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Karlovac University of Applied Sciences

In research, Karlovac University of Applied Sciences stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,859 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#6,000 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#12,444 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities and Education — Arts and Humanities is 5.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,735
of 28,054 · #27,312 all time
Rank in Croatia
#40
of 80
Research works
1.1k
▲ 105% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.2k
3.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is Karlovac University of Applied 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 #8,859 of 10,521 4.5%219 #12821
Social SciencesField #6,000 of 6,365 3.8%127 #8474
Physical SciencesDomain #12,444 of 12,888 8.2%62 #15530

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Karlovac University of Applied 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#12,821 #8,859
  2. Social Sciences#8,474 #6,000
  3. Physical Sciences#15,530 #12,444
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 Karlovac University of Applied Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 5.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 50.5 works5.5×
  2. EducationSubfield · 51.8 works5.3×
← 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: 0.47× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.59× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.50× its world share, 50 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.35× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.00× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.16× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.17× its world share, 128 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Karlovac University of Applied Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Josip Žunić, Anna Kucharská and Snježana Kirin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Karlovac University of Applied Sciences.

  1. 1 Josip Žunić Croatia · #602,962 worldwide 8 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Anna Kucharská Croatia · #812,028 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Snježana Kirin Croatia · #834,676 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Marijana Blažić Croatia · #917,634 worldwide 8 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Bore Bakota Croatia · #925,940 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Bojan Matijević Croatia · #1,042,367 worldwide 4 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Srđan Medić Croatia · #1,271,682 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Krunoslav Pintur Croatia · #1,473,333 worldwide 2 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Dubravka Krivačić Croatia · #1,563,679 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Karlovac University of Applied Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Karlovac University of Applied Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Learning Environments, School Climate, Digital Education, Educational Methods, Pedagogical Research, Identity, Cultural History and Human Rights.

▲ 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. Learning Environments39▲ 431×3 topics
  2. School Climate39▲ 270×2 topics
  3. Digital Education39▲ 94×2 topics
  4. Educational Methods38▲ 2066×1 topic
  5. Pedagogical Research38▲ 2066×1 topic
  6. Identity21▲ 8.9×20 topics
  7. Human Rights17▲ 5.1×18 topics
  8. Cultural History14▲ 37×5 topics
  9. Education13▲ 2.4×27 topics
  10. Literature13▲ 7.5×21 topics
  11. Nationalism11▲ 7.4×10 topics
  12. Religion11▲ 7.2×15 topics
  13. Sustainable Development10▲ 2.0×12 topics
  14. Ethics10▲ 6.2×19 topics
  15. History9▲ 4.1×20 topics
  16. Cultural Identity9▲ 5.5×11 topics
  17. Authoritarianism9▲ 32×2 topics
  18. Gender9▲ 5.1×17 topics
  19. International Relations9▲ 12×4 topics
  20. Post-Communist9▲ 136×1 topic
  21. Transition9▲ 30×1 topic
  22. Nation-Building8▲ 47×2 topics
  23. Philosophy8▲ 5.7×15 topics
  24. International Trade7▲ 14×3 topics
  25. Foreign Policy6▲ 48×2 topics
  26. Linguistics6▲ 12×5 topics
  27. Commercial Diplomacy6▲ 155×1 topic
  28. Economic Diplomacy6▲ 155×1 topic
  29. Sociology6▲ 14×7 topics
  30. Cultural Studies6▲ 4.9×9 topics
  31. Eastern Europe6▲ 33×3 topics
  32. Memory6▲ 7.2×6 topics
  33. Migration6▲ 5.2×10 topics
  34. Lexicography5▲ 18×5 topics
  35. Regional Development5▲ 4.5×3 topics
  36. European Union5▲ 6.9×10 topics
  37. Innovation Management4▲ 7.9×2 topics
  38. Academic Achievement4▲ 7.6×7 topics
  39. Social Change4▲ 10×5 topics
  40. Agricultural Sustainability4▲ 11×1 topic

Which research topics does Karlovac University of Applied Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education, Psychology, and Social Research, Eastern European Communism and Reforms, Balkan and Eastern European Studies and Regional Development and Management Studies.

Education, Psychology, a…38Education, Psychology, and Social Research: 38 fractional worksEastern European Communism and Reforms: 9 fractional worksBalkan and Eastern European Studies: 6 fractional worksRegional Development and…4Regional Development and Management Studies: 4 fractional worksLinguistics and language evolution: 4 fractional worksEuropean Cultural and National Identity: 3 fractional worksBalkans: History, Politics, Society: 3 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural Studies of Poland: 3 fractional worksTaxation and Legal Issues: 3 fractional worksEnvironmental Science and Water Management: 3 fractional works
EducationSociology and Political ScienceEconomics and EconometricsLanguage and Linguistics4 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Psychology, and Social Research Education 38 works
  2. 2 Eastern European Communism and Reforms Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  3. 3 Balkan and Eastern European Studies Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  4. 4 Regional Development and Management Studies Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  5. 5 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 4 works
  6. 6 European Cultural and National Identity Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  7. 7 Balkans: History, Politics, Society Cultural Studies 3 works
  8. 8 Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland History 3 works
  9. 9 Taxation and Legal Issues Accounting 3 works
  10. 10 Environmental Science and Water Management Water Science and Technology 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 available78.3%not open21.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.1%domestic only81.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Karlovac University of Applied Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 105% 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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