Plovdiv University
In research, Plovdiv University stands highest in Computer Science (#3,426 of 4,417 worldwide), Social Sciences (#7,493 of 9,585 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,806 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mathematics (Mathematics is 6.6× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #9,345 of 22,385 · #17,884 all time
- Rank in Bulgaria
- #18 of 64
- Research works
- 2.9k ▲ 2% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 20k 6.8 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 7.9% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.76× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 54% world 40%
- International
- 15% world 18%
What is Plovdiv University 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer ScienceField | #3,426 of 4,417 | 12.6% | 121 | #4869 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #7,493 of 9,585 | 8.2% | 173 | #13168 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #5,806 of 6,403 | 6.4% | 97 | #10100 | |
| MedicineField | #7,895 of 8,541 | 7.4% | 61 | #13720 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #9,154 of 9,902 | 6.3% | 77 | #15761 | |
| Social SciencesField | #5,671 of 5,988 | 6.5% | 75 | #8859 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #10,203 of 10,670 | 7.3% | 376 | #16543 | |
| EngineeringField | #5,688 of 5,901 | 4.6% | 84 | #8882 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Plovdiv 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 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.
- Computer Science#4,869 #3,426
- Social Sciences#13,168 #7,493
- Life Sciences#10,100 #5,806
- Medicine#13,720 #7,895
- Health Sciences#15,761 #9,154
- Social Sciences#8,859 #5,671
- Physical Sciences#16,543 #10,203
- Engineering#8,882 #5,688
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 Plovdiv University work in?
In 2022-now, 51% of research at Plovdiv University is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (16%), Engineering (11%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical 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
- Physical Sciences40551.4%
- Computer Science12916.3%
- Engineering8811.1%
- Mathematics617.8%
- Environmental Science344.3%
- Chemistry324.0%
- Materials Science283.5%
- Physics and Astronomy222.8%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences70.9%
- Energy20.3%
- Chemical Engineering20.3%
- Social Sciences19124.2%
- Social Sciences8010.2%
- Arts and Humanities324.1%
- Business, Management and Accounting253.1%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance212.6%
- Psychology192.4%
- Decision Sciences141.8%
- Life Sciences10913.8%
- Health Sciences8410.6%
- Medicine678.5%
- Health Professions101.2%
- Nursing50.7%
- Dentistry10.2%
- Veterinary00.1%
What does Plovdiv University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mathematics takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- MathematicsField · 61.3 works6.6×
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: Mathematics, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Mathematics6.61×61 works
- Chemistry2.57×32 works
- Computer Science2.10×129 works
- Decision Sciences1.84×14 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.81×5 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.63×61 works
- Arts and Humanities1.42×32 works
- Nursing1.40×5 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.25×22 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.22×21 works
- Materials Science1.01×28 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.97×25 works
- Environmental Science0.86×34 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.85×36 works
- Social Sciences0.81×80 works
- Chemical Engineering0.77×2 works
- Psychology0.77×19 works
- Engineering0.74×88 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.57×7 works
- Health Professions0.47×10 works
- Veterinary0.47×0 works
- Medicine0.44×67 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.39×3 works
- Dentistry0.34×1 works
- Energy0.33×2 works
- Neuroscience0.32×4 works
- Mathematics 6.6×
- Chemistry 2.6×
- Computer Science 2.1×
- Decision Sciences 1.8×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1.8×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1.6×
- Arts and Humanities 1.4×
- Nursing 1.4×
- Physics and Astronomy 1.2×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.2×
- Materials Science 1.0×
- Business, Management and Accounting 1.0×
- Environmental Science 0.9×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.8×
- Social Sciences 0.8×
- Chemical Engineering 0.8×
- Psychology 0.8×
- Engineering 0.7×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.6×
- Health Professions 0.5×
- Veterinary 0.5×
- Medicine 0.4×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.4×
- Dentistry 0.3×
- Energy 0.3×
- Neuroscience 0.3×
Who are the top researchers at Plovdiv University?
Ranked on the quality score, Nikolay T. Kochev, Tania Yankova and Galina Ilieva lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Plovdiv University.
- 1
Nikolay T. Kochev
Bulgaria · #807,910 worldwide 1.2k citations · 69 works
- 2
Tania Yankova
Bulgaria · #1,165,540 worldwide 777 citations · 43 works
- 3
Galina Ilieva
Bulgaria · #1,446,967 worldwide 955 citations · 74 works
- 4
Stanislava Klisarova-Belcheva
Bulgaria · #1,744,490 worldwide 542 citations · 30 works
- 5
Gergana Zahmanova
Bulgaria · #2,369,337 worldwide 597 citations · 30 works
- 6
Ivan Nikiforov Minkov
Bulgaria · #3,118,073 worldwide 2.9k citations · 105 works
- 7
Yulia Dzhabarova
Bulgaria · #3,627,388 worldwide 210 citations · 24 works
- 8
Petko D. Proĭnov
Bulgaria · #3,879,367 worldwide 1.3k citations · 54 works
- 9
Gergana D. Dimitrova
Bulgaria · #3,912,254 worldwide 936 citations · 50 works
- 10
Valentina Toneva
Bulgaria · #4,220,794 worldwide 1.4k citations · 36 works
Which keywords describe research at Plovdiv University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Online Learning, Nonlinear Equations, Educational Technology, Distance Learning, Fractional Calculus, Language and Deep Learning.
- ICT Integration
- Language Contact
- Adaptive Learning
- Fractional Differential Equations
- Massive Open Online Courses
- Phylogeny
- Boundary Value Problems
- Nonlinear Systems
- Environmental Monitoring
- IoT
- Homotopy Analysis Method
- Invasive Species
- Antioxidant
- Antioxidant Activity
- Language
- E-Learning
- Nonlinear Equations
- Sustainable Development
- Educational Technology
- Deep Learning
- Machine Learning
- Online Learning
- Neural Networks
- Big Data
- Distance Learning
- Fractional Calculus
- STEM Education
- Cloud Computing
- Student Engagement
- Anomalous Diffusion
- Synthesis
- Learning Analytics
- Medicinal Chemistry
- Controllability
- Anticancer Agents
- Educational Data Mining
- Economic Security
- Semilinear Differential Equations
- Linguistics
- Heterocyclic Compounds
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
- Machine Learning49▲ 1.87×51 topics
- Deep Learning36▲ 1.32×55 topics
- Online Learning28▲ 4.2×11 topics
- Educational Technology27▲ 2.9×19 topics
- Neural Networks25▲ 2.0×23 topics
- Sustainable Development19▲ 1.57×24 topics
- Big Data18▲ 2.4×18 topics
- Nonlinear Equations18▲ 18×5 topics
- Distance Learning17▲ 6.4×6 topics
- E-Learning17▲ 2.3×12 topics
- Fractional Calculus15▲ 34×2 topics
- Language15▲ 7.6×8 topics
- STEM Education14▲ 4.0×8 topics
- Antioxidant Activity14▲ 2.8×20 topics
- Cloud Computing14▲ 6.0×7 topics
- Antioxidant14▲ 2.5×28 topics
- Student Engagement14▲ 4.3×5 topics
- Invasive Species13▲ 3.9×17 topics
- Anomalous Diffusion12▲ 27×1 topic
- Homotopy Analysis Method12▲ 34×1 topic
- Synthesis12▲ 4.0×21 topics
- IoT12▲ 3.9×14 topics
- Learning Analytics11▲ 11×2 topics
- Environmental Monitoring11▲ 3.6×10 topics
- Medicinal Chemistry11▲ 5.1×9 topics
- Nonlinear Systems11▲ 6.2×4 topics
- Controllability10▲ 30×2 topics
- Boundary Value Problems10▲ 25×2 topics
- Anticancer Agents10▲ 8.7×9 topics
- Phylogeny10▲ 7.4×13 topics
- Educational Data Mining10▲ 14×1 topic
- Massive Open Online Courses10▲ 14×1 topic
- Economic Security9▲ 5.5×5 topics
- Fractional Differential Equations9▲ 50×1 topic
- Semilinear Differential Equations9▲ 50×1 topic
- Adaptive Learning8▲ 21×2 topics
- Linguistics8▲ 6.8×4 topics
- Language Contact8▲ 11×3 topics
- Heterocyclic Compounds8▲ 12×5 topics
- ICT Integration8▲ 64×1 topic
Which research topics does Plovdiv University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Fractional Differential Equations Solutions, Online Learning and Analytics, Nonlinear Differential Equations Analysis and Innovative Educational Technologies.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 12 works
- 2 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 10 works
- 3 Nonlinear Differential Equations Analysis Applied Mathematics 9 works
- 4 Innovative Educational Technologies Information Systems 8 works
- 5 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 7 works
- 6 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 7 works
- 7 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity Language and Linguistics 7 works
- 8 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 6 works
- 9 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 6 works
- 10 Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication Cultural Studies 5 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 Plovdiv University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 2% 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 Plovdiv University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0032% in 2024.
Fractional works of Plovdiv 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.1% in 2025.
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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