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National Science Centre

In research, National Science Centre stands highest in Computer Science (#3,710 of 4,417 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#9,025 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,114 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition is 5.0× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#9,996
of 22,385 · #13,533 all time
Rank in Poland
#100
of 255
Research works
766
▲ 207% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.7k
8.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
73%
world 18%

What is National Science Centre 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
Computer ScienceField #3,710 of 4,417 10.1%76 -
Physical SciencesDomain #9,025 of 10,670 9.3%230 #13885
EngineeringField #5,114 of 5,901 8.9%80 #7580

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Science Centre 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 Science Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at National Science Centre is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (22%), Computer Science (19%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 289 fractional works · 61.7% of its workEngineering: 102 fractional works · 21.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 37 fractional works · 7.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 88 fractional works · 18.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 38 fractional works · 8.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 30 fractional works · 6.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 27 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 3.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 21 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 14 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCatalysis: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 72 fractional works · 15.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 18 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 56 fractional works · 11.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 52 fractional works · 11.0% of its workMedicine: 48 fractional works · 10.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNational ScienceCentre468fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences62%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences12%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering10221.9%
    2. Computer Science8818.8%
    3. Materials Science275.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy214.5%
    5. Environmental Science163.4%
    6. Energy142.9%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences81.7%
    8. Chemistry81.6%
    9. Chemical Engineering51.1%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology286.0%
    2. Neuroscience183.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences173.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology71.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Social Sciences265.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance112.3%
    3. Psychology81.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities61.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting30.6%
    6. Decision Sciences20.3%
    1. Medicine4810.2%
    2. Health Professions20.4%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does National Science Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition takes 5.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 29.5 works5.0×
  2. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 38.4 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: 0.77× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.13× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.51× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.41× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.07× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.02× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.41× its world share, 88 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.18× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.46× its world share, 102 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.69× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.66× its world share, 27 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.02× its world share, 21 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 48 worksMedicineNursing: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.09× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.58× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy3.18×14 works
  2. Chemical Engineering3.07×5 works
  3. Neuroscience2.41×18 works
  4. Computer Science2.41×88 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy2.02×21 works
  6. Materials Science1.66×27 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.51×7 works
  8. Engineering1.46×102 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.13×28 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.09×11 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.08×8 works
  12. Chemistry1.02×8 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.78×1 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.77×17 works
  15. Environmental Science0.69×16 works
  16. Nursing0.58×1 works
  17. Psychology0.58×8 works
  18. Medicine0.53×48 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.46×6 works
  20. Social Sciences0.44×26 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.34×2 works
  22. Dentistry0.18×0 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.18×3 works
  24. Veterinary0.17×0 works
  25. Health Professions0.15×2 works
  26. Mathematics0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Science Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Dmytro Liudvenko lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Science Centre.

  1. 1 Dmytro Liudvenko Poland · #6,169,262 worldwide 38 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at National Science Centre

What are the most cited papers from National Science Centre?

The most cited paper from National Science Centre is "Search for Invisible Decays of a Higgs Boson Produced in Association with a Z Boson in ATLAS" (G. Aad et al., 2014), with 209 citations. Next come "Association of Calcium and Phosphate Balance, Vitamin D, PTH, and Calcitonin in Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis" (57) and "The Impact of Social Capital on Political Participation of Social Media Users in Poland" (50).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Search for Invisible Decays of a Higgs Boson Produced in Association with a Z Boson in ATLAS G. Aad et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access2,918 authors 20 May 2014 209
2 Association of Calcium and Phosphate Balance, Vitamin D, PTH, and Calcitonin in Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Anna Goździalska, Jerzy A. Jaskiewicz, Malgorzata Elzbieta Knapik-Czajka et al. · Spine Open access 21 Dec 2015 57
3 The Impact of Social Capital on Political Participation of Social Media Users in Poland Kamil Filipek · Studia Socjologiczne Open access 11 Jun 2019 50
4 A Review of the Provision of Social and Emotional Learning in Australia, the United States, Poland, and Portugal Terry Bowles, Shane R. Jimerson, Aaron D. Haddock et al. · Journal of Relationships Research Open access 2017 38
5 Pancreatic islets engineered with a FasL protein induce systemic tolerance at the induction phase that evolves into long-term graft-localized immune privilege Kyle B. Woodward, Hong Zhao, Pradeep Shrestha et al. · American Journal of Transplantation Open access 18 Dec 2019 35
All 67 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Science Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Nanomaterials, Water Splitting, Representation Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks and Electrocatalysis.

▲ 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. Deep Learning54▲ 3.4×65 topics
  2. Neural Networks28▲ 3.9×28 topics
  3. Machine Learning24▲ 1.57×55 topics
  4. Nanomaterials14▲ 2.9×15 topics
  5. Sustainable Development14▲ 1.91×23 topics
  6. Convolutional Neural Networks12▲ 3.4×13 topics
  7. Energy Storage10▲ 3.3×11 topics
  8. Water Splitting10▲ 5.7×3 topics
  9. Cancer9▲ 1.49×28 topics
  10. Biomedical Applications9▲ 1.56×20 topics
  11. Cathode Materials8▲ 4.7×3 topics
  12. Electrocatalysis8▲ 6.3×4 topics
  13. Metal-Organic Frameworks8▲ 4.3×6 topics
  14. Representation Learning8▲ 11×3 topics
  15. Catalysis8▲ 2.6×13 topics
  16. Catalysts8▲ 8.0×3 topics
  17. Semi-Supervised Learning7▲ 12×3 topics
  18. Unsupervised Learning6▲ 9.1×3 topics
  19. Lithium-ion Batteries6▲ 3.3×4 topics
  20. Rechargeable Batteries6▲ 5.1×2 topics
  21. Economic Security6▲ 6.2×4 topics
  22. Energy Conversion6▲ 6.2×3 topics
  23. Fuel Cells6▲ 8.2×2 topics
  24. Semiconductor6▲ 3.9×7 topics
  25. Hydrogen Evolution6▲ 9.5×1 topic
  26. Image Classification6▲ 6.7×3 topics
  27. Oxygen Reduction6▲ 9.5×1 topic
  28. Computer Vision6▲ 4.5×4 topics
  29. Functional Connectivity5▲ 8.3×3 topics
  30. Image Recognition5▲ 7.8×1 topic
  31. Object Detection5▲ 8.1×1 topic
  32. CO2 Reduction5▲ 5.1×2 topics
  33. Financial Security5▲ 10×3 topics
  34. Transfer Learning5▲ 5.4×3 topics
  35. Meta-Learning4▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Sparse Representation4▲ 5.2×6 topics
  37. Object Recognition4▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Domain Adaptation4▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Few-Shot Learning4▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Semantic Reasoning4▲ 8.6×2 topics

Which research topics does National Science Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Advanced Neural Network Applications, Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning and Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques.

  1. 1 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 6 works
  2. 2 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 5 works
  3. 3 Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  4. 4 Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 4 works
  5. 5 Multimodal Machine Learning Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 4 works
  6. 6 Economic and Business Development Strategies Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  7. 7 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 4 works
  8. 8 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies Neurology 3 works
  10. 10 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3 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 available53.5%not open46.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors73.1%domestic only26.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Science Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 207% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is National Science Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%National Science Centre0.0029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Science Centre 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 Science Centre9.3% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.7% in 2021.

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