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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
479,773
Country Rank
289
Institution Rank : 1
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![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
![Stoyanka Peneva](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
pre-main sequence stars
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,724
793
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
531,111
Country Rank
342
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
![Daniela Kirilova](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/fd/4413319.jpg)
cosmology
astroparticle physics
neutrino physics
theoretical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,480
399
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
537,619
Country Rank
349
Institution Rank : 3
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
![Antoaneta Antonova](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d5/4413308.jpg)
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,452
518
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
612,466
Country Rank
442
Institution Rank : 4
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
![Ilian Kh. Iliev](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e5/4413342.jpg)
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Stellar Atmospheres
Binary Stars
Stellar Spectra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,171
244
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
620,100
Country Rank
454
Institution Rank : 5
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
![Kamen Kozarev](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Space Physics
Solar Physics
Space Weather
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,146
666
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
793,704
Country Rank
702
Institution Rank : 6
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
![Rositsa Miteva](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6e/4484534.jpg)
Solar physics
Space weather
SEPs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
704
473
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
938,812
Country Rank
967
Institution Rank : 7
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
![Radoslav Yoshinov](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Education
Computer Science
Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
444
370
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
950,911
Country Rank
995
Institution Rank : 8
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
![Kostov A](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
426
206
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
951,923
Country Rank
997
Institution Rank : 9
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
![Teodora Ivanova](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
424
373
0.880
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
965,826
Country Rank
1,032
Institution Rank : 10
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
![Borislav Spassov](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c5/4500879.jpg)
Cosmology
Blazars
Cataclysmic Variables
Symbiotic Novae
Flare Stars
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
404
225
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
968,435
Country Rank
1,037
Institution Rank : 11
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
![Danila Cherkashin|Данила Черкашин](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/9e/5359345.jpg)
hypergraph coloring
metric chromatic number
Euclidean Steiner problem
maximal distance minimizers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
400
331
0.828
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
972,805
Country Rank
1,043
Institution Rank : 12
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
![Alexander Kurtenkov](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7b/5058038.jpg)
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
394
307
0.779
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
978,217
Country Rank
1,053
Institution Rank : 13
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
![Alexander Iliev|Alexander Iliev iliev](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/13/4482198.jpg)
Artificial Intelligence
Smart Systems
Emotion Recognition
Digital Signal Processing
Audio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
387
164
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
987,205
Country Rank
1,074
Institution Rank : 14
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
![Strachimir Cht Mavrodiev](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f9/4484781.jpg)
high energy particle physics
nuclear physics
astrophysics
geophysics
environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375
109
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
992,291
Country Rank
1,086
Institution Rank : 15
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
![Tzvetan Ostromsky](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/87/5522884.jpg)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
368
190
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
993,096
Country Rank
1,088
Institution Rank : 16
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
![Diana Filkova](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
chemistry
catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
367
162
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
996,934
Country Rank
1,101
Institution Rank : 17
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
![Vesselin Sinigersky](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
PEM FUEL CELL
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
362
121
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
999,594
Country Rank
1,108
Institution Rank : 18
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
![Daniela Dzhonova-Atanasova](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Heat and Mass Transfer Processes
Fluid Dynamics
Energy Efficiency in Chemical Engineering and Renewable Energy Resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
358
295
0.824
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,000,414
Country Rank
1,111
Institution Rank : 19
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
![Velin Andonov](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/32/5200704.jpg)
Mathematical modeling
Modeling of telecommunication systems
Generalized nets
Intuitionistic fuzzy sets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
357
274
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,001,481
Country Rank
1,115
Institution Rank : 20
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
![Garo Mardirossian](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f5/4501167.jpg)
Aerospace
Geophysics
Remote Sensing
Natural Hazards
Space and Geophysics Instrument Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
356
150
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,003,044
Country Rank
1,120
Institution Rank : 21
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
![Krassimira Ivanova](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d5/4501368.jpg)
Data Mining
Image Retrieval
Data Bases
Information Systems
Digitization of Cultural Heritage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
354
114
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,006,915
Country Rank
1,125
Institution Rank : 22
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
![Valeria Gancheva](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
349
124
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,009,333
Country Rank
1,128
Institution Rank : 23
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
![Snezhana Bakalova](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Computational Chemistry
Stereoselective reactions
Electronic Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
346
86
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,021,620
Country Rank
1,164
Institution Rank : 24
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
![Ventzeslav Valev](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/8a/4484969.jpg)
pattern recognition
machine learning
computer vision
data mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
331
75
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,021,657
Country Rank
1,165
Institution Rank : 25
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
![Petko Kiriazov](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/07/4484337.jpg)
Dynamics and Optimization of Controlled Mechanical Systems: Robotic Manipulators
Mobile Robots
and Mechanical Structures with Active Vibration Control
Control and Rehabilitation of Human Motion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
331
12
0.036
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
479,773
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
289
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
1
Stoyanka Peneva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,724
793
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
531,111
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
342
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
2
Daniela Kirilova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,480
399
0.270
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
cosmology
astroparticle physics
neutrino physics
theoretical physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
537,619
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
349
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
3
Antoaneta Antonova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,452
518
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
612,466
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
442
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
4
Ilian Kh. Iliev
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,171
244
0.208
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Stellar Atmospheres
Binary Stars
Stellar Spectra
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
620,100
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
454
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
5
Kamen Kozarev
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,146
666
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
793,704
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
702
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
6
Rositsa Miteva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
704
473
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
938,812
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
967
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
7
Radoslav Yoshinov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
444
370
0.833
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
Education
Computer Science
Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
950,911
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
995
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
8
Kostov A
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
426
206
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
951,923
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
997
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
9
Teodora Ivanova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
424
373
0.880
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
965,826
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
1,032
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
10
Borislav Spassov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
404
225
0.557
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
Cosmology
Blazars
Cataclysmic Variables
Symbiotic Novae
Flare Stars
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
968,435
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
1,037
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
11
Danila Cherkashin|Данила Черкашин
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
400
331
0.828
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
hypergraph coloring
metric chromatic number
Euclidean Steiner problem
maximal distance minimizers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
972,805
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
1,043
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
12
Alexander Kurtenkov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
394
307
0.779
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
978,217
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
1,053
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
13
Alexander Iliev|Alexander Iliev iliev
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
387
164
0.424
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
Artificial Intelligence
Smart Systems
Emotion Recognition
Digital Signal Processing
Audio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
987,205
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
1,074
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
14
Strachimir Cht Mavrodiev
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375
109
0.291
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
high energy particle physics
nuclear physics
astrophysics
geophysics
environment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
992,291
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
1,086
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
15
Tzvetan Ostromsky
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
368
190
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
993,096
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
1,088
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
16
Diana Filkova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
367
162
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
996,934
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
1,101
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
17
Vesselin Sinigersky
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
362
121
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
999,594
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
1,108
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
18
Daniela Dzhonova-Atanasova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
358
295
0.824
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
Heat and Mass Transfer Processes
Fluid Dynamics
Energy Efficiency in Chemical Engineering and Renewable Energy Resources
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,000,414
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
1,111
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
19
Velin Andonov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
357
274
0.768
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
Mathematical modeling
Modeling of telecommunication systems
Generalized nets
Intuitionistic fuzzy sets
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,001,481
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
1,115
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
20
Garo Mardirossian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
356
150
0.421
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
Aerospace
Geophysics
Remote Sensing
Natural Hazards
Space and Geophysics Instrument Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,003,044
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
1,120
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
21
Krassimira Ivanova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
354
114
0.322
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
Data Mining
Image Retrieval
Data Bases
Information Systems
Digitization of Cultural Heritage
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,006,915
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
1,125
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
22
Valeria Gancheva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
349
124
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,009,333
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
1,128
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
23
Snezhana Bakalova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
346
86
0.249
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
Computational Chemistry
Stereoselective reactions
Electronic Spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,021,620
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
1,164
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
24
Ventzeslav Valev
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
331
75
0.227
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
pattern recognition
machine learning
computer vision
data mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,021,657
![Bulgaria](/flags/bg.png)
1,165
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
25
Petko Kiriazov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
331
12
0.036
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28324.png)
Dynamics and Optimization of Controlled Mechanical Systems: Robotic Manipulators
Mobile Robots
and Mechanical Structures with Active Vibration Control
Control and Rehabilitation of Human Motion