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University of Craiova

In research, University of Craiova stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,025 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#2,457 of 12,888 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#543 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Language and Linguistics and Applied Mathematics — Language and Linguistics is 6.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,515
of 28,054 · #4,791 all time
Rank in Romania
#19
of 126
Research works
9.5k
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
47k
5.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is University of Craiova 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 #1,025 of 10,521 18.6%844 #2340
Physical SciencesDomain #2,457 of 12,888 10.4%1,018 #3821
Business, Management and AccountingField #543 of 2,578 26.1%143 #1120
Social SciencesField #1,650 of 6,365 17.5%303 #2802
Arts and HumanitiesField #677 of 1,998 10.7%162 #1840
Computer ScienceField #1,591 of 4,667 12.8%239 #2505
Health SciencesDomain #4,415 of 11,982 13.6%299 #6763
EngineeringField #2,463 of 6,636 6.2%458 #2801
MedicineField #4,200 of 10,443 14.6%224 #7675
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #749 of 1,775 21.6%117 #1417

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Craiova 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#2,340 #1,025
  2. Physical Sciences#3,821 #2,457
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#1,120 #543
  4. Social Sciences#2,802 #1,650
  5. Arts and Humanities#1,840 #677
  6. Computer Science#2,505 #1,591
  7. Health Sciences#6,763 #4,415
  8. Engineering#2,801 #2,463
  9. Medicine#7,675 #4,200
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#1,417 #749
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 Craiova specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Language and Linguistics takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 66.2 works6.2×
  2. Applied MathematicsSubfield · 30.8 works4.4×
← 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: 1.86× its world share, 217 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.66× its world share, 26 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.26× its world share, 239 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 21 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.87× its world share, 20 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.25× its world share, 458 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.89× its world share, 109 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 37 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.51× its world share, 72 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.61× its world share, 33 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.93× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.79× its world share, 51 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 224 worksMedicineNursing: 1.10× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.29× its world share, 162 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.82× its world share, 143 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.78× its world share, 42 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.23× its world share, 117 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 77 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 303 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Craiova?

Ranked on the composite score, Ramona Birău, Sina Cosmulescu and Vicenţiu D. Rădulescu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Craiova.

  1. 1 Ramona Birău Romania · #95,303 worldwide 220 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Sina Cosmulescu Romania · #223,104 worldwide 88 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Vicenţiu D. Rădulescu Romania · #396,877 worldwide 504 citations · 151 works
  4. 4 Constantin P. Niculescu Romania · #510,809 worldwide 114 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Ștefan Vlăduțescu Romania · #511,783 worldwide 19 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Cătălin Stoean Romania · #519,625 worldwide 70 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Elena Badea Romania · #522,602 worldwide 48 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Ion Trandafir Romania · #539,988 worldwide 97 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Anca Antoaneta Vărzaru Romania · #540,966 worldwide 32 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Mirela Mazilu Romania · #555,961 worldwide 26 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at University of Craiova

Which keywords describe research at University of Craiova?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Economic Growth, Sustainable Development, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Globalization, Machine Learning and Corpus Linguistics.

▲ 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. Climate Change107▲ 1.62×74 topics
  2. Machine Learning92◆ 1.14×72 topics
  3. Sustainability91▲ 1.52×77 topics
  4. Sustainable Development86▲ 2.2×50 topics
  5. Deep Learning83◆ 0.99×69 topics
  6. Globalization76▲ 1.59×68 topics
  7. Renewable Energy76▲ 2.2×39 topics
  8. Economic Growth69▲ 3.3×27 topics
  9. Education61▲ 1.46×57 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence56▲ 1.66×40 topics
  11. Neural Networks54▲ 1.43×33 topics
  12. Environmental Impact52▲ 1.25×48 topics
  13. Energy Efficiency51▲ 2.2×30 topics
  14. Internet of Things42▲ 1.98×18 topics
  15. Big Data40▲ 1.79×22 topics
  16. Innovation39▲ 1.52×40 topics
  17. Supply Chain Management39▲ 1.69×19 topics
  18. Environmental Management37▲ 3.8×8 topics
  19. Corpus Linguistics32▲ 6.1×5 topics
  20. Invasive Species29▲ 2.8×18 topics
  21. Robotics29▲ 4.9×9 topics
  22. Control Systems27▲ 6.0×10 topics
  23. Biomechanics26▲ 3.6×8 topics
  24. Sociolinguistics26▲ 5.7×8 topics
  25. Adaptive Control24▲ 7.4×7 topics
  26. Control24▲ 7.7×5 topics
  27. Nonlinear Equations23▲ 7.3×4 topics
  28. Knowledge Economy22▲ 8.3×8 topics
  29. Actuators21▲ 5.5×4 topics
  30. COVID-19 Impact21▲ 5.0×6 topics
  31. Nutrient Uptake19▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Thermal Analysis19▲ 6.0×8 topics
  33. Grapevine18▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Transcriptome Analysis18▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Finite Element18▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Anthocyanins17▲ 10×3 topics
  37. Exoskeletons17▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Lower Limb17▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Cross-Cultural Communication17▲ 7.7×3 topics
  40. Literary Translation17▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Craiova publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics, Horticultural and Viticultural Research, Translation Studies and Practices and Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies.

Prosthetics and Rehabili…17Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics: 17 fractional worksHorticultural and Viticu…16Horticultural and Viticultural Research: 16 fractional worksTranslation Studies and Practices: 16 fractional worksPlant Physiology and Cul…16Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies: 16 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Eco…14Energy, Environment, Economic Growth: 14 fractional worksLinguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity: 14 fractional worksNonlinear Partial Differential Equations: 14 fractional worksBotany and Plant Ecology…13Botany and Plant Ecology Studies: 13 fractional worksAdvanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering: 12 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 12 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringPlant ScienceLanguage and LinguisticsEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics Biomedical Engineering 17 works
  2. 2 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 16 works
  3. 3 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 16 works
  4. 4 Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies Plant Science 16 works
  5. 5 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 14 works
  6. 6 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity Language and Linguistics 14 works
  7. 7 Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations Applied Mathematics 14 works
  8. 8 Botany and Plant Ecology Studies Plant Science 13 works
  9. 9 Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering Computational Theory and Mathematics 12 works
  10. 10 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 12 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 available54.1%not open45.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.9%domestic only90.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Craiova'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.

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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.