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Research in Punta Arenas

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Punta Arenas, Chile. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidad de Magallanes.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.1k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
24k
11.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1956-2026
71 years on the record
Punta Arenas

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 Punta Arenas?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidad de MagallanesUniversity 1,685 #7,343
2Instituto Antártico ChilenoInstitution 259 #25,686 all time

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 Punta Arenas work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in Punta Arenas is in Physical Sciences, 21% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (25%), Social Sciences (14%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (14%).

Physical Sciences: 211 fractional works · 47.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 112 fractional works · 25.1% of its workEcology: 60 fractional works · 13.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 20 fractional works · 4.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 63 fractional works · 14.1% of its workOceanography: 31 fractional works · 7.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 22 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPaleontology: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 15 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 95 fractional works · 21.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 64 fractional works · 14.3% of its workEducation: 18 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 73 fractional works · 16.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 36 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 17 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAquatic Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 68 fractional works · 15.2% of its workMedicine: 51 fractional works · 11.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPunta Arenas447fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences47%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences21%

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 Science11225.1%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences6314.1%
    3. Engineering153.3%
    4. Computer Science81.8%
    5. Energy51.2%
    6. Materials Science30.7%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.4%
    8. Mathematics10.3%
    9. Chemistry10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences6414.3%
    2. Psychology112.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities102.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting40.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.8%
    6. Decision Sciences20.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences368.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology235.1%
    3. Neuroscience81.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology61.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Medicine5111.4%
    2. Health Professions153.3%
    3. Veterinary10.2%
    4. Nursing10.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Punta Arenas strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Punta Arenas is most concentrated in Oceanography, Ecology and Earth and Planetary Sciences (25.6× the world share in Oceanography).

  1. OceanographySubfield · 28.7 works26×
  2. EcologySubfield · 54.3 works17×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 57.2 works9.1×
← 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: 1.73× its world share, 33 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.29× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.12× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9.11× its world share, 57 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.47× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.09× its world share, 101 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.35× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.56× its world share, 43 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.47× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.78× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.85× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 57 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 9.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences9.11×57 works
  2. Environmental Science5.09×101 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.73×33 works
  4. Energy1.47×5 works
  5. Veterinary1.47×1 works
  6. Health Professions1.35×14 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.29×5 works
  8. Social Sciences1.13×57 works
  9. Neuroscience1.12×7 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.91×19 works
  11. Psychology0.85×10 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.78×9 works
  13. Medicine0.56×43 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.41×1 works
  15. Nursing0.41×1 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.39×3 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.32×1 works
  18. Mathematics0.26×1 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.25×3 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.24×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.23×7 works
  22. Engineering0.23×14 works
  23. Materials Science0.19×3 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.18×2 works
  25. Dentistry0.15×0 works
  26. Chemistry0.14×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Punta Arenas?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biogeography, Biodiversity, Conservation, Benthic Communities, Marine Biodiversity, Climate Change Impacts and Ocean Acidification.

▲ 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 Change94▲ 7.8×67 topics
  2. Biogeography30▲ 25×18 topics
  3. Biodiversity28▲ 8.1×23 topics
  4. Conservation22▲ 11×17 topics
  5. Benthic Communities22▲ 79×2 topics
  6. Marine Biodiversity22▲ 79×2 topics
  7. Climate Change Impacts21▲ 39×4 topics
  8. Sustainability18▲ 1.64×41 topics
  9. Ocean Acidification17▲ 50×3 topics
  10. Population Dynamics16▲ 14×10 topics
  11. Invasive Species16▲ 8.5×17 topics
  12. Ecosystem Functioning16▲ 17×7 topics
  13. Indigenous Knowledge15▲ 32×4 topics
  14. Ecosystem Resilience14▲ 20×5 topics
  15. Environmental Ethics14▲ 48×4 topics
  16. Ecology14▲ 18×7 topics
  17. Permafrost13▲ 65×2 topics
  18. Phylogenetic Relationships12▲ 39×2 topics
  19. Deep-Sea Ecology12▲ 85×1 topic
  20. Estuarine Quality12▲ 85×1 topic
  21. Biocultural Conservation11▲ 176×1 topic
  22. Earth Stewardship11▲ 176×1 topic
  23. Coastal Protection11▲ 37×2 topics
  24. Global Warming11▲ 5.7×11 topics
  25. Antarctic10▲ 218×1 topic
  26. Microorganisms10▲ 170×1 topic
  27. Kelp Forests10▲ 72×1 topic
  28. Seagrasses10▲ 72×1 topic
  29. Ecosystem Services10▲ 5.7×9 topics
  30. Aquaculture9▲ 8.2×5 topics
  31. Trophic Cascades9▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Global Change9▲ 7.7×6 topics
  33. Hydrology9▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Predator-Prey Interactions9▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Acoustic Communication9▲ 37×3 topics
  36. Marine Environment9▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Paleoclimatology8▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Anthropogenic Noise8▲ 64×1 topic
  39. Marine Mammals8▲ 64×1 topic
  40. Phylogeny8▲ 11×12 topics

What research is done in Punta Arenas?

Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 11 fractional worksEnvironmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond: 10 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant…9Marine and coastal plant biology: 9 fractional worksPolar Research and Ecology9Polar Research and Ecology: 9 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 7 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 6 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…5Marine and fisheries research: 5 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 5 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 5 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 5 fractional works
OceanographyEcologyAtmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary Change

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

  1. 1 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 11 works
  2. 2 Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond Ecology 10 works
  3. 3 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 9 works
  4. 4 Polar Research and Ecology Ecology 9 works
  5. 5 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 7 works
  6. 6 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 6 works
  7. 7 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  8. 8 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  9. 9 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 5 works
  10. 10 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 5 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 counting10%20%30%Punta Arenas17.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.4% in 2004.

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