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Research in Alajuela

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Alajuela, Costa Rica. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Central American Adventist University and Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de Empresas.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
476
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
12.1%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Alajuela?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de EmpresasUniversity 324 #26,445
2Central American Adventist UniversityUniversity 152 #25,372

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which keywords describe research in Alajuela?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Epidemiology, Climate Change, Sustainability, Globalization, Population Dynamics, Invasive Species and Diagnosis.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology10▲ 1.86×33 topics
  2. Climate Change8▲ 2.2×23 topics
  3. Sustainability7▲ 2.2×15 topics
  4. Biodiversity7▲ 6.9×17 topics
  5. Globalization6▲ 2.5×15 topics
  6. Diagnosis4▲ 3.6×10 topics
  7. Innovation4▲ 3.0×12 topics
  8. Invasive Species4▲ 6.4×12 topics
  9. Social Capital4▲ 5.2×8 topics
  10. Treatment4▲ 2.3×9 topics
  11. Quality of Life4▲ 1.78×12 topics
  12. Sustainable Development4▲ 1.62×13 topics
  13. Economic Development3▲ 3.1×6 topics
  14. Population Dynamics3▲ 10×10 topics
  15. Entrepreneurship3▲ 6.2×3 topics
  16. Social Impact3▲ 5.9×6 topics
  17. Conservation3▲ 5.3×13 topics
  18. Economic Growth3▲ 2.7×10 topics
  19. Complications3▲ 4.3×5 topics
  20. Low- and Middle-Income Countries3▲ 39×2 topics
  21. Corporate Governance3▲ 2.7×8 topics
  22. Health System Reform3▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Evolution3▲ 7.7×9 topics
  24. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 8.6×3 topics
  25. Health Financing3▲ 54×1 topic
  26. Nutrition3▲ 4.3×4 topics
  27. Universal Coverage3▲ 54×1 topic
  28. Ecosystem Services2▲ 4.7×4 topics
  29. Health Promotion2▲ 5.5×7 topics
  30. Children2▲ 6.9×3 topics
  31. Emerging Markets2▲ 24×1 topic
  32. Frugal Innovation2▲ 30×1 topic
  33. Taxonomy2▲ 12×7 topics
  34. Adults2▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Conservation Biology2▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 5.0×6 topics
  37. Fatty Acids2▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Global Trade2▲ 6.7×4 topics
  39. International Trade2▲ 8.3×2 topics
  40. Phylogeny2▲ 7.8×6 topics

What research is done in Alajuela?

  1. 1 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 3 works
  2. 2 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 2 works
  3. 3 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  4. 4 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
  5. 5 Plant and soil sciences General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  6. 6 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 works
  8. 8 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Nuts composition and effects Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  10. 10 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 1 works

Research output over time

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