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Ivan Vazov National Library

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Research works
9
▼ 59% vs 2018-21
Citations
3
0.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
100%
world 40%
Ivan Vazov National Library

Not ranked overall: Ivan Vazov National Library is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Ivan Vazov National Library work in?

In all years, 54% of research at Ivan Vazov National Library is in Physical Sciences, 46% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (46%), Arts and Humanities (32%), Social Sciences (13%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 53.5% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 46.4% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 26.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 14.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 7.2% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 46.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 32.1% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 10.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 10.7% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 5.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 12.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workALL ITS WORKIvan VazovNational Library9fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences54%Social Sciences46%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 2 domains and 5 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science446.4%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences17.2%
    1. Arts and Humanities332.1%
    2. Social Sciences112.5%
    3. Psychology01.8%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What are the most cited papers from Ivan Vazov National Library?

The most cited paper from Ivan Vazov National Library is "Towards an Augmented Reality Game for Learning about Ivan Vazov's Literary Works" (Ivan Kratchanov, Dimitar Minev, 2023), with 1 citations. Next come "The Future of the Past: Bringing Attention to Plovdiv's Forgotten Mural Art" (1) and "Cataloguing the Slavonic Manuscript Collection of the Plovdiv Public Library – Problems and MARC 21 * Solutions" (1).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Towards an Augmented Reality Game for Learning about Ivan Vazov's Literary Works Ivan Kratchanov, Dimitar Minev · Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage Open access Sep 2023 1
2 The Future of the Past: Bringing Attention to Plovdiv's Forgotten Mural Art Dimitar Minev, Ivan Kratchanov · Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage Open access 10 Sep 2021 1
3 Cataloguing the Slavonic Manuscript Collection of the Plovdiv Public Library – Problems and MARC 21 * Solutions Antoaneta Lessenska, Sabina Aneva · Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage Open access 30 Sep 2013 1
4 Towards improving OCR accuracy with Bulgarian Language Resources Ivan Kratchanov, Laska Laskova, Kiril Simov · Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries Publications Open access 30 Oct 2020 1
5 Designing Serious Games for Libraries: Aligning Educational and Persuasive Intent for Anxiety Mitigation and Heritage Engagement Ivan Kratchanov, Detelin Luchev · Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage Open access 5 Sep 2026 0
All 15 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Ivan Vazov National Library publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Augmented Reality Applications, Library Science and Information Literacy, Educational Games and Gamification and Education and Learning Interventions.

Augmented Reality Applic…1Augmented Reality Applications: 1 fractional worksLibrary Science and Info…0Library Science and Information Literacy: 0 fractional worksEducational Games and Ga…0Educational Games and Gamification: 0 fractional worksEducation and Learning Interventions: 0 fractional works
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionLibrary and Information SciencesDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyInformation Systems

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

  1. 1 Augmented Reality Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  2. 2 Library Science and Information Literacy Library and Information Sciences 0 works
  3. 3 Educational Games and Gamification Developmental and Educational Psychology 0 works
  4. 4 Education and Learning Interventions Information Systems 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 available100.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

How has Ivan Vazov National Library's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 59% lower than in 2018-2021.

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