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In research, National Museum stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,551 of 6,403 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,763 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 41.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,973
of 22,385 · #9,275 all time
Rank in Czechia
#45
of 110
Research works
1k
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
9k
8.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
41%
world 18%
National Museum

What is National Museum 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
Life SciencesDomain #2,551 of 6,403 7.1%78 #2470
Physical SciencesDomain #9,763 of 10,670 2.7%92 #10637

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Museum 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 fields of science does National Museum work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at National Museum is in Physical Sciences, 36% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (28%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (17%), Environmental Science (13%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 106 fractional works · 40.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 45 fractional works · 17.0% of its workPaleontology: 16 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeophysics: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 35 fractional works · 13.3% of its workEcology: 16 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 16 fractional works · 6.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 95 fractional works · 36.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 72 fractional works · 27.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 51 fractional works · 19.4% of its workInsect Science: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAquatic Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 8.2% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 57 fractional works · 21.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 30 fractional works · 11.5% of its workArcheology: 15 fractional works · 5.7% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMusic: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 9.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNational Museum262fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences36%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences22%

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. Earth and Planetary Sciences4517.0%
    2. Environmental Science3513.3%
    3. Materials Science166.3%
    4. Chemistry31.1%
    5. Engineering21.0%
    6. Computer Science20.8%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    8. Mathematics10.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7227.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology218.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Neuroscience00.0%
    1. Arts and Humanities3011.5%
    2. Social Sciences249.2%
    3. Psychology10.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    1. Medicine31.1%
    2. Nursing10.3%
    3. Health Professions10.3%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does National Museum specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 41.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 50.8 works41×
← 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: 5.81× its world share, 72 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.53× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10.85× its world share, 45 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.68× its world share, 35 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.79× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.99× its world share, 30 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 10.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.85×45 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.81×72 works
  3. Arts and Humanities3.99×30 works
  4. Environmental Science2.68×35 works
  5. Materials Science1.79×16 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.53×22 works
  7. Social Sciences0.72×24 works
  8. Veterinary0.71×0 works
  9. Chemistry0.67×3 works
  10. Nursing0.58×1 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.29×1 works
  12. Mathematics0.27×1 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.25×0 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.23×0 works
  15. Dentistry0.20×0 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.19×1 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.14×1 works
  18. Psychology0.13×1 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×1 works
  20. Computer Science0.10×2 works
  21. Health Professions0.10×1 works
  22. Energy0.09×0 works
  23. Engineering0.06×2 works
  24. Medicine0.06×3 works
  25. Neuroscience0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Museum?

Ranked on the quality score, Petr Velemínský, Emanuel Vlček and Miluše Dobisíková lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Museum.

  1. 1 Petr Velemínský Czechia · #556,004 worldwide 3.9k citations · 167 works
  2. 2 Emanuel Vlček Czechia · #1,859,107 worldwide 553 citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Miluše Dobisíková Czechia · #1,907,372 worldwide 983 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Zdeněk Vytlačil Czechia · #1,981,281 worldwide 284 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Milan Stloukal Czechia · #2,071,108 worldwide 324 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Katarína Petriščáková Czechia · #2,224,400 worldwide 428 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Sylva Drtikolová Kaupová Czechia · #2,461,130 worldwide 313 citations · 64 works
  8. 8 Michal Ducháček Czechia · #2,542,576 worldwide 453 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Oswald Peck Czechia · #2,579,330 worldwide 531 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Petra Havelková Czechia · #2,626,113 worldwide 222 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at National Museum

What are the most cited papers from National Museum?

The most cited paper from National Museum is "The formation of human populations in South and Central Asia" (Vagheesh M. Narasimhan et al., 2019), with 802 citations. Next come "The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe" (787) and "Egg size and offspring quality: a meta‐analysis in birds" (473).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The formation of human populations in South and Central Asia Vagheesh M. Narasimhan et al. · Science Open access117 authors 5 Sep 2019 802
2 The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe Íñigo Olalde et al. · Nature Open access144 authors 21 Feb 2018 787
3 Egg size and offspring quality: a meta‐analysis in birds Miloš Krist · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Review 10 Nov 2010 473
4 Spatial heterogeneity in the Mediterranean Biodiversity Hotspot affects barcoding accuracy of its freshwater fishes Matthias F. Geiger et al. · Molecular Ecology Resources Apr 2014 311
5 High Levels of Diversity Uncovered in a Widespread Nominal Taxon: Continental Phylogeography of the Neotropical Tree Frog Dendropsophus minutus Marcelo Gehara et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 10 Sep 2014 303
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Museum?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Phylogeny, Invasive Species, Climate Change, Biogeography, Taxonomy, DNA Barcoding and Evolution.

▲ 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. Climate Change38▲ 5.4×32 topics
  2. Biodiversity37▲ 19×22 topics
  3. Phylogeny35▲ 79×17 topics
  4. Invasive Species34▲ 30×20 topics
  5. Biogeography32▲ 44×18 topics
  6. Taxonomy30▲ 80×13 topics
  7. DNA Barcoding25▲ 54×9 topics
  8. Evolution24▲ 34×12 topics
  9. Molecular Phylogeny23▲ 52×10 topics
  10. Conservation21▲ 19×17 topics
  11. Morphology18▲ 40×6 topics
  12. Biological Control14▲ 36×7 topics
  13. Phylogenetic Analysis14▲ 17×12 topics
  14. Population Dynamics13▲ 20×11 topics
  15. Phylogenetics12▲ 92×2 topics
  16. Habitat Fragmentation12▲ 21×5 topics
  17. Coleoptera12▲ 171×2 topics
  18. Diversification12▲ 99×2 topics
  19. Cretaceous10▲ 153×2 topics
  20. Conservation Biology10▲ 34×3 topics
  21. Geochemistry10▲ 55×3 topics
  22. Cultural Heritage9▲ 6.7×8 topics
  23. Speciation9▲ 80×3 topics
  24. Cryptic Species9▲ 131×2 topics
  25. Amber Fossils9▲ 314×1 topic
  26. Ecology9▲ 19×5 topics
  27. Insect Evolution9▲ 314×1 topic
  28. beetles8▲ 183×1 topic
  29. Archaeology8▲ 23×7 topics
  30. Environmental Impacts8▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Lepidoptera8▲ 159×1 topic
  32. Molecular Phylogenetics8▲ 159×1 topic
  33. Global Change7▲ 10×3 topics
  34. Crystal Growth7▲ 9.9×2 topics
  35. Crystallographic Computing7▲ 207×1 topic
  36. Nonlinear Optical Materials7▲ 69×1 topic
  37. Plate Tectonics7▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Biodiversity Loss7▲ 44×3 topics
  39. Tectonics7▲ 21×3 topics
  40. Raman Spectroscopy6▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does National Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Fossil Insects in Amber, Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy and Crystal Structures and Properties.

Fossil Insects in Amber9Fossil Insects in Amber: 9 fractional worksColeoptera Taxonomy and …8Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution: 8 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and…8Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 8 fractional worksCrystal Structures and P…7Crystal Structures and Properties: 7 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 6 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 6 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratig…5Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 5 fractional worksGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis: 5 fractional worksEducation, Psychology, and Social Research: 5 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…5Species Distribution and Climate Change: 5 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsGeneticsElectronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsGeophysics4 others

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

  1. 1 Fossil Insects in Amber Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 9 works
  2. 2 Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 8 works
  3. 3 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 8 works
  4. 4 Crystal Structures and Properties Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 7 works
  5. 5 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 6 works
  6. 6 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6 works
  7. 7 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 5 works
  8. 8 Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 5 works
  9. 9 Education, Psychology, and Social Research Education 5 works
  10. 10 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 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 available58.7%not open41.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.8%domestic only59.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% lower 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 National Museum as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00072% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%National Museum0.00085% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Museum 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 2025National Museum3.8% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.1% in 2010.

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