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Research in Loja

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Loja, Ecuador. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidad Nacional de Loja, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja and Instituto Superior Tecnológico Loja.

Research institutions
3
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.7k
▲ 104% vs 2018-21
Citations
29k
4.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1968-2026
59 years on the record
Loja

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 Loja?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidad Técnica Particular de LojaUniversity 3,202 #2,314
2Universidad Nacional de LojaUniversity 2,160 #1,819
3Instituto Superior Tecnológico LojaUniversity 1,361 #2,776

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 Loja work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research in Loja is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Computer Science (13%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2,002 fractional works · 49.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,177 fractional works · 29.2% of its workEducation: 443 fractional works · 11.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 144 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLaw: 128 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCommunication: 103 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 84 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDemography: 58 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 50 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 45 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopment: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 271 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 264 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 250 fractional works · 6.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 91 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAccounting: 86 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 224 fractional works · 5.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 87 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 75 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 66 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,053 fractional works · 26.1% of its workComputer Science: 517 fractional works · 12.8% of its workInformation Systems: 254 fractional works · 6.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 137 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 49 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 45 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 224 fractional works · 5.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 41 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 202 fractional works · 5.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 41 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 39 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 551 fractional works · 13.7% of its workMedicine: 308 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 81 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSurgery: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 106 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth Professions: 214 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 119 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 44 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacy: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 424 fractional works · 10.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 313 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPlant Science: 78 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 71 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 64 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 45 fractional works · 1.1% of its workForestry: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 65 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLoja4,030fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences50%

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 Sciences2,00249.7%
    1. Social Sciences1,17729.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2716.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting2506.2%
    4. Psychology2245.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities661.6%
    6. Decision Sciences140.4%
    1. Computer Science51712.8%
    2. Environmental Science2245.6%
    3. Engineering2025.0%
    4. Energy411.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences260.6%
    6. Materials Science160.4%
    7. Chemistry150.4%
    8. Mathematics60.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy30.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.1%
    1. Medicine3087.6%
    2. Health Professions2145.3%
    3. Nursing170.4%
    4. Dentistry70.2%
    5. Veterinary30.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3137.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology651.6%
    3. Neuroscience190.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology180.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics90.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Loja strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Loja is most concentrated in Computer Science Applications, General Social Sciences and Communication (12.9× the world share in Computer Science Applications).

  1. Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 109.7 works13×
  2. General Social SciencesSubfield · 37.7 works10×
  3. CommunicationSubfield · 92.1 works9.8×
  4. Occupational TherapySubfield · 42.0 works7.3×
  5. LawSubfield · 116.3 works5.8×
← 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: 1.70× its world share, 277 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 56 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.65× its world share, 440 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 21 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.22× its world share, 38 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 171 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.07× its world share, 182 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.10× its world share, 190 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 266 worksMedicineNursing: 0.94× its world share, 16 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.61× its world share, 60 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.97× its world share, 218 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.42× its world share, 251 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.65× its world share, 173 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.25× its world share, 979 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.42×251 works
  2. Social Sciences2.25×979 works
  3. Health Professions2.10×190 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.97×218 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.70×277 works
  6. Computer Science1.65×440 works
  7. Psychology1.65×173 works
  8. Energy1.22×38 works
  9. Environmental Science1.07×182 works
  10. Nursing0.94×16 works
  11. Veterinary0.71×3 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.67×8 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.61×60 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.45×16 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.40×21 works
  16. Medicine0.40×266 works
  17. Dentistry0.37×6 works
  18. Engineering0.33×171 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.31×56 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.30×10 works
  21. Neuroscience0.25×14 works
  22. Chemistry0.25×14 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.22×3 works
  24. Mathematics0.15×6 works
  25. Materials Science0.10×11 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.02×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Loja?

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

▲ 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. Education566▲ 8.2×65 topics
  2. Innovation334▲ 8.0×37 topics
  3. Digital Marketing299▲ 19×4 topics
  4. E-Learning296▲ 7.6×17 topics
  5. Educational Technology288▲ 6.0×34 topics
  6. Small and Medium Enterprises267▲ 37×5 topics
  7. Sustainability242▲ 2.5×77 topics
  8. Social Responsibility238▲ 26×6 topics
  9. COVID-19238▲ 4.5×25 topics
  10. Innovation Ecosystems232▲ 57×2 topics
  11. Globalization225▲ 2.8×52 topics
  12. Pedagogy224▲ 11×15 topics
  13. Urban Development222▲ 16×10 topics
  14. Economic Impact218▲ 10×8 topics
  15. Globalization Effects218▲ 79×3 topics
  16. Psychopharmacology Education215▲ 86×1 topic
  17. Tourism Management215▲ 77×1 topic
  18. Knowledge Management213▲ 9.5×20 topics
  19. Competitiveness211▲ 66×6 topics
  20. Distance Learning195▲ 14×10 topics
  21. Teacher Training195▲ 7.9×18 topics
  22. Inclusive Education170▲ 12×14 topics
  23. Digital Divide164▲ 16×7 topics
  24. Online Education163▲ 21×6 topics
  25. ICT161▲ 30×4 topics
  26. Digital Competence157▲ 44×3 topics
  27. Virtual Teaching155▲ 71×1 topic
  28. Technology151▲ 7.2×21 topics
  29. Health Promotion147▲ 12×16 topics
  30. Social Impact146▲ 9.3×13 topics
  31. Communication145▲ 11×16 topics
  32. Organizational Culture130▲ 8.3×12 topics
  33. Human Rights129▲ 3.1×21 topics
  34. Social Networks121▲ 11×10 topics
  35. Informal Learning121▲ 23×5 topics
  36. Research115▲ 23×6 topics
  37. Nutrition107▲ 6.0×10 topics
  38. University Students98▲ 43×2 topics
  39. Latin America89▲ 12×17 topics
  40. Occupational Health84▲ 18×7 topics

What research is done in Loja?

Business, Innovation, an…202Business, Innovation, and Economy: 202 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 129 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 73 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Training: 69 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 58 fractional worksSocial Issues and Policies in Latin America: 55 fractional worksCommunication and COVID-19 Impact: 54 fractional worksBusiness, Education, Mathematics Research: 50 fractional worksDiverse Applied Research Studies: 42 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety in Workplaces: 38 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsInformation SystemsComputer Science ApplicationsEducation6 others

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

  1. 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 202 works
  2. 2 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 129 works
  3. 3 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 73 works
  4. 4 Education and Teacher Training Education 69 works
  5. 5 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 58 works
  6. 6 Social Issues and Policies in Latin America Law 55 works
  7. 7 Communication and COVID-19 Impact Communication 54 works
  8. 8 Business, Education, Mathematics Research Accounting 50 works
  9. 9 Diverse Applied Research Studies Sociology and Political Science 42 works
  10. 10 Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces Occupational Therapy 38 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%30%Loja13.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.1% in 2014.

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