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Science in Serbia

Serbia ranks #62 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#62 all time), with 39k research works and 13.5% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#62
of 192 · #62 all time
Works, 2022–2025
39k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
13.5%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
1 in the top 1,000
Open access
59%
world 63%

What is Serbia strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, Serbia ranks highest in Medicine (#57 of 155), Business, Management and Accounting (#48 of 113) and Computer Science (#56 of 131). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Biochemistry, Filtration and Separation and General Energy.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #57 of 155 10.9%6,856 Institutions
Business, Management and AccountingField #48 of 113 19.1%1,623 Institutions
Computer ScienceField #56 of 131 15.1%2,541 Institutions
EngineeringField #58 of 134 9.6%5,387 Institutions
Social SciencesField #70 of 151 16.3%4,651 Institutions
Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield #36 of 71 13.4%395 Institutions
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #63 of 122 15.9%1,455 Institutions
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #56 of 108 14.1%1,651 Institutions
Environmental ScienceField #69 of 125 13.2%2,117 Institutions
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #71 of 126 17.9%2,864 Institutions
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #63 of 110 15.2%2,037 Institutions
Plant ScienceSubfield #53 of 92 19.3%1,165 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. BiochemistrySubfield · 193.6 works4.0×
  2. Filtration and SeparationSubfield · 15.2 works3.5×
  3. General EnergySubfield · 33.9 works3.2×
  4. Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementSubfield · 26.6 works3.0×
  5. Industrial relationsSubfield · 3.5 works2.9×
  6. ArchitectureSubfield · 43.7 works2.9×
  7. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 1,735.1 works2.8×
  8. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 170.3 works2.7×
← 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: 1.54× its world share, 2,864 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 1,651 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 304 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 485 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.21× its world share, 166 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 110 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.10× its world share, 674 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.84× its world share, 2,541 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 466 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.85× its world share, 304 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.92× its world share, 5,387 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.09× its world share, 2,117 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.73× its world share, 996 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.59× its world share, 733 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.87× its world share, 752 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.30× its world share, 247 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.73× its world share, 754 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.91× its world share, 6,856 worksMedicineNursing: 1.28× its world share, 244 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.24× its world share, 66 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.18× its world share, 1,330 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.29× its world share, 1,623 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 505 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.44× its world share, 2,037 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.02× its world share, 1,211 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 4,651 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research in Serbia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Economic Growth, Regional Development, Innovation Management, Small and Medium Enterprises, Agricultural Sustainability, Rural Tourism and Leadership Emergence.

▲ 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. Sustainable Development1,621▲ 2.6×102 topics
  2. Epidemiology1,268▼ 0.82×138 topics
  3. Economic Growth1,219▲ 3.7×36 topics
  4. Sustainability1,194▲ 1.25×125 topics
  5. Machine Learning1,151◆ 0.90×94 topics
  6. Climate Change1,079◆ 1.03×123 topics
  7. Deep Learning917▼ 0.69×82 topics
  8. Regional Development889▲ 6.3×19 topics
  9. Financial Performance882▲ 3.9×15 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress859▲ 1.34×63 topics
  11. Organizational Culture825▲ 5.4×15 topics
  12. Environmental Impact801▲ 1.21×72 topics
  13. Inflammation781◆ 0.96×83 topics
  14. Innovation Management774▲ 12×10 topics
  15. Small and Medium Enterprises763▲ 11×10 topics
  16. Agricultural Sustainability762▲ 17×6 topics
  17. Rural Tourism725▲ 56×2 topics
  18. Leadership Emergence725▲ 126×1 topic
  19. Globalization714◆ 0.93×161 topics
  20. Artificial Intelligence696▲ 1.30×61 topics
  21. Renewable Energy635◆ 1.13×60 topics
  22. Antioxidant555▲ 2.1×51 topics
  23. Supply Chain Management517▲ 1.42×27 topics
  24. International Relations484▲ 5.2×29 topics
  25. Ethnicity481▲ 3.3×21 topics
  26. Identity471▲ 1.66×70 topics
  27. Antioxidant Activity462▲ 1.86×32 topics
  28. International Trade388▲ 6.8×11 topics
  29. Legal Regulation362▲ 4.2×8 topics
  30. Foreign Policy359▲ 23×4 topics
  31. Sovereign Debt Crises358▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Nation-Building352▲ 17×4 topics
  33. Flavonoids338▲ 3.3×12 topics
  34. Negotiation329▲ 26×3 topics
  35. Commercial Diplomacy323▲ 68×1 topic
  36. Economic Diplomacy323▲ 68×1 topic
  37. Economic Security302▲ 3.6×7 topics
  38. Phenolic Compounds288▲ 3.9×9 topics
  39. Balkans234▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Eastern Europe219▲ 10×3 topics

How many world-class institutions does Serbia hold?

Average quality and elite capacity disagree by construction, and both are worth knowing: the first is decided by a country’s whole institution population, the second counts the institutions it holds at the top. One square per institution.

501st to 1,000th1

Bands are exclusive, so the squares add up to 1 — the institutions it holds in the world top 1,000 — and not to four times it.

Which universities in Serbia lead research?

University of Belgrade, University of Kragujevac and University of Novi Sad rank highest in Serbia on research quality in 2022–2025.

0%20%40%mean 16.5867%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Belgrade: 12k, 14.3%University of Kragujevac: 2,396, 14.7%University of Novi Sad: 6,572, 14.1%Singidunum University: 725, 22.8%University of Nis: 3,396, 9.6%Gulf University: 417, 40.0%Institute of Physics Belgrade: 502, 11.5%Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts: 630, 15.6%Institute of International Politics and Economics: 149, 24.4%Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops: 248, 20.7%Military Medical Academy: 342, 7.5%Scientific Veterinary Institute "Novi Sad": 102, 12.2%Metropolitan University: 359, 15.3%Univerzitet Union Nikola Tesla: 504, 16.0%Clinical Centre of Kragujevac: 218, 10.1%Singidunum UniversityUniversity of Kraguj…University of BelgradeUniversity of Novi Sad
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per institution in the list below. The upper left is the interesting corner.

  1. 1University of BelgradeUniversity · Belgrade · #592 worldwide14.3% top 10% · 12k works
  2. 2University of KragujevacUniversity · Kragujevac · #1,316 worldwide14.7% top 10% · 2.4k works
  3. 3University of Novi SadUniversity · Novi Sad · #1,620 worldwide14.1% top 10% · 6.6k works
  4. 4Singidunum UniversityUniversity · Belgrade · #2,726 worldwide22.8% top 10% · 725 works
  5. 5University of NisUniversity · Niš · #3,225 worldwide9.6% top 10% · 3.4k works
  6. 6Gulf UniversityUniversity · Sanad · #4,088 worldwide40.0% top 10% · 417 works
  7. 7Institute of Physics BelgradeResearch facility · Belgrade · #5,689 worldwide11.5% top 10% · 502 works
  8. 8Serbian Academy of Sciences and ArtsGovernment institution · Belgrade · #7,471 worldwide15.6% top 10% · 630 works
  9. 9Institute of International Politics and EconomicsResearch facility · Belgrade · #10,655 worldwide24.4% top 10% · 149 works
  10. 10Institute of Field and Vegetable CropsResearch facility · Novi Sad · #10,664 worldwide20.7% top 10% · 248 works
  11. 11Military Medical AcademyHospital / health system · Belgrade · #10,748 worldwide7.5% top 10% · 342 works
  12. 12Scientific Veterinary Institute "Novi Sad"Research facility · Novi Sad · #11,105 worldwide12.2% top 10% · 102 works
  13. 13Metropolitan UniversityUniversity · Belgrade · #11,182 worldwide15.3% top 10% · 359 works
  14. 14Univerzitet Union Nikola TeslaUniversity · Belgrade · #11,198 worldwide16.0% top 10% · 504 works
  15. 15Clinical Centre of KragujevacHospital / health system · Kragujevac · #11,531 worldwide10.1% top 10% · 218 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 Serbia

Who are the top researchers in Serbia?

Tatjana Potpara, Milena M Santric-Milicevic and Petar Seferović rank highest among researchers based in Serbia.

  1. 1 Tatjana Potpara · #5,343 worldwide 1.3k citations · 61 works
  2. 2 Milena M Santric-Milicevic · #8,691 worldwide 5.3k citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Petar Seferović · #12,507 worldwide 576 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 S. König · #15,103 worldwide 965 citations · 55 works
  5. 5 Milena Ilić · #15,878 worldwide 1.9k citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Aleksandra Barać · #16,572 worldwide 3.9k citations · 40 works
  7. 7 M. Mittal · #22,239 worldwide 1.2k citations · 77 works
  8. 8 Branko Beleslin · #25,658 worldwide 1k citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Arsen Ristić · #29,513 worldwide 434 citations · 42 works
  10. 10 Nemanja Rančić · #30,511 worldwide 448 citations · 36 works
Top researchers in Serbia

Which cities in Serbia are research hubs?

  1. 1 Belgrade Serbia 108k works
  2. 2 Novi Sad Serbia 37k works

How open and international is Serbia's research?

59% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 23% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available59.3%not open40.7%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.3%domestic only76.7%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Serbia's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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 Serbia