Research in Montevideo
Science Explorer records 42 research institutions in Montevideo, Uruguay. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidad de la República de Uruguay, Universidad de Montevideo and Universidad ORT Uruguay.
- Research institutions
- 42 12 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 38k ◆ 1% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 398k 10.4 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 9.9% 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 Montevideo?
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 Montevideo work in?
In 2022-now, 31% of research in Montevideo is in Social Sciences, 25% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (21%), Social Sciences (19%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life 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 Sciences2,88130.6%
- Social Sciences1,78219.0%
- Arts and Humanities3233.4%
- Psychology2863.0%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance2282.4%
- Business, Management and Accounting2052.2%
- Decision Sciences560.6%
- Health Sciences2,38325.3%
- Medicine1,94820.7%
- Health Professions2722.9%
- Veterinary560.6%
- Nursing540.6%
- Dentistry530.6%
- Physical Sciences2,34424.9%
- Environmental Science6967.4%
- Computer Science4775.1%
- Engineering4685.0%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences2182.3%
- Physics and Astronomy1451.5%
- Chemistry991.1%
- Mathematics931.0%
- Materials Science921.0%
- Energy470.5%
- Chemical Engineering100.1%
- Life Sciences1,79419.1%
What is Montevideo strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Montevideo is most concentrated in General Social Sciences, Agronomy and Crop Science and Parasitology (8.0× the world share in General Social Sciences).
- General Social SciencesSubfield · 70.6 works8.0×
- Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 85.2 works4.4×
- ParasitologySubfield · 36.5 works4.3×
- VeterinaryField · 44.5 works4.0×
- Small AnimalsSubfield · 38.3 works3.9×
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, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Veterinary4.04×44 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.83×706 works
- Social Sciences1.58×1,616 works
- Environmental Science1.37×550 works
- Arts and Humanities1.28×299 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.25×540 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.22×211 works
- Nursing1.20×48 works
- Dentistry1.19×47 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.17×96 works
- Health Professions1.15×245 works
- Medicine1.10×1,709 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.02×129 works
- Psychology1.01×250 works
- Mathematics0.85×81 works
- Neuroscience0.84×110 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.82×24 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.72×187 works
- Computer Science0.67×423 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.67×121 works
- Chemistry0.66×84 works
- Decision Sciences0.63×50 works
- Energy0.56×42 works
- Engineering0.34×409 works
- Chemical Engineering0.30×9 works
- Materials Science0.27×77 works
Which keywords describe research in Montevideo?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Latin America, Epidemiology, Globalization, Climate Change, Education, Biodiversity, Public Health and Social Movements.
- Political Violence
- Dairy Cattle
- Participation
- Welfare State
- Health Promotion
- Inequality
- Cultural Studies
- Inclusive Education
- Social Inequality
- Gender
- Knowledge Management
- Invasive Species
- Mental Health
- Environmental Impact
- Innovation
- Human Rights
- Biodiversity
- Public Health
- Education
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Globalization
- Sustainability
- Latin America
- Oxidative Stress
- Quality of Life
- Sustainable Development
- Educational Technology
- Social Movements
- Public Policy
- Evolution
- Biogeography
- Conservation
- Communication
- Healthcare Access
- Population Dynamics
- Memory
- Ecology
- Phylogeny
- Social Work
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
- Epidemiology581▲ 1.55×135 topics
- Climate Change470▲ 1.84×104 topics
- Globalization432▲ 2.3×112 topics
- Education342▲ 2.1×98 topics
- Sustainability296▲ 1.29×94 topics
- Public Health287▲ 2.1×65 topics
- Latin America270▲ 15×22 topics
- Biodiversity236▲ 3.3×32 topics
- Oxidative Stress222▲ 1.44×58 topics
- Human Rights211▲ 2.2×54 topics
- Quality of Life210▲ 1.55×56 topics
- Innovation204▲ 2.1×52 topics
- Sustainable Development187▲ 1.27×64 topics
- Environmental Impact184◆ 1.14×55 topics
- Educational Technology171▲ 1.54×36 topics
- Mental Health166▲ 1.23×42 topics
- Social Movements154▲ 5.5×27 topics
- Invasive Species145▲ 3.6×20 topics
- Public Policy139▲ 3.1×23 topics
- Knowledge Management129▲ 2.5×27 topics
- Evolution128▲ 5.1×17 topics
- Gender122▲ 2.4×40 topics
- Biogeography122▲ 4.7×20 topics
- Social Inequality122▲ 4.8×16 topics
- Conservation111▲ 2.7×20 topics
- Inclusive Education107▲ 3.1×15 topics
- Communication107▲ 3.6×22 topics
- Cultural Studies101▲ 2.9×24 topics
- Healthcare Access99▲ 3.9×11 topics
- Inequality98▲ 4.6×15 topics
- Population Dynamics97▲ 4.0×13 topics
- Health Promotion97▲ 3.3×17 topics
- Memory94▲ 4.1×16 topics
- Welfare State94▲ 13×4 topics
- Ecology85▲ 5.3×9 topics
- Participation80▲ 9.0×3 topics
- Phylogeny77▲ 4.9×17 topics
- Dairy Cattle74▲ 15×2 topics
- Social Work64▲ 10×3 topics
- Political Violence62▲ 26×3 topics
What research is done in Montevideo?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 56 works
- 2 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 44 works
- 3 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 42 works
- 4 Latin American Urban Studies Urban Studies 42 works
- 5 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 40 works
- 6 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 38 works
- 7 Memory, violence, and history Social Psychology 34 works
- 8 Education and Teacher Training Education 33 works
- 9 Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies Political Science and International Relations 33 works
- 10 Criminal Justice and Penology Law 32 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 15.4% in 2016.
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