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Science in Slovakia

Slovakia ranks #56 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#53 all time), with 33k research works and 8.0% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022-now
#56
of 189 · #53 all time
Works, 2022-now
33k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4M
12.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate
8.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.69×
1.00× is exactly expected
In the world top 100
0
1 in the top 1,000
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Slovakia

What is Slovakia strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022-now, Slovakia ranks highest in Medicine (#48 of 152), Social Sciences (#57 of 148) and Engineering (#52 of 131). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Life-span and Life-course Studies, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and General Materials Science.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #48 of 152 8.6%3,731 #52 Institutions
Social SciencesField #57 of 148 9.7%4,324 #50 Institutions
EngineeringField #52 of 131 6.4%6,126 #51 Institutions
Computer ScienceField #57 of 128 7.8%2,456 #51 Institutions
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #56 of 124 8.9%1,928 #56 Institutions
Business, Management and AccountingField #51 of 110 10.9%1,214 #53 Institutions
Arts and HumanitiesField #48 of 103 8.1%1,215 #47 Institutions
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #50 of 107 10.6%1,079 #49 Institutions
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #50 of 105 7.3%1,419 #55 Institutions
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #58 of 119 9.4%1,228 #58 Institutions
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #49 of 98 10.5%779 #46 Institutions
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield #30 of 60 9.9%635 #32 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. Life-span and Life-course StudiesSubfield · 31.6 works · #25 of 144 active here5.1×
  2. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 698.1 works · #32 of 194 active here3.6×
  3. General Materials ScienceSubfield · 50.9 works · #30 of 155 active here3.1×
  4. General EnergySubfield · 30.4 works · #47 of 167 active here3.0×
  5. PaleontologySubfield · 111.2 works · #41 of 212 active here2.5×
  6. Geography, Planning and DevelopmentSubfield · 184.0 works · #36 of 213 active here2.4×
  7. Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementSubfield · 20.3 works · #52 of 165 active here2.4×
  8. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 415.2 works · #53 of 223 active here2.4×
← 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: 1.27× its world share, 2,266 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.83× its world share, 1,654 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.79× its world share, 298 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 494 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.63× its world share, 84 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 105 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.02× its world share, 598 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.95× its world share, 2,754 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 788 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.78× its world share, 268 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.22× its world share, 6,871 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.39× its world share, 2,582 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.15× its world share, 1,497 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.10× its world share, 486 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.25× its world share, 1,044 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 76 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 575 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 4,303 worksMedicineNursing: 0.92× its world share, 168 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.51× its world share, 77 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.27× its world share, 1,377 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.13× its world share, 1,366 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 483 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.50× its world share, 1,204 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.95× its world share, 1,080 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 4,954 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 1.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary1.51×77 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.50×1,204 works
  3. Environmental Science1.39×2,582 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.34×788 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.34×483 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.27×2,266 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.27×1,377 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.25×1,044 works
  9. Engineering1.22×6,871 works
  10. Materials Science1.15×1,497 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting1.13×1,366 works
  12. Mathematics1.10×486 works
  13. Social Sciences1.05×4,954 works
  14. Chemistry1.02×598 works
  15. Computer Science0.95×2,754 works
  16. Psychology0.95×1,080 works
  17. Nursing0.92×168 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.83×1,654 works
  19. Neuroscience0.81×494 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.80×105 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.79×298 works
  22. Energy0.78×268 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.63×84 works
  24. Medicine0.60×4,303 works
  25. Health Professions0.58×575 works
  26. Dentistry0.42×76 works

Which fields of science does Slovakia work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Slovakia is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (18%), Social Sciences (13%), Medicine (11%).

Physical Sciences: 17k fractional works · 45.4% of its workEngineering: 6,871 fractional works · 18.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1,162 fractional works · 3.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1,036 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 701 fractional works · 1.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 698 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 506 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 493 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 488 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 412 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 379 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 374 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 182 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 139 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 138 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 132 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2,754 fractional works · 7.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 767 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 576 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 378 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 332 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 253 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 121 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 110 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 91 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 126 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2,582 fractional works · 6.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 477 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 464 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 325 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 309 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 220 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 190 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 167 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 151 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 135 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 99 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1,497 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 747 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 220 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 208 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 166 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 156 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1,044 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 335 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 237 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 137 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 131 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 106 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 98 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 788 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 166 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 149 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 115 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 111 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 102 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 145 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 598 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 247 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 94 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 92 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 79 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 85 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 486 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 97 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 80 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 79 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 230 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 268 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 212 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 105 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 10k fractional works · 27.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 4,954 fractional works · 13.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1,421 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1,020 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 904 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLaw: 194 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 184 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 158 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 149 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 138 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 134 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 104 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 102 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 99 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 95 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 252 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1,377 fractional works · 3.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 318 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 208 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 192 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 183 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 159 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 318 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1,366 fractional works · 3.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 438 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 216 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 208 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 172 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 165 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 127 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1,203 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 861 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 218 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 124 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1,080 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 350 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 273 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 218 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 182 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 483 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 309 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 98 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 76 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 5,200 fractional works · 13.9% of its workMedicine: 4,303 fractional works · 11.5% of its workSurgery: 440 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 326 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 317 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 315 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 277 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 262 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 211 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 199 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 188 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 143 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 140 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 129 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 122 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 113 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 105 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 98 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 88 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 83 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 749 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 575 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 288 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 287 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 168 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 147 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 77 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 76 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4,796 fractional works · 12.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2,266 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPlant Science: 703 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 415 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 309 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 221 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 147 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 136 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 129 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 113 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 92 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,654 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 880 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 272 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 110 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 105 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 288 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 494 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 191 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 90 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 214 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 298 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 150 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 89 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 84 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSlovakia37kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences45%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences28%

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 country does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering6,87118.3%
    2. Computer Science2,7547.4%
    3. Environmental Science2,5826.9%
    4. Materials Science1,4974.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1,0442.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences7882.1%
    7. Chemistry5981.6%
    8. Mathematics4861.3%
    9. Energy2680.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering1050.3%
    1. Social Sciences4,95413.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities1,3773.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1,3663.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1,2033.2%
    5. Psychology1,0802.9%
    6. Decision Sciences4831.3%
  3. Health Sciences5,20013.9%
    1. Medicine4,30311.5%
    2. Health Professions5751.5%
    3. Nursing1680.4%
    4. Veterinary770.2%
    5. Dentistry760.2%
  4. Life Sciences4,79612.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2,2666.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,6544.4%
    3. Neuroscience4941.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology2980.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics840.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Slovakia?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Mechanical Properties, Energy Efficiency, Innovation, Globalization and Artificial Intelligence.

▲ 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 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. Sustainability1,583▲ 1.73×133 topics
  2. Climate Change1,484▲ 1.46×128 topics
  3. Sustainable Development1,086▲ 1.85×110 topics
  4. Machine Learning1,048▼ 0.84×97 topics
  5. Epidemiology931▼ 0.62×138 topics
  6. Deep Learning899▼ 0.70×85 topics
  7. Globalization868▲ 1.18×171 topics
  8. Environmental Impact776▲ 1.21×73 topics
  9. Mechanical Properties767▲ 2.1×39 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence739▲ 1.39×66 topics
  11. Renewable Energy686▲ 1.27×61 topics
  12. Innovation683▲ 1.77×87 topics
  13. Education666◆ 1.03×144 topics
  14. Energy Efficiency661▲ 1.91×45 topics
  15. Remote Sensing566▲ 1.24×41 topics
  16. Human Rights562▲ 1.47×85 topics
  17. Biodiversity559▲ 1.96×38 topics
  18. Economic Development540▲ 1.80×55 topics
  19. Big Data519▲ 1.45×37 topics
  20. Supply Chain Management495▲ 1.47×27 topics
  21. Internet of Things483▲ 1.51×33 topics
  22. Invasive Species428▲ 2.7×21 topics
  23. Environmental Management421▲ 2.8×22 topics
  24. Microstructure412▲ 2.1×19 topics
  25. Ethics385▲ 2.0×57 topics
  26. Simulation373▲ 3.9×18 topics
  27. Cyber-Physical Systems366▲ 3.7×9 topics
  28. Supply Chain312▲ 4.1×12 topics
  29. Digitalization309▲ 4.0×16 topics
  30. European Union289▲ 3.5×26 topics
  31. Digital Education279▲ 5.0×7 topics
  32. Logistics277▲ 4.8×10 topics
  33. Media264▲ 4.7×17 topics
  34. School Climate236▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Financial Security234▲ 5.9×3 topics
  36. Learning Environments228▲ 21×3 topics
  37. Student Attitudes222▲ 5.9×2 topics
  38. Educational Methods221▲ 104×1 topic
  39. Pedagogical Research221▲ 104×1 topic
  40. Human Resource201▲ 22×3 topics

Which research topics does Slovakia publish the most in?

Its largest topics in 2022-now are Education, Psychology, and Social Research, Transport and Logistics Innovations, Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies.

Education, Psychology, a…221Education, Psychology, and Social Research: 221 fractional worksTransport and Logistics …187Transport and Logistics Innovations: 187 fractional worksReligious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies: 168 fractional worksBusiness and Economic Development: 135 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 135 fractional worksEastern European Communism and Reforms: 118 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 112 fractional worksImpact of AI and Big Data on Business and Society: 103 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 101 fractional worksHungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies: 95 fractional worksMechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis: 86 fractional worksRegional Development and Policy: 86 fractional works
EducationIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSociology and Political ScienceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law5 others

Area is fractional works in 2022-now; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to. Every tile is a topic page.

  1. 1 Education, Psychology, and Social Research Education 221 works
  2. 2 Transport and Logistics Innovations Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 187 works
  3. 3 Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies Sociology and Political Science 168 works
  4. 4 Business and Economic Development Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 135 works
  5. 5 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 135 works
  6. 6 Eastern European Communism and Reforms Sociology and Political Science 118 works
  7. 7 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 112 works
  8. 8 Impact of AI and Big Data on Business and Society Management Science and Operations Research 103 works
  9. 9 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 101 works
  10. 10 Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies Geography, Planning and Development 95 works
  11. 11 Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis Mechanical Engineering 86 works
  12. 12 Regional Development and Policy Political Science and International Relations 86 works

How many world-class institutions does Slovakia 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.

Standing among countries2022-nowWhere that sitsAll time
Average qualityits whole institution population #56 of 189 #53 of 203
Elite capacitythe institutions it holds at the top #49 of 204 #41 of 216

Elite capacity counts a country's institutions by their worldwide rank, weighted so a place at #1 counts for more than one at #480. Countries under 100 fractional works are left out.

501st to 1,000th1

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

Which universities in Slovakia lead research?

Slovak Academy of Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava and Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra rank highest in Slovakia on research quality in 2022-now.

0%5%10%mean 8.22667%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Constantine the Phil…Comenius University …Slovak Academy of Sc…Technical University…
above the meannear itbelow it

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

  1. 1Slovak Academy of SciencesGovernment institution · Bratislava · #980 worldwide7.7% top 10% · 8.4k works
  2. 2Comenius University BratislavaUniversity · Bratislava · #2,158 worldwide9.8% top 10% · 4k works
  3. 3Constantine the Philosopher University in NitraUniversity · Nitra · #3,188 worldwide11.2% top 10% · 800 works
  4. 4Technical University of KošiceUniversity · Košice · #3,280 worldwide7.1% top 10% · 3k works
  5. 5University of ŽilinaUniversity · Žilina · #3,307 worldwide9.6% top 10% · 2.4k works
  6. 6Matej Bel UniversityUniversity · Banská Bystrica · #3,684 worldwide7.1% top 10% · 737 works
  7. 7Bratislava University of Economics and BusinessUniversity · Bratislava · #3,750 worldwide7.7% top 10% · 838 works
  8. 8University of PrešovUniversity · Prešov · #4,560 worldwide8.3% top 10% · 767 works
  9. 9University of TrnavaUniversity · Trnava · #6,429 worldwide6.9% top 10% · 438 works
  10. 10Slovak University of Agriculture in NitraUniversity · Nitra · #6,768 worldwide8.6% top 10% · 1k works
  11. 11University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in TrnavaUniversity · Trnava · #6,919 worldwide6.9% top 10% · 702 works
  12. 12Technická univerzita vo ZvoleneUniversity · Zvolen · #7,158 worldwide8.7% top 10% · 480 works
  13. 13Slovak University of Technology in BratislavaUniversity · Bratislava · #7,269 worldwide5.4% top 10% · 2.6k works
  14. 14Catholic University in RuzomberokUniversity · Ružomberok · #7,997 worldwide8.9% top 10% · 248 works
  15. 15Pan-European UniversityUniversity · Bratislava · #8,458 worldwide9.5% top 10% · 299 works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in Slovakia

Who are the top researchers in Slovakia?

Marek Majdán, P. Strmeň and Frantíšek Máliš rank highest among researchers based in Slovakia.

  1. 1 Marek Majdán #18,656 worldwide 132k citations · 247 works
  2. 2 P. Strmeň #43,782 worldwide 21k citations · 304 works
  3. 3 Frantíšek Máliš #78,042 worldwide 4.2k citations · 92 works
  4. 4 B. Sitár #105,002 worldwide 12k citations · 110 works
  5. 5 Beáta Gavurová #106,962 worldwide 7.5k citations · 416 works
  6. 6 Jaroslav Slobodnı́k #109,193 worldwide 9.8k citations · 232 works
  7. 7 Alexandra Bražinová #119,981 worldwide 8.9k citations · 117 works
  8. 8 Ivan Ropovik #130,438 worldwide 2.3k citations · 142 works
  9. 9 Mária Avdičová #131,017 worldwide 24k citations · 43 works
  10. 10 Marián Brestič #132,745 worldwide 29k citations · 455 works
Top researchers in Slovakia

Which cities in Slovakia are research hubs?

  1. 1 BratislavaSlovakia 119k works
  2. 2 KošiceSlovakia 31k works

How open and international is Slovakia's research?

46% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 30% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available45.5%not open54.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.8%domestic only70.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

In 2022-now, 70% of its research is openly available (world 63%) and 34% is written with co-authors abroad (world 22%). Against what its own mix of topics predicts, that is 1.13× the expected open access and 1.54× the expected international share, which puts it #69 of 173 countries on openness.

How has Slovakia's research grown?

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

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Slovakia as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.14% in 2024.

still counting0.10%0.20%0.30%Slovakia0.15% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Slovakia over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Over the whole record, 6.9% of its 194k works since 1950 reached the world top 10% for their field and year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Slovakia7.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.4% in 2021.

Which countries have research most like Slovakia's?

Estonia is Slovakia's closest research twin: of all countries, its research is spread across the fields most like Slovakia's, with both strong in Environmental Science.

  1. 1 EstoniaBoth strong in Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.73 Compare
  2. 2 CzechiaBoth strong in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Veterinary, Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.71 Compare
  3. 3 KazakhstanBoth strong in Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Arts and Humanities 0.64 Compare
  4. 4 BotswanaBoth strong in Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.60 Compare
  5. 5 SloveniaBoth strong in Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Veterinary, Arts and Humanities 0.55 Compare

Similarity is the correlation of each side's location quotients across every field it publishes in, on a log scale: 1 is the same shape of research, 0 is unrelated. It ignores size. How it is measured.

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