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Daugavpils University

In research, Daugavpils University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,194 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,325 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,789 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 36.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,863
of 28,054 · #16,283 all time
Rank in Latvia
#13
of 33
Research works
1.5k
▲ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.6k
5.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
world 28%

What is Daugavpils University 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 #6,194 of 10,521 20.6%150 #6553
Social SciencesField #4,325 of 6,365 25.9%81 #4172
Physical SciencesDomain #9,789 of 12,888 9.3%111 #12413
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #247 of 255 3.7%74 #635
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,331 of 3,409 3.3%104 #4552
Life SciencesDomain #7,632 of 7,800 3.3%143 #11187

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Daugavpils University 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. Social Sciences#6,553 #6,194
  2. Social Sciences#4,172 #4,325
  3. Physical Sciences#12,413 #9,789
  4. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics#635 #247
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#4,552 #3,331
  6. Life Sciences#11,187 #7,632
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 Daugavpils University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 36.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 73.9 works36×
  2. GeneticsSubfield · 24.0 works6.7×
  3. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 103.6 works5.0×
← 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: 5.02× its world share, 104 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.56× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.13× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.39× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.59× its world share, 34 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.57× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.07× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.81× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.58× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.99× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.75× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.23× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.47× its world share, 81 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Daugavpils University?

Ranked on the composite score, Andris Bukejs, Olga Lavrinenko and Vitalii I. Alekseev lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Daugavpils University.

  1. 1 Andris Bukejs · #330,904 worldwide 62 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Olga Lavrinenko · #434,344 worldwide 47 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Vitalii I. Alekseev · #601,620 worldwide 26 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Svetlana Ignatjeva · #702,839 worldwide 39 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Indriķis Krams · #728,633 worldwide 70 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Vladimír Menshikov · #916,099 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 ALEXEY V. SHAVRIN · #994,477 worldwide 12 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Dzintra Iliško · #1,051,282 worldwide 25 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 N. M. Ivanov · #1,264,231 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Vjačeslavs Gerbreders · #1,574,200 worldwide 34 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Daugavpils University

Which keywords describe research at Daugavpils University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Taxonomy, Phylogeny, Biogeography, Evolution, DNA Barcoding, Biodiversity, Coleoptera and Morphology.

▲ 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. Taxonomy70▲ 124×11 topics
  2. Phylogeny64▲ 98×14 topics
  3. Biogeography62▲ 55×14 topics
  4. Evolution58▲ 54×13 topics
  5. DNA Barcoding53▲ 74×9 topics
  6. Biodiversity48▲ 15×20 topics
  7. Coleoptera44▲ 513×2 topics
  8. Morphology37▲ 49×7 topics
  9. Speciation33▲ 195×2 topics
  10. Diversification32▲ 188×1 topic
  11. beetles32▲ 569×1 topic
  12. Climate Change24▲ 2.1×47 topics
  13. Conservation21▲ 11×10 topics
  14. Invasive Species21▲ 11×18 topics
  15. Neotropical Region21▲ 328×2 topics
  16. Sustainable Development18▲ 2.7×24 topics
  17. Cryptic Species18▲ 181×2 topics
  18. Lepidoptera17▲ 213×1 topic
  19. Molecular Phylogenetics17▲ 213×1 topic
  20. Globalization17▲ 2.0×39 topics
  21. Phylogenetic Analysis17▲ 13×11 topics
  22. Education15▲ 2.0×28 topics
  23. Molecular Phylogeny14▲ 21×6 topics
  24. Host Plants12▲ 259×2 topics
  25. Cerambycidae12▲ 407×1 topic
  26. Distribution12▲ 126×1 topic
  27. Endemism11▲ 152×2 topics
  28. Cretaceous11▲ 115×2 topics
  29. Amber Fossils10▲ 264×1 topic
  30. Insect Evolution10▲ 264×1 topic
  31. Environmental Management9▲ 5.4×7 topics
  32. Cladistic Analysis8▲ 257×1 topic
  33. Regionalization8▲ 257×1 topic
  34. Mosses8▲ 72×2 topics
  35. Habitat Fragmentation8▲ 8.5×5 topics
  36. Ecology8▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Ecosystem Functioning7▲ 8.9×7 topics
  38. International Relations7▲ 7.1×8 topics
  39. European Union7▲ 7.2×6 topics
  40. Soviet Union7▲ 27×3 topics

Which research topics does Daugavpils University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy, Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies and Fossil Insects in Amber.

Coleoptera Taxonomy and …32Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution: 32 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and…17Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 17 fractional worksColeoptera: Cerambycidae…12Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies: 12 fractional worksFossil Insects in Amber10Fossil Insects in Amber: 10 fractional worksScarabaeidae Beetle Taxo…8Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography: 8 fractional worksHistorical Geopolitical …5Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics: 5 fractional worksBryophyte Studies and Records: 4 fractional worksLichen and fungal ecology: 4 fractional worksSubterranean biodiversity and taxonomy: 4 fractional worksBusiness and Economic Development: 3 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsGeneticsPaleontologyPolitical Science and International Relations1 others

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

  1. 1 Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 32 works
  2. 2 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 17 works
  3. 3 Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 12 works
  4. 4 Fossil Insects in Amber Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 10 works
  5. 5 Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography Paleontology 8 works
  6. 6 Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  7. 7 Bryophyte Studies and Records Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  8. 8 Lichen and fungal ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  9. 9 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy Paleontology 4 works
  10. 10 Business and Economic Development Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 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 available68.8%not open31.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.4%domestic only79.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Daugavpils University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% 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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