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Research in Cochabamba

Science Explorer records 10 research institutions in Cochabamba, Bolivia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Universidad Privada del Valle and Universidad Privada Boliviana.

Research institutions
10
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.8k
▲ 56% vs 2018-21
Citations
22k
5.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
5.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1953-2026
74 years on the record
Cochabamba

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 Cochabamba?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidad Mayor de San SimónUniversity 1,229 #5,653
2Universidad Privada BolivianaUniversity 610 #10,326
3Universidad Privada del ValleUniversity 591 #5,936
4Universidad CentralUniversity 462 #14,488
5Fundación PROINPAInstitution 346 #15,014
6Bolivia Adventist UniversityUniversity 185 #16,415
7Universidad Técnica Privada CosmosUniversity 183 #13,020
8Universidad Privada Abierta LatinoamericanaUniversity 126 #28,738 all time
9Universidad LatinoamericanaUniversity 41 not ranked
10Universidad Indígena Quechua Boliviana Casimiro HuancaUniversity 39 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 Mayor de San Simón: 32.2%Universidad Privada Boliviana: 16.0%Universidad Privada del Valle: 15.5%Universidad Central: 12.1%6 others listed: 24.1%32%largest
Universidad Mayor de San Simón1,229 · 32.2%Universidad Privada Boliviana610 · 16.0%Universidad Privada del Valle591 · 15.5%Universidad Central462 · 12.1%6 others listed920 · 24.1%

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

Which fields of science does Cochabamba work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research in Cochabamba is in Social Sciences, 25% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Medicine (17%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 542 fractional works · 38.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 328 fractional works · 23.2% of its workEducation: 78 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 52 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 37 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLaw: 26 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCultural Studies: 19 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrban Studies: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 61 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 48 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 51 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 17 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 47 fractional works · 3.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 46 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 25 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 355 fractional works · 25.2% of its workMedicine: 234 fractional works · 16.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 41 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEpidemiology: 25 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 25 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 18 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 94 fractional works · 6.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 65 fractional works · 4.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOral Surgery: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 352 fractional works · 24.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 108 fractional works · 7.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 25 fractional works · 1.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 19 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 105 fractional works · 7.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 22 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 81 fractional works · 5.7% of its workInformation Systems: 34 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 25 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 20 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 162 fractional works · 11.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 104 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPlant Science: 24 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 22 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 21 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 31 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKCochabamba1,412fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences25%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 Sciences32823.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance614.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting513.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities473.4%
    5. Psychology463.2%
    6. Decision Sciences90.6%
    1. Medicine23416.6%
    2. Health Professions946.7%
    3. Dentistry151.1%
    4. Nursing80.6%
    5. Veterinary40.3%
    1. Environmental Science1087.6%
    2. Engineering1057.4%
    3. Computer Science815.7%
    4. Energy201.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences161.2%
    6. Materials Science60.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy50.4%
    8. Mathematics50.3%
    9. Chemistry40.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1047.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology312.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology161.1%
    4. Neuroscience70.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Cochabamba?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Public Health, Health Promotion, Globalization, Latin America, Epidemiology, Digital Marketing and Innovation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology108▲ 1.92×104 topics
  2. Education105▲ 4.3×53 topics
  3. Globalization92▲ 3.3×66 topics
  4. Public Health88▲ 4.3×47 topics
  5. Climate Change81▲ 2.1×65 topics
  6. Sustainability76▲ 2.2×62 topics
  7. Health Promotion63▲ 14×13 topics
  8. Innovation62▲ 4.2×26 topics
  9. Sustainable Development60▲ 2.7×34 topics
  10. Latin America59▲ 22×19 topics
  11. Mental Health50▲ 2.5×25 topics
  12. Digital Marketing50▲ 9.0×5 topics
  13. Human Rights46▲ 3.2×32 topics
  14. Knowledge Management44▲ 5.6×16 topics
  15. Educational Technology44▲ 2.6×20 topics
  16. Nutrition44▲ 7.0×12 topics
  17. E-Learning40▲ 3.0×12 topics
  18. Small and Medium Enterprises38▲ 15×3 topics
  19. Social Responsibility37▲ 11×5 topics
  20. Urban Development36▲ 7.3×9 topics
  21. Innovation Ecosystems36▲ 25×2 topics
  22. Economic Impact36▲ 4.8×7 topics
  23. Pedagogy35▲ 4.9×15 topics
  24. Globalization Effects34▲ 35×2 topics
  25. Healthcare Access34▲ 8.8×9 topics
  26. University Students33▲ 42×2 topics
  27. Psychopharmacology Education32▲ 37×1 topic
  28. Tourism Management32▲ 33×1 topic
  29. Communication32▲ 7.2×15 topics
  30. Community Participation32▲ 6.4×11 topics
  31. Competitiveness31▲ 28×6 topics
  32. Rural Development31▲ 6.3×15 topics
  33. Distance Learning30▲ 6.1×7 topics
  34. Social Inequality29▲ 7.7×10 topics
  35. Chronic Diseases27▲ 7.6×6 topics
  36. Community Health26▲ 11×5 topics
  37. Educational Interventions26▲ 20×3 topics
  38. Global Health25▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Social Determinants of Health25▲ 8.2×6 topics
  40. Healthy Lifestyles24▲ 42×1 topic

What research is done in Cochabamba?

Business, Innovation, and Economy: 31 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 23 fractional worksPublic Health and Enviro…20Public Health and Environmental Issues: 20 fractional worksHealth and Medical Educa…20Health and Medical Education: 20 fractional worksStress and Burnout Research: 14 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 14 fractional worksLatin American Urban Stu…12Latin American Urban Studies: 12 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Training: 12 fractional worksWater Resource Management and Quality: 12 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge…11E-Learning and Knowledge Management: 11 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsGeneral Health ProfessionsHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisSocial Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 31 works
  2. 2 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 23 works
  3. 3 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 20 works
  4. 4 Health and Medical Education General Health Professions 20 works
  5. 5 Stress and Burnout Research Social Psychology 14 works
  6. 6 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 14 works
  7. 7 Latin American Urban Studies Urban Studies 12 works
  8. 8 Education and Teacher Training Education 12 works
  9. 9 Water Resource Management and Quality Water Science and Technology 12 works
  10. 10 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 11 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Cochabamba4.8% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.0% in 2004.

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