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University of Wrocław

In research, University of Wrocław stands highest in Social Sciences (#961 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#713 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,796 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Linguistics and Language, General Social Sciences and Anthropology — Linguistics and Language is 28.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,756
of 28,054 · #1,500 all time
Rank in Poland
#22
of 318
Research works
30k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
297k
9.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is University of Wrocław 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 #961 of 10,521 9.6%2,572 #1393
Social SciencesField #713 of 6,365 8.9%1,620 #1225
Physical SciencesDomain #1,796 of 12,888 14.6%1,026 #1138
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #226 of 1,201 8.8%526 #387
Life SciencesDomain #1,832 of 7,800 17.0%392 #2777
Arts and HumanitiesField #488 of 1,998 9.7%589 #582
Health SciencesDomain #2,946 of 11,982 17.3%252 #3618
MedicineField #3,282 of 10,443 16.4%192 #3503
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,040 of 2,578 10.1%264 #1320
AnthropologySubfield #69 of 153 11.9%135 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Wrocław 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#1,393 #961
  2. Social Sciences#1,225 #713
  3. Physical Sciences#1,138 #1,796
  4. Political Science and International Relations#387 #226
  5. Life Sciences#2,777 #1,832
  6. Arts and Humanities#582 #488
  7. Health Sciences#3,618 #2,946
  8. Medicine#3,503 #3,282
  9. Sociology and Political Science#1,320 #1,040
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 Wrocław specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Linguistics and Language takes 28.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 137.5 works28×
  2. General Social SciencesSubfield · 53.4 works11×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 134.5 works11×
  4. HistorySubfield · 135.8 works10.0×
  5. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 525.8 works8.3×
  6. PhilosophySubfield · 124.0 works6.8×
  7. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 106.8 works5.7×
← 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: 0.77× its world share, 154 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 177 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.52× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 33 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.54× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.25× its world share, 150 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 120 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 108 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.41× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 113 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.69× its world share, 146 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.79× its world share, 117 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.71× its world share, 85 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.73× its world share, 163 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.52× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 33 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 192 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.81× its world share, 589 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 81 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.27× its world share, 116 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.16× its world share, 150 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.02× its world share, 1,620 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Wrocław?

Ranked on the composite score, Ludwik Tomiałojć, Lechosław Latos‐Grażyński and Maciej Karwowski lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Wrocław.

  1. 1 Ludwik Tomiałojć Poland · #110,204 worldwide 98 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Lechosław Latos‐Grażyński Poland · #138,380 worldwide 327 citations · 59 works
  3. 3 Maciej Karwowski Poland · #160,092 worldwide 297 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Marcin Stępień Poland · #161,828 worldwide 323 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Tobias Fischer Poland · #168,927 worldwide 203 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Piotr Żuk Poland · #192,322 worldwide 76 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Anna Kuźnik Poland · #196,951 worldwide 39 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Józef J. Ziółkowski Poland · #230,323 worldwide 128 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 J. Legendziewicz Poland · #231,851 worldwide 389 citations · 73 works
  10. 10 A. Koll Poland · #239,299 worldwide 114 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at University of Wrocław

Which keywords describe research at University of Wrocław?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Nationalism, Ethnography, Cultural Studies, European Union, Literature, Globalization 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. Education324▲ 4.5×68 topics
  2. Globalization295▲ 3.5×105 topics
  3. Human Rights234▲ 5.3×59 topics
  4. Nationalism224▲ 11×26 topics
  5. Ethnography221▲ 30×13 topics
  6. Identity206▲ 6.7×54 topics
  7. Cultural Studies206▲ 13×29 topics
  8. European Union203▲ 21×22 topics
  9. Literature203▲ 8.8×44 topics
  10. Cultural Identity179▲ 8.2×26 topics
  11. Migration176▲ 12×23 topics
  12. Sociolinguistics175▲ 22×8 topics
  13. Eastern Europe174▲ 74×3 topics
  14. Soviet Union171▲ 70×3 topics
  15. Culture163▲ 7.3×27 topics
  16. Language159▲ 15×11 topics
  17. Cultural Discourse156▲ 96×3 topics
  18. Polish history155▲ 134×1 topic
  19. Polish minority155▲ 134×1 topic
  20. Multilingualism154▲ 22×6 topics
  21. Lexicography147▲ 38×4 topics
  22. Translation147▲ 20×7 topics
  23. Cultural Heritage140▲ 6.0×20 topics
  24. History134▲ 4.5×45 topics
  25. Media Discourse132▲ 49×2 topics
  26. Ethnolinguistics130▲ 94×1 topic
  27. Public Administration129▲ 35×4 topics
  28. European Union Law125▲ 170×2 topics
  29. Urban Development122▲ 7.9×11 topics
  30. Ethics119▲ 5.8×44 topics
  31. Pedagogy116▲ 5.6×23 topics
  32. Development114▲ 7.8×14 topics
  33. National Identity112▲ 23×8 topics
  34. Memory Studies108▲ 39×5 topics
  35. Historiography105▲ 20×8 topics
  36. Social Change105▲ 20×11 topics
  37. Memory104▲ 10×18 topics
  38. Data Privacy102▲ 21×3 topics
  39. Narrative102▲ 15×13 topics
  40. Anthropology101▲ 24×6 topics

Which research topics does University of Wrocław 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: 155 fractional worksLanguage and Culture: 130 fractional worksCentral European Literar…99Central European Literary Studies: 99 fractional worksPolish Law and Legal Sys…90Polish Law and Legal System: 90 fractional worksPolish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies: 78 fractional worksEducation and Cultural Studies: 77 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural …65Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland: 65 fractional worksPolish Legal and Social Issues: 64 fractional worksSocial Issues in Poland: 41 fractional worksIntellectual Property Rights and Media: 36 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsLinguistics and LanguageAnthropologyPhilosophy4 others

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

  1. 1 Polish Historical and Cultural Studies Political Science and International Relations 155 works
  2. 2 Language and Culture Linguistics and Language 130 works
  3. 3 Central European Literary Studies Anthropology 99 works
  4. 4 Polish Law and Legal System Political Science and International Relations 90 works
  5. 5 Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies Philosophy 78 works
  6. 6 Education and Cultural Studies Education 77 works
  7. 7 Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland History 65 works
  8. 8 Polish Legal and Social Issues Law 64 works
  9. 9 Social Issues in Poland General Social Sciences 41 works
  10. 10 Intellectual Property Rights and Media Political Science and International Relations 36 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 available47.1%not open52.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.6%domestic only85.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Wrocław's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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