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Research in Barranquilla

Science Explorer records 14 research institutions in Barranquilla, Colombia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidad del Norte, University of the Coast and Universidad Simón Bolívar.

Research institutions
14
8 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
13k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
85k
6.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Barranquilla

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 Barranquilla?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidad del NorteUniversity 4,045 #2,500
2University of the CoastUniversity 2,498 #2,514
3Universidad Simón BolívarUniversity 2,435 #4,248
4University of AtlánticoUniversity 1,737 #7,358
5Universidad Autónoma del CaribeUniversity 821 #10,446
6Corporación Universitaria AmericanaUniversity 472 #11,342
7Universidad MetropolitanaUniversity 388 #12,193
8Corporación Universitaria LatinoamericanaUniversity 142 #28,583 all time
9Corporación Universitaria ReformadaUniversity 139 #20,046
10Corporación Educativa del LitoralUniversity 72 not ranked
11Boston Medical Group (Colombia)Company 55 not ranked
12Corporación Universitaria Empresarial de SalamancaUniversity 48 not ranked
13Politécnico de la Costa AtlánticaUniversity 37 not ranked
14Corporación Universitaria de Ciencias Empresariales, Educación y Salud como proyecto InstitucionalUniversity 12 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.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Universidad del Norte: 31.4%University of the Coast: 19.4%Universidad Simón Bolívar: 18.9%University of Atlántico: 13.5%10 others listed: 16.9%31%largest
Universidad del Norte4,045 · 31.4%University of the Coast2,498 · 19.4%Universidad Simón Bolívar2,435 · 18.9%University of Atlántico1,737 · 13.5%10 others listed2,186 · 16.9%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Barranquilla work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research in Barranquilla is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (19%), Medicine (15%), Engineering (12%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,522 fractional works · 38.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 759 fractional works · 19.0% of its workEducation: 240 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 149 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 62 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 57 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLaw: 39 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 37 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 252 fractional works · 6.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 64 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 62 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAccounting: 49 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 185 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 157 fractional works · 3.9% of its workFinance: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 182 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 54 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 51 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 95 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 49 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,386 fractional works · 34.6% of its workEngineering: 469 fractional works · 11.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 73 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 69 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 63 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 60 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 41 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 298 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPollution: 47 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 47 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 44 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 36 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 275 fractional works · 6.9% of its workInformation Systems: 94 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 51 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 50 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 71 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 66 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 60 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 49 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 54 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeophysics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 42 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 41 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 791 fractional works · 19.8% of its workMedicine: 619 fractional works · 15.5% of its workSurgery: 90 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 63 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 47 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 40 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 40 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 153 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 72 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 305 fractional works · 7.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 131 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPlant Science: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 96 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 45 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 42 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKBarranquilla4,003fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences38%

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. Social Sciences1,52238.0%
    1. Social Sciences75919.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2526.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1854.6%
    4. Psychology1824.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities952.4%
    6. Decision Sciences491.2%
    1. Engineering46911.7%
    2. Environmental Science2987.4%
    3. Computer Science2756.9%
    4. Materials Science711.8%
    5. Mathematics661.7%
    6. Energy601.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences541.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy421.0%
    9. Chemistry411.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering90.2%
    1. Medicine61915.5%
    2. Health Professions1533.8%
    3. Nursing100.2%
    4. Dentistry80.2%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1313.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology962.4%
    3. Neuroscience421.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology250.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics100.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Barranquilla strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Barranquilla is most concentrated in General Social Sciences, Computer Science Applications and Occupational Therapy (5.8× the world share in General Social Sciences).

  1. General Social SciencesSubfield · 22.7 works5.8×
  2. Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 46.7 works5.3×
  3. Occupational TherapySubfield · 30.1 works5.0×
← 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: 0.68× its world share, 114 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 81 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.62× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 36 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.65× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.56× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.67× its world share, 37 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.91× its world share, 250 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 47 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.68× its world share, 55 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.80× its world share, 428 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.52× its world share, 269 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.49× its world share, 60 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.24× its world share, 52 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.50× its world share, 39 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.49× its world share, 140 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.78× its world share, 532 worksMedicineNursing: 0.46× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.81× its world share, 84 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.97× its world share, 226 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 44 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.32× its world share, 176 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.45× its world share, 157 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 675 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.32×176 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting1.97×226 works
  3. Energy1.68×55 works
  4. Environmental Science1.52×269 works
  5. Social Sciences1.50×675 works
  6. Health Professions1.49×140 works
  7. Psychology1.45×157 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.28×44 works
  9. Mathematics1.24×52 works
  10. Computer Science0.91×250 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.85×47 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.81×84 works
  13. Engineering0.80×428 works
  14. Medicine0.78×532 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.68×114 works
  16. Chemistry0.67×37 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.65×8 works
  18. Neuroscience0.63×36 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.62×22 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.56×7 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.50×39 works
  22. Materials Science0.49×60 works
  23. Nursing0.46×8 works
  24. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.43×81 works
  25. Dentistry0.35×6 works
  26. Veterinary0.15×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Barranquilla?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Small and Medium Enterprises, Innovation, Digital Marketing, Social Responsibility, Urban Development, Innovation Ecosystems and Competitiveness.

▲ 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. Education285▲ 4.1×76 topics
  2. Sustainability204▲ 2.1×87 topics
  3. Innovation177▲ 4.3×50 topics
  4. Epidemiology156◆ 0.98×131 topics
  5. Globalization147▲ 1.87×78 topics
  6. Small and Medium Enterprises139▲ 20×8 topics
  7. Environmental Impact136▲ 2.0×50 topics
  8. Climate Change135▲ 1.24×92 topics
  9. Digital Marketing134▲ 8.6×4 topics
  10. Social Responsibility124▲ 13×8 topics
  11. Educational Technology119▲ 2.5×35 topics
  12. Urban Development118▲ 8.4×14 topics
  13. Economic Impact115▲ 5.4×8 topics
  14. Teacher Training115▲ 4.7×22 topics
  15. Innovation Ecosystems114▲ 28×2 topics
  16. Sustainable Development113▲ 1.81×66 topics
  17. Competitiveness107▲ 34×6 topics
  18. Globalization Effects107▲ 39×2 topics
  19. Renewable Energy106▲ 1.83×40 topics
  20. Tourism Management106▲ 38×2 topics
  21. City Branding106▲ 42×1 topic
  22. Psychopharmacology Education106▲ 42×1 topic
  23. COVID-19103▲ 1.98×29 topics
  24. Mental Health102▲ 1.79×38 topics
  25. Knowledge Management101▲ 4.6×20 topics
  26. E-Learning92▲ 2.4×16 topics
  27. Health Promotion88▲ 7.0×17 topics
  28. Pedagogy87▲ 4.3×16 topics
  29. Organizational Culture77▲ 5.0×11 topics
  30. Distance Learning74▲ 5.3×10 topics
  31. Social Impact72▲ 4.6×17 topics
  32. Latin America71▲ 9.3×20 topics
  33. Digital Divide58▲ 5.6×7 topics
  34. ICT54▲ 10×5 topics
  35. Online Education54▲ 7.0×5 topics
  36. University Students51▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Digital Competence51▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Informal Learning51▲ 9.8×4 topics
  39. Virtual Teaching50▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Occupational Health47▲ 10×7 topics

What research is done in Barranquilla?

Business, Innovation, an…102Business, Innovation, and Economy: 102 fractional worksEducational Innovations …46Educational Innovations and Technology: 46 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Tr…32Education and Teacher Training: 32 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 32 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety in Workplaces: 26 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 26 fractional worksBusiness, Education, Mathematics Research: 23 fractional worksHistory and Politics in Latin America: 23 fractional worksDiverse Applied Research Studies: 22 fractional worksEducational and Organizational Development: 22 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsInformation SystemsEducationGeneral Health Professions6 others

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

  1. 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 102 works
  2. 2 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 46 works
  3. 3 Education and Teacher Training Education 32 works
  4. 4 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 32 works
  5. 5 Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces Occupational Therapy 26 works
  6. 6 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 26 works
  7. 7 Business, Education, Mathematics Research Accounting 23 works
  8. 8 History and Politics in Latin America Demography 23 works
  9. 9 Diverse Applied Research Studies Sociology and Political Science 22 works
  10. 10 Educational and Organizational Development Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 22 works

Research output over time

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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%Barranquilla16.6% 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 18.4% in 2019.

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