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Institute for Balkan Studies and Centre for Thracology

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Research works
20
▲ 109% vs 2013–17
Citations
22
1.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
85%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Institute for Balkan Studies and Centre for Thracology is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Computer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringArts and Humanities: 23.08× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.82× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 1.49× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 23.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Balkan Studies and Centre for Thracology?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Exchange, Religion, Eastern Europe, Byzantium, Eastern Mediterranean, Identity, International Relations and Nationalism.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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 24 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Cultural Exchange4▲ 164×3 topics
  2. Religion4▲ 31×4 topics
  3. Byzantium3▲ 898×1 topic
  4. Eastern Europe3▲ 297×3 topics
  5. Eastern Mediterranean3▲ 898×1 topic
  6. Identity3▲ 19×3 topics
  7. International Relations3▲ 70×3 topics
  8. Nationalism3▲ 24×4 topics
  9. Ethnicity2▲ 42×2 topics
  10. Memory2▲ 47×2 topics
  11. Balkans2▲ 513×1 topic
  12. Conflict2▲ 70×1 topic
  13. International Trade2▲ 64×2 topics
  14. Economic Diplomacy2▲ 605×1 topic
  15. Foreign Policy2▲ 193×1 topic
  16. History1▲ 8.2×4 topics
  17. Archaeology1▲ 38×2 topics
  18. Cultural History1▲ 40×2 topics
  19. Diplomacy1▲ 61×2 topics
  20. Rituals1▲ 78×2 topics
  21. Soviet Union1▲ 100×2 topics
  22. Urban Development1▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Australia1▲ 265×1 topic
  24. European Union1▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does Institute for Balkan Studies and Centre for Thracology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Byzantine Studies and History, Archaeology and Historical Studies, Balkans: History, Politics, Society and Balkan and Eastern European Studies.

Byzantine Studies and Hi…3Byzantine Studies and History: 3 fractional worksArchaeology and Historical Studies: 1 fractional worksBalkans: History, Politics, Society: 0 fractional worksBalkan and Eastern European Studies: 0 fractional worksHistorical and Archaeological Studies: 0 fractional worksEconomic Theory and Institutions: 0 fractional worksAncient Near East History: 0 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Studies: 0 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 0 fractional worksHistorical and Religious Studies of Rome: 0 fractional works
ClassicsArcheologyCultural StudiesEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 Byzantine Studies and History Classics 3 works
  2. 2 Archaeology and Historical Studies Archeology 1 works
  3. 3 Balkans: History, Politics, Society Cultural Studies 0 works
  4. 4 Balkan and Eastern European Studies Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  5. 5 Historical and Archaeological Studies History 0 works
  6. 6 Economic Theory and Institutions Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  7. 7 Ancient Near East History Archeology 0 works
  8. 8 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 0 works
  9. 9 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 0 works
  10. 10 Historical and Religious Studies of Rome History 0 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 available84.7%not open15.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.8%domestic only86.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Balkan Studies and Centre for Thracology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 109% 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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