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Research in La Paz

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in La Paz, Mexico. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur.

Research institutions
4
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.2k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
11.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1960-2026
67 years on the record
La Paz

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 La Paz?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidad Autónoma de Baja California SurUniversity 1,086 #14,016
2Universidad MundialUniversity 39 not ranked
3Universidad Internacional de La PazUniversity 29 not ranked
4Benemerito Hospital General con Especialidades "Juan Maria de Salvatierra"Hospital / health system 13 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 Autónoma de Baja California Sur: 93.1%Universidad Mundial: 3.3%Universidad Internacional de La Paz: 2.5%Benemerito Hospital General con Especialidades "Juan Maria de Salvatierra": 1.1%93%largest
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur1,086 · 93.1%Universidad Mundial39 · 3.3%Universidad Internacional de La Paz29 · 2.5%Benemerito Hospital General con Especialidades "Juan Maria de Salvatierra"13 · 1.1%

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

Which fields of science does La Paz work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research in La Paz is in Physical Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (30%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (16%), Social Sciences (13%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 128 fractional works · 48.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 79 fractional works · 29.9% of its workEcology: 31 fractional works · 11.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 26 fractional works · 9.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 24 fractional works · 9.1% of its workOceanography: 13 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 59 fractional works · 22.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 35 fractional works · 13.2% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 58 fractional works · 21.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 42 fractional works · 15.6% of its workPlant Science: 12 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAquatic Science: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 21 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLa Paz266fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences22%Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences22%

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 Science7929.9%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences249.1%
    3. Computer Science103.8%
    4. Engineering62.3%
    5. Materials Science41.6%
    6. Energy31.0%
    7. Mathematics00.2%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences3513.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance62.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities62.2%
    4. Psychology62.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting62.1%
    6. Decision Sciences10.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4215.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology124.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.9%
    4. Neuroscience20.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine155.6%
    2. Health Professions51.8%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is La Paz strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in La Paz is most concentrated in Ecology and Global and Planetary Change (14.9× the world share in Ecology).

  1. EcologySubfield · 26.3 works15×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 24.1 works14×
← 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: 3.39× its world share, 36 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.97× its world share, 21 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.17× its world share, 69 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.58× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.77× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.21× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science6.17×69 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.97×21 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.39×36 works
  4. Veterinary1.58×0 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.21×6 works
  6. Social Sciences1.02×29 works
  7. Energy0.98×2 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.96×2 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.86×10 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.77×6 works
  11. Health Professions0.66×4 works
  12. Psychology0.59×4 works
  13. Neuroscience0.56×2 works
  14. Materials Science0.50×4 works
  15. Computer Science0.47×8 works
  16. Nursing0.35×0 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.32×0 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.31×2 works
  19. Medicine0.28×12 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.26×1 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.21×0 works
  22. Dentistry0.21×0 works
  23. Engineering0.14×5 works
  24. Mathematics0.09×0 works
  25. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works

Which keywords describe research in La Paz?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Conservation, Population Dynamics, Ocean Acidification, Fisheries Sustainability, Trophic Cascades, Ecosystem Management and Marine Fisheries.

▲ 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. Climate Change54▲ 7.4×53 topics
  2. Sustainability19▲ 2.9×29 topics
  3. Conservation17▲ 15×14 topics
  4. Population Dynamics15▲ 23×10 topics
  5. Ocean Acidification15▲ 76×3 topics
  6. Fisheries Sustainability14▲ 64×2 topics
  7. Trophic Cascades14▲ 58×2 topics
  8. Environmental Impact14▲ 3.1×16 topics
  9. Ecosystem Management14▲ 87×1 topic
  10. Marine Fisheries14▲ 126×1 topic
  11. Food Security13▲ 8.9×11 topics
  12. Aquaculture12▲ 18×6 topics
  13. Marine Ecosystems12▲ 80×2 topics
  14. Biodiversity11▲ 5.6×21 topics
  15. Education11▲ 2.4×21 topics
  16. Climate Change Impacts9▲ 29×5 topics
  17. Acoustic Communication9▲ 67×2 topics
  18. Ecosystem Services9▲ 9.0×9 topics
  19. Benthic Communities8▲ 52×2 topics
  20. Marine Biodiversity8▲ 52×2 topics
  21. Marine Environment8▲ 22×3 topics
  22. Molecular Phylogeny8▲ 19×7 topics
  23. Fisheries8▲ 69×2 topics
  24. Predator-Prey Interactions8▲ 39×3 topics
  25. Bleaching8▲ 90×1 topic
  26. Coral Reefs8▲ 90×1 topic
  27. Anthropogenic Noise8▲ 103×1 topic
  28. Marine Mammals8▲ 103×1 topic
  29. Coastal Protection7▲ 41×2 topics
  30. Ecosystem Resilience7▲ 17×4 topics
  31. Nutrition7▲ 5.7×8 topics
  32. Invasive Species6▲ 5.5×12 topics
  33. Kelp Forests6▲ 76×1 topic
  34. Seagrasses6▲ 76×1 topic
  35. Bivalve Molluscs6▲ 79×1 topic
  36. Oyster Reefs6▲ 79×1 topic
  37. Biogeography6▲ 7.7×12 topics
  38. Rural Development5▲ 5.9×8 topics
  39. Ecology5▲ 11×5 topics
  40. Phylogeny5▲ 11×4 topics

What research is done in La Paz?

Marine and fisheries res…12Marine and fisheries research: 12 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 7 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosyst…6Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 6 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant…6Marine and coastal plant biology: 6 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 6 fractional worksCephalopods and Marine Biology: 4 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, an…4Business, Innovation, and Economy: 4 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 3 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 3 fractional worksPlant Growth Enhancement Techniques: 3 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEcologyOceanographyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics4 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 12 works
  2. 2 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 7 works
  3. 3 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 6 works
  4. 4 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 6 works
  5. 5 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  6. 6 Cephalopods and Marine Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  7. 7 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  8. 8 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 3 works
  9. 9 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  10. 10 Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques Plant Science 3 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 counting10%20%La Paz11.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.9% in 2013.

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