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Science in Argentina

Argentina ranks #60 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#46 all time), with 79k research works and 9.8% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#60
of 192 · #46 all time
Works, 2022–2025
79k
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
9.8%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
1 in the top 1,000
Open access
62%
world 63%

What is Argentina strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, Argentina ranks highest in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (#25 of 70), Medicine (#58 of 155) and Anthropology (#17 of 44). Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Social Sciences, General Arts and Humanities and Paleontology.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #25 of 70 16.4%1,314 Institutions
MedicineField #58 of 155 7.6%12,740 Institutions
AnthropologySubfield #17 of 44 17.5%1,286 Institutions
HistorySubfield #15 of 38 14.2%788 Institutions
Arts and HumanitiesField #43 of 106 11.8%5,985 Institutions
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #54 of 126 14.4%6,721 Institutions
PsychologyField #47 of 109 6.8%2,801 Institutions
Social SciencesField #66 of 151 8.2%19,107 Institutions
PaleontologySubfield #11 of 25 35.7%816 Institutions
Environmental ScienceField #58 of 125 11.0%5,502 Institutions
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #51 of 108 11.6%3,784 Institutions
Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield #19 of 39 18.0%657 Institutions

Where its research is concentrated

Location quotient: how much more — or less — of each node it does than its size predicts. Drawn around 1×, where “twice the world share” and “half of it” are the same distance apart in opposite directions. A volume reading, which on a country axis is largely population and industrial structure.

  1. General Social SciencesSubfield · 921.9 works11×
  2. General Arts and HumanitiesSubfield · 152.5 works9.3×
  3. PaleontologySubfield · 816.4 works8.5×
  4. Life-span and Life-course StudiesSubfield · 100.4 works7.6×
  5. AnthropologySubfield · 1,286.0 works5.8×
  6. Cultural StudiesSubfield · 1,859.9 works5.8×
  7. DevelopmentSubfield · 455.4 works5.7×
  8. Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 619.1 works4.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.79× its world share, 6,721 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 3,784 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.04× its world share, 832 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 1,037 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 216 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.65× its world share, 181 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.78× its world share, 970 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.49× its world share, 2,994 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.79× its world share, 2,228 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.69× its world share, 503 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 4,098 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.40× its world share, 5,502 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 1,503 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.77× its world share, 719 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.96× its world share, 1,686 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.70× its world share, 269 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 1,795 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.84× its world share, 13k worksMedicineNursing: 1.17× its world share, 456 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.06× its world share, 222 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.62× its world share, 5,985 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 1,198 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 302 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.79× its world share, 1,344 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.16× its world share, 2,801 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.91× its world share, 19k worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research in Argentina?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Latin America, Globalization, Social Movements, Education, History, Gender, Climate Change 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 country'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. Globalization5,254▲ 3.4×164 topics
  2. Climate Change4,003▲ 1.88×122 topics
  3. Education3,862▲ 2.8×139 topics
  4. Epidemiology3,740▲ 1.19×140 topics
  5. Latin America3,685▲ 24×23 topics
  6. Social Movements2,545▲ 11×32 topics
  7. History2,544▲ 4.6×64 topics
  8. Public Health2,531▲ 2.2×74 topics
  9. Sustainability2,409▲ 1.25×124 topics
  10. Gender2,340▲ 5.5×56 topics
  11. Human Rights2,196▲ 2.7×82 topics
  12. Identity1,790▲ 3.1×75 topics
  13. Cultural Identity1,751▲ 4.3×36 topics
  14. Neoliberalism1,598▲ 5.6×30 topics
  15. Biodiversity1,554▲ 2.6×37 topics
  16. Innovation1,549▲ 1.86×70 topics
  17. Social Inequality1,530▲ 7.2×21 topics
  18. Ethics1,529▲ 4.0×58 topics
  19. Literature1,503▲ 3.5×58 topics
  20. Memory1,449▲ 7.5×23 topics
  21. Cultural Studies1,435▲ 4.8×39 topics
  22. Colonialism1,326▲ 3.5×49 topics
  23. Inequality1,291▲ 7.1×19 topics
  24. Communication1,286▲ 5.3×23 topics
  25. Invasive Species1,273▲ 3.8×21 topics
  26. Philosophy1,215▲ 3.5×44 topics
  27. Politics1,211▲ 5.6×24 topics
  28. Public Policy1,208▲ 3.1×29 topics
  29. Society1,174▲ 7.7×26 topics
  30. Community Participation1,068▲ 3.6×17 topics
  31. Feminism1,008▲ 4.5×26 topics
  32. Violence979▲ 8.4×15 topics
  33. Biogeography978▲ 4.7×20 topics
  34. Economy936▲ 15×7 topics
  35. Welfare State899▲ 13×4 topics
  36. Resistance808▲ 9.9×9 topics
  37. Political Violence803▲ 39×3 topics
  38. Social Sciences771▲ 6.9×22 topics
  39. Participation765▲ 9.8×5 topics
  40. Protest751▲ 24×3 topics

How many world-class institutions does Argentina hold?

Average quality and elite capacity disagree by construction, and both are worth knowing: the first is decided by a country’s whole institution population, the second counts the institutions it holds at the top. One square per institution.

501st to 1,000th1

Bands are exclusive, so the squares add up to 1 — the institutions it holds in the world top 1,000 — and not to four times it.

Which universities in Argentina lead research?

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires and Universidad Nacional de La Plata rank highest in Argentina on research quality in 2022–2025.

0%5%10%15%mean 9.95333%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas: 11k, 13.6%Universidad de Buenos Aires: 8,058, 9.6%Universidad Nacional de La Plata: 4,044, 9.8%Fundación Ciencias Exactas y Naturales: 1,075, 13.8%Universidad Nacional de Córdoba: 3,386, 8.7%Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires: 1,703, 6.2%National University of General San Martín: 879, 12.1%Universidad Nacional del Litoral: 1,275, 7.7%Bariloche Atomic Centre: 252, 13.3%Universidad Nacional de Cuyo: 944, 10.6%Universidad Nacional del Sur: 1,152, 9.3%Balseiro Institute: 171, 11.7%National University of San Luis: 491, 8.1%National University of Mar del Plata: 1,344, 8.3%National University of Rosario: 1,945, 6.5%Fundación Ciencias E…Consejo Nacional de …Universidad Nacional…Universidad de Bueno…
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per institution in the list below. The upper left is the interesting corner.

  1. 1Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasGovernment institution · Buenos Aires · #883 worldwide13.6% top 10% · 11k works
  2. 2Universidad de Buenos AiresUniversity · Buenos Aires · #2,330 worldwide9.6% top 10% · 8.1k works
  3. 3Universidad Nacional de La PlataUniversity · La Plata · #3,195 worldwide9.8% top 10% · 4k works
  4. 4Fundación Ciencias Exactas y NaturalesNonprofit · Buenos Aires · #3,934 worldwide13.8% top 10% · 1.1k works
  5. 5Universidad Nacional de CórdobaUniversity · Córdoba · #4,111 worldwide8.7% top 10% · 3.4k works
  6. 6Hospital Italiano de Buenos AiresHospital / health system · Buenos Aires · #5,321 worldwide6.2% top 10% · 1.7k works
  7. 7National University of General San MartínUniversity · Buenos Aires · #5,432 worldwide12.1% top 10% · 879 works
  8. 8Universidad Nacional del LitoralUniversity · Santa Fe · #6,025 worldwide7.7% top 10% · 1.3k works
  9. 9Bariloche Atomic CentreResearch facility · Bariloche · #6,145 worldwide13.3% top 10% · 252 works
  10. 10Universidad Nacional de CuyoUniversity · Mendoza · #6,275 worldwide10.6% top 10% · 944 works
  11. 11Universidad Nacional del SurUniversity · Bahía Blanca · #6,301 worldwide9.3% top 10% · 1.2k works
  12. 12Balseiro InstituteUniversity · Bariloche · #6,496 worldwide11.7% top 10% · 171 works
  13. 13National University of San LuisUniversity · San Luis · #6,940 worldwide8.1% top 10% · 491 works
  14. 14National University of Mar del PlataUniversity · Mar del Plata · #7,520 worldwide8.3% top 10% · 1.3k works
  15. 15National University of RosarioUniversity · Rosario · #7,834 worldwide6.5% top 10% · 1.9k works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in Argentina

Who are the top researchers in Argentina?

Jean‐Marc Dumonceau, Daniel de Florian and Rafael Díaz rank highest among researchers based in Argentina.

  1. 1 Jean‐Marc Dumonceau · #8,435 worldwide 926 citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Daniel de Florian · #8,469 worldwide 2.1k citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Rafael Díaz · #11,776 worldwide 810 citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Sandra Dı́az · #12,176 worldwide 2.1k citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Gabriel A. Rabinovich · #12,318 worldwide 972 citations · 57 works
  6. 6 Jorge Thierer · #12,846 worldwide 386 citations · 55 works
  7. 7 M. A. Strang · #17,381 worldwide 2.5k citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Luis Alberto Cámera · #20,618 worldwide 1.2k citations · 38 works
  9. 9 Gustavo Rossi · #23,564 worldwide 531 citations · 97 works
  10. 10 Jorge Máspero · #24,741 worldwide 302 citations · 48 works
Top researchers in Argentina

Which cities in Argentina are research hubs?

  1. 1 Buenos Aires Argentina 226k works
  2. 2 La Plata Argentina 38k works
  3. 3 Córdoba Argentina 32k works

How open and international is Argentina's research?

62% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 20% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available62.2%not open37.8%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.4%domestic only79.6%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Argentina's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Research fields in Argentina