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Union University

In research, Union University stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,939 of 14,833 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#10,744 of 17,446 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,889 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,668
of 22,385 · #15,081 all time
Rank in Serbia
#42
of 66
Research works
410
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
2k
4.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
68%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Union University

What is Union 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 #8,939 of 14,833 9.0%232
Physical SciencesDomain #10,744 of 17,446 7.2%148
Social SciencesField #6,889 of 9,330 9.6%122

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

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Union University is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Computer Science (19%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (13%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 63 fractional works · 55.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 28 fractional works · 25.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 fractional works · 10.3% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 13.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 9.5% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 6.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 39 fractional works · 35.0% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 19.1% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 10.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUnion University112fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences56%

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 Sciences2825.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1513.2%
    3. Psychology87.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting76.4%
    5. Decision Sciences32.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities21.5%
    1. Computer Science2119.1%
    2. Engineering1210.8%
    3. Environmental Science22.2%
    4. Mathematics21.8%
    5. Materials Science10.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    7. Chemistry00.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine43.8%
    2. Health Professions32.4%
    1. Neuroscience21.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.0%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
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: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.46× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.72× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.50× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.00× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.70× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.14× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.30× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance6.14×15 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.70×3 works
  3. Computer Science2.46×21 works
  4. Psychology2.30×8 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting2.00×7 works
  6. Social Sciences1.99×28 works
  7. Mathematics1.50×2 works
  8. Neuroscience1.12×2 works
  9. Health Professions0.89×3 works
  10. Engineering0.72×12 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.52×2 works
  12. Environmental Science0.45×2 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×1 works
  14. Medicine0.20×4 works
  15. Materials Science0.15×1 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.12×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.09×0 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Union University?

Ranked on the quality score, Petar D. Bojović, Nevena Ranković and Dragica Ranković lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Union University.

  1. 1 Petar D. Bojović Serbia · #875,173 worldwide 377 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Nevena Ranković Serbia · #1,265,080 worldwide 354 citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Dragica Ranković Serbia · #1,311,918 worldwide 260 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Boris Jevtić Serbia · #2,141,807 worldwide 113 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Dušan Vujošević Serbia · #2,293,513 worldwide 268 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Irena M. Jovanović Serbia · #2,303,065 worldwide 121 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Tatjana Papić Serbia · #2,336,321 worldwide 181 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Ljubomir Lazić Serbia · #2,447,688 worldwide 425 citations · 62 works
  9. 9 Milica Bugarčić Serbia · #3,188,255 worldwide 72 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Hasan Hanić Serbia · #3,531,161 worldwide 84 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Union University

What are the most cited papers from Union University?

The most cited paper from Union University is "A global genetic interaction network maps a wiring diagram of cellular function" (Michael Costanzo et al., 2016), with 1,424 citations. Next come "The Influence of Online Shopping Determinants on Customer Satisfaction in the Serbian Market" (307) and "Green Facades and Living Walls—A Review Establishing the Classification of Construction Types and Mapping the Benefits" (238).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A global genetic interaction network maps a wiring diagram of cellular function Michael Costanzo et al. · Science Open access 22 Sep 2016 1,424
2 The Influence of Online Shopping Determinants on Customer Satisfaction in the Serbian Market Nebojša Vasić, Milorad Kilibarda, Tanja Kaurin · Journal of theoretical and applied electronic commerce research Open access 16 Aug 2018 307
3 Green Facades and Living Walls—A Review Establishing the Classification of Construction Types and Mapping the Benefits Mina Radić, Marta Brković Dodig, Thomas Auer · Sustainability Open access 23 Aug 2019 238
4 Education in times of crisis: Rapid transition to distance learning Živko Bojović, Petar D. Bojović, Dušan Vujošević et al. · Computer Applications in Engineering Education Open access 16 Aug 2020 200
5 A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic Ke Wang et al. · Nature Human Behaviour Open access460 authors 2 Aug 2021 156
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Union University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Economic Growth, Regulation, Internet of Things, Supply Chain Management, International Law, Financial Performance 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. Human Rights11▲ 9.7×18 topics
  2. Economic Growth6▲ 7.0×10 topics
  3. Machine Learning6▲ 1.61×23 topics
  4. Regulation6▲ 9.9×8 topics
  5. Internet of Things6▲ 6.1×8 topics
  6. Supply Chain Management5▲ 5.4×9 topics
  7. Sustainable Development5▲ 3.1×12 topics
  8. Big Data4▲ 4.0×9 topics
  9. Financial Performance4▲ 6.5×3 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence4▲ 2.3×12 topics
  11. Healthcare4▲ 2.9×7 topics
  12. International Law4▲ 11×10 topics
  13. Mental Health4▲ 2.2×15 topics
  14. Sovereignty3▲ 34×3 topics
  15. Global Governance3▲ 12×4 topics
  16. Regional Development3▲ 8.5×5 topics
  17. European Union3▲ 12×5 topics
  18. Democracy3▲ 7.4×2 topics
  19. Judicial Review3▲ 31×3 topics
  20. Risk Management3▲ 5.0×6 topics
  21. International Criminal Law2▲ 102×1 topic
  22. International Humanitarian Law2▲ 102×1 topic
  23. Constitutionalism2▲ 24×1 topic
  24. European Legal Systems2▲ 62×1 topic
  25. Organizational Culture2▲ 5.6×2 topics
  26. Innovation Management2▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Wireless Sensor Networks2▲ 4.4×5 topics
  28. Agricultural Sustainability2▲ 17×1 topic
  29. Rural Tourism2▲ 62×1 topic
  30. Privacy2▲ 6.3×2 topics
  31. Blockchain2▲ 7.4×1 topic
  32. Requirements Engineering2▲ 39×2 topics
  33. Smart Contracts2▲ 11×1 topic
  34. Catastrophe Bonds2▲ 42×1 topic
  35. Cybersecurity2▲ 6.3×2 topics
  36. Insurance2▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Code Clone Detection2▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Economic Sanctions2▲ 60×2 topics
  39. Legal Transplants2▲ 60×2 topics
  40. Refactoring2▲ 38×1 topic

Which research topics does Union University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: International Law and Human Rights, European and International Law Studies, Regional Development and Management Studies and Blockchain Technology Applications and Security.

International Law and Hu…2International Law and Human Rights: 2 fractional worksEuropean and Internation…2European and International Law Studies: 2 fractional worksRegional Development and Management Studies: 2 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 2 fractional worksInsurance and Financial Risk Management: 2 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Research: 2 fractional worksDigitalization, Law, and Regulation: 2 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Tec…2Software Engineering Techniques and Practices: 2 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 1 fractional worksEuropean and International Contract Law: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsEconomics and EconometricsInformation SystemsLaw1 others

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

  1. 1 International Law and Human Rights Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  2. 2 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  3. 3 Regional Development and Management Studies Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  4. 4 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 2 works
  5. 5 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  6. 6 Software Engineering Research Information Systems 2 works
  7. 7 Digitalization, Law, and Regulation Law 2 works
  8. 8 Software Engineering Techniques and Practices Information Systems 2 works
  9. 9 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 European and International Contract Law Law 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 available68.2%not open31.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.1%domestic only80.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Union University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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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 Union University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00050% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Union University0.00042% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Union 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 2025Union University9.7% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.2% in 2021.

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