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Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center

In research, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,984 of 12,888 worldwide), Astronomy and Astrophysics (#373 of 443 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#1,425 of 1,646 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy — Astronomy and Astrophysics is 99.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,119
of 28,054 · #7,409 all time
Rank in Poland
#117
of 318
Research works
1.5k
▼ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
40k
26.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center 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
Physical SciencesDomain #5,984 of 12,888 20.7%126 #4418
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #373 of 443 20.6%67 #358
Physics and AstronomyField #1,425 of 1,646 22.4%102 #1756

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center 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. Physical Sciences#4,418 #5,984
  2. Astronomy and Astrophysics#358 #373
  3. Physics and Astronomy#1,756 #1,425
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 Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 99.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 67.2 works99×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 102.4 works35×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.86× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.48× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 35.22× its world share, 102 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 35.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, P. Haensel, R. Moderski and M. Sikora lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center.

  1. 1 P. Haensel Poland · #32,200 worldwide 842 citations · 76 works
  2. 2 R. Moderski Poland · #72,285 worldwide 402 citations · 71 works
  3. 3 M. Sikora Poland · #76,839 worldwide 598 citations · 59 works
  4. 4 A. A. Zdziarski Poland · #95,331 worldwide 1.1k citations · 165 works
  5. 5 B. Rudak Poland · #96,270 worldwide 377 citations · 67 works
  6. 6 J. Dyks Poland · #96,747 worldwide 364 citations · 50 works
  7. 7 T. Plewa Poland · #139,300 worldwide 245 citations · 49 works
  8. 8 M. A. Abramowicz Poland · #199,711 worldwide 419 citations · 73 works
  9. 9 K. G. Hełminiak Poland · #205,287 worldwide 154 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Krzysztof Belczyński Poland · #226,875 worldwide 372 citations · 58 works
All ranked researchers at Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center

Which keywords describe research at Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields, Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Galactic Center and Star Formation.

▲ 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. Accretion Disks17▲ 274×2 topics
  2. Magnetic Fields17▲ 198×2 topics
  3. Black Holes16▲ 126×3 topics
  4. Gravitational Waves15▲ 212×2 topics
  5. Exoplanets14▲ 271×1 topic
  6. Stellar Astrophysics14▲ 271×1 topic
  7. Galactic Center14▲ 231×2 topics
  8. Star Formation13▲ 184×2 topics
  9. Supernovae13▲ 117×2 topics
  10. Dark Matter12▲ 79×4 topics
  11. Astronomical Instrumentation10▲ 306×1 topic
  12. Spectrograph10▲ 306×1 topic
  13. Cosmology10▲ 114×3 topics
  14. Event Horizon Telescope9▲ 321×1 topic
  15. X-Ray Astronomy9▲ 321×1 topic
  16. Binary Black Hole8▲ 222×1 topic
  17. Equation of State8▲ 122×2 topics
  18. Neutron Star8▲ 222×1 topic
  19. Turbulence8▲ 72×2 topics
  20. Cosmic Rays8▲ 123×2 topics
  21. Neutrinos8▲ 123×2 topics
  22. Molecular Clouds8▲ 233×1 topic
  23. Protoplanetary Disks8▲ 233×1 topic
  24. Nucleosynthesis8▲ 118×3 topics
  25. Gamma-Ray Bursts7▲ 202×1 topic
  26. Neutron Stars7▲ 202×1 topic
  27. Particle Physics7▲ 68×2 topics
  28. General Relativity6▲ 67×2 topics
  29. Quantum Gravity6▲ 56×4 topics
  30. Dark Energy6▲ 68×2 topics
  31. Cosmic Microwave Background6▲ 77×1 topic
  32. Cosmological Parameters6▲ 77×1 topic
  33. Galaxies5▲ 140×1 topic
  34. Stellar Populations5▲ 140×1 topic
  35. Relativity5▲ 128×2 topics
  36. Axions4▲ 148×1 topic
  37. WIMPs4▲ 148×1 topic
  38. General Covariance4▲ 244×1 topic
  39. High-Energy Astrophysics4▲ 101×1 topic
  40. Unified Field Theories4▲ 244×1 topic

Which research topics does Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research.

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 14 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysical Research: 10 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena …9Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 9 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitationa…8Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 8 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 8 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 7 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitatio…6Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 6 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 5 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 4 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 4 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationNuclear and High Energy Physics

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

  1. 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 14 works
  2. 2 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 10 works
  3. 3 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 9 works
  4. 4 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 8 works
  5. 5 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 8 works
  6. 6 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 7 works
  7. 7 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  8. 8 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 works
  9. 9 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 4 works
  10. 10 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 4 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 available71.7%not open28.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.6%domestic only52.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% lower 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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