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Central American University

In research, Central American University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,535 of 14,833 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,799 of 9,330 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#16,070 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#14,869
of 34,923
Rank in Nicaragua
#7
of 17
Research works
641
▼ 59% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.9k
6.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
78%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Central American University

What is Central American University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #5,535 of 14,833 4.6%374
Social SciencesField #3,799 of 9,330 4.9%275
Physical SciencesDomain #16,070 of 17,446 6.1%129

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Central American University sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Central American University work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Central American University is in Social Sciences, 14% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (48%), Medicine (12%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 25 fractional works · 66.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 48.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 10.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 8.1% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 14.5% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 12.0% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 11.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 8.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 8.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKCentral AmericanUniversity38fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences66%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1848.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting25.9%
    3. Psychology24.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance13.4%
    5. Decision Sciences12.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities11.6%
    1. Medicine512.0%
    2. Health Professions12.0%
    3. Dentistry00.4%
    1. Environmental Science38.2%
    2. Computer Science12.7%
    3. Engineering00.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences26.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.3%
    3. Neuroscience00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.37× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.66× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.84× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.35× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.57× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.56× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.81× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.81×18 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.35×1 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting1.84×2 works
  4. Environmental Science1.66×3 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.57×1 works
  6. Psychology1.56×2 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.37×2 works
  8. Dentistry0.90×0 works
  9. Health Professions0.77×1 works
  10. Medicine0.62×5 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.56×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.35×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×0 works
  14. Neuroscience0.18×0 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  16. Engineering0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Central American University?

Ranked on the quality score, Elías Ramírez, Selmira Flores and Jairo José Guzmán García lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Central American University.

  1. 1 Elías Ramírez Nicaragua · #3,035,169 worldwide 585 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Selmira Flores Nicaragua · #3,601,762 worldwide 128 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Jairo José Guzmán García Nicaragua · #3,638,857 worldwide 151 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 María José Almanza Abud Nicaragua · #3,909,741 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Nelvia del Socorro Hernández Nicaragua · #4,190,417 worldwide 50 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Rafael Lucio Gil Nicaragua · #4,230,202 worldwide 30 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Line Bareiro Nicaragua · #4,432,232 worldwide 38 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Agnés Saborío Coze Nicaragua · #4,517,402 worldwide 9 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 José Luis Rocha Gómez Nicaragua · #4,584,393 worldwide 78 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 María López Vigil Nicaragua · #4,588,295 worldwide 20 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Central American University

What are the most cited papers from Central American University?

The most cited paper from Central American University is "Paying for the environmental services of silvopastoral practices in Nicaragua" (Stefano Pagiola, Elías Ramírez, José Gobbi et al., 2007), with 297 citations. Next come "ChatGPT: Applications, Opportunities, and Threats" (295) and "Diversity, composition, and structure of tropical dry forests in Central America" (272).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Paying for the environmental services of silvopastoral practices in Nicaragua Stefano Pagiola, Elías Ramírez, José Gobbi et al. · Ecological Economics 5 Jun 2007 297
2 ChatGPT: Applications, Opportunities, and Threats Aram Bahrini, Mohammadsadra Khamoshifar, Hossein Abbasimehr et al. Conference paper 27 Apr 2023 295
3 Diversity, composition, and structure of tropical dry forests in Central America Thomas Welch Gillespie, Alfredo Grijalva, Christine N. Farris · Plant Ecology Mar 2000 272
4 Towards a climate change adaptation strategy for coffee communities and ecosystems in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Mexico Götz Schroth, Peter Läderach, Jan Dempewolf et al. · Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change Open access 31 Jul 2009 231
5 Contribution of live fences to the ecological integrity of agricultural landscapes Célia A. Harvey et al. · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment Open access 17 Aug 2005 225
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Which keywords describe research at Central American University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Education, Corporate Social Responsibility, Climate Change, Contractual Law, Responsibility, Social Sciences and Latin America.

▲ 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 36 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 36 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainable Development5▲ 9.0×10 topics
  2. Climate Change3▲ 2.7×9 topics
  3. Education3▲ 4.2×5 topics
  4. Epidemiology2▲ 1.55×8 topics
  5. Globalization2▲ 2.8×8 topics
  6. Human Rights2▲ 4.7×5 topics
  7. Contractual Law2▲ 374×1 topic
  8. Corporate Social Responsibility2▲ 27×2 topics
  9. Innovation2▲ 4.2×3 topics
  10. Responsibility2▲ 102×1 topic
  11. Social Sciences2▲ 30×3 topics
  12. Sustainability2▲ 1.71×8 topics
  13. Ethics2▲ 7.8×2 topics
  14. Latin America2▲ 21×4 topics
  15. Inclusive Education1▲ 10×5 topics
  16. Policy1▲ 17×2 topics
  17. Criminal Justice1▲ 16×2 topics
  18. Environmental Impact1▲ 1.84×6 topics
  19. Risk Factors1▲ 2.8×2 topics
  20. Culture1▲ 5.6×2 topics
  21. E-Learning1▲ 3.0×2 topics
  22. Educational Technology1▲ 2.5×5 topics
  23. Social Justice1▲ 4.8×5 topics
  24. Adolescents1▲ 7.4×2 topics
  25. Economics1▲ 336×1 topic
  26. Forest Fires1▲ 60×1 topic
  27. Impact Investing1▲ 195×1 topic
  28. Latin American Universities1▲ 488×1 topic
  29. Legal Evidence1▲ 209×1 topic
  30. Philosophy1▲ 5.9×1 topic
  31. Social Impact Bonds1▲ 195×1 topic
  32. Standards of Proof1▲ 209×1 topic
  33. Suicidal Behavior1▲ 67×1 topic
  34. Suicide1▲ 53×1 topic
  35. Technology and Innovation1▲ 488×1 topic
  36. Wildfire Activity1▲ 60×1 topic

Which research topics does Central American University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Comparative International Legal Studies, Fire effects on ecosystems, Community Development and Social Impact and Philosophical Thought and Analysis.

Comparative Internationa…2Comparative International Legal Studies: 2 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems1Fire effects on ecosystems: 1 fractional worksCommunity Development and Social Impact: 1 fractional worksPhilosophical Thought and Analysis: 1 fractional worksScience, Technology, and Education in Latin America: 1 fractional worksLegal processes and jurisprudence: 1 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm Studies: 1 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Tr…1Education and Teacher Training: 1 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 1 fractional worksPublic Policy and Administration Research: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsGlobal and Planetary ChangeFinanceGeneral Social Sciences6 others

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

  1. 1 Comparative International Legal Studies Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  2. 2 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  3. 3 Community Development and Social Impact Finance 1 works
  4. 4 Philosophical Thought and Analysis General Social Sciences 1 works
  5. 5 Science, Technology, and Education in Latin America Demography 1 works
  6. 6 Legal processes and jurisprudence Law 1 works
  7. 7 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 1 works
  8. 8 Education and Teacher Training Education 1 works
  9. 9 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Public Policy and Administration Research Public Administration 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 available77.6%not open22.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.2%domestic only84.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Central American University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 59% lower 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 Central American University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000055% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Central American University0.00014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Central American University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2018Central American University3.8% in 20182010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 6.5% in 2011.

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