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University of Prishtina

In research, University of Prishtina stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,046 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#2,801 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,710 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cultural Studies and Language and Linguistics — Cultural Studies is 6.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,132
of 28,054 · #7,264 all time
Rank in Kosovo
#1
of 6
Research works
6k
▲ 53% vs 2013–17
Citations
33k
5.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
76%
world 28%

What is University of Prishtina 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 #2,046 of 10,521 16.7%882 #3601
Physical SciencesDomain #2,801 of 12,888 13.3%541 #4754
Social SciencesField #1,710 of 6,365 17.2%409 #2753
Computer ScienceField #1,851 of 4,667 19.7%119 #3846
Health SciencesDomain #5,302 of 11,982 6.4%288 #6550
MedicineField #4,883 of 10,443 6.2%212 #6791
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,248 of 2,578 17.0%101 #1990
EducationSubfield #952 of 1,892 31.4%94 #1601
EngineeringField #3,958 of 6,636 9.9%177 #5223
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #1,149 of 1,775 15.5%126 #1733

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Prishtina 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#3,601 #2,046
  2. Physical Sciences#4,754 #2,801
  3. Social Sciences#2,753 #1,710
  4. Computer Science#3,846 #1,851
  5. Health Sciences#6,550 #5,302
  6. Medicine#6,791 #4,883
  7. Business, Management and Accounting#1,990 #1,248
  8. Education#1,601 #952
  9. Engineering#5,223 #3,958
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#1,733 #1,149
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 Prishtina specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cultural Studies takes 6.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cultural StudiesSubfield · 49.5 works6.5×
  2. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 45.6 works5.6×
← 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: 0.87× its world share, 76 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 45 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.46× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.77× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.62× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.83× its world share, 120 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.75× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 177 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.03× its world share, 95 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.42× its world share, 27 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.81× its world share, 61 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.12× its world share, 28 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.91× its world share, 45 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.59× its world share, 212 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.43× its world share, 130 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.68× its world share, 100 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.63× its world share, 29 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.18× its world share, 126 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.53× its world share, 86 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.74× its world share, 409 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Prishtina?

Ranked on the composite score, Vanda Božić, Авни Бериша and Shkëlqim Millaku lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Prishtina.

  1. 1 Vanda Božić Kosovo · #479,333 worldwide 0 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Авни Бериша Kosovo · #510,066 worldwide 311 citations · 50 works
  3. 3 Shkëlqim Millaku Kosovo · #520,447 worldwide 23 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Shukri Klinaku Kosovo · #719,975 worldwide 7 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 B. Milošević Kosovo · #758,886 worldwide 14 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Vladan Pavlović Kosovo · #791,233 worldwide 12 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Naim L. Braha Kosovo · #803,618 worldwide 41 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Besni̇k A. Krasniqi Kosovo · #821,312 worldwide 71 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 May D Kosovo · #959,953 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Radojica Stolić Kosovo · #965,076 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at University of Prishtina

Which keywords describe research at University of Prishtina?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethnicity, Nationalism, Conflict, Religion, Balkans, Identity, Memory and Sustainable Development.

▲ 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 Development80▲ 2.7×48 topics
  2. Ethnicity71▲ 10×10 topics
  3. Economic Growth64▲ 4.0×28 topics
  4. Identity64▲ 4.7×23 topics
  5. Globalization63▲ 1.72×65 topics
  6. Nationalism61▲ 7.1×14 topics
  7. Religion56▲ 6.4×14 topics
  8. Conflict53▲ 17×7 topics
  9. Balkans51▲ 115×2 topics
  10. Education49▲ 1.55×46 topics
  11. Memory49▲ 11×6 topics
  12. Mental Health47▲ 1.74×33 topics
  13. Eastern Europe47▲ 46×2 topics
  14. Post-war47▲ 221×1 topic
  15. Yugoslavia47▲ 221×1 topic
  16. Human Rights45▲ 2.4×47 topics
  17. Regional Development44▲ 6.6×10 topics
  18. Financial Performance42▲ 3.9×11 topics
  19. Educational Technology39▲ 1.76×21 topics
  20. Organizational Culture34▲ 4.7×9 topics
  21. Innovation Management31▲ 10×4 topics
  22. Small and Medium Enterprises31▲ 9.5×5 topics
  23. Agricultural Sustainability30▲ 14×4 topics
  24. Leadership Emergence30▲ 109×1 topic
  25. Rural Tourism30▲ 48×1 topic
  26. Literature28▲ 2.8×19 topics
  27. Technology Integration28▲ 4.9×10 topics
  28. Legal Regulation26▲ 6.4×6 topics
  29. International Relations24▲ 5.4×13 topics
  30. Economic Security23▲ 5.9×5 topics
  31. Sociolinguistics23▲ 6.6×6 topics
  32. Islam22▲ 5.7×2 topics
  33. Global Governance21▲ 5.0×14 topics
  34. Nation-Building20▲ 20×4 topics
  35. Strategic Planning18▲ 6.6×4 topics
  36. Sharia Law18▲ 6.8×2 topics
  37. Sovereign Debt Crises18▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Foreign Policy18▲ 24×3 topics
  39. Air Force17▲ 7.6×1 topic
  40. Warfare17▲ 7.6×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Prishtina publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Balkans: History, Politics, Society, Regional Development and Management Studies, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Military Technology and Strategies.

Balkans: History, Politi…47Balkans: History, Politics, Society: 47 fractional worksRegional Development and Management Studies: 30 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 18 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 17 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 17 fractional worksBalkan and Eastern Europ…14Balkan and Eastern European Studies: 14 fractional worksLinguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity: 12 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 11 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 11 fractional worksApproximation Theory and Sequence Spaces: 10 fractional works
Cultural StudiesEconomics and EconometricsSociology and Political ScienceAerospace Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Balkans: History, Politics, Society Cultural Studies 47 works
  2. 2 Regional Development and Management Studies Economics and Econometrics 30 works
  3. 3 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 18 works
  4. 4 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 17 works
  5. 5 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 17 works
  6. 6 Balkan and Eastern European Studies Economics and Econometrics 14 works
  7. 7 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity Language and Linguistics 12 works
  8. 8 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 11 works
  9. 9 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 11 works
  10. 10 Approximation Theory and Sequence Spaces Statistics and Probability 10 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 available76.3%not open23.7%

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 Prishtina's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 53% 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.