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University of Łódź

In research, University of Łódź stands highest in Social Sciences (#661 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#506 of 6,365 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#239 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Linguistics and Language, General Social Sciences and Anthropology — Linguistics and Language is 29.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,634
of 28,054 · #2,050 all time
Rank in Poland
#20
of 318
Research works
37k
▼ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
275k
7.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is University of Łódź 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
Social SciencesDomain #661 of 10,521 12.4%4,001 #983
Social SciencesField #506 of 6,365 12.2%2,308 #934
Arts and HumanitiesField #239 of 1,998 12.8%787 #329
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #156 of 1,201 11.5%677 #390
Physical SciencesDomain #1,737 of 12,888 13.4%1,049 #1867
Health SciencesDomain #1,802 of 11,982 21.3%358 #2996
Life SciencesDomain #1,348 of 7,800 23.3%451 #1845
HistorySubfield #36 of 204 14.2%187 #164
MedicineField #1,961 of 10,443 22.2%275 #2735
LawSubfield #91 of 431 14.6%170 #141

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Łódź 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. Social Sciences#983 #661
  2. Social Sciences#934 #506
  3. Arts and Humanities#329 #239
  4. Political Science and International Relations#390 #156
  5. Physical Sciences#1,867 #1,737
  6. Health Sciences#2,996 #1,802
  7. Life Sciences#1,845 #1,348
  8. History#164 #36
  9. Medicine#2,735 #1,961
  10. Law#141 #91
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 University of Łódź specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Linguistics and Language takes 29.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 201.3 works30×
  2. General Social SciencesSubfield · 95.7 works15×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 169.7 works10×
  4. HistorySubfield · 187.0 works9.9×
  5. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 676.7 works7.8×
  6. ClassicsSubfield · 26.1 works7.5×
  7. PhilosophySubfield · 159.8 works6.4×
  8. Urban StudiesSubfield · 87.4 works5.4×
← 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: 0.71× its world share, 196 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 174 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 32 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 35 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.77× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.22× its world share, 113 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 154 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 56 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.54× its world share, 29 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 174 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.99× its world share, 288 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 78 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.04× its world share, 72 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 70 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.44× its world share, 67 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 275 worksMedicineNursing: 0.33× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.65× its world share, 787 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.85× its world share, 349 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 38 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.68× its world share, 336 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 183 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.11× its world share, 2,308 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Łódź?

Ranked on the composite score, Janusz Błasiak, D. Sobczyńska and Sławomir J. Grabowski lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Łódź.

  1. 1 Janusz Błasiak Poland · #22,784 worldwide 434 citations · 55 works
  2. 2 D. Sobczyńska Poland · #56,185 worldwide 442 citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Sławomir J. Grabowski Poland · #82,255 worldwide 434 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 M. Giller Poland · #104,724 worldwide 451 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Zbigniew Szadkowski Poland · #120,770 worldwide 535 citations · 73 works
  6. 6 A. Niedźwiecki Poland · #156,800 worldwide 324 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Marta Dynel Poland · #174,610 worldwide 164 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Krzysztof Fortuniak Poland · #188,368 worldwide 253 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 A. Śmiałkowski Poland · #199,995 worldwide 502 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Krzysztof T. Konecki Poland · #212,140 worldwide 72 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at University of Łódź

Which keywords describe research at University of Łódź?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Globalization, Cultural Studies, Ethnography, Nationalism, Literature, European Union and Eastern Europe.

▲ 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. Globalization467▲ 4.1×124 topics
  2. Education457▲ 4.5×85 topics
  3. Cultural Studies314▲ 14×31 topics
  4. Ethnography309▲ 30×11 topics
  5. Nationalism309▲ 11×29 topics
  6. Literature284▲ 8.9×52 topics
  7. Human Rights270▲ 4.5×68 topics
  8. European Union268▲ 20×24 topics
  9. Identity262▲ 6.2×61 topics
  10. Eastern Europe261▲ 80×3 topics
  11. Soviet Union259▲ 77×3 topics
  12. Migration249▲ 13×26 topics
  13. Culture247▲ 8.0×29 topics
  14. Cultural Discourse241▲ 107×2 topics
  15. Polish history240▲ 150×1 topic
  16. Polish minority240▲ 150×1 topic
  17. Sociolinguistics239▲ 22×9 topics
  18. Cultural Identity238▲ 7.8×26 topics
  19. Innovation225▲ 3.7×56 topics
  20. Language222▲ 16×11 topics
  21. Lexicography216▲ 40×5 topics
  22. Multilingualism214▲ 22×6 topics
  23. Translation196▲ 19×6 topics
  24. Cultural Heritage196▲ 6.1×28 topics
  25. Economic Development193▲ 4.0×41 topics
  26. Pedagogy191▲ 6.7×22 topics
  27. Ethnolinguistics190▲ 99×2 topics
  28. Media Discourse187▲ 50×2 topics
  29. History184▲ 4.5×47 topics
  30. Urban Development182▲ 8.5×17 topics
  31. Ethics168▲ 5.9×41 topics
  32. Public Administration155▲ 31×5 topics
  33. National Identity155▲ 23×9 topics
  34. Development153▲ 7.5×14 topics
  35. European Union Law153▲ 151×2 topics
  36. Memory Studies153▲ 41×5 topics
  37. Social Change151▲ 21×9 topics
  38. Historiography148▲ 20×8 topics
  39. Memory144▲ 10×18 topics
  40. Anthropology141▲ 25×6 topics

Which research topics does University of Łódź publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Polish Historical and Cultural Studies, Language and Culture, Central European Literary Studies and Education and Cultural Studies.

Polish Historical and Cultural Studies: 240 fractional worksLanguage and Culture: 185 fractional worksCentral European Literar…139Central European Literary Studies: 139 fractional worksEducation and Cultural S…122Education and Cultural Studies: 122 fractional worksPolish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies: 112 fractional worksPolish Law and Legal System: 111 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural …101Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland: 101 fractional worksPolish Legal and Social Issues: 93 fractional worksSocial Issues in Poland: 80 fractional worksDiverse Academic Research Studies: 45 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsLinguistics and LanguageAnthropologyEducation5 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 240 works
  2. 2 Language and Culture Linguistics and Language 185 works
  3. 3 Central European Literary Studies Anthropology 139 works
  4. 4 Education and Cultural Studies Education 122 works
  5. 5 Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies Philosophy 112 works
  6. 6 Polish Law and Legal System Political Science and International Relations 111 works
  7. 7 Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland History 101 works
  8. 8 Polish Legal and Social Issues Law 93 works
  9. 9 Social Issues in Poland General Social Sciences 80 works
  10. 10 Diverse Academic Research Studies Cultural Studies 45 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 available53.3%not open46.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.7%domestic only91.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Łódź's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% lower 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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