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Research in Arica

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Arica, Chile. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Tarapacá.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.8k
▲ 47% vs 2018-21
Citations
34k
9.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
21.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1975-2026
52 years on the record
Arica

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Arica?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of TarapacáUniversity 3,718 #1,828
2Hospital Regional de Arica Doctor Juan Noé CrevaniHospital / health system 38 not ranked

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

Which fields of science does Arica work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research in Arica is in Physical Sciences, 42% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Physics and Astronomy (10%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 569 fractional works · 42.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 139 fractional works · 10.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 44 fractional works · 3.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 34 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 29 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 23 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInstrumentation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 119 fractional works · 8.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 33 fractional works · 2.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 25 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 83 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEcology: 22 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 64 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 41 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 53 fractional works · 3.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 32 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 31 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 31 fractional works · 2.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 23 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPaleontology: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 18 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 561 fractional works · 41.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 371 fractional works · 27.5% of its workEducation: 84 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 73 fractional works · 5.4% of its workCultural Studies: 57 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 41 fractional works · 3.0% of its workDemography: 23 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnthropology: 22 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLaw: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 75 fractional works · 5.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 31 fractional works · 2.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 61 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 25 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 24 fractional works · 1.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 25 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 18 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 110 fractional works · 8.2% of its workMedicine: 79 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 26 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 109 fractional works · 8.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 56 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPlant Science: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 42 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKArica1,349fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences42%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences42%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy13910.3%
    2. Engineering1198.8%
    3. Environmental Science836.1%
    4. Materials Science644.8%
    5. Computer Science533.9%
    6. Energy322.4%
    7. Mathematics312.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences231.7%
    9. Chemistry181.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering60.4%
    1. Social Sciences37127.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities755.5%
    3. Psychology614.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting251.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance181.4%
    6. Decision Sciences100.8%
    1. Medicine795.9%
    2. Health Professions262.0%
    3. Dentistry30.2%
    4. Nursing10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences564.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology423.1%
    3. Neuroscience60.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology30.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Arica strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Arica is most concentrated in Cultural Studies, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (10.7× the world share in Cultural Studies).

  1. Cultural StudiesSubfield · 52.3 works11×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 29.3 works7.8×
  3. Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSubfield · 24.6 works6.6×
  4. AnthropologySubfield · 20.4 works6.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 50 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 39 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.22× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.82× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 48 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 19 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.62× its world share, 29 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.57× its world share, 103 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.23× its world share, 73 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.16× its world share, 48 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.02× its world share, 28 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 4.43× its world share, 118 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 71 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.05× its world share, 71 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 21 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.63× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.53× its world share, 56 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.24× its world share, 338 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy4.43×118 works
  2. Energy2.62×29 works
  3. Social Sciences2.24×338 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.05×71 works
  5. Mathematics2.02×28 works
  6. Psychology1.53×56 works
  7. Environmental Science1.23×73 works
  8. Chemical Engineering1.22×5 works
  9. Materials Science1.16×48 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.04×19 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.89×50 works
  12. Chemistry0.82×15 works
  13. Health Professions0.74×23 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.72×8 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.63×16 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.61×39 works
  17. Engineering0.57×103 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.55×21 works
  19. Dentistry0.54×3 works
  20. Computer Science0.52×48 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.42×2 works
  22. Medicine0.31×71 works
  23. Neuroscience0.29×6 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.24×3 works
  25. Nursing0.21×1 works
  26. Veterinary0.19×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Arica?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Latin America, Cultural Identity, Indigenous Knowledge, Social Movements, Colonial History, Social Inequality and Community Participation.

▲ 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-now 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. Globalization112▲ 4.2×64 topics
  2. Latin America80▲ 31×19 topics
  3. Education58▲ 2.5×49 topics
  4. Cultural Identity54▲ 8.0×8 topics
  5. Indigenous Knowledge49▲ 35×6 topics
  6. Social Movements46▲ 12×18 topics
  7. Colonial History46▲ 166×3 topics
  8. Social Inequality45▲ 13×12 topics
  9. Community Participation44▲ 9.3×9 topics
  10. Intercultural Education44▲ 43×3 topics
  11. Healthcare Access41▲ 11×8 topics
  12. Mental Health41▲ 2.1×34 topics
  13. Colonialism41▲ 6.4×18 topics
  14. Human Rights39▲ 2.8×25 topics
  15. Nanomaterials38▲ 2.7×16 topics
  16. Migrant Integration38▲ 83×2 topics
  17. Educational Policy36▲ 11×5 topics
  18. Cultural Diversity36▲ 12×8 topics
  19. Racial Discrimination35▲ 59×3 topics
  20. Poetry29▲ 65×2 topics
  21. Interculturalism28▲ 174×1 topic
  22. Mapuche28▲ 174×1 topic
  23. Memory28▲ 8.3×10 topics
  24. Heat Transfer27▲ 4.1×11 topics
  25. Graphene27▲ 3.0×9 topics
  26. Political Violence24▲ 71×3 topics
  27. Dictatorship24▲ 102×2 topics
  28. Knowledge Management24▲ 3.2×13 topics
  29. Chile22▲ 178×1 topic
  30. Pinochet22▲ 178×1 topic
  31. Optical Lattices22▲ 25×3 topics
  32. Educational Leadership19▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Organizational Commitment19▲ 7.1×3 topics
  34. Teacher Development18▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Student Performance18▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Curriculum Design18▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Quality Education18▲ 36×1 topic
  38. School Culture18▲ 36×1 topic
  39. Lattice QCD16▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Historiography16▲ 9.4×8 topics

What research is done in Arica?

Migration, Education, Indigenous Social Dynamics: 29 fractional worksCultural and Social Studies in Latin America: 26 fractional worksPolitical and Social Dyn…21Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America: 21 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Tr…18Education and Teacher Training: 18 fractional worksEnvironmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond: 13 fractional worksLatin American history and culture: 13 fractional worksIndigenous Cultures and …12Indigenous Cultures and History: 12 fractional worksNonlinear Photonic Systems: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 10 fractional worksHistorical Studies in Latin America: 10 fractional works
Cultural StudiesLiterature and Literary TheorySociology and Political ScienceEducation6 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Migration, Education, Indigenous Social Dynamics Cultural Studies 29 works
  2. 2 Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America Literature and Literary Theory 26 works
  3. 3 Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America Sociology and Political Science 21 works
  4. 4 Education and Teacher Training Education 18 works
  5. 5 Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond Ecology 13 works
  6. 6 Latin American history and culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 13 works
  7. 7 Indigenous Cultures and History Anthropology 12 works
  8. 8 Nonlinear Photonic Systems Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 10 works
  9. 9 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 10 works
  10. 10 Historical Studies in Latin America Demography 10 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Arica18.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.3% in 2001.

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