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Research in Warsaw

Science Explorer records 336 research institutions in Warsaw, Poland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Warsaw, Polish Academy of Sciences and Medical University of Warsaw.

Research institutions
336
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
415k
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
14.5%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Warsaw?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of WarsawUniversity 57,091 #496
2Polish Academy of SciencesGovernment institution 52,257 #581
3Warsaw University of TechnologyUniversity 37,558 #1,211
4Warsaw University of Life SciencesUniversity 31,153 #1,376
5Medical University of WarsawUniversity 20,074 #703
6Institute of PhysicsResearch facility 13,862 #2,093
7Military University of Technology in WarsawUniversity 11,340 #3,282
8Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in WarsawUniversity 9,359 #4,381
9SGH Warsaw School of EconomicsUniversity 7,511 #5,018
10Institute of MathematicsResearch facility 7,236 #6,675
11The Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of OncologyHospital / health system 3,842 #5,197
12Institute of CardiologyResearch facility 3,756 #10,541
13Institute of Organic ChemistryResearch facility 3,747 #6,448
14Wojskowy Instytut MedycznyHospital / health system 3,654 #27,427
15Uniwersytet SWPSUniversity 3,567 #8,044
16Institute of Computer ScienceResearch facility 3,398 #8,507
17Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów Polskiej Akademii NaukResearch facility 3,286 #19,636
18Institute of Psychiatry and NeurologyResearch facility 3,123 #10,434
19Institute of Fundamental Technological ResearchResearch facility 3,097 #7,131
20National Centre for Nuclear ResearchGovernment institution 3,024 #4,708
21Institute of Physical ChemistryResearch facility 2,862 #5,577
22Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of SciencesResearch facility 2,754 #7,159
23Instytut Nauk EkonomicznychResearch facility 2,737 #22,633
24Kozminski UniversityUniversity 2,674 #9,148
25Postgraduate School of Molecular MedicineResearch facility 2,596 #4,672
26Wojskowy Instytut Higieny i EpidemiologiiResearch facility 2,463 #17,606
27Institute of Agricultural and Food EconomicsResearch facility 2,424 #24,572
28Institute of ArtResearch facility 2,397 #6,971
29Institute of PsychologyResearch facility 2,240 #5,539
30Instytut Archeologii i EtnologiiResearch facility 2,159 #11,455
31Instytut Matki i DzieckaResearch facility 2,151 #27,290 all time
32The Maria Grzegorzewska UniversityUniversity 2,074 #18,221
33Central Clinical HospitalHospital / health system 2,028 #11,335
34Polish Geological InstituteResearch facility 2,025 #10,980
35Children's Memorial Health InstituteHospital / health system 1,988 #9,985
36Instytut Chemii i Techniki JądrowejResearch facility 1,981 #9,839
37Instytut Nauk GeologicznychResearch facility 1,935 #9,615
38Systems Research InstituteResearch facility 1,890 #12,101
39Wojskowy Instytut Medycyny LotniczejResearch facility 1,839 #14,135
40Center for Theoretical PhysicsResearch facility 1,781 #2,827
41Narodowy Instytut Zdrowia Publicznego PZH – Państwowy Instytut BadawczyResearch facility 1,549 #13,184
42Instytut Hematologii i TransfuzjologiResearch facility 1,492 #17,382
43Instytut Gruźlicy i Chorób PłucResearch facility 1,458 #32,673 all time
44Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in WarsawUniversity 1,450 #16,384
45Institute of Philosophy and SociologyResearch facility 1,437 #21,069
46Educational Research InstituteUniversity 1,411 #24,178
47Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of SciencesResearch facility 1,380 #11,336
48Institute of Electronic Materials TechnologyResearch facility 1,325 #8,822 all time
49Institute of Electron TechnologyResearch facility 1,322 #10,379 all time
50Institute of Power EngineeringResearch facility 1,278 #12,316
51Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of SciencesResearch facility 1,255 #22,251
52Instytut Zywnosci ZywieniaResearch facility 1,254 #37,143 all time
53Institute of Agricultural and Food BiotechnologyResearch facility 1,230 #8,834
54Nano Carbon (Poland)Company 1,228 #2,776
55Institute of Geodesy and CartographyResearch facility 1,219 #12,954
56Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of AviationResearch facility 1,217 #17,154
57Centralne Laboratorium Kryminalistyczne PolicjiInstitution 1,214 #18,131
58Łukasiewicz Research NetworkResearch facility 1,194 #5,177
59Institute of Environmental ProtectionResearch facility 1,179 #13,487
60Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, Polish Academy of SciencesResearch facility 1,172 #7,070

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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 Warsaw: 16.2%Polish Academy of Sciences: 14.8%Warsaw University of Technology: 10.6%Warsaw University of Life Sciences: 8.8%56 others listed: 49.6%16%largest
University of Warsaw57k · 16.2%Polish Academy of Sciences52k · 14.8%Warsaw University of Technology38k · 10.6%Warsaw University of Life Sciences31k · 8.8%56 others listed175k · 49.6%

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

What is Warsaw strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Warsaw is most concentrated in Linguistics and Language, General Social Sciences and History (11.2× the world share in Linguistics and Language).

  1. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 812.8 works11×
  2. General Social SciencesSubfield · 446.0 works6.4×
  3. HistorySubfield · 1,118.8 works5.5×
  4. AnthropologySubfield · 772.3 works4.3×
  5. Religious studiesSubfield · 440.6 works4.2×
  6. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 3,757.2 works4.0×
  7. Space and Planetary ScienceSubfield · 49.3 works3.9×
  8. ArcheologySubfield · 667.5 works3.5×
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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.

Which keywords describe research in Warsaw?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: European Union, Nationalism, Globalization, Eastern Europe, Soviet Union, Cultural Studies, Ethnography and Cultural Discourse.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Globalization2,666▲ 2.1×178 topics
  2. Education2,221▲ 2.0×146 topics
  3. Nationalism1,633▲ 5.6×34 topics
  4. European Union1,577▲ 11×28 topics
  5. Human Rights1,516▲ 2.3×86 topics
  6. Cultural Studies1,460▲ 6.1×41 topics
  7. Eastern Europe1,371▲ 39×3 topics
  8. Soviet Union1,370▲ 38×3 topics
  9. Migration1,358▲ 6.4×34 topics
  10. Ethnography1,283▲ 12×15 topics
  11. Cultural Discourse1,238▲ 51×3 topics
  12. Polish history1,234▲ 71×1 topic
  13. Polish minority1,234▲ 71×1 topic
  14. Identity1,211▲ 2.6×76 topics
  15. Literature1,142▲ 3.3×61 topics
  16. Cultural Heritage1,102▲ 3.2×39 topics
  17. Cultural Identity1,072▲ 3.3×40 topics
  18. Culture1,030▲ 3.1×37 topics
  19. Urban Development1,008▲ 4.3×23 topics
  20. Ethics977▲ 3.2×59 topics
  21. Pedagogy958▲ 3.1×30 topics
  22. Sociolinguistics943▲ 7.9×9 topics
  23. Language909▲ 5.9×14 topics
  24. Translation903▲ 8.2×7 topics
  25. Multilingualism861▲ 8.1×6 topics
  26. Lexicography858▲ 15×5 topics
  27. Media Discourse777▲ 19×3 topics
  28. Ethnolinguistics774▲ 37×2 topics
  29. Social Sciences695▲ 7.8×19 topics
  30. National Identity690▲ 9.5×9 topics
  31. Social Change664▲ 8.4×20 topics
  32. Youth Development639▲ 11×9 topics
  33. Public Administration638▲ 12×6 topics
  34. Historiography631▲ 7.9×14 topics
  35. European Union Law624▲ 57×2 topics
  36. Memory Studies624▲ 15×6 topics
  37. Digital Innovations610▲ 61×1 topic
  38. Anthropology601▲ 9.7×11 topics
  39. Historical Linguistics599▲ 28×3 topics
  40. Traditional Architecture599▲ 9.6×3 topics

What research is done in Warsaw?

  1. 1 Polish Historical and Cultural StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations 1.2k works
  2. 2 Language and CultureLinguistics and Language 771 works
  3. 3 Education and Cultural StudiesEducation 610 works
  4. 4 Historical and Cultural Studies of PolandHistory 589 works
  5. 5 Central European Literary StudiesAnthropology 575 works
  6. 6 Polish Law and Legal SystemPolitical Science and International Relations 474 works
  7. 7 Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory StudiesPhilosophy 446 works
  8. 8 Polish Legal and Social IssuesLaw 381 works
  9. 9 Theology and Canon Law StudiesReligious studies 359 works
  10. 10 Social Issues in PolandGeneral Social Sciences 350 works

Research output over time

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