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University of Ostrava

In research, University of Ostrava stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,850 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,698 of 10,521 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,728 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computational Theory and Mathematics and Language and Linguistics — Computational Theory and Mathematics is 8.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,875
of 28,054 · #6,523 all time
Rank in Czechia
#16
of 163
Research works
4.9k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
44k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is University of Ostrava 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 #2,850 of 12,888 14.4%465 #4891
Social SciencesDomain #2,698 of 10,521 14.0%413 #4300
MedicineField #2,728 of 10,443 11.7%233 #6036
Health SciencesDomain #3,470 of 11,982 12.6%270 #4392
Social SciencesField #2,565 of 6,365 15.8%234 #3562
Life SciencesDomain #4,705 of 7,800 19.9%117 #8093
Computer ScienceField #2,915 of 4,667 11.2%182 #2631
Environmental ScienceField #2,418 of 3,551 21.4%79 #2821
EducationSubfield #1,289 of 1,892 18.3%77 #1908
EngineeringField #5,341 of 6,636 11.5%72 #4343

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Ostrava 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#4,891 #2,850
  2. Social Sciences#4,300 #2,698
  3. Medicine#6,036 #2,728
  4. Health Sciences#4,392 #3,470
  5. Social Sciences#3,562 #2,565
  6. Life Sciences#8,093 #4,705
  7. Computer Science#2,631 #2,915
  8. Environmental Science#2,821 #2,418
  9. Education#1,908 #1,289
  10. Engineering#4,343 #5,341
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 Ostrava specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computational Theory and Mathematics takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computational Theory and MathematicsSubfield · 48.3 works8.9×
  2. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 36.8 works6.6×
← 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: 0.81× its world share, 49 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 47 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.53× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.85× its world share, 182 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 26 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 72 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.26× its world share, 79 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.85× its world share, 38 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.57× its world share, 38 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.95× its world share, 32 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.96× its world share, 233 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.80× its world share, 102 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.01× its world share, 25 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.95× its world share, 37 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 234 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Ostrava?

Ranked on the composite score, Vítězslav Plášek, Jan Hrádecký and Irina Perfilieva lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Ostrava.

  1. 1 Vítězslav Plášek Czechia · #98,377 worldwide 195 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Jan Hrádecký Czechia · #206,260 worldwide 77 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Irina Perfilieva Czechia · #299,333 worldwide 246 citations · 88 works
  4. 4 Tomáš Pánek Czechia · #333,690 worldwide 178 citations · 43 works
  5. 5 Jan Ševčı́k Czechia · #463,833 worldwide 42 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 František Karlický Czechia · #476,676 worldwide 84 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Petr Kočárek Czechia · #492,426 worldwide 56 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Josef Malach Czechia · #522,734 worldwide 1 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Robert Antonín Czechia · #526,930 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Vilém Novák Czechia · #607,908 worldwide 230 citations · 90 works
All ranked researchers at University of Ostrava

Which keywords describe research at University of Ostrava?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Digital Education, Sociolinguistics, School Climate, Educational Methods, Pedagogical Research, Fuzzy Logic, Rough Sets and Probability Theory.

▲ 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. Machine Learning45◆ 1.09×49 topics
  2. Climate Change45▲ 1.32×52 topics
  3. Epidemiology44◆ 0.87×92 topics
  4. Education37▲ 1.69×48 topics
  5. Digital Education36▲ 22×6 topics
  6. Sociolinguistics33▲ 14×7 topics
  7. School Climate33▲ 57×3 topics
  8. Educational Technology33▲ 2.2×26 topics
  9. Educational Methods31▲ 419×1 topic
  10. Pedagogical Research31▲ 419×1 topic
  11. Cultural Identity28▲ 4.3×14 topics
  12. Fuzzy Logic26▲ 8.2×4 topics
  13. Rough Sets25▲ 63×2 topics
  14. Probability Theory23▲ 99×2 topics
  15. Residuated Lattices23▲ 112×1 topic
  16. t-norms23▲ 112×1 topic
  17. Literature21▲ 3.0×15 topics
  18. Feature Selection20▲ 7.2×6 topics
  19. Language20▲ 6.5×8 topics
  20. Fuzzy Sets19▲ 26×2 topics
  21. Professional Development18▲ 7.2×9 topics
  22. Lexicography17▲ 14×4 topics
  23. Two-Dimensional Materials17▲ 5.7×4 topics
  24. Decision Analysis16▲ 70×1 topic
  25. Granular Computing16▲ 70×1 topic
  26. Translation15▲ 6.9×5 topics
  27. Multilingualism15▲ 7.1×5 topics
  28. Language Contact15▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Ethnography14▲ 6.4×5 topics
  30. Bilingualism14▲ 8.1×3 topics
  31. System Identification14▲ 29×2 topics
  32. Hazard14▲ 15×1 topic
  33. Landslide14▲ 15×1 topic
  34. Pattern Recognition13▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Anglicisms13▲ 40×1 topic
  36. Fuzzy Logic Systems13▲ 65×1 topic
  37. Linguistic Borrowing13▲ 40×1 topic
  38. Type-2 Fuzzy Sets13▲ 65×1 topic
  39. Knowledge Representation13▲ 12×5 topics
  40. Social Change13▲ 8.3×6 topics

Which research topics does University of Ostrava publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education, Psychology, and Social Research, Advanced Algebra and Logic, Rough Sets and Fuzzy Logic and Landslides and related hazards.

Education, Psychology, a…31Education, Psychology, and Social Research: 31 fractional worksAdvanced Algebra and Logic: 23 fractional worksRough Sets and Fuzzy Logic: 16 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 14 fractional worksFuzzy Logic and Control Systems: 13 fractional worksLinguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity: 13 fractional worksLanguage and Culture11Language and Culture: 11 fractional worksMulti-Criteria Decision Making: 10 fractional worksFuzzy and Soft Set Theory: 9 fractional worksTree-ring climate responses: 7 fractional works
EducationComputational Theory and MathematicsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Psychology, and Social Research Education 31 works
  2. 2 Advanced Algebra and Logic Computational Theory and Mathematics 23 works
  3. 3 Rough Sets and Fuzzy Logic Computational Theory and Mathematics 16 works
  4. 4 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 14 works
  5. 5 Fuzzy Logic and Control Systems Artificial Intelligence 13 works
  6. 6 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity Language and Linguistics 13 works
  7. 7 Language and Culture Linguistics and Language 11 works
  8. 8 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 10 works
  9. 9 Fuzzy and Soft Set Theory Management Science and Operations Research 9 works
  10. 10 Tree-ring climate responses Atmospheric Science 7 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 available48.3%not open51.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.3%domestic only79.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Ostrava's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.