How does Bulgaria rank in Social Sciences research?

Bulgaria ranks #80 of 164 countries on research quality in Social Sciences (2022–2025), with 7.6k works.

Social Sciences research in Bulgaria

College of Tourism ranks first in Bulgaria for Social Sciences research in 2022–2025 (#1,616 worldwide), followed by Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" and St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo.

Bulgaria's world rank: #80
Works, 2022–2025: 7.6k
Top-10% rate: 11.7%
Ranked institutions: 31

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Social Sciences in Bulgaria?

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	College of TourismBlagoevgrad	#1,616	20.2	15.8%	553
2	Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"Sofia	#2,036	17.7	14.8%	669
3	St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko TarnovoVeliko Tarnovo	#2,772	14.4	13.5%	199
4	Bulgarian Academy of SciencesSofia	#3,026	13.5	12.5%	593
5	New Bulgarian UniversitySofia	#3,250	12.7	8.3%	308
6	University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and GeodesySofia	#3,521	11.8	13.9%	114
7	Center for the Study of DemocracySofia	#4,621	8.9	19.2%	130
8	University of National and World EconomySofia	#4,767	8.6	12.1%	419
9	D. A. Tsenov Academy of EconomicsSistov	#4,875	8.3	17.3%	165
10	Angel Kanchev University of RuseRousse	#4,925	8.2	14.0%	219
11	Plovdiv UniversityPlovdiv	#4,966	8.1	14.5%	173
12	South-West University "Neofit Rilski"Blagoevgrad	#5,156	7.7	9.3%	266
13	Institute for LiteratureSofia	#5,236	7.5	9.4%	216
14	University of Economics VarnaVarna	#5,705	6.6	13.9%	201
15	Employment AgencySofia	#5,855	6.3	12.6%	141
16	Institute of Mathematics and InformaticsSofia	#6,242	5.6	15.2%	83
17	Trakia UniversityStara Zagora	#7,674	3.4	6.8%	223
18	Medical University PlovdivPlovdiv	#7,803	3.2	18.6%	86
19	Technical University of SofiaSofia	#7,841	3.2	8.7%	215
20	University of Library Studies and Information TechnologiesSofia	#8,356	2.5	10.4%	106
21	Medical University of SofiaSofia	#9,112	1.5	10.1%	88
22	Shumen UniversityShumen	#9,201	145.0	5.7%	166
23	Institute of Information and Communication TechnologiesSofia	#9,202	145.0	13.7%	79
24	Technical University of VarnaVarna	#9,330	130.0	8.5%	97
25	Institute of Information TechnologiesSofia	#9,438	117.0	8.1%	102
26	Prof. Assen Zlatarov UniversityBurgas	#9,722	85.0	8.3%	81
27	Medical University of VarnaVarna	#9,938	62.0	4.5%	128
28	Varna Free UniversityVarna	#10,210	32.0	5.7%	70
29	Vasil Levski National Military UniversityVeliko Tarnovo	#10,285	24.0	6.1%	69
30	National Sports Academy Vassil LevskiSofia	#10,446	8.0	1.0%	109
31	Institute for Bulgarian LanguageSofia	#10,478	4.0	2.5%	68

Institutions in Bulgaria above the floor of 40 fractional works in Social Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Social Sciences researchers in Bulgaria?

ATSUSHI FUJII and Венелин Терзиев rank highest among researchers based in Bulgaria.

1ATSUSHI FUJII#178,834 worldwide overall0 citations · 138 works
2Венелин Терзиев#501,940 worldwide overall174 citations · 174 works

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