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Medical University of Silesia

In research, Medical University of Silesia stands highest in Health Sciences (#245 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#289 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Professions (#208 of 1,928 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dermatology, Ophthalmology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Dermatology is 6.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,255
of 28,054 · #3,006 all time
Rank in Poland
#17
of 318
Research works
13k
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
148k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Medical University of Silesia 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 #245 of 11,982 13.6%2,592 #828
MedicineField #289 of 10,443 13.1%2,389 #833
Health ProfessionsField #208 of 1,928 19.4%117 #791
Life SciencesDomain #862 of 7,800 15.1%628 #1853
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #123 of 738 14.1%220 #431
SurgerySubfield #346 of 1,816 13.3%263 #743
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #233 of 1,144 14.5%180 #655
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,088 of 3,579 15.0%337 #1881
Social SciencesDomain #3,633 of 10,521 13.0%286 #6526
PhysiologySubfield #212 of 548 15.5%118 #590

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Medical University of Silesia 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#828 #245
  2. Medicine#833 #289
  3. Health Professions#791 #208
  4. Life Sciences#1,853 #862
  5. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#431 #123
  6. Surgery#743 #346
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#655 #233
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,881 #1,088
  9. Social Sciences#6,526 #3,633
  10. Physiology#590 #212
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 Medical University of Silesia specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dermatology takes 6.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DermatologySubfield · 65.2 works6.7×
  2. OphthalmologySubfield · 57.8 works5.8×
  3. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 220.4 works5.7×
  4. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 107.0 works5.3×
  5. Reproductive MedicineSubfield · 43.4 works5.2×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 68 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.70× its world share, 337 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.44× its world share, 91 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.70× its world share, 102 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.19× its world share, 29 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.80× its world share, 47 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 63 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 48 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.90× its world share, 52 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.20× its world share, 117 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.34× its world share, 2,390 worksMedicineNursing: 1.68× its world share, 30 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.32× its world share, 150 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 88 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Medical University of Silesia?

Ranked on the composite score, Michał Tendera, Marek Gierlotka and Tomasz Urbanek lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Medical University of Silesia.

  1. 1 Michał Tendera Poland · #1,821 worldwide 1.4k citations · 94 works
  2. 2 Marek Gierlotka Poland · #20,966 worldwide 647 citations · 64 works
  3. 3 Tomasz Urbanek Poland · #100,759 worldwide 149 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Ewa Janczewska Poland · #120,938 worldwide 142 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Arkadiusz Dziedzic Poland · #124,832 worldwide 726 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Tomasz Szczepański Poland · #132,523 worldwide 165 citations · 53 works
  7. 7 Hanna Misiołek Poland · #138,622 worldwide 142 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Wojciech Pluskiewicz Poland · #149,016 worldwide 167 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Przemysława Jarosz‐Chobot Poland · #205,779 worldwide 86 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Danuta Wiechuła Poland · #230,537 worldwide 112 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Medical University of Silesia

Which keywords describe research at Medical University of Silesia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Obesity, Cardiovascular Disease, Treatment, Oxidative Stress, Heart Failure and Metabolic Syndrome.

▲ 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. Epidemiology420▲ 2.9×124 topics
  2. Inflammation296▲ 3.8×82 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease192▲ 4.7×37 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress180▲ 3.0×60 topics
  5. Obesity176▲ 6.3×27 topics
  6. Treatment168▲ 3.7×48 topics
  7. Quality of Life153▲ 2.9×54 topics
  8. Cancer146▲ 2.9×54 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome131▲ 4.3×23 topics
  10. Risk Factors128▲ 3.1×35 topics
  11. Diagnosis117▲ 3.4×36 topics
  12. Heart Failure108▲ 6.8×14 topics
  13. Public Health105▲ 1.94×45 topics
  14. Depression103▲ 3.2×23 topics
  15. Genetics90▲ 3.5×22 topics
  16. Management86▲ 3.0×31 topics
  17. Immunotherapy80▲ 3.0×19 topics
  18. Chemotherapy80▲ 3.1×25 topics
  19. Anxiety73▲ 4.2×12 topics
  20. Clinical Trials73▲ 2.9×18 topics
  21. Guidelines72▲ 4.2×13 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders71▲ 3.4×18 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations69▲ 4.3×23 topics
  24. Echocardiography68▲ 6.7×8 topics
  25. Insulin Resistance68▲ 4.0×10 topics
  26. Biomarkers64▲ 2.5×18 topics
  27. Diabetes63▲ 3.5×19 topics
  28. Prevalence63▲ 4.2×14 topics
  29. Physical Activity63▲ 3.4×13 topics
  30. Atherosclerosis57▲ 5.4×13 topics
  31. Cardiovascular Risk54▲ 4.7×9 topics
  32. Myocardial Infarction53▲ 6.1×7 topics
  33. Wound Healing53▲ 5.5×11 topics
  34. Adolescents53▲ 3.8×9 topics
  35. Diagnostic Criteria49▲ 6.0×10 topics
  36. Chronic Diseases47▲ 5.0×9 topics
  37. Cognitive Impairment47▲ 5.0×10 topics
  38. Immunosuppressive Therapy47▲ 6.8×8 topics
  39. Autoantibodies44▲ 5.1×8 topics
  40. Sudden Cardiac Death38▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Medical University of Silesia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Nutrition and Health Studies and Diet and metabolism studies.

Cardiac pacing and defib…28Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 28 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health24COVID-19 and Mental Health: 24 fractional worksNutrition and Health Studies: 22 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 21 fractional worksEating Disorders and Behaviors: 20 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 19 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 18 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …17Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 17 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 17 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 17 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineClinical PsychologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPhysiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 28 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 24 works
  3. 3 Nutrition and Health Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 22 works
  4. 4 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 21 works
  5. 5 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 20 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 19 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 18 works
  8. 8 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 17 works
  9. 9 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 17 works
  10. 10 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 17 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 available61.3%not open38.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.1%domestic only89.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Medical University of Silesia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% 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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