City · Chile
Research in Santiago
Science Explorer records 135 research institutions in Santiago, Chile. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
- Research institutions
- 135 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 181k ▲ 18% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 14.8% 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 Santiago?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of ChileUniversity | 55,209 | #1,174 | |
| 2 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileUniversity | 38,691 | #1,306 | |
| 3 | Universidad de Santiago de ChileUniversity | 12,713 | #3,232 | |
| 4 | Universidad Diego PortalesUniversity | 4,946 | #5,143 | |
| 5 | Alberto Hurtado UniversityUniversity | 3,868 | #12,661 | |
| 6 | Adolfo Ibáñez UniversityUniversity | 3,566 | #5,756 | |
| 7 | Universidad de Los Andes, ChileUniversity | 3,560 | #4,425 | |
| 8 | Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de ChileHospital / health system | 2,786 | #12,563 | |
| 9 | Universidad del DesarrolloUniversity | 2,750 | #6,654 | |
| 10 | Universidad MayorUniversity | 2,529 | #6,384 | |
| 11 | Instituto de Investigaciones AgropecuariasResearch facility | 2,137 | #12,700 | |
| 12 | Clínica Las CondesHospital / health system | 2,100 | #16,941 | |
| 13 | Clínica AlemanaHospital / health system | 2,063 | #10,289 | |
| 14 | Universidad Bernardo O'HigginsUniversity | 1,781 | #5,046 | |
| 15 | Universidad La RepúblicaUniversity | 1,643 | #16,662 | |
| 16 | United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the CaribbeanGovernment institution | 1,541 | #24,771 | |
| 17 | European Southern ObservatoryResearch facility | 1,506 | #7,917 | |
| 18 | University UcinfUniversity | 1,477 | #21,984 | |
| 19 | Hospital San Juan de DiosHospital / health system | 1,448 | #21,213 | |
| 20 | Universidad Santo TomásUniversity | 1,420 | #7,731 | |
| 21 | Gobierno de ChileGovernment institution | 1,298 | #16,253 | |
| 22 | Fundación ChileNonprofit | 1,297 | #16,340 | |
| 23 | Metropolitan University of TechnologyUniversity | 1,263 | #6,118 | |
| 24 | Universidad Central de ChileUniversity | 1,200 | #11,111 | |
| 25 | Metropolitan University of Educational SciencesUniversity | 1,187 | #16,041 | |
| 26 | Finis Terrae UniversityUniversity | 1,179 | #11,806 | |
| 27 | Universidad Católica Silva HenríquezUniversity | 1,135 | #15,795 | |
| 28 | University of the AmericasUniversity | 977 | #8,597 | |
| 29 | Clinica Santa MariaHospital / health system | 932 | #22,526 | |
| 30 | Academy of Christian Humanism UniversityUniversity | 886 | #11,548 | |
| 31 | Ministry of EducationGovernment institution | 879 | #5,647 | |
| 32 | Atacama Large Millimeter Submillimeter ArrayResearch facility | 864 | #16,080 | |
| 33 | Instituto de Salud Pública de ChileHospital / health system | 847 | #18,919 | |
| 34 | Hospital San Borja ArriaránHospital / health system | 833 | #25,165 | |
| 35 | Hospital del SalvadorHospital / health system | 815 | #23,126 | |
| 36 | Hospital Luis Calvo MackennaHospital / health system | 733 | #18,840 | |
| 37 | Hospital del TrabajadorHospital / health system | 708 | #24,676 | |
| 38 | Sociedad de Biología de ChileInstitution | 610 | #25,452 | |
| 39 | Hospital Roberto del RioHospital / health system | 602 | #22,986 | |
| 40 | Millennium Science InitiativeGovernment institution | 534 | #6,852 | |
| 41 | Center for Climate and Resilience ResearchResearch facility | 514 | #7,646 | |
| 42 | Center of Applied Ecology & SustainabilityResearch facility | 490 | #17,687 | |
| 43 | Institute of Ecology and BiodiversityNonprofit | 477 | #16,236 | |
| 44 | Ministry of HealthGovernment institution | 455 | #20,112 | |
| 45 | Production Development CorporationGovernment institution | 448 | #23,220 | |
| 46 | Hospital Clínico de la Universidad CatólicaHospital / health system | 437 | #28,521 all time | |
| 47 | Comisión Chilena de Energía NuclearGovernment institution | 417 | #17,712 all time | |
| 48 | Hospital Barros Luco-TrudeauHospital / health system | 377 | #39,062 all time | |
| 49 | Instituto Nacional del CáncerHospital / health system | 375 | #25,795 | |
| 50 | Instituto Nacional del TóraxHospital / health system | 354 | #26,375 | |
| 51 | Research Center for Integrated Disaster Risk ManagementResearch facility | 351 | #15,521 | |
| 52 | Centre For Sustainable Urban DevelopmentResearch facility | 351 | #19,179 | |
| 53 | Clínica MEDS (Chile)Company | 345 | #25,451 | |
| 54 | Millennium Institute for Integrative BiologyInstitution | 337 | #11,613 | |
| 55 | Hospital DiprecaHospital / health system | 321 | #27,737 | |
| 56 | Isaac Newton InstituteResearch facility | 316 | #18,257 all time | |
| 57 | Instituto de Neurociencia BiomédicaResearch facility | 305 | #24,764 | |
| 58 | National Monuments CouncilGovernment institution | 302 | #36,815 all time | |
| 59 | University of Art and Social SciencesUniversity | 300 | #41,302 all time | |
| 60 | Chinese Academy of Science South America Center for AstronomyResearch facility | 290 | #27,857 all time |
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.
University of Chile55k · 31.7%Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile39k · 22.2%Universidad de Santiago de Chile13k · 7.3%Universidad Diego Portales4,946 · 2.8%56 others listed63k · 35.9%
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
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×
← 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.
Which keywords describe research in Santiago?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Latin America, Globalization, Social Movements, Education, Human Rights, Memory, Epidemiology and Political Violence.
- Quality Education
- Curriculum Design
- Student Performance
- Teacher Development
- Constitutionalism
- Interculturalism
- Indigenous Knowledge
- Welfare State
- Migrant Integration
- Chile
- Philosophy
- Health Promotion
- Social Inequality
- Colonialism
- Ethics
- Quality of Life
- Public Health
- Climate Change
- Education
- Latin America
- Globalization
- Epidemiology
- Human Rights
- Social Movements
- Mental Health
- Memory
- Cultural Identity
- Political Violence
- Dictatorship
- Gender
- Community Participation
- Pinochet
- Poetry
- Healthcare Access
- Literary Discourse
- Mapuche
- Educational Leadership
- Participation
- Ethical Education
- Educational Innovation
▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
- Globalization2,494▲ 3.7×151 topics
- Latin America1,907▲ 29×23 topics
- Epidemiology1,791▲ 1.31×137 topics
- Education1,648▲ 2.8×129 topics
- Human Rights1,322▲ 3.7×77 topics
- Climate Change1,176▲ 1.26×114 topics
- Social Movements1,048▲ 10×29 topics
- Public Health1,020▲ 2.0×71 topics
- Mental Health1,000▲ 1.97×48 topics
- Quality of Life882▲ 1.77×59 topics
- Memory812▲ 9.6×21 topics
- Ethics749▲ 4.5×57 topics
- Cultural Identity730▲ 4.1×32 topics
- Colonialism689▲ 4.2×45 topics
- Political Violence646▲ 71×3 topics
- Social Inequality635▲ 6.9×17 topics
- Dictatorship614▲ 98×2 topics
- Health Promotion612▲ 5.6×17 topics
- Gender556▲ 3.0×54 topics
- Philosophy526▲ 3.4×43 topics
- Community Participation517▲ 4.0×15 topics
- Chile503▲ 149×1 topic
- Pinochet503▲ 149×1 topic
- Migrant Integration496▲ 39×2 topics
- Poetry484▲ 42×3 topics
- Welfare State462▲ 16×4 topics
- Healthcare Access458▲ 4.7×13 topics
- Indigenous Knowledge403▲ 12×9 topics
- Literary Discourse384▲ 48×2 topics
- Interculturalism382▲ 90×1 topic
- Mapuche382▲ 90×1 topic
- Constitutionalism374▲ 11×6 topics
- Educational Leadership364▲ 8.3×4 topics
- Teacher Development359▲ 17×2 topics
- Participation359▲ 10×5 topics
- Student Performance350▲ 9.2×4 topics
- Ethical Education343▲ 20×2 topics
- Curriculum Design342▲ 14×3 topics
- Educational Innovation341▲ 18×4 topics
- Quality Education340▲ 26×1 topic
What research is done in Santiago?
Sociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryEducationGeneral Social Sciences5 others
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
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