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University of Split

In research, University of Split stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,176 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,081 of 10,521 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,148 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Water Science and Technology — Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 5.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,152
of 28,054 · #3,077 all time
Rank in Croatia
#2
of 80
Research works
13k
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
139k
10.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is University of Split 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,176 of 11,982 16.5%810 #1883
Social SciencesDomain #1,081 of 10,521 14.2%963 #1723
MedicineField #1,148 of 10,443 16.4%693 #1997
Social SciencesField #1,044 of 6,365 14.9%396 #1648
Physical SciencesDomain #2,978 of 12,888 12.8%1,049 #3088
Arts and HumanitiesField #500 of 1,998 12.6%152 #1181
Life SciencesDomain #2,068 of 7,800 15.6%268 #3293
EngineeringField #2,120 of 6,636 11.2%447 #2243
Computer ScienceField #1,619 of 4,667 18.6%166 #1781
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,049 of 2,578 15.0%138 #1444

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Split 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. Health Sciences#1,883 #1,176
  2. Social Sciences#1,723 #1,081
  3. Medicine#1,997 #1,148
  4. Social Sciences#1,648 #1,044
  5. Physical Sciences#3,088 #2,978
  6. Arts and Humanities#1,181 #500
  7. Life Sciences#3,293 #2,068
  8. Engineering#2,243 #2,120
  9. Computer Science#1,781 #1,619
  10. Sociology and Political Science#1,444 #1,049
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 Split specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 45.9 works5.8×
  2. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 55.4 works3.5×
← 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: 0.48× its world share, 70 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 123 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 42 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.84× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.94× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.60× its world share, 29 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.69× its world share, 166 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 49 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.17× its world share, 33 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.97× its world share, 447 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.28× its world share, 197 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.42× its world share, 45 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.16× its world share, 42 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.44× its world share, 30 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.20× its world share, 33 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 70 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.17× its world share, 693 worksMedicineNursing: 0.76× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.70× its world share, 152 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.11× its world share, 111 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.68× its world share, 50 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.17× its world share, 144 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.16× its world share, 110 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 396 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Split?

Ranked on the composite score, Ozren Polašek, Ivana Kolčić and C. Kottachchi Kankanamge Don lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Split.

  1. 1 Ozren Polašek · #2,584 worldwide 1.6k citations · 109 works
  2. 2 Ivana Kolčić · #6,413 worldwide 1.2k citations · 65 works
  3. 3 C. Kottachchi Kankanamge Don · #11,133 worldwide 1.5k citations · 81 works
  4. 4 J. Pela · #12,724 worldwide 1.4k citations · 75 works
  5. 5 S. Chatrchyan · #13,433 worldwide 1.3k citations · 84 works
  6. 6 P. M. Ribeiro Cipriano · #15,605 worldwide 2.4k citations · 169 works
  7. 7 I. A. Cali · #15,784 worldwide 1.1k citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Ana Marušić · #16,802 worldwide 631 citations · 117 works
  9. 9 D. Gyun · #16,969 worldwide 1.1k citations · 60 works
  10. 10 D. A. Belknap · #17,375 worldwide 1.6k citations · 95 works
All ranked researchers at University of Split

Which keywords describe research at University of Split?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Spirituality, Media, Religion, Social Change, Communication Technology, Youth Subcultures, Ethics and Economic Growth.

▲ 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. Epidemiology125◆ 1.03×114 topics
  2. Climate Change98▲ 1.18×75 topics
  3. Inflammation81▲ 1.26×74 topics
  4. Sustainable Development78▲ 1.59×51 topics
  5. Economic Growth70▲ 2.6×23 topics
  6. Religion61▲ 4.2×13 topics
  7. Risk Factors60▲ 1.78×34 topics
  8. Ethics59▲ 4.0×23 topics
  9. Resilience53▲ 3.6×12 topics
  10. Organizational Culture53▲ 4.3×8 topics
  11. Financial Performance52▲ 2.9×11 topics
  12. Spirituality50▲ 17×5 topics
  13. Media46▲ 9.8×5 topics
  14. Cultural Integration45▲ 6.4×2 topics
  15. Social Change45▲ 12×3 topics
  16. Communication Technology44▲ 116×1 topic
  17. Youth Subcultures44▲ 116×1 topic
  18. Regional Development44▲ 4.0×8 topics
  19. Climate Change Impact42▲ 6.1×5 topics
  20. International Relations41▲ 5.5×10 topics
  21. Innovation Management39▲ 7.7×3 topics
  22. Small and Medium Enterprises39▲ 7.2×4 topics
  23. International Trade38▲ 8.6×3 topics
  24. Maritime Transportation38▲ 23×2 topics
  25. Agricultural Sustainability38▲ 11×2 topics
  26. Leadership Emergence38▲ 83×1 topic
  27. Rural Tourism38▲ 37×1 topic
  28. Sovereign Debt Crises37▲ 28×2 topics
  29. Water Quality Monitoring36▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Foreign Policy36▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Nation-Building36▲ 21×3 topics
  32. Negotiation36▲ 36×2 topics
  33. Commercial Diplomacy35▲ 93×1 topic
  34. Economic Diplomacy35▲ 93×1 topic
  35. Hydrological Analysis34▲ 33×2 topics
  36. Environmental Policy34▲ 5.4×5 topics
  37. Socio-economic Factors32▲ 9.4×2 topics
  38. Integrated Management32▲ 109×1 topic
  39. Water Resources Management32▲ 78×1 topic
  40. High-Intensity Interval Training30▲ 9.2×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Split publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies, Regional Development and Management Studies, Balkan and Eastern European Studies and Environmental Science and Water Management.

Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies: 44 fractional worksRegional Development and Management Studies: 38 fractional worksBalkan and Eastern Europ…35Balkan and Eastern European Studies: 35 fractional worksEnvironmental Science an…32Environmental Science and Water Management: 32 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 25 fractional worksMaritime Navigation and Safety: 21 fractional worksMaritime Transport Emiss…17Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency: 17 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 17 fractional worksLinguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity: 15 fractional worksEuropean Criminal Justice and Data Protection: 12 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEconomics and EconometricsWater Science and TechnologyOrthopedics and Sports Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies Sociology and Political Science 44 works
  2. 2 Regional Development and Management Studies Economics and Econometrics 38 works
  3. 3 Balkan and Eastern European Studies Economics and Econometrics 35 works
  4. 4 Environmental Science and Water Management Water Science and Technology 32 works
  5. 5 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 25 works
  6. 6 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 21 works
  7. 7 Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency Environmental Engineering 17 works
  8. 8 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 17 works
  9. 9 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity Language and Linguistics 15 works
  10. 10 European Criminal Justice and Data Protection Political Science and International Relations 12 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 available61.1%not open38.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.3%domestic only84.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Split's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Other research institutions in Split

All research institutions in Split

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.