Top Institutions and Economists in Bulgaria, as of April 2026

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There are 9298 institutions with 73371 registered authors evaluated for all the rankings
For a listing of all economics institutions in Bulgaria, see EDIRC
For Bulgaria, these are 35 institutions with 268 members with a total share of 265.50.

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Top institutions, all authors, all publication years

Rank	W.Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author Shares
1	[2]	Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski → Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia, Bulgaria	1.46	29	26.54
2	[4]	American University in Bulgaria → Economics Department, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria	2.07	7	7
3	[1]	University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria	2.26	87	85.82
4	[3]	Bulgarian Academy of Sciences → Economic Research Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria	3.78	43	40.25
-	[-]	Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski → Faculty of Economics and Business Administration → Center for Economic Theories and Economic Policies, Sofia, Bulgaria	3.79	1	1
5	[5]	University of Economics, Varna, Bulgaria	5.82	44	43.50
6	[7]	Varna University of Management, Varna, Bulgaria	6.09	2	2
7	[6]	Institute of Agricultural Economics (IAE), Sofia, Bulgaria	6.15	5	5
8	[8]	New Bulgarian University → Department of Economics, Sofia, Bulgaria	8.90	5	4.80

Top institutions, 10 best authors for each, publications last 10 years

Rank	W.Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author Shares
1	[2]	Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski → Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia, Bulgaria	1.80	29	10
2	[1]	University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria	1.86	87	10
3	[4]	American University in Bulgaria → Economics Department, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria	2.21	7	7
4	[3]	Bulgarian Academy of Sciences → Economic Research Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria	4.36	43	10
-	[-]	Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski → Faculty of Economics and Business Administration → Center for Economic Theories and Economic Policies, Sofia, Bulgaria	4.65	1	1
5	[7]	Varna University of Management, Varna, Bulgaria	4.75	2	2
6	[5]	University of Economics, Varna, Bulgaria	5.11	44	10
7	[6]	Institute of Agricultural Economics (IAE), Sofia, Bulgaria	6.50	5	5
-	[-]	University of National and World Economy → Business Faculty, Sofia, Bulgaria	7.10	4	4
8	[8]	New Bulgarian University → Department of Economics, Sofia, Bulgaria	8.14	5	4.80

Top authors, all publications years

Rank	W.Rank	Author	Score
1	[2]	Aleksandar Vasilev	1.63
2	[4]	Jeffrey H. Nilsen	2.50
3	[3]	Nikolay Nenovsky	3.52
4	[1]	Hrabrin Ianouchev Bachev	5.17
5	[6]	Stanislav Hristov Ivanov	5.67
6	[7]	Henrik Egbert	8.51
7	[18]	Karrar Hussain	8.87
8	[14]	Deyan Radev	10.06
9	[12]	Taner Turan	11.10
10	[9]	Tamara Peneva Todorova	11.99
11	[5]	Eduard Vasilev Marinov	12.96
12	[27]	Nikos Fatouros	13.57
13	[20]	Desislava Ivanova Yordanova	14.89
14	[11]	Rossitsa Rangelova	16.00
15	[26]	Стефан Петранов (Stefan Petranov)	17.26
16	[15]	Iskra Beleva	17.59
17	[30]	Mariya Peneva	18.51
18	[29]	Georgy Ganev	18.51
19	[39]	Kalina Dimitrova Hadjinedelcheva	19.34
20	[32]	Mariya Neycheva	21.60
21	[8]	Ивайло Иванов Стайков (Ivaylo Ivanov Staykov)	22.14
22	[28]	Kaloyan Ganev	24.60
23	[24]	Пламен Д. Чипев (Plamen D. Tchipev) (Plamen D. Tchipev)	24.86
24	[59]	Dimitar Metodiev Terziev	24.93
25	[31]	Ралица Симеонова-Ганева (Ralitsa Simeonova-Ganeva)	24.95
26	[22]	Ivan Krumov Todorov	26.59
27	[10]	Teodor Sedlarski	27.69
28	[23]	Kiril Dimitrov	28.18
29	[21]	Alla Valentinovna Kirova	28.47
30	[16]	Росица Добрева Чобанова (Rossitsa Chobanova)	29.64
31	[19]	Pencho Denchev Penchev	29.80
32	[13]	Anton Gerunov	29.88
33	[33]	Stoyan Totev	31.02
34	[35]	Irena Zareva	31.61
35	[55]	Nedka Ivanova	31.79
36	[36]	Mariana Mateeva Petrova	32.41
37	[25]	Tsvetelina Ivanova Marinova (Tsvetelina Marinova)	32.48
38	[41]	Daniela Ventsislavova Georgieva	33.83
39	[34]	Garabed Minassian	35.13
40	[43]	Venelin Boshnakov	37.44
41	[63]	Svilena Mihaylova	37.76
42	[60]	Митко Димитров (Mitko Dimitrov)	40.41
43	[78]	Evi Tsavou	40.92
44	[75]	Didar Erdinç (Didar Erdinc)	42.07
45	[54]	Daniela Bobeva	44.39
46	[42]	Christina Lazarova Nikolova (Christina Nikolova)	44.78
47	[56]	Yuli Tododrov Radev	44.79
48	[44]	Kristina Stefanova	45.94
49	[17]	Michal Stojanov (Mihal Stoyanov)	46.70
50	[40]	Georgi Shopov	47.81
51	[45]	Петър Илков Пешев (Petar Ilkov Peshev)	48.34
52	[61]	Gergana Ilieva Mihaylova-Borisova	48.63
53	[67]	Андрияна Йовчева Андреева (Andriyana Andreeva)	49.41
54	[38]	Victor Ivanov Yotzov	49.61
55	[49]	Paskal Zhelev	49.82
56	[47]	Iskra Christova-Balkanska	50.44
57	[52]	Atanas Atanasov	51.03
58	[48]	Spartak Keremidchiev	53.18
59	[84]	Matilda Alexandrova	53.97
60	[64]	Bozhidar Lyudmilov Nedev	54.97
61	[91]	Petar Pandushev Chobanov	56.19
62	[62]	Stela Stoyanova Raleva	57.33
63	[70]	Tatiana Stefanova Houbenova-Delisivkova	59.64
64	[51]	Pobeda Vassileva Loukanova	62.19
65	[66]	Tsvetana Stoyanova	65.27
66	[74]	Yanko Hristozov	65.81
67	[114]	Vladislav Ivaylov Krastev	66.07
68	[53]	Shterjy Nozharov	66.38

Top authors, publications last 10 years

Rank	W.Rank	Author	Score
1	[1]	Aleksandar Vasilev	2.78
2	[4]	Stanislav Hristov Ivanov	2.82
3	[9]	Karrar Hussain	4.48
4	[2]	Hrabrin Ianouchev Bachev	4.75
5	[6]	Taner Turan	4.85
6	[13]	Nikos Fatouros	6.63
7	[12]	Mariya Peneva	6.81
8	[3]	Nikolay Nenovsky	7.07
9	[16]	Deyan Radev	10.05
10	[18]	Desislava Ivanova Yordanova	10.42
11	[8]	Mariana Mateeva Petrova	12.22
12	[28]	Ралица Симеонова-Ганева (Ralitsa Simeonova-Ganeva)	14.03
13	[5]	Eduard Vasilev Marinov	14.65
14	[22]	Tamara Peneva Todorova	16.40
15	[45]	Dimitar Metodiev Terziev	16.98
16	[11]	Tsvetelina Ivanova Marinova (Tsvetelina Marinova)	17.75
17	[23]	Daniela Ventsislavova Georgieva	19.30
18	[21]	Ivan Krumov Todorov	19.56
19	[20]	Kiril Dimitrov	19.98
20	[24]	Kristina Stefanova	20.81
21	[63]	Evi Tsavou	23.10
22	[34]	Андрияна Йовчева Андреева (Andriyana Andreeva)	23.52
23	[32]	Bozhidar Lyudmilov Nedev	24.50
24	[10]	Teodor Sedlarski	25.54
25	[19]	Pencho Denchev Penchev	26.56
26	[31]	Atanas Atanasov	28.01
27	[15]	Anton Gerunov	28.67
28	[48]	Irena Zareva	28.70
29	[7]	Henrik Egbert	30.97
30	[38]	Росица Добрева Чобанова (Rossitsa Chobanova)	31.03
31	[83]	Vladislav Ivaylov Krastev	31.12
32	[41]	Tsvetana Stoyanova	31.31
33	[37]	Yanko Hristozov	32.94
34	[43]	Daniela Bobeva	33.21
35	[33]	Christina Lazarova Nikolova (Christina Nikolova)	35.50
36	[30]	Alla Valentinovna Kirova	35.78
37	[29]	Victor Ivanov Yotzov	36.76
38	[14]	Michal Stojanov (Mihal Stoyanov)	37.69
39	[35]	Sonya Georgieva Georgieva	38.10
40	[17]	Ивайло Иванов Стайков (Ivaylo Ivanov Staykov)	38.25
41	[26]	Петър Илков Пешев (Petar Ilkov Peshev)	38.26
42	[40]	Angel Angelov	40.42
43	[80]	Mariya Neycheva	41.74
44	[60]	Silvia Parusheva	41.87
45	[46]	Paskal Zhelev	43.53
46	[42]	Pavel Petrov	43.84
47	[67]	Venelin Boshnakov	44.83
48	[53]	Spartak Keremidchiev	44.92
49	[57]	Snezhana Dineva Sulova	45.13
50	[49]	Стефан Петранов (Stefan Petranov)	45.88
51	[44]	Vania Petrova Ivanova	46.01
52	[50]	Marieta Borisova Hristova	47.17
53	[52]	Kaloyan Ganev	47.37
54	[27]	Julian Andreev Vasilev	47.44
55	[36]	Shterjy Nozharov	47.54
56	[79]	Georgi Shopov	48.32
57	[25]	Damyan Kirechev	48.36
58	[75]	Silvia Zarkova	50.47
59	[92]	Borislava Borislavova Galabova	50.57
60	[87]	Plamena Nedyalkova	52.74
61	[85]	Zhelyo Zhelev	53.21
62	[51]	Пламен Д. Чипев (Plamen D. Tchipev) (Plamen D. Tchipev)	53.30
63	[81]	Hristina Harizanova-Bartos	55.33
64	[84]	Milena Slavcheva	55.97
65	[61]	Rossitsa Rangelova	56.35
66	[99]	Mihail Yanchev	57.87
67	[98]	Silviya Hristova Bratoeva-Manoleva	57.96
68	[78]	Pobeda Vassileva Loukanova	59.37

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Author registration, institution database, and ranking computations by Christian Zimmermann.
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