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Research in La Serena

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in La Serena, Chile. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of La Serena.

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.3k
▲ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
72k
21.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1962-2026
65 years on the record
La Serena

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 Serena?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of La SerenaUniversity 2,203 #2,696
2Las Campanas ObservatoryResearch facility 169 #33,315 all time
3Hospital la SerenaHospital / health system 103 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.

Which fields of science does La Serena work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research in La Serena is in Social Sciences, 38% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Physics and Astronomy (13%), Medicine (7%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 337 fractional works · 41.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 214 fractional works · 26.4% of its workEducation: 112 fractional works · 13.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 26 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCultural Studies: 15 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 47 fractional works · 5.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 15 fractional works · 1.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMusic: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 30 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 30 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 309 fractional works · 38.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 102 fractional works · 12.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 65 fractional works · 8.1% of its workInstrumentation: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 47 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEcology: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 46 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 43 fractional works · 5.3% of its workInformation Systems: 21 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeophysics: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 17 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 81 fractional works · 10.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 52 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPlant Science: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 81 fractional works · 10.0% of its workMedicine: 57 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 21 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKLa Serena808fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences42%

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 Sciences21426.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities475.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting303.8%
    4. Psychology303.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance81.0%
    6. Decision Sciences81.0%
    1. Physics and Astronomy10212.6%
    2. Environmental Science475.9%
    3. Engineering465.7%
    4. Computer Science435.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences212.6%
    6. Materials Science172.1%
    7. Energy131.6%
    8. Mathematics121.5%
    9. Chemistry40.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering40.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences526.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology243.0%
    3. Neuroscience30.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Medicine577.0%
    2. Health Professions212.6%
    3. Nursing30.4%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is La Serena strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in La Serena is most concentrated in Astronomy and Astrophysics (14.6× the world share in Astronomy and Astrophysics).

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 54.2 works15×
← 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: 1.39× its world share, 47 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.73× its world share, 41 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 17 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.62× its world share, 11 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 41 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.16× its world share, 41 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.04× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.13× its world share, 82 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.97× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 46 worksMedicineNursing: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.13× its world share, 44 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.28× its world share, 29 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.27× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.26× its world share, 205 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy5.13×82 works
  2. Social Sciences2.26×205 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.13×44 works
  4. Energy1.62×11 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.54×17 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.39×47 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.28×29 works
  8. Psychology1.27×28 works
  9. Environmental Science1.16×41 works
  10. Mathematics1.04×9 works
  11. Health Professions0.97×18 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.91×6 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.86×2 works
  14. Nursing0.75×3 works
  15. Computer Science0.73×41 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.56×21 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.52×8 works
  18. Engineering0.38×41 works
  19. Medicine0.34×46 works
  20. Materials Science0.33×8 works
  21. Chemistry0.27×3 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.22×2 works
  23. Dentistry0.21×1 works
  24. Neuroscience0.19×2 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.16×0 works
  26. Veterinary0.11×0 works

Which keywords describe research in La Serena?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Globalization, Pedagogy, Communication, Inclusive Education, Innovation, Educational Technology and Qualitative Research.

▲ 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. Education93▲ 6.7×45 topics
  2. Globalization55▲ 3.5×38 topics
  3. Innovation38▲ 4.5×21 topics
  4. Sustainability38▲ 1.91×50 topics
  5. Educational Technology34▲ 3.6×14 topics
  6. Climate Change33▲ 1.51×65 topics
  7. Pedagogy33▲ 8.2×7 topics
  8. Communication30▲ 12×9 topics
  9. Qualitative Research30▲ 4.4×15 topics
  10. Inclusive Education30▲ 10×9 topics
  11. E-Learning25▲ 3.2×6 topics
  12. Social Sciences23▲ 20×10 topics
  13. Organizational Commitment23▲ 14×2 topics
  14. Teaching Strategies21▲ 9.4×5 topics
  15. Educational Leadership21▲ 20×3 topics
  16. Teacher Training21▲ 4.2×10 topics
  17. Teacher Development21▲ 41×2 topics
  18. Student Performance20▲ 24×2 topics
  19. Knowledge Management20▲ 4.5×15 topics
  20. Quality Education20▲ 70×1 topic
  21. School Culture20▲ 70×1 topic
  22. Learning20▲ 8.5×5 topics
  23. Sociology20▲ 18×4 topics
  24. Latin America20▲ 13×14 topics
  25. Epistemology20▲ 83×2 topics
  26. Star Formation19▲ 43×2 topics
  27. Methodology19▲ 49×2 topics
  28. Informal Learning19▲ 18×4 topics
  29. Competitiveness17▲ 26×6 topics
  30. Exoplanets16▲ 50×1 topic
  31. Stellar Astrophysics16▲ 50×1 topic
  32. Black Holes15▲ 19×3 topics
  33. Health Promotion15▲ 5.8×16 topics
  34. Competencias Docentes14▲ 130×1 topic
  35. Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior14▲ 130×1 topic
  36. Astronomical Instrumentation14▲ 53×1 topic
  37. Spectrograph14▲ 53×1 topic
  38. Dark Matter14▲ 15×4 topics
  39. Magnetic Fields13▲ 25×3 topics
  40. Accretion Disks12▲ 31×2 topics

What research is done in La Serena?

Education and Teacher Training: 20 fractional worksEducational theories and practices: 19 fractional worksHigher Education Teachin…14Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation: 14 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and …14Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 14 fractional worksEducational Practices and Policies: 12 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 10 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysi…10Astronomy and Astrophysical Research: 10 fractional worksCultural and Social Studies in Latin America: 9 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 8 fractional worksLiteracy and Educational Practices: 8 fractional works
EducationAstronomy and AstrophysicsInformation SystemsInstrumentation1 others

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

  1. 1 Education and Teacher Training Education 20 works
  2. 2 Educational theories and practices Education 19 works
  3. 3 Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation Education 14 works
  4. 4 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 14 works
  5. 5 Educational Practices and Policies Education 12 works
  6. 6 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 10 works
  7. 7 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 10 works
  8. 8 Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America Literature and Literary Theory 9 works
  9. 9 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 8 works
  10. 10 Literacy and Educational Practices Education 8 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 counting20%40%La Serena14.9% 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 34.2% in 2000.

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