Research in Medellín
Science Explorer records 34 research institutions in Medellín, Colombia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidad de Antioquia, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana and Universidad EAFIT.
- Research institutions
- 34 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 66k ▼ 10% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 366k 5.5 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 10.8% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
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 Medellín?
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Medellín work in?
In 2022-now, 36% of research in Medellín is in Social Sciences, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (22%), Social Sciences (21%), Engineering (8%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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
- Social Sciences4,98335.6%
- Social Sciences2,88220.6%
- Psychology5614.0%
- Business, Management and Accounting5614.0%
- Arts and Humanities5263.8%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance3522.5%
- Decision Sciences1010.7%
- Health Sciences3,87827.7%
- Medicine3,10822.2%
- Health Professions5433.9%
- Dentistry1240.9%
- Nursing640.5%
- Veterinary390.3%
- Physical Sciences3,55225.4%
- Engineering1,1728.4%
- Environmental Science7485.3%
- Computer Science6724.8%
- Materials Science2752.0%
- Physics and Astronomy1731.2%
- Energy1431.0%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1351.0%
- Chemistry960.7%
- Mathematics950.7%
- Chemical Engineering430.3%
- Life Sciences1,58911.3%
What is Medellín strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Medellín is most concentrated in Life-span and Life-course Studies, General Social Sciences and Development (9.6× the world share in Life-span and Life-course Studies).
- Life-span and Life-course StudiesSubfield · 20.1 works9.6×
- General Social SciencesSubfield · 107.4 works7.8×
- DevelopmentSubfield · 52.6 works4.2×
- Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 124.6 works4.0×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Veterinary2.00×34 works
- Dentistry1.79×109 works
- Social Sciences1.64×2,606 works
- Health Professions1.49×495 works
- Arts and Humanities1.34×484 works
- Psychology1.32×507 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.28×162 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.25×335 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.24×504 works
- Medicine1.15×2,776 works
- Energy1.12×129 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.08×645 works
- Environmental Science1.06×659 works
- Nursing0.94×58 works
- Chemical Engineering0.89×39 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.76×34 works
- Decision Sciences0.72×87 works
- Neuroscience0.65×132 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.64×427 works
- Computer Science0.62×607 works
- Engineering0.56×1,055 works
- Materials Science0.55×243 works
- Mathematics0.55×81 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.54×107 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.54×152 works
- Chemistry0.46×90 works
Which keywords describe research in Medellín?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Latin America, Epidemiology, Globalization, Health Promotion, Human Rights, Innovation and Competitiveness.
- University Students
- Psychopharmacology Education
- Tourism Management
- Globalization Effects
- Violence
- Inclusive Education
- Public Policy
- Nutrition
- Ethics
- Pedagogy
- Teacher Training
- Digital Marketing
- Knowledge Management
- COVID-19
- Sustainable Development
- Quality of Life
- Public Health
- Innovation
- Sustainability
- Epidemiology
- Education
- Globalization
- Human Rights
- Climate Change
- Latin America
- Mental Health
- Health Promotion
- Educational Technology
- Competitiveness
- Social Responsibility
- Communication
- Small and Medium Enterprises
- Technology
- Urban Development
- Colombia
- Innovation Ecosystems
- Social Movements
- Society
- City Branding
- Political Violence
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
- Education940▲ 3.9×107 topics
- Epidemiology902▲ 1.62×136 topics
- Globalization648▲ 2.4×114 topics
- Sustainability578▲ 1.69×100 topics
- Human Rights462▲ 3.2×56 topics
- Innovation456▲ 3.1×56 topics
- Climate Change449▲ 1.18×107 topics
- Public Health442▲ 2.2×70 topics
- Latin America419▲ 16×23 topics
- Quality of Life360▲ 1.78×60 topics
- Mental Health352▲ 1.76×44 topics
- Sustainable Development342▲ 1.56×72 topics
- Health Promotion323▲ 7.3×18 topics
- COVID-19314▲ 1.73×29 topics
- Educational Technology311▲ 1.88×34 topics
- Knowledge Management280▲ 3.6×31 topics
- Competitiveness276▲ 25×7 topics
- Digital Marketing272▲ 5.0×5 topics
- Social Responsibility264▲ 8.2×8 topics
- Teacher Training261▲ 3.0×25 topics
- Communication260▲ 5.9×19 topics
- Pedagogy236▲ 3.4×20 topics
- Small and Medium Enterprises234▲ 9.5×6 topics
- Ethics226▲ 3.2×47 topics
- Technology225▲ 3.1×33 topics
- Nutrition219▲ 3.5×16 topics
- Urban Development214▲ 4.3×15 topics
- Public Policy212▲ 3.2×24 topics
- Colombia207▲ 88×2 topics
- Inclusive Education200▲ 4.0×15 topics
- Innovation Ecosystems198▲ 14×2 topics
- Violence196▲ 9.6×14 topics
- Social Movements193▲ 4.7×24 topics
- Globalization Effects182▲ 19×2 topics
- Society182▲ 6.8×16 topics
- Tourism Management181▲ 19×2 topics
- City Branding181▲ 21×1 topic
- Psychopharmacology Education181▲ 21×1 topic
- Political Violence156▲ 44×3 topics
- University Students147▲ 19×2 topics
What research is done in Medellín?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 174 works
- 2 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 127 works
- 3 Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia Sociology and Political Science 96 works
- 4 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 94 works
- 5 History and Politics in Latin America Demography 92 works
- 6 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 84 works
- 7 Education and Teacher Training Education 78 works
- 8 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 74 works
- 9 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 68 works
- 10 Stress and Burnout Research Social Psychology 66 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.6% in 2025.
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