Top 25% Institutions and Economists in Bulgaria, as of February 2026

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Top 25% institutions in Bulgaria, all authors, all publication years

For Bulgaria, there are 266 authors affiliated with 35 institutions. All institutions in this region.

Rank	W.Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author shares
1	[2]	Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski Sofia, Bulgaria	1.62	29	26.54
2	[4]	Economics Department, American University in Bulgaria Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria	2.27	7	7
3	[1]	University of National and World Economy Sofia, Bulgaria	2.67	86	84.82
---	[---]	Center for Economic Theories and Economic Policies, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski Sofia, Bulgaria	4.04	1	1
4	[3]	Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Sofia, Bulgaria	4.66	43	40.25
5	[5]	University of Economics Varna, Bulgaria	6.85	44	43.5
6	[7]	Varna University of Management Varna, Bulgaria	7.41	2	2
7	[6]	Institute of Agricultural Economics (IAE) Sofia, Bulgaria	7.58	5	5
8	[8]	Department of Economics, New Bulgarian University Sofia, Bulgaria	11.49	5	4.8

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Top 25% institutions in Bulgaria, 10 best authors for each, publications last 10 years

Rank	W.Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author shares
1	[1]	Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski Sofia, Bulgaria	1.96	25	23.53
2	[6]	Economics Department, American University in Bulgaria Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria	2.72	7	7
3	[2]	University of National and World Economy Sofia, Bulgaria	2.91	73	72.32
4	[7]	Varna University of Management Varna, Bulgaria	5.42	2	2
---	[---]	Center for Economic Theories and Economic Policies, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski Sofia, Bulgaria	5.42	1	1
5	[3]	Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Sofia, Bulgaria	6.01	31	28.25
6	[4]	University of Economics Varna, Bulgaria	6.8	37	36.5
7	[5]	Institute of Agricultural Economics (IAE) Sofia, Bulgaria	8.76	3	3
---	[---]	Business Faculty, University of National and World Economy Sofia, Bulgaria	8.89	4	4
---	[---]	General Economics Faculty, University of National and World Economy Sofia, Bulgaria	11.19	9	7.45
8	[8]	Department of Economics, New Bulgarian University Sofia, Bulgaria	11.8	3	2.8

The rankings

Top 25% authors in Bulgaria, all publications years

For Bulgaria, there are 266 authors affiliated with 35 institutions. All institutions in this region.

Rank	W.Rank	Author	Score
1	[2]	Aleksandar Vasilev Center for Economic Theories and Economic Policies, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia	1.68
2	[4]	Jeffrey H. Nilsen Economics Department, American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad	2.98
3	[3]	Nikolay Nenov Nenovsky University of National and World Economy, Sofia	3.11
4	[1]	Hrabrin Ianouchev Bachev Institute of Agricultural Economics (IAE), Sofia	4.89
5	[5]	Stanislav Hristov Ivanov Varna University of Management, Varna	5.28
6	[7]	Henrik Egbert Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia	7.25
7	[18]	Karrar Hussain Economics Department, American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad	9.84
8	[20]	Deyan Radev Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia	10.65
9	[14]	Taner Turan Economics Department, American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad	11.79
10	[9]	Tamara Peneva Todorova Economics Department, American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad	12.01
11	[6]	Eduard Vasilev Marinov Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia Department of Economics, New Bulgarian University, Sofia	12.33
12	[11]	Rossitsa Rangelova Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	14.69
13	[22]	Desislava Ivanova Yordanova Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia	15.28
14	[29]	Nikos Fatouros Economics Department, American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad	15.43
15	[35]	Kalina Dimitrova Hadjinedelcheva Financial Supervision Commission, Government of Bulgaria, Sofia Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia Bulgarian National Bank, Sofia	16.25
16	[28]	Mariya Peneva Business Faculty, University of National and World Economy, Sofia	16.88
17	[17]	Iskra Beleva Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	17.68
18	[26]	Stefan Petranov Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia	17.7
19	[30]	Georgy Ganev Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia	19.07
20	[8]	Ivaylo Ivanov Staykov	19.73
21	[13]	Plamen D. Tchipev Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	19.83
22	[37]	Mariya Neycheva Center for Economic and Management Sciences, Burgas Free University, Burgas	20.4
23	[10]	Teodor Sedlarski Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia	21.36
24	[31]	Kaloyan Ganev Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia	22.09
25	[59]	Dimitar Metodiev Terziev University of National and World Economy, Sofia	22.87
26	[36]	Ralitsa Simeonova-Ganeva Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia	23.68
27	[12]	Rossitsa Chobanova Chobanova Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	24.47
28	[21]	Ivan Krumov Todorov Faculty of Economics, Neofit Rilski Southwestern University, Blagoevgrad	24.59
29	[24]	Kiril Dimitrov University of National and World Economy, Sofia	26.09
30	[19]	Pencho Denchev Penchev General Economics Faculty, University of National and World Economy, Sofia	26.1
31	[23]	Alla Valentinovna Kirova Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	26.11
32	[16]	Anton Gerunov Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia	27.89
33	[34]	Irena Zareva Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	28
34	[51]	Nedka Ivanova University of National and World Economy, Sofia	28.38
35	[44]	Daniela Ventsislavova Georgieva Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	29.1
36	[38]	Stoyan Totev Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	29.71
37	[27]	Tsvetelina Ivanova Marinova Department of Economics, New Bulgarian University, Sofia	30.01
38	[41]	Mariana Mateeva Petrova	30.34
39	[32]	Venelin Boshnakov University of National and World Economy, Sofia	31.34
40	[39]	Garabed Minassian Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	31.84
41	[64]	Svilena Mihaylova University of Economics, Varna	34.79
42	[57]	Mitko Atanassov Dimitrov Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	34.96
43	[15]	Michal Stojanov University of Economics, Varna	35.06
44	[25]	Victor Ivanov Yotzov Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia	38.88
45	[33]	Georgi Shopov Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	40.74
46	[62]	Yuli Todorov Radev	41.34
47	[55]	Daniela Bobeva Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	41.57
48	[45]	Kristina Stefanova Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	41.98
49	[58]	Paskal Zhelev University of National and World Economy, Sofia	42.23
50	[77]	Didar Erdinc Economics Department, American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad	42.87
51	[42]	Iskra Bogdanova Balkanska Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	43.42
52	[46]	Christina Lazarova Nikolova Department of Economics of Transport and Energy, Faculty of Economics of Infrastructure, University of National and World Economy, Sofia Faculty of Economics of Infrastructure, University of National and World Economy, Sofia	43.8
53	[67]	Andriyana Andreeva Andreeva Faculty of Finance and Accounting, University of Economics, Varna	43.86
54	[48]	Spartak Keremidchiev Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	45.35
55	[56]	Atanas Atanasov University of Economics, Varna	45.62
56	[89]	Evi Tsavou Economics Department, American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad	45.71
57	[65]	Gergana Ilieva Mihaylova-Borisova Faculty of Financial Accounting, University of National and World Economy, Sofia	47.29
58	[61]	Petar Ilkov Peshev General Economics Faculty, University of National and World Economy, Sofia	48.45
59	[84]	Matilda Alexandrova University of National and World Economy, Sofia	49.09
60	[93]	Petar Pandushev Chobanov Faculty of Financial Accounting, University of National and World Economy, Sofia	49.16
61	[53]	Tatiana Stefanova Houbenova-Delisivkova Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	49.92
62	[47]	Shterjy Nozharov General Economics Faculty, University of National and World Economy, Sofia	52.32
63	[63]	Stela Stoyanova Raleva Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia	53.52
64	[91]	Dimitre Nikolov Nikolov Sr. Institute of Agricultural Economics (IAE), Sofia	53.52
65	[68]	Bozhidar Lyudmilov Nedev Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia	56.57
66	[54]	Pobeda Vassileva Loukanova Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	57.3

The rankings

Top 25% authors in Bulgaria, publications last 10 years

Rank	W.Rank	Author	Score
1	[1]	Aleksandar Vasilev Center for Economic Theories and Economic Policies, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia	2.51
2	[4]	Stanislav Hristov Ivanov Varna University of Management, Varna	2.71
3	[2]	Hrabrin Ianouchev Bachev Institute of Agricultural Economics (IAE), Sofia	4.42
4	[14]	Karrar Hussain Economics Department, American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad	4.52
5	[7]	Taner Turan Economics Department, American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad	4.89
6	[3]	Nikolay Nenov Nenovsky University of National and World Economy, Sofia	6.24
7	[16]	Mariya Peneva Business Faculty, University of National and World Economy, Sofia	6.58
8	[22]	Nikos Fatouros Economics Department, American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad	7.84
9	[29]	Deyan Radev Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia	9.14
10	[24]	Desislava Ivanova Yordanova Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia	10.84
11	[9]	Mariana Mateeva Petrova	10.94
12	[5]	Eduard Vasilev Marinov Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia Department of Economics, New Bulgarian University, Sofia	11.93
13	[33]	Ralitsa Simeonova-Ganeva Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia	14.09
14	[53]	Dimitar Metodiev Terziev University of National and World Economy, Sofia	14.44
15	[19]	Tamara Peneva Todorova Economics Department, American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad	15.5
16	[13]	Tsvetelina Ivanova Marinova Department of Economics, New Bulgarian University, Sofia	16.13
17	[11]	Daniela Ventsislavova Georgieva Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	16.16
18	[20]	Ivan Krumov Todorov Faculty of Economics, Neofit Rilski Southwestern University, Blagoevgrad	17.8
19	[17]	Kiril Dimitrov University of National and World Economy, Sofia	17.98
20	[8]	Teodor Sedlarski Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia	18.1
21	[21]	Kristina Stefanova Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	18.33
22	[39]	Andriyana Andreeva Andreeva Faculty of Finance and Accounting, University of Economics, Varna	20.11
23	[6]	Henrik Egbert Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia	20.7
24	[73]	Evi Tsavou Economics Department, American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad	22.75
25	[12]	Ivaylo Ivanov Staykov	23.41
26	[47]	Irena Zareva Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	23.67
27	[25]	Atanas Atanasov University of Economics, Varna	24.72
28	[18]	Pencho Denchev Penchev General Economics Faculty, University of National and World Economy, Sofia	24.75
29	[15]	Anton Gerunov Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia	24.98
30	[40]	Tsvetana Stoyanova University of National and World Economy, Sofia	26.21
31	[10]	Michal Stojanov University of Economics, Varna	26.32
32	[41]	Rossitsa Chobanova Chobanova Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	26.81
33	[35]	Bozhidar Lyudmilov Nedev Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia	26.91
34	[89]	Vladislav Ivaylov Krastev Faculty of Economics, Neofit Rilski Southwestern University, Blagoevgrad	28.45
35	[28]	Victor Ivanov Yotzov Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia	28.92
36	[32]	Sonya Georgieva Georgieva Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	29.32
37	[46]	Daniela Bobeva Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	30.06
38	[27]	Paskal Zhelev University of National and World Economy, Sofia	30.96
39	[30]	Alla Valentinovna Kirova Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	31.7
40	[38]	Christina Lazarova Nikolova Department of Economics of Transport and Energy, Faculty of Economics of Infrastructure, University of National and World Economy, Sofia Faculty of Economics of Infrastructure, University of National and World Economy, Sofia	32.65
41	[44]	Angel Angelov Faculty of Financial Accounting, University of National and World Economy, Sofia	35.74
42	[26]	Shterjy Nozharov General Economics Faculty, University of National and World Economy, Sofia	36.08
43	[50]	Spartak Keremidchiev Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	36.55
44	[59]	Silvia Parusheva University of Economics, Varna	36.91
45	[81]	Mariya Neycheva Center for Economic and Management Sciences, Burgas Free University, Burgas	37.02
46	[52]	Marieta Borisova Hristova General Economics Faculty, University of National and World Economy, Sofia	37.78
47	[56]	Petar Ilkov Peshev General Economics Faculty, University of National and World Economy, Sofia	37.84
48	[42]	Stefan Petranov Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia	37.9
49	[23]	Damyan Kirechev University of Economics, Varna	38.14
50	[60]	Snezhana Dineva Sulova University of Economics, Varna	38.31
51	[43]	Pavel Petrov University of Economics, Varna	38.53
52	[31]	Julian Andreev Vasilev University of Economics, Varna	38.87
53	[36]	Vania Petrova Ivanova Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia	38.97
54	[48]	Kaloyan Ganev Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia	39.32
55	[34]	Ivan Roussev Faculty of Management, University of Economics, Varna Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	39.46
56	[83]	Georgi Shopov Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	39.52
57	[37]	Yanko Hristozov University of National and World Economy, Sofia	39.6
58	[69]	Venelin Boshnakov University of National and World Economy, Sofia	40.36
59	[76]	Silvia Zarkova D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics, Svishtov	41.65
60	[61]	Rossitsa Rangelova Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	41.74
61	[85]	Zhelyo Zhelev D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics, Svishtov	42.64
62	[102]	Borislava Borislavova Galabova	43.64
63	[80]	Hristina Harizanova-Bartos University of National and World Economy, Sofia	44.96
64	[49]	Plamen D. Tchipev Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia	45.06
65	[45]	Velichka Nikolova University of National and World Economy, Sofia	46.19
66	[88]	Plamena Nedyalkova University of Economics, Varna	46.97

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