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Krakow Cardiovascular Research Institute

In research, Krakow Cardiovascular Research Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,776 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#5,221 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,392 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 5.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,307
of 28,054 · #14,530 all time
Rank in Poland
#109
of 318
Research works
2.8k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
3.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
85%
world 28%

What is Krakow Cardiovascular 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,776 of 11,982 9.3%216 #6395
MedicineField #5,221 of 10,443 9.0%202 #5162
Social SciencesDomain #8,392 of 10,521 9.7%94 #5554

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Krakow Cardiovascular 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. Health Sciences#6,395 #5,776
  2. Medicine#5,162 #5,221
  3. Social Sciences#5,554 #8,392
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 Krakow Cardiovascular Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 23.4 works5.7×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.81× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.72× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.61× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.68× its world share, 202 worksMedicineNursing: 1.09× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.09× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.09× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 53 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Krakow Cardiovascular Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Tadeusz Lewicki, Jerzy Chmiel and Wacław Uruszczak lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Krakow Cardiovascular Research Institute.

  1. 1 Tadeusz Lewicki Poland · #336,972 worldwide 18 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Jerzy Chmiel Poland · #407,138 worldwide 7 citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Wacław Uruszczak Poland · #412,945 worldwide 1 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Henryk Gaertner Poland · #466,507 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Jerzy Piaskowski Poland · #619,909 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Joachim Śliwa Poland · #736,254 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 J Włodyka Poland · #769,575 worldwide 10 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Wilhelm Krach Poland · #1,376,354 worldwide 4 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Krakow Cardiovascular Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Krakow Cardiovascular Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Eastern Europe, Soviet Union, Polish history, Polish minority, Nationalism, Inflammation and Urban Development.

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 2.2×98 topics
  2. Inflammation19▲ 2.4×49 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 3.2×28 topics
  4. Risk Factors14▲ 3.2×26 topics
  5. Treatment14▲ 2.9×35 topics
  6. Eastern Europe13▲ 58×2 topics
  7. Nationalism13▲ 7.0×4 topics
  8. Soviet Union13▲ 56×2 topics
  9. Polish history12▲ 112×1 topic
  10. Polish minority12▲ 112×1 topic
  11. Quality of Life11▲ 2.0×34 topics
  12. Urban Development10▲ 7.2×5 topics
  13. Migration10▲ 7.6×5 topics
  14. Atherosclerosis9▲ 8.5×9 topics
  15. Heart Failure9▲ 5.2×11 topics
  16. Diagnosis9▲ 2.4×26 topics
  17. Guidelines9▲ 4.8×12 topics
  18. Cultural Heritage8▲ 3.9×8 topics
  19. Eastern European culture8▲ 152×1 topic
  20. European Union8▲ 9.2×6 topics
  21. Polish nobility8▲ 152×1 topic
  22. Depression8▲ 2.4×17 topics
  23. Diabetes8▲ 4.2×11 topics
  24. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention8▲ 15×4 topics
  25. Myocardial Infarction8▲ 8.2×6 topics
  26. Immune Response7▲ 3.3×13 topics
  27. Thrombosis7▲ 6.5×7 topics
  28. Ethnography6▲ 9.4×3 topics
  29. Pathophysiology6▲ 5.2×5 topics
  30. SARS-CoV-26▲ 4.6×6 topics
  31. Cardiovascular Risk6▲ 4.7×9 topics
  32. Autoantibodies6▲ 6.2×8 topics
  33. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 5.9×3 topics
  34. Echocardiography6▲ 5.3×6 topics
  35. Coronary Stents6▲ 33×1 topic
  36. Myocardial Revascularization6▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Social Change6▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Cognitive Impairment5▲ 5.4×8 topics
  39. Cardiac Imaging5▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Glycemic Control5▲ 7.9×4 topics

Which research topics does Krakow Cardiovascular Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Polish Historical and Cultural Studies, Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics and Central European Literary Studies.

Polish Historical and Cu…12Polish Historical and Cultural Studies: 12 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural Studies of Poland: 8 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksCentral European Literary Studies: 4 fractional worksLanguage and Culture: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 4 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksPolish Law and Legal System: 3 fractional worksTheology and Canon Law Studies: 3 fractional worksForensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis: 3 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsHistorySurgeryAnthropology5 others

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

  1. 1 Polish Historical and Cultural Studies Political Science and International Relations 12 works
  2. 2 Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland History 8 works
  3. 3 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 6 works
  4. 4 Central European Literary Studies Anthropology 4 works
  5. 5 Language and Culture Linguistics and Language 4 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 4 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  8. 8 Polish Law and Legal System Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  9. 9 Theology and Canon Law Studies Religious studies 3 works
  10. 10 Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis Toxicology 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 available84.6%not open15.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.1%domestic only90.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Krakow Cardiovascular Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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