Question 1

How strong is science in Austria?

Accepted Answer

Austria ranks #17 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#16 all time), with 90k research works and 10.7% of them in the world's top 10%.

Question 2

What is Austria strongest at in science?

Accepted Answer

On research quality in 2022-now, Austria ranks highest in Social Sciences (#13 of 148), Sociology and Political Science (#12 of 119) and Arts and Humanities (#11 of 103). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Classics, Software and History and Philosophy of Science.

Question 3

Which universities in Austria lead research?

Accepted Answer

University of Vienna, Austrian Academy of Sciences and Universität Innsbruck rank highest in Austria on research quality in 2022-now.

Question 4

Who are the top researchers in Austria?

Accepted Answer

Jiřı́ Friml, Joeri Rogelj and Kim Nasmyth rank highest among researchers based in Austria.

Question 5

Which cities in Austria are research hubs?

Accepted Answer

By research output, Vienna, Graz, Innsbruck and Linz.

Question 6

How much of Austria's research is open access?

Accepted Answer

37% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 29% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

Question 7

Is Austria's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021.

Question 8

Which keywords describe research in Austria?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Sustainability, Machine Learning, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Inflammation, Deep Learning and Identity.

Question 9

Which fields of science does Austria work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 38% of research in Austria is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (19%), Engineering (14%), Social Sciences (13%).

Question 10

Which countries have research most like Austria's?

Accepted Answer

Germany has the research profile closest to Austria's (similarity 0.88 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Arts and Humanities, followed by France and Switzerland.