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Vilnius University

In research, Vilnius University stands highest in Social Sciences (#898 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,031 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,293 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Algebra and Number Theory, Language and Linguistics and Linguistics and Language — Algebra and Number Theory is 9.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,282
of 28,054 · #1,505 all time
Rank in Lithuania
#1
of 38
Research works
22k
▲ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
200k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Vilnius University 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 #898 of 10,521 13.8%2,146 #1209
Health SciencesDomain #1,031 of 11,982 12.2%977 #1960
Physical SciencesDomain #1,293 of 12,888 10.9%1,375 #1359
MedicineField #1,224 of 10,443 10.9%839 #2133
Social SciencesField #946 of 6,365 11.0%1,052 #1024
Life SciencesDomain #1,344 of 7,800 16.1%468 #2190
Business, Management and AccountingField #458 of 2,578 18.1%199 #1254
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #496 of 2,578 14.0%288 #937
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,077 of 3,579 16.2%253 #1834
PsychologyField #688 of 2,181 19.2%241 #997

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vilnius University 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#1,209 #898
  2. Health Sciences#1,960 #1,031
  3. Physical Sciences#1,359 #1,293
  4. Medicine#2,133 #1,224
  5. Social Sciences#1,024 #946
  6. Life Sciences#2,190 #1,344
  7. Business, Management and Accounting#1,254 #458
  8. Sociology and Political Science#937 #496
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,834 #1,077
  10. Psychology#997 #688
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 Vilnius University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Algebra and Number Theory takes 9.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Algebra and Number TheorySubfield · 29.4 works9.2×
  2. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 150.5 works6.9×
  3. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 24.2 works4.2×
  4. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 30.3 works3.9×
← 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: 0.38× its world share, 91 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 253 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.67× its world share, 33 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.04× its world share, 84 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.53× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.09× its world share, 85 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.69× its world share, 265 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 56 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 345 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 125 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.76× its world share, 132 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.91× its world share, 170 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.54× its world share, 170 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.23× its world share, 30 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 92 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.88× its world share, 839 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 15 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.05× its world share, 437 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.24× its world share, 199 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 50 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.58× its world share, 168 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.59× its world share, 241 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.67× its world share, 1,052 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Vilnius University?

Ranked on the composite score, Jelena Čelutkienė, Marius Miglinas and Dainius Pūras lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vilnius University.

  1. 1 Jelena Čelutkienė · #18,845 worldwide 1.4k citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Marius Miglinas · #64,876 worldwide 420 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Dainius Pūras · #136,072 worldwide 95 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Violeta Kvedarienė · #159,220 worldwide 137 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 J. Vaitkus · #160,745 worldwide 441 citations · 55 works
  6. 6 Linas Mažutis · #166,827 worldwide 214 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 A. Dubietis · #168,961 worldwide 256 citations · 64 works
  8. 8 Arūnas Valiulis · #184,906 worldwide 125 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Arūnas Ramanavičius · #187,373 worldwide 518 citations · 81 works
  10. 10 Tomas Poškus · #198,200 worldwide 64 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Vilnius University

Which keywords describe research at Vilnius University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, European Union, Education, Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Pedagogy, Globalization and Higher Education.

▲ 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. Education176▲ 2.1×73 topics
  2. Human Rights170▲ 3.3×58 topics
  3. Globalization156▲ 1.60×98 topics
  4. Epidemiology151▼ 0.77×119 topics
  5. Sustainable Development105▲ 1.33×53 topics
  6. Higher Education97▲ 3.6×23 topics
  7. Pedagogy95▲ 3.9×18 topics
  8. European Union95▲ 8.4×19 topics
  9. Literature87▲ 3.2×38 topics
  10. Identity86▲ 2.4×52 topics
  11. Leadership82▲ 3.4×21 topics
  12. Soviet Union73▲ 26×3 topics
  13. International Relations71▲ 5.9×21 topics
  14. Eastern Europe70▲ 25×3 topics
  15. Ethics69▲ 2.9×41 topics
  16. Learning67▲ 4.6×7 topics
  17. Judicial Review67▲ 15×4 topics
  18. Cultural Identity66▲ 2.6×24 topics
  19. Democracy66▲ 3.7×13 topics
  20. Professional Identity65▲ 16×5 topics
  21. European Integration64▲ 23×5 topics
  22. Sociolinguistics63▲ 6.7×9 topics
  23. Digital Competence62▲ 14×2 topics
  24. Feminist Research60▲ 232×1 topic
  25. Social Competence60▲ 232×1 topic
  26. International Law58▲ 3.8×23 topics
  27. Constitutionalism56▲ 12×4 topics
  28. Corpus Linguistics55▲ 5.1×5 topics
  29. Diplomacy54▲ 12×5 topics
  30. Cultural Integration52▲ 4.6×2 topics
  31. Cold War52▲ 16×4 topics
  32. Postcolonial Theory51▲ 38×4 topics
  33. ECHR50▲ 26×1 topic
  34. European Legal Systems50▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Australia50▲ 59×1 topic
  36. Lexicography50▲ 11×5 topics
  37. Rhetoric50▲ 9.1×5 topics
  38. Social Perception45▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Imagology42▲ 83×1 topic
  40. National Stereotypes42▲ 83×1 topic

Which research topics does Vilnius University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education, Leadership, and Health Research, European and International Law Studies, Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics and European Cultural and National Identity.

Education, Leadership, and Health Research: 60 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 50 fractional worksHistorical Geopolitical …50Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics: 50 fractional worksEuropean Cultural and Na…42European Cultural and National Identity: 42 fractional worksLinguistics, Language Di…24Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity: 24 fractional worksLinguistics and language…22Linguistics and language evolution: 22 fractional worksAnalytic Number Theory R…20Analytic Number Theory Research: 20 fractional workslinguistics and terminology studies: 19 fractional worksPolish Historical and Cultural Studies: 18 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural Studies of Poland: 16 fractional works
EducationPolitical Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceLanguage and Linguistics2 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Leadership, and Health Research Education 60 works
  2. 2 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 50 works
  3. 3 Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 50 works
  4. 4 European Cultural and National Identity Sociology and Political Science 42 works
  5. 5 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity Language and Linguistics 24 works
  6. 6 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 22 works
  7. 7 Analytic Number Theory Research Algebra and Number Theory 20 works
  8. 8 linguistics and terminology studies Language and Linguistics 19 works
  9. 9 Polish Historical and Cultural Studies Political Science and International Relations 18 works
  10. 10 Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland History 16 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 available61.0%not open39.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.2%domestic only80.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Vilnius University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% 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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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.