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Research in Blagoevgrad

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are College of Tourism, South-West University "Neofit Rilski" and American University in Bulgaria.

Research institutions
3
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.6k
▲ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
3.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1953-2026
74 years on the record
Blagoevgrad

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Blagoevgrad?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1College of TourismUniversity 2,482 #2,901
2South-West University "Neofit Rilski"University 1,635 #5,589
3American University in BulgariaUniversity 440 #19,284

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does Blagoevgrad work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research in Blagoevgrad is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Business, Management and Accounting (11%), Computer Science (10%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,044 fractional works · 64.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 546 fractional works · 33.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 258 fractional works · 16.0% of its workEducation: 62 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 46 fractional works · 2.9% of its workDemography: 41 fractional works · 2.5% of its workTransportation: 37 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCultural Studies: 24 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 182 fractional works · 11.3% of its workMarketing: 43 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 33 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 31 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAccounting: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness and International Management: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 118 fractional works · 7.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 29 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 86 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 62 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 82 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 40 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 31 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 399 fractional works · 24.7% of its workComputer Science: 163 fractional works · 10.1% of its workInformation Systems: 54 fractional works · 3.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 51 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 97 fractional works · 6.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 70 fractional works · 4.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 24 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 86 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMedicine: 57 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 23 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 83 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 52 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFood Science: 24 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKBlagoevgrad1,613fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences65%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences1,04464.8%
    1. Social Sciences54633.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting18211.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities1187.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance865.3%
    5. Psychology825.1%
    6. Decision Sciences311.9%
    1. Computer Science16310.1%
    2. Engineering976.0%
    3. Environmental Science704.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences150.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy140.9%
    6. Mathematics130.8%
    7. Materials Science120.7%
    8. Energy70.5%
    9. Chemistry70.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine573.5%
    2. Health Professions231.5%
    3. Nursing50.3%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences523.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology181.1%
    3. Neuroscience110.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Blagoevgrad strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Blagoevgrad is most concentrated in Transportation, Marketing and Sociology and Political Science (7.6× the world share in Transportation).

  1. TransportationSubfield · 34.2 works7.6×
  2. MarketingSubfield · 36.7 works6.4×
  3. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 220.3 works4.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 42 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.31× its world share, 138 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 82 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 56 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.78× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 50 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.44× its world share, 95 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.61× its world share, 157 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.02× its world share, 26 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.53× its world share, 73 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.53× its world share, 63 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.70× its world share, 461 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting3.61×157 works
  2. Social Sciences2.70×461 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.53×73 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.44×95 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.02×26 works
  6. Psychology1.53×63 works
  7. Computer Science1.31×138 works
  8. Environmental Science0.83×56 works
  9. Mathematics0.78×12 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.66×42 works
  11. Nursing0.62×4 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.55×12 works
  13. Health Professions0.54×19 works
  14. Energy0.52×6 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.42×13 works
  16. Engineering0.41×82 works
  17. Neuroscience0.38×8 works
  18. Chemistry0.29×6 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.21×15 works
  20. Materials Science0.19×9 works
  21. Medicine0.19×50 works
  22. Dentistry0.11×1 works
  23. Veterinary0.09×0 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×1 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.07×0 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.05×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Blagoevgrad?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, COVID-19 Impact, Tourist Satisfaction, Tourism Development, Destination Image, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Tourism and Community Perceptions.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Economic Growth111▲ 8.5×26 topics
  2. Sustainability106▲ 2.7×79 topics
  3. Sustainable Development105▲ 4.2×62 topics
  4. COVID-19 Impact99▲ 36×6 topics
  5. Tourist Satisfaction88▲ 54×2 topics
  6. Destination Image83▲ 61×2 topics
  7. Tourism Development83▲ 38×2 topics
  8. Sustainable Tourism78▲ 42×3 topics
  9. Social Media77▲ 3.5×27 topics
  10. Community Perceptions77▲ 67×1 topic
  11. Destination Loyalty77▲ 67×1 topic
  12. Globalization64▲ 2.0×87 topics
  13. Machine Learning60◆ 1.11×60 topics
  14. Artificial Intelligence58▲ 2.5×47 topics
  15. Consumer Behavior57▲ 5.7×19 topics
  16. Economic Development55▲ 4.2×33 topics
  17. Education53▲ 1.91×65 topics
  18. Local Wisdom50▲ 6.7×7 topics
  19. Innovation45▲ 2.7×51 topics
  20. Supply Chain Management45▲ 3.1×21 topics
  21. Identity40▲ 3.4×33 topics
  22. Educational Technology39▲ 2.0×30 topics
  23. Pandemic Response37▲ 10×3 topics
  24. Community-based Tourism36▲ 38×1 topic
  25. Cultural Ecotourism36▲ 38×1 topic
  26. Economic Impact36▲ 4.1×9 topics
  27. E-Learning35▲ 2.2×17 topics
  28. Customer Satisfaction34▲ 6.6×8 topics
  29. Financial Performance33▲ 3.7×11 topics
  30. Leadership33▲ 4.2×22 topics
  31. E-commerce33▲ 3.6×9 topics
  32. User-Generated Content32▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Consumer Engagement32▲ 16×1 topic
  34. Electronic Word-of-Mouth32▲ 16×1 topic
  35. Digital Transformation27▲ 3.1×20 topics
  36. Environmental Management27▲ 4.1×10 topics
  37. Organizational Culture26▲ 4.2×12 topics
  38. Service Quality23▲ 5.3×6 topics
  39. Cruise Tourism18▲ 62×1 topic
  40. Economic Contribution18▲ 62×1 topic

What research is done in Blagoevgrad?

Diverse Aspects of Touri…62Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 62 fractional worksCommunity-based Tourism …34Community-based Tourism Development and Sustainability: 34 fractional worksDigital Marketing and So…26Digital Marketing and Social Media: 26 fractional worksSMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 19 fractional worksCruise Tourism Development and Management: 18 fractional worksE-commerce and Technolog…13E-commerce and Technology Innovations: 13 fractional worksHalal products and consumer behavior: 10 fractional worksHospitality and Tourism Education: 10 fractional worksCulinary Culture and Tourism: 10 fractional worksCustomer Service Quality and Loyalty: 9 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceDemographyTransportationBusiness and International Management3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 62 works
  2. 2 Community-based Tourism Development and Sustainability Sociology and Political Science 34 works
  3. 3 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 26 works
  4. 4 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 19 works
  5. 5 Cruise Tourism Development and Management Transportation 18 works
  6. 6 E-commerce and Technology Innovations Business and International Management 13 works
  7. 7 Halal products and consumer behavior Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  8. 8 Hospitality and Tourism Education Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 10 works
  9. 9 Culinary Culture and Tourism Food Science 10 works
  10. 10 Customer Service Quality and Loyalty Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 9 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Blagoevgrad17.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.5% in 2007.

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