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Albanian University

In research, Albanian University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,502 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,970 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,006 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,881
of 28,054 · #17,388 all time
Rank in Albania
#10
of 22
Research works
670
▲ 49% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.9k
4.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

What is Albanian University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #7,502 of 10,521 11.4%138 #6183
Social SciencesField #4,970 of 6,365 14.1%71 #3395
Health SciencesDomain #11,006 of 11,982 4.3%75 #18525

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Albanian University sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#6,183 #7,502
  2. Social Sciences#3,395 #4,970
  3. Health Sciences#18,525 #11,006
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.10× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.85× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.17× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 10.20× its world share, 14 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.93× its world share, 50 worksMedicineNursing: 1.36× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.45× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.58× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.61× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.72× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 71 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 10.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Albanian University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Nationalism, Globalization, Balkans, Sustainable Development, Religion, Conflict and Ethnicity.

▲ 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 institution'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. Epidemiology16▲ 1.44×51 topics
  2. Globalization16▲ 2.9×33 topics
  3. Sustainable Development13▲ 3.0×25 topics
  4. Human Rights13▲ 4.5×24 topics
  5. Quality of Life10▲ 2.6×18 topics
  6. Nationalism10▲ 7.6×5 topics
  7. Identity10▲ 4.7×5 topics
  8. Religion9▲ 6.7×4 topics
  9. Balkans8▲ 127×2 topics
  10. Mental Health8▲ 2.0×19 topics
  11. Ethnicity8▲ 7.3×4 topics
  12. Conflict8▲ 17×5 topics
  13. Memory7▲ 10×1 topic
  14. Yugoslavia7▲ 222×1 topic
  15. Education7▲ 1.42×18 topics
  16. European Union7▲ 11×11 topics
  17. International Law7▲ 7.9×9 topics
  18. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 1.60×17 topics
  19. Economic Growth6▲ 2.6×15 topics
  20. Corpus Linguistics6▲ 9.3×4 topics
  21. Regulation6▲ 3.7×10 topics
  22. Leadership5▲ 3.7×8 topics
  23. Cross-Cultural Communication5▲ 19×3 topics
  24. Meta-Analysis4▲ 2.7×5 topics
  25. Global Governance4▲ 6.8×8 topics
  26. Translation4▲ 8.9×1 topic
  27. Translator Competence4▲ 34×1 topic
  28. Regional Development4▲ 4.1×6 topics
  29. Stress4▲ 3.9×3 topics
  30. Democracy4▲ 3.9×6 topics
  31. Dental Caries4▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Geopolitics4▲ 8.7×5 topics
  33. Governance4▲ 4.1×7 topics
  34. Sociolinguistics4▲ 7.0×4 topics
  35. Foreign Policy4▲ 31×3 topics
  36. Fiscal Policy4▲ 5.8×6 topics
  37. Diabetes Mellitus3▲ 5.6×5 topics
  38. Psychological Factors3▲ 5.3×3 topics
  39. Data Protection3▲ 36×2 topics
  40. Legal Framework3▲ 8.8×2 topics

Which research topics does Albanian University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Balkans: History, Politics, Society, Translation Studies and Practices, Government, Law, and Information Management and Oral microbiology and periodontitis research.

Balkans: History, Politi…7Balkans: History, Politics, Society: 7 fractional worksTranslation Studies and Practices: 4 fractional worksGovernment, Law, and Information Management: 2 fractional worksOral microbiology and periodontitis research: 2 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 2 fractional worksLinguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity: 2 fractional worksEmotional Intelligence a…2Emotional Intelligence and Performance: 2 fractional worksSecond Language Learning…2Second Language Learning and Teaching: 2 fractional worksDental Implant Technique…2Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksGlobal Trade and Competi…2Global Trade and Competitiveness: 2 fractional works
Cultural StudiesLanguage and LinguisticsLawPeriodontics5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Balkans: History, Politics, Society Cultural Studies 7 works
  2. 2 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 4 works
  3. 3 Government, Law, and Information Management Law 2 works
  4. 4 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 2 works
  5. 5 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  6. 6 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity Language and Linguistics 2 works
  7. 7 Emotional Intelligence and Performance Social Psychology 2 works
  8. 8 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  9. 9 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Global Trade and Competitiveness Strategy and Management 2 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available80.4%not open19.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.1%domestic only75.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Albanian University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 49% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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

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