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University of Maribor

In research, University of Maribor stands highest in Social Sciences (#619 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#486 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,321 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Music, Language and Linguistics and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering — Music is 10.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,581
of 28,054 · #1,598 all time
Rank in Slovenia
#3
of 51
Research works
17k
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
253k
15.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is University of Maribor 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 #619 of 10,521 23.0%1,504 #803
Social SciencesField #486 of 6,365 25.0%667 #482
Health SciencesDomain #1,321 of 11,982 19.8%429 #1771
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #306 of 2,578 28.0%279 #416
Physical SciencesDomain #1,776 of 12,888 14.4%1,599 #1559
MedicineField #1,753 of 10,443 20.0%319 #2298
Computer ScienceField #1,010 of 4,667 20.2%378 #547
EngineeringField #1,499 of 6,636 11.1%713 #1336
Business, Management and AccountingField #695 of 2,578 22.9%234 #900
Life SciencesDomain #2,678 of 7,800 22.0%289 #2932

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Maribor 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#803 #619
  2. Social Sciences#482 #486
  3. Health Sciences#1,771 #1,321
  4. Sociology and Political Science#416 #306
  5. Physical Sciences#1,559 #1,776
  6. Medicine#2,298 #1,753
  7. Computer Science#547 #1,010
  8. Engineering#1,336 #1,499
  9. Business, Management and Accounting#900 #695
  10. Life Sciences#2,932 #2,678
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 Maribor specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Music takes 10.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MusicSubfield · 31.4 works10×
  2. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 94.6 works5.6×
  3. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 87.2 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: 0.76× its world share, 138 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 94 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 33 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.70× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.18× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.70× its world share, 42 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.27× its world share, 378 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 26 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.07× its world share, 38 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.24× its world share, 713 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.90× its world share, 171 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.91× its world share, 121 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.10× its world share, 50 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.55× its world share, 46 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.45× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 86 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 319 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.03× its world share, 224 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.90× its world share, 234 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 53 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.84× its world share, 151 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.50× its world share, 175 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 667 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Maribor?

Ranked on the composite score, Marjan Mernik, Matjaž Perc and Janez Brest lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Maribor.

  1. 1 Marjan Mernik Slovenia · #13,098 worldwide 885 citations · 64 works
  2. 2 Matjaž Perc Slovenia · #19,508 worldwide 1.2k citations · 107 works
  3. 3 Janez Brest Slovenia · #57,894 worldwide 758 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Vili Podgorelec Slovenia · #73,198 worldwide 195 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Matjaž Finšgar Slovenia · #89,942 worldwide 521 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Aleš Holobar Slovenia · #94,955 worldwide 266 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 V. Žumer Slovenia · #96,440 worldwide 697 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Uroš Potočnik Slovenia · #104,050 worldwide 494 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Zdravko Kravanja Slovenia · #104,105 worldwide 378 citations · 91 works
  10. 10 Matej Brešar Slovenia · #145,451 worldwide 328 citations · 80 works
All ranked researchers at University of Maribor

Which keywords describe research at University of Maribor?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Ethics, Resilience, Media, Spirituality, Cultural Integration, Religion and Social Change.

▲ 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. Sustainability200▲ 2.1×67 topics
  2. Machine Learning135◆ 1.08×77 topics
  3. Sustainable Development117▲ 1.93×56 topics
  4. Ethics113▲ 6.1×25 topics
  5. Resilience110▲ 6.0×14 topics
  6. Religion106▲ 5.8×16 topics
  7. Media96▲ 16×7 topics
  8. Spirituality95▲ 26×3 topics
  9. Cultural Integration94▲ 11×2 topics
  10. Social Change92▲ 19×3 topics
  11. Big Data92▲ 2.6×21 topics
  12. Communication Technology91▲ 192×1 topic
  13. Youth Subcultures91▲ 192×1 topic
  14. Supply Chain Management91▲ 2.5×19 topics
  15. Renewable Energy87▲ 1.57×44 topics
  16. Environmental Impact86▲ 1.33×45 topics
  17. Artificial Intelligence86▲ 1.63×41 topics
  18. Human Rights85▲ 2.2×45 topics
  19. Economic Growth83▲ 2.5×28 topics
  20. Cultural History65▲ 14×6 topics
  21. Innovation64▲ 1.58×43 topics
  22. Internet of Things63▲ 1.90×16 topics
  23. Environmental Management51▲ 3.3×10 topics
  24. Linguistics48▲ 7.6×4 topics
  25. Lexicography47▲ 13×3 topics
  26. Etymology44▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Historical Phonology44▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Cyber-Physical Systems44▲ 4.3×9 topics
  29. Language Evolution42▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Indo-European42▲ 50×1 topic
  31. Proto-Indo-European42▲ 50×1 topic
  32. International Relations38▲ 4.2×12 topics
  33. Innovation Management37▲ 5.8×4 topics
  34. Digital Twin34▲ 6.6×2 topics
  35. COVID-19 Impact34▲ 5.2×7 topics
  36. Agricultural Sustainability31▲ 7.2×4 topics
  37. Cloud Manufacturing31▲ 9.2×1 topic
  38. Smart Manufacturing31▲ 9.2×1 topic
  39. Leadership Emergence30▲ 54×1 topic
  40. Rural Tourism30▲ 24×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Maribor publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies, Linguistics and language evolution, Digital Transformation in Industry and Regional Development and Management Studies.

Religious, Philosophical…91Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies: 91 fractional worksLinguistics and language…42Linguistics and language evolution: 42 fractional worksDigital Transformation i…31Digital Transformation in Industry: 31 fractional worksRegional Development and Management Studies: 30 fractional worksBalkan and Eastern European Studies: 24 fractional worksEastern European Communi…22Eastern European Communism and Reforms: 22 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 19 fractional worksDiverse Musicological Studies: 18 fractional worksEuropean Criminal Justice and Data Protection: 17 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 17 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLanguage and LinguisticsIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies Sociology and Political Science 91 works
  2. 2 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 42 works
  3. 3 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 31 works
  4. 4 Regional Development and Management Studies Economics and Econometrics 30 works
  5. 5 Balkan and Eastern European Studies Economics and Econometrics 24 works
  6. 6 Eastern European Communism and Reforms Sociology and Political Science 22 works
  7. 7 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 19 works
  8. 8 Diverse Musicological Studies Music 18 works
  9. 9 European Criminal Justice and Data Protection Political Science and International Relations 17 works
  10. 10 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 17 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 available54.4%not open45.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.6%domestic only81.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Maribor's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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.