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Research in Tunja

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Tunja, Colombia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are National Training Service, Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia and University of Boyaca.

Research institutions
4
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
11k
▼ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
35k
3.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Tunja

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 Tunja?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Pedagogical and Technological University of ColombiaUniversity 6,637 #3,121
2National Training ServiceUniversity 2,665 #2,512
3University of BoyacaUniversity 1,040 #6,550
4Fundación Universitaria Juan de CastellanosUniversity 495 #18,099

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.

Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia: 61.2%National Training Service: 24.6%University of Boyaca: 9.6%Fundación Universitaria Juan de Castellanos: 4.6%61%largest
Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia6,637 · 61.2%National Training Service2,665 · 24.6%University of Boyaca1,040 · 9.6%Fundación Universitaria Juan de Castellanos495 · 4.6%

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

Which fields of science does Tunja work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research in Tunja is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%), Medicine (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,179 fractional works · 42.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 721 fractional works · 26.2% of its workEducation: 257 fractional works · 9.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 123 fractional works · 4.5% of its workDemography: 80 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 44 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLaw: 32 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 28 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 131 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 50 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 38 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 119 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 44 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAccounting: 33 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 97 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 91 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 96 fractional works · 3.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 756 fractional works · 27.5% of its workComputer Science: 197 fractional works · 7.2% of its workInformation Systems: 100 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 55 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 193 fractional works · 7.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 43 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 35 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 164 fractional works · 6.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 37 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 24 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 62 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 31 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 30 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeophysics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 28 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 409 fractional works · 14.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 325 fractional works · 11.8% of its workFood Science: 87 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPlant Science: 76 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 70 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAquatic Science: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 54 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 405 fractional works · 14.7% of its workMedicine: 255 fractional works · 9.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 44 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurgery: 33 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 123 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 63 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 30 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTunja2,749fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences43%

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 Sciences1,17942.9%
    1. Social Sciences72126.2%
    2. Psychology1314.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1194.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance973.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities963.5%
    6. Decision Sciences150.5%
    1. Computer Science1977.2%
    2. Engineering1937.0%
    3. Environmental Science1646.0%
    4. Materials Science622.2%
    5. Chemistry311.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences301.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy281.0%
    8. Energy271.0%
    9. Mathematics220.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32511.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology542.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology150.5%
    4. Neuroscience110.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.1%
    1. Medicine2559.3%
    2. Health Professions1234.5%
    3. Nursing180.6%
    4. Veterinary70.3%
    5. Dentistry20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Tunja strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Tunja is most concentrated in Computer Science Applications, Occupational Therapy and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences (8.2× the world share in Computer Science Applications).

  1. Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 51.0 works8.2×
  2. Occupational TherapySubfield · 27.5 works6.5×
  3. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 66.7 works6.0×
← 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: 2.56× its world share, 306 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 49 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.57× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.62× its world share, 25 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.94× its world share, 184 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 24 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.04× its world share, 24 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 173 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.18× its world share, 148 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.62× its world share, 54 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.62× its world share, 18 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 20 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.73× its world share, 115 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 238 worksMedicineNursing: 1.33× its world share, 16 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.11× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.23× its world share, 89 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.33× its world share, 108 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.72× its world share, 93 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.54× its world share, 118 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.09× its world share, 666 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.56×306 works
  2. Veterinary2.11×7 works
  3. Social Sciences2.09×666 works
  4. Health Professions1.73×115 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.72×93 works
  6. Psychology1.54×118 works
  7. Nursing1.33×16 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.33×108 works
  9. Arts and Humanities1.23×89 works
  10. Environmental Science1.18×148 works
  11. Energy1.04×24 works
  12. Computer Science0.94×184 works
  13. Chemistry0.62×25 works
  14. Materials Science0.62×54 works
  15. Mathematics0.62×18 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.61×24 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.57×14 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.50×12 works
  19. Medicine0.49×238 works
  20. Engineering0.46×173 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.42×4 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.36×49 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.35×20 works
  24. Neuroscience0.24×10 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.24×2 works
  26. Dentistry0.19×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Tunja?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Innovation, Teacher Training, Educational Technology, Digital Marketing, Sustainability, Pedagogy and Knowledge Management.

▲ 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. Education355▲ 7.5×71 topics
  2. Innovation200▲ 7.1×30 topics
  3. Sustainability188▲ 2.8×66 topics
  4. Globalization165▲ 3.0×64 topics
  5. Educational Technology156▲ 4.8×30 topics
  6. Teacher Training145▲ 8.6×18 topics
  7. E-Learning127▲ 4.8×13 topics
  8. Digital Marketing123▲ 12×4 topics
  9. Public Health118▲ 3.0×48 topics
  10. Knowledge Management113▲ 7.4×18 topics
  11. Environmental Impact112▲ 2.4×44 topics
  12. Pedagogy110▲ 8.0×15 topics
  13. Small and Medium Enterprises109▲ 22×5 topics
  14. Competitiveness99▲ 46×6 topics
  15. Social Responsibility94▲ 15×6 topics
  16. Economic Impact94▲ 6.4×8 topics
  17. Social Impact92▲ 8.5×14 topics
  18. Urban Development89▲ 9.2×10 topics
  19. Nutrition88▲ 7.2×15 topics
  20. Innovation Ecosystems87▲ 31×3 topics
  21. Distance Learning83▲ 8.7×8 topics
  22. Latin America81▲ 16×22 topics
  23. Tourism Management80▲ 42×2 topics
  24. Globalization Effects80▲ 42×2 topics
  25. City Branding80▲ 47×1 topic
  26. Psychopharmacology Education80▲ 47×1 topic
  27. Health Promotion79▲ 9.1×16 topics
  28. Food Security76▲ 5.1×16 topics
  29. Public Policy76▲ 5.8×16 topics
  30. Technology75▲ 5.2×15 topics
  31. Rural Development72▲ 7.6×12 topics
  32. Communication66▲ 7.7×15 topics
  33. Digital Divide65▲ 9.2×6 topics
  34. Inclusive Education64▲ 6.5×12 topics
  35. Sustainable Agriculture64▲ 7.6×10 topics
  36. Online Education63▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Digital Competence63▲ 26×3 topics
  38. ICT62▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Virtual Teaching62▲ 42×1 topic
  40. Research60▲ 17×6 topics

What research is done in Tunja?

Business, Innovation, and Economy: 78 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 56 fractional worksPlant and soil sciences40Plant and soil sciences: 40 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge…40E-Learning and Knowledge Management: 40 fractional worksKnowledge Societies in the 21st Century: 36 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Training: 34 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Stu…28Health and Lifestyle Studies: 28 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Production Studies: 27 fractional worksWater Resource Management and Quality: 24 fractional worksHistory and Politics in Latin America: 24 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsInformation SystemsGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesComputer Science Applications5 others

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

  1. 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 78 works
  2. 2 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 56 works
  3. 3 Plant and soil sciences General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 40 works
  4. 4 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 40 works
  5. 5 Knowledge Societies in the 21st Century Demography 36 works
  6. 6 Education and Teacher Training Education 34 works
  7. 7 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 28 works
  8. 8 Agricultural and Food Production Studies Food Science 27 works
  9. 9 Water Resource Management and Quality Water Science and Technology 24 works
  10. 10 History and Politics in Latin America Demography 24 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 2025Tunja8.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.8% in 2016.

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