UPWr in CWTS Leiden Ranking 2020

The ranking made by the Dutch University of Leiden is one of the largest and most important university rankings worldwide. It is based entirely on the data available in the Web of Science database. The recently published list for 2020 was based on the analysis of the publications from 1,176 universities from around the world in the years 2015-2018.

The ranking takes into account 4 indicators: scientific impact, collaboration, open access to publications and authors’ gender. Each of the indicators is studied for the following areas: Biomedical and health sciences, Life and earth sciences, Mathematical and computer science, Physical science and engineering, Social sciences and humanities and for all the sciences collectively.

The University of Environmental and Life Sciences in Wrocław distinguished itself primarily in the field of Life and earth sciences, but it also fared well in two other fields corresponding to its research areas, i.e. Biomedical and health sciences and Physical science and engineering.

Scientific influence of publications

In the field of Life and earth sciences, UPWr took 347^th place in the world and 8^th in Poland – this result takes into account all the University's publications. However, considering the number of articles in the 10% of the most cited publications in the same field, we rank 466^th in the world and 4^th in Poland.

Collaboration in writing publications

In the number of all cooperative publications in the field of Life and earth sciences, UPWr ranked 490^th in the world and 9^th in Poland.

We also gained the 9^th place in Poland thanks to same field publications, prepared in international cooperation and – separately – in cooperation with industry.

Open access to publications

The number of open access publications by UPWr scientists in the field of Life and earth sciences gave us 453^rd place in the world and 7^th in Poland.

The ranking also takes into account the proportion between the number of open access publications and the number of publications in general, and here UPWr did well in three specific areas and in general:

• Biomedical and health sciences – 389^th place in the world and 4^th in Poland
• Life and earth sciences - 417^th place in the world, 7^th in Poland
• Physical sciences and engineering - 430^th place in the world, 6^th in Poland
• All sciences – 381^st place in the world, 8^th in Poland

Gold open access publications, i.e. published in reliable open access journals, gave UPWr 330^th place among all universities in the world and 3^rd place among Polish universities in the field of Life and earth sciences. In the relation of gold open access publications to all UPWr publications, we gained the following positions:

• Biomedical and health sciences – 77^th in the world and 2^nd in Poland
• Life and earth sciences – 86^th in the world, 6^th in Poland
• Physical sciences and engineering – 20^th in the world, 1^st in Poland
• All sciences – 40^th in the world, 3^rd in Poland

Authors’ gender

In terms of the number of all authors of publications in the field of Life and earth sciences, UPWr was ranked 467^th in the world and 8^th in Poland. Female authors of same field articles did very well – UPWr women scientists were ranked 247^th in the world and 8^th in the country.

When it comes women’s share in all scientific publications, UPWr took excellent positions in all three fields:

• Biomedical and health sciences – 45^th in the world, 15^th in Poland
• Life and earth sciences – 55^th in the world, 22^nd in Poland
• Physical sciences and engineering – 10^th in the world, 8^th in Poland
• All sciences – 16^th in the world, 11^th in Poland

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