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Research in Postojna

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Postojna, Slovenia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Karst Research Institute.

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.1k
▲ 48% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.8k
5.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1972-2026
55 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 Postojna?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Karst Research InstituteResearch facility 1,094 #9,196
2Animal Hospital PostojnaHospital / health system 47 not ranked
3Šolski Center PostojnaUniversity 3 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.

Which fields of science does Postojna work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research in Postojna is in Social Sciences, 16% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (33%), Social Sciences (31%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (8%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 240 fractional works · 75.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 106 fractional works · 33.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 62 fractional works · 19.4% of its workArcheology: 11 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMusic: 11 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHistory: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClassics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 100 fractional works · 31.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 60 fractional works · 19.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 13 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCultural Studies: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 21 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 20 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 52 fractional works · 16.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 24 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPaleontology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnatomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKPostojna318fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences75%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities10633.3%
    2. Social Sciences10031.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance216.6%
    4. Psychology113.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting20.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences247.6%
    2. Computer Science113.5%
    3. Environmental Science103.3%
    4. Engineering41.3%
    5. Materials Science10.3%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Energy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences113.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.4%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Medicine61.9%
    2. Health Professions41.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Postojna strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Postojna is most concentrated in Language and Linguistics (42.1× the world share in Language and Linguistics).

  1. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 52.5 works42×
← 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 25 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: 0.76× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.94× its world share, 22 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 11.25× its world share, 92 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.24× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.21× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.51× its world share, 90 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 11.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities11.25×92 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.94×22 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.24×20 works
  4. Social Sciences2.51×90 works
  5. Psychology1.21×10 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.76×10 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.67×1 works
  8. Environmental Science0.62×9 works
  9. Health Professions0.49×4 works
  10. Computer Science0.40×9 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×4 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×1 works
  13. Chemistry0.11×0 works
  14. Medicine0.11×6 works
  15. Engineering0.09×4 works
  16. Materials Science0.09×1 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.06×0 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×0 works
  19. Neuroscience0.04×0 works
  20. Energy0.03×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Postojna?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural History, Lexicography, Linguistics, Religion, Etymology, Historical Phonology, Language Evolution and Indo-European.

▲ 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. Cultural History50▲ 130×4 topics
  2. Lexicography39▲ 140×3 topics
  3. Linguistics38▲ 76×4 topics
  4. Religion38▲ 26×12 topics
  5. Etymology38▲ 252×2 topics
  6. Historical Phonology38▲ 252×2 topics
  7. Language Evolution35▲ 277×2 topics
  8. Indo-European35▲ 534×1 topic
  9. Proto-Indo-European35▲ 534×1 topic
  10. Ethics34▲ 21×13 topics
  11. Media28▲ 59×4 topics
  12. Cultural Integration28▲ 42×2 topics
  13. Resilience28▲ 18×4 topics
  14. Social Change27▲ 69×2 topics
  15. Communication Technology27▲ 675×1 topic
  16. Youth Subcultures27▲ 675×1 topic
  17. Identity25▲ 11×18 topics
  18. Sociolinguistics19▲ 32×5 topics
  19. International Relations19▲ 24×8 topics
  20. Human Rights18▲ 5.5×10 topics
  21. Nation-Building17▲ 101×2 topics
  22. Foreign Policy15▲ 123×2 topics
  23. Sovereign Debt Crises15▲ 115×2 topics
  24. Authoritarianism15▲ 52×3 topics
  25. Nationalism15▲ 10×10 topics
  26. Economic Diplomacy14▲ 385×1 topic
  27. International Trade14▲ 32×1 topic
  28. Post-Communist14▲ 233×1 topic
  29. Transition14▲ 50×1 topic
  30. Language Contact14▲ 47×2 topics
  31. Bilingualism11▲ 26×3 topics
  32. Anglicisms11▲ 138×1 topic
  33. Linguistic Borrowing11▲ 138×1 topic
  34. Cultural Identity11▲ 6.9×11 topics
  35. Ethnomusicology11▲ 84×2 topics
  36. Digital Communication10▲ 47×2 topics
  37. Language Variation10▲ 58×2 topics
  38. Groundwater10▲ 34×4 topics
  39. Ecomusicology9▲ 124×1 topic
  40. Environmental Sustainability9▲ 18×1 topic

What research is done in Postojna?

  1. 1 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 29 works
  2. 2 Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies Sociology and Political Science 24 works
  3. 3 Balkan and Eastern European Studies Economics and Econometrics 14 works
  4. 4 Eastern European Communism and Reforms Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  5. 5 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity Language and Linguistics 10 works
  6. 6 Diverse Musicological Studies Music 8 works
  7. 7 Karst Systems and Hydrogeology Earth-Surface Processes 6 works
  8. 8 Balkans: History, Politics, Society Cultural Studies 5 works
  9. 9 Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies Archeology 4 works
  10. 10 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 4 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%30%Postojna10.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.8% in 2014.

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