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Czech Hydrometeorological Institute

In research, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute stands highest in Environmental Science (#3,451 of 5,407 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#15,527 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences (Atmospheric Science is 45.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#22,356
of 22,385 · #30,108 all time
Rank in Czechia
#110
of 110
Research works
422
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.9k
18.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Czech Hydrometeorological Institute

What is Czech Hydrometeorological Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Environmental ScienceField #3,451 of 5,407 6.0%189
Physical SciencesDomain #15,527 of 17,446 6.4%355

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Czech Hydrometeorological Institute 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Czech Hydrometeorological Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Czech Hydrometeorological Institute is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (47%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (27%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (8%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 85 fractional works · 83.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 48 fractional works · 46.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 17 fractional works · 16.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 10 fractional works · 9.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 6.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 28 fractional works · 27.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 20 fractional works · 20.0% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 8.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKCzechHydrometeorologi…102fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences83%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science4846.9%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2827.0%
    3. Engineering33.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy32.8%
    5. Computer Science22.0%
    6. Mathematics00.4%
    7. Energy00.3%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    9. Materials Science00.2%
    10. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences87.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences43.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities10.9%
    3. Psychology00.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine21.6%
    2. Health Professions11.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Czech Hydrometeorological Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 45.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 20.4 works45×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 27.6 works17×
← 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: 1.62× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17.23× its world share, 28 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.44× its world share, 48 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.25× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 17.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences17.23×28 works
  2. Environmental Science9.44×48 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.62×8 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.25×3 works
  5. Chemical Engineering0.93×0 works
  6. Health Professions0.40×1 works
  7. Mathematics0.37×0 works
  8. Energy0.36×0 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.32×1 works
  10. Social Sciences0.29×4 works
  11. Computer Science0.26×2 works
  12. Engineering0.22×3 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.17×0 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.15×0 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.12×0 works
  16. Psychology0.12×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.11×1 works
  18. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  19. Medicine0.08×2 works
  20. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Czech Hydrometeorological Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Ondřej Ledvinka, Martin Možný and Vít Kodeš lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Czech Hydrometeorological Institute.

  1. 1 Ondřej Ledvinka Czechia · #869,507 worldwide 3.3k citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Martin Možný Czechia · #949,736 worldwide 3.4k citations · 146 works
  3. 3 Vít Kodeš Czechia · #1,465,174 worldwide 1.5k citations · 48 works
  4. 4 P. Skřivánková Czechia · #1,688,645 worldwide 988 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Milan Váňa Czechia · #1,943,035 worldwide 724 citations · 104 works
  6. 6 Lenka Hájková Czechia · #2,133,487 worldwide 462 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Petra Smolíková Czechia · #2,281,754 worldwide 545 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Radmila Brožková Czechia · #2,545,388 worldwide 955 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Adéla Holubová Šmejkalová Czechia · #2,554,696 worldwide 606 citations · 46 works
  10. 10 J. Nekovář Czechia · #2,982,012 worldwide 739 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Czech Hydrometeorological Institute

What are the most cited papers from Czech Hydrometeorological Institute?

The most cited paper from Czech Hydrometeorological Institute is "European phenological response to climate change matches the warming pattern" (Annette Menzel et al., 2006), with 3,200 citations. Next come "Daily dataset of 20th‐century surface air temperature and precipitation series for the European Climate Assessment" (1,803) and "Changing climate both increases and decreases European river floods" (1,362).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 European phenological response to climate change matches the warming pattern Annette Menzel et al. · Global Change Biology Open access 6 Jul 2006 3,200
2 Daily dataset of 20th‐century surface air temperature and precipitation series for the European Climate Assessment Albert Klein Tank et al. · International Journal of Climatology Oct 2002 1,803
3 Changing climate both increases and decreases European river floods Günter Blöschl et al. · Nature Open access 28 Aug 2019 1,362
4 HISTALP—historical instrumental climatological surface time series of the Greater Alpine Region Ingeborg Auer et al. · International Journal of Climatology 6 Jul 2006 1,208
5 Changing climate shifts timing of European floods Günter Blöschl et al. · Science Open access 11 Aug 2017 1,068
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Czech Hydrometeorological Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Air Quality, Hydrological Modeling, Global Warming, Health Effects, Particulate Matter and Atmospheric Aerosols.

▲ 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-now 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 Change36▲ 13×41 topics
  2. Remote Sensing16▲ 12×12 topics
  3. Air Quality13▲ 67×4 topics
  4. Hydrological Modeling11▲ 44×4 topics
  5. Global Warming10▲ 24×9 topics
  6. Health Effects9▲ 15×9 topics
  7. Particulate Matter8▲ 57×2 topics
  8. Atmospheric Aerosols8▲ 135×1 topic
  9. Black Carbon8▲ 135×1 topic
  10. Mortality8▲ 13×2 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress7▲ 4.2×4 topics
  12. Air Pollution7▲ 54×2 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 5.8×2 topics
  14. Fine Particulate Air Pollution7▲ 73×1 topic
  15. Global Burden of Disease7▲ 27×1 topic
  16. Hydrological Cycle7▲ 64×2 topics
  17. Sediment Transport7▲ 40×4 topics
  18. Extreme Events6▲ 61×2 topics
  19. Water Quality6▲ 14×8 topics
  20. Water Resources6▲ 23×3 topics
  21. Boundary Layer6▲ 43×2 topics
  22. Satellite Observations5▲ 48×2 topics
  23. Land Use Change5▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Model Evaluation4▲ 34×2 topics
  25. Data Assimilation4▲ 26×2 topics
  26. Convective Parameterization4▲ 71×1 topic
  27. Ensemble Kalman Filter4▲ 40×1 topic
  28. Sea Level Rise4▲ 32×3 topics
  29. Global Hydrology4▲ 58×1 topic
  30. Greenhouse Gas Emissions4▲ 14×3 topics
  31. Uncertainty Assessment4▲ 58×1 topic
  32. Ocean Circulation4▲ 28×3 topics
  33. Climate4▲ 39×2 topics
  34. Climate Modeling4▲ 48×1 topic
  35. Precipitation Extremes4▲ 48×1 topic
  36. Forecasting4▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Satellite Imagery3▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Drought3▲ 32×3 topics
  39. Energy Consumption3▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Flood Risk3▲ 36×1 topic

Which research topics does Czech Hydrometeorological Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies.

Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 8 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 7 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena…4Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 4 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed …4Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 4 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 4 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 3 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and…3Atmospheric aerosols and clouds: 3 fractional worksAtmospheric Ozone and Climate: 3 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 3 fractional worksTree-ring climate responses: 2 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisWater Science and TechnologyGlobal and Planetary Change1 others

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

  1. 1 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 8 works
  2. 2 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 7 works
  3. 3 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 4 works
  4. 4 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 4 works
  5. 5 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  6. 6 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  7. 7 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  8. 8 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 3 works
  9. 9 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 3 works
  10. 10 Tree-ring climate responses Atmospheric Science 2 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 available58.6%not open41.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.4%domestic only75.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Czech Hydrometeorological Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Czech Hydrometeorological Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00027% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Czech Hydrometeorological Institute0.00026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Czech Hydrometeorological Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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