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Research in Heredia

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Heredia, Costa Rica. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidad Nacional and Universidad Hispanoamerica.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.9k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
35k
6.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1962-2026
65 years on the record
Heredia

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 Heredia?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidad NacionalUniversity 5,359 #3,636
2Universidad HispanoamericaUniversity 519 #10,106

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 Heredia work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research in Heredia is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 630 fractional works · 46.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 377 fractional works · 27.5% of its workEducation: 120 fractional works · 8.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 67 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 44 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDemography: 26 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCultural Studies: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopment: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 81 fractional works · 5.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 22 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 59 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 23 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 55 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 43 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 51 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 24 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 332 fractional works · 24.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 152 fractional works · 11.1% of its workEcology: 45 fractional works · 3.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 21 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 20 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 17 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 95 fractional works · 6.9% of its workInformation Systems: 43 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 37 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 33 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeophysics: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 23 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Science: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 236 fractional works · 17.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 169 fractional works · 12.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 43 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPlant Science: 32 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 28 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInsect Science: 21 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 18 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 43 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% 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 · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 170 fractional works · 12.4% of its workMedicine: 119 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 28 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 40 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 26 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHeredia1,369fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences46%

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 Sciences37727.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities815.9%
    3. Psychology594.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance554.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting513.7%
    6. Decision Sciences80.6%
    1. Environmental Science15211.1%
    2. Computer Science956.9%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences332.4%
    4. Engineering231.7%
    5. Materials Science110.8%
    6. Energy70.5%
    7. Chemistry50.4%
    8. Mathematics40.3%
    9. Physics and Astronomy20.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences16912.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology433.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology141.0%
    4. Neuroscience70.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.3%
    1. Medicine1198.7%
    2. Health Professions402.9%
    3. Veterinary70.5%
    4. Nursing30.2%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Heredia strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Heredia is most concentrated in Computer Science Applications, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science (9.8× the world share in Computer Science Applications).

  1. Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 29.3 works9.8×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 37.0 works6.5×
  3. Insect ScienceSubfield · 20.1 works5.8×
← 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: 2.61× its world share, 151 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 39 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.90× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.85× its world share, 81 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 26 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.63× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.23× its world share, 134 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 37 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 104 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.67× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.96× its world share, 69 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.18× its world share, 46 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.02× its world share, 52 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.37× its world share, 51 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.23× its world share, 342 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary3.67×6 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.61×151 works
  3. Environmental Science2.23×134 works
  4. Social Sciences2.23×342 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.02×52 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.96×69 works
  7. Psychology1.37×51 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.35×26 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.18×46 works
  10. Health Professions1.15×37 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.90×11 works
  12. Computer Science0.85×81 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.78×3 works
  14. Energy0.63×7 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.60×39 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.51×6 works
  17. Medicine0.45×104 works
  18. Nursing0.32×2 works
  19. Mathematics0.28×4 works
  20. Neuroscience0.27×5 works
  21. Chemistry0.26×5 works
  22. Materials Science0.22×9 works
  23. Dentistry0.20×1 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.16×1 works
  25. Engineering0.11×21 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.05×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Heredia?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Innovation, Latin America, Knowledge Management, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Globalization and Teacher Training.

▲ 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. Education137▲ 5.8×50 topics
  2. Climate Change101▲ 2.7×73 topics
  3. Innovation88▲ 6.2×28 topics
  4. Globalization83▲ 3.1×50 topics
  5. Sustainability73▲ 2.2×56 topics
  6. Latin America68▲ 26×20 topics
  7. Biodiversity68▲ 6.5×26 topics
  8. Knowledge Management66▲ 8.7×12 topics
  9. E-Learning61▲ 4.7×6 topics
  10. Educational Technology60▲ 3.7×23 topics
  11. Public Health59▲ 3.0×45 topics
  12. Sustainable Development57▲ 2.7×30 topics
  13. Teacher Training54▲ 6.5×13 topics
  14. COVID-1954▲ 3.0×19 topics
  15. Environmental Impact51▲ 2.2×33 topics
  16. Pedagogy48▲ 7.0×8 topics
  17. Digital Marketing46▲ 8.7×2 topics
  18. Population Dynamics45▲ 13×11 topics
  19. Distance Learning45▲ 9.5×6 topics
  20. Technology45▲ 6.2×17 topics
  21. Public Policy39▲ 6.0×14 topics
  22. Conservation37▲ 6.3×20 topics
  23. Invasive Species35▲ 6.1×20 topics
  24. Health Promotion34▲ 7.8×13 topics
  25. Digital Divide34▲ 9.6×5 topics
  26. Digital Transformation34▲ 4.5×7 topics
  27. Rural Development33▲ 7.1×10 topics
  28. Informal Learning33▲ 19×5 topics
  29. ICT33▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Online Education32▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Community Participation32▲ 6.7×10 topics
  32. Digital Competence32▲ 27×1 topic
  33. Virtual Teaching32▲ 44×1 topic
  34. Communication32▲ 7.4×9 topics
  35. Sustainable Agriculture30▲ 7.2×8 topics
  36. Competitiveness30▲ 28×6 topics
  37. Innovation Ecosystems29▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Urban Development29▲ 6.0×9 topics
  39. Social Responsibility26▲ 8.2×3 topics
  40. Small and Medium Enterprises25▲ 11×3 topics

What research is done in Heredia?

Educational Innovations and Technology: 29 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 21 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Tr…21Education and Teacher Training: 21 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, an…20Business, Innovation, and Economy: 20 fractional worksEducational and Organizational Development: 13 fractional worksInternational Relations in Latin America: 12 fractional worksRegional Development and…12Regional Development and Innovation: 12 fractional worksHigher Education and Sustainability: 12 fractional worksEducational Research and Science Teaching: 12 fractional worksBotany and Geology in La…12Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean: 12 fractional works
Information SystemsComputer Science ApplicationsEducationEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 29 works
  2. 2 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 21 works
  3. 3 Education and Teacher Training Education 21 works
  4. 4 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 20 works
  5. 5 Educational and Organizational Development Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 13 works
  6. 6 International Relations in Latin America Political Science and International Relations 12 works
  7. 7 Regional Development and Innovation Development 12 works
  8. 8 Higher Education and Sustainability Education 12 works
  9. 9 Educational Research and Science Teaching General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 works
  10. 10 Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 12 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 2025Heredia8.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.9% in 1997.

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