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University of Warsaw

In research, University of Warsaw stands highest in Social Sciences (#191 of 10,521 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#42 of 1,998 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#160 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Linguistics and Language, Anthropology and General Social Sciences — Linguistics and Language is 29.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#496
of 28,054 · #568 all time
Rank in Poland
#2
of 318
Research works
57k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
614k
10.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is University of Warsaw 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 #191 of 10,521 13.8%6,526 #405
Arts and HumanitiesField #42 of 1,998 14.2%1,416 #200
Social SciencesField #160 of 6,365 12.7%3,920 #412
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #37 of 1,201 13.4%1,187 #185
Physical SciencesDomain #469 of 12,888 15.1%2,805 #422
HistorySubfield #8 of 204 12.0%283 #101
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #166 of 2,578 16.9%757 #368
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #178 of 1,775 21.9%393 #357
Physics and AstronomyField #182 of 1,646 22.9%588 #229
Language and LinguisticsSubfield #34 of 303 11.4%240 #145

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Warsaw 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#405 #191
  2. Arts and Humanities#200 #42
  3. Social Sciences#412 #160
  4. Political Science and International Relations#185 #37
  5. Physical Sciences#422 #469
  6. History#101 #8
  7. Sociology and Political Science#368 #166
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#357 #178
  9. Physics and Astronomy#229 #182
  10. Language and Linguistics#145 #34
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 Warsaw specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Linguistics and Language takes 29.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 354.2 works29×
  2. AnthropologySubfield · 323.6 works11×
  3. General Social SciencesSubfield · 109.0 works9.4×
  4. HistorySubfield · 282.7 works8.3×
  5. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 1,187.0 works7.6×
  6. PhilosophySubfield · 303.7 works6.7×
  7. ArcheologySubfield · 184.8 works5.8×
← 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: 0.42× its world share, 210 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 384 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 31 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.68× its world share, 117 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.87× its world share, 32 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.47× its world share, 243 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 483 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 181 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.64× its world share, 62 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 393 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 334 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.74× its world share, 272 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.73× its world share, 215 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.50× its world share, 588 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 90 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 354 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 19 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.64× its world share, 1,416 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.92× its world share, 313 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 80 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.74× its world share, 393 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.25× its world share, 404 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.93× its world share, 3,920 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Warsaw?

Ranked on the composite score, K. M. Górski, D. Kiełczewska and P. Ronchese lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Warsaw.

  1. 1 K. M. Górski · #2,405 worldwide 3.5k citations · 96 works
  2. 2 D. Kiełczewska · #10,583 worldwide 952 citations · 54 works
  3. 3 P. Ronchese · #11,271 worldwide 1.2k citations · 57 works
  4. 4 J. Ciborowski · #12,285 worldwide 971 citations · 51 works
  5. 5 L. Sulak · #16,923 worldwide 1.4k citations · 44 works
  6. 6 C. McGrew · #17,025 worldwide 1.1k citations · 57 works
  7. 7 R. Ciesielski · #17,371 worldwide 2.4k citations · 179 works
  8. 8 E. Rondio · #17,707 worldwide 909 citations · 65 works
  9. 9 W. Dominik · #22,929 worldwide 1.9k citations · 164 works
  10. 10 A. Thea · #24,330 worldwide 1k citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at University of Warsaw

Which keywords describe research at University of Warsaw?

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

▲ 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. Globalization757▲ 3.6×151 topics
  2. Education678▲ 3.7×98 topics
  3. Human Rights532▲ 4.9×77 topics
  4. Nationalism518▲ 11×33 topics
  5. Ethnography508▲ 28×12 topics
  6. Literature479▲ 8.4×56 topics
  7. Cultural Studies440▲ 11×36 topics
  8. Identity436▲ 5.7×67 topics
  9. Cultural Identity433▲ 7.9×33 topics
  10. Culture426▲ 7.6×32 topics
  11. Sociolinguistics424▲ 21×9 topics
  12. Migration412▲ 12×30 topics
  13. Eastern Europe403▲ 69×3 topics
  14. Soviet Union400▲ 66×3 topics
  15. European Union395▲ 16×24 topics
  16. Language393▲ 15×12 topics
  17. Translation385▲ 21×7 topics
  18. Multilingualism378▲ 21×6 topics
  19. Lexicography374▲ 38×5 topics
  20. Cultural Discourse354▲ 88×3 topics
  21. Polish history353▲ 123×1 topic
  22. Polish minority353▲ 123×1 topic
  23. Media Discourse326▲ 48×2 topics
  24. Ethnolinguistics326▲ 94×2 topics
  25. Cultural Heritage321▲ 5.5×31 topics
  26. History308▲ 4.2×51 topics
  27. Ethics283▲ 5.5×53 topics
  28. Religion276▲ 5.5×41 topics
  29. National Identity272▲ 23×8 topics
  30. Development267▲ 7.3×18 topics
  31. Social Change262▲ 20×15 topics
  32. Urban Development261▲ 6.8×18 topics
  33. Pedagogy251▲ 4.9×24 topics
  34. Historiography251▲ 19×11 topics
  35. Memory Studies248▲ 37×5 topics
  36. Anthropology238▲ 23×8 topics
  37. Memory215▲ 8.3×19 topics
  38. Public Administration214▲ 24×5 topics
  39. European Union Law208▲ 114×2 topics
  40. Narrative202▲ 12×14 topics

Which research topics does University of Warsaw publish most on?

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

Polish Historical and Cultural Studies: 353 fractional worksLanguage and Culture324Language and Culture: 324 fractional worksCentral European Literary Studies: 230 fractional worksPolish Law and Legal System: 162 fractional worksPolish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies: 159 fractional worksEducation and Cultural S…148Education and Cultural Studies: 148 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural Studies of Poland: 132 fractional worksPolish Legal and Social Issues: 113 fractional worksSocial Issues in Poland: 81 fractional worksEastern European Communism and Reforms: 74 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsLinguistics and LanguageAnthropologyPhilosophy5 others

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

  1. 1 Polish Historical and Cultural StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations 353 works
  2. 2 Language and CultureLinguistics and Language 324 works
  3. 3 Central European Literary StudiesAnthropology 230 works
  4. 4 Polish Law and Legal SystemPolitical Science and International Relations 162 works
  5. 5 Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory StudiesPhilosophy 159 works
  6. 6 Education and Cultural StudiesEducation 148 works
  7. 7 Historical and Cultural Studies of PolandHistory 132 works
  8. 8 Polish Legal and Social IssuesLaw 113 works
  9. 9 Social Issues in PolandGeneral Social Sciences 81 works
  10. 10 Eastern European Communism and ReformsSociology and Political Science 74 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 available52.3%not open47.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.8%domestic only83.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Warsaw's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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