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Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad

In research, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,194 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,953 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,247 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Accounting — Accounting is 7.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,009
of 28,054 · #13,209 all time
Rank in Romania
#38
of 126
Research works
2k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
5.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad 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 #3,194 of 10,521 13.7%250 #5366
Social SciencesField #2,953 of 6,365 14.7%82 #5120
Physical SciencesDomain #6,247 of 12,888 9.9%157 #10608

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad 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#5,366 #3,194
  2. Social Sciences#5,120 #2,953
  3. Physical Sciences#10,608 #6,247
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.

What does Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Accounting takes 7.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AccountingSubfield · 20.8 works7.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.88× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.16× its world share, 43 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.61× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.71× its world share, 51 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.06× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.61× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.84× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.52× its world share, 35 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.04× its world share, 47 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.17× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.19× its world share, 43 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.02× its world share, 29 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 82 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad?

Ranked on the composite score, Virgil-Florin Duma, Corneliu C. Simuţ and Mihaela Gavrilă-Ardelean lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad.

  1. 1 Virgil-Florin Duma Romania · #501,259 worldwide 71 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Corneliu C. Simuţ Romania · #530,982 worldwide 3 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Mihaela Gavrilă-Ardelean Romania · #625,324 worldwide 5 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Laurence Fond‐Harmant Romania · #714,306 worldwide 8 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Bogdan Cosmin Gomoi Romania · #875,100 worldwide 2 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Valentina Emilia Bălaş Romania · #931,074 worldwide 104 citations · 103 works
  7. 7 Dana Rad Romania · #1,091,754 worldwide 12 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Gabriela Kelemen Romania · #1,166,024 worldwide 9 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Lavinia Denisia Cuc Romania · #1,351,739 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Alina Felicia Roman Romania · #1,368,584 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad

Which keywords describe research at Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Financial Reporting, Fiscal Policy, Economic Development, Tax Avoidance, Global Economy, Social Responsibility and Religion.

▲ 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. Sustainable Development26▲ 3.4×29 topics
  2. Globalization18▲ 1.93×32 topics
  3. Education18▲ 2.2×28 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence17▲ 2.5×17 topics
  5. Economic Development17▲ 4.3×11 topics
  6. Machine Learning17◆ 1.06×33 topics
  7. Climate Change16▲ 1.22×28 topics
  8. Renewable Energy16▲ 2.3×23 topics
  9. Financial Reporting16▲ 28×6 topics
  10. Fiscal Policy15▲ 15×4 topics
  11. Innovation15▲ 2.9×22 topics
  12. Mental Health14▲ 1.93×21 topics
  13. Religion12▲ 5.4×8 topics
  14. Ethics12▲ 5.2×12 topics
  15. Tax Avoidance12▲ 61×2 topics
  16. Economic Growth12▲ 2.9×11 topics
  17. Supply Chain Management11▲ 2.5×9 topics
  18. Global Economy11▲ 17×4 topics
  19. Human Rights11▲ 2.2×17 topics
  20. Social Responsibility11▲ 9.8×5 topics
  21. Environmental Management9▲ 4.9×5 topics
  22. Financial Performance9▲ 3.3×5 topics
  23. Financial Management9▲ 151×3 topics
  24. Regional Development9▲ 5.2×9 topics
  25. Digital Transformation9▲ 3.4×12 topics
  26. Social Justice9▲ 3.1×15 topics
  27. Theology9▲ 19×4 topics
  28. Multinational Firms8▲ 28×2 topics
  29. Public Finance8▲ 34×2 topics
  30. Corporate Tax8▲ 52×1 topic
  31. Incentives8▲ 24×1 topic
  32. Entrepreneurship8▲ 4.1×11 topics
  33. Labor Market7▲ 5.0×6 topics
  34. Income Taxation7▲ 268×1 topic
  35. Tax Expenditures7▲ 268×1 topic
  36. Economic Security6▲ 6.3×4 topics
  37. Fuzzy Sets6▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Green Economy6▲ 27×3 topics
  39. Social Change6▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Mergers and Acquisitions6▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Corporate Taxation and Avoidance, Economic and Fiscal Studies, Multi-Criteria Decision Making and Taxation and Compliance Studies.

Corporate Taxation and A…8Corporate Taxation and Avoidance: 8 fractional worksEconomic and Fiscal Stud…7Economic and Fiscal Studies: 7 fractional worksMulti-Criteria Decision Making: 5 fractional worksTaxation and Compliance Studies: 5 fractional worksEconomic and Business Development Strategies: 4 fractional worksReligious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies: 4 fractional worksTaxation and Legal Issues4Taxation and Legal Issues: 4 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 4 fractional worksFinancial Reporting and Valuation Research: 4 fractional worksPhotovoltaic System Opti…4Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques: 4 fractional works
AccountingEconomics and EconometricsManagement Science and Operations ResearchSociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Taxation and Avoidance Accounting 8 works
  2. 2 Economic and Fiscal Studies Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  3. 3 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 5 works
  4. 4 Taxation and Compliance Studies Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  5. 5 Economic and Business Development Strategies Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  6. 6 Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  7. 7 Taxation and Legal Issues Accounting 4 works
  8. 8 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 4 works
  9. 9 Financial Reporting and Valuation Research Strategy and Management 4 works
  10. 10 Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 4 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 available65.4%not open34.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.8%domestic only85.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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.

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