Question 1

How strong is science in Uruguay?

Accepted Answer

Uruguay ranks #80 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#73 all time), with 10k research works and 5.7% of them in the world's top 10%.

Question 2

What is Uruguay strongest at in science?

Accepted Answer

On research quality in 2022-now, Uruguay ranks highest in Medicine (#65 of 152), Social Sciences (#67 of 148) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#54 of 105). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Life-span and Life-course Studies, Paleontology and General Social Sciences.

Question 3

Which universities in Uruguay lead research?

Accepted Answer

Universidad de la República de Uruguay, Universitario Francisco de Asís and Universidad de Montevideo rank highest in Uruguay on research quality in 2022-now.

Question 4

Who are the top researchers in Uruguay?

Accepted Answer

Rafael Radí, Valentina Colistro and Gustavo J. Nagy rank highest among researchers based in Uruguay.

Question 5

Which cities in Uruguay are research hubs?

Accepted Answer

By research output, Montevideo.

Question 6

How much of Uruguay's research is open access?

Accepted Answer

58% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 36% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

Question 7

Is Uruguay's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021.

Question 8

Which keywords describe research in Uruguay?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Latin America, Globalization, Climate Change, Education, Healthcare Access and Biodiversity.

Question 9

Which fields of science does Uruguay work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 32% of research in Uruguay is in Social Sciences, 27% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (21%), Social Sciences (20%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Question 10

Which countries have research most like Uruguay's?

Accepted Answer

New Zealand has the research profile closest to Uruguay's (similarity 0.85 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Veterinary, followed by Costa Rica and Brazil.