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Social Sciences research in Lithuania

Vytautas Magnus University ranks first in Lithuania for Social Sciences research in 2022-now (#1,080 worldwide), followed by Vilnius University and Mykolas Romeris University.

Lithuania's world rank
#64
of 161 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
7.6k
Top-10% rate
8.8%
Ranked institutions
25

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

What is the best university for Social Sciences in Lithuania?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Vytautas Magnus UniversityKaunas #1,08023.89.7%877
2Vilnius UniversityVilnius #1,16923.07.6%2,159
3Mykolas Romeris UniversityVilnius #2,47914.87.3%450
4Vilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityVilnius #2,65814.012.7%607
5Lithuanian Social Research CentreVilnius #2,87313.115.8%127
6Klaipėda UniversityKlaipėda #2,95412.88.3%244
7Kaunas University of TechnologyKaunas #3,03612.513.2%501
8Department of Cultural HeritageVilnius #3,16412.18.9%155
9Kauno kolegija Higher Education InstitutionKaunas #4,2728.85.2%130
10Lithuanian Institute of HistoryVilnius #4,4548.47.9%158
11Police DepartmentVilnius #4,9147.37.5%173
12Lithuanian Sports UniversityKaunas #5,1216.810.7%117
13General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of LithuaniaVilnius #5,1706.77.7%108
14LCC International UniversityKlaipėda #5,3616.37.6%81
15European Humanities UniversityVilnius #5,6515.89.4%118
16Vilnius University of Applied SciencesVilnius #6,0944.97.3%114
17ISM University of Management and EconomicsVilnius #6,6614.014.8%74
18Klaipėdos valstybinė kolegija / Higher Education InstitutionKlaipėda #6,8243.72.4%75
19Kazimieras Simonavičius UniversityVilnius #6,9473.518.2%62
20Institute of the Lithuanian LanguageVilnius #7,0863.34.2%144
21Institute of Lithuanian Literature and FolkloreVilnius #7,2613.02.1%173
22Vilnius Academy of ArtsVilnius #7,4462.82.3%88
23Šiauliai State Higher Education InstitutionŠiauliai #8,2391.65.8%62
24Lithuanian Academy of Music and TheatreVilnius #8,83389.01.2%66
25Lithuanian University of Health SciencesKaunas #9,49810.08.5%141

Institutions in Lithuania above the floor of 40 fractional works in Social Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Social Sciences researchers in Lithuania?

Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas, Dalia Štreimikienė and Tomas Baležentis rank highest among researchers based in Lithuania, on their papers in Social Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas#8,332 worldwide overall180.5 of 428 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Dalia Štreimikienė#21,194 worldwide overall146.6 of 380 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Tomas Baležentis#51,809 worldwide overall72.2 of 206 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Morteza Ghobakhloo#2,585 worldwide overall48.9 of 72 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Zenonas Turskis#76,018 worldwide overall68.4 of 136 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Justas Štreimikis#55,886 worldwide overall39.5 of 88 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Jurgita Antuchevičienė#149,490 worldwide overall53.8 of 120 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Lithuania on their work in Social Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Lithuania compares with other countries in Social Sciences