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Uniwersytet SWPS

In research, Uniwersytet SWPS stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,648 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,603 of 6,365 worldwide) and Political Science and International Relations (#392 of 1,201 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Literature and Literary Theory, History and Political Science and International Relations — Literature and Literary Theory is 9.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,044
of 28,054 · #8,962 all time
Rank in Poland
#89
of 318
Research works
3.6k
▲ 76% vs 2013–17
Citations
27k
7.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What is Uniwersytet SWPS 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 #1,648 of 10,521 15.3%1,048 #1303
Social SciencesField #1,603 of 6,365 16.8%569 #1808
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #392 of 1,201 18.3%128 #748
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #976 of 2,578 18.1%197 #1137
PsychologyField #1,302 of 2,181 19.0%196 #655
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,195 of 1,998 7.6%194 #1807
Health SciencesDomain #8,945 of 11,982 14.4%98 #13210
Clinical PsychologySubfield #551 of 738 19.3%67 #773
Physical SciencesDomain #10,169 of 12,888 13.9%86 #17611
Social PsychologySubfield #563 of 664 19.6%61 #656

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Uniwersytet SWPS 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#1,303 #1,648
  2. Social Sciences#1,808 #1,603
  3. Political Science and International Relations#748 #392
  4. Sociology and Political Science#1,137 #976
  5. Psychology#655 #1,302
  6. Arts and Humanities#1,807 #1,195
  7. Health Sciences#13,210 #8,945
  8. Clinical Psychology#773 #551
  9. Physical Sciences#17,611 #10,169
  10. Social Psychology#656 #563
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 Uniwersytet SWPS specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Literature and Literary Theory takes 9.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 62.4 works9.1×
  2. HistorySubfield · 28.2 works6.8×
  3. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 128.0 works6.7×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.72× its world share, 36 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.71× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 73 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.23× its world share, 194 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.80× its world share, 33 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.52× its world share, 42 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.99× its world share, 196 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.50× its world share, 569 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Uniwersytet SWPS?

Ranked on the composite score, Aleksandra Łuszczyńska, Roman Cieślak and Izabela Grabowska lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Uniwersytet SWPS.

  1. 1 Aleksandra Łuszczyńska Poland · #51,929 worldwide 356 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Roman Cieślak Poland · #129,151 worldwide 219 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Izabela Grabowska Poland · #205,423 worldwide 53 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Anna Brytek‐Matera Poland · #267,078 worldwide 66 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Paula Pustułka Poland · #288,799 worldwide 57 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Jacek Sobczak Poland · #305,045 worldwide 3 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Marek Piechowiak Poland · #343,930 worldwide 13 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Krzysztof Gawlikowski Poland · #444,466 worldwide 4 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Bogdan Wojciszke Poland · #449,499 worldwide 129 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Krzysztof Jaskułowski Poland · #462,496 worldwide 26 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Uniwersytet SWPS

Which keywords describe research at Uniwersytet SWPS?

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

▲ 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. Globalization127▲ 5.0×84 topics
  2. Identity96▲ 10×41 topics
  3. Human Rights71▲ 5.4×39 topics
  4. Education69▲ 3.1×56 topics
  5. Mental Health68▲ 3.6×34 topics
  6. Gender67▲ 9.6×33 topics
  7. Cultural Studies63▲ 13×21 topics
  8. History60▲ 6.6×28 topics
  9. Nationalism56▲ 9.4×21 topics
  10. Social Media56▲ 3.0×23 topics
  11. Literature54▲ 7.8×39 topics
  12. Culture51▲ 7.5×24 topics
  13. Colonialism50▲ 8.2×25 topics
  14. Religion49▲ 8.0×28 topics
  15. European Union43▲ 15×18 topics
  16. Innovation40▲ 3.0×42 topics
  17. Ethics40▲ 6.4×21 topics
  18. Migration39▲ 8.9×19 topics
  19. Public Administration34▲ 31×3 topics
  20. European Union Law34▲ 153×2 topics
  21. Politics34▲ 9.7×10 topics
  22. Pedagogy32▲ 5.2×16 topics
  23. Society32▲ 13×14 topics
  24. Emotion Regulation31▲ 7.6×9 topics
  25. Well-being31▲ 6.2×14 topics
  26. Ethnography30▲ 13×9 topics
  27. Cultural Identity29▲ 4.4×20 topics
  28. Consumer Protection29▲ 50×4 topics
  29. Data Privacy28▲ 19×3 topics
  30. Constitutional Law28▲ 16×4 topics
  31. Emotion28▲ 11×11 topics
  32. Civil Service26▲ 158×1 topic
  33. Legal Reform26▲ 64×1 topic
  34. Memory26▲ 8.3×14 topics
  35. Soviet Union26▲ 35×3 topics
  36. Eastern Europe25▲ 35×3 topics
  37. Narrative24▲ 12×11 topics
  38. Feminism24▲ 6.5×14 topics
  39. National Identity23▲ 16×7 topics
  40. Lifelong Learning23▲ 8.8×7 topics

Which research topics does Uniwersytet SWPS publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Polish Law and Legal System, Polish Historical and Cultural Studies, Vietnamese History and Culture Studies and Education and Cultural Studies.

Polish Law and Legal Sys…26Polish Law and Legal System: 26 fractional worksPolish Historical and Cu…21Polish Historical and Cultural Studies: 21 fractional worksVietnamese History and C…19Vietnamese History and Culture Studies: 19 fractional worksEducation and Cultural S…18Education and Cultural Studies: 18 fractional worksPolish Legal and Social Issues: 18 fractional worksMisinformation and Its Impacts: 14 fractional worksPolish-Jewish Holocaust …13Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies: 13 fractional worksSocial Issues in Poland13Social Issues in Poland: 13 fractional worksIntellectual Property Rights and Media: 10 fractional worksSocial and Intergroup Psychology: 10 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceEducationLaw2 others

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

  1. 1 Polish Law and Legal System Political Science and International Relations 26 works
  2. 2 Polish Historical and Cultural Studies Political Science and International Relations 21 works
  3. 3 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 19 works
  4. 4 Education and Cultural Studies Education 18 works
  5. 5 Polish Legal and Social Issues Law 18 works
  6. 6 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 14 works
  7. 7 Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies Philosophy 13 works
  8. 8 Social Issues in Poland General Social Sciences 13 works
  9. 9 Intellectual Property Rights and Media Political Science and International Relations 10 works
  10. 10 Social and Intergroup Psychology Sociology and Political Science 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 available62.9%not open37.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.6%domestic only82.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Uniwersytet SWPS's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 76% 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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