Question 1

How strong is science in Bolivia?

Accepted Answer

Bolivia ranks #88 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#84 all time), with 6.5k research works and 5.9% of them in the world's top 10%.

Question 2

What is Bolivia strongest at in science?

Accepted Answer

On research quality in 2022-now, Bolivia ranks highest in Social Sciences (#60 of 148), Arts and Humanities (#43 of 103) and Education (#56 of 112). Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Social Sciences, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology and Horticulture.

Question 3

Which universities in Bolivia lead research?

Accepted Answer

Universidad de Los Andes, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés and Universidad La Salle rank highest in Bolivia on research quality in 2022-now.

Question 4

Who are the top researchers in Bolivia?

Accepted Answer

Vincent Antoine Vos, Juan Carlos Licona and Alejandro Araujo‐Murakami rank highest among researchers based in Bolivia.

Question 5

Which cities in Bolivia are research hubs?

Accepted Answer

By research output, La Paz.

Question 6

How much of Bolivia's research is open access?

Accepted Answer

62% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 33% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

Question 7

Is Bolivia's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021.

Question 8

Which keywords describe research in Bolivia?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Globalization, Latin America, Innovation, Human Rights, Health Promotion, Digital Marketing and Public Health.

Question 9

Which fields of science does Bolivia work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 50% of research in Bolivia is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Medicine (13%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (7%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Question 10

Which countries have research most like Bolivia's?

Accepted Answer

Peru has the research profile closest to Bolivia's (similarity 0.96 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Social Sciences, followed by Costa Rica and Colombia.