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University of Banja Luka

In research, University of Banja Luka stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,347 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,606 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,442 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transportation and Economics and Econometrics — Transportation is 5.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,392
of 28,054 · #12,816 all time
Rank in Bosnia and Herzegovina
#2
of 26
Research works
5.4k
▲ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
3.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
79%
world 28%

What is University of Banja Luka known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #3,347 of 10,521 8.3%623 #5837
Social SciencesField #2,606 of 6,365 8.2%299 #4594
Health SciencesDomain #6,442 of 11,982 8.9%219 #7460
Physical SciencesDomain #7,346 of 12,888 6.7%485 #10456
MedicineField #5,998 of 10,443 10.6%164 #8928
Life SciencesDomain #5,008 of 7,800 7.7%173 #9357
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,768 of 2,578 10.6%61 #2242
Computer ScienceField #3,575 of 4,667 12.4%91 #3730
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #1,430 of 1,775 9.1%135 #2056
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,125 of 2,578 7.8%92 #3355

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Banja Luka 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#5,837 #3,347
  2. Social Sciences#4,594 #2,606
  3. Health Sciences#7,460 #6,442
  4. Physical Sciences#10,456 #7,346
  5. Medicine#8,928 #5,998
  6. Life Sciences#9,357 #5,008
  7. Business, Management and Accounting#2,242 #1,768
  8. Computer Science#3,730 #3,575
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#2,056 #1,430
  10. Sociology and Political Science#3,355 #2,125
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does University of Banja Luka specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Transportation takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. TransportationSubfield · 29.1 works5.8×
  2. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 118.7 works5.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 1.66× its world share, 118 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 34 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.52× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.78× its world share, 91 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.56× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.82× its world share, 185 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.50× its world share, 112 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.84× its world share, 32 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.47× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.12× its world share, 15 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 32 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.57× its world share, 164 worksMedicineNursing: 0.95× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.54× its world share, 66 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.27× its world share, 61 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.20× its world share, 135 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.11× its world share, 51 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 299 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Banja Luka?

Ranked on the composite score, Dragan Matić, Zoran D‎. Mitrović and Goran Popović lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Banja Luka.

  1. 1 Dragan Matić Bosnia and Herzegovina · #406,353 worldwide 58 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Zoran D‎. Mitrović Bosnia and Herzegovina · #467,258 worldwide 109 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Goran Popović Bosnia and Herzegovina · #644,203 worldwide 3 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Semir Maslo Bosnia and Herzegovina · #676,475 worldwide 15 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Miodrag N.́ ̌Simovic Bosnia and Herzegovina · #727,153 worldwide 1 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Adriana Radosavac Bosnia and Herzegovina · #741,109 worldwide 5 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Mилaн Maтaругa Bosnia and Herzegovina · #820,917 worldwide 13 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Rajko Igić Bosnia and Herzegovina · #1,057,908 worldwide 28 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Aleksandar Gajić Bosnia and Herzegovina · #1,103,562 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Miloš P. Stojiljković Bosnia and Herzegovina · #1,142,235 worldwide 12 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at University of Banja Luka

Which keywords describe research at University of Banja Luka?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Economic Growth, Regional Development, Organizational Culture, Small and Medium Enterprises, Agricultural Sustainability, Innovation Management and Financial Performance.

▲ 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. Sustainable Development101▲ 4.2×52 topics
  2. Economic Growth74▲ 5.8×23 topics
  3. Regional Development61▲ 11×11 topics
  4. Financial Performance56▲ 6.4×11 topics
  5. Organizational Culture55▲ 9.3×11 topics
  6. Small and Medium Enterprises54▲ 20×5 topics
  7. Agricultural Sustainability53▲ 31×5 topics
  8. Innovation Management53▲ 21×4 topics
  9. Leadership Emergence51▲ 232×1 topic
  10. Rural Tourism51▲ 103×1 topic
  11. Ethnicity44▲ 7.9×8 topics
  12. Legal Regulation40▲ 12×5 topics
  13. International Relations37▲ 10×13 topics
  14. Literature34▲ 4.1×15 topics
  15. Nation-Building32▲ 39×4 topics
  16. Climate Change Impact31▲ 9.2×6 topics
  17. International Trade30▲ 14×4 topics
  18. Economic Security29▲ 9.1×5 topics
  19. Foreign Policy29▲ 47×2 topics
  20. Sovereign Debt Crises29▲ 45×2 topics
  21. Strategic Planning28▲ 13×3 topics
  22. Design27▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Social Influence27▲ 8.4×3 topics
  24. Negotiation27▲ 55×2 topics
  25. Commercial Diplomacy27▲ 147×1 topic
  26. Economic Diplomacy27▲ 147×1 topic
  27. Science26▲ 7.1×3 topics
  28. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles26▲ 9.3×3 topics
  29. Sharia Law26▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Air Force26▲ 14×1 topic
  31. Environmental Policy26▲ 8.5×6 topics
  32. Islam26▲ 8.1×1 topic
  33. Malay Language26▲ 12×1 topic
  34. Modernization26▲ 9.3×1 topic
  35. Public Oversight26▲ 14×1 topic
  36. Transport Policy26▲ 14×1 topic
  37. Water Quality Monitoring25▲ 20×3 topics
  38. Hydrological Analysis24▲ 47×2 topics
  39. Socio-economic Factors24▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Integrated Management24▲ 168×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Banja Luka publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Regional Development and Management Studies, Balkan and Eastern European Studies, Legal and Regulatory Analysis and Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies.

Regional Development and…51Regional Development and Management Studies: 51 fractional worksBalkan and Eastern European Studies: 27 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…26Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 26 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…26Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 26 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …26Military Technology and Strategies: 26 fractional worksEnvironmental Science an…24Environmental Science and Water Management: 24 fractional worksBalkans: History, Politics, Society: 13 fractional worksEducation, Law, and Society: 12 fractional worksLinguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity: 9 fractional worksGlobal Trade and Competitiveness: 9 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsTransportationSociology and Political ScienceAerospace Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Regional Development and Management Studies Economics and Econometrics 51 works
  2. 2 Balkan and Eastern European Studies Economics and Econometrics 27 works
  3. 3 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 26 works
  4. 4 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 26 works
  5. 5 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 26 works
  6. 6 Environmental Science and Water Management Water Science and Technology 24 works
  7. 7 Balkans: History, Politics, Society Cultural Studies 13 works
  8. 8 Education, Law, and Society Political Science and International Relations 12 works
  9. 9 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity Language and Linguistics 9 works
  10. 10 Global Trade and Competitiveness Strategy and Management 9 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 available79.2%not open20.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.2%domestic only70.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Banja Luka's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.