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Research in Valparaíso

Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Valparaíso, Chile. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, University of Valparaíso and Federico Santa María Technical University.

Research institutions
8
6 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
21k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
257k
12.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Valparaíso

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 Valparaíso?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Pontificia Universidad Católica de ValparaísoUniversity 8,727 #1,572
2Federico Santa María Technical UniversityUniversity 5,538 #3,201
3University of ValparaísoUniversity 4,262 #1,854
4Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la EducaciónUniversity 1,657 #4,902
5Instituto de Fomento PesqueroGovernment institution 446 #20,939
6Hospital Carlos Van BurenHospital / health system 259 #20,514
7Millenium Nucleus for Planet FormationInstitution 97 not ranked
8Knop Laboratories (Chile)Company 1 not ranked

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.

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso: 41.6%Federico Santa María Technical University: 26.4%University of Valparaíso: 20.3%Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educación: 7.9%4 others listed: 3.8%42%largest
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso8,727 · 41.6%Federico Santa María Technical University5,538 · 26.4%University of Valparaíso4,262 · 20.3%Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educación1,657 · 7.9%4 others listed803 · 3.8%

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

Which fields of science does Valparaíso work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Valparaíso is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Engineering (16%), Medicine (8%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,308 fractional works · 44.4% of its workEngineering: 808 fractional works · 15.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 219 fractional works · 4.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 92 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 82 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 80 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 66 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 50 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 48 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 45 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 401 fractional works · 7.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 118 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems: 76 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 45 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 42 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 41 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 41 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 342 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEcology: 81 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 70 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 332 fractional works · 6.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 119 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 90 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 45 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 42 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInstrumentation: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 109 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 109 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOceanography: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 95 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 57 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomaterials: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 47 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 45 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,751 fractional works · 33.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,013 fractional works · 19.5% of its workEducation: 285 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 198 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 94 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCultural Studies: 80 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLaw: 64 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 58 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 280 fractional works · 5.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 109 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 41 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 203 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 71 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 47 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 42 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 107 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 80 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 59 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 68 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 590 fractional works · 11.4% of its workMedicine: 430 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 68 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 42 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 97 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 121 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 59 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDentistry: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 544 fractional works · 10.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 227 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPlant Science: 96 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 182 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 112 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 93 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 44 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKValparaíso5,193fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences34%

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. Engineering80815.6%
    2. Computer Science4017.7%
    3. Environmental Science3426.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy3326.4%
    5. Mathematics1092.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1092.1%
    7. Materials Science951.8%
    8. Chemistry470.9%
    9. Energy450.9%
    10. Chemical Engineering190.4%
  2. Social Sciences1,75133.7%
    1. Social Sciences1,01319.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities2805.4%
    3. Psychology2033.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1072.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance801.5%
    6. Decision Sciences681.3%
    1. Medicine4308.3%
    2. Health Professions1212.3%
    3. Dentistry220.4%
    4. Nursing150.3%
    5. Veterinary20.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2274.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1823.5%
    3. Neuroscience931.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology330.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics100.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Valparaíso strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Valparaíso is most concentrated in General Social Sciences, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Astronomy and Astrophysics (10.6× the world share in General Social Sciences).

  1. General Social SciencesSubfield · 54.5 works11×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 83.2 works5.7×
  3. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 100.4 works4.1×
  4. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 100.3 works4.0×
← 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: 0.90× its world share, 200 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 156 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.61× its world share, 29 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.06× its world share, 80 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.08× its world share, 18 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.59× its world share, 43 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.02× its world share, 370 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 96 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.93× its world share, 40 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.05× its world share, 733 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.33× its world share, 308 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 85 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.77× its world share, 97 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.73× its world share, 284 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.86× its world share, 20 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 108 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 384 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.90× its world share, 256 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 96 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 62 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.76× its world share, 76 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.29× its world share, 184 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 926 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy2.73×284 works
  2. Arts and Humanities1.90×256 works
  3. Mathematics1.77×97 works
  4. Social Sciences1.57×926 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.36×62 works
  6. Environmental Science1.33×308 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.30×96 works
  8. Psychology1.29×184 works
  9. Chemical Engineering1.08×18 works
  10. Neuroscience1.06×80 works
  11. Engineering1.05×733 works
  12. Computer Science1.02×370 works
  13. Energy0.93×40 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.90×200 works
  15. Health Professions0.88×108 works
  16. Dentistry0.86×20 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.76×76 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.64×96 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.62×156 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.61×29 works
  21. Chemistry0.59×43 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.55×9 works
  23. Nursing0.55×13 works
  24. Materials Science0.52×85 works
  25. Medicine0.43×384 works
  26. Veterinary0.21×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Valparaíso?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Latin America, Globalization, Education, Social Movements, Colonialism, Memory, Poetry and Educational Leadership.

▲ 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. Globalization278▲ 2.7×77 topics
  2. Education235▲ 2.6×89 topics
  3. Latin America201▲ 20×21 topics
  4. Climate Change189▲ 1.34×88 topics
  5. Sustainability165▲ 1.30×82 topics
  6. Human Rights119▲ 2.2×35 topics
  7. Social Movements118▲ 7.7×21 topics
  8. Colonialism104▲ 4.2×24 topics
  9. Innovation102▲ 1.91×40 topics
  10. Educational Technology100▲ 1.64×29 topics
  11. Cultural Identity97▲ 3.8×19 topics
  12. Ethics86▲ 3.3×40 topics
  13. Memory83▲ 6.5×12 topics
  14. Poetry76▲ 45×3 topics
  15. Educational Leadership75▲ 11×3 topics
  16. Teacher Development73▲ 23×2 topics
  17. Inclusive Education72▲ 3.8×14 topics
  18. Power Electronics71▲ 4.3×8 topics
  19. Renewable Energy Integration71▲ 4.1×5 topics
  20. Student Performance70▲ 13×3 topics
  21. Organizational Commitment70▲ 6.8×2 topics
  22. Educational Innovation69▲ 25×4 topics
  23. Curriculum Design69▲ 19×3 topics
  24. Ethical Education68▲ 28×2 topics
  25. Quality Education68▲ 36×1 topic
  26. School Culture68▲ 36×1 topic
  27. Social Inequality66▲ 4.8×14 topics
  28. Literary Discourse63▲ 54×2 topics
  29. Interculturalism62▲ 101×1 topic
  30. Mapuche62▲ 101×1 topic
  31. Political Violence61▲ 46×3 topics
  32. Dictatorship60▲ 66×2 topics
  33. Dark Matter53▲ 8.9×4 topics
  34. Gender Studies52▲ 6.6×13 topics
  35. Social Sciences52▲ 7.0×15 topics
  36. Migrant Integration51▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Chile50▲ 104×1 topic
  38. Pinochet50▲ 104×1 topic
  39. Black Holes50▲ 10.0×3 topics
  40. Indigenous Knowledge44▲ 8.2×6 topics

What research is done in Valparaíso?

Education and Teacher Training: 65 fractional worksCultural and Social Studies in Latin America: 55 fractional worksPolitical and Social Dyn…45Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America: 45 fractional worksEducational Innovations …33Educational Innovations and Technology: 33 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 33 fractional worksLegal processes and jurisprudence: 26 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitatio…24Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 24 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 22 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 22 fractional worksLatin American Literature Studies: 21 fractional works
EducationLiterature and Literary TheorySociology and Political ScienceInformation Systems6 others

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

  1. 1 Education and Teacher Training Education 65 works
  2. 2 Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America Literature and Literary Theory 55 works
  3. 3 Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America Sociology and Political Science 45 works
  4. 4 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 33 works
  5. 5 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 33 works
  6. 6 Legal processes and jurisprudence Law 26 works
  7. 7 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 24 works
  8. 8 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 22 works
  9. 9 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 22 works
  10. 10 Latin American Literature Studies Cultural 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%30%Valparaíso14.7% 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 21.7% in 2019.

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