Publication output of the Institute of Geography of Kazimierz Wielki University (1995-2017)

Abstrakt

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the publishing output of the UKW Institute of Geography from its foundation in 1995 until the end of the year 2017. The structure of publications was assessed on the basis of bibliometric methods, using a dynamic approach. The results include a breakdown by the number of authors, language, and source. The analysis also addresses the thematic structure of the publications, the structure of their spatial scopes, and the most important trends evident in the analyzed period. The place of the UKW Institute of Geography among all geographical centers in Poland was identified based on the analysis of publications by UKW faculty members, and with the use of bibliometric publications assessing other centers of geographic research in Poland, as well as geographical journals.