Top Institutions and Economists in Bulgaria, as of May 2026

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There are 9321 institutions with 73501 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 267 members with a total share of 264.50.

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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	1.53	29	26.54
2	[1]	University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria	2.22	87	85.82
3	[4]	American University in Bulgaria → Economics Department, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria	2.45	6	6
4	[3]	Bulgarian Academy of Sciences → Economic Research Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria	3.67	42	39.25
-	[-]	Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski → Faculty of Economics and Business Administration → Center for Economic Theories and Economic Policies, Sofia, Bulgaria	3.82	1	1
5	[5]	University of Economics, Varna, Bulgaria	5.66	44	43.50
6	[6]	Institute of Agricultural Economics (IAE), Sofia, Bulgaria	5.99	5	5
7	[7]	Varna University of Management, Varna, Bulgaria	6.02	2	2
8	[8]	New Bulgarian University → Department of Economics, Sofia, Bulgaria	8.74	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	1.72	29	10
2	[1]	University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria	1.78	87	10
3	[6]	American University in Bulgaria → Economics Department, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria	3.50	6	6
4	[3]	Bulgarian Academy of Sciences → Economic Research Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria	4.23	42	10
5	[7]	Varna University of Management, Varna, Bulgaria	4.37	2	2
-	[-]	Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski → Faculty of Economics and Business Administration → Center for Economic Theories and Economic Policies, Sofia, Bulgaria	4.76	1	1
6	[4]	University of Economics, Varna, Bulgaria	4.96	44	10
7	[5]	Institute of Agricultural Economics (IAE), Sofia, Bulgaria	6.19	5	5
-	[-]	University of National and World Economy → Business Faculty, Sofia, Bulgaria	6.76	4	4
8	[8]	New Bulgarian University → Department of Economics, Sofia, Bulgaria	7.78	5	4.80

Top authors, all publications years

Rank	W.Rank	Author	Score
1	[2]	Aleksandar Vasilev	1.75
2	[7]	Jeffrey H. Nilsen	3.36
3	[3]	Nikolay Nenovsky	3.54
4	[1]	Hrabrin Ianouchev Bachev	5.71
5	[6]	Stanislav Hristov Ivanov	6.14
6	[9]	Henrik Egbert	7.87
7	[26]	Karrar Hussain	8.77
8	[22]	Deyan Radev	9.90
9	[10]	Tamara Peneva Todorova	11.06
10	[5]	Eduard Vasilev Marinov	13.12
11	[37]	Nikos Fatouros	13.38
12	[24]	Desislava Ivanova Yordanova	13.52
13	[11]	Rossitsa Rangelova	14.82
14	[39]	Mariya Peneva	16.42
15	[31]	Стефан Петранов (Stefan Petranov)	16.88
16	[18]	Iskra Beleva	16.92
17	[48]	Kalina Dimitrova Hadjinedelcheva	18.10
18	[21]	Georgy Ganev	18.59
19	[4]	Ивайло Иванов Стайков (Ivaylo Ivanov Staykov)	20.08
20	[36]	Mariya Neycheva	20.24
21	[40]	Ралица Симеонова-Ганева (Ralitsa Simeonova-Ganeva)	21.32
22	[68]	Dimitar Metodiev Terziev	23.04
23	[8]	Teodor Sedlarski	23.22
24	[42]	Kaloyan Ganev	23.87
25	[23]	Пламен Д. Чипев (Plamen D. Tchipev) (Plamen D. Tchipev)	23.97
26	[16]	Kiril Dimitrov	23.99
27	[12]	Pencho Denchev Penchev	24.53
28	[17]	Ivan Krumov Todorov	25.12
29	[13]	Росица Добрева Чобанова (Rossitsa Chobanova)	26.64
30	[20]	Alla Valentinovna Kirova	26.84
31	[15]	Anton Gerunov	27.59
32	[30]	Irena Zareva	29.24
33	[64]	Nedka Ivanova	29.33
34	[32]	Stoyan Totev	29.38
35	[25]	Tsvetelina Ivanova Marinova (Tsvetelina Marinova)	29.72
36	[38]	Mariana Mateeva Petrova	29.88
37	[34]	Daniela Ventsislavova Georgieva	30.80
38	[19]	Garabed Minassian	31.60
39	[72]	Svilena Mihaylova	34.29
40	[92]	Evi Tsavou	34.79
41	[43]	Venelin Boshnakov	35.68
42	[66]	Митко Димитров (Mitko Dimitrov)	38.10
43	[14]	Michal Stojanov (Mihal Stoyanov)	39.74
44	[28]	Christina Lazarova Nikolova (Christina Nikolova)	40.54
45	[27]	Georgi Shopov	41.18
46	[90]	Didar Erdinç (Didar Erdinc)	41.36
47	[52]	Yuli Tododrov Radev	42.20
48	[33]	Kristina Stefanova	42.74
49	[60]	Daniela Bobeva	42.81
50	[29]	Victor Ivanov Yotzov	43.96
51	[44]	Петър Илков Пешев (Petar Ilkov Peshev)	44.47
52	[93]	Matilda Alexandrova	44.48
53	[75]	Андрияна Йовчева Андреева (Andriyana Andreeva)	45.35
54	[62]	Gergana Ilieva Mihaylova-Borisova	45.61
55	[55]	Atanas Atanasov	46.15
56	[53]	Paskal Zhelev	47.62
57	[69]	Bozhidar Lyudmilov Nedev	48.46
58	[47]	Iskra Christova-Balkanska	48.79
59	[104]	Petar Pandushev Chobanov	49.78
60	[56]	Spartak Keremidchiev	50.89
61	[71]	Tatiana Stefanova Houbenova-Delisivkova	54.17
62	[59]	Stela Stoyanova Raleva	54.73
63	[51]	Pobeda Vassileva Loukanova	58.67
64	[73]	Yanko Hristozov	59.72
65	[57]	Shterjy Nozharov	60.13
66	[113]	Dimitre Nikolov Nikolov, Sr.	60.30
67	[35]	Daniela Miltchova Feschiyan	60.45

Top authors, publications last 10 years

Rank	W.Rank	Author	Score
1	[1]	Aleksandar Vasilev	3.18
2	[5]	Stanislav Hristov Ivanov	3.53
3	[2]	Hrabrin Ianouchev Bachev	4.96
4	[23]	Karrar Hussain	5.24
5	[31]	Nikos Fatouros	6.80
6	[22]	Mariya Peneva	7.26
7	[3]	Nikolay Nenovsky	7.27
8	[35]	Desislava Ivanova Yordanova	9.04
9	[24]	Deyan Radev	9.05
10	[14]	Mariana Mateeva Petrova	11.30
11	[40]	Ралица Симеонова-Ганева (Ralitsa Simeonova-Ganeva)	11.31
12	[4]	Eduard Vasilev Marinov	14.60
13	[28]	Tamara Peneva Todorova	14.66
14	[56]	Dimitar Metodiev Terziev	15.87
15	[21]	Kiril Dimitrov	16.83
16	[15]	Tsvetelina Ivanova Marinova (Tsvetelina Marinova)	17.13
17	[8]	Kristina Stefanova	18.73
18	[33]	Ivan Krumov Todorov	18.90
19	[11]	Daniela Ventsislavova Georgieva	18.99
20	[77]	Evi Tsavou	20.19
21	[6]	Teodor Sedlarski	21.48
22	[44]	Андрияна Йовчева Андреева (Andriyana Andreeva)	22.13
23	[38]	Bozhidar Lyudmilov Nedev	22.23
24	[57]	Irena Zareva	23.90
25	[13]	Henrik Egbert	25.08
26	[17]	Pencho Denchev Penchev	25.24
27	[7]	Ивайло Иванов Стайков (Ivaylo Ivanov Staykov)	25.74
28	[18]	Anton Gerunov	25.83
29	[29]	Atanas Atanasov	26.38
30	[16]	Angel Angelov	28.08
31	[95]	Vladislav Ivaylov Krastev	28.17
32	[37]	Росица Добрева Чобанова (Rossitsa Chobanova)	29.96
33	[52]	Tsvetana Stoyanova	30.08
34	[42]	Yanko Hristozov	30.10
35	[10]	Victor Ivanov Yotzov	30.68
36	[46]	Daniela Bobeva	31.89
37	[20]	Christina Lazarova Nikolova (Christina Nikolova)	32.33
38	[9]	Michal Stojanov (Mihal Stoyanov)	32.69
39	[41]	Sonya Georgieva Georgieva	34.02
40	[34]	Alla Valentinovna Kirova	34.42
41	[30]	Петър Илков Пешев (Petar Ilkov Peshev)	35.42
42	[69]	Silvia Parusheva	37.23
43	[27]	Paskal Zhelev	37.76
44	[85]	Mariya Neycheva	38.18
45	[65]	Snezhana Dineva Sulova	38.93
46	[66]	Venelin Boshnakov	40.10
47	[19]	Marieta Borisova Hristova	40.31
48	[12]	Damyan Kirechev	41.08
49	[48]	Pavel Petrov	41.94
50	[36]	Shterjy Nozharov	41.99
51	[47]	Kaloyan Ganev	42.06
52	[39]	Julian Andreev Vasilev	42.07
53	[61]	Spartak Keremidchiev	42.32
54	[43]	Vania Petrova Ivanova	42.55
55	[74]	Silvia Zarkova	43.84
56	[58]	Стефан Петранов (Stefan Petranov)	43.93
57	[79]	Georgi Shopov	45.14
58	[105]	Borislava Borislavova Galabova	47.09
59	[91]	Plamena Nedyalkova	48.63
60	[25]	Georgy Ganev	48.69
61	[64]	Rossitsa Rangelova	49.15
62	[45]	Пламен Д. Чипев (Plamen D. Tchipev) (Plamen D. Tchipev)	49.25
63	[32]	Velichka Nikolova	50.03
64	[98]	Zhelyo Zhelev	50.24
65	[110]	Mihail Yanchev	51.67
66	[86]	Hristina Harizanova-Bartos	52.93
67	[94]	Milena Slavcheva	53.01

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