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Research in Manta

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Manta, Ecuador. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.6k
▲ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.2k
1.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
9.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1970-2026
57 years on the record
Manta

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 Manta?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de ManabíUniversity 3,603 #2,392

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 Manta work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research in Manta is in Social Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (38%), Computer Science (9%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (8%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,117 fractional works · 62.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 684 fractional works · 38.3% of its workEducation: 274 fractional works · 15.3% of its workLaw: 86 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 84 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 51 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSafety Research: 35 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 28 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCommunication: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopment: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 146 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 142 fractional works · 7.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 128 fractional works · 7.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 60 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAccounting: 42 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 126 fractional works · 7.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 46 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 46 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 320 fractional works · 17.9% of its workComputer Science: 168 fractional works · 9.4% of its workInformation Systems: 110 fractional works · 6.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 43 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 93 fractional works · 5.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 31 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 34 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 210 fractional works · 11.7% of its workMedicine: 102 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 31 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth Professions: 88 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 49 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacy: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 140 fractional works · 7.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 117 fractional works · 6.5% of its workFood Science: 30 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 28 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 25 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKManta1,787fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences63%

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 Sciences1,11762.5%
    1. Social Sciences68438.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1468.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1287.2%
    4. Psychology1267.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities321.8%
    6. Decision Sciences20.1%
    1. Computer Science1689.4%
    2. Environmental Science935.2%
    3. Engineering341.9%
    4. Energy100.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences80.4%
    6. Mathematics40.2%
    7. Materials Science30.2%
    8. Chemistry10.0%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine1025.7%
    2. Health Professions884.9%
    3. Dentistry120.7%
    4. Nursing60.3%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1176.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology100.5%
    3. Neuroscience90.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Manta strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Manta is most concentrated in General Social Sciences, Computer Science Applications and Law (13.9× the world share in General Social Sciences).

  1. General Social SciencesSubfield · 23.1 works14×
  2. Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 32.5 works8.7×
  3. LawSubfield · 61.8 works7.0×
  4. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 49.1 works6.8×
← 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: 1.39× its world share, 100 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.19× its world share, 140 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.67× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.99× its world share, 75 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.23× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.06× its world share, 82 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 85 worksMedicineNursing: 0.65× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.59× its world share, 26 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.14× its world share, 105 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.05× its world share, 132 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.48× its world share, 115 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.99× its world share, 575 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.05×132 works
  2. Social Sciences2.99×575 works
  3. Psychology2.48×115 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.14×105 works
  5. Health Professions2.06×82 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.39×100 works
  7. Dentistry1.23×9 works
  8. Computer Science1.19×140 works
  9. Environmental Science0.99×75 works
  10. Energy0.67×9 works
  11. Nursing0.65×5 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.59×26 works
  13. Veterinary0.52×1 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.38×2 works
  15. Neuroscience0.34×8 works
  16. Medicine0.29×85 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.22×5 works
  18. Mathematics0.20×4 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.14×2 works
  20. Engineering0.12×28 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.09×7 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.09×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.05×3 works
  24. Chemistry0.03×1 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.01×0 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Manta?

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

▲ 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. Education337▲ 11×43 topics
  2. Small and Medium Enterprises176▲ 56×5 topics
  3. Innovation171▲ 9.3×23 topics
  4. Digital Marketing155▲ 22×3 topics
  5. Educational Technology146▲ 6.9×28 topics
  6. Social Responsibility146▲ 35×6 topics
  7. Competitiveness142▲ 100×6 topics
  8. E-Learning140▲ 8.1×15 topics
  9. Innovation Ecosystems135▲ 74×3 topics
  10. Globalization Effects134▲ 109×2 topics
  11. Economic Impact133▲ 14×7 topics
  12. Globalization132▲ 3.8×39 topics
  13. Urban Development132▲ 21×5 topics
  14. Sustainability130▲ 3.0×48 topics
  15. Psychopharmacology Education129▲ 116×1 topic
  16. Tourism Management129▲ 104×1 topic
  17. Inclusive Education122▲ 19×12 topics
  18. Pedagogy117▲ 13×12 topics
  19. Teacher Training111▲ 10×16 topics
  20. COVID-19107▲ 4.6×16 topics
  21. Knowledge Management98▲ 9.8×16 topics
  22. Human Rights98▲ 5.3×18 topics
  23. Organizational Culture96▲ 14×11 topics
  24. Distance Learning94▲ 15×7 topics
  25. Digital Competence87▲ 55×3 topics
  26. Sustainable Development87▲ 3.1×36 topics
  27. Social Impact86▲ 12×9 topics
  28. Online Education82▲ 24×4 topics
  29. Digital Divide80▲ 17×5 topics
  30. Public Health79▲ 3.0×26 topics
  31. ICT79▲ 33×3 topics
  32. Virtual Teaching78▲ 81×1 topic
  33. Online Learning70▲ 4.7×16 topics
  34. Research68▲ 30×5 topics
  35. Health Promotion67▲ 12×12 topics
  36. Leadership61▲ 7.0×9 topics
  37. Social Justice61▲ 5.7×13 topics
  38. Technology59▲ 6.3×15 topics
  39. Communication54▲ 9.5×9 topics
  40. Gender Studies49▲ 18×4 topics

What research is done in Manta?

Business, Innovation, an…117Business, Innovation, and Economy: 117 fractional worksEducational Innovations …66Educational Innovations and Technology: 66 fractional worksDiverse Applied Research…38Diverse Applied Research Studies: 38 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Training: 38 fractional worksSocial Issues and Policies in Latin America: 30 fractional worksEducational Methods and Psychological Studies: 27 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 25 fractional worksBusiness, Education, Mathematics Research: 24 fractional worksEducational Outcomes and Influences: 24 fractional worksStress and Burnout Research: 24 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsInformation SystemsSociology and Political ScienceEducation4 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 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 66 works
  3. 3 Diverse Applied Research Studies Sociology and Political Science 38 works
  4. 4 Education and Teacher Training Education 38 works
  5. 5 Social Issues and Policies in Latin America Law 30 works
  6. 6 Educational Methods and Psychological Studies Education 27 works
  7. 7 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 25 works
  8. 8 Business, Education, Mathematics Research Accounting 24 works
  9. 9 Educational Outcomes and Influences Education 24 works
  10. 10 Stress and Burnout Research Social Psychology 24 works

Research output over time

still counting200020102020
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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 2025Manta9.7% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.2% in 2015.

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