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Czech Academy of Sciences

In research, Czech Academy of Sciences stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,568 of 12,888 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,367 of 7,800 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#1,081 of 3,579 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Geophysics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics — Nature and Landscape Conservation is 6.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,731
of 28,054 · #1,270 all time
Rank in Czechia
#9
of 163
Research works
16k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
348k
22.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Czech Academy of Sciences 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,568 of 12,888 17.2%792 #1051
Life SciencesDomain #1,367 of 7,800 25.6%398 #1270
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,081 of 3,579 22.0%194 #1026
Social SciencesDomain #3,244 of 10,521 20.9%235 #3232
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,139 of 3,409 34.5%131 #1055
Environmental ScienceField #1,268 of 3,551 28.8%118 #949
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,027 of 2,175 21.1%128 #907
MedicineField #5,667 of 10,443 19.1%150 #3851
Physics and AstronomyField #925 of 1,646 25.5%138 #698
Social SciencesField #3,639 of 6,365 18.2%104 #4511

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Czech Academy of Sciences 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. Physical Sciences#1,051 #1,568
  2. Life Sciences#1,270 #1,367
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,026 #1,081
  4. Social Sciences#3,232 #3,244
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,055 #1,139
  6. Environmental Science#949 #1,268
  7. Molecular Biology#907 #1,027
  8. Medicine#3,851 #5,667
  9. Physics and Astronomy#698 #925
  10. Social Sciences#4,511 #3,639
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 Czech Academy of Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nature and Landscape Conservation takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 23.5 works6.2×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 33.0 works5.9×
  3. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 42.7 works5.7×
  4. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 28.0 works5.6×
← 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: 1.73× its world share, 131 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.28× its world share, 194 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.17× its world share, 19 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.99× its world share, 52 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.86× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.06× its world share, 52 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 79 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.28× its world share, 82 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.63× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.58× its world share, 138 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.49× its world share, 118 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.21× its world share, 123 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.61× its world share, 49 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.91× its world share, 138 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 150 worksMedicineNursing: 0.75× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.71× its world share, 79 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 104 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Czech Academy of Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, J. Cvach, J. Hladký and V. Čermák lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Czech Academy of Sciences.

  1. 1 J. Cvach Czechia · #56,035 worldwide 443 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 J. Hladký Czechia · #64,905 worldwide 540 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 V. Čermák Czechia · #156,605 worldwide 344 citations · 58 works
  4. 4 Jan Jansa Czechia · #168,389 worldwide 157 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 B. Velický Czechia · #171,154 worldwide 256 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Martina Hřebı́čková Czechia · #222,623 worldwide 213 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Martin Schwarzer Czechia · #246,236 worldwide 193 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Z. Deyl Czechia · #251,234 worldwide 117 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 P. Středa Czechia · #254,270 worldwide 285 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Vladimı́r Křen Czechia · #282,243 worldwide 362 citations · 116 works
All ranked researchers at Czech Academy of Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Czech Academy of Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Invasive Species, Climate Change, Biodiversity, Habitat Fragmentation, Biogeography, Global Change, Ecosystem Functioning and Phylogenetic Analysis.

▲ 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. Climate Change88▲ 2.0×78 topics
  2. Biodiversity50▲ 4.2×29 topics
  3. Invasive Species50▲ 7.3×19 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress42▲ 1.60×54 topics
  5. Inflammation35◆ 1.05×72 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications35▲ 1.84×32 topics
  7. Nanoparticles33▲ 1.64×37 topics
  8. Habitat Fragmentation32▲ 9.2×5 topics
  9. Conservation30▲ 4.3×21 topics
  10. Biogeography28▲ 6.7×20 topics
  11. Global Change28▲ 6.7×7 topics
  12. Phylogenetic Analysis27▲ 5.6×15 topics
  13. Ecosystem Functioning25▲ 8.2×7 topics
  14. Microstructure24▲ 2.9×17 topics
  15. DNA Barcoding19▲ 7.4×9 topics
  16. Superconductivity19▲ 7.0×9 topics
  17. Metabolic Regulation19▲ 7.2×5 topics
  18. Model Checking19▲ 26×3 topics
  19. Plate Tectonics18▲ 7.5×3 topics
  20. Genomics16▲ 3.5×10 topics
  21. Electronic Structure15▲ 5.3×8 topics
  22. Biological Invasions15▲ 10×3 topics
  23. Ecosystem14▲ 8.3×4 topics
  24. Tectonics14▲ 7.2×3 topics
  25. Phylogeny14▲ 5.6×17 topics
  26. Taxonomy14▲ 6.6×15 topics
  27. Mycorrhizal Fungi13▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Community Ecology13▲ 9.6×2 topics
  29. Supernovae12▲ 9.4×2 topics
  30. Temporal Logic12▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Plant-Animal Interactions12▲ 9.0×1 topic
  32. Pollinator Decline12▲ 9.0×1 topic
  33. Species Richness12▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Modal Logic12▲ 26×2 topics
  35. Symbiosis11▲ 7.7×3 topics
  36. Functional Diversity11▲ 13×1 topic
  37. General Relativity11▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Geochronology11▲ 10×1 topic
  39. Zircon11▲ 10×1 topic
  40. Knowledge Representation11▲ 8.0×4 topics

Which research topics does Czech Academy of Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant and animal studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Geological and Geochemical Analysis and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories.

Plant and animal studies12Plant and animal studies: 12 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…11Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 11 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 11 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitatio…11Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 11 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Pl…10Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 10 fractional worksLogic, Reasoning, and Knowledge: 9 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 8 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoreti…8Black Holes and Theoretical Physics: 8 fractional worksShape Memory Alloy Transformations: 7 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics and materials: 7 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsNature and Landscape ConservationGeophysicsAstronomy and Astrophysics5 others

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

  1. 1 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 12 works
  2. 2 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 11 works
  3. 3 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 11 works
  4. 4 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 11 works
  5. 5 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 10 works
  6. 6 Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge Artificial Intelligence 9 works
  7. 7 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 8 works
  8. 8 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 8 works
  9. 9 Shape Memory Alloy Transformations Materials Chemistry 7 works
  10. 10 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 7 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 available33.4%not open66.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.0%domestic only62.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Czech Academy of Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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