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Epoka University

In research, Epoka University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,313 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,986 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,759
of 22,385 · #14,759 all time
Rank in Albania
#9
of 22
Research works
573
▲ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.3k
7.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Epoka University

What is Epoka 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
Physical SciencesDomain #5,313 of 10,670 7.2%94 #7957
Social SciencesDomain #5,986 of 9,585 10.1%98 #7875

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Epoka 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 Epoka University work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Epoka University is in Social Sciences, 48% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Engineering (17%), Computer Science (16%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 104 fractional works · 48.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 54 fractional works · 25.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 19 fractional works · 9.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 25 fractional works · 11.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 104 fractional works · 47.7% of its workEngineering: 37 fractional works · 17.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 12 fractional works · 5.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 11 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 35 fractional works · 16.2% of its workInformation Systems: 12 fractional works · 5.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 8.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Energy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKEpoka University217fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences48%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5425.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2511.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance135.9%
    4. Psychology52.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities52.3%
    6. Decision Sciences31.2%
    1. Engineering3717.0%
    2. Computer Science3516.2%
    3. Environmental Science198.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences41.8%
    5. Mathematics41.7%
    6. Physics and Astronomy21.0%
    7. Energy20.7%
    8. Materials Science00.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Neuroscience31.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.9%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.5%
    1. Health Professions20.8%
    2. Medicine10.5%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 2.09× its world share, 35 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.13× its world share, 37 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.80× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.44× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.79× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.52× its world share, 25 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.77× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.98× its world share, 54 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting3.52×25 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.77×13 works
  3. Computer Science2.09×35 works
  4. Social Sciences1.98×54 works
  5. Environmental Science1.80×19 works
  6. Mathematics1.44×4 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.20×2 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.15×4 works
  9. Engineering1.13×37 works
  10. Neuroscience0.79×3 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.79×5 works
  12. Energy0.78×2 works
  13. Psychology0.76×5 works
  14. Nursing0.47×0 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.46×2 works
  16. Health Professions0.30×2 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.22×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×2 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.09×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.07×0 works
  21. Dentistry0.06×0 works
  22. Medicine0.03×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Epoka University?

Ranked on the quality score, Eglantina Hysa, Artan Hysa and Egla Mansi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Epoka University.

  1. 1 Eglantina Hysa Albania · #227,622 worldwide 2k citations · 99 works
  2. 2 Artan Hysa Albania · #697,015 worldwide 705 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Egla Mansi Albania · #1,094,512 worldwide 315 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Edmond Manahasa Albania · #1,267,474 worldwide 159 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Alba Demneri Kruja Albania · #1,358,768 worldwide 860 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Odeta Manahasa Albania · #1,369,922 worldwide 126 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Enea Mustafaraj Albania · #1,948,742 worldwide 398 citations · 43 works
  8. 8 Hüseyin Bilgin Albania · #1,995,803 worldwide 1k citations · 77 works
  9. 9 Albana Ndreu Halili Albania · #2,100,168 worldwide 1.2k citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Heliona Miço Albania · #2,292,951 worldwide 142 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Epoka University

What are the most cited papers from Epoka University?

The most cited paper from Epoka University is "Circular Economy Innovation and Environmental Sustainability Impact on Economic Growth: An Integrated Model for Sustainable Development" (Eglantina Hysa, Alba Demneri Kruja, Naqeeb Ur Rehman et al., 2020), with 471 citations. Next come "Very high strength (120 MPa) class F fly ash geopolymer mortar activated at different NaOH amount, heat curing temperature and heat curing duration" (330) and "Cell Microenvironment Engineering and Monitoring for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine: The Recent Advances" (237).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Circular Economy Innovation and Environmental Sustainability Impact on Economic Growth: An Integrated Model for Sustainable Development Eglantina Hysa, Alba Demneri Kruja, Naqeeb Ur Rehman et al. · Sustainability Open access 12 Jun 2020 471
2 Very high strength (120 MPa) class F fly ash geopolymer mortar activated at different NaOH amount, heat curing temperature and heat curing duration Cengiz Duran Atiş, Ela Bahşude GÖRÜR, Okan Karahan et al. · Construction and Building Materials 25 Aug 2015 330
3 Cell Microenvironment Engineering and Monitoring for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine: The Recent Advances Julien Barthès, Hayriye Özçelik, Mathilde Hindié et al. · BioMed Research International Open access 2014 237
4 Adaptive user interfaces and universal usability through plasticity of user interface design Mahdi Hassan Miraz, Maaruf Ali, Peter Stuart Excell · Computer Science Review 5 Feb 2021 156
5 Identifying barriers for nature-based solutions in flood risk management: An interdisciplinary overview using expert community approach Pavel Raška et al. · Journal of Environmental Management Open access 22 Feb 2022 148
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Epoka University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Governance, European Union, Economic Growth, Security, Deep Learning, Sustainability and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Deep Learning14▲ 1.92×26 topics
  2. Machine Learning13▲ 1.85×29 topics
  3. Sustainability12▲ 2.3×29 topics
  4. Human Rights12▲ 5.2×16 topics
  5. Governance10▲ 14×7 topics
  6. Economic Growth9▲ 5.3×14 topics
  7. European Union9▲ 18×7 topics
  8. Security8▲ 5.8×8 topics
  9. Supply Chain Management8▲ 4.1×9 topics
  10. Globalization8▲ 1.82×18 topics
  11. Remote Sensing7▲ 2.5×15 topics
  12. Energy Efficiency6▲ 3.1×7 topics
  13. Urbanization6▲ 7.1×6 topics
  14. Balkans6▲ 122×2 topics
  15. Big Data6▲ 2.9×12 topics
  16. Thermal Comfort6▲ 22×2 topics
  17. Internet of Things6▲ 3.2×7 topics
  18. Environmental Management6▲ 6.4×6 topics
  19. Democracy5▲ 6.9×5 topics
  20. Artificial Neural Networks5▲ 5.1×4 topics
  21. Conflict5▲ 14×4 topics
  22. Judicial Review5▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Geopolitics5▲ 14×5 topics
  24. Inequality5▲ 9.5×3 topics
  25. Institutional Quality5▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Nationalism5▲ 4.8×4 topics
  27. Social Cohesion5▲ 36×2 topics
  28. ICT4▲ 15×3 topics
  29. Constitutionalism4▲ 22×1 topic
  30. European Legal Systems4▲ 56×1 topic
  31. Energy Consumption4▲ 8.4×2 topics
  32. Global Governance4▲ 7.6×8 topics
  33. Building Energy Consumption4▲ 24×1 topic
  34. Energy Simulation4▲ 20×1 topic
  35. Knowledge Economy4▲ 16×1 topic
  36. Masonry Strengthening4▲ 92×1 topic
  37. Seismic Analysis4▲ 46×1 topic
  38. financial access4▲ 45×1 topic
  39. Dynamic Analysis4▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Sovereignty4▲ 19×5 topics

Which research topics does Epoka University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: European and International Law Studies, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Economic Growth and Development and Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis.

European and Internation…4European and International Law Studies: 4 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comf…4Building Energy and Comfort Optimization: 4 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 4 fractional worksMasonry and Concrete Str…4Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis: 4 fractional worksBalkans: History, Politi…4Balkans: History, Politics, Society: 4 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 3 fractional worksPlace Attachment and Urban Studies: 3 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain…3Sustainable Supply Chain Management: 3 fractional worksEuropean Union Policy and Governance: 3 fractional worksSeismic Performance and Analysis: 2 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsBuilding and ConstructionInformation SystemsCivil and Structural Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  2. 2 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 4 works
  3. 3 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 4 works
  4. 4 Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Balkans: History, Politics, Society Cultural Studies 4 works
  6. 6 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 3 works
  7. 7 Place Attachment and Urban Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  8. 8 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 3 works
  9. 9 European Union Policy and Governance Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  10. 10 Seismic Performance and Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 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 available58.7%not open41.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.7%domestic only72.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Epoka University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Epoka University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00082% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Epoka University0.00065% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Epoka 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%Epoka University13.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.0% in 2025.

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