Research in San José
Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in San José. The largest by output are Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, Consejo Nacional de Rectores and Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo.
- Research institutions
- 6
- Research works
- 192 ▼ 23% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 7.9% record average 16.5%
A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 San José?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Instituto Costarricense de ElectricidadResearch facility | 139 | #40,613 all time | |
| 2 | Consejo Nacional de RectoresGovernment institution | 18 | not ranked | |
| 3 | Refinadora Costarricense de PetróleoGovernment institution | 15 | not ranked | |
| 4 | Laboratorio Nacional de Materiales y Modelos EstructuralesResearch facility | 9 | not ranked | |
| 5 | Comisión Nacional de Prevención de Riesgos y Atención de EmergenciasGovernment institution | 8 | not ranked | |
| 6 | Consejo Nacional para Investigaciones Científicas y TecnológicasGovernment institution | 2 | not ranked |
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.
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Which keywords describe research in San José?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Subduction, Conservation, Population Dynamics, Geomorphology, Cycads and Evolution.
- Rural Development
- Evolution
- Machine Learning
- Sustainable Development
- Population Dynamics
- Conservation
- Sustainability
- Renewable Energy
- Climate Change
- Environmental Impact
- Subduction
- Biodiversity
- Cycads
- Geomorphology
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 14 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 14 words, with their numbers
- Renewable Energy2▲ 6.7×10 topics
- Sustainability2▲ 3.8×8 topics
- Climate Change2▲ 2.5×11 topics
- Conservation1▲ 15×3 topics
- Environmental Impact1▲ 3.8×5 topics
- Population Dynamics1▲ 24×3 topics
- Subduction1▲ 86×2 topics
- Sustainable Development1▲ 3.7×4 topics
- Biodiversity1▲ 7.0×2 topics
- Machine Learning1▲ 1.61×5 topics
- Cycads1▲ 1276×1 topic
- Evolution1▲ 20×1 topic
- Geomorphology1▲ 201×2 topics
- Rural Development1▲ 14×3 topics
What research is done in San José?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
- 2 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 1 works
- 3 Environmental and Ecological Studies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
- 4 Educational Research and Science Teaching General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
- 5 Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America Geophysics 1 works
- 6 Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
- 7 Health and Medical Education General Health Professions 0 works
- 8 Calibration and Measurement Techniques Aerospace Engineering 0 works
- 9 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 0 works
- 10 Science, Technology, and Education in Latin America Demography 0 works
Research output over time
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