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Research in Merida

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Merida, Venezuela. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of the Andes.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
8.4k
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
80k
9.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1953-2026
74 years on the record
Merida

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 Merida?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of the AndesUniversity 8,378 #3,888

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 Merida work in?

In 2022-now, 37% of research in Merida is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (18%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (16%), Medicine (12%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 306 fractional works · 36.8% of its workEngineering: 94 fractional works · 11.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 19 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 59 fractional works · 7.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 18 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 17 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 52 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEcology: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 30 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomaterials: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 25 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeophysics: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 226 fractional works · 27.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 146 fractional works · 17.6% of its workEducation: 36 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 31 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 23 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCultural Studies: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 21 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 20 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 17 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 176 fractional works · 21.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 129 fractional works · 15.5% of its workFood Science: 34 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 29 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPlant Science: 24 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInsect Science: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 33 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 124 fractional works · 14.9% of its workMedicine: 102 fractional works · 12.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMerida832fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences21%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences27%

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. Engineering9411.3%
    2. Computer Science597.1%
    3. Environmental Science526.2%
    4. Materials Science303.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy253.0%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences161.9%
    7. Chemistry141.7%
    8. Mathematics80.9%
    9. Energy50.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.3%
    1. Social Sciences14617.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities212.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting202.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance172.0%
    5. Psychology172.0%
    6. Decision Sciences60.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12915.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology334.0%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology40.4%
    5. Neuroscience30.4%
    1. Medicine10212.2%
    2. Health Professions131.6%
    3. Dentistry50.6%
    4. Nursing30.4%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Merida strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Merida is most concentrated in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Food Science (5.8× the world share in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics).

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 20.3 works5.8×
  2. Food ScienceSubfield · 30.4 works5.4×
← 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: 3.03× its world share, 107 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.94× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.16× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.97× its world share, 56 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.82× its world share, 91 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.27× its world share, 47 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.10× its world share, 28 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.82× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.39× its world share, 23 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.22× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 89 worksMedicineNursing: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.79× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.77× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.04× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 124 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.03×107 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.94×5 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.39×23 works
  4. Social Sciences1.32×124 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.29×15 works
  6. Environmental Science1.27×47 works
  7. Dentistry1.22×4 works
  8. Veterinary1.21×1 works
  9. Chemistry1.16×14 works
  10. Materials Science1.10×28 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.04×16 works
  12. Computer Science0.97×56 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.90×2 works
  14. Engineering0.82×91 works
  15. Mathematics0.82×7 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.79×17 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.77×18 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.77×6 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.75×30 works
  20. Nursing0.74×3 works
  21. Energy0.71×5 works
  22. Psychology0.64×14 works
  23. Medicine0.62×89 works
  24. Health Professions0.61×12 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.49×4 works
  26. Neuroscience0.27×3 works

Which keywords describe research in Merida?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Globalization, Sustainability, Latin America, Climate Change, Innovation, Nutrition and Rural Development.

▲ 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. Sustainability53▲ 2.6×41 topics
  2. Education51▲ 3.6×41 topics
  3. Globalization51▲ 3.1×47 topics
  4. Climate Change46▲ 2.0×62 topics
  5. Epidemiology35◆ 1.05×72 topics
  6. Innovation30▲ 3.5×25 topics
  7. Sustainable Development28▲ 2.2×23 topics
  8. Public Health26▲ 2.1×29 topics
  9. Latin America26▲ 16×16 topics
  10. Biodiversity25▲ 4.0×18 topics
  11. Environmental Impact23▲ 1.62×27 topics
  12. Nutrition23▲ 6.2×8 topics
  13. Agriculture21▲ 6.6×6 topics
  14. Rural Development21▲ 7.3×8 topics
  15. Invasive Species20▲ 5.5×17 topics
  16. Teacher Training19▲ 3.7×11 topics
  17. Antioxidant19▲ 3.3×21 topics
  18. Human Rights19▲ 2.2×16 topics
  19. Pedagogy18▲ 4.4×7 topics
  20. Social Responsibility17▲ 8.7×4 topics
  21. Small and Medium Enterprises16▲ 11×3 topics
  22. Digital Marketing16▲ 4.8×2 topics
  23. Communication16▲ 5.9×11 topics
  24. Knowledge Management15▲ 3.3×11 topics
  25. Phylogeny15▲ 11×12 topics
  26. Policy14▲ 8.1×3 topics
  27. Economic Analysis14▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Competitiveness14▲ 21×6 topics
  29. Livestock14▲ 35×3 topics
  30. Biological Control14▲ 11×8 topics
  31. Social Movements14▲ 5.6×12 topics
  32. Public Policy14▲ 3.5×11 topics
  33. Taxonomy14▲ 11×10 topics
  34. Food13▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Urban Development13▲ 4.5×4 topics
  36. Inclusive Education12▲ 4.2×9 topics
  37. Innovation Ecosystems12▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Psychopharmacology Education11▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Tourism Management11▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Social Sciences9▲ 7.7×7 topics

What research is done in Merida?

Agricultural and Food Production Studies: 12 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, and Economy: 11 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Training: 7 fractional worksInternational Relations in Latin America: 7 fractional worksGeological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America: 6 fractional worksHemiptera Insect Studies: 6 fractional worksPlant and soil sciences6Plant and soil sciences: 6 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 5 fractional worksChemical and Environmental Engineering Research: 5 fractional worksWater Resource Managemen…4Water Resource Management and Quality: 4 fractional works
Food ScienceEconomics and EconometricsEducationPolitical Science and International Relations5 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural and Food Production Studies Food Science 12 works
  2. 2 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 11 works
  3. 3 Education and Teacher Training Education 7 works
  4. 4 International Relations in Latin America Political Science and International Relations 7 works
  5. 5 Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America Geophysics 6 works
  6. 6 Hemiptera Insect Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6 works
  7. 7 Plant and soil sciences General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 works
  8. 8 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 5 works
  9. 9 Chemical and Environmental Engineering Research Information Systems 5 works
  10. 10 Water Resource Management and Quality Water Science and Technology 4 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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 2025Merida6.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.2% in 1992.

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