Research in Buenos Aires
Science Explorer records 138 research institutions in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires and National University of General San Martín.
- Research institutions
- 138 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 226k ▼ 13% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 2.9M 12.7 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 10.3% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
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 Buenos Aires?
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Buenos Aires work in?
In 2022-now, 35% of research in Buenos Aires is in Social Sciences, 26% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (22%), Social Sciences (21%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (7%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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
- Social Sciences16k35.3%
- Social Sciences9,40921.2%
- Arts and Humanities3,0876.9%
- Psychology1,6983.8%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance7351.7%
- Business, Management and Accounting6081.4%
- Decision Sciences1800.4%
- Health Sciences12k25.9%
- Medicine9,86022.2%
- Health Professions1,1122.5%
- Nursing2460.6%
- Dentistry1780.4%
- Veterinary1200.3%
- Physical Sciences10k23.2%
- Environmental Science2,6726.0%
- Engineering2,0834.7%
- Computer Science1,4403.2%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1,2682.9%
- Physics and Astronomy9172.1%
- Materials Science7511.7%
- Chemistry4881.1%
- Mathematics3930.9%
- Energy2060.5%
- Chemical Engineering900.2%
- Life Sciences6,93415.6%
What is Buenos Aires strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Buenos Aires is most concentrated in General Social Sciences, General Arts and Humanities and Paleontology (9.5× the world share in General Social Sciences).
- General Social SciencesSubfield · 418.5 works9.5×
- General Arts and HumanitiesSubfield · 74.6 works8.9×
- PaleontologySubfield · 354.2 works7.3×
- Life-span and Life-course StudiesSubfield · 36.3 works5.4×
- AnthropologySubfield · 590.9 works5.2×
- Cultural StudiesSubfield · 800.9 works4.9×
- DevelopmentSubfield · 173.7 works4.3×
- Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 280.5 works4.2×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Arts and Humanities2.49×2,895 works
- Veterinary1.96×108 works
- Social Sciences1.71×8,713 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.62×1,028 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.48×2,830 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.25×508 works
- Psychology1.25×1,539 works
- Environmental Science1.21×2,419 works
- Medicine1.13×8,753 works
- Nursing1.13×224 works
- Neuroscience1.02×670 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.00×2,146 works
- Health Professions0.97×1,031 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.89×799 works
- Dentistry0.85×166 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.80×690 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.72×102 works
- Chemistry0.72×455 works
- Mathematics0.72×344 works
- Chemical Engineering0.60×85 works
- Energy0.52×194 works
- Materials Science0.49×684 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.43×557 works
- Computer Science0.42×1,304 works
- Decision Sciences0.41×158 works
- Engineering0.32×1,934 works
Which keywords describe research in Buenos Aires?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Latin America, Globalization, Social Movements, Epidemiology, Education, History, Gender and Climate Change.
- Constitutionalism
- Participation
- Cultural
- Resistance
- Economy
- Violence
- Invasive Species
- Inequality
- Culture
- Colonialism
- Philosophy
- Cultural Studies
- Literature
- Neoliberalism
- Identity
- Gender
- Social Movements
- Public Health
- Education
- Globalization
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Latin America
- History
- Human Rights
- Sustainability
- Ethics
- Cultural Identity
- Memory
- Biodiversity
- Social Inequality
- Society
- Politics
- Communication
- Health Promotion
- Feminism
- Political Violence
- Welfare State
- Protest
- Dictatorship
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
- Epidemiology2,596▲ 1.47×139 topics
- Globalization2,544▲ 2.9×160 topics
- Climate Change1,925▲ 1.59×119 topics
- Education1,856▲ 2.4×133 topics
- Latin America1,735▲ 21×23 topics
- Public Health1,397▲ 2.2×74 topics
- History1,343▲ 4.3×63 topics
- Social Movements1,226▲ 9.3×31 topics
- Human Rights1,149▲ 2.5×81 topics
- Gender1,143▲ 4.8×55 topics
- Sustainability1,126◆ 1.04×119 topics
- Identity932▲ 2.9×75 topics
- Ethics903▲ 4.0×58 topics
- Neoliberalism839▲ 5.2×30 topics
- Cultural Identity825▲ 3.7×34 topics
- Literature801▲ 3.3×58 topics
- Memory740▲ 6.8×23 topics
- Cultural Studies732▲ 4.5×38 topics
- Biodiversity710▲ 2.1×37 topics
- Philosophy708▲ 3.6×44 topics
- Social Inequality678▲ 5.7×21 topics
- Colonialism668▲ 3.2×49 topics
- Society635▲ 7.5×25 topics
- Culture633▲ 2.7×36 topics
- Politics611▲ 5.2×23 topics
- Inequality611▲ 6.0×19 topics
- Communication609▲ 4.3×23 topics
- Invasive Species587▲ 3.1×21 topics
- Health Promotion527▲ 3.8×17 topics
- Violence509▲ 7.8×15 topics
- Feminism486▲ 3.7×26 topics
- Economy456▲ 14×8 topics
- Political Violence410▲ 36×3 topics
- Resistance394▲ 8.8×9 topics
- Welfare State390▲ 11×4 topics
- Cultural370▲ 17×7 topics
- Protest358▲ 21×3 topics
- Participation355▲ 8.4×5 topics
- Dictatorship351▲ 45×2 topics
- Constitutionalism344▲ 8.8×6 topics
What research is done in Buenos Aires?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Latin American socio-political dynamics Sociology and Political Science 309 works
- 2 Argentine historical studies Cultural Studies 285 works
- 3 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 251 works
- 4 Indigenous Cultures and History Anthropology 248 works
- 5 Latin American Urban Studies Urban Studies 242 works
- 6 Memory, violence, and history Social Psychology 231 works
- 7 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 160 works
- 8 Criminal Justice and Penology Law 159 works
- 9 Ethics and bioethics in healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 154 works
- 10 Latin American Literature Studies Cultural Studies 152 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.3% in 2016.
Questions people ask
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Science Explorer records 138 research institutions in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires and National University of General San Martín.
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