2023 Research Leaders: Leading academic institutions

The 2023 Research Leaders are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022.

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Position Institution Share 2022 Count 2022
1 University of Warsaw (UW), Poland 45.83 171
2 Jagiellonian University (UJ), Poland 31.11 133
3 University of Wrocław (UWr), Poland 15.75 51
4 Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (AMU), Poland 14.02 50
5 Wrocław University of Science and Technology (WRUT), Poland 11.22 43
6 Gdańsk University of Technology (GUT), Poland 9.27 18
7 University of Silesia (US), Poland 8.38 21
8 AGH University of Science and Technology (AGH UST), Poland 8.07 143
9 Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (NCU), Poland 7.06 31
10 Lodz University of Technology (TUL), Poland 5.10 11
11 Warsaw University of Technology (WUT), Poland 5.01 56
12 Medical University of Gdańsk (MUG), Poland 4.23 23
13 University of Lodz (UL), Poland 4.14 19
14 Silesian University of Technology (SUT), Poland 4.02 16
15 University of Gdańsk (UG), Poland 3.52 25
16 University of Szczecin (USZ), Poland 3.25 7
17 University of Białystok (UWB), Poland 2.90 11
18 Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS), Poland 2.33 10
19 Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Poland 2.03 9
20 Wroclaw Medical University, Poland 1.96 22
21 University of Zielona Góra (UZ), Poland 1.72 8
22 Medical University of Lublin, Poland 1.71 8
23 Medical University of Białystok (UMB), Poland 1.38 13
24 Medical University of Warsaw (MUW), Poland 1.30 22
25 West Pomeranian University of Technology (ZUT), Poland 1.08 3
26 Opole University, Poland 1.01 6
27 Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland 1.00 1
28 University of Rzeszów, Poland 0.98 8
29 Medical University of Silesia (SUM), Poland 0.86 14
30 The Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce (UJK), Poland 0.81 4
31 Poznan University of Medical Sciences (PUMS), Poland 0.74 18
32 Medical University of Lodz (MUL), Poland 0.67 20
33 Military University of Technology, Poland 0.64 3
34 University of Science and Technology in Bydgoszcz (UTP), Poland 0.61 2
35 Maritime University of Szczecin (MUS), Poland 0.50 2
36 University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland 0.50 6
37 Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw (UKSW), Poland 0.42 4
38 Medical Centre of Postgraduate Education (CMKP), Poland 0.36 7
39 Pedagogical University of Krakow (UP), Poland 0.35 3
40 Rzeszów University of Technology, Poland 0.33 2
41 Bialystok University of Technology, Poland 0.25 1
42 Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Poland 0.22 1
43 Postgraduate School of Molecular Medicine (SMM), Poland 0.21 3
44 Pomeranian Medical University (PMU), Poland 0.17 7
45 General Tadeusz Kościuszko Military University of Land Forces, Poland 0.17 1
46 University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (UWM), Poland 0.14 4
47 Poznan University of Technology (PUT), Poland 0.11 2
48 Poznań University of Life Sciences (PULS), Poland 0.09 2
49 Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University (AFMKU), Poland 0.04 1
50 Jan Długosz University, Poland 0.02 1
51 University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, Poland 0.01 1
52 University of Social Sciences and Humanities (SWPS), Poland 0.01 1
53 John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (KUL), Poland 0.00 1
54 Kraków University of Economics (UEK), Poland 0.00 1
55 Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu - National-Louis University (WSB-NLU), Poland 0.00 1

Footnote

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  1. The data behind the tables are based on a relatively small proportion of total research papers, they cover the natural sciences and health sciences only and outputs are non-normalized (that is, they don’t reflect the size of the country or institution, or its overall research output).
  2. The Nature Index is one indicator of institutional research performance. The metrics of Count and Share used to order Nature Index listings are based on an institution’s or country’s publication output in 145 natural-science and health-science journals. The journals were selected on reputation by an independent panel of leading scientists in their fields. The list is reviewed periodically and journals may be removed or added. Articles from eLife were no longer included in the Nature Index from 2023 after the journal changed its publishing model.
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