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Vistula University

In research, Vistula University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,776 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,146 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations (Political Science and International Relations is 11.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,601
of 22,385 · #7,035 all time
Rank in Poland
#99
of 255
Research works
814
▼ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
2.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.18×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Vistula University

What is Vistula University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #4,776 of 9,585 6.9%120 #4202
Social SciencesField #4,146 of 5,988 6.4%69 #4468

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vistula 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Vistula University work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Vistula University is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (43%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (12%), Arts and Humanities (9%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 131 fractional works · 74.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 75 fractional works · 42.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 30 fractional works · 17.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 17 fractional works · 9.6% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 21 fractional works · 11.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 15 fractional works · 8.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 16 fractional works · 9.3% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 6.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 40 fractional works · 22.5% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 8.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 5.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Energy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKVistulaUniversity176fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences75%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences7542.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2111.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities169.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting126.9%
    5. Psychology52.6%
    6. Decision Sciences21.2%
    1. Computer Science158.4%
    2. Engineering105.9%
    3. Environmental Science73.8%
    4. Energy73.8%
    5. Mathematics00.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine21.3%
    2. Health Professions10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Vistula University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 11.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 30.4 works12×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.08× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.12× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.77× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.20× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.15× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.57× its world share, 21 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.38× its world share, 75 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.57×21 works
  2. Energy4.12×7 works
  3. Social Sciences3.38×75 works
  4. Arts and Humanities3.20×16 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting2.15×12 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.19×2 works
  7. Computer Science1.08×15 works
  8. Psychology0.86×5 works
  9. Environmental Science0.77×7 works
  10. Engineering0.39×10 works
  11. Mathematics0.21×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.13×0 works
  13. Health Professions0.13×1 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.11×1 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×1 works
  17. Medicine0.07×2 works
  18. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Vistula University?

Ranked on the quality score, Zbigniew Zimny, Stanisław Gasik and Krzysztof I. Rybinski lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vistula University.

  1. 1 Zbigniew Zimny Poland · #2,405,162 worldwide 241 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Stanisław Gasik Poland · #2,416,948 worldwide 241 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Krzysztof I. Rybinski Poland · #2,453,284 worldwide 449 citations · 83 works
  4. 4 Marta Anna Götz Poland · #2,682,185 worldwide 665 citations · 99 works
  5. 5 Aldona Maria Piwko Poland · #2,737,084 worldwide 86 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Anna Grzywacz Poland · #2,855,684 worldwide 95 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Carlo Comanducci Poland · #2,977,214 worldwide 11 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Nurettin Can Poland · #3,011,590 worldwide 59 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Selcuk Cankurt Poland · #3,330,281 worldwide 141 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Irena Księżopolska Poland · #3,519,625 worldwide 9 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Vistula University

What are the most cited papers from Vistula University?

The most cited paper from Vistula University is "The impact of financial development on renewable energy consumption: Evidence from Turkey" (Shahriyar Mukhtarov, Serhat Yüksel, Hasan Dınçer, 2022), with 297 citations. Next come "Transition to renewable energy and sustainable energy development in Azerbaijan" (231) and "Clusters and Industry 4.0 – do they fit together?" (189).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The impact of financial development on renewable energy consumption: Evidence from Turkey Shahriyar Mukhtarov, Serhat Yüksel, Hasan Dınçer · Renewable Energy 23 Jan 2022 297
2 Transition to renewable energy and sustainable energy development in Azerbaijan Nurtaj Vidadili, Elchin Suleymanov, Cihan Bulut et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 4 Jun 2017 231
3 Clusters and Industry 4.0 – do they fit together? Marta Anna Götz, Barbara Jankowska · European Planning Studies 16 May 2017 189
4 Interactive granular computing Andrzej Skowron, Andrzej W. Jankowski, Soma Dutta · Granular Computing Open access 5 Jan 2016 162
5 Mitigating Climate Change and the Development of Green Energy versus a Return to Fossil Fuels Due to the Energy Crisis in 2022 Piotr F. Borowski · Energies Open access 7 Dec 2022 118
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Vistula University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nationalism, Globalization, Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Polish history, Polish minority, Renewable Energy and Economic Development.

▲ 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-now 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. Globalization20▲ 5.7×31 topics
  2. Nationalism17▲ 22×10 topics
  3. Renewable Energy13▲ 5.2×19 topics
  4. Soviet Union13▲ 136×3 topics
  5. Eastern Europe13▲ 140×2 topics
  6. Education12▲ 4.0×11 topics
  7. Polish history12▲ 283×1 topic
  8. Polish minority12▲ 283×1 topic
  9. Sustainability12▲ 2.7×23 topics
  10. Economic Development11▲ 7.6×15 topics
  11. Identity9▲ 7.4×12 topics
  12. Geopolitics8▲ 29×7 topics
  13. Innovation7▲ 4.0×10 topics
  14. Human Rights7▲ 4.0×17 topics
  15. International Relations7▲ 17×12 topics
  16. Literature7▲ 7.5×10 topics
  17. Cultural Studies7▲ 11×7 topics
  18. Security7▲ 5.7×8 topics
  19. Migration6▲ 11×7 topics
  20. Ethnography6▲ 20×2 topics
  21. Culture6▲ 6.5×11 topics
  22. Russia6▲ 78×3 topics
  23. Cultural Heritage6▲ 6.0×6 topics
  24. Economic Growth6▲ 3.9×13 topics
  25. History6▲ 4.5×11 topics
  26. Urban Development6▲ 8.8×5 topics
  27. Cultural Identity5▲ 6.1×8 topics
  28. Politics5▲ 12×11 topics
  29. National Identity5▲ 26×4 topics
  30. Development5▲ 8.1×3 topics
  31. Religion5▲ 6.1×12 topics
  32. International Trade5▲ 20×7 topics
  33. Ukraine5▲ 82×2 topics
  34. Lifelong Learning5▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Pedagogy5▲ 5.4×3 topics
  36. Eastern European culture5▲ 210×1 topic
  37. Global Economy5▲ 21×4 topics
  38. Polish nobility5▲ 210×1 topic
  39. Memory5▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Knowledge Economy4▲ 21×6 topics

Which research topics does Vistula University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Polish Historical and Cultural Studies, Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland, Central European Literary Studies and Language and Culture.

Polish Historical and Cu…12Polish Historical and Cultural Studies: 12 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural Studies of Poland: 5 fractional worksCentral European Literary Studies: 4 fractional worksLanguage and Culture: 3 fractional worksEducation and Cultural Studies: 3 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, and Transportation Policies: 3 fractional worksEuropean and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies: 3 fractional worksPolish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies: 3 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 3 fractional worksGlobalization, Economics, and Policies: 2 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsHistoryAnthropologyLinguistics and Language5 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 12 works
  2. 2 Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland History 5 works
  3. 3 Central European Literary Studies Anthropology 4 works
  4. 4 Language and Culture Linguistics and Language 3 works
  5. 5 Education and Cultural Studies Education 3 works
  6. 6 Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 3 works
  7. 7 European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  8. 8 Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies Philosophy 3 works
  9. 9 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 3 works
  10. 10 Globalization, Economics, and Policies Economics and Econometrics 2 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 available40.0%not open60.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.7%domestic only81.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Vistula University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Vistula University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00099% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Vistula University0.00065% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Vistula University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Vistula University4.1% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.5% in 2022.

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