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Caucasus International University

In research, Caucasus International University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,180 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,076 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Political Science and International Relations is 16.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,498
of 22,385 · #26,823 all time
Rank in Georgia
#9
of 22
Research works
341
▲ 209% vs 2018-21
Citations
338
1.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
89%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Caucasus International University

What is Caucasus International University known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #6,180 of 9,585 2.6%177 #11730
Social SciencesField #5,076 of 5,988 2.3%108 #8138

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Caucasus International 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Caucasus International University work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research at Caucasus International University is in Social Sciences, 8% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (49%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (16%), Business, Management and Accounting (7%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 209 fractional works · 79.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 129 fractional works · 49.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 65 fractional works · 24.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 30 fractional works · 11.4% of its workLaw: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopment: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 41 fractional works · 15.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 35 fractional works · 13.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 19 fractional works · 7.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 22 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMedicine: 17 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 8.1% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Energy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCaucasusInternational…263fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences79%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences12949.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4115.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting197.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities114.2%
    5. Decision Sciences52.0%
    6. Psychology31.3%
    1. Medicine176.5%
    2. Health Professions31.1%
    3. Dentistry10.4%
    4. Veterinary10.2%
    5. Nursing10.2%
    1. Computer Science93.3%
    2. Environmental Science52.0%
    3. Engineering41.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    5. Energy10.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.5%
    3. Neuroscience10.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Caucasus International University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 16.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 64.7 works17×
  2. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 35.1 works8.4×
  3. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 41.0 works7.3×
← 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: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.82× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.44× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.23× its world share, 19 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.06× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7.30× its world share, 41 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.89× its world share, 129 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance7.30×41 works
  2. Social Sciences3.89×129 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.23×19 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.06×5 works
  5. Veterinary1.82×1 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.44×11 works
  7. Dentistry0.76×1 works
  8. Energy0.53×1 works
  9. Nursing0.43×1 works
  10. Psychology0.43×3 works
  11. Computer Science0.42×8 works
  12. Environmental Science0.41×5 works
  13. Health Professions0.41×3 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×4 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.35×0 works
  16. Medicine0.34×17 works
  17. Neuroscience0.32×1 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.32×1 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×4 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.27×1 works
  21. Engineering0.10×4 works
  22. Mathematics0.08×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Caucasus International University?

Ranked on the quality score, Sofia Kasradze, Dhvanit Rajdeep and Alika Guchua lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Caucasus International University.

  1. 1 Sofia Kasradze Georgia · #2,608,766 worldwide 680 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Dhvanit Rajdeep Georgia · #2,635,416 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Alika Guchua Georgia · #3,131,702 worldwide 34 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Tea Kasradze Georgia · #3,679,536 worldwide 79 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Nadejda A. Khizanishvili Georgia · #3,696,472 worldwide 222 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Zaza Tsotniashvili Georgia · #3,919,828 worldwide 1 citations · 45 works
  7. 7 Maia Kikvadze Georgia · #4,437,112 worldwide 21 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Archil Ortanezashvili Georgia · #4,450,940 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Vakhtang Maisaia Georgia · #4,932,500 worldwide 37 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Caucasus International University

What are the most cited papers from Caucasus International University?

The most cited paper from Caucasus International University is "Thinking Outside the Bloc: Explaining the Foreign Policies of Small States" (Giorgi Gvalia, David S. Siroky, Bidzina Lebanidze et al., 2013), with 104 citations. Next come "Rpv29, Rpv30 and Rpv31: Three Novel Genomic Loci Associated With Resistance to Plasmopara viticola in Vitis vinifera" (65) and "Georgian Grapevine Cultivars: Ancient Biodiversity for Future Viticulture" (64).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Thinking Outside the Bloc: Explaining the Foreign Policies of Small States Giorgi Gvalia, David S. Siroky, Bidzina Lebanidze et al. · Security Studies 2013 104
2 Rpv29, Rpv30 and Rpv31: Three Novel Genomic Loci Associated With Resistance to Plasmopara viticola in Vitis vinifera Maryam Sargolzaei, Giuliana Maddalena, Nana Bitsadze et al. · Frontiers in Plant Science Open access 8 Oct 2020 65
3 Georgian Grapevine Cultivars: Ancient Biodiversity for Future Viticulture Maryam Sargolzaei, Laura Rustioni, Gabriele Cola et al. · Frontiers in Plant Science Open access 5 Feb 2021 64
4 From plant resistance response to the discovery of antimicrobial compounds: The role of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in grapevine downy mildew infection Valentina Ricciardi, Demetrio Marcianò, Maryam Sargolzaei et al. · Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Open access 25 Jan 2021 56
5 Innovative Models of Green Entrepreneurship: Social Impact on Sustainable Development of Local Economies Olha V. Prokopenko, Anna Chechel, Artem Koldovskiy et al. · Economics ecology socium Open access 27 Mar 2024 48
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Caucasus International University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Economic Development, Artificial Intelligence, Innovation, Labor Market, Agriculture, International Relations and Sustainability.

▲ 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-now 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. Globalization57▲ 11×37 topics
  2. Economic Development30▲ 14×19 topics
  3. Sustainability26▲ 4.1×18 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence26▲ 7.0×17 topics
  5. Innovation23▲ 8.5×15 topics
  6. Labor Market22▲ 30×7 topics
  7. Agriculture20▲ 20×3 topics
  8. International Relations20▲ 31×11 topics
  9. Human Capital19▲ 47×4 topics
  10. Human Rights18▲ 6.7×22 topics
  11. Financial Crisis18▲ 61×4 topics
  12. Post-Communist Countries17▲ 410×1 topic
  13. Trade Relations17▲ 410×1 topic
  14. Digital Sovereignty16▲ 132×2 topics
  15. Security16▲ 8.9×8 topics
  16. Geopolitics15▲ 38×6 topics
  17. Legal Regulation15▲ 25×5 topics
  18. Russia14▲ 130×3 topics
  19. Information Warfare13▲ 148×2 topics
  20. Social Media13▲ 3.6×12 topics
  21. International Law13▲ 16×12 topics
  22. Information Security12▲ 49×4 topics
  23. Conflict12▲ 29×5 topics
  24. Nation-Building12▲ 87×2 topics
  25. State-Building12▲ 131×2 topics
  26. Sovereignty12▲ 51×3 topics
  27. Antibiotic Resistance11▲ 11×4 topics
  28. Ethnic Conflict11▲ 91×2 topics
  29. National Security11▲ 78×2 topics
  30. Communication Regimes11▲ 149×1 topic
  31. De Facto States11▲ 360×1 topic
  32. Transition Economy11▲ 149×1 topic
  33. Unrecognized Quasi-States11▲ 360×1 topic
  34. Digital Transformation10▲ 7.4×12 topics
  35. Nationalism10▲ 8.6×7 topics
  36. Political Economy10▲ 14×6 topics
  37. Ukraine10▲ 107×2 topics
  38. Hybrid Warfare9▲ 192×1 topic
  39. Military Strategy9▲ 192×1 topic
  40. Regional Development9▲ 9.6×9 topics

Which research topics does Caucasus International University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Socioeconomic and Political Dynamics, Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation, Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics and European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies.

Global Socioeconomic and…17Global Socioeconomic and Political Dynamics: 17 fractional worksSecurity, Politics, and Digital Transformation: 11 fractional worksPost-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics: 11 fractional worksEuropean and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies: 9 fractional worksCybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies: 5 fractional worksRussia and Soviet politi…5Russia and Soviet political economy: 5 fractional worksEconomic Analysis and Policy: 4 fractional worksEconomic Sanctions and International Relations: 3 fractional worksRegional Socio-Economic Development Trends: 3 fractional worksSoviet and Russian History: 3 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsPolitical Science and International RelationsDemography

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

  1. 1 Global Socioeconomic and Political Dynamics Economics and Econometrics 17 works
  2. 2 Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  3. 3 Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  4. 4 European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies Political Science and International Relations 9 works
  5. 5 Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  6. 6 Russia and Soviet political economy Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  7. 7 Economic Analysis and Policy Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  8. 8 Economic Sanctions and International Relations Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  9. 9 Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends Demography 3 works
  10. 10 Soviet and Russian History Political Science and International Relations 3 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 available88.6%not open11.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.3%domestic only86.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Caucasus International University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 209% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Caucasus International University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Caucasus International University0.0016% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Caucasus International University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Caucasus International University2.7% in 2025

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.4% in 2020.

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