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Research in Ciudad Obregón

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Ciudad Obregón, Mexico. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Sonora Institute of Technology.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.3k
▲ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
7.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Ciudad Obregón

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 Ciudad Obregón?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Sonora Institute of TechnologyUniversity 2,209 #3,685
2Universidad Tecnológica del Sur de SonoraUniversity 52 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 Ciudad Obregón work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research in Ciudad Obregón is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (19%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%), Medicine (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 364 fractional works · 41.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 168 fractional works · 19.2% of its workEducation: 83 fractional works · 9.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 30 fractional works · 3.5% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopment: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 76 fractional works · 8.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 24 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAccounting: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 63 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 31 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 43 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 40 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 234 fractional works · 26.8% of its workEngineering: 72 fractional works · 8.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 23 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 69 fractional works · 7.8% of its workInformation Systems: 38 fractional works · 4.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 52 fractional works · 5.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomaterials: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 150 fractional works · 17.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 105 fractional works · 12.0% of its workPlant Science: 38 fractional works · 4.3% of its workFood Science: 22 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 20 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 30 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 127 fractional works · 14.5% of its workMedicine: 79 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 42 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 22 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCiudad Obregón875fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences14%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. Social Sciences16819.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting768.7%
    3. Psychology637.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance434.9%
    5. Decision Sciences91.0%
    6. Arts and Humanities40.5%
    1. Engineering728.2%
    2. Computer Science697.8%
    3. Environmental Science525.9%
    4. Materials Science161.8%
    5. Energy81.0%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences60.7%
    7. Physics and Astronomy60.7%
    8. Chemistry30.3%
    9. Mathematics20.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10512.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology303.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology91.0%
    4. Neuroscience50.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Medicine799.0%
    2. Health Professions424.8%
    3. Nursing40.5%
    4. Veterinary20.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Ciudad Obregón strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ciudad Obregón is most concentrated in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (5.9× the world share in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management).

  1. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 21.8 works5.9×
← 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: 2.57× its world share, 95 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.90× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.04× its world share, 63 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.11× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.56× its world share, 65 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.13× its world share, 44 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.49× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.88× its world share, 38 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 61 worksMedicineNursing: 1.02× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.40× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.90× its world share, 72 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.54× its world share, 42 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.35× its world share, 56 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 152 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting2.90×72 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.57×95 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.54×42 works
  4. Psychology2.35×56 works
  5. Health Professions1.88×38 works
  6. Social Sciences1.55×152 works
  7. Veterinary1.40×2 works
  8. Environmental Science1.13×44 works
  9. Energy1.11×8 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.11×8 works
  11. Computer Science1.04×63 works
  12. Nursing1.02×4 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.90×7 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.58×24 works
  15. Engineering0.56×65 works
  16. Materials Science0.49×13 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.46×6 works
  18. Medicine0.41×61 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.35×1 works
  20. Neuroscience0.32×4 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.25×1 works
  22. Mathematics0.20×2 works
  23. Chemistry0.18×2 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.18×3 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.18×4 works
  26. Dentistry0.11×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Ciudad Obregón?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Innovation, Small and Medium Enterprises, Competitiveness, Knowledge Management, Digital Marketing, Sustainability and Organizational Culture.

▲ 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. Education76▲ 5.1×36 topics
  2. Innovation63▲ 7.0×27 topics
  3. Sustainability62▲ 2.9×47 topics
  4. Small and Medium Enterprises45▲ 29×4 topics
  5. Competitiveness44▲ 63×7 topics
  6. Knowledge Management40▲ 8.3×18 topics
  7. Digital Marketing40▲ 12×2 topics
  8. Organizational Culture37▲ 11×10 topics
  9. Mental Health36▲ 2.9×25 topics
  10. Educational Technology35▲ 3.4×21 topics
  11. E-Learning34▲ 4.1×9 topics
  12. Urban Development34▲ 11×6 topics
  13. Pedagogy32▲ 7.3×8 topics
  14. Innovation Ecosystems32▲ 36×3 topics
  15. Public Health32▲ 2.5×33 topics
  16. Social Responsibility31▲ 15×2 topics
  17. Nutrition30▲ 7.9×11 topics
  18. Economic Impact30▲ 6.4×5 topics
  19. Globalization Effects30▲ 49×2 topics
  20. Tourism Management30▲ 49×2 topics
  21. COVID-1929▲ 2.6×14 topics
  22. City Branding29▲ 53×1 topic
  23. Psychopharmacology Education29▲ 53×1 topic
  24. Teacher Training29▲ 5.4×10 topics
  25. Health Promotion27▲ 9.9×12 topics
  26. Distance Learning27▲ 8.9×6 topics
  27. Social Impact27▲ 7.8×8 topics
  28. Rural Development25▲ 8.4×8 topics
  29. Leadership25▲ 5.8×12 topics
  30. Food Security23▲ 4.8×14 topics
  31. Digital Divide23▲ 10×5 topics
  32. Occupational Health22▲ 22×4 topics
  33. University Students22▲ 44×2 topics
  34. Technology21▲ 4.7×12 topics
  35. Online Education21▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Digital Competence21▲ 27×2 topics
  37. ICT21▲ 18×3 topics
  38. Virtual Teaching20▲ 43×1 topic
  39. Coping Strategies20▲ 8.8×7 topics
  40. Student Satisfaction17▲ 11×3 topics

What research is done in Ciudad Obregón?

Business, Innovation, and Economy: 28 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 19 fractional worksStress and Burnout Research: 15 fractional worksEducational Outcomes and Influences: 15 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 13 fractional worksDiverse Applied Research Studies: 12 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Tr…11Education and Teacher Training: 11 fractional worksEducational and Organizational Development: 11 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 10 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Pr…10Agricultural and Food Production Studies: 10 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsInformation SystemsSocial PsychologyEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 28 works
  2. 2 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 19 works
  3. 3 Stress and Burnout Research Social Psychology 15 works
  4. 4 Educational Outcomes and Influences Education 15 works
  5. 5 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 13 works
  6. 6 Diverse Applied Research Studies Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  7. 7 Education and Teacher Training Education 11 works
  8. 8 Educational and Organizational Development Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 11 works
  9. 9 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 10 works
  10. 10 Agricultural and Food Production Studies Food Science 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%Ciudad Obregón14.4% 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 21.6% in 2017.

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