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Research in Ploieşti

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Ploieşti, Romania. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Petroleum & Gas University of Ploieşti.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.8k
▲ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
6.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1965-2026
62 years on the record
Ploieşti

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 Ploieşti?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Petroleum & Gas University of PloieştiUniversity 1,826 #5,548

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 Ploieşti work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research in Ploieşti is in Physical Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (37%), Social Sciences (9%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 365 fractional works · 66.1% of its workEngineering: 206 fractional works · 37.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 47 fractional works · 8.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 29 fractional works · 5.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 20 fractional works · 3.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 18 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 15 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 14 fractional works · 2.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 14 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 46 fractional works · 8.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPollution: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 38 fractional works · 6.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 28 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 14 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Energy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 140 fractional works · 25.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 52 fractional works · 9.4% of its workEducation: 19 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 27 fractional works · 4.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 23 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 15 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 16 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 29 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMedicine: 20 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPloieşti553fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences66%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences25%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering20637.3%
    2. Environmental Science468.3%
    3. Computer Science386.8%
    4. Materials Science285.1%
    5. Energy142.5%
    6. Chemistry91.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences81.4%
    8. Mathematics71.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering50.9%
    10. Physics and Astronomy50.9%
    1. Social Sciences529.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting274.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance234.1%
    4. Psychology162.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities142.6%
    6. Decision Sciences81.4%
    1. Medicine203.7%
    2. Health Professions61.1%
    3. Dentistry20.4%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences132.3%
    2. Neuroscience30.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Ploieşti strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ploieşti is most concentrated in Ocean Engineering (10.0× the world share in Ocean Engineering).

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 26.5 works10×
← 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 25 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: 0.45× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.34× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.09× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.87× its world share, 34 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.66× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.55× its world share, 194 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.56× its world share, 40 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.35× its world share, 24 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.15× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.83× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.58× its world share, 26 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.02× its world share, 22 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.04× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 47 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy2.66×12 works
  2. Engineering2.55×194 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.34×4 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.02×22 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.58×26 works
  6. Environmental Science1.56×40 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.52×8 works
  8. Materials Science1.35×24 works
  9. Mathematics1.15×7 works
  10. Chemistry1.09×9 works
  11. Psychology1.04×16 works
  12. Computer Science0.87×34 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.83×7 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.83×12 works
  15. Dentistry0.81×2 works
  16. Social Sciences0.73×47 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.45×11 works
  18. Health Professions0.45×6 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.42×5 works
  20. Neuroscience0.39×3 works
  21. Medicine0.19×18 works
  22. Nursing0.11×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×0 works
  24. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×2 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.05×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Ploieşti?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Additive Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Optimization, Machine Learning, 3D Printing, Mechanical Properties and Polymer Composites.

▲ 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. Sustainability43▲ 3.2×39 topics
  2. Machine Learning40▲ 2.2×45 topics
  3. Renewable Energy32▲ 4.0×31 topics
  4. Mechanical Properties25▲ 4.6×26 topics
  5. Additive Manufacturing25▲ 14×5 topics
  6. Environmental Impact24▲ 2.6×28 topics
  7. Optimization21▲ 8.4×12 topics
  8. 3D Printing20▲ 16×2 topics
  9. Polymer Composites19▲ 13×5 topics
  10. Nanoparticles18▲ 2.6×22 topics
  11. Applications15▲ 10×6 topics
  12. Materials15▲ 12×3 topics
  13. Challenges14▲ 23×1 topic
  14. Fused Deposition Modeling14▲ 25×1 topic
  15. Energy Efficiency14▲ 2.8×22 topics
  16. Nanocomposites13▲ 3.0×16 topics
  17. Vibration Analysis12▲ 8.1×6 topics
  18. Rheological Properties11▲ 11×4 topics
  19. CO2 Sequestration11▲ 9.8×4 topics
  20. Rheology11▲ 9.9×5 topics
  21. Recycling10▲ 4.8×8 topics
  22. Microstructure10▲ 3.3×10 topics
  23. Environmental Management9▲ 4.0×8 topics
  24. Corrosion9▲ 13×5 topics
  25. Assembly Planning9▲ 23×1 topic
  26. Design for Manufacture9▲ 23×1 topic
  27. Predictive Maintenance8▲ 20×4 topics
  28. Pipeline8▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Process Parameters8▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Drilling Fluids7▲ 25×1 topic
  31. Fault Diagnosis7▲ 9.4×2 topics
  32. Well Integrity7▲ 25×1 topic
  33. Data Assimilation7▲ 8.0×1 topic
  34. Ensemble Kalman Filter7▲ 13×1 topic
  35. Artificial Lift Systems7▲ 47×1 topic
  36. Electric Submersible Pumps7▲ 47×1 topic
  37. Hydraulic Fracturing7▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Fracture Propagation7▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Shale Gas Reservoirs7▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Surfactants6▲ 11×5 topics

What research is done in Ploieşti?

Additive Manufacturing a…14Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 14 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 9 fractional worksReservoir Engineering an…7Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 7 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engine…7Drilling and Well Engineering: 7 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 6 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 6 fractional worksInnovations in Concrete …5Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials: 5 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 4 fractional worksTunneling and Rock Mechanics: 4 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 4 fractional works
Automotive EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringOcean EngineeringMechanical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 14 works
  2. 2 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 9 works
  3. 3 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 7 works
  4. 4 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 7 works
  5. 5 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 6 works
  6. 6 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 6 works
  7. 7 Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials Building and Construction 5 works
  8. 8 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Tunneling and Rock Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 4 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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%Ploieşti26.3% 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 26.3% in 2025.

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