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Masaryk University

In research, Masaryk University stands highest in Social Sciences (#490 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#375 of 6,365 worldwide) and Political Science and International Relations (#110 of 1,201 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Language and Linguistics, Paleontology and Linguistics and Language — Language and Linguistics is 3.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,124
of 28,054 · #1,443 all time
Rank in Czechia
#3
of 163
Research works
24k
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
301k
12.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is Masaryk 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
Social SciencesDomain #490 of 10,521 22.1%1,999 #797
Social SciencesField #375 of 6,365 23.7%1,126 #589
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #110 of 1,201 31.3%235 #259
Physical SciencesDomain #1,339 of 12,888 15.6%1,476 #1555
MedicineField #1,212 of 10,443 15.9%688 #1751
Health SciencesDomain #1,405 of 11,982 16.7%804 #1942
LawSubfield #59 of 431 21.3%85 #200
Computer ScienceField #696 of 4,667 16.7%426 #669
Life SciencesDomain #1,414 of 7,800 20.3%639 #1789
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #495 of 2,578 22.4%334 #655

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Masaryk 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. Social Sciences#797 #490
  2. Social Sciences#589 #375
  3. Political Science and International Relations#259 #110
  4. Physical Sciences#1,555 #1,339
  5. Medicine#1,751 #1,212
  6. Health Sciences#1,942 #1,405
  7. Law#200 #59
  8. Computer Science#669 #696
  9. Life Sciences#1,789 #1,414
  10. Sociology and Political Science#655 #495
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 Masaryk University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Language and Linguistics takes 3.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 82.3 works3.8×
  2. PaleontologySubfield · 22.1 works3.7×
  3. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 21.0 works3.7×
  4. ArcheologySubfield · 49.8 works3.4×
← 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: 0.79× its world share, 184 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.24× its world share, 326 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.74× its world share, 36 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.01× its world share, 81 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.48× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.96× its world share, 74 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.11× its world share, 426 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 111 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 237 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.04× its world share, 254 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.63× its world share, 108 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.62× its world share, 94 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.36× its world share, 149 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.53× its world share, 13 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.66× its world share, 86 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 688 worksMedicineNursing: 0.51× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.80× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.47× its world share, 352 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.90× its world share, 142 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 43 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.12× its world share, 118 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.46× its world share, 219 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.81× its world share, 1,126 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Masaryk University?

Ranked on the composite score, Petr Kala, Tomáš Janík and Jiří Danihelka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Masaryk University.

  1. 1 Petr Kala Czechia · #1,470 worldwide 1.8k citations · 100 works
  2. 2 Tomáš Janík Czechia · #9,837 worldwide 233 citations · 83 works
  3. 3 Jiří Danihelka Czechia · #19,242 worldwide 468 citations · 62 works
  4. 4 Lubomír Tichý Czechia · #24,051 worldwide 719 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Petr Najvar Czechia · #25,642 worldwide 214 citations · 51 works
  6. 6 Milan Chytrý Czechia · #26,241 worldwide 982 citations · 115 works
  7. 7 Zdeňka Lososová Czechia · #39,874 worldwide 362 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Jindřich Špinar Czechia · #56,336 worldwide 915 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Jiřı́ Toman Czechia · #69,100 worldwide 303 citations · 117 works
  10. 10 Irena Rektorová Czechia · #70,028 worldwide 403 citations · 87 works
All ranked researchers at Masaryk University

Which keywords describe research at Masaryk University?

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

▲ 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. Climate Change157▲ 1.19×94 topics
  2. Epidemiology138▼ 0.71×124 topics
  3. Human Rights131▲ 2.6×63 topics
  4. Globalization129▲ 1.34×94 topics
  5. Machine Learning120▼ 0.75×63 topics
  6. Social Media115▲ 1.63×26 topics
  7. Identity85▲ 2.4×54 topics
  8. Religion83▲ 3.6×36 topics
  9. Nationalism77▲ 3.4×27 topics
  10. Biodiversity76▲ 2.1×27 topics
  11. Invasive Species72▲ 3.4×21 topics
  12. Digital Education68▲ 11×7 topics
  13. Democracy67▲ 3.8×18 topics
  14. School Climate67▲ 30×2 topics
  15. History67▲ 1.93×46 topics
  16. European Union65▲ 5.8×22 topics
  17. Literature65▲ 2.4×45 topics
  18. Learning Environments64▲ 46×3 topics
  19. Educational Methods64▲ 221×1 topic
  20. Pedagogical Research64▲ 221×1 topic
  21. Cultural Identity60▲ 2.4×25 topics
  22. Gender53▲ 2.0×42 topics
  23. Cultural History48▲ 8.0×9 topics
  24. Public Opinion42▲ 6.9×6 topics
  25. Sociolinguistics41▲ 4.4×9 topics
  26. Biogeography41▲ 3.2×20 topics
  27. Online Communication41▲ 5.3×3 topics
  28. Authoritarianism38▲ 8.7×5 topics
  29. Sovereignty38▲ 8.3×10 topics
  30. Transition34▲ 7.5×5 topics
  31. Judicial Review34▲ 7.7×4 topics
  32. Memory Politics32▲ 22×2 topics
  33. European Integration31▲ 11×6 topics
  34. Lexicography31▲ 6.9×4 topics
  35. Dissent31▲ 31×1 topic
  36. Post-Communist31▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Constitutionalism30▲ 6.3×3 topics
  38. Social History28▲ 6.8×6 topics
  39. Tax Avoidance26▲ 13×2 topics
  40. ECHR26▲ 14×1 topic

Which research topics does Masaryk University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education, Psychology, and Social Research, Eastern European Communism and Reforms, European and International Law Studies and Taxation and Legal Issues.

Education, Psychology, a…64Education, Psychology, and Social Research: 64 fractional worksEastern European Communism and Reforms: 31 fractional worksEuropean and Internation…26European and International Law Studies: 26 fractional worksTaxation and Legal Issues24Taxation and Legal Issues: 24 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 20 fractional worksHistorical and Archaeological Studies: 16 fractional worksElectoral Systems and Po…16Electoral Systems and Political Participation: 16 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 16 fractional worksImpact of Technology on Adolescents: 16 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 14 fractional works
EducationSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsAccounting4 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Psychology, and Social Research Education 64 works
  2. 2 Eastern European Communism and Reforms Sociology and Political Science 31 works
  3. 3 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 26 works
  4. 4 Taxation and Legal Issues Accounting 24 works
  5. 5 Social Media and Politics Communication 20 works
  6. 6 Historical and Archaeological Studies History 16 works
  7. 7 Electoral Systems and Political Participation Political Science and International Relations 16 works
  8. 8 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 16 works
  9. 9 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 16 works
  10. 10 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 14 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 available55.4%not open44.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.6%domestic only77.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Masaryk University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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