While the latter were transforming their NAS into a Soviet typeacademy, in the 1970s the Ceausescupolitical regime did just the opposite: the Romanian Academy of Scienceswas detached from its 51 research institutes and was transformed into a Western type of academy, i.e. an association of the science elite(Glenday,1993).
Kui viimased muutsid oma teaduste akadeemiad Nõukogude tüüpi akadeemiateks, siis Ceausescu poliitiline režiim toimis 1970-ndatel aastatel vastupidiselt: Rumeenia Teaduste Akadeemia eraldati selle 51 uurimisinstituudist ja muudeti lääne tüüpi akadeemiaks, s.t teaduse eliidi ühenduseks (Glenday, 1993).