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Research in Maribor

Science Explorer records 19 research institutions in Maribor, Slovenia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Maribor, Alma Mater Europaea and Zdravstveni dom dr. Adolfa Drolca Maribor.

Research institutions
19
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
20k
▲ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
283k
14.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1954-2026
73 years on the record
Maribor

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 Maribor?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of MariborUniversity 18,071 #1,472
2Zdravstveni dom dr. Adolfa Drolca MariborHospital / health system 534 #15,980
3Alma Mater EuropaeaUniversity 532 #6,587
4Institute of Information ScienceUniversity 493 #19,216 all time
5Vocational College of Traffic and TransportUniversity 149 #31,187 all time
6DOBA Business SchoolUniversity 110 not ranked
7National Laboratory of Health, Environment and FoodResearch facility 93 not ranked
8Institute for Environmental Protection and SensorsResearch facility 53 not ranked
9Tehniški Solski Center MariborUniversity 46 not ranked
10Ecological Engineering InstituteCompany 41 not ranked
11Izobraževalni Center Piramida MariborUniversity 23 not ranked
12Veterinarska Bolnica MariborHospital / health system 19 not ranked
13TECESNonprofit 18 not ranked
14Energy Agency of PodravjeGovernment institution 5 not ranked
15Višja Strokovna Šola za Gostinstvo in Turizem MariborUniversity 3 not ranked
16Nigrad (Slovenia)Company 2 not ranked
17ZUM urban planning, design (Slovenia)Company 2 not ranked
18Amis (Slovenia)Company 1 not ranked
19SMM production systems (Slovenia)Company 1 not ranked

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.

University of Maribor: 89.5%Zdravstveni dom dr. Adolfa Drolca Maribor: 2.6%Alma Mater Europaea: 2.6%Institute of Information Science: 2.4%15 others listed: 2.8%89%largest
University of Maribor18k · 89.5%Zdravstveni dom dr. Adolfa Drolca Maribor534 · 2.6%Alma Mater Europaea532 · 2.6%Institute of Information Science493 · 2.4%15 others listed566 · 2.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Maribor work in?

In 2022-now, 37% of research in Maribor is in Social Sciences, 36% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (16%), Engineering (15%), Medicine (15%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2,016 fractional works · 36.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 892 fractional works · 16.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 358 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 129 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEducation: 123 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDemography: 43 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCultural Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 309 fractional works · 5.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 97 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 64 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 283 fractional works · 5.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 107 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMusic: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 259 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 89 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 69 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 200 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 171 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 73 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 38 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,972 fractional works · 36.0% of its workEngineering: 839 fractional works · 15.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 135 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 125 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 123 fractional works · 2.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 106 fractional works · 1.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 57 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 56 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 50 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 479 fractional works · 8.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 135 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 131 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 49 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 229 fractional works · 4.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 142 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 63 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 65 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 63 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 51 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 47 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,038 fractional works · 19.0% of its workMedicine: 831 fractional works · 15.2% of its workSurgery: 113 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 65 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 64 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 57 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 54 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 42 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 97 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 154 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 83 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 445 fractional works · 8.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 175 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPlant Science: 52 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 51 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 164 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 86 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 59 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKMaribor5,471fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences37%

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 Sciences2,01636.9%
    1. Social Sciences89216.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting3095.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities2835.2%
    4. Psychology2594.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2003.7%
    6. Decision Sciences731.3%
    1. Engineering83915.3%
    2. Computer Science4798.8%
    3. Environmental Science2294.2%
    4. Materials Science1422.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy651.2%
    6. Mathematics631.2%
    7. Chemistry510.9%
    8. Energy470.9%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences370.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering190.3%
  3. Health Sciences1,03819.0%
    1. Medicine83115.2%
    2. Health Professions1542.8%
    3. Nursing250.5%
    4. Dentistry240.4%
    5. Veterinary40.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1753.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1643.0%
    3. Neuroscience591.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology330.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics140.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Maribor strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Maribor is most concentrated in Music, Language and Linguistics and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (8.3× the world share in Music).

  1. MusicSubfield · 32.6 works8.3×
  2. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 101.7 works4.8×
  3. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 94.1 works3.8×
← 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: 0.69× its world share, 158 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 146 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.59× its world share, 28 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.68× its world share, 54 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.99× its world share, 17 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.61× its world share, 46 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.13× its world share, 425 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 32 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.99× its world share, 44 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.06× its world share, 766 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 202 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.76× its world share, 129 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.91× its world share, 51 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 53 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.83× its world share, 20 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.05× its world share, 133 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.78× its world share, 723 worksMedicineNursing: 0.91× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.83× its world share, 255 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.69× its world share, 263 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 63 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.75× its world share, 181 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.50× its world share, 220 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 781 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 1.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities1.83×255 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.75×181 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting1.69×263 works
  4. Psychology1.50×220 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.34×63 works
  6. Social Sciences1.28×781 works
  7. Computer Science1.13×425 works
  8. Engineering1.06×766 works
  9. Health Professions1.05×133 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.99×17 works
  11. Energy0.99×44 works
  12. Mathematics0.91×51 works
  13. Nursing0.91×22 works
  14. Environmental Science0.84×202 works
  15. Dentistry0.83×20 works
  16. Medicine0.78×723 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.77×13 works
  18. Materials Science0.76×129 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.69×158 works
  20. Neuroscience0.68×54 works
  21. Chemistry0.61×46 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.59×28 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.57×146 works
  24. Veterinary0.51×3 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.49×53 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.42×32 works

Which keywords describe research in Maribor?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Ethics, Spirituality, Media, Cultural Integration, Social Change, Resilience and Religion.

▲ 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. Sustainability261▲ 1.95×83 topics
  2. Machine Learning184◆ 1.01×85 topics
  3. Epidemiology167▼ 0.77×123 topics
  4. Sustainable Development150▲ 1.75×68 topics
  5. Ethics147▲ 5.3×33 topics
  6. Resilience138▲ 5.2×16 topics
  7. Religion135▲ 5.3×19 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence127▲ 1.63×44 topics
  9. Big Data127▲ 2.4×25 topics
  10. Spirituality120▲ 22×4 topics
  11. Media120▲ 15×7 topics
  12. Supply Chain Management117▲ 2.4×22 topics
  13. Cultural Integration117▲ 10×2 topics
  14. Social Change115▲ 17×6 topics
  15. Communication Technology114▲ 167×1 topic
  16. Youth Subcultures114▲ 167×1 topic
  17. Economic Growth108▲ 2.4×30 topics
  18. Human Rights107▲ 1.91×50 topics
  19. Renewable Energy106▲ 1.34×50 topics
  20. Environmental Impact106◆ 1.13×51 topics
  21. Mental Health104▲ 1.33×36 topics
  22. Quality of Life98▲ 1.24×55 topics
  23. Internet of Things81▲ 1.73×20 topics
  24. Cultural History79▲ 12×7 topics
  25. Environmental Management65▲ 2.9×12 topics
  26. Cyber-Physical Systems53▲ 3.7×9 topics
  27. Linguistics52▲ 6.0×4 topics
  28. Lexicography50▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Innovation Management50▲ 5.9×5 topics
  30. Etymology48▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Historical Phonology48▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Language Evolution46▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Indo-European45▲ 40×1 topic
  34. Proto-Indo-European45▲ 40×1 topic
  35. Agricultural Sustainability44▲ 7.0×4 topics
  36. Digital Twin42▲ 5.6×2 topics
  37. Leadership Emergence42▲ 55×1 topic
  38. Rural Tourism42▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Cloud Manufacturing38▲ 7.7×1 topic
  40. Smart Manufacturing38▲ 7.7×1 topic

What research is done in Maribor?

Religious, Philosophical…105Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies: 105 fractional worksLinguistics and language…43Linguistics and language evolution: 43 fractional worksRegional Development and…38Regional Development and Management Studies: 38 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 33 fractional worksBalkan and Eastern European Studies: 26 fractional worksEastern European Communi…25Eastern European Communism and Reforms: 25 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 19 fractional worksEnvironmental Science and Water Management: 19 fractional worksDiverse Musicological Studies: 19 fractional worksLinguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity: 18 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLanguage and LinguisticsEconomics and EconometricsIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies Sociology and Political Science 105 works
  2. 2 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 43 works
  3. 3 Regional Development and Management Studies Economics and Econometrics 38 works
  4. 4 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 33 works
  5. 5 Balkan and Eastern European Studies Economics and Econometrics 26 works
  6. 6 Eastern European Communism and Reforms Sociology and Political Science 25 works
  7. 7 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 19 works
  8. 8 Environmental Science and Water Management Water Science and Technology 19 works
  9. 9 Diverse Musicological Studies Music 19 works
  10. 10 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity Language and Linguistics 18 works

Research output over time

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grewheldshrank

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%30%Maribor18.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.1% in 2014.

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