Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Ján Somorčík, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Somorčík
I.2 - Name
Ján
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1979
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Mlynská dolina, 842 48 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
Assistant professor
I.8 - E-mail address
somorcik@fmph.uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4742
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Matematika / Mathematics
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0001-8401-0887

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of mathematics, physics and informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2003
II.c - Study field and programme
Study field: Mathematics, programmes: Probability and mathematical statistics, Mathematical analysis, Insurance mathematics
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of mathematics, physics and informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2010
II.c - Study field and programme
Probability and mathematical statistics
II.4 - Associate professor
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Assistant professor Faculty of mathematics, physics and informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava 2006-

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Statistical Methods Mathematics of Economy and Finance, Data Science, Insurance Mathematics, Mathematics I. Mathematics
Econometrics Mathematics of Economy and Finance, Insurance Mathematics, Mathematics, Managerial mathematics, Data Science I.+II. Mathematics
Nonparametric Statistics Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Mathematics of Economy, Finance and Modeling II. Mathematics
Theory of Probability Probability and Mathematical Statistics II. Mathematics
Computer Statistics Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Mathematics of Economy, Finance and Modeling II. Mathematics
Categorical Data Analysis Probability and Mathematical Statistics II. Mathematics
Computer Statistics Mathematics of Economy and Finance, Insurance Mathematics, Mathematics, Computer Science I.+II. Mathematics
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
1
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
3
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
38
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
27
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
I.

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
22
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
11
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
52
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
42
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
40
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
32
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
8
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
0
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Rublík F, Somorčík J (2011): Affine-equivariant spatial median and its use in the multivariate multi-sample location problem. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics, Volume 53, pp. 197–215.

2

Rublík F, Somorčík J (2015): On the Behrens-Fisher problem from the spatial median point of view. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, Volume 85, pp. 3080–3091.

3

Tóth R, Somorčík J (2017): On a non-parametric confidence interval for the regression slope. Metron, Volume 75, pp. 359–369.

4

Somorčík J (2006): Tests Using Spatial Median. Austrian Journal of Statistics, Volume 35, pp. 331–338.

5

Ščevková J, Dušička J, Mičieta K, Somorčík J (2015): Diurnal varia-tion in airborne pollen concentration of six allergenic tree taxa and its relationship with meteorological parameters. Aerobiologia, Volume 31, pp. 457–468.

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

Červenák Z, Somorčík J, Jalal Y, Zajacová Ž, Baldovič M, Gažová A, Kyselovič J (2025): Sex-Specific Expression Patterns of MYH6 and MYH7 Gene Transcripts in Large Cohorts of Non-Failing and Failing Human Left Ventricular Tissues. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, Volume 12, pp.1–18.

2

Červenák Z, Somorčík J, Zajacová Ž, Gažová A, Straka I, André Z, Minár M, Kyselovič J (2026): Gothelf’s Haplotype of COMT in Parkinson’s Disease: A Case–Control Study. Biomedicines, Volume 14, pp. 1–11.

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

Zhang W, Liu A, Tang L L, Li Q (2019): A cluster-adjusted rank-based test for a clinical trial concerning multiple endpoints with application to dietary intervention assessment. Biometrics, DOI: 10.1111/biom.13029

2

Shirke D T, Chavan A R (2019): Multivariate multi-sample tests for location based on data depth. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, Volume 89, pp. 3377-3390

3

Jhun M, Shin SJ (2009): Bootstrapping spatial median for location problems. Communications in Statistics-Simulation and Computation, Volume 28, pp. 2123-2133

4

Velasco R P et al. (2012): Systematic Review of Economic Evaluations of Preparedness Strategies and Interventions against Influenza Pandemics. PloS one. Volume 7, pp. e30333

5

Baringhaus L, Grübel R (2021): The quarter median. Metrika, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00184-021-00836-z

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Universität Wien Vienna, Austria 03/01/2007 - 06/30/2007 Lecturer

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

Lecturer of statistics at the Institute of Forensic Science of Slovak Police Corps. Co-author of a textbook in statistics for high school students. Consultant to the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline to help with the evaluation of various vaccination-based mitigation scenarios of influenza. Reviewer for various scientific journals.

Date of last update
2026-02-25