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Shumen University

In research, Shumen University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,573 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#7,581 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,753 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,843
of 22,385 · #32,105 all time
Rank in Bulgaria
#11
of 64
Research works
1.3k
▲ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.5k
4.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.71×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
69%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Shumen University

What is Shumen University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #2,573 of 9,585 3.8%166 #10043
Physical SciencesDomain #7,581 of 10,670 2.7%184 #17254
Social SciencesField #4,753 of 5,988 3.8%89 #9066
Computer ScienceField #4,131 of 4,417 1.1%72 #6031

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shumen 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.

  1. Social Sciences#10,043 #2,573
  2. Physical Sciences#17,254 #7,581
  3. Social Sciences#9,066 #4,753
  4. Computer Science#6,031 #4,131
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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 Shumen University work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Shumen University is in Physical Sciences, 41% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Computer Science (17%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 196 fractional works · 44.5% of its workComputer Science: 75 fractional works · 17.0% of its workInformation Systems: 24 fractional works · 5.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 19 fractional works · 4.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 13 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 11 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 48 fractional works · 10.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 27 fractional works · 6.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 15 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOceanography: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNumerical Analysis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFiltration and Separation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 181 fractional works · 41.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 97 fractional works · 21.9% of its workEducation: 31 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 22 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCultural Studies: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCommunication: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 44 fractional works · 10.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 15 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 14 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMuseology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 4.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 36 fractional works · 8.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 26 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPlant Science: 13 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 27 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnatomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKShumen University441fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences41%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science7517.0%
    2. Engineering4810.9%
    3. Environmental Science276.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy153.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences132.9%
    6. Mathematics102.2%
    7. Materials Science41.0%
    8. Chemistry20.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    10. Energy10.3%
    1. Social Sciences9721.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities4410.0%
    3. Psychology184.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting102.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance71.7%
    6. Decision Sciences61.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences266.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology71.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    4. Neuroscience10.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Medicine184.2%
    2. Health Professions71.7%
    3. Nursing10.3%
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: 1.26× its world share, 26 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.19× its world share, 75 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.85× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.73× its world share, 48 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.23× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.89× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.57× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.47× its world share, 44 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.68× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.77× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.35× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.73× its world share, 96 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.47×44 works
  2. Computer Science2.19×75 works
  3. Mathematics1.89×10 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.85×13 works
  5. Social Sciences1.73×96 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.57×15 works
  7. Psychology1.35×18 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.32×6 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.26×26 works
  10. Environmental Science1.23×27 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.93×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.77×7 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.76×1 works
  14. Engineering0.73×48 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.68×10 works
  16. Health Professions0.64×7 works
  17. Nursing0.64×1 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.31×7 works
  19. Energy0.29×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.28×4 works
  21. Chemistry0.23×2 works
  22. Medicine0.22×18 works
  23. Neuroscience0.12×1 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Shumen University?

Ranked on the quality score, Krasimir Kordov, Vejdi I. Hasanov and William Closson James lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shumen University.

  1. 1 Krasimir Kordov Bulgaria · #4,907,795 worldwide 513 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Vejdi I. Hasanov Bulgaria · #4,972,914 worldwide 475 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 William Closson James Bulgaria · #5,141,139 worldwide 294 citations · 95 works
  4. 4 Vassil Yorgov Bulgaria · #5,628,594 worldwide 229 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Nataliya Pavlova Bulgaria · #6,026,265 worldwide 35 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Nikolay Yankov Bulgaria · #6,066,632 worldwide 218 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Desislava Cheshmedzhieva-Stoycheva Bulgaria · #6,176,163 worldwide 22 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Mihaela Todorova Bulgaria · #6,350,004 worldwide 54 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Дечка Чавдарова Bulgaria · #6,355,943 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Darina Bachvarova Bulgaria · #6,368,263 worldwide 42 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Shumen University

What are the most cited papers from Shumen University?

The most cited paper from Shumen University is "AllerTOP v.2—a server for in silico prediction of allergens" (Ivan Dimitrov, Ivan P. Bangov, Darren R. Flower et al., 2014), with 1,517 citations. Next come "AllergenFP: allergenicity prediction by descriptor fingerprints" (775) and "The genomic history of southeastern Europe" (745).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 AllerTOP v.2—a server for in silico prediction of allergens Ivan Dimitrov, Ivan P. Bangov, Darren R. Flower et al. · Journal of Molecular Modeling 30 May 2014 1,517
2 AllergenFP: allergenicity prediction by descriptor fingerprints Ivan Dimitrov, Lyudmila Naneva, Irini Atanas Doytchinova et al. · Bioinformatics Open access 27 Oct 2013 775
3 The genomic history of southeastern Europe Iain Mathieson et al. · Nature Open access117 authors 21 Feb 2018 745
4 Phytol: A review of biomedical activities Muhammad Torequl Islam et al. · Food and Chemical Toxicology Open access 18 Aug 2018 487
5 A massive binary black-hole system in OJ 287 and a test of general relativity Mauri J. Valtonen et al. · Nature Open access Apr 2008 416
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Shumen University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Language, Education, Sustainable Development, Educational Technology, E-Learning, Machine Learning, Innovation and Globalization.

▲ 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. Education25▲ 3.3×32 topics
  2. Sustainable Development24▲ 3.4×27 topics
  3. Machine Learning23▲ 1.57×31 topics
  4. Climate Change20▲ 1.63×34 topics
  5. Educational Technology19▲ 3.7×17 topics
  6. Globalization18▲ 2.1×30 topics
  7. E-Learning18▲ 4.2×14 topics
  8. Deep Learning18◆ 1.15×25 topics
  9. Sustainability17▲ 1.58×26 topics
  10. Language17▲ 16×7 topics
  11. Artificial Intelligence15▲ 2.4×17 topics
  12. Innovation15▲ 3.2×20 topics
  13. Online Learning13▲ 3.5×8 topics
  14. Big Data11▲ 2.6×14 topics
  15. Pedagogy11▲ 4.9×9 topics
  16. Teacher Training11▲ 4.0×9 topics
  17. Higher Education10▲ 4.3×11 topics
  18. Environmental Management10▲ 5.6×8 topics
  19. Distance Learning10▲ 6.4×6 topics
  20. Linguistics9▲ 13×4 topics
  21. Identity9▲ 2.8×15 topics
  22. Digital Education9▲ 13×4 topics
  23. Language Teaching9▲ 7.3×4 topics
  24. Security8▲ 2.9×13 topics
  25. Discourse Analysis8▲ 7.8×3 topics
  26. Technology8▲ 3.4×9 topics
  27. Security Analysis8▲ 10×3 topics
  28. Fuzzy Logic8▲ 7.2×4 topics
  29. Ethnicity7▲ 4.5×7 topics
  30. Cyber-Physical Systems7▲ 6.0×5 topics
  31. Media7▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Phraseology7▲ 22×3 topics
  33. Tourism Development7▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Corpus Linguistics6▲ 6.8×5 topics
  35. Cryptanalysis6▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Fault Tolerance6▲ 9.1×3 topics
  37. Geopolitics6▲ 8.7×5 topics
  38. Chaos6▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Chaotic Maps5▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Image Encryption5▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Shumen University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption, Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication, Education, Innovation and Language Studies and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition.

Chaos-based Image/Signal…5Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption: 5 fractional worksDiscourse Analysis and C…5Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication: 5 fractional worksEducation, Innovation and Language Studies: 4 fractional worksLanguage, Metaphor, and Cognition: 4 fractional worksMarine and environmental studies: 4 fractional worksModel Reduction and Neural Networks: 4 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Education: 3 fractional worksLanguage, Communication,…3Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies: 3 fractional worksNuclear Issues and Defense: 3 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 3 fractional works
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionCultural StudiesEducationExperimental and Cognitive Psychology6 others

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

  1. 1 Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 5 works
  2. 2 Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication Cultural Studies 5 works
  3. 3 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 4 works
  4. 4 Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 4 works
  5. 5 Marine and environmental studies Oceanography 4 works
  6. 6 Model Reduction and Neural Networks Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 4 works
  7. 7 Artificial Intelligence in Education Information Systems 3 works
  8. 8 Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies Communication 3 works
  9. 9 Nuclear Issues and Defense Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  10. 10 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 3 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 available69.4%not open30.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.9%domestic only89.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Shumen University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Shumen University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0014% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Shumen University0.0022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Shumen 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Shumen University1.5% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.5% in 2015.

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