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The Czechia ranks #42 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#35 all time), with 83k research works and 14.7% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#42
of 192 · #35 all time
Works, 2022–2025
83k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
14.7%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
2 in the top 1,000
Open access
44%
world 63%

What is Czechia strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the Czechia ranks highest in Computer Science (#39 of 131), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (#21 of 70) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#33 of 108). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Structural Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Paleontology.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Computer ScienceField #39 of 131 13.9%5,408 Institutions
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #21 of 70 19.1%1,118 Institutions
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #33 of 108 17.1%5,123 Institutions
MedicineField #48 of 155 12.5%12,011 Institutions
Physics and AstronomyField #25 of 79 20.2%3,076 Institutions
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #31 of 97 20.9%1,885 Institutions
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #41 of 126 21.1%5,219 Institutions
Social SciencesField #51 of 151 16.3%10,105 Institutions
Environmental ScienceField #43 of 125 17.6%5,120 Institutions
Materials ScienceField #33 of 90 10.6%4,012 Institutions
Plant ScienceSubfield #34 of 92 26.3%1,862 Institutions
EngineeringField #50 of 134 10.0%13,566 Institutions

Where its research is concentrated

Location quotient: how much more — or less — of each node it does than its size predicts. Drawn around 1×, where “twice the world share” and “half of it” are the same distance apart in opposite directions. A volume reading, which on a country axis is largely population and industrial structure.

  1. Structural BiologySubfield · 39.0 works2.9×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 1,117.5 works2.9×
  3. PaleontologySubfield · 280.6 works2.8×
  4. Insect ScienceSubfield · 581.1 works2.5×
  5. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 465.6 works2.3×
  6. Space and Planetary ScienceSubfield · 38.9 works2.3×
  7. General Materials ScienceSubfield · 84.2 works2.3×
  8. Ecological ModelingSubfield · 143.4 works2.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 5,220 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.15× its world share, 5,123 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.98× its world share, 822 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.96× its world share, 1,294 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.01× its world share, 297 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.11× its world share, 325 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.39× its world share, 1,821 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.83× its world share, 5,408 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 1,885 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.79× its world share, 605 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.08× its world share, 14k worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.24× its world share, 5,120 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.38× its world share, 4,012 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.32× its world share, 1,301 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.66× its world share, 3,076 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.44× its world share, 180 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 1,171 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.75× its world share, 12k worksMedicineNursing: 0.74× its world share, 304 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.27× its world share, 144 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.22× its world share, 2,939 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.72× its world share, 1,938 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 795 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.07× its world share, 1,919 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.81× its world share, 2,070 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 10k worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 1.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research in Czechia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Mechanical Properties, Sustainability, Epidemiology, Environmental Impact and School Climate.

▲ 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 country'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. Climate Change3,036▲ 1.35×131 topics
  2. Epidemiology2,430▼ 0.74×140 topics
  3. Sustainability1,982◆ 0.97×137 topics
  4. Machine Learning1,954▼ 0.72×96 topics
  5. Deep Learning1,708▼ 0.60×84 topics
  6. Environmental Impact1,655▲ 1.17×74 topics
  7. Globalization1,541◆ 0.94×181 topics
  8. Mechanical Properties1,395▲ 1.72×39 topics
  9. Biodiversity1,353▲ 2.2×38 topics
  10. Inflammation1,267▼ 0.73×83 topics
  11. Biomedical Applications1,261▲ 1.27×36 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress1,250◆ 0.92×63 topics
  13. Nanoparticles1,203◆ 1.15×44 topics
  14. Invasive Species1,181▲ 3.3×21 topics
  15. Sustainable Development1,137▼ 0.86×111 topics
  16. Human Rights973◆ 1.13×90 topics
  17. Nanomaterials920◆ 1.04×21 topics
  18. Nanocomposites875▲ 1.30×22 topics
  19. Identity858▲ 1.41×77 topics
  20. Microstructure818▲ 1.89×19 topics
  21. Conservation805▲ 2.2×24 topics
  22. Literature772▲ 1.71×61 topics
  23. History766▲ 1.31×64 topics
  24. Biogeography683▲ 3.1×20 topics
  25. Nationalism650▲ 1.69×33 topics
  26. Phylogenetic Analysis635▲ 2.5×16 topics
  27. Digital Education630▲ 5.8×7 topics
  28. Philosophy626▲ 1.70×46 topics
  29. Ethnicity601▲ 1.91×24 topics
  30. Habitat Fragmentation569▲ 3.1×5 topics
  31. School Climate560▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Global Change554▲ 2.5×7 topics
  33. Learning Environments549▲ 23×3 topics
  34. Student Attitudes545▲ 6.4×2 topics
  35. Educational Methods537▲ 110×1 topic
  36. Pedagogical Research537▲ 110×1 topic
  37. Evolution535▲ 2.6×19 topics
  38. Phylogeny510▲ 4.1×17 topics
  39. DNA Barcoding470▲ 3.5×9 topics
  40. Taxonomy457▲ 4.2×15 topics

How many world-class institutions does Czechia hold?

Average quality and elite capacity disagree by construction, and both are worth knowing: the first is decided by a country’s whole institution population, the second counts the institutions it holds at the top. One square per institution.

101st to 500th1501st to 1,000th1

Bands are exclusive, so the squares add up to 2 — the institutions it holds in the world top 1,000 — and not to four times it.

Which universities in Czechia lead research?

Charles University, FZU ‒ Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and Masaryk University rank highest in Czechia on research quality in 2022–2025.

0%10%20%30%mean 18.08%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Charles University: 9,064, 17.6%FZU ‒ Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic: 1,418, 17.9%Masaryk University: 4,918, 19.0%Palacký University Olomouc: 3,255, 16.8%University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague: 1,823, 12.0%VSB - Technical University of Ostrava: 2,625, 16.3%University of Hradec Králové: 1,266, 24.9%Czech University of Life Sciences Prague: 2,079, 25.8%Czech Academy of Sciences: 1,591, 20.0%Czech Technical University in Prague: 4,927, 11.6%Brno University of Technology: 3,375, 11.7%University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice: 1,202, 23.8%Mendel University in Brno: 1,502, 17.4%Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry: 446, 17.8%Central European Institute of Technology: 550, 18.6%Masaryk UniversityFZU ‒ Institute of P…Charles UniversityPalacký University O…
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per institution in the list below. The upper left is the interesting corner.

  1. 1Charles UniversityUniversity · Prague · #380 worldwide17.6% top 10% · 9.1k works
  2. 2FZU ‒ Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech RepublicResearch facility · Prague · #789 worldwide17.9% top 10% · 1.4k works
  3. 3Masaryk UniversityUniversity · Brno · #1,124 worldwide19.0% top 10% · 4.9k works
  4. 4Palacký University OlomoucUniversity · Olomouc · #1,187 worldwide16.8% top 10% · 3.3k works
  5. 5University of Chemistry and Technology, PragueUniversity · Prague · #1,574 worldwide12.0% top 10% · 1.8k works
  6. 6VSB - Technical University of OstravaUniversity · Ostrava · #1,578 worldwide16.3% top 10% · 2.6k works
  7. 7University of Hradec KrálovéUniversity · Hradec Králové · #1,600 worldwide24.9% top 10% · 1.3k works
  8. 8Czech University of Life Sciences PragueUniversity · Prague · #1,627 worldwide25.8% top 10% · 2.1k works
  9. 9Czech Academy of SciencesGovernment institution · Prague · #1,731 worldwide20.0% top 10% · 1.6k works
  10. 10Czech Technical University in PragueUniversity · Prague · #1,809 worldwide11.6% top 10% · 4.9k works
  11. 11Brno University of TechnologyUniversity · Brno · #1,822 worldwide11.7% top 10% · 3.4k works
  12. 12University of South Bohemia in České BudějoviceUniversity · České Budějovice · #2,846 worldwide23.8% top 10% · 1.2k works
  13. 13Mendel University in BrnoUniversity · Brno · #2,869 worldwide17.4% top 10% · 1.5k works
  14. 14Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry and BiochemistryResearch facility · Prague · #2,882 worldwide17.8% top 10% · 446 works
  15. 15Central European Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Brno · #3,344 worldwide18.6% top 10% · 550 works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in Czechia

Who are the top researchers in Czechia?

Petr Kala, Renata Cífková and Aleš Linhart rank highest among researchers based in Czechia.

  1. 1 Petr Kala · #1,470 worldwide 1.8k citations · 100 works
  2. 2 Renata Cífková · #1,622 worldwide 1.4k citations · 98 works
  3. 3 Aleš Linhart · #1,838 worldwide 1.8k citations · 115 works
  4. 4 I. Štekl · #1,847 worldwide 3.2k citations · 163 works
  5. 5 Josef Šivic · #2,493 worldwide 2.4k citations · 79 works
  6. 6 Josef Kautzner · #2,789 worldwide 1.4k citations · 122 works
  7. 7 Jiřı́ Matas · #4,192 worldwide 2.2k citations · 133 works
  8. 8 Z. Vykydal · #4,968 worldwide 2k citations · 117 works
  9. 9 S. Bahinipati · #6,500 worldwide 3.4k citations · 208 works
  10. 10 Vojtěch Melenovský · #7,382 worldwide 971 citations · 69 works
Top researchers in Czechia

Which cities in Czechia are research hubs?

  1. 1 Prague Czechia 276k works
  2. 2 Brno Czechia 82k works
  3. 3 Ostrava Czechia 21k works
  4. 4 Olomouc Czechia 20k works
  5. 5 České Budějovice Czechia 18k works

How much of it is in the largest

The same cities as shares of everything these twelve account for.

Prague: 66.2%Brno: 19.7%Ostrava: 5.1%Olomouc: 4.8%1 other listed: 4.2%66%largest
Prague276k · 66.2%Brno82k · 19.7%Ostrava21k · 5.1%Olomouc20k · 4.8%1 other listed18k · 4.2%

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

How open and international is Czechia's research?

44% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 31% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available44.1%not open55.9%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.7%domestic only69.3%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Czechia's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Research fields in Czechia