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Research in Toruń

Science Explorer records 10 research institutions in Toruń, Poland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Nicolaus Copernicus University, College of Social and Media Culture and WSB Merito University in Torun.

Research institutions
10
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
27k
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
273k
10.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Toruń

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 Toruń?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Nicolaus Copernicus UniversityUniversity 23,082 #1,154
2WSB Merito University in TorunUniversity 671 #19,243
3Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute for Engineering of Polymer Materials and DyesResearch facility 486 #19,686 all time
4College of Social and Media CultureUniversity 470 #15,122
5Specjalistyczny Szpital Miejski im. M. KopernikaHospital / health system 342 #21,878 all time
6Provincial Polyclinical Hospital in ToruńHospital / health system 285 #23,146 all time
7Krajowa Spółka Cukrowa (Poland)Company 30 not ranked
8Toruńska Wyższa Szkoła PrzedsiębiorczościUniversity 27 not ranked
9Wildlife Society AlaudaInstitution 2 not ranked
10Twerd (Poland)Company 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.

Nicolaus Copernicus University: 90.9%WSB Merito University in Torun: 2.6%Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute for Engineering of Polymer Materials and Dyes: 1.9%College of Social and Media Culture: 1.9%6 others listed: 2.7%91%largest
Nicolaus Copernicus University23k · 90.9%WSB Merito University in Torun671 · 2.6%Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute for Engineering of Polymer Materials and Dyes486 · 1.9%College of Social and Media Culture470 · 1.9%6 others listed687 · 2.7%

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

Which fields of science does Toruń work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Toruń is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Medicine (16%), Arts and Humanities (10%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2,645 fractional works · 44.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,512 fractional works · 25.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 470 fractional works · 7.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 242 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEducation: 137 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLaw: 108 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 107 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnthropology: 91 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety Research: 59 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 55 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 48 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 46 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 621 fractional works · 10.5% of its workHistory: 175 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhilosophy: 122 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArcheology: 100 fractional works · 1.7% of its workReligious studies: 65 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 44 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 177 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 139 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFinance: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 153 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 55 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 150 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 63 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,481 fractional works · 25.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 260 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 111 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 81 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInstrumentation: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 255 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 84 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 59 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 78 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 223 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 188 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 84 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomaterials: 58 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 178 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 69 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 143 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 59 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 90 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 46 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 83 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,101 fractional works · 18.6% of its workMedicine: 972 fractional works · 16.4% of its workSurgery: 111 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOncology: 69 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 65 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 60 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 56 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 54 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 46 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 88 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 68 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 698 fractional works · 11.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 309 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 171 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 222 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPlant Science: 101 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 92 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 50 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKToruń5,925fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences45%

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. Social Sciences2,64544.6%
    1. Social Sciences1,51225.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities62110.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1773.0%
    4. Psychology1532.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting1502.5%
    6. Decision Sciences310.5%
    1. Physics and Astronomy2604.4%
    2. Engineering2554.3%
    3. Environmental Science2233.8%
    4. Materials Science1883.2%
    5. Computer Science1783.0%
    6. Chemistry1432.4%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences901.5%
    8. Mathematics831.4%
    9. Energy420.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering180.3%
  3. Health Sciences1,10118.6%
    1. Medicine97216.4%
    2. Health Professions681.2%
    3. Nursing330.5%
    4. Dentistry140.2%
    5. Veterinary140.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3095.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2223.8%
    3. Neuroscience921.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology500.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics240.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Toruń strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Toruń is most concentrated in Linguistics and Language, History and General Social Sciences (16.8× the world share in Linguistics and Language).

  1. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 102.7 works17×
  2. HistorySubfield · 165.3 works9.7×
  3. General Social SciencesSubfield · 46.1 works7.9×
  4. Religious studiesSubfield · 63.5 works7.1×
  5. ArcheologySubfield · 93.7 works5.8×
  6. AnthropologySubfield · 85.9 works5.7×
  7. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 453.5 works5.7×
← 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: 0.82× its world share, 207 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.95× its world share, 270 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.81× its world share, 44 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 75 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.14× its world share, 21 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.85× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.57× its world share, 131 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 155 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 75 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.81× its world share, 40 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 234 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.77× its world share, 205 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.89× its world share, 166 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.16× its world share, 72 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.90× its world share, 225 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.47× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 59 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.81× its world share, 825 worksMedicineNursing: 1.13× its world share, 30 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.70× its world share, 12 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.65× its world share, 562 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.82× its world share, 141 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 29 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.50× its world share, 171 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 129 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.11× its world share, 1,426 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.65×562 works
  2. Social Sciences2.11×1,426 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.90×225 works
  4. Veterinary1.70×12 works
  5. Chemistry1.57×131 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.50×171 works
  7. Mathematics1.16×72 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.14×21 works
  9. Nursing1.13×30 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.95×270 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.90×75 works
  12. Materials Science0.89×166 works
  13. Neuroscience0.87×75 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.85×16 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.82×207 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.82×141 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.81×44 works
  18. Energy0.81×40 works
  19. Medicine0.81×825 works
  20. Psychology0.79×129 works
  21. Environmental Science0.77×205 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.57×29 works
  23. Dentistry0.47×12 works
  24. Health Professions0.42×59 works
  25. Computer Science0.37×155 works
  26. Engineering0.29×234 works

Which keywords describe research in Toruń?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nationalism, European Union, Cultural Studies, Globalization, Education, Eastern Europe, Soviet Union and Ethnography.

▲ 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. Globalization316▲ 2.7×105 topics
  2. Education291▲ 2.9×73 topics
  3. Human Rights213▲ 3.5×60 topics
  4. Nationalism208▲ 7.8×29 topics
  5. European Union203▲ 15×25 topics
  6. Cultural Studies195▲ 8.9×30 topics
  7. Eastern Europe177▲ 57×3 topics
  8. Soviet Union174▲ 53×3 topics
  9. Ethnography173▲ 17×12 topics
  10. Migration169▲ 8.4×23 topics
  11. Identity165▲ 3.8×55 topics
  12. Polish history158▲ 109×1 topic
  13. Polish minority158▲ 109×1 topic
  14. Literature156▲ 4.8×45 topics
  15. Cultural Identity151▲ 5.1×23 topics
  16. Ethics148▲ 4.9×37 topics
  17. Cultural Heritage146▲ 4.6×26 topics
  18. Urban Development141▲ 6.8×11 topics
  19. Culture135▲ 4.4×25 topics
  20. Pedagogy132▲ 4.5×18 topics
  21. Language129▲ 8.8×11 topics
  22. Sociolinguistics122▲ 11×7 topics
  23. Religion116▲ 4.2×34 topics
  24. Lexicography112▲ 22×4 topics
  25. Translation110▲ 11×6 topics
  26. Lifelong Learning109▲ 8.9×9 topics
  27. Multilingualism108▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Social Sciences108▲ 13×10 topics
  29. Public Administration104▲ 21×3 topics
  30. Media Discourse104▲ 27×3 topics
  31. European Union Law103▲ 109×2 topics
  32. Ethnolinguistics102▲ 57×1 topic
  33. Youth Development102▲ 19×6 topics
  34. Digital Innovations98▲ 114×1 topic
  35. Intellectual Movements89▲ 72×2 topics
  36. Historical Linguistics89▲ 46×3 topics
  37. Eastern European culture87▲ 115×1 topic
  38. Polish nobility87▲ 115×1 topic
  39. Constitutional Law87▲ 11×9 topics
  40. Consumer Protection85▲ 34×4 topics

What research is done in Toruń?

Polish Historical and Cultural Studies: 155 fractional worksLanguage and Culture: 98 fractional worksEducation and Cultural S…96Education and Cultural Studies: 96 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural …84Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland: 84 fractional worksPolish Law and Legal System: 76 fractional worksCentral European Literary Studies: 68 fractional worksPolish-Jewish Holocaust …57Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies: 57 fractional worksTheology and Canon Law Studies: 55 fractional worksCatholicism, Bioethics, Media, Education: 44 fractional worksPolish Legal and Social Issues: 44 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsLinguistics and LanguageEducationHistory5 others

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

  1. 1 Polish Historical and Cultural Studies Political Science and International Relations 155 works
  2. 2 Language and Culture Linguistics and Language 98 works
  3. 3 Education and Cultural Studies Education 96 works
  4. 4 Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland History 84 works
  5. 5 Polish Law and Legal System Political Science and International Relations 76 works
  6. 6 Central European Literary Studies Anthropology 68 works
  7. 7 Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies Philosophy 57 works
  8. 8 Theology and Canon Law Studies Religious studies 55 works
  9. 9 Catholicism, Bioethics, Media, Education Safety Research 44 works
  10. 10 Polish Legal and Social Issues Law 44 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%Toruń13.6% 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 17.5% in 1998.

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