ITS Research Intelligence

Poland University Research Rankings

Name: Poland University Research Rankings – ITS Research Solution
Creator: ITS Research Solution
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Compare Poland universities using recent research output, citation impact, growth and a transparent research-performance score.

Research landscape

The current ITS Research Intelligence dataset contains 165 index-ready universities in Poland. Across those institutions, the average five-year research output is approximately 2,926 works and the average five-year citation count is approximately 14,422. The average publication-growth signal is 36.8%. These figures describe the institutions that pass the public quality gate; they are not intended to represent every tertiary institution in the country.

Country rankings are useful for benchmarking because they reduce some of the structural differences that make global comparisons difficult. They still should not be treated as a complete assessment of institutional quality: teaching, student outcomes, funding levels, research field mix and institutional mission are outside this research-performance score. The value of the page is in seeing who is producing research, how that activity is changing, and where citation visibility is concentrated.

Top research universities in Poland

Rank	University	Country	Score	5-year works	5-year citations	Growth
#1	AGH University of Krakow	Poland	85.1	29,373	188,657	2.5%
#2	Medical University of Warsaw	Poland	80.7	15,300	91,935	22.2%
#3	Nicolaus Copernicus University	Poland	78.3	14,275	69,541	5.3%
#4	Medical University of Lodz	Poland	77.5	9,872	79,773	-0.4%
#5	Poznan University of Medical Sciences	Poland	77.5	10,230	67,665	6.7%
#6	Silesian University of Technology	Poland	77.5	13,233	103,971	-12.4%
#7	Wroclaw Medical University	Poland	77.5	9,900	81,908	-7.4%
#8	University of Silesia in Katowice	Poland	77.0	14,063	46,750	6.8%
#9	University of Łódź	Poland	76.7	14,234	48,734	-17.0%
#10	Gdańsk University of Technology	Poland	76.6	9,203	88,308	-14.9%
#11	Lodz University of Technology	Poland	76.3	11,772	38,578	23.7%
#12	Medical University of Lublin	Poland	75.9	9,341	61,276	-9.8%
#13	University of Wrocław	Poland	75.9	11,706	40,113	-16.5%
#14	Poznań University of Technology	Poland	74.9	8,156	45,778	-1.0%
#15	Pomeranian Medical University	Poland	73.9	5,054	36,286	2.9%
#16	University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn	Poland	73.8	8,988	44,863	-14.8%
#17	Maria Curie-Skłodowska University	Poland	73.0	8,590	29,766	-15.5%
#18	University of Szczecin	Poland	71.2	7,736	22,471	-0.4%
#19	University of Life Sciences in Lublin	Poland	70.8	4,986	28,685	-7.4%
#20	University of Zielona Góra	Poland	69.7	4,572	25,462	-6.9%
#21	Cracow University of Technology	Poland	69.4	4,029	31,939	-34.7%
#22	West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin	Poland	69.0	3,999	26,225	-25.5%
#23	Lublin University of Technology	Poland	68.8	4,520	24,067	-6.8%
#24	Rzeszów University of Technology	Poland	68.5	4,209	22,358	-2.0%
#25	Jan Kochanowski University	Poland	68.1	4,773	15,570	-12.1%
#26	University of Opole	Poland	67.6	4,935	15,835	-9.8%
#27	University of Białystok	Poland	67.5	3,763	13,960	-19.6%
#28	John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin	Poland	67.2	5,818	15,105	-14.1%
#29	Bialystok University of Technology	Poland	67.0	3,264	17,256	-3.9%
#30	Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw	Poland	66.8	5,447	12,328	-3.4%
#31	Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz	Poland	66.5	2,584	15,146	-11.5%
#32	Uniwersytet SWPS	Poland	65.6	3,663	12,412	-24.7%
#33	Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology	Poland	65.3	2,470	14,504	-9.9%
#34	Poznań University of Economics and Business	Poland	64.8	2,718	10,617	-4.7%
#35	Krakow University of Economics	Poland	64.6	3,043	11,586	11.2%
#36	SGH Warsaw School of Economics	Poland	64.1	3,370	9,462	-12.9%
#37	Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz	Poland	64.1	3,535	7,971	-0.4%
#38	University of Economics in Katowice	Poland	64.1	4,420	9,807	-6.8%
#39	Kozminski University	Poland	62.9	1,601	7,004	42.7%
#40	University of Bydgoszcz	Poland	62.9	1,086	3,413	92.1%
#41	Jan Długosz University	Poland	62.8	1,890	7,810	8.7%
#42	Kielce University of Technology	Poland	62.8	2,296	8,169	5.5%
#43	Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie	Poland	62.8	3,396	5,363	-32.8%
#44	WSB University	Poland	62.3	1,547	8,635	39.5%
#45	Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice	Poland	62.0	714	2,129	220.1%
#46	Gdynia Maritime University	Poland	61.8	1,531	6,658	14.3%
#47	Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences	Poland	61.6	1,368	7,203	9.3%
#48	Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport	Poland	61.6	1,538	5,806	40.4%
#49	Koszalin University of Technology	Poland	60.7	1,450	6,154	-10.3%
#50	University of Siedlce	Poland	60.3	1,731	6,075	-22.2%
#51	Akademii Wychowania Fizycznego im. Jerzego Kukuczki w Katowicach	Poland	60.0	1,098	4,879	11.5%
#52	Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University	Poland	58.8	1,459	3,949	37.0%
#53	University of Bielsko-Biała	Poland	58.4	1,393	3,316	-3.6%
#54	Maritime University of Szczecin	Poland	58.1	821	4,613	14.8%
#55	University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow	Poland	58.1	1,062	4,648	-7.6%
#56	Kazimierz Pułaski University of Technology and Humanities in Radom	Poland	57.5	1,203	6,037	-16.7%
#57	The Maria Grzegorzewska University	Poland	57.4	1,493	2,326	2.8%
#58	VIZJA University	Poland	56.6	220	904	188.9%
#59	Radom College	Poland	56.5	400	861	176.9%
#60	Uniwersytet Pomorski w Słupsku	Poland	55.7	1,032	2,921	-15.5%
#61	Akademia Łomżyńska	Poland	55.4	514	1,197	142.5%
#62	Holy Cross University	Poland	55.4	373	2,024	55.9%
#63	University of Computer Sciences and Economics in Olsztyn	Poland	54.9	675	1,834	-5.8%
#64	Społeczna Akademia Nauk	Poland	54.5	921	2,546	-18.1%
#65	University of Economics and Innovation	Poland	54.3	879	2,501	-10.1%
#66	Uniwersytet Kaliski im. Prezydenta Stanisława Wojciechowskiego	Poland	53.9	685	1,756	39.0%
#67	Uczelnia Łazarskiego	Poland	53.8	798	2,756	0.3%
#68	Mazovian University in Płock	Poland	53.3	271	984	175.5%
#69	University of Humanities and Economics in Lodz	Poland	52.3	712	2,804	-30.1%
#70	Institute of Political Studies	Poland	52.3	682	1,071	-18.8%
#71	Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology	Poland	52.1	352	1,429	-4.7%
#72	The Jacob of Paradies University	Poland	52.1	738	1,929	-2.2%
#73	Akademia Śląska	Poland	52.0	471	1,856	1.5%
#74	Educational Research Institute	Poland	51.6	520	811	22.6%
#75	Górnośląska Wyższa Szkoła Handlowa im. Wojciecha Korfantego	Poland	51.2	101	269	185.7%
#76	Akademia Ignatianum w Krakowie	Poland	51.2	1,160	1,173	-12.2%
#77	Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa w Nowym Sączu	Poland	51.1	462	1,689	15.0%
#78	WSB Merito University in Gdańsk	Poland	50.9	464	3,017	-7.6%
#79	National-Louis University	Poland	50.8	221	390	677.8%
#80	Vistula University	Poland	50.7	477	1,863	14.6%
#81	Polish Air Force Academy	Poland	50.6	479	2,128	1.7%
#82	Akademia Tarnowska	Poland	50.5	394	871	43.0%
#83	WSB Merito University in Poznan	Poland	50.5	399	1,577	21.0%
#84	Podhale State Higher Vocational School in Nowy Targ	Poland	50.4	237	308	233.3%
#85	Polish Naval Academy	Poland	50.3	626	1,366	-26.1%
#86	Warsaw Management University	Poland	50.2	426	3,270	-20.9%
#87	Sopot University of Applied Science	Poland	50.1	217	928	63.3%
#88	Pontifical University of John Paul II in Kraków	Poland	49.3	1,965	728	-17.9%
#89	State University of Applied Sciences in Konin	Poland	49.0	228	1,776	11.8%
#90	Wyższa Szkoła Technologii Informatycznych w Warszawie	Poland	48.9	334	572	62.1%
#91	University of Occupational Safety Management in Katowice	Poland	48.8	120	204	204.2%
#92	State University of Applied Sciences in Elbląg	Poland	48.5	286	696	65.5%
#93	University of Computer Sciences and Skills	Poland	48.4	142	174	385.7%
#94	Akademia Bialska im. Jana Pawła II	Poland	47.8	385	795	-9.9%
#95	University of Business in Wrocław	Poland	47.2	134	293	144.1%
#96	State Higher Vocational School in Krosno	Poland	46.4	311	889	-16.9%
#97	WSB Merito University in Wroclaw	Poland	46.3	225	1,674	-37.3%
#98	War Studies Academy	Poland	46.2	642	395	37.3%
#99	Centrum Medyczne Kształcenia Podyplomowego	Poland	46.1	383	250	55.7%
#100	Akademia Pożarnicza	Poland	45.9	231	944	-75.6%

Transparent methodology

What the ITS Research Performance Score measures

The current score is intentionally research-specific. Thirty percent reflects five-year publication output, thirty percent five-year citations, twenty percent h-index, ten percent i10-index and ten percent five-year publication growth. Volume-based indicators are log-normalized before weighting so the largest universities do not dominate simply because of scale. Growth is bounded before entering the score so a tiny starting value cannot create an unrealistic advantage.

The score does not currently claim to measure teaching quality, student satisfaction, reputation, employability or finances. It also does not label the underlying citation totals as field-normalized impact. Future field-normalized modules should be added only when the underlying work-level calculations are available and validated. This separation keeps the ranking interpretable and prevents unsupported claims.

Source data is drawn from OpenAlex and linked to ROR identifiers. Both are open scholarly infrastructures. ITS Research Solution adds value through normalization, quality gates, trend calculations, ranking methodology, benchmarking and readable institution-level analysis.