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Social Sciences research in Slovenia

University of Ljubljana ranks first in Slovenia for Social Sciences research in 2022–2025 (#302 worldwide), followed by University of Maribor and University of Primorska.

Slovenia's world rank
#64
of 164 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
9.3k
Top-10% rate
17.1%
Ranked institutions
22

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

What is the best university for Social Sciences in Slovenia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of LjubljanaLjubljana #30238.320.4%2,529
2University of MariborMaribor #61930.623.0%1,504
3University of PrimorskaKoper #1,61320.219.6%492
4Institute of CriminologyLjubljana #3,68111.317.3%434
5Alma Mater EuropaeaMaribor #3,69911.316.6%119
6College of AccountingLjubljana #4,4639.311.9%343
7Faculty of MediaLjubljana #4,4969.28.6%414
8Institute of Contemporary HistoryLjubljana #4,6618.88.6%343
9Faculty of DesignLjubljana #4,9888.113.2%241
10Jožef Stefan InstituteLjubljana #5,7956.428.3%101
11National Museum of SloveniaLjubljana #6,4965.210.7%150
12Slovenian Academy of Sciences and ArtsLjubljana #6,5915.122.6%84
13Karst Research InstitutePostojna #7,1324.214.3%212
14National Institute of Public HealthLjubljana #7,3393.920.2%61
15Educational Research InstituteLjubljana #7,5643.622.0%70
16Institute for Economic ResearchLjubljana #7,9983.017.5%92
17University of Nova GoricaNova Gorica #9,0361.611.2%83
18European Faculty of LawNova Gorica #9,0891.612.7%84
19University Psychiatric HospitalLjubljana #9,261138.013.4%73
20Ekonomski InštitutLjubljana #9,591100.07.0%108
21Institute for Ethnic StudiesLjubljana #9,68190.011.2%74
22Intellectual Property InstituteLjubljana #10,01953.09.1%61

Institutions in Slovenia 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 Slovenia?

Slavoj Žižek, Malcolm D. Evans and Štefan Bojnec rank highest among researchers based in Slovenia.

  1. 1Slavoj Žižek#26,634 worldwide overall233 citations · 127 works
  2. 2Malcolm D. Evans#692,099 worldwide overall57 citations · 107 works
  3. 3Štefan Bojnec#711,375 worldwide overall201 citations · 112 works
  4. 4Paul Ponsaers#1,210,658 worldwide overall20 citations · 170 works
  5. 5Gert Vermeulen#1,226,175 worldwide overall19 citations · 307 works
  6. 6智幸 小山#1,312,589 worldwide overall1 citations · 113 works
  7. 7Josef Baumüller#1,379,385 worldwide overall0 citations · 401 works
  8. 8Janez Štebe#1,406,659 worldwide overall1 citations · 161 works
  9. 9Sonja Bezjak#1,455,648 worldwide overall0 citations · 111 works

How Slovenia compares with other countries in Social Sciences