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The Biblical Institute

In research, The Biblical Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,451 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#30,467
of 34,923
Rank in Croatia
#89
of 93
Research works
254
▼ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
157
0.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
65%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
The Biblical Institute

What is The Biblical Institute 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 #10,451 of 14,833 4.0%223

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Biblical Institute 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 The Biblical Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 88% of research at The Biblical Institute is in Social Sciences, 7% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (40%), Arts and Humanities (36%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (11%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 29 fractional works · 87.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 39.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 30.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 36.1% of its workReligious studies: 8 fractional works · 25.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 10.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 10.7% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKThe BiblicalInstitute33fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences88%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1339.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities1236.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance410.7%
    4. Psychology01.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Environmental Science14.2%
    2. Computer Science01.4%
    3. Engineering01.0%
    1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics13.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.9%
    3. Neuroscience00.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Medicine00.5%
    2. Health Professions00.2%
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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8.54× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 12.48× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.00× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.14× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 12.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities12.48×12 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics8.54×1 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.00×4 works
  4. Social Sciences3.14×13 works
  5. Environmental Science0.84×1 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology0.33×0 works
  7. Psychology0.33×0 works
  8. Neuroscience0.25×0 works
  9. Computer Science0.18×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×0 works
  11. Health Professions0.10×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×0 works
  13. Engineering0.07×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  15. Medicine0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at The Biblical Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Goran Medved, Danijel Časni and Mladen Jovanović lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Biblical Institute.

  1. 1 Goran Medved Croatia · #3,354,277 worldwide 15 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Danijel Časni Croatia · #4,412,352 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Mladen Jovanović Croatia · #4,492,040 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Kristijan Puškarić Croatia · #4,544,063 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Ángel Manuel Rodríguez Croatia · #4,802,548 worldwide 43 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Thomas Q. Sibley Croatia · #5,664,314 worldwide 133 citations · 64 works
  7. 7 Danijel Berković Croatia · #6,036,786 worldwide 12 citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Stanko Jambrek Croatia · #6,119,177 worldwide 29 citations · 56 works
  9. 9 Ervin Budiselić Croatia · #6,577,625 worldwide 37 citations · 67 works
All ranked researchers at The Biblical Institute

What are the most cited papers from The Biblical Institute?

The most cited paper from The Biblical Institute is "Refined Fourier-transform method of analysis of full two-dimensional digitized interferograms" (Davorin Lovrić, Zlatko Vučić, Jadranko Gladić et al., 2003), with 17 citations. Next come "Rabbinic Judaism’s Perspective on the First Crimes Against Humanity" (16) and "CroMatcher 2.0: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Improved Ontology Matching System" (5).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Refined Fourier-transform method of analysis of full two-dimensional digitized interferograms Davorin Lovrić, Zlatko Vučić, Jadranko Gladić et al. · Applied Optics 10 Mar 2003 17
2 Rabbinic Judaism’s Perspective on the First Crimes Against Humanity Marie Roubalová, Roman Králik, Natalia A. Zaitseva et al. · Bogoslovni vestnik Open access 2021 16
3 CroMatcher 2.0: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Improved Ontology Matching System Marko Gulić, Boris Vrdoljak, Marina Ptiček · IEEE Access Open access 2025 5
4 An Apology of Theological Education: The Nature, the Role, the Purpose, the Past and the Future of Theological Education Ervin Budiselić · Kairos : Evangelical Journal of Theology 11 Nov 2013 4
5 Modeli Crkve za 21. stoljeće Stanko Jambrek · Kairos Open access 18 Apr 2019 4
All 96 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at The Biblical Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Ethics, Spirituality, Media, Social Change, Theology, African Christianity and Economic Diplomacy.

▲ 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 37 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 37 words, with their numbers
  1. Religion11▲ 69×6 topics
  2. Ethics10▲ 59×4 topics
  3. Spirituality10▲ 293×2 topics
  4. Media8▲ 150×1 topic
  5. Social Change8▲ 183×1 topic
  6. Theology5▲ 153×3 topics
  7. African Christianity4▲ 455×2 topics
  8. Economic Diplomacy4▲ 894×1 topic
  9. International Trade4▲ 75×1 topic
  10. Globalization3▲ 5.3×5 topics
  11. Hermeneutics3▲ 119×3 topics
  12. Biblical Monotheism3▲ 337×1 topic
  13. Jewish Society3▲ 337×1 topic
  14. Biblical Interpretation2▲ 243×2 topics
  15. Church History2▲ 176×2 topics
  16. Ecclesiology2▲ 783×1 topic
  17. Pentecostalism2▲ 270×1 topic
  18. Philosophy2▲ 15×2 topics
  19. Education2▲ 3.7×3 topics
  20. Cultural History2▲ 43×2 topics
  21. Indo-European2▲ 235×1 topic
  22. Latin America2▲ 26×2 topics
  23. Linguistics2▲ 30×1 topic
  24. Liberation2▲ 277×1 topic
  25. Secularism2▲ 44×4 topics
  26. Social Dynamics2▲ 76×1 topic
  27. Canon Law1▲ 301×1 topic
  28. Religious Policy1▲ 301×1 topic
  29. Cultural Studies1▲ 10×3 topics
  30. Global Christianity1▲ 271×1 topic
  31. Integrated Management1▲ 423×1 topic
  32. Short-Term Missions1▲ 271×1 topic
  33. Water Resources Management1▲ 302×1 topic
  34. Identity1▲ 4.6×3 topics
  35. Inflammation1▲ 1.51×2 topics
  36. Pharmacology1▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Piperine1▲ 342×1 topic

Which research topics does The Biblical Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies, Balkan and Eastern European Studies, Biblical Studies and Interpretation and Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies.

Religious, Philosophical…8Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies: 8 fractional worksBalkan and Eastern Europ…4Balkan and Eastern European Studies: 4 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Int…3Biblical Studies and Interpretation: 3 fractional worksPentecostalism and Chris…2Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies: 2 fractional worksLinguistics and language…2Linguistics and language evolution: 2 fractional worksReligious and Theologica…2Religious and Theological Studies: 2 fractional worksTheology and Canon Law Studies: 1 fractional worksChristian Theology and Mission: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental Science and Water Management: 1 fractional worksPiperaceae Chemical and Biological Studies: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEconomics and EconometricsReligious studiesLanguage and Linguistics2 others

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

  1. 1 Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  2. 2 Balkan and Eastern European Studies Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  3. 3 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 3 works
  4. 4 Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies Religious studies 2 works
  5. 5 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 2 works
  6. 6 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 Theology and Canon Law Studies Religious studies 1 works
  8. 8 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 1 works
  9. 9 Environmental Science and Water Management Water Science and Technology 1 works
  10. 10 Piperaceae Chemical and Biological Studies Pharmacology 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 available64.8%not open35.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.8%domestic only96.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has The Biblical Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% lower 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 The Biblical Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00011% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%The Biblical Institute0.00017% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of The Biblical Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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