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Silesian Museum

In research, Silesian Museum stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#4,218 of 5,126 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#9,459 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 66.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,755
of 22,385 · #29,497 all time
Rank in Czechia
#94
of 110
Research works
292
▲ 77% vs 2018-21
Citations
864
3.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
73%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Silesian Museum

What is Silesian Museum known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #4,218 of 5,126 3.3%145
Life SciencesDomain #9,459 of 11,023 3.2%165

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Silesian Museum 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 Silesian Museum work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Silesian Museum is in Life Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (46%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (10%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 3.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 70 fractional works · 54.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 59 fractional works · 46.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 40 fractional works · 31.0% of its workInsect Science: 11 fractional works · 8.7% of its workAquatic Science: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 7.9% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 31 fractional works · 24.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 9.9% of its workPaleontology: 11 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 8.3% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 20.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 9.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 9.6% of its workHistory: 7 fractional works · 5.8% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSilesian Museum127fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences55%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences20%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5946.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology107.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.8%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences139.9%
    2. Environmental Science118.3%
    3. Materials Science64.5%
    4. Engineering10.7%
    5. Computer Science10.4%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences139.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities129.6%
    3. Psychology00.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    1. Medicine11.1%
    2. Veterinary00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Silesian Museum specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 66.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 39.5 works66×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 58.5 works9.7×
← 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: 9.67× its world share, 58 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.48× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.30× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.68× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.29× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.64× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.32× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9.67×58 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences6.30×13 works
  3. Arts and Humanities3.32×12 works
  4. Environmental Science1.68×11 works
  5. Veterinary1.64×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.48×10 works
  7. Materials Science1.29×6 works
  8. Social Sciences0.78×12 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.76×1 works
  10. Psychology0.13×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×0 works
  12. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  13. Medicine0.06×1 works
  14. Computer Science0.05×0 works
  15. Engineering0.05×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Silesian Museum?

Ranked on the quality score, Lenka Jarošová, Marcin Przymencki and Ondřej Kolář lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Silesian Museum.

  1. 1 Lenka Jarošová Czechia · #3,745,925 worldwide 7 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Marcin Przymencki Czechia · #4,074,872 worldwide 21 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Ondřej Kolář Czechia · #4,119,564 worldwide 19 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Wojciech Jerzy Górczyk Czechia · #4,486,399 worldwide 7 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Veronika Vejvodová Czechia · #4,593,910 worldwide 1 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Joanna Lusek Czechia · #4,887,240 worldwide 5 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Jacek Betleja Czechia · #5,097,123 worldwide 261 citations · 47 works
  8. 8 Janusz Grzywocz Czechia · #5,558,223 worldwide 16 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Adam Larysz Czechia · #5,888,503 worldwide 17 citations · 47 works
  10. 10 Jiřı́ Řehulka Czechia · #6,037,115 worldwide 1.2k citations · 89 works
All ranked researchers at Silesian Museum

What are the most cited papers from Silesian Museum?

The most cited paper from Silesian Museum is "Forest microclimate dynamics drive plant responses to warming" (Florian Zellweger et al., 2020), with 819 citations. Next come "Red blood cell indices of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum) in aquaculture" (114) and "Fauna Europaea: Diptera – Brachycera" (94).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Forest microclimate dynamics drive plant responses to warming Florian Zellweger et al. · Science Open access 14 May 2020 819
2 Red blood cell indices of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum) in aquaculture Jiřı́ Řehulka, Bohumil Minařík, Eva Řehulková · Aquaculture Research Open access 23 Apr 2004 114
3 Fauna Europaea: Diptera – Brachycera Thomas Pape et al. · Biodiversity Data Journal Open access 20 Feb 2015 94
4 Blood parameters in brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1815), affected by columnaris disease Jiřı́ Řehulka, Bohumil Minařík · Aquaculture Research Aug 2007 76
5 Haematological analyses in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss affected by viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) Jiřı́ Řehulka · Diseases of Aquatic Organisms Open access 2003 74
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Silesian Museum?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Evolution, Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Biogeography, Morphology, DNA Barcoding and Invasive Species.

▲ 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. Biodiversity32▲ 33×15 topics
  2. Evolution32▲ 94×7 topics
  3. Phylogeny31▲ 144×14 topics
  4. Biogeography31▲ 87×15 topics
  5. Taxonomy31▲ 166×10 topics
  6. Morphology22▲ 99×5 topics
  7. DNA Barcoding18▲ 81×7 topics
  8. Invasive Species17▲ 32×16 topics
  9. Ecology14▲ 67×5 topics
  10. Conservation14▲ 25×9 topics
  11. Phylogenetic Analysis12▲ 30×10 topics
  12. Speciation11▲ 197×2 topics
  13. Coleoptera11▲ 325×2 topics
  14. Molecular Phylogeny11▲ 51×8 topics
  15. Genetic Analysis10▲ 157×2 topics
  16. Cavefish10▲ 404×1 topic
  17. Subterranean10▲ 404×1 topic
  18. Climate Change9▲ 2.5×14 topics
  19. Diversification8▲ 140×2 topics
  20. Systematics8▲ 309×2 topics
  21. beetles7▲ 345×1 topic
  22. Diptera7▲ 974×1 topic
  23. molecular data7▲ 974×1 topic
  24. Biological Control6▲ 33×6 topics
  25. Phylogenetics6▲ 99×2 topics
  26. Genetic Diversity6▲ 11×2 topics
  27. Cretaceous6▲ 186×2 topics
  28. Amber Fossils6▲ 432×1 topic
  29. Insect Evolution6▲ 432×1 topic
  30. Fish6▲ 114×1 topic
  31. Length-Weight Relationships6▲ 114×1 topic
  32. Biomimetic Synthesis5▲ 223×1 topic
  33. Peptide-Directed Materials5▲ 223×1 topic
  34. Cryptic Species5▲ 159×2 topics
  35. Population Dynamics4▲ 13×6 topics
  36. Nematodes4▲ 67×2 topics
  37. Neotropical Region4▲ 183×2 topics
  38. Ecosystem Functioning4▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Parasitism4▲ 298×1 topic
  40. Snails4▲ 298×1 topic

Which research topics does Silesian Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution, Diptera species taxonomy and behavior and Fossil Insects in Amber.

Subterranean biodiversit…10Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy: 10 fractional worksColeoptera Taxonomy and …7Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution: 7 fractional worksDiptera species taxonomy…7Diptera species taxonomy and behavior: 7 fractional worksFossil Insects in Amber6Fossil Insects in Amber: 6 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology Studies: 6 fractional worksDiatoms and Algae Research: 5 fractional worksMollusks and Parasites S…4Mollusks and Parasites Studies: 4 fractional worksOrthoptera Research and Taxonomy: 4 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 4 fractional worksColeoptera: Cerambycidae studies: 4 fractional works
PaleontologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAquatic ScienceBiomaterials2 others

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

  1. 1 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy Paleontology 10 works
  2. 2 Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 7 works
  3. 3 Diptera species taxonomy and behavior Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 7 works
  4. 4 Fossil Insects in Amber Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6 works
  5. 5 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 6 works
  6. 6 Diatoms and Algae Research Biomaterials 5 works
  7. 7 Mollusks and Parasites Studies Insect Science 4 works
  8. 8 Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  9. 9 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 4 works
  10. 10 Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 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 available72.7%not open27.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.2%domestic only73.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Silesian Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 77% 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 Silesian Museum as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00023% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Silesian Museum0.00040% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Silesian Museum over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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