2020 Research Leaders: Leading academic institutions

The 2020 Research Leaders are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019.

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Position Institution Share 2018 Share 2019 Count 2019 Change in Adjusted Share* 2018–2019
1 University of Warsaw (UW), Poland 49.30 43.00 201 -15.6% Decrease
2 Jagiellonian University (UJ), Poland 32.93 27.28 133 -19.8% Decrease
3 University of Wrocław (UWr), Poland 12.89 18.48 51 38.8% Increase
4 Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (AMU), Poland 12.86 11.84 40 -10.8% Decrease
5 University of Silesia (US), Poland 8.39 9.07 20 4.6% Increase
6 AGH University of Science and Technology (AGH UST), Poland 5.72 6.77 129 14.7% Increase
7 Warsaw University of Technology (WUT), Poland 3.07 5.49 83 73.3% Increase
8 Wrocław University of Science and Technology (WRUT), Poland 6.71 5.33 16 -23.1% Decrease
9 Gdańsk University of Technology (GUT), Poland 3.68 4.32 9 13.5% Increase
10 Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS), Poland 4.94 3.53 8 -30.8% Decrease
11 University of Lodz (UL), Poland 2.52 3.24 16 24.6% Increase
12 University of Gdańsk (UG), Poland 3.22 3.04 14 -8.8% Decrease
13 Lodz University of Technology (TUL), Poland 2.75 2.95 15 3.9% Increase
14 Silesian University of Technology (SUT), Poland 0.60 2.24 6 262.4% Increase
15 University of Szczecin (USZ), Poland 1.10 2.14 6 88.8% Increase
16 Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (NCU), Poland 4.89 2.07 16 -59.1% Decrease
17 Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw (UKSW), Poland 0.75 1.45 10 86.1% Increase
18 University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland 0.20 1.42 10 592.7% Increase
19 Medical University of Warsaw (MUW), Poland 0.64 1.37 12 105.7% Increase
20 West Pomeranian University of Technology (ZUT), Poland 1.00 1.35 3 30.5% Increase
21 Poznan University of Technology (PUT), Poland 0.72 1.32 3 77.1% Increase
22 University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (UWM), Poland 0.20 1.31 4 526.3% Increase
23 The Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce (UJK), Poland 0.52 1.28 5 136.5% Increase
24 Medical University of Gdańsk (MUG), Poland 1.41 1.27 11 -13.3% Decrease
25 Maritime University of Szczecin (MUS), Poland 0.00 1.00 2 148,923.3% Increase
26 Poznan University of Medical Sciences (PUMS), Poland 0.54 0.96 14 70.9% Increase
27 Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Poland 0.44 0.57 5 25.3% Increase
28 University of Białystok (UWB), Poland 1.25 0.56 14 -56.7% Decrease
29 Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland 1.50 0.50 1 -67.7% Decrease
30 Medical University of Silesia (SUM), Poland 0.32 0.47 5 42.2% Increase
31 Opole Medical School (PMWSZ), Poland 0.00 0.41 3 0.0% Increase
32 Military University of Technology, Poland 0.00 0.31 1 0.0% Increase
33 University of Zielona Góra (UZ), Poland 0.23 0.30 12 26.0% Increase
34 Medical Centre of Postgraduate Education (CMKP), Poland 0.00 0.25 3 0.0% Increase
35 University of Rzeszów, Poland 0.58 0.25 2 -58.4% Decrease
36 Medical University of Białystok (UMB), Poland 0.17 0.17 5 -3.4% Decrease
37 Tadeusz Kościuszko Cracow University of Technology (CUT), Poland 0.53 0.16 2 -71.0% Decrease
38 Poznań University of Life Sciences (PULS), Poland 0.99 0.14 4 -86.7% Decrease
39 Koszalin University of Technology, Poland 0.00 0.13 1 0.0% Increase
40 Opole University, Poland 0.08 0.11 4 22.0% Increase
41 Opole University of Technology (OUTech), Poland 0.00 0.10 2 0.0% Increase
42 Pomeranian Medical University (PMU), Poland 0.21 0.10 8 -56.5% Decrease
43 John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (KUL), Poland 0.00 0.08 1 0.0% Increase
44 Rzeszów University of Technology, Poland 0.65 0.07 1 -89.4% Decrease
45 Wroclaw Medical University, Poland 0.30 0.07 2 -77.7% Decrease
46 University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, Poland 0.00 0.06 1 0.0% Increase
47 Kazimierz Wielki University (UKW), Poland 0.05 0.05 1 -3.2% Decrease
48 Medical University of Lublin, Poland 0.19 0.04 1 -78.8% Decrease
49 Medical University of Lodz (MUL), Poland 0.12 0.04 5 -67.8% Decrease
50 Jan Długosz University, Poland 0.17 0.03 1 -84.4% Decrease
51 Centrum Onkologii Instytut im. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie, Poland 0.00 0.00 1 0.0% Increase

Footnote

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  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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