Small in size, but grand in spirit — Macedonia stands as a nation of heritage, resilience, and untapped brilliance. In a region rich with culture and complexity, it is now making a bold mark on the academic map of Europe. No longer a silent observer, Macedonia is becoming a voice [...]
Read MoreA Deep Dive into the Country’s Most Influential Researchers Slovenia, long recognized for its academic rigor and scientific contribution within Central and Southeastern Europe, continues to lead in scholarly impact across multiple disciplines. The Academic Ranking of Balkan Universities (ARBU) for 2025 reinforces this status by highlighting Slovenia’s strong presence [...]
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Marketing Small in size, but grand in spirit — Macedonia stands as a nation of heritage, resilience, and untapped brilliance. In a region rich with culture and complexity, it is now making a bold mark on the academic map of Europe. No longer a silent observer, Macedonia is becoming a voice of knowledge, research, and scientific innovation—one that speaks with […]
Marketing A Deep Dive into the Country’s Most Influential Researchers Slovenia, long recognized for its academic rigor and scientific contribution within Central and Southeastern Europe, continues to lead in scholarly impact across multiple disciplines. The Academic Ranking of Balkan Universities (ARBU) for 2025 reinforces this status by highlighting Slovenia’s strong presence in the regional top-tier of cited academics. Let’s explore […]
Marketing Rising Academic Influence in the Western Balkans In recent years, Albania’s academic community has made significant strides in increasing its international visibility and research output. While still a relatively small player in the regional academic landscape, Albania is steadily cultivating a core group of scholars whose work is gaining traction globally. The Academic Ranking of Balkan Universities (ARBU), which […]
Marketing Shaping Research and Reputation Across the Region As academic impact becomes a key measure of institutional quality and individual scholarly excellence, the Academic Ranking of Balkan Universities (ARBU) provides a data-driven snapshot of research influence across the region. Serbia, a country with a long-standing academic tradition, continues to stand out—particularly in the fields of medical sciences, economics, and organizational […]
Marketing Your Academic Journey Starts With the Right Data Choosing where to study can feel overwhelming—especially in a region with dozens of universities, each offering something different. But what if you could choose based on measurable academic performance rather than outdated reputations? That’s what ARBU offers—a smarter way to select your future university. What Makes a University the “Right” Choice? […]
Marketing Meet the Regional Leaders in Academic Influence With the 2025 data in, the Academic Ranking of Balkan Universities (ARBU) has identified the top-performing institutions based on Google Scholar citation counts. These rankings provide a data-driven snapshot of where the most impactful research is coming from in the Balkans—and the results are eye-opening. Let’s explore the Top 5 Most-Cited Universities […]
Marketing The New Era of Academic Credibility in the Balkans In today’s knowledge-driven world, academic reputation matters more than ever—not just for prestige, but for real-world opportunities, research funding, international collaboration, and most importantly, for students choosing where to study. Yet, until now, the Balkans lacked a reliable, transparent, and region-specific system to assess the academic strength of its universities […]
Marketing In a new era of higher education marked by international rivalry, university rankings have grown in significance. Their emergence has been welcomed with a great deal of skepticism, some enthusiasm, and institutional uneasiness. They are frequently contentious and a subject of substantial debate. Ranking systems are unavoidable, thus it is critical to consider how they will affect the higher […]
Marketing The dramatic salience of university rankings is usually attributed to a number of macro-level trends, such as neoliberal ideology, the spread of audit culture, and globalization in the broadest sense. We propose that the institutionalization of university rankings cannot be fully accounted for without a better understanding of the meso-level processes that enable it. To explore these, we zoom […]
Marketing Rankings have dramatically proliferated over the past several decades. An often-overlooked impact of this proliferation is that it has facilitated the institutionalization of an imaginary of the modern world as a stratified order, whose actors are imagined as continuously striving to perform better than others. To better understand this impact, we need to take a closer look at rankings’ […]