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Research in Sankt Pölten

Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Sankt Pölten, Austria. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Applied Sciences St Pölten, Karl Landsteiner Society and Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten.

Research institutions
7
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.4k
▲ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
25k
10.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Sankt Pölten

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 Sankt Pölten?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Applied Sciences St PöltenUniversity 1,075 #6,681
2Karl Landsteiner SocietyInstitution 680 #11,652
3Universitätsklinikum St. PöltenHospital / health system 436 #17,229
4Government of Lower AustriaGovernment institution 154 #28,041 all time
5New Design UniversityUniversity 46 not ranked
6Institute for Jewish History in AustriaResearch facility 18 not ranked
7Niederösterreichischer Gesundheits- und SozialfondGovernment institution 2 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 Applied Sciences St Pölten: 44.6%Karl Landsteiner Society: 28.2%Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten: 18.1%Government of Lower Austria: 6.4%3 others listed: 2.7%45%largest
University of Applied Sciences St Pölten1,075 · 44.6%Karl Landsteiner Society680 · 28.2%Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten436 · 18.1%Government of Lower Austria154 · 6.4%3 others listed66 · 2.7%

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

Which fields of science does Sankt Pölten work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research in Sankt Pölten is in Health Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (42%), Computer Science (12%), Social Sciences (9%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 353 fractional works · 47.9% of its workMedicine: 309 fractional works · 42.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 40 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSurgery: 40 fractional works · 5.4% of its workOncology: 24 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEpidemiology: 20 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 17 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 41 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 22 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 164 fractional works · 22.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 70 fractional works · 9.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 26 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 30 fractional works · 4.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 24 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 22 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 158 fractional works · 21.5% of its workComputer Science: 89 fractional works · 12.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 25 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 20 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSignal Processing: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 41 fractional works · 5.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 61 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSankt Pölten736fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences48%Social Sciences22%

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. Medicine30942.0%
    2. Health Professions415.6%
    3. Veterinary10.2%
    4. Nursing10.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences709.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting304.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities243.3%
    4. Psychology223.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance91.3%
    6. Decision Sciences81.1%
    1. Computer Science8912.0%
    2. Engineering415.6%
    3. Environmental Science172.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy30.4%
    5. Materials Science30.4%
    6. Mathematics20.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.2%
    8. Energy10.1%
    9. Chemistry10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology243.3%
    2. Neuroscience152.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences111.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology81.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Sankt Pölten strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Sankt Pölten is most concentrated in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (3.5× the world share in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine).

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 35.5 works3.5×
← 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: 0.27× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.14× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.25× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.46× its world share, 74 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 37 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.29× its world share, 39 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.20× its world share, 274 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.46× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.13× its world share, 21 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.29× its world share, 27 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.07× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 64 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions2.29×39 works
  2. Medicine2.20×274 works
  3. Computer Science1.46×74 works
  4. Veterinary1.46×1 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.29×27 works
  6. Neuroscience1.25×13 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.19×8 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.14×8 works
  9. Arts and Humanities1.13×21 works
  10. Psychology1.07×21 works
  11. Social Sciences0.77×64 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.58×8 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.57×20 works
  14. Environmental Science0.44×14 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.39×1 works
  16. Engineering0.38×37 works
  17. Nursing0.34×1 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×8 works
  19. Mathematics0.22×2 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.19×3 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×2 works
  22. Energy0.13×1 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.10×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.10×2 works
  25. Chemistry0.08×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.08×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Sankt Pölten?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Clinical Trials, Chemotherapy, Management, Big Data, Inflammation and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology58▲ 1.97×104 topics
  2. Deep Learning31▲ 1.24×52 topics
  3. Machine Learning31▲ 1.26×43 topics
  4. Inflammation26▲ 1.67×55 topics
  5. Immunotherapy21▲ 3.9×17 topics
  6. Public Health21▲ 1.92×36 topics
  7. Big Data20▲ 2.8×15 topics
  8. Clinical Trials19▲ 3.9×15 topics
  9. Management19▲ 3.3×28 topics
  10. Diagnosis19▲ 2.8×34 topics
  11. Chemotherapy19▲ 3.6×22 topics
  12. Treatment18▲ 2.0×43 topics
  13. Quality of Life18▲ 1.66×38 topics
  14. Risk Factors14▲ 1.69×27 topics
  15. Guidelines12▲ 3.5×10 topics
  16. Rehabilitation12▲ 4.1×12 topics
  17. Data Mining12▲ 2.2×11 topics
  18. Surgery12▲ 4.6×12 topics
  19. Targeted Therapy11▲ 6.8×5 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors10▲ 3.1×12 topics
  21. Clinical Guidelines10▲ 4.5×9 topics
  22. Elderly Care9▲ 8.2×6 topics
  23. Cybersecurity9▲ 5.0×4 topics
  24. Parkinson's Disease9▲ 4.9×6 topics
  25. Elderly9▲ 4.8×7 topics
  26. Chronic Diseases8▲ 4.5×5 topics
  27. Social Policy8▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Genomic Profiling7▲ 9.8×2 topics
  29. Physical Performance7▲ 10×2 topics
  30. Security Analysis7▲ 6.0×3 topics
  31. User Interaction7▲ 33×2 topics
  32. Healthcare Utilization7▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Demographic Transition7▲ 15×1 topic
  34. Migrant Health7▲ 127×1 topic
  35. Muscle Strength7▲ 8.3×3 topics
  36. Spatial Analysis6▲ 9.4×2 topics
  37. Fall Risk6▲ 18×1 topic
  38. Gait Speed6▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Information Visualization6▲ 40×1 topic
  40. Visual Analytics6▲ 40×1 topic

What research is done in Sankt Pölten?

Social and Demographic I…7Social and Demographic Issues in Germany: 7 fractional worksData Visualization and A…6Data Visualization and Analytics: 6 fractional worksBalance, Gait, and Falls…6Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention: 6 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies6Health and Medical Studies: 6 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Security: 5 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detecti…4Advanced Malware Detection Techniques: 4 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 4 fractional worksEpilepsy research and treatment: 4 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and…4Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 4 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationInformation Systems4 others

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

  1. 1 Social and Demographic Issues in Germany General Health Professions 7 works
  2. 2 Data Visualization and Analytics Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 6 works
  3. 3 Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 6 works
  4. 4 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 6 works
  5. 5 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 5 works
  6. 6 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 4 works
  8. 8 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works
  9. 9 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works
  10. 10 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 4 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%30%Sankt Pölten16.8% 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 24.1% in 2016.

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