Research in Quito
Science Explorer records 34 research institutions in Quito, Ecuador. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Universidad de Las Américas, Universidad San Francisco de Quito and Central University of Ecuador.
- Research institutions
- 34 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 30k ▲ 104% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 13.3% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Quito?
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.
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).
- Life-span and Life-course StudiesSubfield · 37.6 works20×
- Neuropsychology and Physiological PsychologySubfield · 28.9 works7.8×
- General Social SciencesSubfield · 90.1 works7.2×
- LawSubfield · 421.4 works6.3×
- Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 177.5 works6.3×
- PharmacySubfield · 51.2 works5.0×
- CommunicationSubfield · 142.2 works4.5×
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.
Which keywords describe research in Quito?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Digital Marketing, Small and Medium Enterprises, Globalization, Innovation, Social Responsibility, Urban Development and Innovation Ecosystems.
- University Students
- Digital Competence
- Communication
- Online Education
- Physical Activity
- Teacher Training
- Inclusive Education
- Educational Technology
- Competitiveness
- Health Promotion
- Psychopharmacology Education
- Tourism Management
- E-Learning
- Economic Impact
- Urban Development
- COVID-19
- Climate Change
- Public Health
- Innovation
- Globalization
- Education
- Epidemiology
- Digital Marketing
- Small and Medium Enterprises
- Sustainability
- Social Responsibility
- Human Rights
- Innovation Ecosystems
- Globalization Effects
- City Branding
- Quality of Life
- Knowledge Management
- Latin America
- Pedagogy
- Distance Learning
- Nutrition
- Digital Divide
- Social Impact
- ICT
- Virtual Teaching
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
- Education1,075▲ 5.5×93 topics
- Globalization736▲ 3.3×108 topics
- Epidemiology648▲ 1.43×134 topics
- Innovation566▲ 4.7×55 topics
- Digital Marketing518▲ 11×4 topics
- Public Health498▲ 3.0×66 topics
- Small and Medium Enterprises491▲ 24×7 topics
- Climate Change490▲ 1.59×100 topics
- Sustainability486▲ 1.75×102 topics
- COVID-19469▲ 3.0×28 topics
- Social Responsibility444▲ 17×9 topics
- Urban Development432▲ 10×15 topics
- Human Rights431▲ 3.7×56 topics
- Economic Impact427▲ 6.5×9 topics
- Innovation Ecosystems424▲ 36×3 topics
- E-Learning421▲ 3.7×19 topics
- Globalization Effects408▲ 50×2 topics
- Tourism Management406▲ 48×2 topics
- City Branding406▲ 53×1 topic
- Psychopharmacology Education406▲ 53×1 topic
- Quality of Life398▲ 2.4×58 topics
- Health Promotion394▲ 11×16 topics
- Knowledge Management382▲ 6.0×31 topics
- Competitiveness374▲ 41×6 topics
- Latin America371▲ 17×21 topics
- Educational Technology366▲ 2.7×39 topics
- Pedagogy361▲ 6.5×18 topics
- Inclusive Education325▲ 8.1×15 topics
- Distance Learning296▲ 7.7×12 topics
- Teacher Training291▲ 4.1×23 topics
- Nutrition272▲ 5.3×15 topics
- Physical Activity268▲ 4.8×12 topics
- Digital Divide263▲ 8.9×7 topics
- Online Education254▲ 12×6 topics
- Social Impact251▲ 5.5×21 topics
- Communication250▲ 7.1×19 topics
- ICT248▲ 17×5 topics
- Digital Competence248▲ 25×3 topics
- Virtual Teaching244▲ 39×1 topic
- University Students217▲ 33×2 topics
What research is done in Quito?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 406 works
- 2 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 244 works
- 3 Social Issues and Policies in Latin America Law 175 works
- 4 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 164 works
- 5 Education and Teacher Training Education 128 works
- 6 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 117 works
- 7 Criminal Justice and Penology Law 117 works
- 8 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 109 works
- 9 Stress and Burnout Research Social Psychology 104 works
- 10 Educational and Organizational Development Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 92 works
Research output over time
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