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Research in Plovdiv

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Plovdiv University.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.9k
▲ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
20k
6.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1967-2026
60 years on the record
Plovdiv

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 Plovdiv?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Plovdiv UniversityUniversity 2,941 #9,345

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 Plovdiv work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research in Plovdiv is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (16%), Engineering (11%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 405 fractional works · 51.4% of its workComputer Science: 129 fractional works · 16.3% of its workInformation Systems: 36 fractional works · 4.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 31 fractional works · 3.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 88 fractional works · 11.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 20 fractional works · 2.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematics: 61 fractional works · 7.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 17 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNumerical Analysis: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 34 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 32 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 28 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomaterials: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 22 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 191 fractional works · 24.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 80 fractional works · 10.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 19 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 17 fractional works · 2.2% of its workTransportation: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 32 fractional works · 4.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 18 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 25 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 21 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 15 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 19 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 109 fractional works · 13.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 61 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPlant Science: 22 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 18 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFood Science: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 36 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 84 fractional works · 10.6% of its workMedicine: 67 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnatomy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPlovdiv788fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences51%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences24%

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. Computer Science12916.3%
    2. Engineering8811.1%
    3. Mathematics617.8%
    4. Environmental Science344.3%
    5. Chemistry324.0%
    6. Materials Science283.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy222.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences70.9%
    9. Energy20.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.3%
    1. Social Sciences8010.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities324.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting253.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance212.6%
    5. Psychology192.4%
    6. Decision Sciences141.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences617.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology364.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.6%
    4. Neuroscience40.5%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology30.4%
    1. Medicine678.5%
    2. Health Professions101.2%
    3. Nursing50.7%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Plovdiv strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Plovdiv is most concentrated in Mathematics (6.7× the world share in Mathematics).

  1. MathematicsField · 57.1 works6.7×
← 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: 1.61× its world share, 55 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 31 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.85× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.56× its world share, 29 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.14× its world share, 120 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.77× its world share, 84 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.88× its world share, 32 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.01× its world share, 25 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 6.72× its world share, 57 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.14× its world share, 18 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 61 worksMedicineNursing: 1.36× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.24× its world share, 26 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.02× its world share, 24 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.92× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.22× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 75 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics6.72×57 works
  2. Chemistry2.56×29 works
  3. Computer Science2.14×120 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.92×13 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.85×5 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.61×55 works
  7. Nursing1.36×5 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.24×26 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.22×19 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.14×18 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting1.02×24 works
  12. Materials Science1.01×25 works
  13. Environmental Science0.88×32 works
  14. Social Sciences0.82×75 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.80×31 works
  16. Engineering0.77×84 works
  17. Psychology0.73×16 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.71×2 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.57×6 works
  20. Veterinary0.51×0 works
  21. Health Professions0.50×10 works
  22. Medicine0.44×61 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.40×3 works
  24. Neuroscience0.33×4 works
  25. Dentistry0.33×1 works
  26. Energy0.30×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Plovdiv?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Online Learning, Nonlinear Equations, Educational Technology, Distance Learning, Fractional Calculus, Language and Deep Learning.

▲ 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. Machine Learning49▲ 1.87×51 topics
  2. Deep Learning36▲ 1.32×55 topics
  3. Online Learning28▲ 4.2×11 topics
  4. Educational Technology27▲ 2.9×19 topics
  5. Neural Networks25▲ 2.0×23 topics
  6. Sustainable Development19▲ 1.57×24 topics
  7. Big Data18▲ 2.4×18 topics
  8. Nonlinear Equations18▲ 18×5 topics
  9. Distance Learning17▲ 6.4×6 topics
  10. E-Learning17▲ 2.3×12 topics
  11. Fractional Calculus15▲ 34×2 topics
  12. Language15▲ 7.6×8 topics
  13. STEM Education14▲ 4.0×8 topics
  14. Antioxidant Activity14▲ 2.8×20 topics
  15. Cloud Computing14▲ 6.0×7 topics
  16. Antioxidant14▲ 2.5×28 topics
  17. Student Engagement14▲ 4.3×5 topics
  18. Invasive Species13▲ 3.9×17 topics
  19. Anomalous Diffusion12▲ 27×1 topic
  20. Homotopy Analysis Method12▲ 34×1 topic
  21. Synthesis12▲ 4.0×21 topics
  22. IoT12▲ 3.9×14 topics
  23. Learning Analytics11▲ 11×2 topics
  24. Environmental Monitoring11▲ 3.6×10 topics
  25. Medicinal Chemistry11▲ 5.1×9 topics
  26. Nonlinear Systems11▲ 6.2×4 topics
  27. Controllability10▲ 30×2 topics
  28. Boundary Value Problems10▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Anticancer Agents10▲ 8.7×9 topics
  30. Phylogeny10▲ 7.4×13 topics
  31. Educational Data Mining10▲ 14×1 topic
  32. Massive Open Online Courses10▲ 14×1 topic
  33. Economic Security9▲ 5.5×5 topics
  34. Fractional Differential Equations9▲ 50×1 topic
  35. Semilinear Differential Equations9▲ 50×1 topic
  36. Adaptive Learning8▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Linguistics8▲ 6.8×4 topics
  38. Language Contact8▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Heterocyclic Compounds8▲ 12×5 topics
  40. ICT Integration8▲ 64×1 topic

What research is done in Plovdiv?

Fractional Differential …12Fractional Differential Equations Solutions: 12 fractional worksNonlinear Differential E…9Nonlinear Differential Equations Analysis: 9 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 8 fractional worksInnovative Educational Technologies: 7 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 7 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 7 fractional worksLinguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity: 7 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…6Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 6 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 6 fractional worksDiscourse Analysis and Cultural Communication: 5 fractional works
Modeling and SimulationApplied MathematicsComputer Science ApplicationsInformation Systems6 others

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

  1. 1 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 12 works
  2. 2 Nonlinear Differential Equations Analysis Applied Mathematics 9 works
  3. 3 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 8 works
  4. 4 Innovative Educational Technologies Information Systems 7 works
  5. 5 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 7 works
  6. 6 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 7 works
  7. 7 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity Language and Linguistics 7 works
  8. 8 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  9. 9 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 6 works
  10. 10 Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication Cultural Studies 5 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%Plovdiv16.8% 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 16.8% in 2025.

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