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Polish Academy of Sciences

In research, Polish Academy of Sciences stands highest in Physical Sciences (#511 of 12,888 worldwide), Life Sciences (#571 of 7,800 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,152 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Condensed Matter Physics, Linguistics and Language and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry — Condensed Matter Physics is 7.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#581
of 28,054 · #514 all time
Rank in Poland
#3
of 318
Research works
52k
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
881k
16.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Polish Academy of Sciences 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 #511 of 12,888 14.5%3,224 #430
Life SciencesDomain #571 of 7,800 20.9%1,075 #709
Social SciencesDomain #1,152 of 10,521 16.7%1,063 #1435
Health SciencesDomain #1,566 of 11,982 22.8%583 #1587
EngineeringField #877 of 6,636 13.1%797 #860
MedicineField #1,531 of 10,443 22.6%495 #1598
Environmental ScienceField #558 of 3,551 20.7%350 #675
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #587 of 3,579 19.3%486 #655
Social SciencesField #1,073 of 6,365 14.3%564 #1343
Materials ScienceField #425 of 2,468 10.3%638 #356

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Polish Academy of Sciences 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#430 #511
  2. Life Sciences#709 #571
  3. Social Sciences#1,435 #1,152
  4. Health Sciences#1,587 #1,566
  5. Engineering#860 #877
  6. Medicine#1,598 #1,531
  7. Environmental Science#675 #558
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#655 #587
  9. Social Sciences#1,343 #1,073
  10. Materials Science#356 #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 Polish Academy of Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Condensed Matter Physics takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 70.3 works7.4×
  2. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 49.0 works7.2×
  3. Physical and Theoretical ChemistrySubfield · 26.1 works5.5×
  4. Ceramics and CompositesSubfield · 22.3 works5.4×
  5. PaleontologySubfield · 34.7 works4.8×
← 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: 1.14× its world share, 321 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.53× its world share, 486 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.13× its world share, 67 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.85× its world share, 178 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.11× its world share, 23 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.56× its world share, 32 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.70× its world share, 252 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.63× its world share, 290 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.78× its world share, 259 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 52 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.89× its world share, 797 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.18× its world share, 350 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.07× its world share, 638 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.95× its world share, 136 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.16× its world share, 417 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.39× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 495 worksMedicineNursing: 1.04× its world share, 30 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.05× its world share, 17 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.69× its world share, 290 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 33 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 36 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 50 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.49× its world share, 89 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 564 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Polish Academy of Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Zdzisław Pawlak, Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz and Halina Bednarek-Ochyra lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Polish Academy of Sciences.

  1. 1 Zdzisław Pawlak Poland · #2,409 worldwide 1.8k citations · 80 works
  2. 2 Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz Poland · #29,779 worldwide 993 citations · 114 works
  3. 3 Halina Bednarek-Ochyra Poland · #40,274 worldwide 395 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Ryszard Pluta Poland · #48,445 worldwide 305 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Zbigniew R. Grabowski Poland · #53,100 worldwide 595 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Polska Akademia Nauk Poland · #60,492 worldwide 196 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Romuald Schild Poland · #67,283 worldwide 94 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Ryszard Ochyra Poland · #68,276 worldwide 556 citations · 127 works
  9. 9 Edward Franek Poland · #70,683 worldwide 265 citations · 55 works
  10. 10 Andrzej M. Jagodziński Poland · #83,625 worldwide 385 citations · 54 works
All ranked researchers at Polish Academy of Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Polish Academy of Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Crystal Growth, Soviet Union, Ethnography, Eastern Europe, Biomedical Applications, Nanoparticles and Solid-State Lighting.

▲ 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. Climate Change237▲ 1.48×97 topics
  2. Biomedical Applications150▲ 2.1×36 topics
  3. Nanoparticles148▲ 1.98×44 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress144▲ 1.49×62 topics
  5. Nanocomposites114▲ 2.4×22 topics
  6. Nanomaterials108▲ 1.71×21 topics
  7. Crystal Growth104▲ 6.2×12 topics
  8. Mechanical Properties97▲ 1.68×37 topics
  9. Nationalism97▲ 3.5×22 topics
  10. Semiconductors88▲ 4.8×5 topics
  11. Biodiversity87▲ 1.96×30 topics
  12. Invasive Species85▲ 3.4×21 topics
  13. Nanostructures80▲ 3.4×17 topics
  14. Ethnography80▲ 7.8×7 topics
  15. Soviet Union79▲ 23×3 topics
  16. Cultural Heritage79▲ 2.4×19 topics
  17. Eastern Europe78▲ 24×3 topics
  18. Electronic Structure74▲ 6.9×8 topics
  19. Superconductivity71▲ 7.0×9 topics
  20. Solid-State Lighting71▲ 15×2 topics
  21. Semiconductor66▲ 3.3×7 topics
  22. Migration66▲ 3.3×21 topics
  23. Sociolinguistics64▲ 5.7×7 topics
  24. Cultural Discourse63▲ 28×3 topics
  25. Polish history63▲ 39×1 topic
  26. Polish minority63▲ 39×1 topic
  27. Solar Cell Efficiency63▲ 10×2 topics
  28. Luminescent Materials60▲ 15×3 topics
  29. Translation60▲ 5.8×5 topics
  30. Lexicography54▲ 9.8×3 topics
  31. Nanowires53▲ 6.2×5 topics
  32. Nanocrystal Synthesis52▲ 19×1 topic
  33. Upconversion Nanoparticles52▲ 19×1 topic
  34. Spintronics51▲ 6.6×4 topics
  35. Light-Emitting Diodes51▲ 5.5×3 topics
  36. Archaeology49▲ 6.2×10 topics
  37. National Identity48▲ 7.0×8 topics
  38. Media Discourse46▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Ethnolinguistics46▲ 24×1 topic
  40. Memory Studies44▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Polish Academy of Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Polish Historical and Cultural Studies, Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials, Language and Culture and Central European Literary Studies.

Polish Historical and Cu…63Polish Historical and Cultural Studies: 63 fractional worksLuminescence Properties …52Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials: 52 fractional worksLanguage and Culture46Language and Culture: 46 fractional worksCentral European Literar…36Central European Literary Studies: 36 fractional worksPolish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies: 33 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 32 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural …30Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland: 30 fractional worksHistorical and Archaeological Studies: 30 fractional worksEastern European Communism and Reforms: 27 fractional worksAncient and Medieval Arc…26Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies: 26 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsMaterials ChemistryLinguistics and LanguageAnthropology5 others

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

  1. 1 Polish Historical and Cultural Studies Political Science and International Relations 63 works
  2. 2 Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials Materials Chemistry 52 works
  3. 3 Language and Culture Linguistics and Language 46 works
  4. 4 Central European Literary Studies Anthropology 36 works
  5. 5 Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies Philosophy 33 works
  6. 6 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 32 works
  7. 7 Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland History 30 works
  8. 8 Historical and Archaeological Studies History 30 works
  9. 9 Eastern European Communism and Reforms Sociology and Political Science 27 works
  10. 10 Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies Archeology 26 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 available35.9%not open64.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.0%domestic only74.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Polish Academy of Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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