Question 1

How strong is science in Chile?

Accepted Answer

Chile ranks #33 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#32 all time), with 67k research works and 9.4% of them in the world's top 10%.

Question 2

What is Chile strongest at in science?

Accepted Answer

On research quality in 2022-now, Chile ranks highest in Social Sciences (#21 of 148), Education (#22 of 112) and Medicine (#31 of 152). Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Social Sciences, Life-span and Life-course Studies and Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology.

Question 3

Which universities in Chile lead research?

Accepted Answer

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, University of Chile and Universidad Andrés Bello rank highest in Chile on research quality in 2022-now.

Question 4

Who are the top researchers in Chile?

Accepted Answer

Homero Gil de Zúñiga, R. Kneißl and Maribel Guerrero rank highest among researchers based in Chile.

Question 5

Which cities in Chile are research hubs?

Accepted Answer

By research output, Santiago, Concepción, Valparaíso and Valdivia.

Question 6

How much of Chile's research is open access?

Accepted Answer

67% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 29% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

Question 7

Is Chile's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

Which keywords describe research in Chile?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

Which fields of science does Chile work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Chile is in Social Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Medicine (16%), Engineering (8%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Question 10

Which countries have research most like Chile's?

Accepted Answer

Spain has the research profile closest to Chile's (similarity 0.72 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Arts and Humanities, followed by Finland and Dominican Republic.