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Transylvania University

In research, Transylvania University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,893 of 16,945 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,778 of 10,206 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#16,339 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,480
of 28,054 · #15,779 all time
Rank in United States
#3,171
of 4,192
Research works
690
▼ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
14.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Transylvania 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 #6,893 of 16,945 13.0%313
Social SciencesField #5,778 of 10,206 14.7%162
Physical SciencesDomain #16,339 of 21,541 11.1%164

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Transylvania 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.94× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.03× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.64× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.28× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.91× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.64× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.71× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.62× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.00× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.66× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Transylvania University?

Ranked on the composite score, Peter S. Fosl and Alexandru Matei lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Transylvania University.

  1. 1 Peter S. Fosl United States · #966,764 worldwide 3 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Alexandru Matei United States · #1,038,065 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Transylvania University

Which keywords describe research at Transylvania University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Gender, Sustainability, Identity, Social Justice, Student Engagement, Democracy and Cold War.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Globalization6▲ 3.5×20 topics
  2. Sustainability4▲ 1.99×14 topics
  3. Gender3▲ 6.9×10 topics
  4. Mental Health3▲ 2.1×12 topics
  5. Identity3▲ 4.3×7 topics
  6. Inflammation3▲ 1.47×14 topics
  7. Big Data3▲ 3.1×6 topics
  8. Social Justice3▲ 4.8×6 topics
  9. Nationalism2▲ 4.8×4 topics
  10. Student Engagement2▲ 5.5×3 topics
  11. Democracy2▲ 5.9×5 topics
  12. Cultural Studies2▲ 5.3×5 topics
  13. Prevalence2▲ 4.9×7 topics
  14. Cold War2▲ 29×3 topics
  15. History2▲ 2.7×6 topics
  16. International Relations2▲ 7.6×2 topics
  17. Public Opinion2▲ 14×2 topics
  18. Authoritarianism2▲ 19×2 topics
  19. Migration2▲ 4.9×4 topics
  20. National Identity2▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Analytics1▲ 16×1 topic
  22. Business Intelligence1▲ 16×1 topic
  23. Emotion1▲ 7.3×5 topics
  24. Feminism1▲ 5.6×4 topics
  25. Global Health1▲ 10×5 topics
  26. Knowledge Economy1▲ 14×4 topics
  27. Corpus Linguistics1▲ 6.8×2 topics
  28. Empire1▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Information Quality1▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Morphology1▲ 8.5×2 topics
  31. Soviet Union1▲ 25×2 topics
  32. Syntax1▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Teaching Methods1▲ 10×2 topics
  34. American founding1▲ 42×1 topic
  35. Collaboration1▲ 26×2 topics
  36. Constitutional government1▲ 42×1 topic
  37. Gait Analysis1▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Narrative1▲ 8.0×2 topics
  39. Post-Communist1▲ 63×1 topic
  40. Transition1▲ 14×1 topic

Which research topics does Transylvania University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Big Data and Business Intelligence, American Constitutional Law and Politics, Eastern European Communism and Reforms and Historical and Architectural Studies.

Big Data and Business In…1Big Data and Business Intelligence: 1 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …1American Constitutional Law and Politics: 1 fractional worksEastern European Communism and Reforms: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Architectural Studies: 1 fractional worksEuropean history and politics: 1 fractional worksInnovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences: 1 fractional worksMuscle activation and electromyography studies: 1 fractional worksNatural Language Process…1Natural Language Processing Techniques: 1 fractional worksWikis in Education and Collaboration: 1 fractional worksInformation Systems Education and Curriculum Development: 1 fractional works
Management Information SystemsPolitical Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceArcheology5 others

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

  1. 1 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 1 works
  2. 2 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  3. 3 Eastern European Communism and Reforms Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Historical and Architectural Studies Archeology 1 works
  5. 5 European history and politics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  6. 6 Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences Education 1 works
  7. 7 Muscle activation and electromyography studies Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  9. 9 Wikis in Education and Collaboration Communication 1 works
  10. 10 Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development Information Systems 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 available33.6%not open66.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.9%domestic only75.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Transylvania University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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