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Karst Research Institute

In research, Karst Research Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,132 of 10,521 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#1,700 of 1,998 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,486 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Language and Linguistics — Language and Linguistics is 43.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,119
of 28,054 · #21,579 all time
Rank in Slovenia
#25
of 51
Research works
1.1k
▼ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.3k
4.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
82%
world 28%

What is Karst Research Institute 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 #7,132 of 10,521 14.3%212 #8046
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,700 of 1,998 19.0%92 #2448
Social SciencesField #5,486 of 6,365 11.1%88 #5688

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Karst Research Institute 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#8,046 #7,132
  2. Arts and Humanities#2,448 #1,700
  3. Social Sciences#5,688 #5,486
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 Karst Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Language and Linguistics takes 43.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 52.5 works44×
← 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: 0.67× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.00× its world share, 22 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 11.63× its world share, 92 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.36× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.25× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.55× its world share, 88 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 11.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Karst Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Andrej Pleterski, Marjeta Šašel Kos and Jana Horvat lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Karst Research Institute.

  1. 1 Andrej Pleterski Slovenia · #229,788 worldwide 2 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Marjeta Šašel Kos Slovenia · #329,521 worldwide 8 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Jana Horvat Slovenia · #404,442 worldwide 7 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Benjamin Štular Slovenia · #488,845 worldwide 36 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Franci Gabrovšek Slovenia · #846,831 worldwide 61 citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Stanka Šebela Slovenia · #1,305,181 worldwide 25 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Karst Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Karst Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural History, Religion, Lexicography, Linguistics, Etymology, Historical Phonology, Ethics and Language Evolution.

▲ 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. Cultural History42▲ 124×3 topics
  2. Religion35▲ 27×11 topics
  3. Lexicography33▲ 129×3 topics
  4. Linguistics33▲ 72×4 topics
  5. Etymology32▲ 233×2 topics
  6. Historical Phonology32▲ 233×2 topics
  7. Ethics31▲ 23×13 topics
  8. Language Evolution30▲ 265×2 topics
  9. Indo-European29▲ 489×1 topic
  10. Proto-Indo-European29▲ 489×1 topic
  11. Cultural Integration25▲ 41×2 topics
  12. Media25▲ 60×4 topics
  13. Resilience25▲ 19×4 topics
  14. Social Change24▲ 72×2 topics
  15. Communication Technology24▲ 707×1 topic
  16. Youth Subcultures24▲ 707×1 topic
  17. Identity22▲ 11×18 topics
  18. International Relations18▲ 27×8 topics
  19. Human Rights16▲ 5.6×10 topics
  20. Sociolinguistics15▲ 30×5 topics
  21. Nation-Building15▲ 103×2 topics
  22. Foreign Policy14▲ 127×2 topics
  23. Sovereign Debt Crises14▲ 119×2 topics
  24. Economic Diplomacy14▲ 405×1 topic
  25. International Trade14▲ 34×1 topic
  26. Language Contact13▲ 47×2 topics
  27. Authoritarianism12▲ 51×3 topics
  28. Nationalism12▲ 9.9×10 topics
  29. Post-Communist12▲ 216×1 topic
  30. Transition12▲ 47×1 topic
  31. Bilingualism10▲ 27×2 topics
  32. Anglicisms10▲ 137×1 topic
  33. Linguistic Borrowing10▲ 137×1 topic
  34. Ethnomusicology9▲ 83×2 topics
  35. Cultural Identity9▲ 6.4×9 topics
  36. Groundwater9▲ 39×3 topics
  37. Digital Communication8▲ 42×2 topics
  38. Language Variation8▲ 52×2 topics
  39. Ecomusicology8▲ 120×1 topic
  40. Environmental Sustainability8▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Karst Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Linguistics and language evolution, Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies, Balkan and Eastern European Studies and Eastern European Communism and Reforms.

Linguistics and language…29Linguistics and language evolution: 29 fractional worksReligious, Philosophical…24Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies: 24 fractional worksBalkan and Eastern European Studies: 14 fractional worksEastern European Communism and Reforms: 12 fractional worksLinguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity: 10 fractional worksDiverse Musicological St…8Diverse Musicological Studies: 8 fractional worksKarst Systems and Hydrogeology: 6 fractional worksBalkans: History, Politics, Society: 5 fractional worksAncient and Medieval Archaeology Studies: 4 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 4 fractional works
Language and LinguisticsSociology and Political ScienceEconomics and EconometricsMusic3 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 29 works
  2. 2 Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies Sociology and Political Science 24 works
  3. 3 Balkan and Eastern European Studies Economics and Econometrics 14 works
  4. 4 Eastern European Communism and Reforms Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  5. 5 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity Language and Linguistics 10 works
  6. 6 Diverse Musicological Studies Music 8 works
  7. 7 Karst Systems and Hydrogeology Earth-Surface Processes 6 works
  8. 8 Balkans: History, Politics, Society Cultural Studies 5 works
  9. 9 Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies Archeology 4 works
  10. 10 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 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 available81.7%not open18.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.0%domestic only87.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Karst Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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