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Research in Guanajuato City

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Guanajuato City, Mexico. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidad de Guanajuato and Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad del Bajío.

Research institutions
4
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
14k
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
98k
6.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Guanajuato City

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 Guanajuato City?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidad de GuanajuatoUniversity 13,289 #3,629
2Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad del BajíoHospital / health system 908 #12,632
3Secretaría de Innovación, Ciencia y Educación SuperiorGovernment institution 8 not ranked
4Universidad Santa FeUniversity 2 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 de Guanajuato: 93.5%Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad del Bajío: 6.4%Secretaría de Innovación, Ciencia y Educación Superior: 0.1%Universidad Santa Fe: 0.0%94%largest
Universidad de Guanajuato13k · 93.5%Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad del Bajío908 · 6.4%Secretaría de Innovación, Ciencia y Educación Superior8 · 0.1%Universidad Santa Fe2 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does Guanajuato City work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research in Guanajuato City is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (18%), Social Sciences (16%), Engineering (14%).

Physical Sciences: 1,344 fractional works · 36.4% of its workEngineering: 523 fractional works · 14.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 113 fractional works · 3.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 101 fractional works · 2.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 96 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 90 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 205 fractional works · 5.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 43 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 162 fractional works · 4.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 49 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 126 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 49 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 111 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 60 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomaterials: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 92 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 56 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 55 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 52 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,062 fractional works · 28.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 609 fractional works · 16.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 113 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEducation: 105 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 93 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCultural Studies: 45 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 149 fractional works · 4.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 34 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 120 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 48 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 40 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 88 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 81 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 74 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 829 fractional works · 22.5% of its workMedicine: 673 fractional works · 18.2% of its workSurgery: 122 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 94 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 52 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 50 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 71 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 117 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 64 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacy: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 454 fractional works · 12.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 234 fractional works · 6.3% of its workFood Science: 74 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 72 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 147 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 82 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 36 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGuanajuato City3,689fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences29%

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. Engineering52314.2%
    2. Environmental Science2055.6%
    3. Computer Science1624.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1263.4%
    5. Materials Science1113.0%
    6. Chemistry922.5%
    7. Energy551.5%
    8. Mathematics260.7%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences260.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering170.5%
  2. Social Sciences1,06228.8%
    1. Social Sciences60916.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities1494.0%
    3. Psychology1203.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting882.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance812.2%
    6. Decision Sciences150.4%
    1. Medicine67318.2%
    2. Health Professions1173.2%
    3. Nursing250.7%
    4. Dentistry80.2%
    5. Veterinary70.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2346.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1474.0%
    3. Neuroscience361.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology250.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics120.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Guanajuato City strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Guanajuato City is most concentrated in General Social Sciences (8.6× the world share in General Social Sciences).

  1. General Social SciencesSubfield · 31.3 works8.6×
← 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: 1.37× its world share, 217 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 132 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.58× its world share, 19 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 32 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.96× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.21× its world share, 14 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.58× its world share, 82 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 148 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 23 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.66× its world share, 51 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.94× its world share, 469 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.12× its world share, 185 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.84× its world share, 97 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.56× its world share, 22 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.47× its world share, 108 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.46× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 108 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.93× its world share, 592 worksMedicineNursing: 1.45× its world share, 24 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.39× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.45× its world share, 140 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.72× its world share, 78 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.08× its world share, 77 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.10× its world share, 112 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 559 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 1.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy1.66×51 works
  2. Chemistry1.58×82 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.47×108 works
  4. Nursing1.45×24 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.45×140 works
  6. Veterinary1.39×6 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.37×217 works
  8. Social Sciences1.33×559 works
  9. Health Professions1.23×108 works
  10. Chemical Engineering1.21×14 works
  11. Environmental Science1.12×185 works
  12. Psychology1.10×112 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.08×77 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.96×11 works
  15. Engineering0.94×469 works
  16. Medicine0.93×592 works
  17. Materials Science0.84×97 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.75×132 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.72×78 works
  20. Neuroscience0.59×32 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.58×19 works
  22. Computer Science0.57×148 works
  23. Mathematics0.56×22 works
  24. Dentistry0.46×7 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.45×23 works
  26. Decision Sciences0.37×12 works

Which keywords describe research in Guanajuato City?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Latin America, Health Promotion, Nutrition, Sustainability, Education, Globalization, Urban Development and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Sustainability164▲ 1.83×67 topics
  2. Epidemiology158◆ 1.07×130 topics
  3. Globalization150▲ 2.1×59 topics
  4. Education143▲ 2.3×58 topics
  5. Mental Health130▲ 2.5×34 topics
  6. Public Health119▲ 2.2×54 topics
  7. Quality of Life118▲ 2.2×51 topics
  8. Environmental Impact101▲ 1.61×45 topics
  9. Latin America95▲ 14×18 topics
  10. Nutrition92▲ 5.7×14 topics
  11. Innovation88▲ 2.3×36 topics
  12. Human Rights86▲ 2.3×30 topics
  13. Health Promotion84▲ 7.2×16 topics
  14. Urban Development83▲ 6.4×13 topics
  15. Social Support76▲ 3.8×13 topics
  16. Public Policy71▲ 4.1×15 topics
  17. Digital Marketing69▲ 4.8×4 topics
  18. Knowledge Management68▲ 3.3×22 topics
  19. Obesity68▲ 2.4×20 topics
  20. Aging Population68▲ 21×4 topics
  21. Small and Medium Enterprises68▲ 10×4 topics
  22. Community Participation65▲ 5.0×11 topics
  23. Social Responsibility63▲ 7.3×7 topics
  24. Economic Impact63▲ 3.2×6 topics
  25. Rural Development61▲ 4.8×9 topics
  26. Social Movements60▲ 5.5×16 topics
  27. Innovation Ecosystems59▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Globalization Effects55▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Psychopharmacology Education55▲ 24×1 topic
  30. Tourism Management55▲ 21×1 topic
  31. Social Integration53▲ 34×3 topics
  32. Democracy50▲ 3.9×13 topics
  33. Elderly Care49▲ 8.6×5 topics
  34. Geriatric Assessment49▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Functional Dependence48▲ 65×1 topic
  36. Health Status48▲ 65×1 topic
  37. Competitiveness45▲ 15×8 topics
  38. Constitutionalism41▲ 13×3 topics
  39. University Students40▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Educational Interventions39▲ 11×3 topics

What research is done in Guanajuato City?

Business, Innovation, and Economy: 52 fractional worksAging, Health, and Disability: 45 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Stu…33Health and Lifestyle Studies: 33 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Pr…26Agricultural and Food Production Studies: 26 fractional worksPolitical Dynamics in Latin America: 23 fractional worksProcess Optimization and Integration: 23 fractional worksStress and Burnout Resea…22Stress and Burnout Research: 22 fractional worksMexican Socioeconomic and Environmental Dynamics: 21 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 19 fractional worksEducational Innovations …19Educational Innovations and Technology: 19 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsFood Science6 others

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

  1. 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 52 works
  2. 2 Aging, Health, and Disability Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 45 works
  3. 3 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 33 works
  4. 4 Agricultural and Food Production Studies Food Science 26 works
  5. 5 Political Dynamics in Latin America Political Science and International Relations 23 works
  6. 6 Process Optimization and Integration Control and Systems Engineering 23 works
  7. 7 Stress and Burnout Research Social Psychology 22 works
  8. 8 Mexican Socioeconomic and Environmental Dynamics Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 21 works
  9. 9 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 19 works
  10. 10 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 19 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Guanajuato City7.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.9% in 2007.

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