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Akademii Wychowania Fizycznego im. Jerzego Kukuczki w Katowicach

In research, Akademii Wychowania Fizycznego im. Jerzego Kukuczki w Katowicach stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,805 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,290 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Physiology — Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 66.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,949
of 28,054 · #24,363 all time
Rank in Poland
#154
of 318
Research works
1.2k
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

What is Akademii Wychowania Fizycznego im. Jerzego Kukuczki w Katowicach 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,805 of 11,982 19.2%204 #8809
MedicineField #5,290 of 10,443 20.1%179 #7934

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Akademii Wychowania Fizycznego im. Jerzego Kukuczki w Katowicach 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).

What does Akademii Wychowania Fizycznego im. Jerzego Kukuczki w Katowicach specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 66.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 53.6 works66×
  2. PhysiologySubfield · 21.9 works7.9×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.73× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.74× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.95× its world share, 180 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.16× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.67× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Akademii Wychowania Fizycznego im. Jerzego Kukuczki w Katowicach?

Ranked on the composite score, Stefan Nowak, Adam Zając and Józef Opara lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Akademii Wychowania Fizycznego im. Jerzego Kukuczki w Katowicach.

  1. 1 Stefan Nowak Poland · #186,889 worldwide 58 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Adam Zając Poland · #402,611 worldwide 72 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Józef Opara Poland · #495,715 worldwide 35 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Michał Krzysztofik Poland · #554,866 worldwide 58 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Adam Maszczyk Poland · #585,660 worldwide 52 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Michał Wilk Poland · #591,267 worldwide 55 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Arkadiusz Stanula Poland · #625,404 worldwide 46 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Jarosław Cholewa Poland · #674,711 worldwide 24 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Luis Ochoa Sigüencia Poland · #844,582 worldwide 7 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Magdalena Krawczyk Poland · #866,813 worldwide 27 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Akademii Wychowania Fizycznego im. Jerzego Kukuczki w Katowicach

Which keywords describe research at Akademii Wychowania Fizycznego im. Jerzego Kukuczki w Katowicach?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, High-Intensity Interval Training, Risk Factors, Resistance Training, Athletic Training, Injury Prevention, Performance Analysis and Training Load.

▲ 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. Epidemiology55▲ 4.4×35 topics
  2. High-Intensity Interval Training36▲ 106×2 topics
  3. Risk Factors30▲ 8.8×10 topics
  4. Resistance Training29▲ 101×2 topics
  5. Athletic Training29▲ 99×3 topics
  6. Injury Prevention27▲ 71×4 topics
  7. Performance Analysis25▲ 37×1 topic
  8. Training Load25▲ 125×1 topic
  9. Prevention24▲ 18×3 topics
  10. Muscle Injuries23▲ 113×1 topic
  11. Sports Injury23▲ 113×1 topic
  12. Physical Activity20▲ 13×10 topics
  13. Mental Health18▲ 3.9×11 topics
  14. Psychological Factors17▲ 25×5 topics
  15. Public Health14▲ 3.1×11 topics
  16. Clinical Trials14▲ 6.7×8 topics
  17. Global Burden14▲ 8.4×5 topics
  18. Low Back Pain14▲ 26×3 topics
  19. Chronic Pain14▲ 20×5 topics
  20. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 3.9×14 topics
  21. Exercise13▲ 34×3 topics
  22. Heart Failure12▲ 8.4×5 topics
  23. Vascular Function10▲ 34×3 topics
  24. Disability10▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Obesity10▲ 4.3×12 topics
  26. Physical Fitness10▲ 23×3 topics
  27. Cardiorespiratory Fitness10▲ 77×1 topic
  28. Exercise Capacity10▲ 77×1 topic
  29. Health Status Questionnaires10▲ 42×1 topic
  30. Measurement Properties10▲ 42×1 topic
  31. Muscle Strength9▲ 28×5 topics
  32. Chronic Diseases9▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Rehabilitation9▲ 7.0×6 topics
  34. Health Benefits9▲ 8.4×3 topics
  35. Biomechanics8▲ 8.6×6 topics
  36. Biomechanical Analysis8▲ 37×2 topics
  37. Elderly8▲ 9.5×3 topics
  38. Intervention Strategies8▲ 57×1 topic
  39. Parkinson's Disease8▲ 9.9×4 topics
  40. Sedentary Behavior8▲ 57×1 topic

Which research topics does Akademii Wychowania Fizycznego im. Jerzego Kukuczki w Katowicach publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports Performance and Training, Sports injuries and prevention, Cardiovascular and exercise physiology and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation.

Sports Performance and T…25Sports Performance and Training: 25 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…23Sports injuries and prevention: 23 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 10 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 10 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 8 fractional worksExercise and Physiologic…6Exercise and Physiological Responses: 6 fractional worksBalance, Gait, and Falls Prevention: 6 fractional worksPhysical Education and Training Studies: 5 fractional worksMuscle activation and electromyography studies: 4 fractional worksMuscle metabolism and nutrition: 4 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineComplementary and alternative medicinePharmacologyPhysiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 25 works
  2. 2 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 23 works
  3. 3 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 10 works
  4. 4 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 10 works
  5. 5 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 8 works
  6. 6 Exercise and Physiological Responses Rehabilitation 6 works
  7. 7 Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 6 works
  8. 8 Physical Education and Training Studies Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 5 works
  9. 9 Muscle activation and electromyography studies Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Muscle metabolism and nutrition Cell Biology 4 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 available67.4%not open32.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.6%domestic only80.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Akademii Wychowania Fizycznego im. Jerzego Kukuczki w Katowicach's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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