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Research in Pilsen

Science Explorer records 47 research institutions in Pilsen, Czechia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of West Bohemia in Pilsen and University Hospital Plzen.

Research institutions
47
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
11k
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
85k
7.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Pilsen

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 Pilsen?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of West Bohemia in PilsenUniversity 8,389 #2,453
2University Hospital PlzenHospital / health system 1,702 #14,631
3Research and Testing Institute Plzen (Czechia)Company 178 #31,640 all time
4Biopticka Laborator (Czechia)Company 144 #31,549 all time
5Pilsen Tools (Czechia)Company 81 not ranked
6Doosan (Czechia)Company 77 not ranked
7Škoda JS (Czechia)Company 55 not ranked
8ETD Transformatory (Czechia)Company 31 not ranked
9ZF Engineering (Czechia)Company 30 not ranked
10SpeechTech (Czechia)Company 28 not ranked
11GIS-Geoindustry (Czechia)Company 20 not ranked
12Compureg Plzen (Czechia)Company 20 not ranked
13Czech Precision Forge (Czechia)Company 17 not ranked
14Deloitte (Czechia)Company 15 not ranked
15Faiveley Transport (Czechia)Company 15 not ranked
16ESI Group (Czechia)Company 15 not ranked
17Hofmeister (Czechia)Company 11 not ranked
18Matex PM (Czechia)Company 10 not ranked
19Krajská Hygienická Stanice Plzeňského Kraje se Sídlem v PlzniHospital / health system 8 not ranked
20Západočeské Muzeum v PlzniArchive 7 not ranked
21Cortis ConsultingCompany 6 not ranked
22Nemocnice u Sv. JiříHospital / health system 6 not ranked
23Plzensky Prazdroj (Czechia)Company 4 not ranked
24Methodology Centre for Environment AssessmentNonprofit 4 not ranked
25EUC GroupHospital / health system 3 not ranked
26Plzeňské Městské Dopravní Podniky (Czechia)Company 3 not ranked
27Atega (Czechia)Company 3 not ranked
28Občanské sdružení AmetystNonprofit 2 not ranked
29LaserTherm (Czechia)Company 2 not ranked
30GTW Bearings (Czechia)Company 2 not ranked
31Unit Plus (Czechia)Company 2 not ranked
32Panasonic (Czechia)Company 2 not ranked
33EuroTec JKR (Czechia)Company 2 not ranked
34Skoda Machine Tool (Czechia)Company 2 not ranked
35Education and Research Library of the Pilsen RegionArchive 2 not ranked
36Fraus Publishing (Czechia)Company 1 not ranked
37Prokop Rail (Czechia)Company 1 not ranked
38Elis Plzen (Czechia)Company 1 not ranked
39SmartMotion (Czechia)Company 1 not ranked
40Styl Plzeň (Czechia)Company 1 not ranked
41Georeal (Czechia)Company 1 not ranked
42Techmania Science CenterNonprofit 1 not ranked
43Marbes ConsultingCompany 1 not ranked
44AK Svejkovský, Kabelková, Šlauf (Czechia)Company 1 not ranked
45Iconics (Czechia)Company 0 not ranked
46Vodohospodářský podnik (Czechia)Company 0 not ranked
47Kontron (Czechia)Company 0 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 West Bohemia in Pilsen: 76.9%University Hospital Plzen: 15.6%Research and Testing Institute Plzen (Czechia): 1.6%Biopticka Laborator (Czechia): 1.3%40 others listed: 4.5%77%largest
University of West Bohemia in Pilsen8,389 · 76.9%University Hospital Plzen1,702 · 15.6%Research and Testing Institute Plzen (Czechia)178 · 1.6%Biopticka Laborator (Czechia)144 · 1.3%40 others listed494 · 4.5%

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

Which fields of science does Pilsen work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research in Pilsen is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (37%), Medicine (13%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,410 fractional works · 62.7% of its workEngineering: 823 fractional works · 36.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 182 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 156 fractional works · 6.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 72 fractional works · 3.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 70 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 63 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 60 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 57 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 49 fractional works · 2.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 47 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 30 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 236 fractional works · 10.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 87 fractional works · 3.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 42 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 151 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 79 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 30 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 49 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 41 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 38 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOceanography: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 32 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 417 fractional works · 18.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 213 fractional works · 9.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 54 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 49 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 44 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnthropology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 79 fractional works · 3.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 39 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 37 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 23 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 330 fractional works · 14.7% of its workMedicine: 300 fractional works · 13.4% of its workSurgery: 49 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 34 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Professions: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 91 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 47 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKPilsen2,248fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences63%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences19%

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. Engineering82336.6%
    2. Computer Science23610.5%
    3. Materials Science1516.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy492.2%
    5. Environmental Science411.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences381.7%
    7. Mathematics321.4%
    8. Energy200.9%
    9. Chemistry130.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering90.4%
    1. Social Sciences2139.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities793.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting391.8%
    4. Psychology371.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance251.1%
    6. Decision Sciences231.0%
    1. Medicine30013.4%
    2. Health Professions221.0%
    3. Dentistry40.2%
    4. Nursing30.1%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology472.1%
    2. Neuroscience200.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences150.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology90.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Pilsen strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Pilsen is most concentrated in Computational Mechanics, Automotive Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (4.7× the world share in Computational Mechanics).

  1. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 55.9 works4.7×
  2. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 46.6 works4.2×
  3. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 43.4 works4.1×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 40 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.94× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.40× its world share, 224 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 35 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.88× its world share, 17 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.50× its world share, 770 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 38 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.87× its world share, 134 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.15× its world share, 28 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.95× its world share, 43 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.65× its world share, 258 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.21× its world share, 72 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 36 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 21 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 25 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.54× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 196 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering2.50×770 works
  2. Materials Science1.87×134 works
  3. Computer Science1.40×224 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.21×72 works
  5. Mathematics1.15×28 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.08×35 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.08×21 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.95×43 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.94×7 works
  10. Energy0.88×17 works
  11. Social Sciences0.75×196 works
  12. Medicine0.65×258 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.56×25 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.55×36 works
  15. Psychology0.54×34 works
  16. Neuroscience0.52×17 works
  17. Veterinary0.38×1 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.37×40 works
  19. Chemistry0.37×12 works
  20. Environmental Science0.37×38 works
  21. Health Professions0.37×20 works
  22. Dentistry0.36×4 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.32×7 works
  24. Nursing0.25×3 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×14 works
  26. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.11×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Pilsen?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Heat Transfer, Microstructure, Power Electronics, Thermal Analysis, Additive Manufacturing, Nanocomposites and Neural Networks.

▲ 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. Mechanical Properties84▲ 3.8×33 topics
  2. Deep Learning81◆ 1.05×63 topics
  3. Machine Learning68◆ 0.91×65 topics
  4. Sustainability63◆ 1.14×47 topics
  5. Neural Networks60▲ 1.73×30 topics
  6. Heat Transfer55▲ 5.0×18 topics
  7. Microstructure54▲ 4.6×17 topics
  8. Nanocomposites49▲ 2.8×21 topics
  9. Energy Efficiency46▲ 2.2×33 topics
  10. Power Electronics41▲ 5.6×8 topics
  11. Additive Manufacturing36▲ 5.2×8 topics
  12. Thermal Analysis32▲ 11×8 topics
  13. Applications30▲ 5.0×7 topics
  14. Optimization30▲ 3.0×19 topics
  15. Simulation30▲ 5.2×14 topics
  16. Polymer Composites29▲ 4.8×6 topics
  17. Renewable Energy Integration29▲ 3.9×5 topics
  18. Artificial Neural Networks28▲ 2.7×8 topics
  19. Composite Materials27▲ 5.8×10 topics
  20. Nanostructures27▲ 3.0×15 topics
  21. Vibration Analysis27▲ 4.4×8 topics
  22. 3D Printing26▲ 5.1×4 topics
  23. Numerical Simulation26▲ 3.9×10 topics
  24. Digital Education25▲ 7.5×4 topics
  25. Fluid-Structure Interaction25▲ 7.4×6 topics
  26. Learning Environments24▲ 38×3 topics
  27. Educational Methods24▲ 189×1 topic
  28. Pedagogical Research24▲ 189×1 topic
  29. Materials23▲ 4.5×6 topics
  30. Large-Eddy Simulation23▲ 5.4×5 topics
  31. Microstructural Evolution22▲ 6.9×4 topics
  32. Ceramics22▲ 6.6×4 topics
  33. Biomedical Engineering20▲ 6.3×2 topics
  34. Challenges20▲ 7.8×2 topics
  35. Fused Deposition Modeling20▲ 8.3×1 topic
  36. Flexible Electronics20▲ 5.1×3 topics
  37. Actuators20▲ 5.4×5 topics
  38. Parameter Estimation18▲ 6.2×6 topics
  39. Material Characterization17▲ 6.5×3 topics
  40. Polymer15▲ 9.5×3 topics

What research is done in Pilsen?

Education, Psychology, and Social Research: 23 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 19 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 15 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 13 fractional worksElectric Motor Design and Analysis: 12 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 12 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…12Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 12 fractional worksSpeech Recognition and Synthesis: 11 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 11 fractional worksHigh voltage insulation …11High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena: 11 fractional works
EducationAutomotive EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Psychology, and Social Research Education 23 works
  2. 2 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 19 works
  3. 3 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 15 works
  4. 4 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 13 works
  5. 5 Electric Motor Design and Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 works
  6. 6 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 12 works
  7. 7 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 12 works
  8. 8 Speech Recognition and Synthesis Artificial Intelligence 11 works
  9. 9 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 11 works
  10. 10 High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena Materials Chemistry 11 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Pilsen9.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.7% in 2008.

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