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University of West Bohemia in Pilsen

In research, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,697 of 12,888 worldwide), Computer Science (#1,206 of 4,667 worldwide) and Engineering (#1,806 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computational Mechanics, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Automotive Engineering — Computational Mechanics is 5.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,431
of 28,054 · #3,878 all time
Rank in Czechia
#19
of 163
Research works
8.4k
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
72k
8.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is University of West Bohemia in Pilsen 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 #2,697 of 12,888 8.5%1,177 #2518
Computer ScienceField #1,206 of 4,667 9.4%212 #883
EngineeringField #1,806 of 6,636 7.6%677 #1725
Social SciencesDomain #4,266 of 10,521 17.1%353 #3989
Social SciencesField #3,076 of 6,365 18.8%182 #2624
Materials ScienceField #1,716 of 2,468 10.4%119 #1146
MedicineField #7,277 of 10,443 16.2%66 #8922
Health SciencesDomain #8,384 of 11,982 15.5%85 #10301
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,725 of 2,318 6.2%157 #1867
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #1,466 of 1,884 11.2%80 #1227

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of West Bohemia in Pilsen 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#2,518 #2,697
  2. Computer Science#883 #1,206
  3. Engineering#1,725 #1,806
  4. Social Sciences#3,989 #4,266
  5. Social Sciences#2,624 #3,076
  6. Materials Science#1,146 #1,716
  7. Medicine#8,922 #7,277
  8. Health Sciences#10,301 #8,384
  9. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,867 #1,725
  10. Artificial Intelligence#1,227 #1,466
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 West Bohemia in Pilsen specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computational Mechanics takes 5.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 49.4 works5.2×
  2. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 41.6 works4.9×
  3. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 42.1 works4.8×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.06× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.43× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.65× its world share, 212 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 33 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.08× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.72× its world share, 677 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 34 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.06× its world share, 119 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.39× its world share, 27 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.12× its world share, 41 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 66 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.35× its world share, 65 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 34 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 18 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.69× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 182 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of West Bohemia in Pilsen?

Ranked on the composite score, J. Musil, J. Vlček and J. Minář lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of West Bohemia in Pilsen.

  1. 1 J. Musil Czechia · #40,204 worldwide 781 citations · 85 works
  2. 2 J. Vlček Czechia · #46,615 worldwide 426 citations · 54 works
  3. 3 J. Minář Czechia · #112,401 worldwide 667 citations · 104 works
  4. 4 Miroslav Ŝimandl Czechia · #235,439 worldwide 95 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Georg May Czechia · #319,630 worldwide 8 citations · 57 works
  6. 6 R. Čerstvý Czechia · #326,609 worldwide 135 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Jiří Houška Czechia · #438,903 worldwide 96 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Ondřej Straka Czechia · #477,605 worldwide 137 citations · 53 works
  9. 9 Jan Kilián Czechia · #497,017 worldwide 1 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 M. Bureš Czechia · #525,313 worldwide 67 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at University of West Bohemia in Pilsen

Which keywords describe research at University of West Bohemia in Pilsen?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Heat Transfer, Power Electronics, Microstructure, Additive Manufacturing, Thermal Analysis, Neural Networks and Nanocomposites.

▲ 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. Deep Learning68▲ 1.20×57 topics
  2. Mechanical Properties62▲ 3.8×31 topics
  3. Machine Learning56◆ 1.03×56 topics
  4. Sustainability55▲ 1.36×42 topics
  5. Neural Networks52▲ 2.0×28 topics
  6. Heat Transfer44▲ 5.4×18 topics
  7. Nanocomposites41▲ 3.0×19 topics
  8. Microstructure39▲ 4.6×16 topics
  9. Energy Efficiency39▲ 2.5×31 topics
  10. Power Electronics36▲ 6.6×8 topics
  11. Additive Manufacturing32▲ 6.1×8 topics
  12. Applications29▲ 6.3×7 topics
  13. Renewable Energy Integration27▲ 4.8×5 topics
  14. Thermal Analysis26▲ 12×8 topics
  15. Optimization26▲ 3.4×19 topics
  16. Artificial Neural Networks26▲ 3.3×8 topics
  17. Polymer Composites26▲ 5.8×6 topics
  18. Simulation25▲ 5.9×13 topics
  19. 3D Printing24▲ 6.2×4 topics
  20. Nanostructures24▲ 3.6×15 topics
  21. Fluid-Structure Interaction22▲ 8.9×6 topics
  22. Composite Materials21▲ 6.3×10 topics
  23. Materials20▲ 5.2×6 topics
  24. Ceramics20▲ 7.9×4 topics
  25. Vibration Analysis20▲ 4.5×8 topics
  26. Digital Education19▲ 9.0×3 topics
  27. Flexible Electronics19▲ 6.8×3 topics
  28. Learning Environments19▲ 40×3 topics
  29. Educational Methods19▲ 194×1 topic
  30. Pedagogical Research19▲ 194×1 topic
  31. Challenges18▲ 9.4×1 topic
  32. Fused Deposition Modeling18▲ 9.9×1 topic
  33. Health Monitoring18▲ 5.3×4 topics
  34. Actuators17▲ 6.5×5 topics
  35. Parameter Estimation16▲ 7.6×5 topics
  36. Thermal Properties15▲ 7.3×6 topics
  37. Nanogenerators15▲ 6.8×1 topic
  38. Wearable15▲ 6.8×1 topic
  39. State Estimation14▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Sensor Fusion14▲ 8.0×3 topics

Which research topics does University of West Bohemia in Pilsen publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education, Psychology, and Social Research, Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials and Manufacturing Process and Optimization.

Education, Psychology, a…19Education, Psychology, and Social Research: 19 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing a…18Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 18 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Ener…15Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 15 fractional worksManufacturing Process an…13Manufacturing Process and Optimization: 13 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 12 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 11 fractional worksElectric Motor Design an…11Electric Motor Design and Analysis: 11 fractional worksSpeech Recognition and Synthesis: 10 fractional worksTopic Modeling: 10 fractional worksMultilevel Inverters and…10Multilevel Inverters and Converters: 10 fractional works
EducationAutomotive EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Psychology, and Social Research Education 19 works
  2. 2 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 18 works
  3. 3 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 15 works
  4. 4 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 13 works
  5. 5 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 12 works
  6. 6 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 11 works
  7. 7 Electric Motor Design and Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 11 works
  8. 8 Speech Recognition and Synthesis Artificial Intelligence 10 works
  9. 9 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 10 works
  10. 10 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10 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 available41.8%not open58.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.4%domestic only83.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of West Bohemia in Pilsen's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% lower 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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