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Lithuanian Sports University

In research, Lithuanian Sports University stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,644 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#7,070 of 10,521 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,965 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Physiology and Psychology — Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 39.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,495
of 28,054 · #24,889 all time
Rank in Lithuania
#19
of 38
Research works
1.4k
▲ 160% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
9.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
81%
world 28%

What is Lithuanian Sports 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 #7,644 of 11,982 14.4%151 #11044
Social SciencesDomain #7,070 of 10,521 22.6%117 #8231
MedicineField #7,965 of 10,443 13.6%120 #12760

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lithuanian Sports 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#11,044 #7,644
  2. Social Sciences#8,231 #7,070
  3. Medicine#12,760 #7,965
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 Lithuanian Sports University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 39.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 30.7 works39×
  2. PhysiologySubfield · 20.4 works7.6×
  3. PsychologyField · 57.4 works6.1×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.16× its world share, 6 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.67× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.03× its world share, 120 worksMedicineNursing: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.89× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.99× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 6.13× its world share, 57 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 42 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lithuanian Sports University?

Ranked on the composite score, Kazimieras Muckus, Stasys Korsakas and Grąžina Krutulytė lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lithuanian Sports University.

  1. 1 Kazimieras Muckus Lithuania · #287,934 worldwide 15 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Stasys Korsakas Lithuania · #499,427 worldwide 9 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Grąžina Krutulytė Lithuania · #531,904 worldwide 3 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Miglė Bacevičienė Lithuania · #573,567 worldwide 37 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Sigitas Kamandulis Lithuania · #625,242 worldwide 27 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Vilma Dudonienė Lithuania · #891,545 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Liudas Gargasas Lithuania · #934,032 worldwide 0 citations · 48 works
  8. 8 Kęstutis Kardelis Lithuania · #1,004,617 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Saulė Sipavičienė Lithuania · #1,072,439 worldwide 7 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Jonas Poderys Lithuania · #1,083,553 worldwide 0 citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at Lithuanian Sports University

Which keywords describe research at Lithuanian Sports University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Physical Activity, High-Intensity Interval Training, Mental Health, Athletic Training, Well-being, Epidemiology, Resistance Training and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology32▲ 2.6×27 topics
  2. Mental Health26▲ 5.9×18 topics
  3. Physical Activity25▲ 16×11 topics
  4. High-Intensity Interval Training24▲ 74×2 topics
  5. Athletic Training20▲ 70×3 topics
  6. Risk Factors20▲ 5.9×7 topics
  7. Well-being20▲ 17×10 topics
  8. Resistance Training18▲ 64×2 topics
  9. Performance Analysis16▲ 24×1 topic
  10. Training Load16▲ 80×1 topic
  11. Injury Prevention14▲ 38×5 topics
  12. Health Promotion13▲ 14×6 topics
  13. Obesity13▲ 5.5×9 topics
  14. Prevention12▲ 9.7×4 topics
  15. Physical Education12▲ 32×4 topics
  16. Muscle Injuries12▲ 59×1 topic
  17. Sport Psychology12▲ 39×2 topics
  18. Sports Injury12▲ 59×1 topic
  19. Depression12▲ 4.4×15 topics
  20. Psychological Factors11▲ 17×4 topics
  21. Prevalence11▲ 8.6×7 topics
  22. Intrinsic Motivation10▲ 27×3 topics
  23. Adolescents10▲ 8.6×5 topics
  24. Biomechanical Analysis10▲ 49×2 topics
  25. Autonomy Support9▲ 89×1 topic
  26. Self-Determination Theory9▲ 89×1 topic
  27. Aging9▲ 5.6×12 topics
  28. Heart Failure9▲ 7.0×5 topics
  29. Exercise9▲ 25×3 topics
  30. Emotion Regulation9▲ 9.3×7 topics
  31. Low Back Pain9▲ 17×4 topics
  32. Vascular Function8▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Cardiorespiratory Fitness8▲ 65×1 topic
  34. Exercise Capacity8▲ 65×1 topic
  35. Motor Skills Development8▲ 29×2 topics
  36. Fitness Technology8▲ 104×1 topic
  37. Sports Science8▲ 104×1 topic
  38. Athlete Development8▲ 101×1 topic
  39. Expert Performance8▲ 101×1 topic
  40. Motor Imagery8▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Lithuanian Sports University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports Performance and Training, Sports injuries and prevention, Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports and Cardiovascular and exercise physiology.

Sports Performance and Training: 16 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 12 fractional worksMotivation and Self-Conc…9Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports: 9 fractional worksCardiovascular and exerc…8Cardiovascular and exercise physiology: 8 fractional worksPhysical Education and Training Studies: 8 fractional worksSport Psychology and Performance: 8 fractional worksExercise and Physiologic…6Exercise and Physiological Responses: 6 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 6 fractional worksChildren's Physical and Motor Development: 6 fractional worksEating Disorders and Behaviors: 5 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSocial PsychologyComplementary and alternative medicinePhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation4 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 16 works
  2. 2 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 12 works
  3. 3 Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports Social Psychology 9 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 8 works
  5. 5 Physical Education and Training Studies Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 8 works
  6. 6 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 8 works
  7. 7 Exercise and Physiological Responses Rehabilitation 6 works
  8. 8 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 6 works
  9. 9 Children's Physical and Motor Development Developmental and Educational Psychology 6 works
  10. 10 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 5 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 available80.7%not open19.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.6%domestic only78.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lithuanian Sports University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 160% 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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