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Research in San Pedro

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in San Pedro, Costa Rica. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Distance State University and Latin University of Costa Rica.

Research institutions
4
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.2k
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
3.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
5.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
San Pedro

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 San Pedro?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Distance State UniversityUniversity 2,754 #5,016
2Latin University of Costa RicaUniversity 285 #13,024
3National Academy of SciencesResearch facility 161 #29,779 all time
4Universidad CreativaUniversity 25 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.

Distance State University: 85.4%Latin University of Costa Rica: 8.8%National Academy of Sciences: 5.0%Universidad Creativa: 0.8%85%largest
Distance State University2,754 · 85.4%Latin University of Costa Rica285 · 8.8%National Academy of Sciences161 · 5.0%Universidad Creativa25 · 0.8%

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

Which fields of science does San Pedro work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research in San Pedro is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (35%), Computer Science (12%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 470 fractional works · 54.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 297 fractional works · 34.6% of its workEducation: 100 fractional works · 11.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 54 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 27 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDemography: 24 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCommunication: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety Research: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLaw: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 50 fractional works · 5.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 21 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 45 fractional works · 5.3% of its workHistory: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 40 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 33 fractional works · 3.9% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 30 fractional works · 3.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 223 fractional works · 26.0% of its workComputer Science: 104 fractional works · 12.2% of its workInformation Systems: 57 fractional works · 6.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 31 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 65 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEcology: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 25 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArchitecture: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 95 fractional works · 11.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 75 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPlant Science: 19 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 70 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMedicine: 39 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth Professions: 25 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPeriodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSan Pedro858fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences55%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences29734.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting505.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities455.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance404.6%
    5. Psychology303.5%
    6. Decision Sciences91.0%
    1. Computer Science10412.2%
    2. Environmental Science657.6%
    3. Engineering252.9%
    4. Energy60.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy60.7%
    6. Mathematics50.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences50.6%
    8. Materials Science40.4%
    9. Chemistry20.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences758.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology131.6%
    3. Neuroscience30.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Medicine394.6%
    2. Health Professions253.0%
    3. Dentistry20.2%
    4. Nursing10.2%
    5. Veterinary10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is San Pedro strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in San Pedro is most concentrated in Computer Science Applications (14.6× the world share in Computer Science Applications).

  1. Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 26.1 works15×
← 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: 1.91× its world share, 66 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.51× its world share, 85 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.94× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.58× its world share, 57 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.82× its world share, 38 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.77× its world share, 41 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.40× its world share, 37 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 23 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.72× its world share, 248 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences2.72×248 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.40×37 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.91×66 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.82×38 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.77×41 works
  6. Environmental Science1.58×57 works
  7. Computer Science1.51×85 works
  8. Health Professions1.15×22 works
  9. Veterinary1.14×1 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.13×8 works
  11. Psychology1.06×23 works
  12. Energy0.94×6 works
  13. Mathematics0.57×5 works
  14. Dentistry0.55×2 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.44×1 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.37×4 works
  17. Nursing0.37×1 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.35×6 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.32×12 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.24×2 works
  21. Medicine0.22×31 works
  22. Engineering0.19×21 works
  23. Neuroscience0.16×2 works
  24. Materials Science0.13×3 works
  25. Chemistry0.09×1 works

Which keywords describe research in San Pedro?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, E-Learning, Innovation, Educational Technology, Pedagogy, Distance Learning, Knowledge Management and COVID-19.

▲ 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. Education108▲ 7.3×59 topics
  2. E-Learning77▲ 9.3×15 topics
  3. Innovation72▲ 8.1×27 topics
  4. Educational Technology64▲ 6.3×26 topics
  5. Sustainability61▲ 2.9×60 topics
  6. Globalization58▲ 3.4×54 topics
  7. COVID-1956▲ 5.0×18 topics
  8. Pedagogy54▲ 13×12 topics
  9. Distance Learning52▲ 17×10 topics
  10. Knowledge Management48▲ 10.0×16 topics
  11. Climate Change47▲ 2.0×66 topics
  12. Digital Marketing45▲ 13×2 topics
  13. Digital Divide41▲ 18×6 topics
  14. Sustainable Development40▲ 3.0×37 topics
  15. Technology40▲ 8.9×15 topics
  16. Online Education39▲ 24×4 topics
  17. ICT39▲ 34×3 topics
  18. Digital Competence39▲ 52×2 topics
  19. Virtual Teaching39▲ 84×1 topic
  20. Teacher Training36▲ 6.8×15 topics
  21. Latin America33▲ 20×18 topics
  22. Informal Learning30▲ 27×3 topics
  23. Inclusive Education29▲ 9.3×12 topics
  24. Social Impact28▲ 8.3×10 topics
  25. Open Access27▲ 31×2 topics
  26. Educational Projects26▲ 69×1 topic
  27. Remote Learning26▲ 69×1 topic
  28. Social Movements26▲ 10×19 topics
  29. Urban Development25▲ 8.4×12 topics
  30. Public Policy25▲ 6.1×17 topics
  31. Innovation Ecosystems22▲ 26×2 topics
  32. Social Responsibility22▲ 11×6 topics
  33. Student Performance22▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Teacher Development22▲ 40×2 topics
  35. Small and Medium Enterprises21▲ 14×4 topics
  36. Educational Leadership21▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Competitiveness21▲ 31×6 topics
  38. Educational Innovation21▲ 46×2 topics
  39. Organizational Commitment21▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Quality Education21▲ 67×1 topic

What research is done in San Pedro?

Educational Innovations …34Educational Innovations and Technology: 34 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 23 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Training: 19 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, an…18Business, Innovation, and Economy: 18 fractional worksScience, Technology, and Education in Latin America: 9 fractional worksPlant and soil sciences: 8 fractional worksHigher Education and Sustainability: 8 fractional worksHigher Education Teaching and Evaluation: 7 fractional worksKnowledge Societies in the 21st Century: 7 fractional worksCommunication and COVID-19 Impact: 6 fractional works
Information SystemsComputer Science ApplicationsEducationEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 34 works
  2. 2 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 23 works
  3. 3 Education and Teacher Training Education 19 works
  4. 4 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 18 works
  5. 5 Science, Technology, and Education in Latin America Demography 9 works
  6. 6 Plant and soil sciences General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 works
  7. 7 Higher Education and Sustainability Education 8 works
  8. 8 Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation Education 7 works
  9. 9 Knowledge Societies in the 21st Century Demography 7 works
  10. 10 Communication and COVID-19 Impact Communication 6 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025San Pedro5.6% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.5% in 2010.

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