Research in Zagreb
Science Explorer records 66 research institutions in Zagreb, Croatia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Zagreb, Institut za filozofiju and Ruđer Bošković Institute.
- Research institutions
- 66 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 127k ◆ 1% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 1.2M 9.3 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 11.0% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 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 Zagreb?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of ZagrebUniversity | 73,677 | #1,049 | |
| 2 | Ruđer Bošković InstituteResearch facility | 10,931 | #4,551 | |
| 3 | Institut za filozofijuResearch facility | 9,440 | #3,870 | |
| 4 | Hrvatski zavod za javno zdravstvoInstitution | 3,337 | #6,658 | |
| 5 | Institute for Medical Research and Occupational HealthResearch facility | 2,735 | #13,804 | |
| 6 | Catholic University of CroatiaUniversity | 2,312 | #4,624 | |
| 7 | Institute of ImmunologyResearch facility | 1,960 | #12,917 | |
| 8 | Klinika za psihijatriju VrapčeHospital / health system | 1,652 | #11,178 | |
| 9 | Croatian Institute of HistoryNonprofit | 1,267 | #12,477 | |
| 10 | Croatian Veterinary InstituteResearch facility | 1,204 | #14,090 | |
| 11 | Institut Društvenih Znanosti Ivo PilarResearch facility | 1,021 | #15,601 | |
| 12 | Klinička bolnica MerkurHospital / health system | 995 | #18,654 | |
| 13 | Pliva (Croatia)Company | 912 | #17,344 | |
| 14 | Institute for Migration ResearchResearch facility | 874 | #17,733 | |
| 15 | Klinička bolnica "Sveti Duh"Hospital / health system | 872 | #16,048 | |
| 16 | Children's Hospital ZagrebHospital / health system | 857 | #18,300 | |
| 17 | Croatian Geological SurveyNonprofit | 690 | #15,672 | |
| 18 | Institute for Anthropological ResearchResearch facility | 634 | #18,479 | |
| 19 | Institute for Social ResearchUniversity | 628 | #17,636 | |
| 20 | Institute of Public FinanceResearch facility | 559 | #21,545 | |
| 21 | Croatian Science FoundationGovernment institution | 537 | #15,272 | |
| 22 | University Hospital for Infectious Diseases "Dr Fran Mihaljevic"Hospital / health system | 514 | #21,687 | |
| 23 | Croatian National BankInstitution | 481 | #20,287 | |
| 24 | Ministry of Culture of the Republic of CroatiaGovernment institution | 480 | #23,245 all time | |
| 25 | Ministry of the InteriorGovernment institution | 475 | #15,964 | |
| 26 | Croatian Personal Data Protection AgencyGovernment institution | 458 | #13,865 | |
| 27 | Algebra Bernays UniversityUniversity | 454 | #10,607 | |
| 28 | Ministry of HealthGovernment institution | 449 | #16,582 | |
| 29 | Psychiatric Hospital Sveti IvanHospital / health system | 436 | #17,342 | |
| 30 | Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological ServiceInstitution | 420 | #30,715 all time | |
| 31 | National and University Library in ZagrebArchive | 414 | #19,103 | |
| 32 | Institute of Economics ZagrebInstitution | 411 | #19,735 | |
| 33 | Miroslav Krleža Institute of LexicographyGovernment institution | 406 | #21,776 | |
| 34 | Archaeological Museum in ZagrebArchive | 395 | #22,075 | |
| 35 | Croatian Chamber of EconomyInstitution | 361 | #16,876 | |
| 36 | Ericsson (Croatia)Company | 359 | #12,099 all time | |
| 37 | Zagreb School of Economics and ManagementUniversity | 350 | #18,624 | |
| 38 | Zagreb School of BusinessUniversity | 309 | #18,983 | |
| 39 | Croatian Institute of Transfusion MedicineNonprofit | 271 | #26,307 all time | |
| 40 | The Biblical InstituteResearch facility | 254 | #30,467 all time | |
| 41 | VERN' UniversityUniversity | 248 | #21,393 | |
| 42 | Children's Hospital SrebrnjakHospital / health system | 215 | #29,275 all time | |
| 43 | Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of CroatiaInstitution | 210 | #22,127 all time | |
| 44 | Ministry of Construction and Physical PlanningGovernment institution | 200 | #27,384 all time | |
| 45 | Ethnographic MuseumArchive | 179 | #33,157 all time | |
| 46 | Institut IGH (Croatia)Company | 113 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Ministarstvo zaštite okoliša i zelene tranzicijeGovernment institution | 93 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Ministarstvo znanosti, obrazovanja i mladihGovernment institution | 88 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Ministry of JusticeGovernment institution | 82 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Oikon (Croatia)Company | 76 | not ranked | |
| 51 | State Institute for Nature ProtectionGovernment institution | 71 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Visoka Škola za Informacijske Tehnologije ZagrebUniversity | 50 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Veleučilište studija sigurnostiUniversity | 46 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Dukat (Croatia)Company | 40 | not ranked | |
| 55 | HŽ Passenger Transport (Croatia)Company | 35 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Agency for Mobility and EU ProgrammesGovernment institution | 27 | not ranked | |
| 57 | University Center for Protestant Theology Matthias Flacius IllyricusUniversity | 25 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and CraftsGovernment institution | 22 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Galapagos (Croatia)Company | 21 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Inetec (Croatia)Company | 17 | 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Zagreb work in?
In 2022-now, 32% of research in Zagreb is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (21%), Social Sciences (14%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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
- Social Sciences7,77632.2%
- Social Sciences3,32713.8%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1,3415.6%
- Arts and Humanities1,3325.5%
- Psychology9624.0%
- Business, Management and Accounting6172.6%
- Decision Sciences1980.8%
- Physical Sciences7,66331.7%
- Engineering2,65911.0%
- Environmental Science1,3585.6%
- Computer Science1,2755.3%
- Materials Science5512.3%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences4591.9%
- Physics and Astronomy4561.9%
- Chemistry4081.7%
- Mathematics3091.3%
- Energy1270.5%
- Chemical Engineering600.2%
- Health Sciences5,92324.5%
- Medicine4,98520.6%
- Health Professions5522.3%
- Dentistry2150.9%
- Nursing1220.5%
- Veterinary480.2%
- Life Sciences2,79311.6%
What is Zagreb strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Zagreb is most concentrated in Language and Linguistics, Economics and Econometrics and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (3.8× the world share in Language and Linguistics).
- Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 356.6 works3.8×
- Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 1,118.3 works3.3×
- Physical and Theoretical ChemistrySubfield · 53.8 works3.1×
- ArcheologySubfield · 200.0 works3.1×
- Geography, Planning and DevelopmentSubfield · 129.0 works2.9×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.70×1,249 works
- Arts and Humanities1.92×1,200 works
- Dentistry1.78×186 works
- Psychology1.32×867 works
- Veterinary1.31×38 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.18×398 works
- Environmental Science1.13×1,208 works
- Mathematics1.10×279 works
- Chemistry1.09×370 works
- Social Sciences1.09×2,971 works
- Medicine1.06×4,383 works
- Nursing1.02×108 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.95×978 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.90×195 works
- Health Professions0.87×494 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.85×64 works
- Decision Sciences0.84×174 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.83×397 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.82×950 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.80×559 works
- Neuroscience0.78×274 works
- Engineering0.75×2,436 works
- Chemical Engineering0.71×54 works
- Computer Science0.69×1,160 works
- Materials Science0.65×494 works
- Energy0.60×119 works
Which keywords describe research in Zagreb?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: International Relations, Nation-Building, International Trade, Foreign Policy, Sovereign Debt Crises, Negotiation, Commercial Diplomacy and Economic Diplomacy.
- Legal Regulation
- Global Water Resources
- Socio-economic Factors
- Water Quality Monitoring
- Communication Technology
- Cultural Integration
- Spirituality
- Climate Change Impact
- Rural Tourism
- Agricultural Sustainability
- Financial Performance
- Identity
- Regional Development
- Economic Growth
- Commercial Diplomacy
- Negotiation
- Foreign Policy
- Nation-Building
- Sustainable Development
- Sustainability
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- International Relations
- International Trade
- Sovereign Debt Crises
- Religion
- Economic Diplomacy
- Ethics
- Resilience
- Organizational Culture
- Innovation Management
- Small and Medium Enterprises
- Leadership Emergence
- Media
- Social Change
- Environmental Policy
- Youth Subcultures
- Hydrological Analysis
- Water Resources Management
- Integrated Management
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
- Epidemiology1,016◆ 1.06×137 topics
- Sustainability650◆ 1.10×113 topics
- Climate Change650◆ 0.99×114 topics
- Sustainable Development649▲ 1.72×92 topics
- International Relations624▲ 11×26 topics
- Nation-Building573▲ 45×3 topics
- International Trade572▲ 17×11 topics
- Foreign Policy570▲ 62×4 topics
- Sovereign Debt Crises560▲ 58×2 topics
- Negotiation559▲ 65×4 topics
- Religion552▲ 4.9×41 topics
- Commercial Diplomacy549▲ 193×1 topic
- Economic Diplomacy549▲ 193×1 topic
- Economic Growth513▲ 2.6×33 topics
- Ethics480▲ 3.9×57 topics
- Regional Development405▲ 4.9×19 topics
- Resilience391▲ 3.3×17 topics
- Identity389▲ 2.2×70 topics
- Organizational Culture388▲ 4.2×14 topics
- Financial Performance382▲ 2.8×12 topics
- Innovation Management368▲ 9.8×9 topics
- Agricultural Sustainability357▲ 13×5 topics
- Small and Medium Enterprises356▲ 8.3×7 topics
- Rural Tourism345▲ 46×2 topics
- Leadership Emergence344▲ 104×1 topic
- Climate Change Impact301▲ 5.5×8 topics
- Media300▲ 8.3×15 topics
- Spirituality294▲ 12×7 topics
- Social Change284▲ 9.5×17 topics
- Cultural Integration284▲ 5.5×3 topics
- Environmental Policy283▲ 5.8×11 topics
- Communication Technology267▲ 89×1 topic
- Youth Subcultures267▲ 89×1 topic
- Water Quality Monitoring263▲ 14×3 topics
- Hydrological Analysis256▲ 29×2 topics
- Socio-economic Factors253▲ 9.4×3 topics
- Water Resources Management251▲ 78×2 topics
- Global Water Resources248▲ 108×1 topic
- Integrated Management248▲ 108×1 topic
- Legal Regulation228▲ 4.2×7 topics
What research is done in Zagreb?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Balkan and Eastern European Studies Economics and Econometrics 514 works
- 2 Regional Development and Management Studies Economics and Econometrics 328 works
- 3 Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies Sociology and Political Science 246 works
- 4 Environmental Science and Water Management Water Science and Technology 215 works
- 5 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity Language and Linguistics 126 works
- 6 Education, Law, and Society Political Science and International Relations 118 works
- 7 Balkans: History, Politics, Society Cultural Studies 104 works
- 8 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 97 works
- 9 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 64 works
- 10 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 63 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.2% in 2017.
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