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Research in Valdivia

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Valdivia, Chile. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Austral University of Chile, Dirección de Investigación y Desarrollo and Centro de Estudios Científicos.

Research institutions
5
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
18k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
213k
11.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Valdivia

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 Valdivia?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Austral University of ChileUniversity 10,768 #2,682
2Dirección de Investigación y DesarrolloResearch facility 3,928 #3,238
3Centro de Estudios CientíficosNonprofit 2,609 #3,537
4Hospital BaseHospital / health system 745 #9,745
5Millennium Nucleus of Ion Channel Associated DiseasesResearch facility 280 #15,389

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.

Austral University of Chile: 58.7%Dirección de Investigación y Desarrollo: 21.4%Centro de Estudios Científicos: 14.2%Hospital Base: 4.1%1 other listed: 1.5%59%largest
Austral University of Chile11k · 58.7%Dirección de Investigación y Desarrollo3,928 · 21.4%Centro de Estudios Científicos2,609 · 14.2%Hospital Base745 · 4.1%1 other listed280 · 1.5%

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

Which fields of science does Valdivia work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research in Valdivia is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Medicine (12%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,779 fractional works · 46.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,180 fractional works · 30.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 242 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 212 fractional works · 5.5% of its workLaw: 198 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEducation: 177 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCultural Studies: 78 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 44 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrban Studies: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 258 fractional works · 6.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 81 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHistory: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 135 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 53 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 40 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 97 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 76 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 90 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 897 fractional works · 23.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 350 fractional works · 9.1% of its workEcology: 125 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 60 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 36 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 162 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 114 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInformation Systems: 45 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 102 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOceanography: 34 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 55 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 634 fractional works · 16.5% of its workMedicine: 455 fractional works · 11.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 62 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurgery: 42 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 36 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 34 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 75 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 124 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 63 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 535 fractional works · 13.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 286 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPlant Science: 80 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 51 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 39 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 147 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 74 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 54 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 40 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKValdivia3,845fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences46%

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 Sciences1,77946.3%
    1. Social Sciences1,18030.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities2586.7%
    3. Psychology1353.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance972.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting902.3%
    6. Decision Sciences180.5%
    1. Environmental Science3509.1%
    2. Engineering1624.2%
    3. Computer Science1143.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1022.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy551.4%
    6. Materials Science381.0%
    7. Mathematics300.8%
    8. Chemistry220.6%
    9. Energy200.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering40.1%
    1. Medicine45511.8%
    2. Health Professions1243.2%
    3. Dentistry230.6%
    4. Veterinary200.5%
    5. Nursing110.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2867.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1473.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology541.4%
    4. Neuroscience401.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics80.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Valdivia strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Valdivia is most concentrated in General Social Sciences, Cultural Studies and Visual Arts and Performing Arts (12.1× the world share in General Social Sciences).

  1. General Social SciencesSubfield · 43.5 works12×
  2. Cultural StudiesSubfield · 72.0 works5.4×
  3. Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 27.6 works5.1×
← 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: 1.58× its world share, 247 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 128 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.44× its world share, 48 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 35 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.62× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.38× its world share, 19 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 102 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 84 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.59× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 144 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.86× its world share, 304 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 34 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.68× its world share, 26 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.68× its world share, 50 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.36× its world share, 22 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.33× its world share, 115 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 398 worksMedicineNursing: 0.59× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.26× its world share, 19 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.60× its world share, 247 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.78× its world share, 82 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.34× its world share, 94 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.20× its world share, 120 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.19× its world share, 912 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary4.26×19 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.60×247 works
  3. Social Sciences2.19×912 works
  4. Environmental Science1.86×304 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.64×84 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.58×247 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.44×48 works
  8. Dentistry1.36×22 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.34×94 works
  10. Health Professions1.33×115 works
  11. Psychology1.20×120 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.78×82 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.73×128 works
  14. Mathematics0.68×26 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.68×50 works
  16. Neuroscience0.66×35 works
  17. Medicine0.63×398 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.62×7 works
  19. Energy0.59×18 works
  20. Nursing0.59×10 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.52×16 works
  22. Computer Science0.40×102 works
  23. Chemistry0.38×19 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.32×4 works
  25. Engineering0.29×144 works
  26. Materials Science0.29×34 works

Which keywords describe research in Valdivia?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Latin America, Globalization, Human Rights, Education, Climate Change, Criminal Justice, Social Movements and Legal Evidence.

▲ 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. Globalization292▲ 3.9×108 topics
  2. Latin America244▲ 33×23 topics
  3. Climate Change227▲ 2.2×93 topics
  4. Education214▲ 3.2×84 topics
  5. Human Rights211▲ 5.4×55 topics
  6. Sustainability146▲ 1.55×86 topics
  7. Sustainable Development136▲ 2.3×56 topics
  8. Public Health125▲ 2.2×64 topics
  9. Criminal Justice114▲ 13×4 topics
  10. Social Movements103▲ 9.1×24 topics
  11. Inclusive Education92▲ 6.6×14 topics
  12. Legal Evidence90▲ 186×1 topic
  13. Standards of Proof90▲ 186×1 topic
  14. Colonialism86▲ 4.7×32 topics
  15. Social Inequality86▲ 8.4×14 topics
  16. Memory85▲ 9.1×17 topics
  17. Ethics83▲ 4.3×39 topics
  18. Community Participation82▲ 6.0×11 topics
  19. Cultural Identity79▲ 4.2×29 topics
  20. International Law77▲ 6.4×22 topics
  21. Judicial Review73▲ 22×5 topics
  22. Corporate Social Responsibility72▲ 11×8 topics
  23. Political Violence66▲ 68×3 topics
  24. Health Promotion64▲ 5.3×16 topics
  25. Environmental Regulation64▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Responsibility63▲ 38×5 topics
  27. Legal Ethics63▲ 75×3 topics
  28. Civil Liability62▲ 67×2 topics
  29. Dictatorship61▲ 90×2 topics
  30. Healthcare Access61▲ 5.8×12 topics
  31. Judicial System61▲ 44×2 topics
  32. Consumer Rights60▲ 75×2 topics
  33. Contractual Law60▲ 133×1 topic
  34. Poetry60▲ 48×3 topics
  35. European Union58▲ 6.8×13 topics
  36. Migrant Integration55▲ 42×2 topics
  37. Constitutionalism54▲ 16×4 topics
  38. Indigenous Knowledge52▲ 13×7 topics
  39. Welfare State52▲ 17×4 topics
  40. Social Rights49▲ 43×2 topics

What research is done in Valdivia?

Political and Social Dyn…45Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America: 45 fractional worksCultural and Social Stud…44Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America: 44 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, and Economy: 34 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 33 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Training: 32 fractional worksReligious and Theological Studies: 32 fractional worksComparative constitutional jurisprudence studies: 27 fractional worksLegal processes and juri…26Legal processes and jurisprudence: 26 fractional worksEnvironmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond: 24 fractional worksLatin American Urban Studies: 21 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryEconomics and EconometricsGeneral Social Sciences5 others

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

  1. 1 Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America Sociology and Political Science 45 works
  2. 2 Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America Literature and Literary Theory 44 works
  3. 3 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 34 works
  4. 4 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 33 works
  5. 5 Education and Teacher Training Education 32 works
  6. 6 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 32 works
  7. 7 Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies Political Science and International Relations 27 works
  8. 8 Legal processes and jurisprudence Law 26 works
  9. 9 Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond Ecology 24 works
  10. 10 Latin American Urban Studies Urban Studies 21 works

Research output over time

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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 counting10%20%Valdivia13.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.8% in 2016.

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