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Science in Romania

Romania ranks #40 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#45 all time), with 85k research works and 15.8% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#40
of 192 · #45 all time
Works, 2022–2025
85k
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
15.8%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
0 in the top 1,000
Open access
58%
world 63%

What is Romania strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, Romania ranks highest in Dentistry (#15 of 64), Medicine (#37 of 155) and Social Sciences (#37 of 151). Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Energy, Orthodontics and Music.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
DentistryField #15 of 64 22.6%1,022 Institutions
MedicineField #37 of 155 19.2%15,921 Institutions
Social SciencesField #37 of 151 14.1%10,031 Institutions
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #25 of 101 24.0%2,318 Institutions
Health ProfessionsField #28 of 108 17.0%1,705 Institutions
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #30 of 110 22.1%2,979 Institutions
SurgerySubfield #24 of 88 19.2%2,005 Institutions
Business, Management and AccountingField #33 of 113 18.2%3,739 Institutions
Environmental ScienceField #38 of 125 16.7%4,110 Institutions
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #23 of 72 17.4%1,169 Institutions
Arts and HumanitiesField #34 of 106 11.0%4,039 Institutions
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #43 of 122 15.8%3,094 Institutions

Where its research is concentrated

Location quotient: how much more — or less — of each node it does than its size predicts. Drawn around 1×, where “twice the world share” and “half of it” are the same distance apart in opposite directions. A volume reading, which on a country axis is largely population and industrial structure.

  1. General EnergySubfield · 126.2 works5.5×
  2. OrthodonticsSubfield · 305.5 works3.2×
  3. MusicSubfield · 213.2 works3.1×
  4. BiochemistrySubfield · 295.5 works2.8×
  5. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 366.2 works2.7×
  6. Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementSubfield · 50.9 works2.6×
  7. DentistryField · 1,021.6 works2.5×
  8. Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 177.0 works2.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 3,756 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 2,969 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.71× its world share, 608 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 961 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 276 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.89× its world share, 263 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.79× its world share, 1,044 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.93× its world share, 6,121 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 1,215 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.11× its world share, 862 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.03× its world share, 13k worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 4,110 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.90× its world share, 2,654 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.72× its world share, 1,713 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.75× its world share, 1,411 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.49× its world share, 1,022 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 1,705 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.98× its world share, 16k worksMedicineNursing: 0.96× its world share, 398 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.86× its world share, 99 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.65× its world share, 4,039 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.37× its world share, 3,739 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 1,002 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.64× its world share, 2,979 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.04× its world share, 2,672 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 10k worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research in Romania?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Epidemiology, Globalization, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Machine Learning, Sustainable Development and Economic Growth.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this country'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. Epidemiology3,274◆ 0.98×140 topics
  2. Sustainability2,961▲ 1.43×136 topics
  3. Machine Learning2,579◆ 0.93×97 topics
  4. Climate Change2,411◆ 1.06×128 topics
  5. Deep Learning2,407▼ 0.83×85 topics
  6. Globalization2,325▲ 1.40×175 topics
  7. Renewable Energy1,970▲ 1.62×60 topics
  8. Sustainable Development1,893▲ 1.41×109 topics
  9. Inflammation1,803◆ 1.02×83 topics
  10. Environmental Impact1,797▲ 1.25×73 topics
  11. Artificial Intelligence1,527▲ 1.31×67 topics
  12. Education1,433◆ 0.99×152 topics
  13. Economic Growth1,374▲ 1.91×36 topics
  14. Oxidative Stress1,352◆ 0.98×63 topics
  15. Innovation1,304▲ 1.46×87 topics
  16. Neural Networks1,181◆ 0.91×42 topics
  17. Energy Efficiency1,165▲ 1.46×45 topics
  18. Quality of Life1,148◆ 0.94×61 topics
  19. Biomedical Applications1,148◆ 1.14×36 topics
  20. COVID-191,146◆ 0.99×34 topics
  21. Social Media1,113◆ 0.92×41 topics
  22. Supply Chain Management1,107▲ 1.40×27 topics
  23. Mental Health1,103◆ 0.89×48 topics
  24. Human Rights1,076▲ 1.23×88 topics
  25. Identity1,061▲ 1.72×78 topics
  26. Cardiovascular Disease1,058◆ 1.12×39 topics
  27. Internet of Things1,054▲ 1.43×33 topics
  28. Treatment1,046◆ 1.02×52 topics
  29. Mechanical Properties1,015▲ 1.23×39 topics
  30. Big Data1,005▲ 1.31×37 topics
  31. Risk Factors952◆ 1.02×37 topics
  32. Environmental Management887▲ 2.6×23 topics
  33. Security828▲ 1.50×31 topics
  34. Literature773▲ 1.68×62 topics
  35. Tissue Engineering752▲ 1.45×13 topics
  36. Ethics718▲ 1.75×60 topics
  37. European Union585▲ 3.0×29 topics
  38. Knowledge Economy397▲ 4.4×11 topics
  39. Regional Disparities381▲ 8.8×2 topics
  40. Territorial Capital310▲ 12×2 topics

Which universities in Romania lead research?

Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Bucharest and Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy rank highest in Romania on research quality in 2022–2025.

0%20%40%mean 19.08%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy: 3,222, 21.3%University of Bucharest: 3,964, 14.7%Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy: 1,800, 22.1%Babeș-Bolyai University: 4,916, 16.7%Universitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București: 4,934, 12.4%"Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati: 2,608, 12.4%Ministry of Education: 712, 31.0%Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy: 1,961, 22.9%University of Oradea: 1,763, 20.9%Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara: 1,831, 21.1%Alexandru Ioan Cuza University: 3,062, 14.3%Universitatea de Medicină, Farmacie, Științe și Tehnologie „George Emil Palade” din Târgu Mureș: 1,649, 19.5%Bucharest University of Economic Studies: 3,489, 22.1%Transylvania University of Brașov: 2,735, 15.0%Clinical Emergency Hospital Bucharest: 1,857, 19.8%Grigore T. Popa Univ…Carol Davila Univers…Babeș-Bolyai Univers…University of Buchar…
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One dot per institution in the list below. The upper left is the interesting corner.

  1. 1Carol Davila University of Medicine and PharmacyUniversity · Bucharest · #1,042 worldwide21.3% top 10% · 3.2k works
  2. 2University of BucharestUniversity · Bucharest · #1,123 worldwide14.7% top 10% · 4k works
  3. 3Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and PharmacyUniversity · Iasi · #1,379 worldwide22.1% top 10% · 1.8k works
  4. 4Babeș-Bolyai UniversityUniversity · Cluj-Napoca · #1,422 worldwide16.7% top 10% · 4.9k works
  5. 5Universitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica BucureștiUniversity · Bucharest · #1,445 worldwide12.4% top 10% · 4.9k works
  6. 6"Dunarea de Jos" University of GalatiUniversity · Galati · #1,583 worldwide12.4% top 10% · 2.6k works
  7. 7Ministry of EducationFunder · Bucharest · #1,610 worldwide31.0% top 10% · 712 works
  8. 8Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and PharmacyUniversity · Cluj-Napoca · #1,681 worldwide22.9% top 10% · 2k works
  9. 9University of OradeaUniversity · Oradea · #1,733 worldwide20.9% top 10% · 1.8k works
  10. 10Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy TimișoaraUniversity · Timișoara · #1,887 worldwide21.1% top 10% · 1.8k works
  11. 11Alexandru Ioan Cuza UniversityUniversity · Iasi · #1,962 worldwide14.3% top 10% · 3.1k works
  12. 12Universitatea de Medicină, Farmacie, Științe și Tehnologie „George Emil Palade” din Târgu MureșUniversity · Târgu Mureş · #1,974 worldwide19.5% top 10% · 1.6k works
  13. 13Bucharest University of Economic StudiesUniversity · Bucharest · #2,006 worldwide22.1% top 10% · 3.5k works
  14. 14Transylvania University of BrașovUniversity · Brasov · #2,023 worldwide15.0% top 10% · 2.7k works
  15. 15Clinical Emergency Hospital BucharestHospital / health system · Bucharest · #2,069 worldwide19.8% top 10% · 1.9k works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in Romania

Who are the top researchers in Romania?

Sorin Hostiuc, Bogdan A. Popescu and Maria Dorobanţu rank highest among researchers based in Romania.

  1. 1 Sorin Hostiuc · #1,900 worldwide 4.8k citations · 75 works
  2. 2 Bogdan A. Popescu · #3,288 worldwide 1.5k citations · 72 works
  3. 3 Maria Dorobanţu · #3,456 worldwide 1.1k citations · 82 works
  4. 4 Ionuţ Negoi · #3,732 worldwide 4.8k citations · 62 works
  5. 5 Ovidiu Chioncel · #5,361 worldwide 1.8k citations · 59 works
  6. 6 Relly Victoria Petrescu · #7,047 worldwide 823 citations · 119 works
  7. 7 Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu · #7,570 worldwide 895 citations · 130 works
  8. 8 Bogdan Oancea · #10,902 worldwide 896 citations · 49 works
  9. 9 Daniela Călina · #11,827 worldwide 1.1k citations · 48 works
  10. 10 Mircea Beuran · #12,439 worldwide 3.2k citations · 44 works
Top researchers in Romania

Which cities in Romania are research hubs?

  1. 1 Bucharest Romania 127k works
  2. 2 Cluj-Napoca Romania 55k works
  3. 3 Iași Romania 36k works
  4. 4 Timișoara Romania 26k works

How much of it is in the largest

The same cities as shares of everything these twelve account for.

Bucharest: 52.0%Cluj-Napoca: 22.5%Iași: 14.8%Timișoara: 10.7%52%largest
Bucharest127k · 52.0%Cluj-Napoca55k · 22.5%Iași36k · 14.8%Timișoara26k · 10.7%

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

How open and international is Romania's research?

58% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 17% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available58.3%not open41.7%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.7%domestic only83.3%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Romania's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Research fields in Romania