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Romanian-American University

In research, Romanian-American University stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,789 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,492
of 22,385 · #17,113 all time
Rank in Romania
#76
of 126
Research works
378
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.2k
5.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.09×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
70%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Romanian-American University

What is Romanian-American University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #9,789 of 14,833 4.9%270

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Romanian-American 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 fields of science does Romanian-American University work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Romanian-American University is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (19%), Business, Management and Accounting (19%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (14%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 53 fractional works · 64.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 18.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 6.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 18.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 13.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 11.3% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 7.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 24.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 7.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 6.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 5.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Energy: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRomanian-AmericanUniversity82fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences64%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1618.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1518.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1113.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities67.5%
    5. Decision Sciences23.0%
    6. Psychology22.3%
    1. Environmental Science67.9%
    2. Engineering56.5%
    3. Computer Science55.5%
    4. Energy23.0%
    5. Mathematics11.0%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Medicine45.0%
    2. Health Professions22.4%
    3. Dentistry00.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 3.26× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.59× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.26× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.58× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.75× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.10× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.50× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance6.50×11 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting5.75×15 works
  3. Energy3.26×2 works
  4. Decision Sciences3.10×2 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.58×6 works
  6. Environmental Science1.59×6 works
  7. Social Sciences1.50×16 works
  8. Dentistry1.26×0 works
  9. Health Professions0.90×2 works
  10. Mathematics0.84×1 works
  11. Psychology0.77×2 works
  12. Computer Science0.71×4 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.62×2 works
  14. Engineering0.44×5 works
  15. Medicine0.26×4 works
  16. Chemistry0.13×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Romanian-American University?

Ranked on the quality score, Daniela Firoiu, George H. Ionescu and Tudor Edu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Romanian-American University.

  1. 1 Daniela Firoiu Romania · #526,360 worldwide 989 citations · 42 works
  2. 2 George H. Ionescu Romania · #692,857 worldwide 886 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Tudor Edu Romania · #860,029 worldwide 764 citations · 55 works
  4. 4 Costel Iliuţă Negricea Romania · #2,082,239 worldwide 483 citations · 66 works
  5. 5 Andrei Luchici Romania · #2,435,269 worldwide 239 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Ana Maria Mihaela Iordache Romania · #2,640,041 worldwide 158 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Camelia M. Gheorghe Romania · #2,645,072 worldwide 102 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Alexandru Tăbușcă Romania · #2,885,327 worldwide 135 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Mihai Alexandru Botezatu Romania · #3,019,156 worldwide 663 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Adam Altăr-Samuel Romania · #3,607,004 worldwide 163 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Romanian-American University

What are the most cited papers from Romanian-American University?

The most cited paper from Romanian-American University is "Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs): The Engine of Economic Growth through Investments and Innovation" (Ştefan Cristian Gherghina, Mihai Alexandru Botezatu, Alexandra Hosszu et al., 2020), with 538 citations. Next come "Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) Biosensors in Pharmaceutical Analysis" (403) and "Do Environment-Related Policy Instruments and Technologies Facilitate Renewable Energy Generation? Exploring the Contextual Evidence from Developed Economies" (215).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs): The Engine of Economic Growth through Investments and Innovation Ştefan Cristian Gherghina, Mihai Alexandru Botezatu, Alexandra Hosszu et al. · Sustainability Open access 2020 538
2 Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) Biosensors in Pharmaceutical Analysis Andreea Gabriela Olaru, Camelia Bala, Nicole J. Jaffrezic-Renault et al. · Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry 27 May 2014 403
3 Do Environment-Related Policy Instruments and Technologies Facilitate Renewable Energy Generation? Exploring the Contextual Evidence from Developed Economies Umer Shahzad, Magdalena Rãdulescu, Syed A. Rahim et al. · Energies Open access 29 Jan 2021 215
4 THE IMPACT OF ESG FACTORS ON MARKET VALUE OF COMPANIES FROM TRAVEL AND TOURISM INDUSTRY George H. Ionescu, Daniela Firoiu, Ramona Vasilas Pirvu et al. · Technological and Economic Development of Economy Open access 28 May 2019 203
5 Implementing Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Pros and Cons from the Perspectives of Academics Alina Iorga Pisica, Tudor Edu, Rodica Milena Zaharia et al. · Societies Open access 5 May 2023 198
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Romanian-American University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Economic Growth, Environmental Management, Renewable Energy, Supply Chain Management, Consumer Behavior, Innovation and Sustainable Development.

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

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
  1. Sustainability9▲ 4.6×22 topics
  2. Renewable Energy6▲ 5.0×11 topics
  3. Economic Growth6▲ 8.7×11 topics
  4. Environmental Management6▲ 17×7 topics
  5. Supply Chain Management5▲ 6.3×12 topics
  6. Climate Change4▲ 1.99×9 topics
  7. Innovation4▲ 5.2×12 topics
  8. Sustainable Development4▲ 3.5×14 topics
  9. Consumer Behavior4▲ 8.0×7 topics
  10. Big Data4▲ 4.6×7 topics
  11. Economic Development4▲ 5.4×8 topics
  12. Higher Education3▲ 6.8×6 topics
  13. Global Governance3▲ 15×4 topics
  14. Sociolinguistics3▲ 18×2 topics
  15. CO2 Emissions2▲ 17×3 topics
  16. Circular Economy2▲ 11×4 topics
  17. Firm Performance2▲ 16×2 topics
  18. Language Contact2▲ 30×1 topic
  19. Linguistic Borrowing2▲ 112×1 topic
  20. Resource Efficiency2▲ 21×2 topics
  21. Urbanization2▲ 6.8×2 topics
  22. Social Capital2▲ 5.0×8 topics
  23. Energy Consumption2▲ 11×2 topics
  24. Financial Development2▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Analytics2▲ 27×1 topic
  26. Business Intelligence2▲ 27×1 topic
  27. Green Practices2▲ 27×1 topic
  28. Knowledge Economy2▲ 21×3 topics
  29. Panel Data Analysis2▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Sustainable Supply Chain Management2▲ 27×1 topic
  31. Energy Security2▲ 58×1 topic
  32. Environmental Regulation2▲ 15×1 topic
  33. Geopolitics2▲ 14×1 topic
  34. Kuznets Curve2▲ 21×1 topic
  35. Dictionaries2▲ 65×1 topic
  36. Environmental Innovation2▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Green Consumption2▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Lexicography2▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Quality Assurance2▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Financial Stability2▲ 10×4 topics

Which research topics does Romanian-American University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity, Big Data and Business Intelligence, Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Energy, Environment, Economic Growth.

Linguistics, Language Di…2Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity: 2 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…2Big Data and Business Intelligence: 2 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 2 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Eco…2Energy, Environment, Economic Growth: 2 fractional worksGlobal Energy Security a…2Global Energy Security and Policy: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 2 fractional worksLexicography and Language Studies: 2 fractional worksDigital Marketing and So…1Digital Marketing and Social Media: 1 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 1 fractional worksE-commerce and Technology Innovations: 1 fractional works
Language and LinguisticsManagement Information SystemsStrategy and ManagementEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity Language and Linguistics 2 works
  2. 2 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 2 works
  3. 3 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 2 works
  4. 4 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  5. 5 Global Energy Security and Policy General Energy 2 works
  6. 6 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 2 works
  7. 7 Lexicography and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 2 works
  8. 8 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 1 works
  10. 10 E-commerce and Technology Innovations Business and International Management 1 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 available70.0%not open30.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.1%domestic only87.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Romanian-American University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Romanian-American University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00025% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Romanian-American University0.00039% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Romanian-American 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.

still counting5%10%15%Romanian-American University10.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.2% in 2014.

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