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Research in León

Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in León, Mexico. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidad de León, Instituto Tecnológico de León and Centro de Investigaciones en Optica.

Research institutions
8
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
8.1k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
47k
5.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
8.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1954-2026
73 years on the record
León

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 León?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidad de LeónUniversity 4,063 #3,278
2Centro de Investigaciones en OpticaResearch facility 2,739 #15,747
3Instituto Tecnológico de LeónUniversity 427 #11,602
4Universidad Iberoamericana LeónUniversity 421 #17,764
5Universidad La Salle BajíoUniversity 337 #16,938
6Universidad de Estudios Profesionales de Ciencias y ArtesUniversity 12 not ranked
7Centro Universitario de Dirección Empresarial y de NegociosUniversity 6 not ranked
8Universidad Franciscana de MéxicoUniversity 2 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 de León: 50.7%Centro de Investigaciones en Optica: 34.2%Instituto Tecnológico de León: 5.3%Universidad Iberoamericana León: 5.3%4 others listed: 4.5%51%largest
Universidad de León4,063 · 50.7%Centro de Investigaciones en Optica2,739 · 34.2%Instituto Tecnológico de León427 · 5.3%Universidad Iberoamericana León421 · 5.3%4 others listed357 · 4.5%

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

Which fields of science does León work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research in León is in Social Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Arts and Humanities (15%), Engineering (12%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 849 fractional works · 47.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 433 fractional works · 24.3% of its workEducation: 93 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 89 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 77 fractional works · 4.3% of its workLaw: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCultural Studies: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 267 fractional works · 15.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 65 fractional works · 3.6% of its workHistory: 60 fractional works · 3.4% of its workArcheology: 42 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workConservation: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClassics: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 58 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 52 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 33 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 30 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 587 fractional works · 33.0% of its workEngineering: 222 fractional works · 12.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 88 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 42 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 107 fractional works · 6.0% of its workInformation Systems: 29 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 25 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 68 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 42 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 63 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 48 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 61 fractional works · 3.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 24 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 200 fractional works · 11.3% of its workMedicine: 139 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 40 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 141 fractional works · 7.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 81 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPlant Science: 34 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 38 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLeón1,777fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences48%

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 Sciences43324.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities26715.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting583.3%
    4. Psychology522.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance331.8%
    6. Decision Sciences80.4%
    1. Engineering22212.5%
    2. Computer Science1076.0%
    3. Materials Science683.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy633.6%
    5. Environmental Science613.4%
    6. Chemistry241.3%
    7. Energy181.0%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences120.7%
    9. Mathematics70.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering40.2%
    1. Medicine1397.8%
    2. Health Professions402.2%
    3. Dentistry100.6%
    4. Nursing70.4%
    5. Veterinary50.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences814.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology382.1%
    3. Neuroscience120.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology80.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is León strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in León is most concentrated in General Social Sciences and History (13.0× the world share in General Social Sciences).

  1. General Social SciencesSubfield · 21.7 works13×
  2. HistorySubfield · 45.2 works9.3×
← 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: 0.97× its world share, 70 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 34 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.90× its world share, 22 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.77× its world share, 91 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.12× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.85× its world share, 195 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 51 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.13× its world share, 60 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.54× its world share, 52 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.13× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 37 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 114 worksMedicineNursing: 0.90× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.68× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.03× its world share, 221 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.94× its world share, 46 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.85× its world share, 28 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.90× its world share, 42 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 384 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.03×221 works
  2. Social Sciences1.99×384 works
  3. Veterinary1.68×4 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.54×52 works
  5. Materials Science1.13×60 works
  6. Dentistry1.13×8 works
  7. Energy1.12×16 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.97×70 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.94×46 works
  10. Health Professions0.92×37 works
  11. Chemistry0.90×22 works
  12. Nursing0.90×7 works
  13. Psychology0.90×42 works
  14. Engineering0.85×195 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.85×28 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.77×4 works
  17. Computer Science0.77×91 works
  18. Environmental Science0.67×51 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×34 works
  20. Neuroscience0.40×10 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.39×9 works
  22. Medicine0.39×114 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.37×6 works
  24. Mathematics0.36×6 works
  25. Decision Sciences0.34×5 works
  26. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.17×1 works

Which keywords describe research in León?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Education, Literature, Globalization, History, Welfare State, Urban Development and Gender Equality.

▲ 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. Education107▲ 3.5×62 topics
  2. Globalization100▲ 2.9×58 topics
  3. Gender75▲ 7.8×27 topics
  4. Literature71▲ 7.3×20 topics
  5. Sustainability67▲ 1.55×59 topics
  6. History65▲ 5.2×30 topics
  7. Innovation53▲ 2.9×32 topics
  8. Sustainable Development50▲ 1.82×37 topics
  9. Educational Technology50▲ 2.4×18 topics
  10. Human Rights49▲ 2.7×26 topics
  11. Cultural Heritage49▲ 5.2×20 topics
  12. Identity49▲ 3.8×24 topics
  13. Urban Development45▲ 7.2×9 topics
  14. Welfare State45▲ 32×4 topics
  15. Gender Equality42▲ 8.4×8 topics
  16. Society39▲ 12×12 topics
  17. Knowledge Management37▲ 3.8×20 topics
  18. Technology36▲ 3.9×18 topics
  19. Latin America35▲ 10×16 topics
  20. Cultural Identity33▲ 3.8×11 topics
  21. Communication33▲ 5.9×13 topics
  22. Social Movements32▲ 6.1×18 topics
  23. Historiography31▲ 14×11 topics
  24. Digital Marketing30▲ 4.3×3 topics
  25. Cultural Exchange30▲ 13×5 topics
  26. Workplace Safety29▲ 12×3 topics
  27. Informal Learning29▲ 13×4 topics
  28. Political Power29▲ 34×3 topics
  29. Memory29▲ 6.6×6 topics
  30. European Union28▲ 7.0×9 topics
  31. Iberian Peninsula26▲ 52×3 topics
  32. Narrative26▲ 9.6×9 topics
  33. Poetry26▲ 45×3 topics
  34. Constitutional Law26▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Labor Rights23▲ 107×2 topics
  36. Competitiveness23▲ 16×6 topics
  37. Gender Dynamics23▲ 12×6 topics
  38. Nonlinear Optics23▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Domestic Work23▲ 214×1 topic
  40. Telework23▲ 214×1 topic

What research is done in León?

Labor Law and Work Dynam…22Labor Law and Work Dynamics: 22 fractional worksComparative Literary Ana…19Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism: 19 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Optic Sensors: 17 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 17 fractional worksHuman Rights and Immigration: 14 fractional worksMedieval and Early Modern Iberia: 14 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Training: 13 fractional worksMedieval Iberian Studies13Medieval Iberian Studies: 13 fractional worksEmployment, Labor, and Gender Studies: 13 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 12 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsLiterature and Literary TheoryElectrical and Electronic EngineeringGeneral Social Sciences6 others

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

  1. 1 Labor Law and Work Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 22 works
  2. 2 Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 19 works
  3. 3 Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 17 works
  4. 4 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 17 works
  5. 5 Human Rights and Immigration Sociology and Political Science 14 works
  6. 6 Medieval and Early Modern Iberia History 14 works
  7. 7 Education and Teacher Training Education 13 works
  8. 8 Medieval Iberian Studies Classics 13 works
  9. 9 Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies Safety Research 13 works
  10. 10 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 12 works

Research output over time

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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 2025León9.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.9% in 2005.

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