Research in Sofia
Science Explorer records 125 research institutions in Sofia, Bulgaria. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" and New Bulgarian University.
- Research institutions
- 125 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 121k ▲ 25% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 1.3M 10.9 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 8.3% 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 Sofia?
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 Sofia work in?
In 2022-now, 50% of research in Sofia is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (20%), Medicine (14%), Social Sciences (9%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.
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 Sciences13k50.5%
- Engineering5,13119.5%
- Computer Science2,2188.5%
- Environmental Science1,5976.1%
- Materials Science1,1104.2%
- Physics and Astronomy8023.1%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences7943.0%
- Mathematics6302.4%
- Chemistry5091.9%
- Energy3521.3%
- Chemical Engineering980.4%
- Social Sciences5,09919.4%
- Social Sciences2,2668.6%
- Arts and Humanities8223.1%
- Business, Management and Accounting6712.6%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance5832.2%
- Psychology4661.8%
- Decision Sciences2911.1%
- Health Sciences4,32416.5%
- Medicine3,59113.7%
- Health Professions4011.5%
- Dentistry2150.8%
- Nursing830.3%
- Veterinary340.1%
- Life Sciences3,58013.6%
What is Sofia strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Sofia is most concentrated in General Energy, Numerical Analysis and Classics (5.1× the world share in General Energy).
- General EnergySubfield · 31.4 works5.1×
- Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 87.6 works4.5×
- ClassicsSubfield · 54.7 works4.0×
- Algebra and Number TheorySubfield · 57.1 works3.9×
- Energy Engineering and Power TechnologySubfield · 85.5 works3.5×
- General Materials ScienceSubfield · 32.0 works3.2×
- Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield · 57.2 works2.5×
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: Mathematics, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Mathematics2.06×550 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.81×646 works
- Dentistry1.64×181 works
- Energy1.51×317 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.39×705 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.37×1,483 works
- Engineering1.33×4,542 works
- Chemistry1.25×448 works
- Materials Science1.20×953 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.15×92 works
- Environmental Science1.14×1,292 works
- Decision Sciences1.14×251 works
- Computer Science1.12×1,979 works
- Arts and Humanities1.07×705 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.07×519 works
- Chemical Engineering1.06×85 works
- Veterinary0.94×29 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.87×199 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.84×1,016 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.80×588 works
- Neuroscience0.71×264 works
- Medicine0.71×3,112 works
- Social Sciences0.68×1,970 works
- Nursing0.65×72 works
- Health Professions0.60×357 works
- Psychology0.58×400 works
Which keywords describe research in Sofia?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Machine Learning, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Energy Efficiency, Invasive Species and Biodiversity.
- paleoceanography
- Sedimentation
- Sea Level
- Ecology
- Taxonomy
- Evolution
- Optimization
- Biogeography
- Antioxidant
- Smart Grid
- Innovation
- Invasive Species
- Oxidative Stress
- Remote Sensing
- Globalization
- Energy Efficiency
- Artificial Intelligence
- Epidemiology
- Sustainability
- Machine Learning
- Climate Change
- Renewable Energy
- Deep Learning
- Sustainable Development
- Environmental Impact
- Neural Networks
- Big Data
- Biodiversity
- Nanoparticles
- Internet of Things
- Mechanical Properties
- Cyber-Physical Systems
- Security
- Power Electronics
- Renewable Energy Integration
- Phylogeny
- Mediterranean
- Holocene
- Black Sea
- Caspian Sea
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
- Climate Change1,070▲ 1.50×124 topics
- Machine Learning942◆ 1.08×97 topics
- Renewable Energy860▲ 2.3×59 topics
- Sustainability818▲ 1.28×121 topics
- Deep Learning776▼ 0.86×85 topics
- Epidemiology762▼ 0.73×136 topics
- Sustainable Development649▲ 1.58×103 topics
- Artificial Intelligence522▲ 1.39×65 topics
- Environmental Impact520▲ 1.16×71 topics
- Energy Efficiency507▲ 2.1×46 topics
- Neural Networks486▲ 1.20×42 topics
- Globalization462◆ 0.90×150 topics
- Big Data461▲ 1.84×34 topics
- Remote Sensing441▲ 1.38×41 topics
- Biodiversity425▲ 2.1×37 topics
- Oxidative Stress423◆ 0.98×61 topics
- Nanoparticles358◆ 1.08×44 topics
- Invasive Species357▲ 3.2×21 topics
- Internet of Things356▲ 1.58×31 topics
- Innovation310◆ 1.14×77 topics
- Mechanical Properties309▲ 1.20×39 topics
- Smart Grid298▲ 3.1×10 topics
- Cyber-Physical Systems288▲ 4.2×9 topics
- Antioxidant282▲ 1.56×51 topics
- Security280▲ 1.60×31 topics
- Biogeography259▲ 3.5×20 topics
- Power Electronics253▲ 3.0×8 topics
- Optimization241▲ 2.0×26 topics
- Renewable Energy Integration240▲ 2.8×6 topics
- Evolution198▲ 2.8×19 topics
- Phylogeny191▲ 4.3×17 topics
- Taxonomy188▲ 4.9×15 topics
- Mediterranean178▲ 7.6×6 topics
- Ecology168▲ 3.7×10 topics
- Holocene158▲ 5.4×3 topics
- Sea Level148▲ 6.1×2 topics
- Black Sea132▲ 13×2 topics
- Sedimentation129▲ 8.8×2 topics
- Caspian Sea127▲ 17×1 topic
- paleoceanography127▲ 17×1 topic
What research is done in Sofia?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Marine and environmental studies Oceanography 111 works
- 2 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 68 works
- 3 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 66 works
- 4 Intuitionistic Fuzzy Systems Applications Artificial Intelligence 62 works
- 5 Integrated Energy Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 58 works
- 6 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 56 works
- 7 Power Systems and Renewable Energy Energy Engineering and Power Technology 56 works
- 8 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 52 works
- 9 Byzantine Studies and History Classics 50 works
- 10 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 49 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 12.9% in 2015.
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