Medical University Plovdiv
In research, Medical University Plovdiv stands highest in Medicine (#4,359 of 8,541 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,153 of 9,902 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,694 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthodontics, Dentistry and Oral Surgery (Orthodontics is 19.0× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #6,829 of 22,385 · #17,317 all time
- Rank in Bulgaria
- #8 of 64
- Research works
- 4.1k ▲ 33% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 27k 6.5 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 9.1% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.81× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 63% world 40%
- International
- 13% world 18%
What is Medical University Plovdiv 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 | #4,359 of 8,541 | 6.8% | 640 | #11831 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #5,153 of 9,902 | 7.0% | 786 | #14087 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #3,694 of 6,403 | 11.2% | 221 | #8298 | |
| DentistryField | #248 of 405 | 8.1% | 85 | #641 | |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField | #1,926 of 2,964 | 8.4% | 88 | #4522 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #7,011 of 10,670 | 10.7% | 109 | #14123 | |
| SurgerySubfield | #1,102 of 1,532 | 6.2% | 80 | #2802 | |
| Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield | #843 of 1,037 | 5.8% | 61 | #1753 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #9,258 of 9,585 | 9.3% | 86 | #14112 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Medical University Plovdiv 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#11,831 #4,359
- Health Sciences#14,087 #5,153
- Life Sciences#8,298 #3,694
- Dentistry#641 #248
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,522 #1,926
- Physical Sciences#14,123 #7,011
- Surgery#2,802 #1,102
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,753 #843
- Social Sciences#14,112 #9,258
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 Plovdiv work in?
In 2022-now, 65% of research at Medical University Plovdiv is in Health Sciences, 19% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (53%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Dentistry (7%). It does 2.8× 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 Sciences89165.1%
- Medicine72753.1%
- Dentistry957.0%
- Health Professions523.8%
- Nursing151.1%
- Veterinary10.1%
- Life Sciences26119.1%
- Physical Sciences1239.0%
- Engineering402.9%
- Environmental Science201.5%
- Chemistry171.3%
- Materials Science161.1%
- Computer Science110.8%
- Mathematics80.6%
- Physics and Astronomy60.5%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences30.2%
- Chemical Engineering10.1%
- Energy00.0%
- Social Sciences946.9%
- Psychology332.4%
- Social Sciences261.9%
- Arts and Humanities191.4%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance120.9%
- Decision Sciences20.2%
- Business, Management and Accounting20.1%
What does Medical University Plovdiv specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthodontics takes 19.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- OrthodonticsSubfield · 29.3 works19×
- DentistryField · 95.3 works14×
- Oral SurgerySubfield · 36.1 works14×
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: Dentistry, 14.3×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Dentistry14.34×95 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.61×17 works
- Medicine2.76×727 works
- Neuroscience2.61×58 works
- Immunology and Microbiology2.27×31 works
- Nursing2.21×15 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.49×109 works
- Health Professions1.45×52 works
- Chemistry0.80×17 works
- Psychology0.80×33 works
- Veterinary0.72×1 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.70×46 works
- Mathematics0.50×8 works
- Arts and Humanities0.48×19 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.40×12 works
- Materials Science0.33×16 works
- Environmental Science0.30×20 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.21×6 works
- Chemical Engineering0.20×1 works
- Engineering0.19×40 works
- Decision Sciences0.17×2 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×3 works
- Social Sciences0.15×26 works
- Computer Science0.10×11 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.04×2 works
- Energy0.02×0 works
- Dentistry 14.3×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 3.6×
- Medicine 2.8×
- Neuroscience 2.6×
- Immunology and Microbiology 2.3×
- Nursing 2.2×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1.5×
- Health Professions 1.4×
- Chemistry 0.8×
- Psychology 0.8×
- Veterinary 0.7×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.7×
- Mathematics 0.5×
- Arts and Humanities 0.5×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.4×
- Materials Science 0.3×
- Environmental Science 0.3×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.2×
- Chemical Engineering 0.2×
- Engineering 0.2×
- Decision Sciences 0.2×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.1×
- Social Sciences 0.1×
- Computer Science 0.1×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.0×
- Energy 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Medical University Plovdiv?
Ranked on the quality score, Angel Mario Dzhambov, Boris Evgeniev Sakakushev and Donka Dimitrova lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Medical University Plovdiv.
- 1
Angel Mario Dzhambov
Bulgaria · #80,325 worldwide 7.9k citations · 173 works
- 2
Boris Evgeniev Sakakushev
Bulgaria · #216,466 worldwide 12k citations · 147 works
- 3
Donka Dimitrova
Bulgaria · #263,952 worldwide 5.5k citations · 84 works
- 4
Mariya Petkova Tokmakova
Bulgaria · #571,453 worldwide 13k citations · 79 works
- 5
Boyko Tchavdarov Atanasov
Bulgaria · #792,296 worldwide 1.6k citations · 74 works
- 6
Drozdstoy Stoyanov
Bulgaria · #801,948 worldwide 3.6k citations · 224 works
- 7
Pencho Georgiev
Bulgaria · #1,043,595 worldwide 1.9k citations · 45 works
- 8
Boris G. Tilov
Bulgaria · #1,095,189 worldwide 1.2k citations · 28 works
- 9
Vesselina S Goranova-Marinova
Bulgaria · #1,213,777 worldwide 4.4k citations · 70 works
- 10
Rositsa Valerieva Karalilova
Bulgaria · #1,400,972 worldwide 645 citations · 73 works
Which keywords describe research at Medical University Plovdiv?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Treatment, Quality of Life, Metabolic Syndrome, Diagnosis and Clinical Trials.
- Dental Caries
- Bone Regeneration
- Dental Materials
- Pathophysiology
- ACE2 Receptor
- Wound Healing
- Cytokines
- Genetic Mutations
- Autoantibodies
- Genetics
- Antioxidant Activity
- Immune Response
- Obesity
- Antioxidant
- Management
- COVID-19
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Diagnosis
- Quality of Life
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Oxidative Stress
- Treatment
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Risk Factors
- Cancer
- Clinical Trials
- Depression
- Neurological Disorders
- Surgical Management
- Global Burden
- Cardiovascular Risk
- Medicinal Plants
- Diabetes
- Anti-inflammatory
- Prevention
- SARS-CoV-2
- Diagnostic Criteria
- Restorative Dentistry
- Infection Control
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
- Epidemiology148▲ 2.7×116 topics
- Inflammation94▲ 3.2×73 topics
- Oxidative Stress59▲ 2.6×53 topics
- Quality of Life51▲ 2.6×41 topics
- Treatment50▲ 3.0×42 topics
- Diagnosis41▲ 3.2×37 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome40▲ 3.6×19 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease39▲ 2.5×35 topics
- Risk Factors38▲ 2.5×34 topics
- COVID-1938▲ 2.1×23 topics
- Cancer37▲ 2.0×45 topics
- Management36▲ 3.3×29 topics
- Clinical Trials36▲ 3.9×18 topics
- Antioxidant33▲ 3.5×35 topics
- Depression32▲ 2.7×19 topics
- Obesity30▲ 2.9×21 topics
- Neurological Disorders28▲ 3.6×18 topics
- Immune Response27▲ 3.5×17 topics
- Surgical Management26▲ 4.7×20 topics
- Antioxidant Activity26▲ 3.0×22 topics
- Global Burden26▲ 3.4×11 topics
- Genetics25▲ 2.6×19 topics
- Cardiovascular Risk24▲ 5.6×9 topics
- Autoantibodies24▲ 7.5×8 topics
- Medicinal Plants23▲ 4.4×9 topics
- Genetic Mutations23▲ 3.8×22 topics
- Diabetes23▲ 3.3×19 topics
- Cytokines21▲ 5.4×8 topics
- Anti-inflammatory21▲ 5.3×20 topics
- Wound Healing21▲ 5.6×10 topics
- Prevention20▲ 3.6×16 topics
- ACE2 Receptor20▲ 6.6×3 topics
- SARS-CoV-220▲ 4.8×6 topics
- Pathophysiology19▲ 4.8×9 topics
- Diagnostic Criteria18▲ 5.6×10 topics
- Dental Materials17▲ 23×1 topic
- Restorative Dentistry17▲ 23×1 topic
- Bone Regeneration16▲ 9.9×2 topics
- Infection Control15▲ 13×2 topics
- Dental Caries14▲ 10×2 topics
Which research topics does Medical University Plovdiv publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Dental materials and restorations, Dental Research and COVID-19, Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 17 works
- 2 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 12 works
- 3 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 12 works
- 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 11 works
- 5 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Food Science 10 works
- 6 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 9 works
- 7 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 9 works
- 8 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 8 works
- 9 Tryptophan and brain disorders Biological Psychiatry 8 works
- 10 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 8 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 Plovdiv's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 33% 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 Plovdiv as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0057% in 2024.
Fractional works of Medical University Plovdiv 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 13.5% in 2025.
Other research institutions in Plovdiv
- University of Food Technologies
- Agricultural University Plovdiv
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
- Food Research and Development Institute
- University of Agribusiness and Rural Development
- Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture
- Fruit Growing Institute
- Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology
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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