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informed decisions hamper effective utilization of public finances, both by the Research, Development and Innovation Council and by university managements. In this comparative study, we have attempted to present the approximate research output of various scientific disciplines in the Czech Republic, comparing the indicators of overall and outstanding publication output. Low publication output in many fields may be caused by a number of factors: (i) Low financial support, insufficient human resources and infrastructure; (ii) Ineffective utilization of resources (low research and publication output); (iii) Research focused on other than core prestigious publications, and therefore other forms of output than articles in journals included in the WoS database (e.g., greater focus on unpublished applied results). Identifying the precise role of various factors is beyond the possibility of bibliometric indicators. In any case, it would be wrong to attribute the differences in absolute values and publication output trends observed to any single factor without having specific information about the utilization of resources and focus of research. 20