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Physics and Astronomy research in Czechia

Czech Academy of Sciences ranks first in Czechia for Physics and Astronomy research in 2022-now (#95 worldwide), followed by Charles University and Masaryk University.

Czechia's world rank
#21
of 76 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
3.1k
Top-10% rate
8.8%
Ranked institutions
8

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Physics and Astronomy in Czechia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Czech Academy of SciencesPrague #9537.29.4%1,152
2Charles UniversityPrague #27322.78.9%472
3Masaryk UniversityBrno #41916.84.8%179
4Palacký University OlomoucOlomouc #58212.39.3%129
5VSB - Technical University of OstravaOstrava #65810.614.8%87
6Silesian University in OpavaOpava #7389.014.8%86
7Brno University of TechnologyBrno #7428.97.1%98
8Czech Technical University in PraguePrague #9535.54.2%356

Institutions in Czechia above the floor of 40 fractional works in Physics and Astronomy, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Physics and Astronomy researchers in Czechia?

Michal Sumbera, S. Pospı́šil and M. H. Finger rank highest among researchers based in Czechia, on their papers in Physics and Astronomy that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Michal Sumbera#5,385 worldwide overall328.2 of 810 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2S. Pospı́šil#36,217 worldwide overall300.3 of 1,006 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3M. H. Finger#30,600 worldwide overall286.4 of 976 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4J. Šolc#12,459 worldwide overall242.8 of 600 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Z. Vykydal#7,869 worldwide overall194.4 of 446 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Jiri A. Mares#24,833 worldwide overall201.4 of 563 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Michal Kamil Simon#15,058 worldwide overall182.2 of 380 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8M. Zeman#22,568 worldwide overall147.5 of 336 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9M. Finger#16,923 worldwide overall143.0 of 385 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10B. Sopko#35,854 worldwide overall138.2 of 356 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Arseniy Shabanov#32,038 worldwide overall129.8 of 386 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12J. Adam#8,757 worldwide overall113.7 of 249 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13J. Cepila#6,840 worldwide overall95.3 of 175 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14C. Søgaard#2,458 worldwide overall88.5 of 127 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Czechia on their work in Physics and Astronomy alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Czechia compares with other countries in Physics and Astronomy