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Banco Central del Uruguay

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World rank, all time
#28,942
of 34,923
Rank in Uruguay
#26
of 27
Research works
151
▲ 116% vs 2018-21
Citations
680
4.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Banco Central del Uruguay

Which fields of science does Banco Central del Uruguay work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Banco Central del Uruguay is in Social Sciences, 13% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Economics, Econometrics and Finance (41%), Social Sciences (20%), Medicine (11%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 32 fractional works · 70.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 18 fractional works · 40.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 20.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 13.3% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 20.2% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 7.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 12.8% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 11.2% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 11.7% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBanco Central delUruguay45fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences70%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1840.6%
    2. Social Sciences920.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting37.7%
    4. Decision Sciences00.7%
    5. Psychology00.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    1. Medicine511.2%
    2. Health Professions11.6%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Computer Science24.1%
    2. Environmental Science23.5%
    3. Energy11.5%
    4. Engineering01.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.8%
    6. Chemistry00.6%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.4%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Banco Central del Uruguay specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Social Sciences takes 2.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Social SciencesDomain · 31.6 works2.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.61× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.40× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 18.98× its world share, 18 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 19.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance18.98×18 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.40×4 works
  3. Energy1.61×1 works
  4. Social Sciences1.60×9 works
  5. Decision Sciences0.77×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.70×2 works
  7. Environmental Science0.70×2 works
  8. Health Professions0.61×1 works
  9. Medicine0.58×5 works
  10. Computer Science0.53×2 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.52×0 works
  12. Chemistry0.37×0 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.35×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.29×1 works
  15. Psychology0.18×0 works
  16. Nursing0.13×0 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.13×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.11×0 works
  19. Engineering0.07×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Banco Central del Uruguay?

Ranked on the quality score, Jorge Ponce, Miguel Angelo da Silva Mello and Elizabeth Bucacos lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Banco Central del Uruguay.

  1. 1 Jorge Ponce Uruguay · #2,036,461 worldwide 569 citations · 81 works
  2. 2 Miguel Angelo da Silva Mello Uruguay · #2,861,939 worldwide 90 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Elizabeth Bucacos Uruguay · #2,975,799 worldwide 19 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Fernando Borráz Uruguay · #3,004,287 worldwide 655 citations · 100 works
  5. 5 Leonardo Vicente Uruguay · #3,268,015 worldwide 36 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Gerardo Licandro Uruguay · #3,356,994 worldwide 76 citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Diego Gianelli Uruguay · #3,397,111 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Cecilia Dassatti Uruguay · #3,414,558 worldwide 36 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 José Antonio Licandro Uruguay · #3,709,688 worldwide 49 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Dardo Arbide Uruguay · #4,310,893 worldwide 8 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Banco Central del Uruguay

What are the most cited papers from Banco Central del Uruguay?

The most cited paper from Banco Central del Uruguay is "Serogroup-Specific Epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Associations with Age, Sex, and Geography in 7,000 Episodes of Invasive Disease" (J. Anthony G. Scott, Andy J. Hall, Ron Dagan et al., 1996), with 220 citations. Next come "Regulatory capture and banking supervision reform" (93) and "Tell Me Something I Don't Already Know: Learning in Low‐ and High‐Inflation Settings" (77).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Serogroup-Specific Epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Associations with Age, Sex, and Geography in 7,000 Episodes of Invasive Disease J. Anthony G. Scott, Andy J. Hall, Ron Dagan et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Jun 1996 220
2 Regulatory capture and banking supervision reform Pierre Boyer, Jorge Ponce · Journal of Financial Stability 25 Jul 2011 93
3 Tell Me Something I Don't Already Know: Learning in Low‐ and High‐Inflation Settings Michael Weber, Bernardo Candia, Hassan Afrouzi et al. · Econometrica Open access 2025 77
4 Implementing a retail CBDC: Lessons learned and key insights Raúl Morales-Reséndiz, Jorge Ponce, Pablo Picardo et al. · Latin American Journal of Central Banking Open access Mar 2021 68
5 Unequal contributions of male and female gene pools from parental populations in the African descendants of the city of Melo, Uruguay Mónica Sans, Tania Azevedo Weimer, M.H.L.P. Franco et al. · American Journal of Physical Anthropology 5 Apr 2002 63
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Which keywords describe research at Banco Central del Uruguay?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Monetary Policy, Economic Growth, Structural Change, Fiscal Policy, Financial Development, Panel Data Analysis, COVID-19 and Business Cycles.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Monetary Policy10▲ 96×6 topics
  2. Economic Growth7▲ 19×6 topics
  3. Structural Change6▲ 199×2 topics
  4. Fiscal Policy6▲ 60×5 topics
  5. COVID-194▲ 6.8×4 topics
  6. Financial Development4▲ 59×2 topics
  7. Panel Data Analysis4▲ 58×2 topics
  8. Business Cycles4▲ 209×1 topic
  9. Interest Rates4▲ 209×1 topic
  10. Stock Market3▲ 34×2 topics
  11. Financial Markets3▲ 56×2 topics
  12. Consumer Behavior3▲ 10×4 topics
  13. Globalization3▲ 3.3×8 topics
  14. Education2▲ 3.2×8 topics
  15. Inequality2▲ 24×3 topics
  16. Pandemic2▲ 5.2×2 topics
  17. Financial Crisis2▲ 44×1 topic
  18. Income Distribution2▲ 156×1 topic
  19. Digital Transformation2▲ 8.6×2 topics
  20. Food Supply Chain2▲ 40×1 topic
  21. business impact2▲ 50×1 topic
  22. Economic Development2▲ 4.8×4 topics
  23. Human Rights2▲ 3.6×4 topics
  24. International Trade2▲ 27×3 topics
  25. Latin America2▲ 20×5 topics
  26. Liquidity2▲ 49×2 topics
  27. Finance2▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Regulation2▲ 6.3×2 topics
  29. Banking1▲ 76×1 topic
  30. Credit1▲ 76×1 topic
  31. Economic Policy Uncertainty1▲ 52×1 topic
  32. Labor Market1▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Oil Price Shocks1▲ 52×1 topic
  34. Price Discrimination1▲ 81×2 topics
  35. Criminal Justice1▲ 12×2 topics
  36. ICT1▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Social Rights1▲ 93×2 topics
  38. Capital Flows1▲ 72×1 topic
  39. Financial Integration1▲ 86×1 topic
  40. Virtual Teaching1▲ 48×1 topic

Which research topics does Banco Central del Uruguay publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Monetary Policy and Economic Impact, Economic Theory and Policy, COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts and Banking stability, regulation, efficiency.

Monetary Policy and Econ…4Monetary Policy and Economic Impact: 4 fractional worksEconomic Theory and Policy: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts2COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 2 fractional worksBanking stability, regul…1Banking stability, regulation, efficiency: 1 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 1 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 1 fractional worksItaly: Economic History …1Italy: Economic History and Contemporary Issues: 1 fractional worksGlobal Financial Crisis and Policies: 1 fractional worksDigital Platforms and Economics: 1 fractional worksIntellectual Property Law: 1 fractional works
General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceEconomics and EconometricsFinanceInformation Systems2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 4 works
  2. 2 Economic Theory and Policy General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  4. 4 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 1 works
  5. 5 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  6. 6 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 1 works
  7. 7 Italy: Economic History and Contemporary Issues Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  8. 8 Global Financial Crisis and Policies Finance 1 works
  9. 9 Digital Platforms and Economics Strategy and Management 1 works
  10. 10 Intellectual Property Law Law 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available61.4%not open38.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.5%domestic only72.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Banco Central del Uruguay's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 116% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Banco Central del Uruguay as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00023% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Banco Central del Uruguay0.00016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Banco Central del Uruguay over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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