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Matej Bel University

In research, Matej Bel University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,838 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,612 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,828 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Language and Linguistics and Political Science and International Relations (Language and Linguistics is 6.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,684
of 22,385 · #3,253 all time
Rank in Slovakia
#6
of 39
Research works
2.6k
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
5.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
66%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Matej Bel University

What is Matej Bel University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #1,838 of 9,585 7.3%479 #1672
Social SciencesField #1,612 of 5,988 8.4%258 #1326
Physical SciencesDomain #4,828 of 10,670 7.0%182 #3222
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,135 of 1,896 4.5%61 #1468
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,837 of 2,526 4.7%78 #1863
Computer ScienceField #3,539 of 4,417 7.4%64 #3321

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Matej Bel 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#1,672 #1,838
  2. Social Sciences#1,326 #1,612
  3. Physical Sciences#3,222 #4,828
  4. Arts and Humanities#1,468 #1,135
  5. Sociology and Political Science#1,863 #1,837
  6. Computer Science#3,321 #3,539
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Matej Bel University work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Matej Bel University is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Computer Science (9%), Business, Management and Accounting (8%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 541 fractional works · 65.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 296 fractional works · 35.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 90 fractional works · 10.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 61 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEducation: 55 fractional works · 6.7% of its workLaw: 18 fractional works · 2.2% of its workUrban Studies: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLinguistics and Language: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 66 fractional works · 8.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 20 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMarketing: 17 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAccounting: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 65 fractional works · 7.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 24 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhilosophy: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 61 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 49 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 35 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 19 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 200 fractional works · 24.1% of its workComputer Science: 73 fractional works · 8.8% of its workInformation Systems: 25 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 49 fractional works · 5.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEngineering: 28 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 53 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMedicine: 32 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 21 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 34 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 23 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMatej BelUniversity828fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences65%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences29635.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting668.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities657.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance617.4%
    5. Psychology354.2%
    6. Decision Sciences192.3%
    1. Computer Science738.8%
    2. Environmental Science495.9%
    3. Engineering283.4%
    4. Mathematics131.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences121.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy101.2%
    7. Materials Science60.7%
    8. Chemistry60.7%
    9. Energy30.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine323.8%
    2. Health Professions212.5%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences232.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology60.8%
    3. Neuroscience30.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Matej Bel University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Language and Linguistics takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 24.1 works6.6×
  2. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 60.6 works4.9×
← 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: 0.58× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.13× its world share, 73 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.19× its world share, 49 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.29× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.56× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.95× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.70× its world share, 65 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.47× its world share, 66 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.35× its world share, 19 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.47× its world share, 61 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.38× its world share, 35 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.83× its world share, 296 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.47×61 works
  2. Social Sciences2.83×296 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.70×65 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.47×66 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.35×19 works
  6. Psychology1.38×35 works
  7. Mathematics1.29×12 works
  8. Environmental Science1.19×49 works
  9. Computer Science1.13×73 works
  10. Health Professions0.95×21 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.91×12 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.58×23 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.56×10 works
  14. Chemistry0.46×6 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.39×1 works
  16. Energy0.35×3 works
  17. Engineering0.23×28 works
  18. Neuroscience0.21×3 works
  19. Materials Science0.21×6 works
  20. Medicine0.20×32 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.14×6 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.14×0 works
  23. Nursing0.14×1 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×1 works
  25. Veterinary0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Matej Bel University?

Ranked on the quality score, Kamila Borseková, Zdenka Musová and Marta Orviská lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Matej Bel University.

  1. 1 Kamila Borseková Slovakia · #604,174 worldwide 694 citations · 86 works
  2. 2 Zdenka Musová Slovakia · #859,716 worldwide 499 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Marta Orviská Slovakia · #1,024,065 worldwide 1.3k citations · 64 works
  4. 4 Miroslav Medveď Slovakia · #1,054,995 worldwide 3.2k citations · 135 works
  5. 5 Hussam Musa Slovakia · #1,085,620 worldwide 616 citations · 74 works
  6. 6 Tomáš Gajdošík Slovakia · #1,296,604 worldwide 494 citations · 50 works
  7. 7 Miroslav Iliaš Slovakia · #1,308,672 worldwide 1.9k citations · 55 works
  8. 8 Frederik Rech Slovakia · #1,388,130 worldwide 62 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Michaela Žoncová Slovakia · #1,431,922 worldwide 172 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Andrea Seberíni Slovakia · #1,443,053 worldwide 193 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Matej Bel University

What are the most cited papers from Matej Bel University?

The most cited paper from Matej Bel University is "Global distribution of earthworm diversity" (Helen R. P. Phillips et al., 2019), with 502 citations. Next come "Preferred Interpersonal Distances: A Global Comparison" (478) and "The DIRAC code for relativistic molecular calculations" (364).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global distribution of earthworm diversity Helen R. P. Phillips et al. · Science Open access142 authors 24 Oct 2019 502
2 Preferred Interpersonal Distances: A Global Comparison Agnieszka Sorokowska et al. · Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology Open access 22 Mar 2017 478
3 The DIRAC code for relativistic molecular calculations Trond Saue et al. · The Journal of Chemical Physics Open access 26 May 2020 364
4 The Relationship between Risk-Taking, Sensation-Seeking, and the Tourist Behavior of Young Adults: A Cross-Cultural Study Abraham Pizam, Ganghoan Jeong, Arie Reichel et al. · Journal of Travel Research Open access Feb 2004 325
5 What is the Value of Luxury? A Cross‐Cultural Consumer Perspective Nadine Hennigs, Klaus‐Peter Wiedmann, Christiane Klarmann et al. · Psychology and Marketing 12 Nov 2012 292
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Matej Bel University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Human Rights, Economic Growth, COVID-19 Impact, Innovation, Sociolinguistics, Sustainability and Digital Education.

▲ 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-now 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. Sustainable Development53▲ 4.1×40 topics
  2. Sustainability42▲ 2.1×41 topics
  3. Human Rights39▲ 4.6×28 topics
  4. Economic Growth36▲ 5.3×19 topics
  5. Innovation34▲ 3.9×31 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence30▲ 2.6×28 topics
  7. Globalization29▲ 1.78×48 topics
  8. Social Media26▲ 2.3×17 topics
  9. Education26▲ 1.82×31 topics
  10. COVID-19 Impact25▲ 18×5 topics
  11. Consumer Behavior24▲ 4.7×12 topics
  12. Sociolinguistics22▲ 15×8 topics
  13. Economic Development22▲ 3.3×20 topics
  14. Ethics22▲ 5.2×16 topics
  15. Digital Education21▲ 17×4 topics
  16. School Climate21▲ 53×2 topics
  17. Educational Methods20▲ 435×1 topic
  18. Pedagogical Research20▲ 435×1 topic
  19. Religion20▲ 5.2×12 topics
  20. European Union19▲ 10×12 topics
  21. Environmental Management19▲ 5.6×7 topics
  22. Digital Transformation19▲ 4.2×16 topics
  23. Resilience18▲ 4.4×9 topics
  24. Media17▲ 14×3 topics
  25. Sustainable Tourism17▲ 17×2 topics
  26. Destination Image16▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Governance16▲ 6.1×8 topics
  28. Social Change16▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Cultural Integration16▲ 9.1×2 topics
  30. Regulation16▲ 3.6×10 topics
  31. Tourist Satisfaction16▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Spirituality16▲ 19×4 topics
  33. Tourism Development15▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Community Perceptions15▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Destination Loyalty15▲ 26×1 topic
  36. Communication Technology14▲ 140×1 topic
  37. Youth Subcultures14▲ 140×1 topic
  38. Financial Markets12▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Fiscal Policy12▲ 7.2×7 topics
  40. Geopolitics12▲ 9.4×8 topics

Which research topics does Matej Bel University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education, Psychology, and Social Research, Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research, Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies and COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts.

Education, Psychology, and Social Research: 20 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 15 fractional worksReligious, Philosophical…14Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies: 14 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts9COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 9 fractional worksLinguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity: 9 fractional worksEastern European Communism and Reforms: 8 fractional worksBusiness and Economic De…8Business and Economic Development: 8 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 7 fractional worksRegional Development and Policy: 7 fractional worksImpact of AI and Big Data on Business and Society: 7 fractional works
EducationSociology and Political ScienceEconomics and EconometricsLanguage and Linguistics3 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Psychology, and Social Research Education 20 works
  2. 2 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 15 works
  3. 3 Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies Sociology and Political Science 14 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 9 works
  5. 5 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity Language and Linguistics 9 works
  6. 6 Eastern European Communism and Reforms Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  7. 7 Business and Economic Development Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 8 works
  8. 8 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  9. 9 Regional Development and Policy Political Science and International Relations 7 works
  10. 10 Impact of AI and Big Data on Business and Society Management Science and Operations Research 7 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 available65.7%not open34.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.5%domestic only79.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Matej Bel University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Matej Bel University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0032% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Matej Bel University0.0031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Matej Bel University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Matej Bel University7.3% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.7% in 2010.

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