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Polis University

In research, Polis University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,739 of 10,670 worldwide), Social Sciences (#7,093 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,334 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Urban Studies and Building and Construction (Urban Studies is 40.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,284
of 22,385 · #17,186 all time
Rank in Albania
#11
of 22
Research works
515
▲ 53% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4k
2.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
65%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Polis University

What is Polis 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
Physical SciencesDomain #6,739 of 10,670 1.2%88 #12084
Social SciencesDomain #7,093 of 9,585 2.5%114 #11908
Social SciencesField #5,334 of 5,988 3.0%68 #7943

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Polis 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. Physical Sciences#12,084 #6,739
  2. Social Sciences#11,908 #7,093
  3. Social Sciences#7,943 #5,334
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 Polis University work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Polis University is in Social Sciences, 42% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Engineering (22%), Environmental Science (12%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 128 fractional works · 52.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 78 fractional works · 31.9% of its workUrban Studies: 28 fractional works · 11.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 6.6% of its workTransportation: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 20 fractional works · 8.0% of its workArcheology: 10 fractional works · 4.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 17 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 15 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 102 fractional works · 41.8% of its workEngineering: 55 fractional works · 22.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 26 fractional works · 10.8% of its workArchitecture: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 30 fractional works · 12.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKPolis University245fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences42%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences52%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences7831.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities208.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance177.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting72.8%
    5. Decision Sciences31.3%
    6. Psychology31.2%
    1. Engineering5522.4%
    2. Environmental Science3012.4%
    3. Computer Science93.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences41.8%
    5. Materials Science20.9%
    6. Energy20.7%
    7. Chemistry00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences52.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.7%
    3. Neuroscience10.6%
    1. Medicine31.3%
    2. Health Professions21.0%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    4. Nursing00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Polis University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Urban Studies takes 40.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Urban StudiesSubfield · 27.6 works41×
  2. Building and ConstructionSubfield · 26.4 works17×
← 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: 0.43× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.49× its world share, 55 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.49× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.76× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.87× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.30× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.52× its world share, 78 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.30×17 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.76×20 works
  3. Social Sciences2.52×78 works
  4. Environmental Science2.49×30 works
  5. Engineering1.49×55 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.34×3 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.17×4 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.87×7 works
  9. Energy0.78×2 works
  10. Computer Science0.45×9 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.43×5 works
  12. Dentistry0.42×0 works
  13. Psychology0.41×3 works
  14. Neuroscience0.37×2 works
  15. Health Professions0.37×2 works
  16. Materials Science0.25×2 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×2 works
  18. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  19. Medicine0.07×3 works
  20. Nursing0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Polis University?

Ranked on the quality score, Ledio Allkja, Peter Nientied and Merita Toska lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Polis University.

  1. 1 Ledio Allkja Albania · #2,677,698 worldwide 61 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Peter Nientied Albania · #3,167,169 worldwide 527 citations · 62 works
  3. 3 Merita Toska Albania · #4,155,554 worldwide 49 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Elona Karafili Albania · #4,179,167 worldwide 17 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Rudina Toto Albania · #4,191,707 worldwide 45 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Sotir Dhamo Albania · #4,422,137 worldwide 29 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Luljeta Bozo Albania · #4,458,544 worldwide 22 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Dorina Papa Albania · #4,748,018 worldwide 16 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 V. F. Ignatenko Albania · #4,839,125 worldwide 51 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Besnik Aliaj Albania · #4,880,347 worldwide 89 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Polis University

What are the most cited papers from Polis University?

The most cited paper from Polis University is "Environmental toxicants and male reproductive function" (C. Yan Cheng, Elissa W.P. Wong, Pearl P.Y. Lie et al., 2011), with 150 citations. Next come "Networks of exchange among Mexicans in the U.S. and Mexico: local level mediating responses to national and international transformations" (140) and "A review of nature-based solutions for resource recovery in cities" (100).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Environmental toxicants and male reproductive function C. Yan Cheng, Elissa W.P. Wong, Pearl P.Y. Lie et al. · Spermatogenesis Open access 2011 150
2 Networks of exchange among Mexicans in the U.S. and Mexico: local level mediating responses to national and international transformations Carlos G. Vélez-lbáñez · Urban anthropology and studies of cultural systems and world economic development 1988 140
3 A review of nature-based solutions for resource recovery in cities Johannes Kisser et al. · Blue-Green Systems Open access 2020 100
4 Colour, texture, and motion in level set based segmentation and tracking Thomas Brox, Mikaël Rousson, Rachid Deriche et al. · Image and Vision Computing Open access 19 Jun 2009 98
5 Outpatient management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax: a prospective study Massongo Massongo, Sylvie Leroy, Arnaud Scherpereel et al. · European Respiratory Journal Open access 13 Jun 2013 85
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Polis University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Cultural Heritage, Artificial Intelligence, Shrinking Cities, Urban Decline, Urban Development and Urban Morphology.

▲ 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. Sustainability35▲ 5.9×40 topics
  2. Sustainable Development26▲ 6.8×24 topics
  3. Artificial Intelligence19▲ 5.5×14 topics
  4. Cultural Heritage17▲ 13×11 topics
  5. Globalization15▲ 3.1×26 topics
  6. Shrinking Cities15▲ 315×1 topic
  7. Urban Decline15▲ 315×1 topic
  8. Climate Change13▲ 1.98×30 topics
  9. Urban Development13▲ 15×5 topics
  10. Urban Morphology12▲ 119×2 topics
  11. Environmental Impact11▲ 2.6×21 topics
  12. Energy Efficiency9▲ 4.1×7 topics
  13. Community Participation9▲ 10×4 topics
  14. Big Data9▲ 3.8×8 topics
  15. Physical Activity9▲ 7.3×2 topics
  16. Ecosystem Services8▲ 8.7×6 topics
  17. Urbanization8▲ 8.0×5 topics
  18. Thermal Comfort8▲ 25×2 topics
  19. Adaptive Reuse8▲ 84×1 topic
  20. Intangible Heritage8▲ 84×1 topic
  21. Biodiversity Conservation7▲ 7.8×4 topics
  22. Digital Fabrication7▲ 39×2 topics
  23. Spatial Analysis7▲ 30×2 topics
  24. Virtual Reality7▲ 5.5×3 topics
  25. Space Syntax6▲ 135×1 topic
  26. Street Networks6▲ 135×1 topic
  27. Transportation6▲ 14×3 topics
  28. Accessibility6▲ 27×2 topics
  29. Architectural Design6▲ 93×1 topic
  30. Parametricism6▲ 105×1 topic
  31. Spatial Planning6▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Regional Development6▲ 6.8×7 topics
  33. Urban Design6▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Governance6▲ 7.0×3 topics
  35. Active Travel6▲ 33×1 topic
  36. Built Environment6▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Social-Ecological Systems5▲ 16×3 topics
  38. Land Use Change5▲ 7.2×4 topics
  39. Urbanism5▲ 52×3 topics
  40. Climate Change Impact5▲ 9.0×3 topics

Which research topics does Polis University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Urbanization and City Planning, Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation, Urban Design and Spatial Analysis and Architecture and Computational Design.

Urbanization and City Pl…15Urbanization and City Planning: 15 fractional worksCultural Heritage Management and Preservation: 8 fractional worksUrban Design and Spatial Analysis: 6 fractional worksArchitecture and Computational Design: 6 fractional worksUrban Transport and Accessibility: 6 fractional worksSustainable Urban and Rural Development: 5 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comf…4Building Energy and Comfort Optimization: 4 fractional worksSmart Cities and Technologies: 4 fractional worksUrban Planning and Valuation: 4 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 4 fractional works
Urban StudiesArcheologyBuilding and ConstructionArchitecture4 others

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

  1. 1 Urbanization and City Planning Urban Studies 15 works
  2. 2 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Archeology 8 works
  3. 3 Urban Design and Spatial Analysis Building and Construction 6 works
  4. 4 Architecture and Computational Design Architecture 6 works
  5. 5 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 6 works
  6. 6 Sustainable Urban and Rural Development Urban Studies 5 works
  7. 7 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 4 works
  8. 8 Smart Cities and Technologies Media Technology 4 works
  9. 9 Urban Planning and Valuation Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works
  10. 10 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 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 available65.2%not open34.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.8%domestic only82.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Polis University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 53% 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 Polis University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00095% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Polis University0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Polis 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 2025Polis University2.7% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 4.6% in 2016.

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