Research in Bucharest
Science Explorer records 124 research institutions in Bucharest, Romania. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Ministry of Education, Bucharest University of Economic Studies and University of Bucharest.
- Research institutions
- 124 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 127k ▲ 10% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 1.1M 8.4 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 16.1% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
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 Bucharest?
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.
How concentrated the city is
The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Bucharest work in?
In 2022-now, 39% of research in Bucharest is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (20%), Engineering (15%), Social Sciences (12%).
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
- Physical Sciences14k39.4%
- Engineering5,26615.0%
- Computer Science2,7027.7%
- Environmental Science1,8585.3%
- Materials Science1,2403.5%
- Mathematics6501.9%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences5641.6%
- Physics and Astronomy5451.6%
- Chemistry4531.3%
- Energy4111.2%
- Chemical Engineering1520.4%
- Social Sciences9,75527.8%
- Social Sciences4,10211.7%
- Business, Management and Accounting1,6694.8%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1,4464.1%
- Arts and Humanities1,1783.4%
- Psychology9122.6%
- Decision Sciences4471.3%
- Health Sciences8,06823.0%
- Medicine7,03020.0%
- Health Professions5801.7%
- Dentistry3020.9%
- Nursing1210.3%
- Veterinary350.1%
- Life Sciences3,4599.8%
What is Bucharest strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Bucharest is most concentrated in General Energy, Algebra and Number Theory and Numerical Analysis (7.8× the world share in General Energy).
- General EnergySubfield · 66.1 works7.8×
- Algebra and Number TheorySubfield · 61.1 works3.1×
- Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 61.1 works2.3×
- Geometry and TopologySubfield · 108.6 works2.1×
- ArchitectureSubfield · 25.6 works2.1×
- OrthodonticsSubfield · 73.2 works2.1×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.99×1,327 works
- Dentistry1.70×257 works
- Mathematics1.60×587 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.52×1,526 works
- Decision Sciences1.30×392 works
- Energy1.29×371 works
- Chemical Engineering1.24×136 works
- Arts and Humanities1.17×1,050 works
- Environmental Science1.05×1,625 works
- Materials Science1.02×1,106 works
- Medicine1.02×6,138 works
- Engineering1.01×4,732 works
- Computer Science1.00×2,431 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.00×489 works
- Social Sciences0.93×3,654 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.83×1,237 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.83×92 works
- Chemistry0.83×407 works
- Psychology0.81×774 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.73×228 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.70×1,161 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.69×479 works
- Nursing0.69×106 works
- Neuroscience0.67×340 works
- Health Professions0.64×526 works
- Veterinary0.64×27 works
Which keywords describe research in Bucharest?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Epidemiology, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Machine Learning, Sustainable Development, Globalization and Economic Growth.
- Regional Disparities
- Territorial Capital
- Cyber-Physical Systems
- Ethics
- Consumer Behavior
- Environmental Management
- Tissue Engineering
- Nanoparticles
- COVID-19
- Oxidative Stress
- Internet of Things
- Social Media
- Neural Networks
- Supply Chain Management
- Economic Growth
- Artificial Intelligence
- Sustainable Development
- Renewable Energy
- Deep Learning
- Sustainability
- Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Climate Change
- Globalization
- Environmental Impact
- Inflammation
- Biomedical Applications
- Innovation
- Big Data
- Education
- Treatment
- Energy Efficiency
- Security
- Human Rights
- Diagnosis
- Nanocomposites
- Digital Transformation
- International Relations
- Geopolitics
- Regional Growth
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
- Epidemiology1,420◆ 1.01×140 topics
- Sustainability1,306▲ 1.52×135 topics
- Machine Learning1,109◆ 0.95×94 topics
- Deep Learning1,048▼ 0.86×83 topics
- Climate Change1,034◆ 1.08×126 topics
- Renewable Energy884▲ 1.74×59 topics
- Globalization860▲ 1.25×164 topics
- Sustainable Development810▲ 1.47×105 topics
- Environmental Impact799▲ 1.33×71 topics
- Artificial Intelligence729▲ 1.46×64 topics
- Inflammation716◆ 0.96×83 topics
- Economic Growth602▲ 2.1×35 topics
- Biomedical Applications557▲ 1.34×36 topics
- Supply Chain Management542▲ 1.72×26 topics
- Innovation534▲ 1.47×84 topics
- Neural Networks527◆ 0.97×42 topics
- Big Data518▲ 1.54×35 topics
- Social Media514◆ 1.06×41 topics
- Education503▼ 0.83×146 topics
- Internet of Things502▲ 1.67×31 topics
- Treatment498▲ 1.17×51 topics
- Oxidative Stress490▼ 0.85×62 topics
- Energy Efficiency475▲ 1.46×44 topics
- COVID-19464◆ 1.02×34 topics
- Security445▲ 1.89×29 topics
- Nanoparticles437◆ 0.99×44 topics
- Human Rights421▲ 1.17×85 topics
- Tissue Engineering418▲ 1.96×13 topics
- Diagnosis416▲ 1.27×41 topics
- Environmental Management402▲ 2.8×22 topics
- Nanocomposites365▲ 1.32×22 topics
- Consumer Behavior352▲ 1.61×20 topics
- Digital Transformation319▲ 1.68×30 topics
- Ethics304▲ 1.71×56 topics
- International Relations249▲ 2.9×28 topics
- Cyber-Physical Systems246▲ 2.7×9 topics
- Geopolitics235▲ 4.4×12 topics
- Territorial Capital157▲ 14×2 topics
- Regional Growth150▲ 7.3×3 topics
- Regional Disparities141▲ 8.5×2 topics
What research is done in Bucharest?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 122 works
- 2 Regional Development and Policy Political Science and International Relations 104 works
- 3 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 104 works
- 4 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 103 works
- 5 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 101 works
- 6 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 92 works
- 7 Bone Tissue Engineering Materials Biomedical Engineering 90 works
- 8 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 89 works
- 9 Business and Economic Development Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 88 works
- 10 Marine and environmental studies Oceanography 85 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.1% in 2025.
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