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Sofia University

In research, Sofia University stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,273 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#22,453
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,673
of 7,310
Research works
257
▲ 104% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.9k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Sofia University

What is Sofia 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 #12,273 of 14,833 9.8%164

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sofia 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 Sofia University work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Sofia University is in Social Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Psychology (25%), Computer Science (9%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 38 fractional works · 65.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 26.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 11.6% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 24.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 9.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 8.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 7.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 16.6% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 8.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 13.4% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 8.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSofia University58fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences65%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1626.9%
    2. Psychology1424.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting47.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities35.2%
    5. Decision Sciences11.7%
    1. Computer Science58.8%
    2. Engineering23.7%
    3. Physics and Astronomy12.6%
    4. Mathematics00.7%
    5. Chemistry00.3%
    6. Environmental Science00.3%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine58.6%
    2. Health Professions34.9%
    1. Neuroscience12.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.50× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.13× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.16× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.85× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.80× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.18× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.71× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 8.07× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.13× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology8.07×14 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.18×4 works
  3. Social Sciences2.13×16 works
  4. Health Professions1.85×3 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.80×3 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.71×1 works
  7. Neuroscience1.50×1 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.16×2 works
  9. Computer Science1.13×5 works
  10. Mathematics0.59×0 works
  11. Medicine0.45×5 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.35×1 works
  13. Engineering0.25×2 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.21×0 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.19×0 works
  16. Chemistry0.18×0 works
  17. Energy0.07×0 works
  18. Environmental Science0.06×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sofia University?

Ranked on the quality score, Yujia Zhu, James Fadiman and Vladimir Hudolin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sofia University.

  1. 1 Yujia Zhu United States · #2,357,700 worldwide 330 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 James Fadiman United States · #2,702,548 worldwide 664 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Vladimir Hudolin United States · #2,739,441 worldwide 95 citations · 68 works
  4. 4 Miles A. Vich United States · #3,072,781 worldwide 126 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Jenny Wade United States · #3,356,160 worldwide 597 citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Roumiana Preshlenova United States · #3,638,010 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Judy Grahn United States · #3,928,914 worldwide 92 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Mark A. Schroll United States · #4,103,403 worldwide 202 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Arthur C. Hastings United States · #4,142,755 worldwide 337 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Adolfo Serrano United States · #4,519,984 worldwide 111 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Sofia University

What are the most cited papers from Sofia University?

The most cited paper from Sofia University is "Forgiveness, Gratitude, and Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Affect and Beliefs" (Loren L. Toussaint, Philip H. Friedman, 2008), with 250 citations. Next come "Spiritual and religious competencies for psychologists." (240) and "The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: DR6 power spectra, likelihoods and ΛCDM parameters" (219).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Forgiveness, Gratitude, and Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Affect and Beliefs Loren L. Toussaint, Philip H. Friedman · Journal of Happiness Studies 11 Aug 2008 250
2 Spiritual and religious competencies for psychologists. Cassandra Vieten, Shelley Scammell, Ron Pilato et al. · Psychology of Religion and Spirituality 17 Jun 2013 240
3 The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: DR6 power spectra, likelihoods and ΛCDM parameters Thibaut Louis et al. · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Open access168 authors Nov 2025 219
4 Bryostatin-1 for latent virus reactivation in HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy Carolina Gutiérrez, Sergio Serrano Villar, Nadia Madrid-Elena et al. · AIDS 18 Feb 2016 209
5 Autoethnography as a Transformative Research Method Dwayne Custer · The Qualitative Report Open access 13 Oct 2014 208
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Which keywords describe research at Sofia University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Neuroscience, Social Capital, Psychology, Spirituality, Well-being, Organizational Performance and Religiosity.

▲ 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. Mental Health6▲ 6.8×13 topics
  2. Neuroscience4▲ 20×3 topics
  3. Social Capital4▲ 12×5 topics
  4. Psychology3▲ 45×4 topics
  5. Spirituality3▲ 54×3 topics
  6. Machine Learning3▲ 1.52×11 topics
  7. Deep Learning3▲ 1.36×15 topics
  8. Social Media2▲ 3.1×5 topics
  9. Well-being2▲ 11×6 topics
  10. Healthcare2▲ 3.5×3 topics
  11. Near-Death Experiences2▲ 392×1 topic
  12. Organizational Performance2▲ 14×2 topics
  13. Paranormal Beliefs2▲ 392×1 topic
  14. Religion2▲ 7.8×5 topics
  15. Religiosity2▲ 77×2 topics
  16. Supply Chain Management2▲ 3.9×4 topics
  17. Depression2▲ 3.7×6 topics
  18. Spiritual Leadership2▲ 211×1 topic
  19. Workplace Spirituality2▲ 211×1 topic
  20. Gender2▲ 5.9×4 topics
  21. Stigma2▲ 23×3 topics
  22. Colonialism2▲ 5.5×5 topics
  23. Investment Decisions2▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy1▲ 17×2 topics
  25. Meta-Analysis1▲ 4.3×3 topics
  26. Natural Language Processing1▲ 10×2 topics
  27. Resilience1▲ 5.1×3 topics
  28. Risk Management1▲ 5.0×4 topics
  29. Social Support1▲ 4.7×4 topics
  30. Cultural Diversity1▲ 10×2 topics
  31. Evidence-Based Practice1▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Gender Identity1▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Interdisciplinary Collaboration1▲ 33×2 topics
  34. Intersectionality1▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Feminism1▲ 6.9×2 topics
  36. Self-Esteem1▲ 34×2 topics
  37. Trauma1▲ 9.8×4 topics
  38. Health Disparities1▲ 7.4×2 topics
  39. Academic Freedom1▲ 400×1 topic
  40. Traditional Chinese Medicine1▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Sofia University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs, Workplace Spirituality and Leadership, Academic Freedom and Politics and Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function.

Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs: 2 fractional worksWorkplace Spirituality and Leadership: 2 fractional worksAcademic Freedom and Politics: 1 fractional worksNeuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function: 1 fractional worksMedical Research and Treatments: 1 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 1 fractional worksPsychotherapy Techniques…1Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 1 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 1 fractional worksHate Speech and Cyberbul…1Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection: 1 fractional works
Social PsychologyDemographyPolitical Science and International RelationsCognitive Neuroscience6 others

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

  1. 1 Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs Social Psychology 2 works
  2. 2 Workplace Spirituality and Leadership Demography 2 works
  3. 3 Academic Freedom and Politics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  4. 4 Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  5. 5 Medical Research and Treatments Complementary and alternative medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
  7. 7 Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications Clinical Psychology 1 works
  8. 8 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 1 works
  9. 9 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection Artificial Intelligence 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 available42.1%not open57.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.1%domestic only85.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sofia University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 104% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Sofia University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00028% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Sofia University0.00049% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sofia University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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