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Research in Tacna

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Tacna, Peru. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Jorge Basadre Grohmann National University and Universidad Privada de Tacna.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.1k
▼ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
3k
1.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1977-2026
50 years on the record
Tacna

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 Tacna?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Jorge Basadre Grohmann National UniversityUniversity 1,455 #4,957
2Universidad Privada de TacnaUniversity 677 #6,004

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 Tacna work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Tacna is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Environmental Science (11%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 400 fractional works · 44.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 230 fractional works · 25.7% of its workEducation: 74 fractional works · 8.3% of its workLaw: 31 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 28 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 26 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCultural Studies: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 59 fractional works · 6.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 26 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAccounting: 18 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 47 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 25 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 42 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 41 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 19 fractional works · 2.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 234 fractional works · 26.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 102 fractional works · 11.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 23 fractional works · 2.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 18 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology: 18 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 64 fractional works · 7.2% of its workInformation Systems: 35 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 17 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 29 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 161 fractional works · 18.1% of its workMedicine: 73 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 22 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 56 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 35 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 27 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOral Surgery: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPeriodontics: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthodontics: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 99 fractional works · 11.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 78 fractional works · 8.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 22 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFood Science: 17 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSoil Science: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTacna894fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences45%

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
    1. Social Sciences23025.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting596.6%
    3. Psychology475.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance424.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities192.2%
    6. Decision Sciences30.4%
    1. Environmental Science10211.4%
    2. Computer Science647.2%
    3. Engineering293.3%
    4. Materials Science121.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences121.3%
    6. Energy70.8%
    7. Chemistry40.5%
    8. Physics and Astronomy20.2%
    9. Mathematics10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Medicine738.1%
    2. Health Professions566.3%
    3. Dentistry273.1%
    4. Nursing30.4%
    5. Veterinary20.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences788.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology141.6%
    3. Neuroscience30.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Tacna strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Tacna is most concentrated in Law and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences (6.8× the world share in Law).

  1. LawSubfield · 31.5 works6.8×
  2. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 21.5 works6.1×
← 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, 72 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.94× its world share, 58 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.93× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.15× its world share, 85 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.96× its world share, 23 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.57× its world share, 54 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 65 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.72× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.76× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.94× its world share, 50 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.34× its world share, 40 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.52× its world share, 37 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.09× its world share, 211 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry5.96×23 works
  2. Health Professions2.57×54 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.34×40 works
  4. Environmental Science2.15×85 works
  5. Social Sciences2.09×211 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.94×50 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.91×72 works
  8. Veterinary1.72×2 works
  9. Psychology1.52×37 works
  10. Computer Science0.94×58 works
  11. Energy0.93×7 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.82×10 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.76×17 works
  14. Nursing0.71×3 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.42×1 works
  16. Medicine0.42×65 works
  17. Materials Science0.35×10 works
  18. Chemistry0.31×4 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×13 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.27×2 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.23×2 works
  22. Engineering0.21×25 works
  23. Neuroscience0.20×3 works
  24. Mathematics0.14×1 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.09×0 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.07×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Tacna?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Innovation, Digital Marketing, Small and Medium Enterprises, Competitiveness, Sustainability, Social Responsibility and Innovation Ecosystems.

▲ 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. Education96▲ 6.3×30 topics
  2. Sustainability66▲ 3.0×43 topics
  3. Innovation62▲ 6.7×20 topics
  4. Globalization52▲ 2.9×33 topics
  5. Public Health50▲ 3.9×26 topics
  6. Climate Change48▲ 1.98×45 topics
  7. Digital Marketing48▲ 14×2 topics
  8. Small and Medium Enterprises48▲ 30×3 topics
  9. COVID-1946▲ 3.9×16 topics
  10. Competitiveness45▲ 64×6 topics
  11. Sustainable Development44▲ 3.2×29 topics
  12. E-Learning44▲ 5.1×14 topics
  13. Social Responsibility41▲ 20×4 topics
  14. Human Rights40▲ 4.4×25 topics
  15. Innovation Ecosystems38▲ 42×2 topics
  16. Knowledge Management38▲ 7.7×14 topics
  17. Urban Development38▲ 12×4 topics
  18. Environmental Impact38▲ 2.5×25 topics
  19. Economic Impact37▲ 7.8×4 topics
  20. Globalization Effects37▲ 60×2 topics
  21. Pedagogy37▲ 8.2×6 topics
  22. Psychopharmacology Education36▲ 66×1 topic
  23. Tourism Management36▲ 59×1 topic
  24. Health Promotion35▲ 12×10 topics
  25. Organizational Culture34▲ 9.8×7 topics
  26. Nutrition32▲ 8.2×11 topics
  27. Teacher Training32▲ 5.8×10 topics
  28. Distance Learning32▲ 10×7 topics
  29. Healthcare Access30▲ 12×8 topics
  30. Latin America30▲ 18×16 topics
  31. Digital Divide28▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Digital Competence28▲ 35×2 topics
  33. Online Education28▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Environmental Management27▲ 7.5×7 topics
  35. Public Policy27▲ 6.4×11 topics
  36. ICT27▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Virtual Teaching27▲ 56×1 topic
  38. Occupational Health25▲ 25×6 topics
  39. Water Quality24▲ 6.7×11 topics
  40. Indigenous Knowledge21▲ 23×3 topics

What research is done in Tacna?

Business, Innovation, an…35Business, Innovation, and Economy: 35 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 25 fractional worksPublic Health and Environmental Issues: 16 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Training: 15 fractional worksStress and Burnout Research: 15 fractional worksPlant and soil sciences: 14 fractional worksEducational and Organiza…13Educational and Organizational Development: 13 fractional worksSocial Issues and Policies in Latin America: 12 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 12 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge…11E-Learning and Knowledge Management: 11 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsInformation SystemsHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisEducation6 others

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

  1. 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 35 works
  2. 2 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 25 works
  3. 3 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 16 works
  4. 4 Education and Teacher Training Education 15 works
  5. 5 Stress and Burnout Research Social Psychology 15 works
  6. 6 Plant and soil sciences General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 14 works
  7. 7 Educational and Organizational Development Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 13 works
  8. 8 Social Issues and Policies in Latin America Law 12 works
  9. 9 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 12 works
  10. 10 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 11 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Tacna7.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.2% in 2023.

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