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Nicolaus Copernicus University Research Portal
Nicolaus Copernicus University Research Portal is the official repository that collects and makes available information on the full scope of research, academic, and artistic activities conducted at our university. It serves as a systematic source of data on the achievements of NCU faculty and staff, and at the same time, as a tool supporting open scientific communication and the transfer of knowledge to the broader socio-economic community.
The repository contains detailed information on:
scholarly publications – articles, monographs, book chapters, and other types of publications authored by NCU researchers and doctoral studentsresearch teams – information on their structure, research profiles, and areas of specializationdoctoral dissertations – a list of doctoral dissertations written at the universityartistic works – a collection of over 6,000 items documenting the creative output of the academic communitypatents and patent applications – inventions and technological solutions covered by legal protectionresearch projects – national and international research initiatives carried out by our scientistsconferences and other academic events – organized by NCU units or involving NCU representatives
Among the most influential scholars
Researchers at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń regularly appear on the list of the world’s most influential scientists in terms of the number of citations their articles receive. The list of the most frequently cited scientists is compiled by Elsevier and Stanford University.
In a ranking published in 2025, forty-two scholars from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń were among the most frequently cited scientists in the world. The updated lists were prepared on the basis of a comprehensive assessment of the scientific achievements of researchers from around the world, after calculating a complex bibliometric index (the so-called C-score), which takes into account factors such as the number of independent citations, the Hirsch index, and the author's place and role among co-authors.
The authors of the ranking prepare two publicly available lists: one compiles data from the researchers’ entire professional careers (through the end of 2024), and the other—exclusively from the most recent calendar year (2024). The list includes the top 100,000 researchers based on the C-score (with or without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or higher in their subfield.
NCU-affiliated researchers with the highest number of citations since the start of their careers
Prof. dr hab. Bogusław Buszewski from the Faculty of Chemistry
Prof. dr hab. Alina Sionkowska from the Faculty of Chemistry
Śp. prof. dr hab. Andrzej J. Sadlej from the Faculty of Chemistry
Śp. prof. dr hab. Lutosław Wolniewicz from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
Prof. dr hab. Werner Ulrich from the Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences
Prof. dr hab. Artur P. Terzyk from the Faculty of Chemistry
Prof. dr hab. Maria Lewicka from the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences
Prof. dr hab. Wojciech Kujawski from the Faculty of Chemistry
Prof. dr hab. Jan Styczyński from the Faculty of Medicine
Prof. dr hab. Halina Kaczmarek from the Faculty of Chemistry
Prof. dr hab. Dariusz Chruściński from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
Prof. dr hab. Włodzisław Duch from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
Dr hab. Beata Kaczmarek-Szczepańska from the Faculty of Chemistry
Prof. dr hab. Eugene Gutkin R.I.P. from the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Prof. dr hab. Daniel Simson R.I.P. from the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Dr hab. Katarzyna Lewandowska, prof. UMK from the Faculty of Chemistry
Prof. dr hab. Andrzej Skowroński R.I.P. from the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Dr hab. Joanna Kujawa, prof. UMK from the Faculty of Chemistry
Prof. dr hab. Aleksandra Szydłowska-Czerniak from theFaculty of Chemistry
Prof. dr hab. Edward Szłyk from the Faculty of Chemistry
Prof. dr hab. Stanisław Koter from the Faculty of Chemistry
Prof. dr hab. Roman Ciuryło from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
Prof. dr hab. Sebastian Maćkowski from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
Prof. dr hab. Barbara Bojko from the Faculty of Pharmacy
Prof. dr hab. Jerzy P. Łukaszewicz from the Faculty of Chemistry
Prof. dr hab. Tomasz Grzybowski from the Faculty of Medicine
Dr hab. Beata Derkowska-Zielińska, prof. UMK from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
NCU-affiliated researchers with the highest number of citations in 2024
Prof. dr hab. Alina Sionkowska from the Faculty of Chemistry
Prof. dr hab. Maria Lewicka from the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences
Prof. dr hab. Bogusław Buszewski from the Faculty of Chemistry
Prof. dr hab. Jan Styczyński from the Faculty of Medicine
Dr hab. Beata Kaczmarek-Szczepańska from the Faculty of Chemistry
Prof. dr hab. Werner Urlich from the Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences
Prof. dr hab. Wojciech Kujawski from the Faculty of Chemistry
Prof. dr hab. Dariusz Chruściński from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
Prof. dr hab. Artur P. Terzyk from the Faculty of Chemistry
Dr hab. Joanna Kujawa, prof. UMK from the Faculty of Chemistry
Dr hab. Peter Molnár, prof. UMK from the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management
Prof. dr hab. Halina Kaczmarek from the Faculty of Chemistry
Prof. dr hab. Patrycja Golińska from the Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences
Prof. dr hab. Aleksandra Szydłowska-Czerniak from the Faculty of Chemistry
Dr hab. Katarzyna Lewandowska, prof. UMK from the Faculty of Chemistry
Prof. dr hab. Michał Wiciński from the Faculty of Medicine
Dr Bartłomiej Igliński from the Faculty of Chemistry
Dr hab. Ewa Olewnik-Kruszkowska, prof. UMK from the Faculty of Chemistry
Prof. dr hab. Włodzisław Duch from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
Dr inż. Rafał Szczepański from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
Prof. dr hab. Barbara Bojko from the Faculty of Pharmacy
Prof. dr hab. Piotr Cysewsk ifrom the Faculty of Pharmacy
Dr hab. Marta Ziegler-Borowska, prof. UMK from the Faculty of Chemistry
Prof. dr hab. Katharina Boguslawski, prof. UMK from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
Dr hab. Paweł Pomastowski, prof. UMK from the Interdisciplinary Centre for Modern Technologies
Prof. dr hab. Grzegorz Woźniakowski from the Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences
Dr hab. inż. Tomasz Tarczewski, prof. UMK from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
Dr Andrzej Grzywacz from the Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences
Dr hab. Beata Derkowska-Zielińska, prof. UMK from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
Ks. prof. dr hab. Piotr Roszak from the Faculty of Theology
Dr hab. Anna Zawadzka, prof. UMK from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
Lists of the world's most cited scientists – a complete overview
Discover the Nicolaus Copernicus University Press
The Nicolaus Copernicus University Press is one of the largest university presses in Poland. It publishes over 150 titles annually, including monographs, dissertations, textbooks, and journals in the humanities, social and economic sciences, mathematics and natural sciences, and medicine. Since 2011, it has been publishing and distributing the prestigious series “Monographs of the Foundation for Polish Science.” In 2013, the Press launched the Academic Journal Platform – the first service of its kind in Poland offering open access to scholarly journals.
Journals
Access to Nicolaus Copernicus University journals is available through the Academic Journal Platform. This online service enables the publication and distribution of scholarly journals from Nicolaus Copernicus University and partner institutions. Currently, the database contains over one hundred titles spanning more than 20 disciplines. The platform supports the entire publishing process – from article submission to publication. Thanks to the open access model, readers can access scholarly publications free of charge. The platform increases the visibility of research, facilitates the exchange of knowledge, and promotes high standards of scholarly communication.
Most Frequently Cited Journals
Journals affiliated with Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń are regularly listed in the Scopus CiteScore Rank, a ranking of journals based on the CiteScore metric. The 2025 ranking included 15 journals published or co-published by Nicolaus Copernicus University. The top spots were taken by journals in the fields of philosophy, religious studies, cultural studies, and geography.
CiteScore is a bibliometric indicator that measures the citation impact of journals and other serial publications. The ranking shows the average number of citations received in a given year by articles published in the journal over the past four years. A single journal may be listed in several disciplines and is evaluated separately in each one. This means that the indicator should be used only to compare journals within a single discipline, as it is not normalized and does not account for differences between disciplines, such as the average number of publications cited per article or publication frequency.
Thanks to CiteScore, each journal included in the ranking is positioned within a given field (or fields). Its position is expressed as a percentile. On this basis, it is possible to determine which journal is the most influential in its discipline and assign it to the appropriate quartile. The top quartile (Q1) includes the top quarter of journals with the highest percentile in a given category.
The purpose of this list is to help researchers determine where best to present their research and to identify journals where it is worth keeping track of the latest publications. CiteScore is powered by Scopus (Elsevier) and includes titles from over 7,000 publishers cataloged across 333 subject areas.
NCU-affiliated journals listed in the Scopus CiteScore Rank 2024
Ecological Questions – CiteScore: 2.2; indexed in disciplines: Geography, Planning and Development (Q2) oraz Ecology, Evolution, Behaviour and Systematics (Q3);
Scientia et Fides – CiteScore: 1.7; indexed in disciplines: Religious Studies i Philosophy (Q1);
Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economics Series – CiteScore: 1.7; indexed in disciplines: Cultural Studies (Q1), Urban Studies, Demography, and Geography, Planning and Development.
Logic and Logical Philosophy – CiteScore: 1.1; indexed in discipline Philosophy (Q1);
Topological Methods in Nonlinear Analysis – CiteScore: 1.0; indexed in disciplines Analysis, and Applied Mathematics (Q4);
Comparative Law Review – CiteScore: 0.6; indexed in discipline Law (Q3);
Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia – CiteScore: 0.4; indexed in discipline Religious Studies (Q2);
Theoria et Historia Scientarum – CiteScore: 0.3; indexed in disciplines: Language and Linguistics (Q3), Linguistics and Language (Q4), Communication (Q4), and Cognitive Neuroscience (Q4);
Ordines Militares – CiteScore: 0.3; indexed in discipline History (Q3);
Rocznik Przekładoznawczy – CiteScore: 0.2; indexed in disciplines Literature and Literary Theory (Q3), Language and Linguistics, and Linguistics and Language;
Ruch Filozoficzny – CiteScore: 0.1; indexed in discipline Philosophy (Q4);
Litteraria Copernicana – CiteScore: 0.1; indexed in discipline Cultural Studies (Q4);
Studia Iuridica Thoruniensia – CiteScore: 0.1; indexed in discipline Law (Q4);
Studies in the History of Philosophy – CiteScore: 0.1; indexed in discipline Philosophy (Q4);
Biuletyn Polskiej Misji Historycznej – CiteScore: 0.1; indexed in discipline History (Q4).