2017 tables: Institutions - physical sciences

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

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# Institution Share 2015 Share 2016 Count 2016 Change in Adjusted Share* 2015–2016
1 Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS), Poland 27.53 24.53 243 -8.8%
2 University of Warsaw (UW), Poland 24.04 18.28 126 -22.2%
3 Jagiellonian University (UJ), Poland 14.61 14.08 119 -1.4%
4 University of Wrocław (UWr), Poland 5.69 10.10 36 81.5%
5 Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS), Poland 1.83 4.93 11 176.4%
6 Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (AMU), Poland 4.42 4.63 15 7.3%
7 Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (NCU), Poland 3.28 4.12 20 28.6%
8 AGH University of Science and Technology (AGH UST), Poland 5.61 3.82 125 -30.4%
9 Wrocław University of Science and Technology (WRUT), Poland 5.25 3.56 10 -30.7%
10 National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), Poland 8.01 3.09 133 -60.4%
11 University of Silesia (US), Poland 3.17 1.98 13 -36.1%
12 University of Lodz (UL), Poland 2.41 1.97 12 -16.5%
13 University of Gdańsk (UG), Poland 3.65 1.92 8 -46.2%
14 Gdańsk University of Technology (GUT), Poland 0.98 1.78 10 85.5%
15 Warsaw University of Technology (WUT), Poland 4.22 1.60 59 -61.1%
16 Institute of Electronic Materials Technology (ITME), Poland 2.47 1.57 6 -34.8%
17 University of Szczecin (USZ), Poland 0.60 1.04 9 76.9%
18 University of Białystok (UWB), Poland 0.38 1.03 16 181.3%
19 Institute of Electron Technology (ITE), Poland 0.31 0.83 3 171.3%
20 Poznan University of Technology (PUT), Poland – 0.78 3 N/A
21 University of Zielona Góra (UZ), Poland – 0.73 18 N/A
22 Lodz University of Technology (TUL), Poland 0.24 0.40 5 70.0%
23 University of Rzeszów, Poland 2.00 0.38 3 -80.4%
24 The Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce (UJK), Poland 1.36 0.26 6 -80.6%
25 Silesian University of Technology (SUT), Poland 0.42 0.25 1 -38.6%
25 Poznań University of Economics and Business (PUEB), Poland – 0.25 1 N/A
26 Tadeusz Kościuszko Cracow University of Technology (CUT), Poland 0.20 0.24 2 26.6%
27 Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion (IPPLM), Poland 0.00 0.19 2 6878.1%
28 Central Mining Institute (GIG), Poland – 0.17 1 N/A
29 Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements (PIAP), Poland – 0.14 1 N/A
30 Medical University of Warsaw (MUW), Poland – 0.07 1 N/A
31 Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland 1.00 0.06 1 -93.6%
32 Top GaN sp. z o.o., Poland 1.01 0.06 1 -94.4%
33 Pedagogical University of Krakow (UP), Poland 0.09 0.04 1 -55.4%
34 Pomeranian Medical University (PMU), Poland 0.10 0.01 1 -86.4%
35 Opole University, Poland – 0.01 1 N/A

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 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 82 natural-science journals through 2022, in 2023 64 health-science journals were added to the Index. The 146 journals in the Nature Index were selected on reputation by an independent panel of leading scientists in their fields.
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*The change in adjusted Share accounts for the small annual variation in the total number of articles in Nature Index journals. Share values have been adjusted to 2022 levels to calculate the percentage change. For more information on the adjustment, please see the Adjusted metric explainer.


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