Research in Santiago
Science Explorer records 127 research institutions in Santiago, Chile. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, University of Chile and Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
- Research institutions
- 127 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 181k ▼ 3% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 2.2M 12.1 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 14.8% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
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 Santiago?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of ChileUniversity | 58,008 | #941 | |
| 2 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileUniversity | 39,128 | #773 | |
| 3 | Universidad de Santiago de ChileUniversity | 12,713 | #1,566 | |
| 4 | Universidad del DesarrolloUniversity | 5,084 | #1,724 | |
| 5 | Universidad Diego PortalesUniversity | 4,946 | #2,109 | |
| 6 | Alberto Hurtado UniversityUniversity | 3,868 | #2,135 | |
| 7 | Adolfo Ibáñez UniversityUniversity | 3,592 | #1,607 | |
| 8 | Universidad de Los Andes, ChileUniversity | 3,560 | #3,700 | |
| 9 | Universidad MayorUniversity | 2,529 | #3,568 | |
| 10 | Instituto de Investigaciones AgropecuariasResearch facility | 2,137 | #11,630 | |
| 11 | Clínica Las CondesHospital / health system | 2,100 | #7,088 | |
| 12 | Universidad Bernardo O'HigginsUniversity | 1,781 | #5,951 | |
| 13 | Universidad La RepúblicaUniversity | 1,643 | #4,782 | |
| 14 | United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the CaribbeanGovernment institution | 1,541 | #13,176 | |
| 15 | European Southern ObservatoryResearch facility | 1,506 | #20,673 | |
| 16 | University UcinfUniversity | 1,477 | #18,148 | |
| 17 | Hospital San Juan de DiosHospital / health system | 1,448 | #9,512 | |
| 18 | Universidad Santo TomásUniversity | 1,420 | #4,122 | |
| 19 | Gobierno de ChileGovernment institution | 1,298 | #5,971 | |
| 20 | Fundación ChileNonprofit | 1,297 | #5,809 | |
| 21 | Metropolitan University of TechnologyUniversity | 1,263 | #5,063 | |
| 22 | Universidad Central de ChileUniversity | 1,200 | #4,899 | |
| 23 | Metropolitan University of Educational SciencesUniversity | 1,187 | #7,715 | |
| 24 | Finis Terrae UniversityUniversity | 1,179 | #3,019 | |
| 25 | Universidad Católica Silva HenríquezUniversity | 1,135 | #6,655 | |
| 26 | University of the AmericasUniversity | 977 | #4,525 | |
| 27 | Clinica Santa MariaHospital / health system | 932 | #10,437 | |
| 28 | Academy of Christian Humanism UniversityUniversity | 886 | #11,996 | |
| 29 | Ministry of EducationGovernment institution | 879 | #6,752 | |
| 30 | Atacama Large Millimeter Submillimeter ArrayResearch facility | 864 | #5,585 | |
| 31 | Instituto de Salud Pública de ChileHospital / health system | 847 | #11,955 | |
| 32 | Hospital San Borja ArriaránHospital / health system | 833 | #18,000 | |
| 33 | Hospital del SalvadorHospital / health system | 815 | #15,712 | |
| 34 | Hospital Luis Calvo MackennaHospital / health system | 733 | #19,068 | |
| 35 | Hospital del TrabajadorHospital / health system | 708 | #11,985 | |
| 36 | Sociedad de Biología de ChileInstitution | 610 | #13,758 | |
| 37 | Hospital Roberto del RioHospital / health system | 602 | #19,189 | |
| 38 | Millennium Science InitiativeGovernment institution | 534 | #6,345 | |
| 39 | Center for Climate and Resilience ResearchResearch facility | 514 | #6,561 | |
| 40 | Center of Applied Ecology & SustainabilityResearch facility | 490 | #13,052 | |
| 41 | Institute of Ecology and BiodiversityNonprofit | 477 | #21,018 | |
| 42 | Ministry of HealthGovernment institution | 455 | #14,651 | |
| 43 | Production Development CorporationGovernment institution | 448 | #14,044 | |
| 44 | Comisión Chilena de Energía NuclearGovernment institution | 417 | #23,343 all time | |
| 45 | Hospital Barros Luco-TrudeauHospital / health system | 377 | #21,690 all time | |
| 46 | Instituto Nacional del CáncerHospital / health system | 375 | #16,587 | |
| 47 | Instituto Nacional del TóraxHospital / health system | 354 | #22,119 | |
| 48 | Research Center for Integrated Disaster Risk ManagementResearch facility | 351 | #13,816 | |
| 49 | Centre For Sustainable Urban DevelopmentResearch facility | 351 | #15,137 | |
| 50 | Clínica MEDS (Chile)Company | 345 | #17,237 | |
| 51 | Millennium Institute for Integrative BiologyInstitution | 337 | #11,508 | |
| 52 | Hospital DiprecaHospital / health system | 321 | #21,832 | |
| 53 | Isaac Newton InstituteResearch facility | 316 | #29,547 all time | |
| 54 | Instituto de Neurociencia BiomédicaResearch facility | 305 | #21,483 | |
| 55 | National Monuments CouncilGovernment institution | 302 | #21,938 all time | |
| 56 | University of Art and Social SciencesUniversity | 300 | #21,607 all time | |
| 57 | Chinese Academy of Science South America Center for AstronomyResearch facility | 290 | #27,095 all time | |
| 58 | Universidad Gabriela MistralUniversity | 289 | #15,217 | |
| 59 | Advanced Center for Chronic DiseasesResearch facility | 287 | #16,801 | |
| 60 | Centro de Recursos Educativos AvanzadosResearch facility | 284 | #17,736 |
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Santiago work in?
In 2022-now, 40% of research in Santiago is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Medicine (19%), Engineering (7%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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
- Social Sciences16k40.0%
- Social Sciences9,38524.1%
- Arts and Humanities2,3356.0%
- Psychology1,8714.8%
- Business, Management and Accounting9152.4%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance8082.1%
- Decision Sciences2620.7%
- Physical Sciences9,88125.4%
- Engineering2,6406.8%
- Environmental Science2,0715.3%
- Computer Science1,7344.5%
- Physics and Astronomy1,1282.9%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences6421.6%
- Materials Science5821.5%
- Mathematics4261.1%
- Chemistry3410.9%
- Energy2410.6%
- Chemical Engineering760.2%
- Health Sciences9,25823.8%
- Medicine7,32718.8%
- Health Professions1,4133.6%
- Dentistry3000.8%
- Nursing1720.4%
- Veterinary460.1%
- Life Sciences4,18910.8%
What is Santiago strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Santiago is most concentrated in General Social Sciences, Life-span and Life-course Studies and General Arts and Humanities (11.2× the world share in General Social Sciences).
- General Social SciencesSubfield · 424.3 works11×
- Life-span and Life-course StudiesSubfield · 48.1 works8.4×
- General Arts and HumanitiesSubfield · 32.2 works4.5×
- Cultural StudiesSubfield · 623.0 works4.4×
- Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 227.1 works4.0×
- Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 676.7 works3.7×
- Neuropsychology and Physiological PsychologySubfield · 38.3 works3.4×
- PharmacySubfield · 100.2 works3.3×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Arts and Humanities2.13×2,134 works
- Social Sciences1.95×8,558 works
- Psychology1.58×1,663 works
- Dentistry1.55×261 works
- Health Professions1.40×1,280 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.22×941 works
- Environmental Science1.06×1,823 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.02×753 works
- Neuroscience1.00×562 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.00×545 works
- Medicine0.96×6,421 works
- Mathematics0.90×366 works
- Nursing0.89×151 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.88×1,443 works
- Veterinary0.85×40 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.75×262 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.74×828 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.72×1,321 works
- Decision Sciences0.70×234 works
- Energy0.67×214 works
- Computer Science0.58×1,553 works
- Chemistry0.56×305 works
- Chemical Engineering0.54×65 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.47×57 works
- Engineering0.45×2,347 works
- Materials Science0.41×496 works
Which keywords describe research in Santiago?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Latin America, Globalization, Social Movements, Education, Human Rights, Memory, Epidemiology and Political Violence.
- Ethical Education
- Intercultural Education
- Participation
- Constitutionalism
- Interculturalism
- Indigenous Knowledge
- Healthcare Access
- Migrant Integration
- Chile
- Community Participation
- History
- Health Promotion
- Social Inequality
- Cultural Identity
- Memory
- Sustainability
- Public Health
- Climate Change
- Education
- Latin America
- Globalization
- Epidemiology
- Human Rights
- Social Movements
- Mental Health
- Quality of Life
- Ethics
- Colonialism
- Political Violence
- Dictatorship
- Gender
- Philosophy
- Pinochet
- Poetry
- Welfare State
- Literary Discourse
- Mapuche
- Educational Leadership
- Teacher Development
- Student Performance
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
- Globalization2,716▲ 3.5×157 topics
- Latin America2,056▲ 28×23 topics
- Epidemiology2,023▲ 1.31×139 topics
- Education1,811▲ 2.7×136 topics
- Human Rights1,429▲ 3.6×80 topics
- Climate Change1,331▲ 1.26×119 topics
- Social Movements1,150▲ 10×30 topics
- Public Health1,132▲ 2.0×73 topics
- Mental Health1,090▲ 1.96×48 topics
- Sustainability1,069◆ 1.12×119 topics
- Quality of Life996▲ 1.77×59 topics
- Memory876▲ 9.2×22 topics
- Ethics832▲ 4.2×58 topics
- Cultural Identity788▲ 4.1×32 topics
- Colonialism755▲ 4.1×45 topics
- Social Inequality714▲ 6.9×19 topics
- Political Violence695▲ 70×3 topics
- Health Promotion666▲ 5.4×18 topics
- Dictatorship659▲ 97×2 topics
- History646▲ 2.4×62 topics
- Gender624▲ 3.0×54 topics
- Community Participation569▲ 4.1×15 topics
- Philosophy568▲ 3.3×45 topics
- Chile543▲ 150×1 topic
- Pinochet543▲ 150×1 topic
- Migrant Integration524▲ 40×2 topics
- Poetry515▲ 40×3 topics
- Healthcare Access507▲ 4.8×13 topics
- Welfare State470▲ 15×4 topics
- Indigenous Knowledge446▲ 11×9 topics
- Literary Discourse414▲ 48×2 topics
- Interculturalism412▲ 90×1 topic
- Mapuche412▲ 90×1 topic
- Constitutionalism384▲ 11×6 topics
- Educational Leadership382▲ 7.8×4 topics
- Participation377▲ 10×5 topics
- Teacher Development373▲ 15×3 topics
- Intercultural Education361▲ 12×5 topics
- Student Performance360▲ 8.8×5 topics
- Ethical Education354▲ 19×2 topics
What research is done in Santiago?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America Sociology and Political Science 503 works
- 2 Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America Literature and Literary Theory 382 works
- 3 Education and Teacher Training Education 340 works
- 4 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 290 works
- 5 Migration, Education, Indigenous Social Dynamics Cultural Studies 206 works
- 6 Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies Political Science and International Relations 197 works
- 7 Latin American Urban Studies Urban Studies 192 works
- 8 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 183 works
- 9 Ethics and bioethics in healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 181 works
- 10 Aging, Health, and Disability Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 176 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.6% in 2015.
Questions people ask
What are the best universities in Santiago for research?
Science Explorer records 127 research institutions in Santiago, Chile. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, University of Chile and Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
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