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Social Sciences research in Chile

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile ranks first in Chile for Social Sciences research in 2022-now (#358 worldwide), followed by Universidad Diego Portales and University of Chile.

Chile's world rank
#21
of 148 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
16k
Top-10% rate
11.7%
Ranked institutions
49

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Social Sciences in Chile?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileSantiago #35832.412.0%1,677
2Universidad Diego PortalesSantiago #41830.617.8%510
3University of ChileSantiago #46829.39.9%1,727
4Alberto Hurtado UniversitySantiago #60626.311.8%594
5Pontificia Universidad Católica de ValparaísoValparaíso #71024.512.1%548
6Universidad de Santiago de ChileSantiago #82622.88.7%553
7Centro Regional de Derechos Humanos y Justicia de Género, Corporación HumanasProvidencia #88821.96.6%583
8Universidad Católica de TemucoTemuco #89321.913.5%446
9University of TarapacáArica #91821.615.5%337
10Adolfo Ibáñez UniversitySantiago #95121.28.8%341
11Universidad Andrés BelloSantiago #98120.812.6%398
12Austral University of ChileValdivia #1,19918.511.1%472
13Catholic University of the MauleTalca #1,21018.412.7%382
14Universidad Central de ChileSantiago #1,22618.214.2%200
15Universidad de Los LagosOsorno #1,27517.89.4%230
16Finis Terrae UniversitySantiago #1,30517.511.8%140
17Universidad Católica de la Santísima ConcepciónConcepción #1,32517.313.7%333
18Universidad Católica Silva HenríquezSantiago #1,35417.115.7%196
19San Sebastián UniversityConcepción #1,36117.010.0%314
20Universidad del DesarrolloSantiago #1,40116.717.5%148
21Centro de Estudios CientíficosValdivia #1,59815.28.1%159
22Universidad Autónoma de ChileTemuco #1,61715.117.6%312
23University of Bío-BíoConcepción #1,62815.013.0%247
24Arturo Prat UniversityIquique #1,72214.315.9%159
25University of ConcepciónConcepción #1,76714.010.7%513
26University of ValparaísoValparaíso #1,79613.913.3%153
27Dirección de Investigación y DesarrolloValdivia #1,79813.88.5%275
28Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la EducaciónValparaíso #1,89613.211.9%170
29Universidad La RepúblicaSantiago #1,92113.17.7%186
30University of the AmericasSantiago #2,01212.515.3%169
31Gobierno de ChileSantiago #2,03912.49.3%140
32University of La SerenaLa Serena #2,06112.35.1%203
33Universidad Católica del NorteAntofagasta #2,13111.912.8%288
34University of TalcaTalca #2,14911.814.1%274
35Universidad MayorSantiago #2,43310.417.0%147
36Universidad de Los Andes, ChileSantiago #2,5799.711.0%193
37Atacama Large Millimeter Submillimeter ArraySantiago #2,5839.720.3%103
38Metropolitan University of Educational SciencesSantiago #2,6059.610.5%136
39Academy of Christian Humanism UniversitySantiago #2,6139.58.3%120
40University of O'HigginsRancagua #3,0567.718.3%92
41Universidad de La FronteraTemuco #3,1657.312.4%317
42Universidad Bernardo O'HigginsSantiago #3,4246.48.2%180
43Metropolitan University of TechnologySantiago #3,4686.313.7%90
44Viña del Mar UniversityViña del Mar #3,5046.29.6%89
45Universidad Santo TomásSantiago #3,7255.517.2%103
46Fundación ChileSantiago #3,8725.07.9%76
47University of AtacamaCopiapó #4,2094.110.8%98
48Universidad de AntofagastaAntofagasta #4,4583.48.4%87
49Universidad Adventista de ChileChillán #4,6392.912.4%80

Institutions in Chile above the floor of 40 fractional works in Social Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Social Sciences researchers in Chile?

Homero Gil de Zúñiga, Sebastián Valenzuela and Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser rank highest among researchers based in Chile, on their papers in Social Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Homero Gil de Zúñiga#11,148 worldwide overall81.2 of 167 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Sebastián Valenzuela#122,298 worldwide overall42.0 of 87 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser#67,694 worldwide overall32.6 of 73 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Roberto González#85,769 worldwide overall28.8 of 75 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5René Valdés#126,741 worldwide overall27.1 of 68 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Miguél Nussbaum#75,393 worldwide overall23.3 of 56 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Claudia Mellado#410,081 worldwide overall31.6 of 105 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Calógero M. Santoro#312,192 worldwide overall20.7 of 59 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Teresa Correa#131,302 worldwide overall19.5 of 42 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Fabiola Sáez-Delgado#195,930 worldwide overall17.7 of 40 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Claudio Latorre#113,882 worldwide overall15.4 of 26 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12David G. Altman#332,284 worldwide overall20.4 of 54 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Katerin Arias-Ortega#293,247 worldwide overall20.1 of 65 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Chile on their work in Social Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Chile compares with other countries in Social Sciences