Question 1

How strong is science in Guatemala?

Accepted Answer

Guatemala ranks #117 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#113 all time), with 3.8k research works and 4.9% of them in the world's top 10%.

Question 2

What is Guatemala strongest at in science?

Accepted Answer

On research quality in 2022-now, Guatemala ranks highest in Social Sciences (#82 of 148), Medicine (#92 of 152) and Health Professions (#68 of 106). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Computer Science Applications and General Social Sciences.

Question 3

Which universities in Guatemala lead research?

Accepted Answer

Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Departamento de Epidemiología and Universidad Panamericana rank highest in Guatemala on research quality in 2022-now.

Question 4

Who are the top researchers in Guatemala?

Accepted Answer

Ana Lucia Garces, John P. McCracken and David Morán rank highest among researchers based in Guatemala.

Question 5

How much of Guatemala's research is open access?

Accepted Answer

65% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 36% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

Question 6

Is Guatemala's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% higher than in 2018-2021.

Question 7

Which keywords describe research in Guatemala?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Pedagogy, Public Health, E-Learning, Innovation, Epidemiology, Distance Learning and COVID-19.

Question 8

Which fields of science does Guatemala work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Guatemala is in Social Sciences, 32% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Social Sciences (25%), Computer Science (8%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Question 9

Which countries have research most like Guatemala's?

Accepted Answer

Bolivia has the research profile closest to Guatemala's (similarity 0.90 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Social Sciences, followed by Costa Rica and Cuba.