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Research in Ibagué

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Ibagué, Colombia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidad de Ibagué and University of Tolima.

Research institutions
3
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.7k
▲ 88% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
3.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
3.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1953-2026
74 years on the record
Ibagué

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 Ibagué?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of TolimaUniversity 3,230 #5,155
2Universidad de IbaguéUniversity 2,378 #2,412
3Conservatory of TolimaUniversity 128 #33,539 all time

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 Ibagué work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research in Ibagué is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (32%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (23%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (11%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,215 fractional works · 48.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 797 fractional works · 31.8% of its workEcology: 286 fractional works · 11.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 277 fractional works · 11.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 145 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 275 fractional works · 11.0% of its workPaleontology: 256 fractional works · 10.2% of its workOceanography: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 46 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 36 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Science: 32 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 735 fractional works · 29.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 573 fractional works · 22.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 304 fractional works · 12.1% of its workInsect Science: 96 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPlant Science: 46 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAquatic Science: 42 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 39 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHorticulture: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 129 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGenetics: 71 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiotechnology: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 399 fractional works · 15.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 248 fractional works · 9.9% of its workEducation: 67 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 43 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 53 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMuseology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 42 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 31 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 157 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMedicine: 119 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKIbagué2,506fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences29%Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences16%

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. Environmental Science79731.8%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences27511.0%
    3. Computer Science461.8%
    4. Engineering361.4%
    5. Materials Science321.3%
    6. Mathematics80.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy70.3%
    8. Energy70.3%
    9. Chemistry60.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences57322.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1295.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology200.8%
    4. Neuroscience90.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.2%
    1. Social Sciences2489.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities532.1%
    3. Psychology421.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting311.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance210.9%
    6. Decision Sciences50.2%
    1. Medicine1194.7%
    2. Health Professions271.1%
    3. Nursing60.2%
    4. Veterinary50.2%
    5. Dentistry10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Ibagué strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ibagué is most concentrated in Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (87.8× the world share in Paleontology).

  1. PaleontologySubfield · 255.7 works88×
  2. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 276.3 works48×
  3. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 302.1 works27×
  4. EcologySubfield · 284.6 works15×
  5. Insect ScienceSubfield · 95.7 works14×
  6. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 41.5 works9.5×
← 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: 4.92× its world share, 564 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 126 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.81× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 37 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.24× its world share, 274 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 33 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.56× its world share, 787 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 30 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.39× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 103 worksMedicineNursing: 0.49× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.33× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.71× its world share, 50 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 28 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 37 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 228 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences7.24×274 works
  2. Environmental Science6.56×787 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.92×564 works
  4. Veterinary1.33×4 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.98×126 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology0.81×20 works
  7. Social Sciences0.75×228 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.71×50 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.56×5 works
  10. Psychology0.51×37 works
  11. Nursing0.49×6 works
  12. Health Professions0.39×25 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.38×20 works
  14. Materials Science0.36×30 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.36×28 works
  16. Energy0.31×7 works
  17. Mathematics0.24×7 works
  18. Medicine0.22×103 works
  19. Computer Science0.20×37 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.19×4 works
  21. Neuroscience0.15×6 works
  22. Chemistry0.14×5 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.10×5 works
  24. Engineering0.09×33 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.04×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.04×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Ibagué?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Conservation, Population Dynamics, Invasive Species, Phylogenetic Analysis, Climate Change, Biogeography and Evolution.

▲ 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. Biodiversity446▲ 23×23 topics
  2. Conservation399▲ 37×18 topics
  3. Population Dynamics338▲ 52×11 topics
  4. Climate Change335▲ 4.9×59 topics
  5. Invasive Species316▲ 30×19 topics
  6. Phylogenetic Analysis303▲ 39×12 topics
  7. Biogeography268▲ 38×17 topics
  8. Evolution225▲ 34×15 topics
  9. Biodiversity Loss203▲ 143×2 topics
  10. Neotropical Region191▲ 425×2 topics
  11. Phylogeny188▲ 45×15 topics
  12. Molecular Phylogeny179▲ 44×9 topics
  13. Endemism141▲ 304×2 topics
  14. Taxonomy137▲ 38×11 topics
  15. Conservation Biology136▲ 50×3 topics
  16. Ecology131▲ 31×6 topics
  17. Fisheries128▲ 116×2 topics
  18. Cladistic Analysis126▲ 587×1 topic
  19. Regionalization126▲ 587×1 topic
  20. Habitat Fragmentation118▲ 22×5 topics
  21. Fish Biodiversity114▲ 249×1 topic
  22. Freshwater Ecoregions114▲ 249×1 topic
  23. Amphibian Declines112▲ 173×1 topic
  24. Chytridiomycosis112▲ 173×1 topic
  25. DNA Barcoding98▲ 23×9 topics
  26. Conservation Genetics95▲ 94×2 topics
  27. Ecosystem Engineering95▲ 127×2 topics
  28. Toxins94▲ 36×4 topics
  29. Environmental Impacts92▲ 14×3 topics
  30. Aquatic Invasions91▲ 177×1 topic
  31. Freshwater Mussels91▲ 177×1 topic
  32. Migration89▲ 10×5 topics
  33. Coleoptera88▲ 135×2 topics
  34. Marine Ecosystems86▲ 62×2 topics
  35. Rays84▲ 150×1 topic
  36. Sharks84▲ 150×1 topic
  37. Infection77▲ 12×7 topics
  38. Nematodes74▲ 61×3 topics
  39. Phylogenetic Relationships74▲ 42×3 topics
  40. Parasitism73▲ 274×1 topic

What research is done in Ibagué?

Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxo…126Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography: 126 fractional worksFish biology, ecology, a…114Fish biology, ecology, and behavior: 114 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Bi…111Amphibian and Reptile Biology: 111 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Eco…91Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 91 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 84 fractional worksMollusks and Parasites Studies: 73 fractional worksBotany and Geology in La…67Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean: 67 fractional worksColeoptera: Cerambycidae studies: 64 fractional worksParasite Biology and Host Interactions: 54 fractional worksTurtle Biology and Conservation: 49 fractional works
PaleontologyNature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcology2 others

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

  1. 1 Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography Paleontology 126 works
  2. 2 Fish biology, ecology, and behavior Nature and Landscape Conservation 114 works
  3. 3 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 111 works
  4. 4 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 91 works
  5. 5 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 84 works
  6. 6 Mollusks and Parasites Studies Insect Science 73 works
  7. 7 Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 67 works
  8. 8 Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 64 works
  9. 9 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 54 works
  10. 10 Turtle Biology and Conservation Nature and Landscape Conservation 49 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Ibagué1.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.6% in 2024.

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