2017 Research Leaders: Leading institutions

The 2017 Research Leaders are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016.

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Position Institution Share 2015 Share 2016 Count 2016 Change in Adjusted Share* 2015–2016
1 Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS), Poland 58.33 49.00 321 -13.8% Decrease
2 University of Warsaw (UW), Poland 37.18 33.61 172 -7.3% Decrease
3 Jagiellonian University (UJ), Poland 31.30 25.76 147 -15.6% Decrease
4 University of Wrocław (UWr), Poland 19.22 22.03 59 17.6% Increase
5 Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (AMU), Poland 10.35 6.53 23 -35.3% Decrease
6 Wrocław University of Science and Technology (WRUT), Poland 6.25 6.31 16 3.5% Increase
7 Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (NCU), Poland 5.64 6.04 24 9.9% Increase
8 AGH University of Science and Technology (AGH UST), Poland 9.21 5.80 133 -35.4% Decrease
9 Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS), Poland 3.22 5.63 13 79.2% Increase
10 University of Gdańsk (UG), Poland 5.05 4.79 18 -2.7% Decrease
11 Warsaw University of Technology (WUT), Poland 9.52 4.28 69 -53.9% Decrease
12 University of Silesia (US), Poland 5.98 3.52 19 -39.6% Decrease
13 Gdańsk University of Technology (GUT), Poland 3.15 3.28 13 6.5% Increase
14 Lodz University of Technology (TUL), Poland 2.91 3.20 15 13.0% Increase
15 National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), Poland 8.01 3.09 133 -60.4% Decrease
16 University of Lodz (UL), Poland 3.53 2.97 17 -13.8% Decrease
17 Medical University of Gdańsk (MUG), Poland 2.64 1.78 6 -30.9% Decrease
18 Institute of Electronic Materials Technology (ITME), Poland 2.47 1.63 7 -32.4% Decrease
19 Silesian University of Technology (SUT), Poland 1.91 1.50 4 -19.3% Decrease
20 University of Białystok (UWB), Poland 0.60 1.13 17 91.9% Increase
21 University of Szczecin (USZ), Poland 0.60 1.04 9 77.3% Increase
22 International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IIMCB), Poland 2.32 0.84 5 -63.0% Decrease
23 Institute of Electron Technology (ITE), Poland 0.31 0.83 3 171.9% Increase
24 University of Zielona Góra (UZ), Poland 0.08 0.79 19 872.2% Increase
25 Poznan University of Technology (PUT), Poland 0.00 0.78 3 0.0% Increase
26 Medical University of Warsaw (MUW), Poland 0.38 0.68 7 83.5% Increase
27 Tadeusz Kościuszko Cracow University of Technology (CUT), Poland 0.56 0.68 3 24.6% Increase
28 Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland 0.00 0.56 3 0.0% Increase
29 Military University of Technology, Poland 0.88 0.50 1 -41.4% Decrease
30 University of Rzeszów, Poland 2.00 0.47 5 -76.0% Decrease
31 Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Poland 0.28 0.45 4 67.0% Increase
32 Medical University of Białystok (UMB), Poland 0.01 0.44 4 3,170.8% Increase
33 Apeiron Synthesis S.A., Poland 0.00 0.40 1 0.0% Increase
33 Kliniczny Szpital Wojewódzki ,Rzeszowie, Poland 0.03 0.40 1 1,459.0% Increase
34 Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw (UKSW), Poland 1.23 0.40 4 -66.9% Decrease
35 West Pomeranian University of Technology (ZUT), Poland 0.00 0.36 1 0.0% Increase
36 Wroclaw Medical University, Poland 0.23 0.35 3 58.6% Increase
37 Czestochowa University of Technology (CUT), Poland 0.00 0.35 2 0.0% Increase
38 Children's Memorial Health Institute (CMHI), Poland 0.03 0.31 5 1,030.6% Increase
39 University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland 0.10 0.31 5 216.6% Increase
40 Wroclaw Research Centre EIT, Poland 0.00 0.31 3 0.0% Increase
41 Rzeszów University of Technology, Poland 1.23 0.30 1 -74.9% Decrease
42 University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, Poland 0.00 0.29 1 0.0% Increase
43 The Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce (UJK), Poland 1.95 0.28 7 -85.2% Decrease
44 Poznań University of Economics and Business (PUEB), Poland 0.00 0.25 1 0.0% Increase
45 Medical University of Silesia (SUM), Poland 0.16 0.20 2 27.1% Increase
46 Medical University of Lodz (MUL), Poland 2.44 0.20 5 -91.8% Decrease
47 Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion (IPPLM), Poland 0.00 0.19 2 6,892.8% Increase
48 Poland Ministry of Energy, Poland 0.00 0.17 1 0.0% Increase
48 Scott Tiger SA, Poland 0.00 0.17 1 0.0% Increase
48 Central Mining Institute (GIG), Poland 0.00 0.17 1 0.0% Increase
49 Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements (PIAP), Poland 0.00 0.14 1 0.0% Increase
49 Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Poland 0.00 0.14 1 0.0% Increase
50 Special Educational Centre for Blind and Partially Sighted Children, Poland 0.00 0.11 1 0.0% Increase
50 Maria Grzegorzewska University (APS), Poland 0.00 0.11 1 0.0% Increase
51 National Research Institute of Mother and Child (NRIMC), Poland 0.02 0.10 2 359.1% Increase
52 Jan Długosz University, Poland 0.00 0.10 1 0.0% Increase
53 Pomeranian Medical University (PMU), Poland 0.95 0.10 7 -89.7% Decrease
54 Military Institute of Medicine and Health Services, Poland 0.00 0.08 1 0.0% Increase
55 Poznan University of Medical Sciences (PUMS), Poland 0.04 0.08 2 138.2% Increase
56 Top GaN sp. z o.o., Poland 1.01 0.06 1 -94.4% Decrease
57 Pedagogical University of Krakow (UP), Poland 0.09 0.04 1 -55.3% Decrease
58 Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing (IFPS), Poland 0.00 0.04 1 0.0% Increase
59 AD MEDICA Children’s Hospital, Poznan, Poland 0.00 0.03 1 0.0% Increase
60 Polish Society for the Protection of Birds (OTOP), Poland 0.00 0.03 1 0.0% Increase
61 Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Poland 0.35 0.03 3 -91.5% Decrease
62 Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine (NIOM), Poland 0.01 0.02 2 393.9% Increase
63 Poznań University of Life Sciences (PULS), Poland 0.02 0.02 2 -7.1% Decrease
64 Forest Research Institute (IBL), Poland 0.00 0.01 1 0.0% Increase
65 Opole University, Poland 0.07 0.01 1 -89.6% Decrease
66 Polish State Forests, Poland 0.00 0.01 1 0.0% Increase

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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