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Institute of Geography of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

In research, Institute of Geography of the Slovak Academy of Sciences stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,775 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,603 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,444 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Global and Planetary Change — Global and Planetary Change is 10.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,448
of 28,054 · #4,456 all time
Rank in Slovakia
#14
of 73
Research works
4.7k
▼ 34% vs 2013–17
Citations
77k
16.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Institute of Geography of the Slovak 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
Social SciencesDomain #3,775 of 10,521 18.2%158 #1127
Social SciencesField #2,603 of 6,365 18.9%111 #739
Physical SciencesDomain #6,444 of 12,888 11.5%173 #4719
Environmental ScienceField #2,529 of 3,551 10.9%108 #1603

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Geography of the Slovak 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. Social Sciences#1,127 #3,775
  2. Social Sciences#739 #2,603
  3. Physical Sciences#4,719 #6,444
  4. Environmental Science#1,603 #2,529
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 Institute of Geography of the Slovak Academy of Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Global and Planetary Change takes 10.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 29.9 works10×
← 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: 1.90× its world share, 35 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.71× its world share, 35 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.61× its world share, 108 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.95× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.62× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.61× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.26× its world share, 111 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Geography of the Slovak Academy of Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, E Swyngedouw, Maria Kaïka and Nicholas De Genova lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Geography of the Slovak Academy of Sciences.

  1. 1 E Swyngedouw Slovakia · #10,188 worldwide 753 citations · 212 works
  2. 2 Maria Kaïka Slovakia · #46,926 worldwide 183 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Nicholas De Genova Slovakia · #52,567 worldwide 208 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Robert Rogerson Slovakia · #116,108 worldwide 193 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Henrik Ernstson Slovakia · #140,763 worldwide 256 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Gavin Bridge Slovakia · #159,526 worldwide 120 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Aleksandra Kaźmierczak Slovakia · #318,147 worldwide 76 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 J.J. Blackford Slovakia · #381,513 worldwide 135 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Henry Rothstein Slovakia · #387,196 worldwide 87 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Rorden Wilkinson Slovakia · #428,293 worldwide 25 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Geography of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Geography of the Slovak Academy of Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Remote Sensing, Sustainable Development, Land Use Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Ecosystem Services and Globalization.

▲ 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 Change68▲ 6.5×75 topics
  2. Sustainability46▲ 4.9×60 topics
  3. Remote Sensing34▲ 7.2×30 topics
  4. Sustainable Development31▲ 5.0×46 topics
  5. Globalization26▲ 3.4×51 topics
  6. Land Use Change23▲ 19×6 topics
  7. Environmental Impact22▲ 3.4×38 topics
  8. Biodiversity Conservation21▲ 15×13 topics
  9. Ecosystem Services21▲ 14×14 topics
  10. Urbanization15▲ 9.7×9 topics
  11. Agriculture13▲ 8.7×10 topics
  12. Social-Ecological Systems13▲ 24×3 topics
  13. Environmental Policy13▲ 16×7 topics
  14. Food Security13▲ 5.9×14 topics
  15. Water Resources13▲ 13×8 topics
  16. Biodiversity12▲ 4.3×25 topics
  17. Economic Growth12▲ 3.6×14 topics
  18. Global Impact11▲ 17×2 topics
  19. Human-Nature Interactions11▲ 30×1 topic
  20. Spatial Dynamics11▲ 30×1 topic
  21. Global Warming11▲ 6.7×11 topics
  22. Conflict10▲ 16×9 topics
  23. Policy10▲ 12×8 topics
  24. India10▲ 35×4 topics
  25. Conservation9▲ 5.6×11 topics
  26. Vulnerability9▲ 11×9 topics
  27. Hydrological Modeling9▲ 10×5 topics
  28. Sediment Transport9▲ 14×6 topics
  29. Technology9▲ 4.2×7 topics
  30. Adaptation8▲ 7.5×8 topics
  31. Development8▲ 6.0×8 topics
  32. Sustainable Tourism8▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Holocene8▲ 17×3 topics
  34. Sea Level7▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Geography7▲ 56×2 topics
  36. Economic Analysis6▲ 11×4 topics
  37. COVID-19 Impact6▲ 9.6×3 topics
  38. Paleoclimatology6▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Drought6▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Tourism Development6▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Geography of the Slovak Academy of Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies, Agricultural Economics and Practices and Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research.

Land Use and Ecosystem S…11Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 11 fractional worksEcology, Conservation, a…6Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies: 6 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Practices: 6 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 5 fractional worksGeographies of human-animal interactions: 5 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 5 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed …4Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 4 fractional worksUrbanization and City Planning: 4 fractional worksUrban Green Space and Health: 4 fractional worksUrban Heat Island Mitiga…4Urban Heat Island Mitigation: 4 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesSociology and Political Science6 others

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

  1. 1 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 11 works
  2. 2 Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 6 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 works
  4. 4 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  5. 5 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 5 works
  6. 6 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 5 works
  7. 7 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 4 works
  8. 8 Urbanization and City Planning Urban Studies 4 works
  9. 9 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  10. 10 Urban Heat Island Mitigation Environmental Engineering 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 available28.0%not open72.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.0%domestic only76.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Geography of the Slovak Academy of Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% lower 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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