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Vasil Levski National Military University

In research, Vasil Levski National Military University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,884 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#6,373 of 6,636 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#10,285 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering — Aerospace Engineering is 9.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,639
of 28,054 · #20,409 all time
Rank in Bulgaria
#55
of 92
Research works
827
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.9k
2.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is Vasil Levski National Military University 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
Physical SciencesDomain #9,884 of 12,888 4.1%148 #10971
EngineeringField #6,373 of 6,636 4.4%71 #10625
Social SciencesDomain #10,285 of 10,521 6.1%69 #13351

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vasil Levski National Military University 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. Physical Sciences#10,971 #9,884
  2. Engineering#10,625 #6,373
  3. Social Sciences#13,351 #10,285
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 Vasil Levski National Military University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 9.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 25.5 works9.2×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.51× its world share, 28 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.71× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.98× its world share, 71 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.30× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.78× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.29× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.57× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 12 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.55× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.24× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.66× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.98× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 47 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Vasil Levski National Military University?

Ranked on the composite score, Sevdalina Dimitrova, Nikolay Nichev and Evgeniy Stoyanov lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vasil Levski National Military University.

  1. 1 Sevdalina Dimitrova Bulgaria · #221,448 worldwide 21 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Nikolay Nichev Bulgaria · #424,856 worldwide 17 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Evgeniy Stoyanov Bulgaria · #638,739 worldwide 8 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Nikolay Dolchinkov Bulgaria · #691,678 worldwide 24 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 V. Banabakova Bulgaria · #841,894 worldwide 1 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Ekaterina Arabska Bulgaria · #1,111,955 worldwide 8 citations · 48 works
  7. 7 Oleg Latyshev Bulgaria · #1,380,752 worldwide 9 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Vasil Levski National Military University

Which keywords describe research at Vasil Levski National Military University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Strategic Planning, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Design, Air Force, Economic Security, Modernization, Legal Regulation and Ethnicity.

▲ 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. Machine Learning14▲ 1.78×19 topics
  2. Sustainability12▲ 2.1×12 topics
  3. Strategic Planning11▲ 30×2 topics
  4. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles10▲ 23×3 topics
  5. Design10▲ 25×2 topics
  6. Air Force10▲ 33×1 topic
  7. Economic Security10▲ 19×4 topics
  8. Modernization10▲ 22×1 topic
  9. Environmental Impact9▲ 2.3×11 topics
  10. Legal Regulation9▲ 17×3 topics
  11. Artificial Intelligence9▲ 2.6×16 topics
  12. Risk Assessment8▲ 5.3×6 topics
  13. Ethnicity8▲ 9.4×2 topics
  14. Culture8▲ 6.4×2 topics
  15. History8▲ 4.9×2 topics
  16. Renewable Energy8▲ 2.4×10 topics
  17. Literature8▲ 6.2×2 topics
  18. Science8▲ 14×2 topics
  19. Geopolitics8▲ 21×6 topics
  20. Islam8▲ 15×1 topic
  21. Public Oversight8▲ 26×1 topic
  22. Social Influence8▲ 15×1 topic
  23. Transport Policy8▲ 26×1 topic
  24. Cybersecurity6▲ 11×3 topics
  25. Network Security6▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Security6▲ 3.9×6 topics
  27. Signal Processing6▲ 18×5 topics
  28. Space Exploration6▲ 56×2 topics
  29. Mathematical Modeling6▲ 26×2 topics
  30. Labor Market Policies5▲ 1006×1 topic
  31. Social Entrepreneurship5▲ 21×1 topic
  32. International Relations5▲ 8.4×4 topics
  33. European Union5▲ 8.6×6 topics
  34. Global Governance4▲ 8.3×4 topics
  35. Russia4▲ 43×2 topics
  36. System Maturity4▲ 88×1 topic
  37. Technology Readiness Levels4▲ 88×1 topic
  38. Ukraine4▲ 55×2 topics
  39. Finite Element Analysis4▲ 8.1×2 topics
  40. Raman Spectroscopy4▲ 9.5×3 topics

Which research topics does Vasil Levski National Military University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Military Technology and Strategies, Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering.

Military Technology and Strategies: 10 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 8 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…8Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Research in Sci…5Advanced Research in Science and Engineering: 5 fractional worksTechnology Assessment and Management: 4 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivity studies: 4 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear techno…4Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 4 fractional worksNuclear Issues and Defense: 4 fractional worksCybersecurity and Information Systems: 3 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 3 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringTransportationSociology and Political ScienceModeling and Simulation4 others

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

  1. 1 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 10 works
  2. 2 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 8 works
  3. 3 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  4. 4 Advanced Research in Science and Engineering Modeling and Simulation 5 works
  5. 5 Technology Assessment and Management Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 4 works
  6. 6 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 4 works
  7. 7 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 4 works
  8. 8 Nuclear Issues and Defense Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  9. 9 Cybersecurity and Information Systems Computer Networks and Communications 3 works
  10. 10 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 3 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 available78.3%not open21.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.1%domestic only88.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Vasil Levski National Military University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% lower than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
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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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