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Research in Riohacha

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Riohacha, Colombia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of La Guajira.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
972
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.9k
3.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1962-2026
65 years on the record
Riohacha

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 Riohacha?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of La GuajiraUniversity 972 #7,722

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 Riohacha work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research in Riohacha is in Social Sciences, 38% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Environmental Science (13%), Computer Science (11%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 179 fractional works · 51.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 120 fractional works · 34.4% of its workEducation: 43 fractional works · 12.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 21 fractional works · 5.9% of its workCultural Studies: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDemography: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopment: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 18 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 17 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 16 fractional works · 4.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 3.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 133 fractional works · 38.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 46 fractional works · 13.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 12 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 37 fractional works · 10.7% of its workInformation Systems: 20 fractional works · 5.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 12 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 16 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 16 fractional works · 4.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 13 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 23 fractional works · 6.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 20 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 4.2% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKRiohacha349fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences51%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences12034.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance185.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting164.7%
    4. Psychology143.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities82.2%
    6. Decision Sciences30.9%
    1. Environmental Science4613.2%
    2. Computer Science3710.7%
    3. Engineering164.6%
    4. Energy164.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences102.8%
    6. Materials Science30.7%
    7. Mathematics20.6%
    8. Chemistry10.4%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences205.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.7%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Health Professions82.3%
    2. Medicine61.6%
    3. Nursing10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Riohacha?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Innovation, Teacher Training, Knowledge Management, Digital Marketing, Climate Change, Sustainability and E-Learning.

▲ 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. Education53▲ 8.8×24 topics
  2. Innovation33▲ 9.2×12 topics
  3. Climate Change33▲ 3.5×33 topics
  4. Sustainability31▲ 3.6×35 topics
  5. Teacher Training25▲ 12×9 topics
  6. Knowledge Management24▲ 12×12 topics
  7. Digital Marketing23▲ 17×3 topics
  8. Sustainable Development23▲ 4.3×18 topics
  9. Educational Technology23▲ 5.6×11 topics
  10. E-Learning22▲ 6.6×6 topics
  11. Renewable Energy21▲ 4.2×18 topics
  12. Small and Medium Enterprises19▲ 31×2 topics
  13. Pedagogy19▲ 11×6 topics
  14. Human Rights19▲ 5.3×9 topics
  15. Innovation Ecosystems19▲ 53×2 topics
  16. Community Participation18▲ 15×6 topics
  17. Social Responsibility18▲ 23×3 topics
  18. Globalization18▲ 2.6×21 topics
  19. Competitiveness18▲ 64×6 topics
  20. Public Policy18▲ 11×6 topics
  21. Environmental Impact17▲ 2.9×24 topics
  22. Economic Impact17▲ 9.0×4 topics
  23. Psychopharmacology Education16▲ 74×1 topic
  24. Urban Development16▲ 13×1 topic
  25. Distance Learning16▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Inclusive Education15▲ 12×7 topics
  27. Latin America15▲ 23×10 topics
  28. Organizational Culture14▲ 10×5 topics
  29. Online Education13▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Research13▲ 30×5 topics
  31. ICT13▲ 28×1 topic
  32. Virtual Teaching13▲ 69×1 topic
  33. Urban Planning12▲ 41×2 topics
  34. Environmental Impact Assessment12▲ 46×2 topics
  35. Geographic Information Systems12▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Ecosystem Approach12▲ 307×1 topic
  37. Energy Policy Analysis12▲ 307×1 topic
  38. Sustainable Agriculture11▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Social Impact11▲ 8.1×7 topics
  40. Rural Development10▲ 8.6×6 topics

What research is done in Riohacha?

Business, Innovation, and Economy: 15 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 12 fractional worksEnvironmental and Ecolog…11Environmental and Ecological Studies: 11 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Tr…7Education and Teacher Training: 7 fractional worksWater Resource Management and Quality: 7 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 6 fractional worksEducational and Organiza…6Educational and Organizational Development: 6 fractional worksPlant and soil sciences5Plant and soil sciences: 5 fractional worksEducational methodologies and cognitive development: 5 fractional worksRegional Development and Innovation: 5 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsInformation SystemsRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentEducation6 others

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

  1. 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 15 works
  2. 2 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 12 works
  3. 3 Environmental and Ecological Studies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 11 works
  4. 4 Education and Teacher Training Education 7 works
  5. 5 Water Resource Management and Quality Water Science and Technology 7 works
  6. 6 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 6 works
  7. 7 Educational and Organizational Development Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 6 works
  8. 8 Plant and soil sciences General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 works
  9. 9 Educational methodologies and cognitive development Developmental and Educational Psychology 5 works
  10. 10 Regional Development and Innovation Development 5 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Riohacha5.7% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.4% in 2023.

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