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Research in Córdoba

Science Explorer records 14 research institutions in Córdoba, Argentina. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Universidad Católica de Córdoba and Fundacion Allende.

Research institutions
14
8 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
32k
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
340k
10.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
8.4%
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 Córdoba?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidad Nacional de CórdobaUniversity 21,751 #2,798
2Universidad Católica de CórdobaUniversity 1,662 #5,852
3Fundacion AllendeNonprofit 626 #12,289
4Servicio Diabetología Hospital CórdobaHospital / health system 495 #21,774
5Argentine National ObservatoryResearch facility 470 #27,094 all time
6Universidad Blas PascalUniversity 400 #13,352
7Hospital de Niños de la Santísima TrinidadHospital / health system 378 #20,345
8Universidad Siglo 21University 329 #12,793
9Ministerio de Ciencia y TecnologíaGovernment institution 305 #18,566
10Instituto Universitario AeronáuticoUniversity 180 #21,202 all time
11Centro de Excelencia en Procesos y Productos de CórdobaResearch facility 176 #28,208 all time
12Centro Médico Sanitas CórdobaHospital / health system 46 not ranked
13Instituto Médico DAMICHospital / health system 35 not ranked
14Fundación Vía LibreNonprofit 5 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 Nacional de Córdoba: 81.0%Universidad Católica de Córdoba: 6.2%Fundacion Allende: 2.3%Servicio Diabetología Hospital Córdoba: 1.8%10 others listed: 8.7%81%largest
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba22k · 81.0%Universidad Católica de Córdoba1,662 · 6.2%Fundacion Allende626 · 2.3%Servicio Diabetología Hospital Córdoba495 · 1.8%10 others listed2,324 · 8.7%

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

Which fields of science does Córdoba work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research in Córdoba is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Medicine (18%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (7%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2,595 fractional works · 40.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,640 fractional works · 25.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 372 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 205 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEducation: 199 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCultural Studies: 142 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLaw: 101 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnthropology: 101 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 89 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrban Studies: 78 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 77 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 68 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 62 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 480 fractional works · 7.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 111 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 73 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 69 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 58 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 55 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 247 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 106 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 86 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 103 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 100 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 81 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,472 fractional works · 22.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 345 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEcology: 69 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 50 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 264 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 70 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 49 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 213 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInformation Systems: 56 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 46 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 167 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPaleontology: 52 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 44 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOceanography: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 145 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 59 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 117 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 59 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 100 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 74 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,464 fractional works · 22.7% of its workMedicine: 1,174 fractional works · 18.2% of its workSurgery: 175 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 135 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 100 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 86 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 66 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 53 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 48 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 115 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 183 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 121 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPharmacy: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 44 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 928 fractional works · 14.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 482 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPlant Science: 172 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 93 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 88 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 273 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 140 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 59 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 54 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 86 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 62 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCórdoba6,459fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences40%

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 Sciences2,59540.2%
    1. Social Sciences1,64025.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities4807.4%
    3. Psychology2473.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1031.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1001.6%
    6. Decision Sciences240.4%
    1. Environmental Science3455.3%
    2. Engineering2644.1%
    3. Computer Science2133.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1672.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1452.2%
    6. Materials Science1171.8%
    7. Mathematics1001.5%
    8. Chemistry741.2%
    9. Energy360.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering100.2%
  2. Health Sciences1,46422.7%
    1. Medicine1,17418.2%
    2. Health Professions1832.8%
    3. Nursing450.7%
    4. Dentistry440.7%
    5. Veterinary170.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4827.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2734.2%
    3. Neuroscience861.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology621.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics260.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Córdoba strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Córdoba is most concentrated in General Social Sciences, Paleontology and Anthropology (11.3× the world share in General Social Sciences).

  1. General Social SciencesSubfield · 72.6 works11×
  2. PaleontologySubfield · 44.2 works6.3×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 93.3 works5.7×
  4. Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 54.4 works5.6×
  5. Cultural StudiesSubfield · 130.4 works5.5×
  6. DevelopmentSubfield · 31.5 works5.3×
← 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: 1.54× its world share, 427 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 237 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 53 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 73 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.12× its world share, 23 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.73× its world share, 67 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 196 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 145 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.60× its world share, 32 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 237 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.05× its world share, 305 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.48× its world share, 98 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.33× its world share, 92 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.01× its world share, 131 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.35× its world share, 38 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.10× its world share, 170 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.93× its world share, 1,050 worksMedicineNursing: 1.40× its world share, 40 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.96× its world share, 16 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.68× its world share, 451 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 92 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 20 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 94 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.26× its world share, 224 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.06× its world share, 1,522 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.68×451 works
  2. Social Sciences2.06×1,522 works
  3. Veterinary1.96×16 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.58×145 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.54×427 works
  6. Nursing1.40×40 works
  7. Dentistry1.35×38 works
  8. Mathematics1.33×92 works
  9. Psychology1.26×224 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.12×23 works
  11. Health Professions1.10×170 works
  12. Environmental Science1.05×305 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy1.01×131 works
  14. Medicine0.93×1,050 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.89×53 works
  16. Neuroscience0.77×73 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.76×237 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.75×94 works
  19. Chemistry0.73×67 works
  20. Energy0.60×32 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.49×92 works
  22. Materials Science0.48×98 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.43×9 works
  24. Computer Science0.43×196 works
  25. Decision Sciences0.36×20 works
  26. Engineering0.27×237 works

Which keywords describe research in Córdoba?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Latin America, Globalization, Education, Social Movements, Gender, Social Inequality, Epidemiology and History.

▲ 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. Globalization452▲ 3.6×99 topics
  2. Epidemiology360▲ 1.40×134 topics
  3. Education343▲ 3.1×84 topics
  4. Latin America313▲ 26×21 topics
  5. Climate Change279▲ 1.59×98 topics
  6. Public Health231▲ 2.5×59 topics
  7. Social Movements213▲ 11×25 topics
  8. Gender201▲ 5.8×42 topics
  9. Human Rights197▲ 3.0×50 topics
  10. Sustainability192▲ 1.22×82 topics
  11. History182▲ 4.0×48 topics
  12. Social Inequality153▲ 8.9×15 topics
  13. Cultural Identity148▲ 4.6×21 topics
  14. Mental Health146▲ 1.58×38 topics
  15. Identity145▲ 3.1×45 topics
  16. Innovation131▲ 1.96×41 topics
  17. Ethics129▲ 3.9×41 topics
  18. Colonialism128▲ 4.2×35 topics
  19. Neoliberalism128▲ 5.5×22 topics
  20. Health Promotion122▲ 6.0×17 topics
  21. Biodiversity120▲ 2.4×29 topics
  22. Communication116▲ 5.7×17 topics
  23. Cultural Studies116▲ 4.8×30 topics
  24. Feminism114▲ 6.0×19 topics
  25. Literature113▲ 3.2×39 topics
  26. Inequality107▲ 7.3×13 topics
  27. Memory101▲ 6.4×17 topics
  28. Public Policy98▲ 3.2×24 topics
  29. Philosophy97▲ 3.4×32 topics
  30. Politics91▲ 5.4×17 topics
  31. Violence90▲ 9.4×11 topics
  32. Community Participation89▲ 3.9×14 topics
  33. Society86▲ 7.0×16 topics
  34. Welfare State80▲ 16×4 topics
  35. Gender Studies77▲ 7.8×17 topics
  36. Constitutionalism71▲ 13×5 topics
  37. Participation68▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Resistance67▲ 10×9 topics
  39. Migrant Integration63▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Segregation63▲ 13×3 topics

What research is done in Córdoba?

  1. 1 Latin American Urban Studies Urban Studies 58 works
  2. 2 Latin American socio-political dynamics Sociology and Political Science 55 works
  3. 3 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 54 works
  4. 4 Indigenous Cultures and History Anthropology 39 works
  5. 5 Memory, violence, and history Social Psychology 37 works
  6. 6 Argentine historical studies Cultural Studies 36 works
  7. 7 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 36 works
  8. 8 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 34 works
  9. 9 Health and Medical Education General Health Professions 32 works
  10. 10 Latin American Literature Studies Cultural Studies 32 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Córdoba9.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.4% in 2015.

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