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Jagiellonian University

In research, Jagiellonian University stands highest in Health Sciences (#278 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#292 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#333 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Linguistics and Language, Anthropology and History — Linguistics and Language is 22.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#412
of 28,054 · #730 all time
Rank in Poland
#1
of 318
Research works
62k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
692k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
75%
world 28%

What is Jagiellonian 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
Health SciencesDomain #278 of 11,982 15.9%2,694 #491
MedicineField #292 of 10,443 15.2%2,322 #480
Social SciencesDomain #333 of 10,521 11.8%6,226 #633
Physical SciencesDomain #441 of 12,888 14.9%3,321 #791
Social SciencesField #292 of 6,365 10.6%3,788 #570
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #72 of 1,201 10.1%1,206 #286
Arts and HumanitiesField #120 of 1,998 12.2%1,452 #289
Life SciencesDomain #480 of 7,800 18.3%1,508 #731
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #315 of 3,579 17.3%702 #536
Health ProfessionsField #203 of 1,928 19.3%231 #451

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Jagiellonian 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. Health Sciences#491 #278
  2. Medicine#480 #292
  3. Social Sciences#633 #333
  4. Physical Sciences#791 #441
  5. Social Sciences#570 #292
  6. Political Science and International Relations#286 #72
  7. Arts and Humanities#289 #120
  8. Life Sciences#731 #480
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#536 #315
  10. Health Professions#451 #203
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 Jagiellonian University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Linguistics and Language takes 22.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 361.8 works23×
  2. AnthropologySubfield · 351.4 works9.1×
  3. HistorySubfield · 333.5 works7.5×
  4. ClassicsSubfield · 56.6 works6.9×
  5. General Social SciencesSubfield · 96.3 works6.4×
  6. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 1,206.2 works5.9×
  7. PhilosophySubfield · 305.5 works5.2×
  8. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 254.4 works4.2×
← 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: 0.58× its world share, 378 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 702 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 123 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.14× its world share, 255 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.03× its world share, 50 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 38 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.17× its world share, 252 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 544 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 146 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.78× its world share, 98 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 787 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 370 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.79× its world share, 379 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.46× its world share, 235 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.54× its world share, 472 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.19× its world share, 80 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 231 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.88× its world share, 2,322 worksMedicineNursing: 0.81× its world share, 54 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.66× its world share, 1,452 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 243 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 71 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.82× its world share, 242 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 430 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.18× its world share, 3,788 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Jagiellonian University?

Ranked on the composite score, Tomasz J. Guzik, Dariusz Dudek and Wojciech Macyk lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Jagiellonian University.

  1. 1 Tomasz J. Guzik · #3,797 worldwide 843 citations · 78 works
  2. 2 Dariusz Dudek · #6,247 worldwide 1k citations · 80 works
  3. 3 Wojciech Macyk · #22,306 worldwide 990 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Alicja Józkowicz · #22,896 worldwide 410 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Jacek Musiał · #24,534 worldwide 337 citations · 64 works
  6. 6 M. Pałka · #29,851 worldwide 2.5k citations · 238 works
  7. 7 Roman F. Nalewajski · #30,198 worldwide 757 citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Józef Dulak · #35,341 worldwide 463 citations · 56 works
  9. 9 Piotr Sztompka · #47,088 worldwide 176 citations · 50 works
  10. 10 Andrzej Szczeklik · #48,374 worldwide 319 citations · 81 works
All ranked researchers at Jagiellonian University

Which keywords describe research at Jagiellonian University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nationalism, Ethnography, Literature, Migration, Education, Sociolinguistics, Eastern Europe and Soviet Union.

▲ 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. Education721▲ 3.1×102 topics
  2. Globalization656▲ 2.4×135 topics
  3. Nationalism575▲ 9.1×33 topics
  4. Ethnography545▲ 23×14 topics
  5. Literature514▲ 6.9×51 topics
  6. Human Rights484▲ 3.4×72 topics
  7. Migration480▲ 10×30 topics
  8. Cultural Identity462▲ 6.5×36 topics
  9. Sociolinguistics456▲ 18×9 topics
  10. Eastern Europe456▲ 60×3 topics
  11. Culture451▲ 6.2×32 topics
  12. Soviet Union441▲ 56×3 topics
  13. Identity441▲ 4.4×66 topics
  14. Lexicography421▲ 33×4 topics
  15. Language413▲ 12×12 topics
  16. Cultural Discourse401▲ 76×3 topics
  17. Polish history399▲ 106×1 topic
  18. Polish minority399▲ 106×1 topic
  19. Cultural Studies393▲ 7.5×33 topics
  20. European Union390▲ 12×25 topics
  21. Cultural Heritage385▲ 5.1×33 topics
  22. Translation384▲ 16×7 topics
  23. Multilingualism376▲ 16×6 topics
  24. Media Discourse351▲ 40×3 topics
  25. Ethnolinguistics350▲ 78×2 topics
  26. History320▲ 3.3×49 topics
  27. National Identity319▲ 20×11 topics
  28. Development296▲ 6.2×14 topics
  29. Social Change293▲ 17×16 topics
  30. Urban Development292▲ 5.8×15 topics
  31. Historiography287▲ 17×12 topics
  32. Memory Studies287▲ 32×5 topics
  33. Ethics280▲ 4.2×50 topics
  34. Anthropology275▲ 21×6 topics
  35. Religion259▲ 4.0×38 topics
  36. Memory250▲ 7.4×18 topics
  37. Narrative201▲ 9.2×13 topics
  38. Historical Linguistics199▲ 42×3 topics
  39. Holocaust192▲ 45×4 topics
  40. Community189▲ 12×9 topics

Which research topics does Jagiellonian University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Polish Historical and Cultural Studies, Language and Culture, Central European Literary Studies and Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland.

Polish Historical and Cu…399Polish Historical and Cultural Studies: 399 fractional worksLanguage and Culture348Language and Culture: 348 fractional worksCentral European Literary Studies: 270 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural Studies of Poland: 188 fractional worksPolish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies: 169 fractional worksEducation and Cultural S…152Education and Cultural Studies: 152 fractional worksPolish Law and Legal System: 141 fractional worksEuropean Politics and Security: 93 fractional worksPolish Legal and Social Issues: 91 fractional worksSocial Issues in Poland: 71 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsLinguistics and LanguageAnthropologyHistory4 others

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

  1. 1 Polish Historical and Cultural StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations 399 works
  2. 2 Language and CultureLinguistics and Language 348 works
  3. 3 Central European Literary StudiesAnthropology 270 works
  4. 4 Historical and Cultural Studies of PolandHistory 188 works
  5. 5 Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory StudiesPhilosophy 169 works
  6. 6 Education and Cultural StudiesEducation 152 works
  7. 7 Polish Law and Legal SystemPolitical Science and International Relations 141 works
  8. 8 European Politics and SecurityPolitical Science and International Relations 93 works
  9. 9 Polish Legal and Social IssuesLaw 91 works
  10. 10 Social Issues in PolandGeneral Social Sciences 71 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 available75.4%not open24.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.6%domestic only85.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Jagiellonian University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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