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Research in Mar del Plata

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Mar del Plata, Argentina. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are National University of Mar del Plata, Hospital Privado de Comunidad and Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo Pesquero.

Research institutions
6
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
13k
▼ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
165k
12.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1958-2026
69 years on the record
Mar del Plata

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 Mar del Plata?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1National University of Mar del PlataUniversity 9,026 #2,979
2Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo PesqueroResearch facility 825 #22,280
3Hospital Privado de ComunidadHospital / health system 420 #18,286
4Universidad Fraternidad de Agrupaciones Santo Tomás de AquinoUniversity 223 #22,025 all time
5Regen Network (Argentina)Company 1 not ranked
6Centro Diocesano de Estudio y ReflexiónResearch facility 0 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.

National University of Mar del Plata: 86.0%Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo Pesquero: 7.9%Hospital Privado de Comunidad: 4.0%Universidad Fraternidad de Agrupaciones Santo Tomás de Aquino: 2.1%1 other listed: 0.0%86%largest
National University of Mar del Plata9,026 · 86.0%Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo Pesquero825 · 7.9%Hospital Privado de Comunidad420 · 4.0%Universidad Fraternidad de Agrupaciones Santo Tomás de Aquino223 · 2.1%1 other listed1 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does Mar del Plata work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research in Mar del Plata is in Physical Sciences, 37% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Environmental Science (14%), Medicine (9%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 890 fractional works · 37.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 322 fractional works · 13.6% of its workEcology: 102 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 61 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 33 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 161 fractional works · 6.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 39 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 23 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 129 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 48 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomaterials: 42 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 99 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOceanography: 42 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPaleontology: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 72 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInformation Systems: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 45 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematics: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 868 fractional works · 36.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 531 fractional works · 22.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 112 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEducation: 82 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCultural Studies: 60 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 38 fractional works · 1.6% of its workUrban Studies: 33 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 32 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 28 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopment: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 185 fractional works · 7.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 62 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHistory: 32 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 99 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 40 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 28 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 23 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 340 fractional works · 14.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 212 fractional works · 8.9% of its workPlant Science: 60 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 37 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAquatic Science: 23 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 85 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 34 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiotechnology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 270 fractional works · 11.4% of its workMedicine: 221 fractional works · 9.3% of its workSurgery: 38 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 32 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 54 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Professions: 35 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMar del Plata2,369fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences37%

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. Environmental Science32213.6%
    2. Engineering1616.8%
    3. Materials Science1295.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences994.2%
    5. Computer Science723.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy451.9%
    7. Chemistry210.9%
    8. Energy210.9%
    9. Mathematics150.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering50.2%
    1. Social Sciences53122.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities1857.8%
    3. Psychology994.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance281.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting210.9%
    6. Decision Sciences40.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2128.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology853.6%
    3. Neuroscience200.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology170.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.2%
    1. Medicine2219.3%
    2. Health Professions351.5%
    3. Nursing80.3%
    4. Veterinary40.2%
    5. Dentistry30.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Mar del Plata strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Mar del Plata is most concentrated in General Social Sciences, Oceanography and Cultural Studies (9.5× the world share in General Social Sciences).

  1. General Social SciencesSubfield · 21.9 works9.5×
  2. OceanographySubfield · 36.5 works6.2×
  3. Cultural StudiesSubfield · 51.4 works6.0×
← 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: 1.87× its world share, 188 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 74 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.55× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 65 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.43× its world share, 80 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.01× its world share, 20 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 146 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.68× its world share, 281 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.54× its world share, 114 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.54× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.90× its world share, 42 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.59× its world share, 33 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 196 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.20× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.73× its world share, 166 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 27 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.35× its world share, 87 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.81× its world share, 482 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.73×166 works
  2. Environmental Science2.68×281 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.43×80 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.87×188 works
  5. Social Sciences1.81×482 works
  6. Materials Science1.54×114 works
  7. Psychology1.35×87 works
  8. Veterinary1.20×3 works
  9. Energy1.01×20 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.90×42 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.73×16 works
  12. Nursing0.70×7 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.66×74 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.64×5 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.60×4 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.60×27 works
  17. Health Professions0.59×33 works
  18. Chemistry0.55×18 works
  19. Mathematics0.54×13 works
  20. Neuroscience0.49×17 works
  21. Medicine0.48×196 works
  22. Engineering0.46×146 works
  23. Computer Science0.40×65 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×20 works
  25. Dentistry0.21×2 works
  26. Decision Sciences0.17×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Mar del Plata?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Globalization, Latin America, Gender, Social Movements, Education, History and Social Inequality.

▲ 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. Climate Change200▲ 3.1×80 topics
  2. Globalization158▲ 3.4×68 topics
  3. Education117▲ 2.9×58 topics
  4. Latin America106▲ 24×19 topics
  5. Gender93▲ 7.3×25 topics
  6. Environmental Impact84▲ 2.1×51 topics
  7. History82▲ 5.0×31 topics
  8. Social Movements81▲ 12×20 topics
  9. Identity64▲ 3.7×30 topics
  10. Biomedical Applications61▲ 2.2×29 topics
  11. Biodiversity60▲ 3.3×27 topics
  12. Human Rights60▲ 2.5×32 topics
  13. Social Inequality58▲ 9.1×11 topics
  14. Conservation57▲ 5.7×19 topics
  15. Literature57▲ 4.4×26 topics
  16. Cultural Identity54▲ 4.6×16 topics
  17. Memory52▲ 9.0×12 topics
  18. Cultural Studies52▲ 5.9×16 topics
  19. Neoliberalism50▲ 5.8×13 topics
  20. Invasive Species49▲ 4.9×18 topics
  21. Colonialism46▲ 4.1×21 topics
  22. Communication42▲ 5.7×15 topics
  23. Feminism42▲ 6.0×13 topics
  24. Population Dynamics41▲ 6.8×11 topics
  25. Politics39▲ 6.3×11 topics
  26. Fisheries Sustainability36▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Inequality36▲ 6.7×11 topics
  28. Violence36▲ 10×7 topics
  29. Trophic Cascades34▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Society34▲ 7.5×13 topics
  31. Marine Environment33▲ 9.5×3 topics
  32. Economy32▲ 18×4 topics
  33. Ecosystem Management32▲ 23×3 topics
  34. Molecular Phylogeny30▲ 7.8×11 topics
  35. Political Violence30▲ 50×3 topics
  36. Segregation30▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Housing30▲ 27×2 topics
  38. Fragmentation30▲ 28×2 topics
  39. Ocean Acidification30▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Metropolitan Areas29▲ 69×1 topic

What research is done in Mar del Plata?

Latin American Urban Stu…26Latin American Urban Studies: 26 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…24Marine and fisheries research: 24 fractional worksLatin American socio-political dynamics: 21 fractional worksMemory, violence, and history: 17 fractional worksRegional Development and Innovation: 16 fractional worksLatin American Literature Studies: 16 fractional worksArgentine historical studies: 15 fractional worksComparative Literary Ana…15Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism: 15 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 15 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 13 fractional works
Urban StudiesGlobal and Planetary ChangeSociology and Political ScienceSocial Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Latin American Urban Studies Urban Studies 26 works
  2. 2 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 24 works
  3. 3 Latin American socio-political dynamics Sociology and Political Science 21 works
  4. 4 Memory, violence, and history Social Psychology 17 works
  5. 5 Regional Development and Innovation Development 16 works
  6. 6 Latin American Literature Studies Cultural Studies 16 works
  7. 7 Argentine historical studies Cultural Studies 15 works
  8. 8 Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 15 works
  9. 9 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 15 works
  10. 10 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 13 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 2025Mar del Plata9.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.0% in 2000.

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