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Research in Mendoza

Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Mendoza, Argentina. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, University of Mendoza and Universidad de Congreso.

Research institutions
7
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
9.7k
▼ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
93k
9.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Mendoza

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 Mendoza?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidad Nacional de CuyoUniversity 7,423 #2,097
2University of MendozaUniversity 882 #10,389
3Universidad de CongresoUniversity 733 #11,375
4Aconcagua UniversityUniversity 233 #25,026 all time
5Juan Agustín Maza UniversityUniversity 195 #22,118 all time
6Instituto ZaldivarHospital / health system 38 not ranked
7Municipality De MalargueGovernment institution 3 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.

Universidad Nacional de Cuyo: 78.1%University of Mendoza: 9.3%Universidad de Congreso: 7.7%Aconcagua University: 2.5%3 others listed: 2.5%78%largest
Universidad Nacional de Cuyo7,423 · 78.1%University of Mendoza882 · 9.3%Universidad de Congreso733 · 7.7%Aconcagua University233 · 2.5%3 others listed236 · 2.5%

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

Which fields of science does Mendoza work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Mendoza is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Medicine (14%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 821 fractional works · 39.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 511 fractional works · 24.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 107 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEducation: 63 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 62 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCultural Studies: 55 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAnthropology: 38 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 32 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLaw: 27 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrban Studies: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopment: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 159 fractional works · 7.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 37 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 34 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArcheology: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClassics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 59 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 23 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 49 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 35 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 538 fractional works · 25.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 156 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEcology: 41 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 99 fractional works · 4.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 87 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPaleontology: 38 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 23 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeophysics: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 67 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 49 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 27 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 371 fractional works · 17.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 209 fractional works · 10.1% of its workPlant Science: 70 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 44 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFood Science: 37 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInsect Science: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 110 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 61 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 32 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 350 fractional works · 16.8% of its workMedicine: 287 fractional works · 13.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 33 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurgery: 28 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 47 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 28 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacy: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMendoza2,080fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences39%

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 Sciences51124.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities1597.6%
    3. Psychology592.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting492.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance351.7%
    6. Decision Sciences80.4%
    1. Environmental Science1567.5%
    2. Engineering994.7%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences874.2%
    4. Computer Science673.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy492.4%
    6. Materials Science271.3%
    7. Chemistry241.1%
    8. Mathematics100.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering90.4%
    10. Energy90.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20910.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1105.3%
    3. Neuroscience321.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology170.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.1%
    1. Medicine28713.8%
    2. Health Professions472.3%
    3. Dentistry70.3%
    4. Nursing50.3%
    5. Veterinary40.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Mendoza strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Mendoza is most concentrated in General Social Sciences, Paleontology and Cultural Studies (14.9× the world share in General Social Sciences).

  1. General Social SciencesSubfield · 29.9 works15×
  2. PaleontologySubfield · 29.2 works13×
  3. Cultural StudiesSubfield · 50.4 works6.7×
← 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: 1.94× its world share, 169 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.93× its world share, 91 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.82× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 28 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.32× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.80× its world share, 23 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 61 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.58× its world share, 74 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.52× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 89 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.39× its world share, 127 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 24 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.02× its world share, 42 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.89× its world share, 43 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.71× its world share, 249 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.19× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.81× its world share, 149 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.80× its world share, 47 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.83× its world share, 32 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.97× its world share, 54 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.02× its world share, 470 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.81×149 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.58×74 works
  3. Social Sciences2.02×470 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.94×169 works
  5. Environmental Science1.39×127 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.32×8 works
  7. Veterinary1.19×3 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.02×42 works
  9. Psychology0.97×54 works
  10. Neuroscience0.94×28 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.93×91 works
  12. Health Professions0.89×43 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.83×32 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.82×15 works
  15. Chemistry0.80×23 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.80×47 works
  17. Medicine0.71×249 works
  18. Dentistry0.61×5 works
  19. Energy0.52×9 works
  20. Nursing0.45×4 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.43×3 works
  22. Computer Science0.43×61 works
  23. Mathematics0.39×8 works
  24. Materials Science0.38×24 works
  25. Decision Sciences0.35×6 works
  26. Engineering0.32×89 works

Which keywords describe research in Mendoza?

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

▲ 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. Globalization128▲ 3.1×81 topics
  2. Climate Change127▲ 2.2×85 topics
  3. Education124▲ 3.5×63 topics
  4. Latin America95▲ 24×22 topics
  5. Sustainability87▲ 1.70×65 topics
  6. History78▲ 5.4×30 topics
  7. Social Movements65▲ 11×21 topics
  8. Public Health64▲ 2.1×51 topics
  9. Biodiversity58▲ 3.7×25 topics
  10. Human Rights58▲ 2.7×36 topics
  11. Gender57▲ 5.1×32 topics
  12. Ethics56▲ 5.3×31 topics
  13. Literature50▲ 4.4×28 topics
  14. Society50▲ 13×14 topics
  15. Cultural Identity49▲ 4.7×21 topics
  16. Philosophy49▲ 5.3×23 topics
  17. Innovation48▲ 2.2×35 topics
  18. Culture44▲ 4.0×18 topics
  19. Identity40▲ 2.7×36 topics
  20. Invasive Species38▲ 4.3×20 topics
  21. Technology37▲ 3.4×17 topics
  22. Communication37▲ 5.7×16 topics
  23. Biogeography37▲ 6.3×19 topics
  24. Social Inequality34▲ 6.1×14 topics
  25. Community Participation34▲ 4.6×9 topics
  26. Politics33▲ 6.0×11 topics
  27. Neoliberalism32▲ 4.3×17 topics
  28. Colonialism32▲ 3.2×26 topics
  29. Cultural Studies32▲ 4.2×18 topics
  30. Violence30▲ 9.8×9 topics
  31. Health Promotion30▲ 4.5×15 topics
  32. Rural Development30▲ 4.1×12 topics
  33. Memory28▲ 5.5×11 topics
  34. Economy26▲ 17×5 topics
  35. Inequality26▲ 5.6×10 topics
  36. Social Sciences26▲ 8.8×11 topics
  37. Welfare State26▲ 16×4 topics
  38. Molecular Phylogeny26▲ 7.5×9 topics
  39. Constitutionalism22▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Migrant Integration21▲ 30×2 topics

What research is done in Mendoza?

Social Sciences and Poli…18Social Sciences and Policies: 18 fractional worksArgentine historical stu…16Argentine historical studies: 16 fractional worksIndigenous Cultures and History: 15 fractional worksLatin American socio-political dynamics: 14 fractional worksLatin American Urban Studies: 13 fractional worksRegional Development and Innovation: 12 fractional worksComparative constitutional jurisprudence studies: 12 fractional worksHorticultural and Viticu…12Horticultural and Viticultural Research: 12 fractional worksPhilosophical and Cultural Analysis: 12 fractional worksPhilosophical Thought and Analysis: 11 fractional works
General Social SciencesCultural StudiesAnthropologySociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 18 works
  2. 2 Argentine historical studies Cultural Studies 16 works
  3. 3 Indigenous Cultures and History Anthropology 15 works
  4. 4 Latin American socio-political dynamics Sociology and Political Science 14 works
  5. 5 Latin American Urban Studies Urban Studies 13 works
  6. 6 Regional Development and Innovation Development 12 works
  7. 7 Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies Political Science and International Relations 12 works
  8. 8 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 12 works
  9. 9 Philosophical and Cultural Analysis Philosophy 12 works
  10. 10 Philosophical Thought and Analysis General Social Sciences 11 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Mendoza9.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.1% in 2017.

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