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Wroclaw Medical University

In research, Wroclaw Medical University stands highest in Health Sciences (#136 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#185 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Professions (#54 of 1,928 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthodontics, Immunology and Allergy and Dermatology — Orthodontics is 10.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#969
of 28,054 · #1,918 all time
Rank in Poland
#11
of 318
Research works
11k
▲ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
176k
16.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is Wroclaw Medical 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
Health SciencesDomain #136 of 11,982 22.0%2,009 #417
MedicineField #185 of 10,443 20.8%1,775 #447
Health ProfessionsField #54 of 1,928 27.3%108 #302
Life SciencesDomain #481 of 7,800 23.6%563 #1113
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #571 of 3,579 21.8%308 #1360
DermatologySubfield #13 of 71 29.7%79 #90
SurgerySubfield #399 of 1,816 17.8%190 #1001
EpidemiologySubfield #224 of 976 23.3%122 #746
PhysiologySubfield #141 of 548 26.9%113 #475
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #211 of 738 19.6%138 #480

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wroclaw Medical 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. Health Sciences#417 #136
  2. Medicine#447 #185
  3. Health Professions#302 #54
  4. Life Sciences#1,113 #481
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,360 #571
  6. Dermatology#90 #13
  7. Surgery#1,001 #399
  8. Epidemiology#746 #224
  9. Physiology#475 #141
  10. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#480 #211
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 Wroclaw Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthodontics takes 10.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OrthodonticsSubfield · 36.4 works11×
  2. Immunology and AllergySubfield · 24.6 works10×
  3. DermatologySubfield · 79.0 works10×
  4. DentistryField · 97.6 works6.8×
  5. Oral SurgerySubfield · 33.0 works5.8×
← 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: 0.41× its world share, 58 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.94× its world share, 308 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.58× its world share, 77 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.80× its world share, 87 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.08× its world share, 32 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.16× its world share, 54 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 67 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 39 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 26 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 6.75× its world share, 98 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.37× its world share, 108 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.10× its world share, 1,775 worksMedicineNursing: 1.79× its world share, 26 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.02× its world share, 93 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 64 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Wroclaw Medical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Piotr Ponikowski, Ewa A. Jankowska and Jacek Gajek lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wroclaw Medical University.

  1. 1 Piotr Ponikowski Poland · #225 worldwide 4.1k citations · 218 works
  2. 2 Ewa A. Jankowska Poland · #4,011 worldwide 1.2k citations · 113 works
  3. 3 Jacek Gajek Poland · #50,262 worldwide 250 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Andrzej Szuba Poland · #85,263 worldwide 215 citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Jacek C. Szepietowski Poland · #169,830 worldwide 477 citations · 144 works
  6. 6 Tadeusz Dobosz Poland · #179,295 worldwide 84 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Irena Choroszy−Król Poland · #207,069 worldwide 90 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Wojciech Kosmala Poland · #236,374 worldwide 121 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Marek Jutel Poland · #249,461 worldwide 207 citations · 71 works
  10. 10 Marzena Zielińska Poland · #262,616 worldwide 140 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Wroclaw Medical University

Which keywords describe research at Wroclaw Medical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Quality of Life, Treatment, Heart Failure, Oxidative Stress and Metabolic Syndrome.

▲ 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. Epidemiology396▲ 3.4×125 topics
  2. Inflammation233▲ 3.8×82 topics
  3. Quality of Life153▲ 3.6×49 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease152▲ 4.6×37 topics
  5. Treatment141▲ 3.9×49 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress130▲ 2.7×59 topics
  7. Cancer106▲ 2.6×53 topics
  8. Diagnosis103▲ 3.7×39 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome102▲ 4.2×23 topics
  10. Obesity95▲ 4.2×25 topics
  11. Heart Failure87▲ 6.8×14 topics
  12. Risk Factors84▲ 2.6×33 topics
  13. Public Health77▲ 1.79×46 topics
  14. Depression72▲ 2.7×22 topics
  15. Management68▲ 2.9×30 topics
  16. Pandemic62▲ 1.94×10 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders61▲ 3.6×18 topics
  18. Genetics60▲ 2.9×21 topics
  19. Clinical Trials60▲ 3.0×19 topics
  20. Insulin Resistance58▲ 4.3×10 topics
  21. Immunotherapy57▲ 2.7×18 topics
  22. Guidelines53▲ 3.8×13 topics
  23. Chemotherapy52▲ 2.5×24 topics
  24. Pathogenesis49▲ 3.2×21 topics
  25. SARS-CoV-247▲ 4.8×6 topics
  26. Anxiety47▲ 3.3×12 topics
  27. Metastasis45▲ 4.4×12 topics
  28. Thrombosis44▲ 5.4×7 topics
  29. Genetic Mutations43▲ 3.4×23 topics
  30. Prevalence43▲ 3.5×14 topics
  31. Diagnostic Criteria41▲ 6.3×10 topics
  32. Hypertension41▲ 4.8×15 topics
  33. Myocardial Infarction41▲ 5.9×7 topics
  34. Pathophysiology38▲ 4.3×11 topics
  35. ACE2 Receptor38▲ 5.2×3 topics
  36. Echocardiography38▲ 4.7×7 topics
  37. Chronic Kidney Disease37▲ 5.1×9 topics
  38. Cognitive Impairment36▲ 4.8×10 topics
  39. Psychological Factors34▲ 5.4×6 topics
  40. Asthma30▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does Wroclaw Medical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dermatology and Skin Diseases, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Heart Failure Treatment and Management and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors.

Dermatology and Skin Dis…24Dermatology and Skin Diseases: 24 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…21COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 21 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 18 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 18 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 17 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 16 fractional worksAllergic Rhinitis and Sensitization: 16 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health16COVID-19 and Mental Health: 16 fractional worksTemporomandibular Joint Disorders: 15 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 14 fractional works
DermatologyInfectious DiseasesCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineNeurology5 others

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

  1. 1 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 24 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 21 works
  3. 3 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 18 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 18 works
  5. 5 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 17 works
  6. 6 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 16 works
  7. 7 Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization Immunology and Allergy 16 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 16 works
  9. 9 Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Complementary and Manual Therapy 15 works
  10. 10 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 14 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 available64.9%not open35.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.5%domestic only85.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wroclaw Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% 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.