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University of Silesia in Katowice

In research, University of Silesia in Katowice stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,543 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,417 of 10,521 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#329 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 29.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,894
of 28,054 · #2,240 all time
Rank in Poland
#26
of 318
Research works
18k
▲ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
171k
9.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is University of Silesia in Katowice 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 #1,543 of 12,888 11.4%1,280 #1775
Social SciencesDomain #1,417 of 10,521 10.5%2,032 #1975
Arts and HumanitiesField #329 of 1,998 11.2%483 #688
Health SciencesDomain #2,277 of 11,982 13.7%421 #4601
Social SciencesField #1,455 of 6,365 9.3%1,257 #1810
MedicineField #3,127 of 10,443 13.3%335 #5103
Life SciencesDomain #2,350 of 7,800 16.4%547 #3600
Plant ScienceSubfield #428 of 1,395 26.3%133 #563
Environmental ScienceField #1,197 of 3,551 14.4%260 #1557
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,330 of 3,409 16.8%344 #1472

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Silesia in Katowice 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#1,775 #1,543
  2. Social Sciences#1,975 #1,417
  3. Arts and Humanities#688 #329
  4. Health Sciences#4,601 #2,277
  5. Social Sciences#1,810 #1,455
  6. Medicine#5,103 #3,127
  7. Life Sciences#3,600 #2,350
  8. Plant Science#563 #428
  9. Environmental Science#1,557 #1,197
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,472 #1,330
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 Silesia in Katowice specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Linguistics and Language takes 29.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 145.1 works30×
  2. General Social SciencesSubfield · 50.9 works11×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 119.7 works9.9×
  4. Religious studiesSubfield · 45.4 works6.3×
  5. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 126.4 works6.3×
  6. HistorySubfield · 82.1 works6.0×
  7. PhilosophySubfield · 108.5 works5.9×
← 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: 1.69× its world share, 344 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 136 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.31× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 39 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.00× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.02× its world share, 15 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.34× its world share, 90 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 177 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.58× its world share, 173 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.44× its world share, 17 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 220 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.22× its world share, 260 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.34× its world share, 200 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.04× its world share, 52 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.79× its world share, 75 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.63× its world share, 13 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 65 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 335 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.91× its world share, 483 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 55 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 48 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.34× its world share, 174 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.32× its world share, 1,257 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Silesia in Katowice?

Ranked on the composite score, Beata Walczak, Quoc Bao Pham and T. Riemann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Silesia in Katowice.

  1. 1 Beata Walczak Poland · #12,139 worldwide 694 citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Quoc Bao Pham Poland · #133,760 worldwide 345 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 T. Riemann Poland · #151,114 worldwide 303 citations · 61 works
  4. 4 K. Schmidt Poland · #196,572 worldwide 282 citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Barbara Tokarska‐Guzik Poland · #201,629 worldwide 92 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Monika J. Fabiańska Poland · #273,852 worldwide 101 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 J. Gluza Poland · #288,595 worldwide 175 citations · 44 works
  8. 8 J. Kisiel Poland · #312,600 worldwide 275 citations · 53 works
  9. 9 B. Machura Poland · #316,144 worldwide 130 citations · 53 works
  10. 10 Grzegorz Racki Poland · #361,868 worldwide 214 citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at University of Silesia in Katowice

Which keywords describe research at University of Silesia in Katowice?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Ethnography, Cultural Studies, Literature, Sociolinguistics, Language, Cultural Identity and Migration.

▲ 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. Education314▲ 4.3×74 topics
  2. Globalization247▲ 2.9×107 topics
  3. Ethnography208▲ 28×10 topics
  4. Cultural Studies202▲ 12×24 topics
  5. Climate Change195▲ 1.69×94 topics
  6. Literature184▲ 8.0×39 topics
  7. Sociolinguistics180▲ 22×8 topics
  8. Language176▲ 17×12 topics
  9. Cultural Identity172▲ 7.8×24 topics
  10. Migration170▲ 12×24 topics
  11. Culture163▲ 7.2×25 topics
  12. Lexicography156▲ 40×4 topics
  13. Multilingualism156▲ 22×6 topics
  14. Human Rights154▲ 3.5×60 topics
  15. Translation148▲ 20×6 topics
  16. Identity140▲ 4.5×52 topics
  17. Ethics139▲ 6.7×37 topics
  18. Media Discourse138▲ 50×2 topics
  19. Nationalism138▲ 7.0×27 topics
  20. Cultural Heritage135▲ 5.8×24 topics
  21. Ethnolinguistics134▲ 96×1 topic
  22. Pedagogy128▲ 6.1×20 topics
  23. Development122▲ 8.2×12 topics
  24. European Union119▲ 12×19 topics
  25. Social Change114▲ 22×7 topics
  26. Eastern Europe111▲ 47×3 topics
  27. Soviet Union109▲ 44×3 topics
  28. National Identity108▲ 22×8 topics
  29. Historiography106▲ 20×7 topics
  30. Memory Studies104▲ 38×3 topics
  31. Anthropology104▲ 25×4 topics
  32. Cultural Discourse99▲ 61×2 topics
  33. Polish history99▲ 85×1 topic
  34. Polish minority99▲ 85×1 topic
  35. Social Sciences98▲ 16×11 topics
  36. Lifelong Learning97▲ 11×7 topics
  37. Biogeography96▲ 8.6×20 topics
  38. Youth Development93▲ 23×7 topics
  39. Phylogeny90▲ 14×16 topics
  40. Digital Innovations90▲ 133×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Silesia in Katowice publish most on?

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

Language and Culture134Language and Culture: 134 fractional worksCentral European Literary Studies: 102 fractional worksPolish Historical and Cu…99Polish Historical and Cultural Studies: 99 fractional worksEducation and Cultural S…90Education and Cultural Studies: 90 fractional worksPolish-Jewish Holocaust …64Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies: 64 fractional worksPolish Law and Legal Sys…48Polish Law and Legal System: 48 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural …41Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland: 41 fractional worksSocial Issues in Poland: 38 fractional worksTheology and Canon Law Studies: 38 fractional worksPolish Legal and Social Issues: 32 fractional works
Linguistics and LanguageAnthropologyPolitical Science and International RelationsEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Language and Culture Linguistics and Language 134 works
  2. 2 Central European Literary Studies Anthropology 102 works
  3. 3 Polish Historical and Cultural Studies Political Science and International Relations 99 works
  4. 4 Education and Cultural Studies Education 90 works
  5. 5 Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies Philosophy 64 works
  6. 6 Polish Law and Legal System Political Science and International Relations 48 works
  7. 7 Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland History 41 works
  8. 8 Social Issues in Poland General Social Sciences 38 works
  9. 9 Theology and Canon Law Studies Religious studies 38 works
  10. 10 Polish Legal and Social Issues Law 32 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 available56.1%not open43.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.4%domestic only84.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Silesia in Katowice's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% 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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