Jagiellonian University
In research, Jagiellonian University stands highest in Social Sciences (#372 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#667 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#393 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Linguistics and Language, Anthropology and History (Linguistics and Language is 21.4× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #502 of 22,385 · #683 all time
- Rank in Poland
- #2 of 255
- Research works
- 62k ▲ 8% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 692k 11.2 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 8.8% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.96× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 75% world 40%
- International
- 15% world 18%
What is Jagiellonian University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #372 of 9,585 | 8.7% | 6,226 | #427 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #667 of 10,670 | 7.8% | 3,326 | #819 | |
| Social SciencesField | #393 of 5,988 | 8.3% | 3,788 | #385 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #766 of 9,902 | 10.0% | 2,694 | #1127 | |
| Arts and HumanitiesField | #150 of 1,896 | 9.9% | 1,452 | #202 | |
| MedicineField | #736 of 8,541 | 9.8% | 2,322 | #1042 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #685 of 6,403 | 7.9% | 1,508 | #1035 | |
| Political Science and International RelationsSubfield | #128 of 1,187 | 7.9% | 1,206 | #151 | |
| Agricultural and Biological SciencesField | #482 of 3,157 | 9.0% | 378 | #494 | |
| EngineeringField | #945 of 5,901 | 7.9% | 787 | #1208 |
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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Social Sciences#427 #372
- Physical Sciences#819 #667
- Social Sciences#385 #393
- Health Sciences#1,127 #766
- Arts and Humanities#202 #150
- Medicine#1,042 #736
- Life Sciences#1,035 #685
- Political Science and International Relations#151 #128
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences#494 #482
- Engineering#1,208 #945
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Jagiellonian University work in?
In 2022-now, 44% of research at Jagiellonian University is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Medicine (17%), Arts and Humanities (10%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Social Sciences6,73344.4%
- Social Sciences4,07426.9%
- Arts and Humanities1,58210.4%
- Psychology4853.2%
- Business, Management and Accounting2631.7%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance2501.7%
- Decision Sciences780.5%
- Physical Sciences3,69324.4%
- Engineering8715.7%
- Computer Science6094.0%
- Physics and Astronomy5213.4%
- Materials Science4272.8%
- Environmental Science4162.7%
- Chemistry2751.8%
- Mathematics2641.7%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1601.1%
- Energy1080.7%
- Chemical Engineering420.3%
- Health Sciences3,01819.9%
- Medicine2,61117.2%
- Health Professions2511.7%
- Dentistry880.6%
- Nursing590.4%
- Veterinary80.1%
- Life Sciences1,70711.3%
What does Jagiellonian University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Linguistics and Language takes 21.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 372.2 works21×
- AnthropologySubfield · 373.2 works8.8×
- HistorySubfield · 360.4 works7.4×
- ClassicsSubfield · 61.8 works6.9×
- General Social SciencesSubfield · 109.0 works6.6×
- Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 1,274.3 works5.7×
- PhilosophySubfield · 336.7 works5.2×
- Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 271.9 works4.1×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Arts and Humanities3.62×1,582 works
- Social Sciences2.13×4,074 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.55×522 works
- Mathematics1.48×264 works
- Dentistry1.20×88 works
- Neuroscience1.19×292 works
- Chemistry1.16×275 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.07×57 works
- Psychology1.05×485 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.99×798 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.91×139 works
- Medicine0.90×2,611 works
- Materials Science0.81×427 works
- Nursing0.80×59 works
- Chemical Engineering0.79×42 works
- Energy0.78×108 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.77×250 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.67×160 works
- Health Professions0.63×251 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.58×420 works
- Environmental Science0.55×416 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.54×263 works
- Decision Sciences0.53×78 works
- Computer Science0.52×609 works
- Engineering0.38×871 works
- Veterinary0.37×8 works
- Arts and Humanities 3.6×
- Social Sciences 2.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 1.6×
- Mathematics 1.5×
- Dentistry 1.2×
- Neuroscience 1.2×
- Chemistry 1.2×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1.1×
- Psychology 1.1×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1.0×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.9×
- Medicine 0.9×
- Materials Science 0.8×
- Nursing 0.8×
- Chemical Engineering 0.8×
- Energy 0.8×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.8×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.7×
- Health Professions 0.6×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.6×
- Environmental Science 0.6×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.5×
- Decision Sciences 0.5×
- Computer Science 0.5×
- Engineering 0.4×
- Veterinary 0.4×
Who are the top researchers at Jagiellonian University?
Ranked on the quality score, Tomasz Jan Guzik, Tomasz Kościółek and Wojciech Szczeklik lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Jagiellonian University.
- 1
Tomasz Jan Guzik
Poland · #44,447 worldwide 33k citations · 469 works
- 2
Tomasz Kościółek
Poland · #50,044 worldwide 40k citations · 119 works
- 3
Wojciech Szczeklik
Poland · #79,516 worldwide 23k citations · 389 works
- 4
Katarzyna Kissimova‐Skarbek
Poland · #92,632 worldwide 83k citations · 61 works
- 5
Piotr Łukasik
Poland · #92,859 worldwide 3.1k citations · 113 works
- 6
Barbara Rewerska
Poland · #119,504 worldwide 2k citations · 25 works
- 7
Jan Potempa
Poland · #123,433 worldwide 32k citations · 644 works
- 8
Grażyna Jasieńska
Poland · #135,141 worldwide 30k citations · 198 works
- 9
Szymon Marian Drobniak
Poland · #135,664 worldwide 3.3k citations · 198 works
- 10
Paweł Moskal
Poland · #139,150 worldwide 3.2k citations · 94 works
Which keywords describe research at Jagiellonian University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nationalism, Ethnography, Literature, Migration, Education, Eastern Europe, Sociolinguistics and Soviet Union.
- Community
- Historical Linguistics
- Memory
- Anthropology
- Historiography
- Urban Development
- Ethics
- History
- Media Discourse
- Translation
- Polish minority
- Cultural Discourse
- Cultural Studies
- Lexicography
- Culture
- Eastern Europe
- Cultural Identity
- Human Rights
- Ethnography
- Globalization
- Education
- Nationalism
- Literature
- Migration
- Identity
- Sociolinguistics
- Soviet Union
- Language
- Cultural Heritage
- Polish history
- European Union
- Multilingualism
- Ethnolinguistics
- National Identity
- Development
- Social Change
- Memory Studies
- Religion
- Narrative
- Holocaust
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
- Education780▲ 3.0×106 topics
- Globalization720▲ 2.4×138 topics
- Nationalism601▲ 8.8×33 topics
- Ethnography572▲ 22×15 topics
- Literature558▲ 6.7×54 topics
- Human Rights508▲ 3.3×73 topics
- Migration507▲ 9.8×30 topics
- Cultural Identity487▲ 6.5×36 topics
- Identity474▲ 4.3×70 topics
- Eastern Europe471▲ 60×3 topics
- Sociolinguistics470▲ 17×9 topics
- Culture466▲ 5.9×33 topics
- Soviet Union460▲ 55×3 topics
- Lexicography435▲ 33×4 topics
- Language428▲ 11×12 topics
- Cultural Studies426▲ 7.6×35 topics
- Cultural Heritage413▲ 5.1×34 topics
- Cultural Discourse412▲ 75×3 topics
- Polish history410▲ 110×1 topic
- Polish minority410▲ 110×1 topic
- European Union406▲ 12×25 topics
- Translation395▲ 16×7 topics
- Multilingualism387▲ 16×6 topics
- Media Discourse360▲ 37×3 topics
- Ethnolinguistics359▲ 78×2 topics
- History348▲ 3.3×52 topics
- National Identity342▲ 20×11 topics
- Ethics315▲ 4.1×50 topics
- Development314▲ 5.8×14 topics
- Urban Development313▲ 5.8×15 topics
- Social Change311▲ 17×17 topics
- Historiography305▲ 17×12 topics
- Memory Studies305▲ 32×5 topics
- Anthropology292▲ 20×7 topics
- Religion282▲ 4.0×40 topics
- Memory269▲ 7.3×18 topics
- Narrative219▲ 9.3×14 topics
- Historical Linguistics211▲ 43×3 topics
- Holocaust210▲ 44×4 topics
- Community205▲ 11×9 topics
Which research topics does Jagiellonian University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Polish Historical and Cultural Studies, Language and Culture, Central European Literary Studies and Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Polish Historical and Cultural Studies Political Science and International Relations 410 works
- 2 Language and Culture Linguistics and Language 357 works
- 3 Central European Literary Studies Anthropology 285 works
- 4 Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland History 198 works
- 5 Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies Philosophy 185 works
- 6 Education and Cultural Studies Education 164 works
- 7 Polish Law and Legal System Political Science and International Relations 147 works
- 8 Polish Legal and Social Issues Law 95 works
- 9 European Politics and Security Political Science and International Relations 95 works
- 10 Diverse Academic Research Studies Cultural Studies 79 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Jagiellonian University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Jagiellonian University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.066% in 2024.
Fractional works of Jagiellonian University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.3% in 2023.
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