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Research in Quito

Science Explorer records 33 research institutions in Quito, Ecuador. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Central University of Ecuador and Universidad de Las Américas.

Research institutions
33
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
30k
▲ 33% vs 2018-21
Citations
151k
5.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Quito

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 Quito?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Pontificia Universidad Católica del EcuadorUniversity 6,022 #1,903
2Central University of EcuadorUniversity 5,647 #1,976
3Universidad San Francisco de QuitoUniversity 3,703 #2,313
4Universidad de Las AméricasUniversity 1,852 #2,238
5Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias EcuadorInstitution 1,801 #5,523
6Universidad UTEUniversity 1,517 #3,182
7Universidad Internacional del EcuadorUniversity 1,193 #3,693
8Hospital MetropolitanoHospital / health system 982 #8,163
9Ministerio de Salud PúblicaGovernment institution 886 #6,127
10Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones AgropecuariasResearch facility 819 #12,955
11Instituto Nacional de BiodiversidadResearch facility 707 #8,202
12Instituto de Altos Estudios NacionalesUniversity 621 #10,348
13Universidad Internacional SEKUniversity 578 #8,349
14CIUDADNonprofit 490 #16,796
15Universidad de los HemisferiosUniversity 485 #8,795
16Hospital VozandesHospital / health system 443 #16,619
17Universidad Iberoamericana del EcuadorUniversity 423 #7,135
18National Archives of EcuadorArchive 363 #13,738
19Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio CulturalGovernment institution 313 #18,850
20Universidad IsraelUniversity 292 #10,530
21Secretaría de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnología e InnovaciónGovernment institution 255 #19,724 all time
22Fundación Para La Investigación Y Gestión En Servicios de SaludNonprofit 162 #25,346 all time
23Instituto de Investigación Geológico y EnergéticoResearch facility 146 #30,147 all time
24Pediatric Hospital "Baca Ortiz"Hospital / health system 133 #32,619 all time
25Instituto Geofísico de la Escuela Politécnica NacionalUniversity 133 #32,737 all time
26Universidad Del Pacífico EcuadorUniversity 88 not ranked
27Escuela Politécnica Javeriana del EcuadorUniversity 71 not ranked
28Universidad de Especialidades TurísticasUniversity 70 not ranked
29Centro Jambatu de Investigación y Conservación de AnfibiosResearch facility 64 not ranked
30Ministerio del Ambiente, Agua y Transición EcológicaGovernment institution 19 not ranked
31EcoCienciaNonprofit 16 not ranked
32Universidad Cristiana LatinoamericanaUniversity 3 not ranked
33Fundación Hermano MiguelNonprofit 0 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.

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador: 19.9%Central University of Ecuador: 18.6%Universidad San Francisco de Quito: 12.2%Universidad de Las Américas: 6.1%28 others listed: 43.1%20%largest
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador6,022 · 19.9%Central University of Ecuador5,647 · 18.6%Universidad San Francisco de Quito3,703 · 12.2%Universidad de Las Américas1,852 · 6.1%28 others listed13k · 43.1%

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

Which fields of science does Quito work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research in Quito is in Social Sciences, 26% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Medicine (18%), Computer Science (7%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 5,372 fractional works · 41.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3,261 fractional works · 24.9% of its workEducation: 857 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 513 fractional works · 3.9% of its workLaw: 456 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 386 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCommunication: 162 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 144 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 122 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 98 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 87 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 86 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 75 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 61 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 56 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 625 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 561 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 589 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 249 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 131 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 123 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 521 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 196 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAccounting: 138 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 78 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 309 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 60 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 67 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 3,388 fractional works · 25.8% of its workMedicine: 2,390 fractional works · 18.2% of its workSurgery: 393 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 346 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 178 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 156 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 108 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 97 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 75 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 72 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 71 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 69 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 68 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 64 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 58 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 267 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 736 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 403 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 86 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacy: 58 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 183 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOral Surgery: 79 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthodontics: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 58 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,948 fractional works · 22.5% of its workComputer Science: 981 fractional works · 7.5% of its workInformation Systems: 448 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 220 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 112 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 85 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 752 fractional works · 5.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 178 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 154 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 94 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 73 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 54 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 709 fractional works · 5.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 114 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 108 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 108 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 73 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 59 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 89 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 137 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 87 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 78 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 77 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 72 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 72 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,405 fractional works · 10.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 795 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPlant Science: 214 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 148 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 136 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 132 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 116 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 389 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 152 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 128 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 83 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 103 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 57 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 97 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKQuito13kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences41%

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 Sciences5,37241.0%
    1. Social Sciences3,26124.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance6254.8%
    3. Psychology5894.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting5214.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities3092.4%
    6. Decision Sciences670.5%
  2. Health Sciences3,38825.8%
    1. Medicine2,39018.2%
    2. Health Professions7365.6%
    3. Dentistry1831.4%
    4. Nursing580.4%
    5. Veterinary210.2%
    1. Computer Science9817.5%
    2. Environmental Science7525.7%
    3. Engineering7095.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1371.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy870.7%
    6. Mathematics780.6%
    7. Energy770.6%
    8. Materials Science720.6%
    9. Chemistry460.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering90.1%
  4. Life Sciences1,40510.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7956.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3893.0%
    3. Neuroscience1030.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology970.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics220.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Quito strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Quito is most concentrated in Life-span and Life-course Studies, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology and General Social Sciences (19.8× the world share in Life-span and Life-course Studies).

  1. Life-span and Life-course StudiesSubfield · 37.6 works20×
  2. Neuropsychology and Physiological PsychologySubfield · 28.9 works7.8×
  3. General Social SciencesSubfield · 90.1 works7.2×
  4. LawSubfield · 421.4 works6.3×
  5. Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 177.5 works6.3×
  6. PharmacySubfield · 51.2 works5.0×
  7. CommunicationSubfield · 142.2 works4.5×
← 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: 1.25× its world share, 681 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 325 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.70× its world share, 81 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 85 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 18 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.22× its world share, 40 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.96× its world share, 852 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 112 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.66× its world share, 70 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 613 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.15× its world share, 653 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 59 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 70 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 80 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.88× its world share, 160 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.19× its world share, 660 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.94× its world share, 2,060 worksMedicineNursing: 0.89× its world share, 50 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.20× its world share, 19 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.83× its world share, 275 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.25× its world share, 462 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 58 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.38× its world share, 583 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.47× its world share, 513 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.97× its world share, 2,853 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry2.88×160 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.38×583 works
  3. Health Professions2.19×660 works
  4. Social Sciences1.97×2,853 works
  5. Psychology1.47×513 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.25×681 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.25×462 works
  8. Veterinary1.20×19 works
  9. Environmental Science1.15×653 works
  10. Computer Science0.96×852 works
  11. Medicine0.94×2,060 works
  12. Nursing0.89×50 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.83×275 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.70×81 works
  15. Energy0.66×70 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.62×112 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.53×325 works
  18. Mathematics0.52×70 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.52×58 works
  20. Neuroscience0.46×85 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.44×18 works
  22. Engineering0.36×613 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.31×80 works
  24. Chemistry0.22×40 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.19×8 works
  26. Materials Science0.15×59 works

Which keywords describe research in Quito?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Digital Marketing, Globalization, Small and Medium Enterprises, Innovation, Social Responsibility, Innovation Ecosystems and Urban 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. Education1,228▲ 5.5×102 topics
  2. Globalization814▲ 3.2×112 topics
  3. Epidemiology741▲ 1.42×136 topics
  4. Innovation643▲ 4.8×57 topics
  5. Climate Change566▲ 1.59×103 topics
  6. Public Health560▲ 2.9×68 topics
  7. Sustainability558▲ 1.74×107 topics
  8. Digital Marketing552▲ 11×5 topics
  9. COVID-19519▲ 3.0×28 topics
  10. Small and Medium Enterprises517▲ 22×8 topics
  11. Human Rights484▲ 3.6×57 topics
  12. Social Responsibility470▲ 15×9 topics
  13. E-Learning469▲ 3.7×20 topics
  14. Innovation Ecosystems460▲ 34×4 topics
  15. Urban Development458▲ 9.9×16 topics
  16. Knowledge Management451▲ 6.2×32 topics
  17. Economic Impact450▲ 6.4×9 topics
  18. Quality of Life442▲ 2.3×59 topics
  19. Health Promotion431▲ 10×17 topics
  20. Globalization Effects431▲ 48×2 topics
  21. Tourism Management428▲ 47×2 topics
  22. City Branding428▲ 52×1 topic
  23. Psychopharmacology Education428▲ 52×1 topic
  24. Educational Technology420▲ 2.7×43 topics
  25. Pedagogy413▲ 6.3×19 topics
  26. Competitiveness411▲ 40×6 topics
  27. Latin America410▲ 16×22 topics
  28. Inclusive Education376▲ 7.9×15 topics
  29. Teacher Training350▲ 4.4×23 topics
  30. Distance Learning346▲ 7.6×12 topics
  31. Digital Divide296▲ 8.7×7 topics
  32. Nutrition290▲ 5.0×16 topics
  33. Social Impact288▲ 5.6×21 topics
  34. Communication288▲ 7.0×20 topics
  35. Online Education284▲ 11×7 topics
  36. ICT278▲ 16×5 topics
  37. Digital Competence278▲ 24×3 topics
  38. Virtual Teaching274▲ 39×1 topic
  39. University Students244▲ 33×2 topics
  40. Research230▲ 14×9 topics

What research is done in Quito?

Business, Innovation, an…406Business, Innovation, and Economy: 406 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 244 fractional worksSocial Issues and Polici…175Social Issues and Policies in Latin America: 175 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Stu…164Health and Lifestyle Studies: 164 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Training: 128 fractional worksPublic Health and Environmental Issues: 117 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Pen…117Criminal Justice and Penology: 117 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 109 fractional worksStress and Burnout Research: 104 fractional worksEducational and Organizational Development: 92 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsInformation SystemsLawGeneral Health Professions5 others

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

  1. 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 406 works
  2. 2 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 244 works
  3. 3 Social Issues and Policies in Latin America Law 175 works
  4. 4 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 164 works
  5. 5 Education and Teacher Training Education 128 works
  6. 6 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 117 works
  7. 7 Criminal Justice and Penology Law 117 works
  8. 8 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 109 works
  9. 9 Stress and Burnout Research Social Psychology 104 works
  10. 10 Educational and Organizational Development Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 92 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%Quito13.3% 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 16.6% in 2013.

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