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Research in Latacunga

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Latacunga, Ecuador. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2k
▲ 171% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
1.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
8.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1996-2026
31 years on the record
Latacunga

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 Latacunga?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidad Técnica de CotopaxiUniversity 2,023 #2,118

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 Latacunga work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research in Latacunga is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (10%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 789 fractional works · 56.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 366 fractional works · 26.3% of its workEducation: 137 fractional works · 9.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 61 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCommunication: 34 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 24 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 21 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCultural Studies: 18 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopment: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 142 fractional works · 10.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 141 fractional works · 10.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 142 fractional works · 10.2% of its workAccounting: 58 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 56 fractional works · 4.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 97 fractional works · 7.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 42 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 31 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 32 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 355 fractional works · 25.5% of its workComputer Science: 129 fractional works · 9.3% of its workInformation Systems: 64 fractional works · 4.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 26 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 122 fractional works · 8.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 52 fractional works · 3.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 19 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 50 fractional works · 3.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 36 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 33 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 171 fractional works · 12.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 146 fractional works · 10.5% of its workFood Science: 41 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 35 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 29 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workForestry: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 77 fractional works · 5.6% of its workHealth Professions: 38 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedicine: 35 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKLatacunga1,392fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences57%

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 Sciences36626.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance14210.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting14210.2%
    4. Psychology977.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities322.3%
    6. Decision Sciences90.6%
    1. Computer Science1299.3%
    2. Engineering1228.8%
    3. Environmental Science503.6%
    4. Energy362.6%
    5. Materials Science70.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy30.2%
    8. Chemistry30.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    10. Mathematics10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences14610.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology161.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology40.3%
    4. Neuroscience30.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
    1. Health Professions382.7%
    2. Medicine352.5%
    3. Veterinary20.2%
    4. Nursing20.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Latacunga strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Latacunga is most concentrated in General Social Sciences, Communication and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (16.3× the world share in General Social Sciences).

  1. General Social SciencesSubfield · 20.9 works16×
  2. CommunicationSubfield · 25.9 works8.1×
  3. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 45.1 works8.1×
  4. AccountingSubfield · 53.5 works7.5×
← 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: 2.22× its world share, 123 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.19× its world share, 108 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.11× its world share, 33 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 110 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 42 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.07× its world share, 33 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.64× its world share, 22 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.28× its world share, 124 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.13× its world share, 128 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.19× its world share, 78 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.00× its world share, 296 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.13×128 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.28×124 works
  3. Energy3.11×33 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.22×123 works
  5. Psychology2.19×78 works
  6. Social Sciences2.00×296 works
  7. Computer Science1.19×108 works
  8. Health Professions1.07×33 works
  9. Environmental Science0.73×42 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.64×22 works
  11. Engineering0.63×110 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.60×7 works
  13. Veterinary0.49×1 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.35×4 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.34×1 works
  16. Nursing0.29×2 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.28×1 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×11 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×3 works
  20. Chemistry0.14×3 works
  21. Materials Science0.13×6 works
  22. Medicine0.12×28 works
  23. Neuroscience0.11×2 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.11×3 works
  25. Dentistry0.06×0 works
  26. Mathematics0.04×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Latacunga?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Small and Medium Enterprises, Digital Marketing, Social Responsibility, Competitiveness, Innovation, Innovation Ecosystems and Economic Impact.

▲ 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. Education190▲ 8.0×38 topics
  2. Small and Medium Enterprises165▲ 67×4 topics
  3. Digital Marketing146▲ 27×3 topics
  4. Social Responsibility141▲ 44×4 topics
  5. Competitiveness138▲ 125×6 topics
  6. Innovation136▲ 9.5×25 topics
  7. Innovation Ecosystems134▲ 94×2 topics
  8. Economic Impact132▲ 18×5 topics
  9. Globalization Effects131▲ 137×2 topics
  10. Urban Development131▲ 27×3 topics
  11. Psychopharmacology Education130▲ 150×1 topic
  12. Tourism Management130▲ 134×1 topic
  13. Sustainability129▲ 3.8×44 topics
  14. Educational Technology111▲ 6.8×18 topics
  15. Teacher Training100▲ 12×10 topics
  16. Organizational Culture88▲ 16×8 topics
  17. E-Learning77▲ 5.8×11 topics
  18. Knowledge Management74▲ 9.6×13 topics
  19. Globalization72▲ 2.6×34 topics
  20. COVID-1964▲ 3.5×8 topics
  21. Pedagogy63▲ 9.0×7 topics
  22. Social Impact62▲ 11×8 topics
  23. Leadership59▲ 8.7×11 topics
  24. Risk Assessment57▲ 6.2×9 topics
  25. Student Achievement56▲ 45×7 topics
  26. Public Policy56▲ 8.4×9 topics
  27. Distance Learning53▲ 11×6 topics
  28. Communication52▲ 12×9 topics
  29. Research49▲ 28×5 topics
  30. Decision Making46▲ 11×5 topics
  31. Informal Learning46▲ 25×4 topics
  32. Organizational Performance45▲ 13×6 topics
  33. Sustainable Agriculture45▲ 10×8 topics
  34. Rural Development44▲ 9.2×10 topics
  35. Financial Reporting44▲ 26×4 topics
  36. Digital Divide43▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Digital Competence43▲ 35×2 topics
  38. Financial Analysis42▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Economic Impact Evaluation42▲ 171×1 topic
  40. Productivity Indicators42▲ 171×1 topic

What research is done in Latacunga?

Business, Innovation, an…117Business, Innovation, and Economy: 117 fractional worksBusiness, Education, Mathematics Research: 39 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 35 fractional worksDiverse Applied Research Studies: 32 fractional worksPlant and soil sciences: 27 fractional worksLiteracy and Educational Practices: 25 fractional worksEducational and Organizational Development: 25 fractional worksEducational methodologies and cognitive development: 23 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Production Studies: 21 fractional worksEnvironmental and Ecological Studies: 19 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsAccountingInformation SystemsSociology and Political Science6 others

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

  1. 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 117 works
  2. 2 Business, Education, Mathematics Research Accounting 39 works
  3. 3 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 35 works
  4. 4 Diverse Applied Research Studies Sociology and Political Science 32 works
  5. 5 Plant and soil sciences General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 27 works
  6. 6 Literacy and Educational Practices Education 25 works
  7. 7 Educational and Organizational Development Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 25 works
  8. 8 Educational methodologies and cognitive development Developmental and Educational Psychology 23 works
  9. 9 Agricultural and Food Production Studies Food Science 21 works
  10. 10 Environmental and Ecological Studies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 19 works

Research output over time

still counting200020052010201520202025
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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 2025Latacunga8.8% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.8% in 2024.

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