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College of Social and Media Culture

In research, College of Social and Media Culture stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,148 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,041 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations — Political Science and International Relations is 10.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,499
of 28,054 · #38,158 all time
Rank in Poland
#293
of 318
Research works
470
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
419
0.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is College of Social and Media Culture 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
Social SciencesDomain #9,148 of 10,521 8.7%119 #11290
Social SciencesField #6,041 of 6,365 6.9%75 #8508

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where College of Social and Media Culture 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 College of Social and Media Culture specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 10.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 23.0 works11×
← 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: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 6.29× its world share, 26 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.32× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.22× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.13× its world share, 75 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at College of Social and Media Culture?

Ranked on the composite score, Michel Foucault, Jan Wiśniewski and Jakob Isak Nielsen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is College of Social and Media Culture.

  1. 1 Michel Foucault Poland · #5 worldwide 4.6k citations · 194 works
  2. 2 Jan Wiśniewski Poland · #332,543 worldwide 40 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Jakob Isak Nielsen Poland · #479,887 worldwide 51 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Niels Brügger Poland · #972,228 worldwide 49 citations · 73 works
  5. 5 Hans-Peter Degn Poland · #1,579,219 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at College of Social and Media Culture

Which keywords describe research at College of Social and Media Culture?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nationalism, Globalization, Education, Identity, Eastern Europe, Soviet Union, Polish history and Polish minority.

▲ 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. Globalization17▲ 6.0×26 topics
  2. Education16▲ 6.4×15 topics
  3. Nationalism15▲ 23×9 topics
  4. Identity13▲ 13×13 topics
  5. Eastern Europe12▲ 155×2 topics
  6. Soviet Union12▲ 150×2 topics
  7. Polish history12▲ 312×1 topic
  8. Polish minority12▲ 312×1 topic
  9. Cultural Studies11▲ 20×11 topics
  10. Urban Development10▲ 19×5 topics
  11. European Union9▲ 29×7 topics
  12. Migration9▲ 18×5 topics
  13. Human Rights8▲ 5.6×8 topics
  14. Ethnography8▲ 32×3 topics
  15. Pedagogy7▲ 11×4 topics
  16. History7▲ 7.1×8 topics
  17. Social Media7▲ 3.5×12 topics
  18. Ethics7▲ 9.8×7 topics
  19. Literature7▲ 8.4×10 topics
  20. Culture6▲ 8.6×8 topics
  21. Social Sciences6▲ 31×3 topics
  22. Entrepreneurship6▲ 9.9×4 topics
  23. Intellectual Movements6▲ 175×2 topics
  24. Eastern European culture5▲ 268×1 topic
  25. Polish nobility5▲ 268×1 topic
  26. Lifelong Learning5▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Media Literacy5▲ 6.3×2 topics
  28. Cultural Identity5▲ 6.8×5 topics
  29. Cultural History5▲ 28×3 topics
  30. Data Privacy5▲ 30×2 topics
  31. Digital Innovations5▲ 220×1 topic
  32. Youth Development5▲ 37×1 topic
  33. Gender5▲ 6.3×12 topics
  34. Transition5▲ 37×3 topics
  35. Authoritarianism5▲ 37×2 topics
  36. Narrative5▲ 20×3 topics
  37. Community5▲ 28×2 topics
  38. Dissent5▲ 159×1 topic
  39. Post-Communist5▲ 159×1 topic
  40. Holocaust4▲ 99×2 topics

Which research topics does College of Social and Media Culture publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Polish Historical and Cultural Studies, Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland, Education and Cultural Studies and Eastern European Communism and Reforms.

Polish Historical and Cu…12Polish Historical and Cultural Studies: 12 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural Studies of Poland: 5 fractional worksEducation and Cultural Studies: 5 fractional worksEastern European Communism and Reforms: 5 fractional worksPolish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies: 4 fractional worksTheology and Canon Law Studies: 4 fractional worksCultural Industries and …4Cultural Industries and Urban Development: 4 fractional worksIntellectual Property Ri…4Intellectual Property Rights and Media: 4 fractional worksLanguage and Culture4Language and Culture: 4 fractional worksMedia Studies and Commun…3Media Studies and Communication: 3 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsHistoryEducationSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Polish Historical and Cultural Studies Political Science and International Relations 12 works
  2. 2 Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland History 5 works
  3. 3 Education and Cultural Studies Education 5 works
  4. 4 Eastern European Communism and Reforms Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  5. 5 Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies Philosophy 4 works
  6. 6 Theology and Canon Law Studies Religious studies 4 works
  7. 7 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 4 works
  8. 8 Intellectual Property Rights and Media Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  9. 9 Language and Culture Linguistics and Language 4 works
  10. 10 Media Studies and Communication Communication 3 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 available40.9%not open59.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.1%domestic only61.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has College of Social and Media Culture's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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