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Biography
Adrian Stancu is a Ph.D., full professor, in the Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania. He completed his PhD studies at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Sciences, Romania, and his postdoctoral studies at the Romanian Academy. He has published over 95 papers in journals and conference proceedings, four books, and 12 book chapters. He is an associate editor and reviewer of 15 international journals (Routledge, MDPI, IEEE, and IGI Global). He has received 8 awards, including the MDPI 2024 Top 1000 Reviewers and Best Researcher in 2024 and 2025. His interests include food and non-food science, product quality and forgery, renewable resources, consumer behavior, and the application of artificial intelligence and IoT in economics.
Affiliations
Petroleum & Gas University of Ploieşti
Ploieşti, Prahova, Romania
Honors and Awards
Silver Medal Diploma
Festival of Innovation and Technological Transfer, FITT-Muntenia 2025, 17-20 Nov 2025, Romania
For the paper Rosca C.M., Stancu, A., Quality assessment of GPT-3.5 and Gemini 1.0 Pro for SQL syntax. Computer Standards & Interfaces, 2026, Vol. 95, 104041. WOS:001522328900001. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csi.2025.104041
2024 Top 1000 Reviewers
MDPI
Diploma of Gold Medal
4th edition of IDEA, 11–12 September 2025, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
for Popescu C, Gabor MR, Stancu A. Predictors for Green Energy vs. Fossil Fuels: The Case of Industrial Waste and Biogases in European Union Context. Agronomy, Volume 14, no. 7, 2024, 1459. WOS:001276460400001. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14071459
Best Young Researcher Under 45 (2024)
Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti
Highest Cumulative Impact Factor (2024)
Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti
Outstanding Reviewer Award
MDPI
Awarded by Computation in 2026
Experience
Prof. Dr.
Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiești, Ploieşti, Romania
01 Feb 2016 - present
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiești, Ploieşti, Romania
01 Mar 2013 - 01 Feb 2016
Lecturer Dr.
Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiești, Ploieşti, Romania
01 Oct 2009 - 01 Mar 2013
Assist. Lecturer
Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiești, Ploieşti, Romania
01 Oct 2006 - 01 Sep 2009
Tutor
Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiești, Ploieşti, Romania
01 Feb 2004 - 01 Sep 2006
Referent
Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiești, Ploieşti, Romania
01 Oct 2003 - 01 Feb 2004