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Research in León

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in León, Nicaragua. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua-León and Universidad Cristiana Autónoma de Nicaragua.

Research institutions
3
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
765
▲ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.3k
8.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
5.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1963-2026
64 years on the record
León

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Which research institutions are in León?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua-LeónUniversity 539 #11,863
2Universidad Cristiana Autónoma de NicaraguaUniversity 199 #20,819
3Universidad Tecnológica La SalleUniversity 27 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 León work in?

In 2022-now, 30% of research in León is in Life Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (24%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (17%), Social Sciences (12%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 71 fractional works · 30.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 39 fractional works · 16.8% of its workPlant Science: 10 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 70 fractional works · 30.0% of its workMedicine: 57 fractional works · 24.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 51 fractional works · 21.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 28 fractional works · 12.1% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 43 fractional works · 18.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 18 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLeón235fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences30%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences30%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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3916.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology187.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology73.0%
    4. Neuroscience41.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.8%
    1. Medicine5724.3%
    2. Health Professions73.1%
    3. Dentistry41.6%
    4. Veterinary10.5%
    5. Nursing10.5%
    1. Social Sciences2812.1%
    2. Psychology83.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance62.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting52.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities31.4%
    6. Decision Sciences10.3%
    1. Environmental Science187.6%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences94.0%
    3. Computer Science73.1%
    4. Engineering31.4%
    5. Materials Science20.7%
    6. Chemistry10.6%
    7. Energy10.3%
    8. Mathematics10.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in León?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Epidemiology, Conservation, Climate Change, Biogeography, Sustainability, Environmental Impact and Food Security.

▲ 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. Epidemiology21▲ 2.2×70 topics
  2. Biodiversity16▲ 8.7×21 topics
  3. Climate Change14▲ 2.3×38 topics
  4. Sustainability12▲ 2.1×27 topics
  5. Environmental Impact10▲ 2.6×13 topics
  6. Conservation10▲ 9.8×13 topics
  7. Sustainable Development8▲ 2.2×19 topics
  8. Public Health8▲ 2.3×22 topics
  9. Inflammation8▲ 1.59×37 topics
  10. Food Security7▲ 5.5×5 topics
  11. Education7▲ 1.69×16 topics
  12. Biogeography7▲ 10×12 topics
  13. Globalization7▲ 1.45×19 topics
  14. Risk Factors7▲ 2.6×16 topics
  15. Innovation7▲ 2.7×11 topics
  16. Mental Health6▲ 1.83×17 topics
  17. Pathogenesis6▲ 5.0×16 topics
  18. Nutrition5▲ 5.1×7 topics
  19. Phylogenetic Analysis5▲ 7.1×7 topics
  20. Agroecology5▲ 15×2 topics
  21. Public Policy5▲ 4.5×8 topics
  22. Sustainable Agriculture5▲ 7.0×2 topics
  23. Soil Management5▲ 55×2 topics
  24. Crop Production5▲ 18×1 topic
  25. Organic Farming5▲ 31×1 topic
  26. Population Dynamics5▲ 8.2×6 topics
  27. Taxonomy5▲ 14×6 topics
  28. Evolution5▲ 7.6×6 topics
  29. Neotropical Region5▲ 110×2 topics
  30. Biological Control4▲ 12×8 topics
  31. Invasive Species4▲ 4.2×14 topics
  32. Phylogeny4▲ 10×9 topics
  33. Policy3▲ 6.7×3 topics
  34. Vaccine Development3▲ 5.7×8 topics
  35. Community Resilience3▲ 7.1×3 topics
  36. DNA Barcoding3▲ 7.2×5 topics
  37. Small and Medium Enterprises3▲ 7.0×3 topics
  38. Endemism3▲ 62×1 topic
  39. Innovation Ecosystems3▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Regionalization3▲ 133×1 topic

What research is done in León?

Plant and soil sciences: 4 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 3 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, and Economy: 2 fractional worksArchaeology and Natural History: 2 fractional worksScarabaeidae Beetle Taxo…2Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography: 2 fractional worksBotany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean: 2 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 2 fractional worksColeoptera: Cerambycidae…2Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies: 2 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 2 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 2 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesGeriatrics and GerontologyEconomics and EconometricsAnthropology5 others

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

  1. 1 Plant and soil sciences General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 works
  2. 2 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 3 works
  3. 3 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  4. 4 Archaeology and Natural History Anthropology 2 works
  5. 5 Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography Paleontology 2 works
  6. 6 Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  7. 7 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 2 works
  8. 8 Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  9. 9 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 2 works
  10. 10 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 2 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 counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025León6.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.3% in 2013.

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