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Research in Valdivia

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Valdivia, Chile. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Austral University of Chile, Hospital Base and Dirección de Investigación y Desarrollo.

Research institutions
5
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
18k
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
13.1%
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 Valdivia?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Austral University of ChileUniversity 10,570 #4,589
2Dirección de Investigación y DesarrolloResearch facility 3,928 #9,474
3Centro de Estudios CientíficosNonprofit 2,609 #9,920
4Hospital BaseHospital / health system 745 #9,133
5Millennium Nucleus of Ion Channel Associated DiseasesResearch facility 280 #14,783

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.

Austral University of Chile: 58.3%Dirección de Investigación y Desarrollo: 21.7%Centro de Estudios Científicos: 14.4%Hospital Base: 4.1%1 other listed: 1.5%58%largest
Austral University of Chile11k · 58.3%Dirección de Investigación y Desarrollo3,928 · 21.7%Centro de Estudios Científicos2,609 · 14.4%Hospital Base745 · 4.1%1 other listed280 · 1.5%

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

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×
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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 Valdivia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Latin America, Globalization, Education, Human Rights, Climate Change, Social Movements, Memory and Social Inequality.

▲ 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
  1. Globalization272▲ 4.2×101 topics
  2. Latin America220▲ 35×23 topics
  3. Education205▲ 3.6×81 topics
  4. Climate Change194▲ 2.2×93 topics
  5. Human Rights161▲ 4.8×52 topics
  6. Epidemiology140◆ 1.08×130 topics
  7. Sustainability133▲ 1.66×83 topics
  8. Public Health110▲ 2.3×61 topics
  9. Social Movements96▲ 9.7×23 topics
  10. Innovation86▲ 2.5×44 topics
  11. Colonialism83▲ 5.3×30 topics
  12. Memory82▲ 10×17 topics
  13. Ethics78▲ 4.9×39 topics
  14. Social Inequality78▲ 8.9×14 topics
  15. Cultural Identity76▲ 4.5×25 topics
  16. Community Participation76▲ 6.2×11 topics
  17. Biodiversity67▲ 2.7×28 topics
  18. Political Violence64▲ 74×3 topics
  19. Gender63▲ 3.5×28 topics
  20. Health Promotion60▲ 5.8×16 topics
  21. Inclusive Education59▲ 5.1×14 topics
  22. Poetry59▲ 54×3 topics
  23. Dictatorship58▲ 98×2 topics
  24. Philosophy56▲ 3.8×25 topics
  25. Invasive Species55▲ 3.9×21 topics
  26. Migrant Integration52▲ 43×2 topics
  27. Healthcare Access52▲ 5.6×11 topics
  28. Welfare State51▲ 18×4 topics
  29. Criminal Justice49▲ 6.8×4 topics
  30. Indigenous Knowledge46▲ 15×6 topics
  31. Sociology46▲ 10×12 topics
  32. Chile45▲ 139×1 topic
  33. Literary Discourse45▲ 59×2 topics
  34. Pinochet45▲ 139×1 topic
  35. Interculturalism44▲ 110×1 topic
  36. Mapuche44▲ 110×1 topic
  37. Small and Medium Enterprises44▲ 7.6×7 topics
  38. Constitutionalism41▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Climate Change Impacts40▲ 10×7 topics
  40. Economic Crisis39▲ 9.9×4 topics

What research is done in Valdivia?

  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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