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Research in Sopron

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Sopron, Hungary. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Sopron and HUN-REN Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.6k
▲ 57% vs 2018-21
Citations
23k
8.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Sopron

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 Sopron?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of SopronUniversity 2,130 #4,532
2HUN-REN Institute of Earth Physics and Space ScienceResearch facility 496 #14,163

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 Sopron work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research in Sopron is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (21%), Environmental Science (16%), Engineering (14%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 408 fractional works · 49.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 133 fractional works · 16.1% of its workEcology: 37 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 32 fractional works · 3.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 22 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 117 fractional works · 14.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 28 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 70 fractional works · 8.5% of its workGeophysics: 33 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOceanography: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPaleontology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 27 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomaterials: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 23 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 18 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 276 fractional works · 33.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 173 fractional works · 21.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 99 fractional works · 12.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 25 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 44 fractional works · 5.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 21 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArcheology: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 115 fractional works · 14.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 90 fractional works · 11.0% of its workPlant Science: 25 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInsect Science: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoil Science: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workForestry: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 23 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSopron822fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences50%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences34%

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. Environmental Science13316.1%
    2. Engineering11714.2%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences708.5%
    4. Materials Science273.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy232.8%
    6. Computer Science192.3%
    7. Mathematics80.9%
    8. Chemistry70.9%
    9. Energy40.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Social Sciences17321.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting445.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities212.5%
    4. Psychology182.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance141.8%
    6. Decision Sciences60.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9011.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology172.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology40.5%
    4. Neuroscience30.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine141.7%
    2. Health Professions70.9%
    3. Veterinary10.1%
    4. Nursing10.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Sopron strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Sopron is most concentrated in Geography, Planning and Development, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Geophysics (65.0× the world share in Geography, Planning and Development).

  1. Geography, Planning and DevelopmentSubfield · 95.3 works65×
  2. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 20.7 works12×
  3. GeophysicsSubfield · 27.4 works11×
  4. EcologySubfield · 33.8 works6.0×
← 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: 2.28× its world share, 78 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.57× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.43× its world share, 61 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.93× its world share, 99 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.20× its world share, 114 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.97× its world share, 24 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.83× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.23× its world share, 20 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.87× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.69× its world share, 39 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.68× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.72× its world share, 156 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.43×61 works
  2. Environmental Science3.20×114 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.28×78 works
  4. Social Sciences1.72×156 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.69×39 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.23×20 works
  7. Veterinary1.05×1 works
  8. Materials Science0.97×24 works
  9. Engineering0.93×99 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.87×18 works
  11. Mathematics0.83×7 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.80×12 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.77×5 works
  14. Psychology0.68×15 works
  15. Chemistry0.57×6 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.54×4 works
  17. Energy0.40×3 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.38×14 works
  19. Computer Science0.33×18 works
  20. Health Professions0.30×6 works
  21. Nursing0.22×1 works
  22. Neuroscience0.17×2 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.14×0 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.13×0 works
  25. Medicine0.08×11 works
  26. Dentistry0.04×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Sopron?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Innovation, Globalization, Economic Development, Policy, Regional Disparities, Tourism and Knowledge Management.

▲ 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. Sustainability148▲ 7.4×54 topics
  2. Globalization108▲ 6.7×36 topics
  3. Innovation103▲ 12×21 topics
  4. Economic Development100▲ 15×13 topics
  5. Policy97▲ 55×5 topics
  6. Regional Disparities97▲ 250×2 topics
  7. Knowledge Management96▲ 21×6 topics
  8. Tourism96▲ 128×5 topics
  9. Social Impact95▲ 30×4 topics
  10. Environmental Influence95▲ 391×1 topic
  11. Climate Change79▲ 3.5×70 topics
  12. Biodiversity38▲ 6.1×23 topics
  13. Invasive Species36▲ 10×20 topics
  14. Mechanical Properties34▲ 4.2×14 topics
  15. Biodiversity Conservation31▲ 10×13 topics
  16. Environmental Impact30▲ 2.1×34 topics
  17. Biomass Estimation20▲ 16×3 topics
  18. Ecosystem Services18▲ 5.7×9 topics
  19. Microstructure17▲ 4.0×5 topics
  20. Aboveground Biomass17▲ 24×2 topics
  21. Sustainable Agriculture16▲ 6.5×7 topics
  22. Conservation16▲ 4.6×18 topics
  23. Environmental Management16▲ 4.9×11 topics
  24. Forest Management16▲ 33×4 topics
  25. Climate Change Impact16▲ 8.5×6 topics
  26. FTIR Analysis16▲ 110×1 topic
  27. Wood Chemistry16▲ 110×1 topic
  28. Population Dynamics15▲ 7.3×9 topics
  29. Climate Change Impacts15▲ 15×5 topics
  30. Life Cycle Assessment14▲ 6.2×8 topics
  31. Habitat Selection14▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Supply Chain13▲ 7.9×7 topics
  33. Vegetation13▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Natural Fibers13▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Allometric Models12▲ 31×2 topics
  36. Logistics12▲ 9.3×5 topics
  37. Biomass12▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Carbon Stocks12▲ 55×1 topic
  39. Holocene12▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Tropical Forests12▲ 42×2 topics

What research is done in Sopron?

Hungarian Social, Econom…92Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies: 92 fractional worksWood Treatment and Properties: 12 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 11 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 11 fractional worksGeological Formations and Processes Exploration: 9 fractional worksForest Biomass Utilization and Management: 8 fractional worksNatural Fiber Reinforced Composites: 8 fractional worksMarine and environmental studies: 8 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 7 fractional worksBioenergy crop production and management: 7 fractional works
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentBuilding and ConstructionNature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary Change6 others

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

  1. 1 Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies Geography, Planning and Development 92 works
  2. 2 Wood Treatment and Properties Building and Construction 12 works
  3. 3 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 11 works
  4. 4 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 11 works
  5. 5 Geological Formations and Processes Exploration Geophysics 9 works
  6. 6 Forest Biomass Utilization and Management Mechanics of Materials 8 works
  7. 7 Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites Polymers and Plastics 8 works
  8. 8 Marine and environmental studies Oceanography 8 works
  9. 9 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 7 works
  10. 10 Bioenergy crop production and management Agronomy and Crop Science 7 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%Sopron11.2% 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 19.7% in 2021.

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