Medical University Pleven
In research, Medical University Pleven stands highest in Medicine (#7,930 of 8,541 worldwide), Life Sciences (#6,048 of 6,403 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,464 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Obstetrics and Gynecology is 12.7× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #17,600 of 22,385 · #33,458 all time
- Rank in Bulgaria
- #44 of 64
- Research works
- 1.5k ▲ 24% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 6.9k 4.5 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 3.6% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.62× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 72% world 40%
- International
- 10% world 18%
What is Medical University Pleven known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MedicineField | #7,930 of 8,541 | 3.3% | 326 | #14005 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #6,048 of 6,403 | 3.6% | 77 | #10660 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #9,464 of 9,902 | 3.2% | 355 | #16253 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Medical University Pleven 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 of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Medicine#14,005 #7,930
- Life Sciences#10,660 #6,048
- Health Sciences#16,253 #9,464
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Medical University Pleven work in?
In 2022-now, 71% of research at Medical University Pleven is in Health Sciences, 17% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (66%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Health Sciences39171.2%
- Medicine36065.5%
- Health Professions244.4%
- Nursing40.8%
- Dentistry20.3%
- Veterinary10.2%
- Life Sciences9216.7%
- Social Sciences417.5%
- Physical Sciences254.6%
- Environmental Science61.2%
- Engineering40.8%
- Computer Science40.7%
- Chemistry30.6%
- Materials Science30.6%
- Energy10.3%
- Mathematics10.2%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
- Chemical Engineering00.1%
- Physics and Astronomy00.1%
What does Medical University Pleven specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Obstetrics and Gynecology takes 12.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 20.0 works13×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Immunology and Microbiology3.97×22 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.43×7 works
- Medicine3.41×360 works
- Health Professions1.68×24 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.59×19 works
- Nursing1.54×4 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.33×39 works
- Neuroscience1.31×12 works
- Veterinary1.12×1 works
- Dentistry0.70×2 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.48×13 works
- Psychology0.41×7 works
- Chemistry0.40×4 works
- Decision Sciences0.35×2 works
- Energy0.27×1 works
- Environmental Science0.24×6 works
- Mathematics0.18×1 works
- Chemical Engineering0.17×0 works
- Materials Science0.17×3 works
- Arts and Humanities0.16×3 works
- Social Sciences0.13×9 works
- Computer Science0.09×4 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.09×2 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×1 works
- Engineering0.05×4 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
- Immunology and Microbiology 4.0×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 3.4×
- Medicine 3.4×
- Health Professions 1.7×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.6×
- Nursing 1.5×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1.3×
- Neuroscience 1.3×
- Veterinary 1.1×
- Dentistry 0.7×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.5×
- Psychology 0.4×
- Chemistry 0.4×
- Decision Sciences 0.3×
- Energy 0.3×
- Environmental Science 0.2×
- Mathematics 0.2×
- Chemical Engineering 0.2×
- Materials Science 0.2×
- Arts and Humanities 0.2×
- Social Sciences 0.1×
- Computer Science 0.1×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.1×
- Engineering 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Medical University Pleven?
Ranked on the quality score, Velizar Shivarov, Tsanko I. Yotsov and Victoria G. Atanasova lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Medical University Pleven.
- 1
Velizar Shivarov
Bulgaria · #1,354,789 worldwide 20k citations · 151 works
- 2
Tsanko I. Yotsov
Bulgaria · #1,388,786 worldwide 707 citations · 28 works
- 3
Victoria G. Atanasova
Bulgaria · #1,514,772 worldwide 781 citations · 29 works
- 4
M. Tzekova
Bulgaria · #1,639,509 worldwide 929 citations · 23 works
- 5
Tsvetomir M. Ivanov
Bulgaria · #2,078,770 worldwide 603 citations · 36 works
- 6
Martin P. Karamanliev
Bulgaria · #2,892,809 worldwide 629 citations · 60 works
- 7
Aygulya M. Akisheva
Bulgaria · #4,019,368 worldwide 447 citations · 16 works
- 8
N. Stancheva
Bulgaria · #4,073,046 worldwide 286 citations · 25 works
- 9
Heinz Röttinger
Bulgaria · #4,093,191 worldwide 529 citations · 16 works
- 10
Elitsa H. Gyokova
Bulgaria · #4,139,282 worldwide 145 citations · 34 works
Which keywords describe research at Medical University Pleven?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Risk Factors, Oxidative Stress, Cardiovascular Disease, Diagnosis, Chemotherapy and Clinical Practice Guidelines.
- Healthcare Policy
- Preeclampsia
- Health-related Quality of Life
- Myocardial Infarction
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Maternal Mortality
- Cancer Incidence
- Metastasis
- Survival Analysis
- Mortality
- Prevention
- Obesity
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Clinical Trials
- Cancer
- Public Health
- Treatment
- Diagnosis
- Risk Factors
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Oxidative Stress
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Quality of Life
- Chemotherapy
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Global Burden
- Immune Response
- Complications
- Pathophysiology
- Endothelial Dysfunction
- Guidelines
- Cervical Cancer
- ACE2 Receptor
- SARS-CoV-2
- Clinical Characteristics
- Human Papillomavirus
- Radiation Therapy
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Robotic Surgery
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
- Epidemiology68▲ 3.1×94 topics
- Inflammation34▲ 2.9×58 topics
- Oxidative Stress26▲ 2.9×38 topics
- Risk Factors22▲ 3.7×22 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease22▲ 3.6×30 topics
- Diagnosis21▲ 4.0×30 topics
- Quality of Life20▲ 2.5×26 topics
- Treatment20▲ 3.0×34 topics
- Chemotherapy19▲ 4.8×22 topics
- Public Health18▲ 2.3×26 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines16▲ 5.5×12 topics
- Cancer16▲ 2.1×32 topics
- Global Burden15▲ 5.0×10 topics
- Clinical Trials15▲ 4.0×13 topics
- Immune Response14▲ 4.3×14 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome13▲ 3.0×16 topics
- Complications13▲ 4.8×16 topics
- Obesity13▲ 3.1×17 topics
- Pathophysiology13▲ 8.1×10 topics
- Prevention12▲ 5.4×12 topics
- Endothelial Dysfunction12▲ 9.4×8 topics
- Mortality12▲ 3.8×11 topics
- Guidelines12▲ 4.5×13 topics
- Survival Analysis12▲ 7.7×6 topics
- Cervical Cancer11▲ 19×3 topics
- Metastasis11▲ 5.9×9 topics
- ACE2 Receptor10▲ 8.2×3 topics
- Cancer Incidence10▲ 13×4 topics
- SARS-CoV-210▲ 6.0×5 topics
- Maternal Mortality10▲ 7.9×4 topics
- Clinical Characteristics9▲ 14×2 topics
- Chronic Kidney Disease8▲ 5.9×7 topics
- Human Papillomavirus8▲ 12×3 topics
- Myocardial Infarction8▲ 6.3×7 topics
- Radiation Therapy8▲ 11×6 topics
- Health-related Quality of Life8▲ 6.2×4 topics
- Cardiovascular Diseases8▲ 16×4 topics
- Preeclampsia8▲ 18×2 topics
- Robotic Surgery7▲ 8.8×5 topics
- Healthcare Policy7▲ 14×2 topics
Which research topics does Medical University Pleven publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, Healthcare Systems and Public Health and Cervical Cancer and HPV Research.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 7 works
- 2 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 6 works
- 3 Healthcare Systems and Public Health Epidemiology 6 works
- 4 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 6 works
- 5 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 6 works
- 6 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 5 works
- 7 Uterine Myomas and Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 5 works
- 8 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Economics and Econometrics 4 works
- 9 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 4 works
- 10 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Medical University Pleven's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 24% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Medical University Pleven as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0021% in 2024.
Fractional works of Medical University Pleven 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 6.5% in 2025.
Other research institutions in Pleven
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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