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University of Bucharest

In research, University of Bucharest stands highest in Social Sciences (#429 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#297 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,216 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Language and Linguistics, History and Philosophy of Science and Geometry and Topology — Language and Linguistics is 7.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,123
of 28,054 · #1,498 all time
Rank in Romania
#2
of 126
Research works
19k
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
183k
9.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is University of Bucharest 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 #429 of 10,521 14.4%1,965 #1068
Social SciencesField #297 of 6,365 14.5%966 #891
Physical SciencesDomain #1,216 of 12,888 13.7%1,378 #1224
Arts and HumanitiesField #302 of 1,998 11.9%480 #699
Health SciencesDomain #1,843 of 11,982 17.2%307 #3325
MedicineField #1,850 of 10,443 18.6%209 #3212
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #508 of 2,578 16.3%298 #885
Computer ScienceField #1,131 of 4,667 15.8%277 #1314
Life SciencesDomain #1,896 of 7,800 18.8%315 #3138
PsychologyField #578 of 2,181 16.7%255 #1243

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Bucharest 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#1,068 #429
  2. Social Sciences#891 #297
  3. Physical Sciences#1,224 #1,216
  4. Arts and Humanities#699 #302
  5. Health Sciences#3,325 #1,843
  6. Medicine#3,212 #1,850
  7. Sociology and Political Science#885 #508
  8. Computer Science#1,314 #1,131
  9. Life Sciences#3,138 #1,896
  10. Psychology#1,243 #578
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 Bucharest specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Language and Linguistics takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 121.4 works7.0×
  2. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 41.0 works6.7×
  3. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 32.3 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: 0.63× its world share, 119 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 123 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 54 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.22× its world share, 17 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.34× its world share, 84 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.90× its world share, 277 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.69× its world share, 105 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.71× its world share, 26 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.53× its world share, 317 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.01× its world share, 199 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.93× its world share, 128 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.40× its world share, 112 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.29× its world share, 114 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.64× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 73 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 209 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.19× its world share, 480 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.02× its world share, 130 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 33 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.19× its world share, 101 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.11× its world share, 254 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.93× its world share, 966 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Bucharest?

Ranked on the composite score, Relly Victoria Petrescu, Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu and A. Halanay lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Bucharest.

  1. 1 Relly Victoria Petrescu Romania · #7,047 worldwide 823 citations · 119 works
  2. 2 Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu Romania · #7,570 worldwide 895 citations · 130 works
  3. 3 A. Halanay Romania · #88,372 worldwide 281 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 A. Mihul Romania · #107,090 worldwide 410 citations · 54 works
  5. 5 MirMilad Mirsayar Romania · #122,812 worldwide 279 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Marius Stoica Romania · #126,483 worldwide 184 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Radu Tudor Ionescu Romania · #143,998 worldwide 431 citations · 84 works
  8. 8 Marius Popescu Romania · #179,686 worldwide 357 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 M. Sin Romania · #190,413 worldwide 699 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Iuliana Armaș Romania · #206,426 worldwide 72 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at University of Bucharest

Which keywords describe research at University of Bucharest?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Identity, Ethics, Literature, Social Media, Human Rights, Religion and Education.

▲ 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. Globalization201▲ 2.6×113 topics
  2. Identity134▲ 4.7×59 topics
  3. Social Media128▲ 2.3×37 topics
  4. Climate Change120◆ 1.12×92 topics
  5. Education118▲ 1.73×93 topics
  6. Sustainability115▲ 1.19×77 topics
  7. Human Rights109▲ 2.7×71 topics
  8. Machine Learning105▼ 0.81×79 topics
  9. Mental Health94▲ 1.62×39 topics
  10. Ethics93▲ 4.9×49 topics
  11. Literature93▲ 4.3×50 topics
  12. Religion81▲ 4.3×39 topics
  13. Sustainable Development80▲ 1.26×62 topics
  14. Gender76▲ 3.5×43 topics
  15. Nationalism71▲ 3.9×27 topics
  16. History68▲ 2.5×48 topics
  17. Biomedical Applications67▲ 1.42×31 topics
  18. Philosophy61▲ 3.5×31 topics
  19. Colonialism54▲ 2.9×35 topics
  20. Cultural Identity52▲ 2.5×25 topics
  21. European Union47▲ 5.2×21 topics
  22. Cultural Studies47▲ 3.1×24 topics
  23. Corpus Linguistics46▲ 5.3×5 topics
  24. Sociolinguistics42▲ 5.7×8 topics
  25. Neoliberalism42▲ 3.0×24 topics
  26. International Law41▲ 3.4×27 topics
  27. Memory39▲ 4.0×19 topics
  28. Bilingualism36▲ 6.6×7 topics
  29. Medicine34▲ 10×8 topics
  30. Language Contact33▲ 8.4×5 topics
  31. Cultural History32▲ 6.5×11 topics
  32. Mediterranean29▲ 8.1×6 topics
  33. Holocene29▲ 6.4×3 topics
  34. European Integration29▲ 13×6 topics
  35. Aristotle27▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Anglicisms27▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Linguistic Borrowing27▲ 26×1 topic
  38. Sea Level27▲ 7.0×2 topics
  39. Eastern Europe27▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Judicial Review26▲ 7.3×4 topics

Which research topics does University of Bucharest publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity, Marine and environmental studies, Translation Studies and Practices and Misinformation and Its Impacts.

Linguistics, Language Di…27Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity: 27 fractional worksMarine and environmental…22Marine and environmental studies: 22 fractional worksTranslation Studies and Practices: 21 fractional worksMisinformation and Its I…19Misinformation and Its Impacts: 19 fractional worksEuropean and Internation…19European and International Law Studies: 19 fractional worksHistorical Philosophy and Science: 16 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 15 fractional worksEuropean Cultural and Na…15European Cultural and National Identity: 15 fractional worksEastern European Communism and Reforms: 15 fractional worksBalkans: History, Politics, Society: 14 fractional works
Language and LinguisticsOceanographySociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations2 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity Language and Linguistics 27 works
  2. 2 Marine and environmental studies Oceanography 22 works
  3. 3 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 21 works
  4. 4 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 19 works
  5. 5 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 19 works
  6. 6 Historical Philosophy and Science History and Philosophy of Science 16 works
  7. 7 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 15 works
  8. 8 European Cultural and National Identity Sociology and Political Science 15 works
  9. 9 Eastern European Communism and Reforms Sociology and Political Science 15 works
  10. 10 Balkans: History, Politics, Society Cultural Studies 14 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 available49.7%not open50.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.0%domestic only81.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Bucharest's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

Other research institutions in Bucharest

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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.