalism, Education, Eastern Europe and Soviet Union.

▲ 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. Globalization162▲ 2.7×78 topics
  2. Education145▲ 2.7×52 topics
  3. European Union128▲ 19×18 topics
  4. Cultural Studies116▲ 10×18 topics
  5. Migration108▲ 10×20 topics
  6. Nationalism97▲ 7.0×18 topics
  7. Human Rights82▲ 2.6×55 topics
  8. Eastern Europe81▲ 51×3 topics
  9. Soviet Union81▲ 47×3 topics
  10. Ethics77▲ 5.0×27 topics
  11. Pedagogy77▲ 5.0×13 topics
  12. Ethnography76▲ 14×9 topics
  13. Sociolinguistics74▲ 13×7 topics
  14. Cultural Discourse73▲ 66×2 topics
  15. Polish history73▲ 97×1 topic
  16. Polish minority73▲ 97×1 topic
  17. Multilingualism72▲ 15×6 topics
  18. Cultural Identity70▲ 4.5×14 topics
  19. Cultural Heritage69▲ 4.2×23 topics
  20. Literature69▲ 4.1×31 topics
  21. Urban Development69▲ 6.3×12 topics
  22. Social Sciences63▲ 14×7 topics
  23. Lifelong Learning63▲ 10.0×8 topics
  24. Language62▲ 8.2×9 topics
  25. Culture60▲ 3.7×16 topics
  26. Youth Development59▲ 20×4 topics
  27. Lexicography58▲ 22×3 topics
  28. Digital Innovations57▲ 128×1 topic
  29. Integration57▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Translation56▲ 11×6 topics
  31. Church-State Relations54▲ 101×2 topics
  32. Freedom of Religion54▲ 101×2 topics
  33. Canon Law53▲ 119×1 topic
  34. Religious Policy53▲ 119×1 topic
  35. Media Discourse53▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Ethnolinguistics52▲ 56×1 topic
  37. Public Administration51▲ 20×3 topics
  38. European Union Law50▲ 103×2 topics
  39. Eastern European culture41▲ 105×1 topic
  40. Polish nobility41▲ 105×1 topic

What research is done in Opole?

Polish Historical and Cultural Studies: 72 fractional worksEducation and Cultural Studies: 54 fractional worksTheology and Canon Law S…52Theology and Canon Law Studies: 52 fractional worksLanguage and Culture51Language and Culture: 51 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural Studies of Poland: 38 fractional worksPolish Law and Legal System: 35 fractional worksCentral European Literar…32Central European Literary Studies: 32 fractional worksCatholicism, Bioethics, Media, Education: 30 fractional worksPolish Legal and Social Issues: 29 fractional worksSocial Issues in Poland23Social Issues in Poland: 23 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsEducationReligious studiesLinguistics and Language5 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 72 works
  2. 2 Education and Cultural Studies Education 54 works
  3. 3 Theology and Canon Law Studies Religious studies 52 works
  4. 4 Language and Culture Linguistics and Language 51 works
  5. 5 Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland History 38 works
  6. 6 Polish Law and Legal System Political Science and International Relations 35 works
  7. 7 Central European Literary Studies Anthropology 32 works
  8. 8 Catholicism, Bioethics, Media, Education Safety Research 30 works
  9. 9 Polish Legal and Social Issues Law 29 works
  10. 10 Social Issues in Poland General Social Sciences 23 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 counting5%10%15%Opole11.5% 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 12.8% in 2023.

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