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Polish Geological Institute

In research, Polish Geological Institute stands highest in Earth and Planetary Sciences (#717 of 1,088 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,718 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geophysics and Earth and Planetary Sciences (Geophysics is 59.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,577
of 22,385 · #14,015 all time
Rank in Poland
#151
of 255
Research works
2k
▼ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
9.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
67%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Polish Geological Institute

What is Polish Geological Institute 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
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #717 of 1,088 6.3%89 #1421
Physical SciencesDomain #8,718 of 10,670 5.7%161 #13420

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Polish Geological Institute 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 Polish Geological Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Polish Geological Institute is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (48%), Environmental Science (15%), Engineering (14%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 191 fractional works · 83.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 109 fractional works · 48.0% of its workGeophysics: 47 fractional works · 20.8% of its workPaleontology: 16 fractional works · 7.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 15 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 12 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOceanography: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 35 fractional works · 15.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 10 fractional works · 4.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 32 fractional works · 13.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFuel Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 10.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 7.5% of its workLaw: 10 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPolish GeologicalInstitute228fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences84%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences11%

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. Earth and Planetary Sciences10948.0%
    2. Environmental Science3515.2%
    3. Engineering3213.9%
    4. Computer Science52.1%
    5. Materials Science41.9%
    6. Energy41.6%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.7%
    8. Chemistry10.4%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Social Sciences177.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities62.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    5. Psychology00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences62.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine20.9%
    2. Health Professions10.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Polish Geological Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geophysics takes 59.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 47.5 works60×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 109.4 works31×
← 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: 0.59× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 30.59× its world share, 109 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.74× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.92× its world share, 32 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.07× its world share, 35 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.98× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 30.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.59×109 works
  2. Environmental Science3.07×35 works
  3. Energy1.74×4 works
  4. Arts and Humanities0.98×6 works
  5. Engineering0.92×32 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.59×6 works
  7. Social Sciences0.59×17 works
  8. Materials Science0.54×4 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.41×0 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.32×2 works
  11. Chemistry0.26×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.26×5 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.21×1 works
  14. Health Professions0.20×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×2 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.14×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.06×0 works
  18. Medicine0.05×2 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×0 works
  20. Psychology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Polish Geological Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Wojciech Granoszewski, Przemysław Drzewicz and Maria Przyłucka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Polish Geological Institute.

  1. 1 Wojciech Granoszewski Poland · #1,989,113 worldwide 1.2k citations · 75 works
  2. 2 Przemysław Drzewicz Poland · #2,275,718 worldwide 1.7k citations · 61 works
  3. 3 Maria Przyłucka Poland · #2,667,714 worldwide 426 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Hubert Wierzbowski Poland · #3,416,978 worldwide 1.4k citations · 61 works
  5. 5 Hanna Winter Poland · #3,428,001 worldwide 778 citations · 65 works
  6. 6 Grażyna Miotk‐Szpiganowicz Poland · #3,431,734 worldwide 632 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Grzegorz Pieńkowski Poland · #3,878,554 worldwide 1.3k citations · 82 works
  8. 8 Ryszard Dadlez Poland · #3,897,044 worldwide 1.5k citations · 88 works
  9. 9 Anna Pasieczna Poland · #3,976,192 worldwide 1.4k citations · 68 works
  10. 10 Zbigniew Buła Poland · #4,035,662 worldwide 353 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Polish Geological Institute

What are the most cited papers from Polish Geological Institute?

The most cited paper from Polish Geological Institute is "On the origin of the Southern Permian Basin, Central Europe" (J.D. van Wees, Randell Alexander Stephenson, Peter A. Ziegler et al., 2000), with 324 citations. Next come "Tetrapod trackways from the early Middle Devonian period of Poland" (302) and "Estimation of evaporative loss based on the stable isotope composition of water using Hydrocalculator" (292).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 On the origin of the Southern Permian Basin, Central Europe J.D. van Wees, Randell Alexander Stephenson, Peter A. Ziegler et al. · Marine and Petroleum Geology 2000 324
2 Tetrapod trackways from the early Middle Devonian period of Poland Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki, Piotr Szrek, Katarzyna Narkiewicz et al. · Nature 2010 302
3 Estimation of evaporative loss based on the stable isotope composition of water using Hydrocalculator Grzegorz Skrzypek, Adam Mydłowski, Shawan Dogramaci et al. · Journal of Hydrology Open access 14 Feb 2015 292
4 Timing of the Late Vistulian (Weichselian) glacial phases in Poland Leszek Marks · Quaternary Science Reviews 3 Sep 2010 279
5 The Last Deglaciation of the Southeastern Sector of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet VINCENT R. RINTERKNECHT, Peter U. Clark, GRANT M. RAISBECK et al. · Science 9 Mar 2006 269
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Polish Geological Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Tectonic Evolution, Alpine orogeny, Carpathian-Pannonian region, Climate Change, Tectonics, Holocene, Sea Level and Paleoclimatology.

▲ 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. Tectonic Evolution30▲ 555×2 topics
  2. Alpine orogeny29▲ 2124×1 topic
  3. Carpathian-Pannonian region29▲ 2124×1 topic
  4. Climate Change28▲ 4.5×38 topics
  5. Tectonics18▲ 66×3 topics
  6. Holocene16▲ 63×3 topics
  7. Sea Level15▲ 72×2 topics
  8. Sustainable Development14▲ 4.0×11 topics
  9. Remote Sensing14▲ 5.0×11 topics
  10. Environmental Impact13▲ 3.2×22 topics
  11. Paleoclimatology13▲ 67×2 topics
  12. Environmental Protection12▲ 101×3 topics
  13. Glacial Cycles12▲ 79×1 topic
  14. Monsoon Dynamics12▲ 79×1 topic
  15. Plate Tectonics12▲ 33×3 topics
  16. Biodiversity Conservation11▲ 13×5 topics
  17. Paleoproductivity11▲ 148×1 topic
  18. Paleoredox11▲ 148×1 topic
  19. Mining Regulations10▲ 2924×1 topic
  20. Public Participation10▲ 209×1 topic
  21. Sedimentation10▲ 82×2 topics
  22. Geochronology9▲ 59×1 topic
  23. Zircon9▲ 59×1 topic
  24. Water Quality9▲ 9.7×7 topics
  25. Pore Structure9▲ 31×2 topics
  26. Shale Gas8▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Gas Permeability8▲ 34×1 topic
  28. Mudstones8▲ 45×1 topic
  29. Geochemistry7▲ 50×4 topics
  30. Geological Mapping7▲ 39×2 topics
  31. Rare Earth Elements7▲ 21×3 topics
  32. GIS-based Modeling7▲ 36×2 topics
  33. Fluvial Systems7▲ 106×1 topic
  34. Sequence Stratigraphy7▲ 106×1 topic
  35. Environmental Impacts6▲ 10×5 topics
  36. Eutrophication6▲ 23×4 topics
  37. Agricultural Impact6▲ 128×2 topics
  38. Catchment Management5▲ 792×1 topic
  39. Groundwater Hydrology5▲ 792×1 topic
  40. Mediterranean5▲ 26×5 topics

Which research topics does Polish Geological Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geological Formations and Processes Exploration, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils and Geology and Environmental Impact Studies.

Geological Formations an…29Geological Formations and Processes Exploration: 29 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…12Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 12 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratig…11Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 11 fractional worksGeology and Environmental Impact Studies: 10 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 9 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …8Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 8 fractional worksGeological formations and processes: 7 fractional worksIntegrated Water Resources Management: 5 fractional worksGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis: 4 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 4 fractional works
GeophysicsAtmospheric SciencePaleontologyLaw5 others

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

  1. 1 Geological Formations and Processes Exploration Geophysics 29 works
  2. 2 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 12 works
  3. 3 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 11 works
  4. 4 Geology and Environmental Impact Studies Law 10 works
  5. 5 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 9 works
  6. 6 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 8 works
  7. 7 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 7 works
  8. 8 Integrated Water Resources Management Water Science and Technology 5 works
  9. 9 Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 4 works
  10. 10 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 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 available66.9%not open33.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.0%domestic only87.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Polish Geological Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% 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 Polish Geological Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00099% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Polish Geological Institute0.00088% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Polish Geological Institute 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 2025Polish Geological Institute3.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.0% in 2006.

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