Science Explorer Interactive view Map
University · Poznan · Poland

Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

In research, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań stands highest in Arts and Humanities (#95 of 1,998 worldwide), Social Sciences (#509 of 10,521 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#666 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Linguistics and Language, General Social Sciences and Anthropology — Linguistics and Language is 35.9× its share of world research.

amu.edu.plROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022–2025
#951
of 28,054 · #1,162 all time
Rank in Poland
#10
of 318
Research works
42k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
343k
8.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Arts and HumanitiesField #95 of 1,998 12.1%1,340 #270
Social SciencesDomain #509 of 10,521 10.6%5,305 #865
Physical SciencesDomain #666 of 12,888 13.9%2,025 #842
Social SciencesField #449 of 6,365 9.4%3,313 #748
Language and LinguisticsSubfield #22 of 303 14.7%280 #91
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #139 of 1,201 9.7%878 #364
HistorySubfield #25 of 204 11.8%269 #192
ChemistryField #222 of 1,330 13.2%267 #505
Linguistics and LanguageSubfield #5 of 29 5.6%345 —
Life SciencesDomain #1,368 of 7,800 19.5%713 #2134

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Arts and Humanities#270 #95
  2. Social Sciences#865 #509
  3. Physical Sciences#842 #666
  4. Social Sciences#748 #449
  5. Language and Linguistics#91 #22
  6. Political Science and International Relations#364 #139
  7. History#192 #25
  8. Chemistry#505 #222
  9. Life Sciences#2,134 #1,368
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Linguistics and Language takes 35.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 344.7 works36×
  2. General Social SciencesSubfield · 133.5 works15×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 288.4 works12×
  4. HistorySubfield · 269.4 works10×
  5. ClassicsSubfield · 41.4 works8.3×
  6. PhilosophySubfield · 280.3 works7.8×
  7. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 279.6 works7.6×
  8. Religious studiesSubfield · 103.5 works7.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 331 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 260 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 28 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 72 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.75× its world share, 22 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.95× its world share, 28 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.03× its world share, 267 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 238 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 163 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.72× its world share, 56 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 290 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.93× its world share, 387 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.01× its world share, 295 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.26× its world share, 124 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.95× its world share, 177 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 68 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 233 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.55× its world share, 1,340 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 120 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 33 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.92× its world share, 165 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.31× its world share, 334 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.13× its world share, 3,313 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań?

Ranked on the composite score, Robert Lew, Marek Kwiek and Agnieszka Stępińska lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.

  1. 1 Robert Lew · #32,651 worldwide 456 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Marek Kwiek · #50,991 worldwide 213 citations · 98 works
  3. 3 Agnieszka Stępińska · #78,065 worldwide 180 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 R. Tanaś · #81,809 worldwide 206 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 R. Micnas · #85,749 worldwide 500 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Emanuel Kulczycki · #89,872 worldwide 84 citations · 46 works
  7. 7 Maciej Krawczyk · #93,930 worldwide 363 citations · 67 works
  8. 8 Mariusz Jaskólski · #117,690 worldwide 386 citations · 76 works
  9. 9 Arkadiusz Marciniak · #122,364 worldwide 103 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Tomasz Łuczak · #144,034 worldwide 282 citations · 52 works
All ranked researchers at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

Which keywords describe research at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Globalization, Cultural Studies, Ethnography, Literature, Nationalism, Migration and Sociolinguistics.

▲ 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 institution'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. Education762▲ 5.3×91 topics
  2. Globalization688▲ 4.2×128 topics
  3. Cultural Studies510▲ 16×33 topics
  4. Ethnography507▲ 35×15 topics
  5. Literature479▲ 11×52 topics
  6. Nationalism452▲ 12×31 topics
  7. Migration427▲ 15×29 topics
  8. Sociolinguistics425▲ 27×9 topics
  9. Cultural Identity418▲ 9.7×31 topics
  10. Language398▲ 19×13 topics
  11. Identity393▲ 6.5×69 topics
  12. Culture386▲ 8.7×32 topics
  13. Soviet Union378▲ 79×3 topics
  14. Eastern Europe378▲ 81×3 topics
  15. Lexicography377▲ 49×5 topics
  16. Multilingualism367▲ 26×6 topics
  17. European Union350▲ 18×27 topics
  18. Cultural Discourse347▲ 108×3 topics
  19. Polish history345▲ 151×1 topic
  20. Polish minority345▲ 151×1 topic
  21. Translation345▲ 24×7 topics
  22. Pedagogy329▲ 8.1×21 topics
  23. Human Rights325▲ 3.8×68 topics
  24. Cultural Heritage324▲ 7.1×32 topics
  25. Ethics316▲ 7.8×48 topics
  26. Media Discourse314▲ 59×2 topics
  27. Ethnolinguistics312▲ 114×2 topics
  28. History309▲ 5.3×53 topics
  29. National Identity270▲ 28×10 topics
  30. Social Change257▲ 25×14 topics
  31. Social Sciences254▲ 22×14 topics
  32. Memory Studies251▲ 47×5 topics
  33. Development250▲ 8.6×13 topics
  34. Historiography248▲ 24×10 topics
  35. Anthropology240▲ 30×9 topics
  36. Lifelong Learning235▲ 14×10 topics
  37. Urban Development227▲ 7.4×14 topics
  38. Youth Development223▲ 28×7 topics
  39. Memory223▲ 11×21 topics
  40. Digital Innovations220▲ 166×1 topic

Which research topics does Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Polish Historical and Cultural Studies, Language and Culture, Central European Literary Studies and Education and Cultural Studies.

Polish Historical and Cultural Studies: 345 fractional worksLanguage and Culture311Language and Culture: 311 fractional worksCentral European Literar…233Central European Literary Studies: 233 fractional worksEducation and Cultural S…220Education and Cultural Studies: 220 fractional worksPolish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies: 175 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural Studies of Poland: 143 fractional worksPolish Law and Legal Sys…106Polish Law and Legal System: 106 fractional worksSocial Issues in Poland: 95 fractional worksPolish Legal and Social Issues: 90 fractional worksTheology and Canon Law Studies: 84 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsLinguistics and LanguageAnthropologyEducation5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Polish Historical and Cultural StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations 345 works
  2. 2 Language and CultureLinguistics and Language 311 works
  3. 3 Central European Literary StudiesAnthropology 233 works
  4. 4 Education and Cultural StudiesEducation 220 works
  5. 5 Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory StudiesPhilosophy 175 works
  6. 6 Historical and Cultural Studies of PolandHistory 143 works
  7. 7 Polish Law and Legal SystemPolitical Science and International Relations 106 works
  8. 8 Social Issues in PolandGeneral Social Sciences 95 works
  9. 9 Polish Legal and Social IssuesLaw 90 works
  10. 10 Theology and Canon Law StudiesReligious studies 84 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available61.0%not open39.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.4%domestic only88.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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

Other research institutions in Poznan

All research institutions in Poznan

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.