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University of Sarajevo

In research, University of Sarajevo stands highest in Health Professions (#144 of 1,928 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,307 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,489 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cultural Studies, Language and Linguistics and Archeology — Cultural Studies is 5.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,709
of 28,054 · #3,589 all time
Rank in Bosnia and Herzegovina
#1
of 26
Research works
11k
▲ 74% vs 2013–17
Citations
67k
6.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is University of Sarajevo 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 ProfessionsField #144 of 1,928 8.6%74 #268
Health SciencesDomain #1,307 of 11,982 7.5%638 #1780
Social SciencesDomain #1,489 of 10,521 9.6%1,317 #2222
Social SciencesField #1,261 of 6,365 8.4%599 #1767
Physical SciencesDomain #3,121 of 12,888 9.0%1,019 #3445
MedicineField #3,996 of 10,443 6.6%502 #5004
EngineeringField #2,609 of 6,636 7.9%426 #3143
Computer ScienceField #2,119 of 4,667 9.1%223 #2210
Arts and HumanitiesField #945 of 1,998 9.9%227 #1412
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,326 of 2,578 8.0%203 #1750

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Sarajevo 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 Professions#268 #144
  2. Health Sciences#1,780 #1,307
  3. Social Sciences#2,222 #1,489
  4. Social Sciences#1,767 #1,261
  5. Physical Sciences#3,445 #3,121
  6. Medicine#5,004 #3,996
  7. Engineering#3,143 #2,609
  8. Computer Science#2,210 #2,119
  9. Arts and Humanities#1,412 #945
  10. Sociology and Political Science#1,750 #1,326
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 Sarajevo specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cultural Studies takes 5.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cultural StudiesSubfield · 66.8 works5.0×
  2. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 69.0 works4.8×
  3. ArcheologySubfield · 44.7 works4.5×
  4. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 231.4 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: 0.97× its world share, 152 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 96 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.71× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 34 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.09× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.50× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.45× its world share, 23 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.87× its world share, 223 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 28 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.87× its world share, 26 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.86× its world share, 426 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.06× its world share, 174 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 26 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.21× its world share, 47 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.54× its world share, 40 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.06× its world share, 33 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 74 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.79× its world share, 502 worksMedicineNursing: 0.79× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.57× its world share, 16 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.39× its world share, 227 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.12× its world share, 119 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 30 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.45× its world share, 243 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 98 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 599 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Sarajevo?

Ranked on the composite score, D. B. Milošević, Sabina Baraković and Mato Zovkić lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Sarajevo.

  1. 1 D. B. Milošević Bosnia and Herzegovina · #88,780 worldwide 337 citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Sabina Baraković Bosnia and Herzegovina · #258,837 worldwide 90 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Mato Zovkić Bosnia and Herzegovina · #294,278 worldwide 2 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Sulejman Redžić Bosnia and Herzegovina · #317,779 worldwide 51 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Rusmir Mahmutčehajić Bosnia and Herzegovina · #320,575 worldwide 2 citations · 52 works
  6. 6 Т Саламон Bosnia and Herzegovina · #341,434 worldwide 21 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Aladin Husić Bosnia and Herzegovina · #374,473 worldwide 0 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Azra Alajbegović Bosnia and Herzegovina · #438,757 worldwide 50 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Zlatan Zvizdić Bosnia and Herzegovina · #484,136 worldwide 41 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Enisa Omanović-Mikličanin Bosnia and Herzegovina · #523,392 worldwide 103 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at University of Sarajevo

Which keywords describe research at University of Sarajevo?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: International Relations, Nation-Building, Foreign Policy, International Trade, Negotiation, Sovereign Debt Crises, Commercial Diplomacy and Economic Diplomacy.

▲ 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. International Relations137▲ 17×16 topics
  2. Sustainable Development132▲ 2.5×56 topics
  3. Nation-Building126▲ 71×4 topics
  4. Epidemiology124◆ 0.95×117 topics
  5. Foreign Policy124▲ 93×3 topics
  6. International Trade121▲ 25×5 topics
  7. Negotiation119▲ 111×3 topics
  8. Sovereign Debt Crises118▲ 84×2 topics
  9. Commercial Diplomacy118▲ 292×1 topic
  10. Economic Diplomacy118▲ 292×1 topic
  11. Religion116▲ 7.4×28 topics
  12. Sustainability112▲ 1.40×69 topics
  13. Economic Growth102▲ 3.6×23 topics
  14. Identity100▲ 4.2×40 topics
  15. Globalization98▲ 1.51×76 topics
  16. Nationalism92▲ 6.0×22 topics
  17. Ethnicity86▲ 6.9×14 topics
  18. Regional Development83▲ 7.0×12 topics
  19. Organizational Culture80▲ 6.2×7 topics
  20. Financial Performance79▲ 4.1×9 topics
  21. Innovation Management75▲ 14×4 topics
  22. Small and Medium Enterprises74▲ 13×3 topics
  23. Agricultural Sustainability74▲ 20×4 topics
  24. Leadership Emergence72▲ 150×1 topic
  25. Rural Tourism72▲ 67×1 topic
  26. Human Rights67▲ 1.98×50 topics
  27. Conflict66▲ 12×9 topics
  28. Balkans64▲ 82×2 topics
  29. Memory63▲ 7.8×10 topics
  30. Eastern Europe61▲ 33×3 topics
  31. Post-war58▲ 154×1 topic
  32. Yugoslavia58▲ 154×1 topic
  33. Ethics56▲ 3.5×32 topics
  34. Climate Change Impact39▲ 5.2×4 topics
  35. Sociolinguistics39▲ 6.2×8 topics
  36. Media38▲ 7.5×11 topics
  37. Social Change34▲ 8.3×7 topics
  38. Language Contact32▲ 10.0×5 topics
  39. Bilingualism31▲ 7.0×5 topics
  40. Spirituality31▲ 9.6×5 topics

Which research topics does University of Sarajevo publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Balkan and Eastern European Studies, Regional Development and Management Studies, Balkans: History, Politics, Society and Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies.

Balkan and Eastern Europ…118Balkan and Eastern European Studies: 118 fractional worksRegional Development and Management Studies: 72 fractional worksBalkans: History, Politics, Society: 58 fractional worksReligious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies: 29 fractional worksLinguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity: 28 fractional worksEnvironmental Science an…26Environmental Science and Water Management: 26 fractional worksCultural Heritage Management and Preservation: 16 fractional worksEducation, Law, and Society: 16 fractional worksLaw, logistics, and international trade: 11 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 11 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsCultural StudiesSociology and Political ScienceLanguage and Linguistics4 others

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

  1. 1 Balkan and Eastern European Studies Economics and Econometrics 118 works
  2. 2 Regional Development and Management Studies Economics and Econometrics 72 works
  3. 3 Balkans: History, Politics, Society Cultural Studies 58 works
  4. 4 Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies Sociology and Political Science 29 works
  5. 5 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity Language and Linguistics 28 works
  6. 6 Environmental Science and Water Management Water Science and Technology 26 works
  7. 7 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Archeology 16 works
  8. 8 Education, Law, and Society Political Science and International Relations 16 works
  9. 9 Law, logistics, and international trade Accounting 11 works
  10. 10 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 11 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 available57.2%not open42.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.8%domestic only83.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Sarajevo's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 74% 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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