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University of Belgrade

In research, University of Belgrade stands highest in Health Sciences (#388 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#376 of 10,443 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#657 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Biochemistry, Geometry and Topology and Electrochemistry — Biochemistry is 4.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#592
of 28,054 · #866 all time
Rank in Serbia
#1
of 71
Research works
54k
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
649k
12.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is University of Belgrade 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
Health SciencesDomain #388 of 11,982 14.0%2,363 #844
MedicineField #376 of 10,443 14.2%1,951 #913
Physical SciencesDomain #657 of 12,888 12.0%5,038 #794
Social SciencesDomain #664 of 10,521 16.5%3,114 #861
Life SciencesDomain #574 of 7,800 17.4%1,847 #1187
Management Science and Operations ResearchSubfield #21 of 259 30.6%106 #201
Computer ScienceField #382 of 4,667 14.0%658 #751
Environmental ScienceField #392 of 3,551 15.3%732 #761
Social SciencesField #722 of 6,365 16.6%1,341 #671
EngineeringField #805 of 6,636 10.4%1,914 #681

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Belgrade 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. Health Sciences#844 #388
  2. Medicine#913 #376
  3. Physical Sciences#794 #657
  4. Social Sciences#861 #664
  5. Life Sciences#1,187 #574
  6. Management Science and Operations Research#201 #21
  7. Computer Science#751 #382
  8. Environmental Science#761 #392
  9. Social Sciences#671 #722
  10. Engineering#681 #805
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 Belgrade specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Biochemistry takes 4.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. BiochemistrySubfield · 62.3 works4.1×
  2. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 73.6 works3.7×
  3. ElectrochemistrySubfield · 26.7 works3.0×
  4. TransportationSubfield · 118.1 works2.9×
← 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: 1.48× its world share, 870 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.94× its world share, 617 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.85× its world share, 105 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.96× its world share, 193 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.41× its world share, 61 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.14× its world share, 49 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.49× its world share, 290 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.68× its world share, 658 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 225 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.96× its world share, 110 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.03× its world share, 1,914 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.19× its world share, 732 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.15× its world share, 496 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.74× its world share, 254 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.13× its world share, 312 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.73× its world share, 104 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 203 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.82× its world share, 1,951 worksMedicineNursing: 1.30× its world share, 79 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.60× its world share, 27 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.20× its world share, 427 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.92× its world share, 365 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 170 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.83× its world share, 484 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.87× its world share, 327 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 1,341 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 1.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Belgrade?

Ranked on the composite score, Tatjana Potpara, Milena M Santric-Milicevic and Petar Seferović lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Belgrade.

  1. 1 Tatjana Potpara Serbia · #5,343 worldwide 1.3k citations · 61 works
  2. 2 Milena M Santric-Milicevic Serbia · #8,691 worldwide 5.3k citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Petar Seferović Serbia · #12,507 worldwide 576 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 S. König Serbia · #15,103 worldwide 965 citations · 55 works
  5. 5 Aleksandra Barać Serbia · #16,572 worldwide 3.9k citations · 40 works
  6. 6 M. Mittal Serbia · #22,239 worldwide 1.2k citations · 77 works
  7. 7 Branko Beleslin Serbia · #25,658 worldwide 1k citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Arsen Ristić Serbia · #29,513 worldwide 434 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Marko Sabovljević Serbia · #38,474 worldwide 333 citations · 58 works
  10. 10 W. Zou Serbia · #39,616 worldwide 772 citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at University of Belgrade

Which keywords describe research at University of Belgrade?

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

▲ 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 Development368▲ 1.87×85 topics
  2. Epidemiology360▼ 0.74×131 topics
  3. Sustainability355▲ 1.18×97 topics
  4. Climate Change352◆ 1.06×105 topics
  5. Machine Learning318▼ 0.79×87 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress315▲ 1.56×63 topics
  7. Economic Growth265▲ 2.5×29 topics
  8. Environmental Impact260▲ 1.24×62 topics
  9. Inflammation253◆ 0.98×83 topics
  10. Regional Development197▲ 4.4×16 topics
  11. Organizational Culture188▲ 3.9×14 topics
  12. Nanomaterials188▲ 1.43×21 topics
  13. Biomedical Applications187▲ 1.28×36 topics
  14. Financial Performance186▲ 2.6×11 topics
  15. Antioxidant180▲ 2.1×48 topics
  16. Ethnicity178▲ 3.8×19 topics
  17. Small and Medium Enterprises174▲ 8.0×8 topics
  18. Innovation Management173▲ 8.4×8 topics
  19. Agricultural Sustainability173▲ 12×5 topics
  20. Leadership Emergence162▲ 89×1 topic
  21. Rural Tourism162▲ 40×1 topic
  22. Religion139▲ 2.4×36 topics
  23. International Relations135▲ 4.5×22 topics
  24. Nationalism130▲ 2.3×22 topics
  25. Toxicity128▲ 2.4×20 topics
  26. Legal Regulation109▲ 4.0×8 topics
  27. International Trade108▲ 6.0×9 topics
  28. Flavonoids108▲ 3.3×11 topics
  29. Foreign Policy103▲ 21×3 topics
  30. Sovereign Debt Crises100▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Nation-Building99▲ 15×4 topics
  32. Conflict93▲ 4.6×8 topics
  33. Negotiation93▲ 23×3 topics
  34. Commercial Diplomacy91▲ 60×1 topic
  35. Economic Diplomacy91▲ 60×1 topic
  36. Strategic Planning88▲ 4.8×3 topics
  37. Balkans88▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Eastern Europe81▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Post-war76▲ 54×1 topic
  40. Yugoslavia76▲ 54×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Belgrade publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Regional Development and Management Studies, Balkan and Eastern European Studies, Legal and Regulatory Analysis and Military Technology and Strategies.

Regional Development and…162Regional Development and Management Studies: 162 fractional worksBalkan and Eastern European Studies: 91 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…78Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 78 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …77Military Technology and Strategies: 77 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 77 fractional worksBalkans: History, Politics, Society: 76 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Antio…51Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 51 fractional worksMulti-Criteria Decision Making: 42 fractional worksEssential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity: 40 fractional worksLinguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity: 38 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsTransportationAerospace EngineeringSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Regional Development and Management Studies Economics and Econometrics 162 works
  2. 2 Balkan and Eastern European Studies Economics and Econometrics 91 works
  3. 3 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 78 works
  4. 4 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 77 works
  5. 5 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 77 works
  6. 6 Balkans: History, Politics, Society Cultural Studies 76 works
  7. 7 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 51 works
  8. 8 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 42 works
  9. 9 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Food Science 40 works
  10. 10 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity Language and Linguistics 38 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 available54.0%not open46.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.6%domestic only75.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Belgrade's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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.

Other research institutions in Belgrade

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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.