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Research in Ostrava

Science Explorer records 83 research institutions in Ostrava, Czechia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, University of Ostrava and IHI Corporation (Czechia).

Research institutions
83
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
21k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
182k
8.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

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 Ostrava?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1VSB - Technical University of OstravaUniversity 12,226 #910
2University of OstravaUniversity 5,870 #1,898
3CTS Corporation (Czechia)Company 638 #17,719 all time
4IHI Corporation (Czechia)Company 423 #22,250
5Science & Technology Park (Czechia)Institution 250 #13,671 all time
6Public Health Institute OstravaHospital / health system 178 #31,995 all time
7Institute for Sustainable Development of SettlementsNonprofit 176 #31,138 all time
8Vitkovice - Research and Development (Czechia)Company 111 not ranked
9Městská Nemocnice OstravaHospital / health system 77 not ranked
10Vítkovická NemocniceHospital / health system 52 not ranked
11Materiálový A Metalurgický Výzkum (Czechia)Company 50 not ranked
12Regional Public Health Authority of Moravian - Silesian RegionInstitution 47 not ranked
13CGB LaboratoryResearch facility 36 not ranked
14Válcovna Trub (Czechia)Company 33 not ranked
15Business School OstravaUniversity 33 not ranked
16Vítkovické Slévárny (Czechia)Company 31 not ranked
17Tieto (Czechia)Company 26 not ranked
18GeovaInstitution 26 not ranked
19Physical Technical Testing InstituteResearch facility 17 not ranked
20Česká Průmyslová Zdravotní Pojišťovna (Czechia)Company 15 not ranked
21Trakce (Czechia)Company 13 not ranked
22ArcelorMittal (Czechia)Company 11 not ranked
23Dětské Centrum DomečekNonprofit 11 not ranked
24Dopravoprojekt (Czechia)Company 11 not ranked
25Vítkovice Machinery Group (Czechia)Company 11 not ranked
26Business Innovation Centre (Czechia)Company 9 not ranked
27Severomoravské Vodovody a Kanalizace Ostrava (Czechia)Company 8 not ranked
28Advanced World Transport (Czechia)Company 6 not ranked
29CID International (Czechia)Company 6 not ranked
30Temex (Czechia)Company 6 not ranked
31Dynamic Future (Czechia)Company 6 not ranked
32Czech Association of Fire OfficersInstitution 6 not ranked
33Minova Bohemia (Czechia)Company 5 not ranked
34SocioFactor (Czechia)Company 5 not ranked
35BorsodChem (Czechia)Company 5 not ranked
36Flash Steel Power (Czechia)Company 4 not ranked
37Hutní Montáže (Czechia)Company 4 not ranked
38Transport Company Ostrava (Czechia)Company 4 not ranked
39RPIC ViP (Czechia)Company 4 not ranked
40Moravian Silesian Research Library in OstravaArchive 4 not ranked
41Slamka ConsultingResearch facility 3 not ranked
42VVUU (Czechia)Company 3 not ranked
43Nortech (Czechia)Company 3 not ranked
44IVV Engineering (Czechia)Company 3 not ranked
45Dasfos (Czechia)Company 3 not ranked
46RobotSystem (Czechia)Company 3 not ranked
47ITA (Czechia)Company 3 not ranked
48Gaben (Czechia)Company 3 not ranked
49ACCENDO – Centrum pro vědu a výzkumResearch facility 2 not ranked
50Eago Systems (Czechia)Company 2 not ranked
51Koneko (Czechia)Company 2 not ranked
52Tanger computersystemsCompany 2 not ranked
53GSP (Czechia)Company 2 not ranked
54Elvac Ekotechnika (Czechia)Company 2 not ranked
55Hagemann (Czechia)Company 2 not ranked
56SE-MI Technology (Czechia)Company 2 not ranked
57První Signální (Czechia)Company 2 not ranked
58Koutný (Czechia)Company 2 not ranked
59OCHI Inženýring (Czechia)Company 2 not ranked
60Czech Fishing UnionInstitution 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.

VSB - Technical University of Ostrava: 59.6%University of Ostrava: 28.6%CTS Corporation (Czechia): 3.1%IHI Corporation (Czechia): 2.1%56 others listed: 6.6%60%largest
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava12k · 59.6%University of Ostrava5,870 · 28.6%CTS Corporation (Czechia)638 · 3.1%IHI Corporation (Czechia)423 · 2.1%56 others listed1,344 · 6.6%

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

Which fields of science does Ostrava work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research in Ostrava is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (30%), Medicine (12%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 3,293 fractional works · 62.9% of its workEngineering: 1,574 fractional works · 30.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 356 fractional works · 6.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 245 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 166 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 148 fractional works · 2.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 110 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 104 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 90 fractional works · 1.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 74 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 68 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 65 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 62 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 547 fractional works · 10.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 196 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 95 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 77 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 68 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 59 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSignal Processing: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 345 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 45 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 40 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 38 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 309 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 197 fractional works · 3.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 123 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 47 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 120 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 95 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 80 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 69 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 67 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 894 fractional works · 17.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 399 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 109 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEducation: 98 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 48 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 61 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 139 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 46 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 102 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 76 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 92 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 63 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 87 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAccounting: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 76 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 724 fractional works · 13.8% of its workMedicine: 631 fractional works · 12.1% of its workSurgery: 80 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 70 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 54 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 41 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 113 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 73 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 324 fractional works · 6.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 133 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 85 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 120 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 41 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKOstrava5,234fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences63%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences17%

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. Engineering1,57430.1%
    2. Computer Science54710.4%
    3. Environmental Science3456.6%
    4. Materials Science3095.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1232.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1202.3%
    7. Mathematics951.8%
    8. Energy801.5%
    9. Chemistry671.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering330.6%
    1. Social Sciences3997.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities1392.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1021.9%
    4. Decision Sciences921.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting871.7%
    6. Psychology761.5%
    1. Medicine63112.1%
    2. Health Professions731.4%
    3. Nursing110.2%
    4. Dentistry70.1%
    5. Veterinary20.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1332.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1202.3%
    3. Neuroscience410.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology220.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Ostrava strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ostrava is most concentrated in Computational Theory and Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering (4.6× the world share in Computational Theory and Mathematics).

  1. Computational Theory and MathematicsSubfield · 89.0 works4.6×
  2. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 309.5 works3.7×
← 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: 0.46× its world share, 100 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 110 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 35 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.68× its world share, 27 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.74× its world share, 52 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.40× its world share, 494 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 104 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.52× its world share, 63 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.00× its world share, 1,360 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.36× its world share, 306 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.64× its world share, 259 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.61× its world share, 86 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.03× its world share, 104 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 63 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 541 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.96× its world share, 125 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 76 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 83 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.91× its world share, 88 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 64 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 352 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering2.00×1,360 works
  2. Decision Sciences1.89×83 works
  3. Chemical Engineering1.68×27 works
  4. Materials Science1.64×259 works
  5. Mathematics1.61×86 works
  6. Energy1.52×63 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.46×104 works
  8. Computer Science1.40×494 works
  9. Environmental Science1.36×306 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.03×104 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.96×125 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.91×88 works
  13. Chemistry0.74×52 works
  14. Medicine0.62×541 works
  15. Social Sciences0.61×352 works
  16. Health Professions0.53×63 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.52×76 works
  18. Neuroscience0.48×35 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.46×100 works
  20. Psychology0.46×64 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.45×110 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.38×17 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.38×6 works
  24. Nursing0.38×8 works
  25. Dentistry0.25×5 works
  26. Veterinary0.25×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Ostrava?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Environmental Impact, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Energy Efficiency, Additive Manufacturing and Renewable Energy.

▲ 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. Machine Learning203▲ 1.17×83 topics
  2. Deep Learning200◆ 1.11×75 topics
  3. Mechanical Properties196▲ 3.8×38 topics
  4. Environmental Impact160▲ 1.79×55 topics
  5. Sustainability153▲ 1.20×78 topics
  6. Microstructure131▲ 4.8×19 topics
  7. Renewable Energy129▲ 1.71×48 topics
  8. Climate Change122▼ 0.86×94 topics
  9. Energy Efficiency117▲ 2.4×43 topics
  10. Nanomaterials104▲ 1.90×21 topics
  11. Neural Networks100▲ 1.24×36 topics
  12. Nanoparticles90▲ 1.36×43 topics
  13. Remote Sensing86▲ 1.34×33 topics
  14. Graphene80▲ 2.3×12 topics
  15. Additive Manufacturing75▲ 4.7×8 topics
  16. Optimization74▲ 3.1×24 topics
  17. Artificial Neural Networks70▲ 2.9×9 topics
  18. Nanocomposites68▲ 1.66×22 topics
  19. Recycling68▲ 3.4×10 topics
  20. Heat Transfer66▲ 2.6×19 topics
  21. Energy Storage60▲ 1.78×13 topics
  22. Simulation50▲ 3.7×16 topics
  23. Applications48▲ 3.3×8 topics
  24. 3D Printing46▲ 3.9×5 topics
  25. Digital Education45▲ 5.8×6 topics
  26. Composite Materials44▲ 4.0×11 topics
  27. Two-Dimensional Materials43▲ 3.6×4 topics
  28. School Climate42▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Metal Recovery41▲ 4.1×3 topics
  30. Learning Environments41▲ 27×2 topics
  31. Evolutionary Algorithms40▲ 7.3×5 topics
  32. Student Attitudes40▲ 7.6×2 topics
  33. Educational Methods40▲ 134×1 topic
  34. Pedagogical Research40▲ 134×1 topic
  35. Material Characterization38▲ 6.3×3 topics
  36. Geopolymer37▲ 5.0×2 topics
  37. Fly Ash34▲ 6.0×3 topics
  38. Particle Swarm Optimization33▲ 5.4×3 topics
  39. Fuzzy Sets32▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Rough Sets28▲ 18×2 topics

What research is done in Ostrava?

  1. 1 Education, Psychology, and Social Research Education 36 works
  2. 2 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 26 works
  3. 3 Advanced Algebra and Logic Computational Theory and Mathematics 24 works
  4. 4 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 21 works
  5. 5 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 20 works
  6. 6 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 19 works
  7. 7 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 19 works
  8. 8 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 18 works
  9. 9 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 18 works
  10. 10 Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research Artificial Intelligence 18 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%Ostrava16.7% 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 17.7% in 2016.

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