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City of Knowledge

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,527
of 22,385 · #10,864 all time
Rank in Panama
#10
of 18
Research works
340
▲ 46% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.5k
16.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
59%
world 18%
City of Knowledge

Which fields of science does City of Knowledge work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at City of Knowledge is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (17%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%), Environmental Science (15%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 57 fractional works · 43.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 14.5% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 13.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 6.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 35 fractional works · 26.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 20 fractional works · 15.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 8.5% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 25 fractional works · 19.3% of its workMedicine: 23 fractional works · 17.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 10.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKCity of Knowledge130fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences27%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences10%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1914.5%
    2. Engineering1713.1%
    3. Computer Science86.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences32.7%
    5. Energy32.2%
    6. Materials Science32.0%
    7. Chemistry21.8%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    9. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2015.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology118.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.5%
    4. Neuroscience11.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.8%
    1. Medicine2317.4%
    2. Health Professions21.5%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Social Sciences65.0%
    2. Psychology21.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting21.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.4%
    5. Decision Sciences10.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.3%
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: 3.18× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.60× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.51× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.26× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.84× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.70× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.42× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.87× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.92× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.90× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.18×20 works
  2. Environmental Science2.92×19 works
  3. Energy2.42×3 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.26×1 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.70×4 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.60×11 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.51×2 works
  8. Veterinary1.32×0 works
  9. Chemistry1.18×2 works
  10. Medicine0.90×23 works
  11. Engineering0.87×17 works
  12. Computer Science0.84×8 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.66×2 works
  14. Neuroscience0.60×1 works
  15. Health Professions0.57×2 works
  16. Materials Science0.56×2 works
  17. Psychology0.55×2 works
  18. Nursing0.48×0 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.47×2 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.43×0 works
  21. Social Sciences0.39×6 works
  22. Mathematics0.21×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.19×1 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at City of Knowledge?

Ranked on the quality score, Luis A. Ramírez‐Camejo, Catherina Caballero‐George and Guillermo Castro Herrera lead among researchers whose main affiliation is City of Knowledge.

  1. 1 Luis A. Ramírez‐Camejo Panama · #3,421,291 worldwide 323 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Catherina Caballero‐George Panama · #4,233,348 worldwide 859 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Guillermo Castro Herrera Panama · #5,011,980 worldwide 47 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at City of Knowledge

What are the most cited papers from City of Knowledge?

The most cited paper from City of Knowledge is "Sharing and community curation of mass spectrometry data with Global Natural Products Social Molecular Networking" (Mingxun Wang et al., 2016), with 4,812 citations. Next come "A review on the wettability of dental implant surfaces II: Biological and clinical aspects" (849) and "Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (762).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Sharing and community curation of mass spectrometry data with Global Natural Products Social Molecular Networking Mingxun Wang et al. · Nature Biotechnology Open access127 authors Aug 2016 4,812
2 A review on the wettability of dental implant surfaces II: Biological and clinical aspects Rolando A. Gittens, Lutz Scheideler, Frank Rupp et al. · Acta Biomaterialia Open access 5 Apr 2014 849
3 Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Simon I Hay et al. · The Lancet Open access2,780 authors Oct 2025 762
4 A review of therapeutic effects of mesenchymal stem cell secretions and induction of secretory modification by different culture methods Marialaura Madrigal, K. S. Jagannatha Rao, Neil H Riordan · Journal of Translational Medicine Open access 10 Oct 2014 625
5 Barriers to vaccination in Latin America: A systematic literature review Adriana Guzmán-Holst, Rodrigo DeAntonio, David Prado-Cohrs et al. · Vaccine ReviewOpen access 22 Nov 2019 595
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at City of Knowledge?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Ecosystem Services, Population Dynamics, Global Change, Conservation and Habitat Fragmentation.

▲ 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. Climate Change12▲ 3.5×48 topics
  2. Epidemiology8▲ 1.49×38 topics
  3. Biodiversity7▲ 7.5×16 topics
  4. Machine Learning6▲ 1.34×26 topics
  5. Deep Learning5◆ 1.14×21 topics
  6. Sustainability5▲ 1.58×29 topics
  7. Invasive Species5▲ 8.9×9 topics
  8. Ecosystem Services4▲ 8.8×6 topics
  9. Environmental Impact4▲ 1.78×24 topics
  10. Population Dynamics4▲ 11×10 topics
  11. Global Change4▲ 11×5 topics
  12. Conservation4▲ 6.5×12 topics
  13. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 12×4 topics
  14. Ocean Acidification3▲ 30×3 topics
  15. Microbiota3▲ 9.4×3 topics
  16. Marine Ecosystems3▲ 36×2 topics
  17. Vaccine Development3▲ 7.7×7 topics
  18. Evolution2▲ 7.1×7 topics
  19. Genomics2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  20. Aquaculture2▲ 7.0×7 topics
  21. Vector Control2▲ 15×3 topics
  22. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 10×6 topics
  23. Environmental Monitoring2▲ 4.1×3 topics
  24. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 4.8×8 topics
  25. Plant-Animal Interactions2▲ 19×1 topic
  26. Pollinator Decline2▲ 19×1 topic
  27. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 3.9×9 topics
  28. Bleaching2▲ 44×1 topic
  29. Coral Reefs2▲ 44×1 topic
  30. DNA Barcoding2▲ 7.9×6 topics
  31. Sustainable Development Goals2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  32. Coastal Protection2▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Phylogeny2▲ 6.7×4 topics
  34. Ants1▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Biological Invasions1▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Conservation Biology1▲ 10×4 topics
  37. Social Insects1▲ 26×1 topic
  38. Symbiosis1▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Community Ecology1▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Ecosystem1▲ 9.5×2 topics

Which research topics does City of Knowledge publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Plant and animal studies, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior and Smart Agriculture and AI.

Plant and animal studies: 2 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 2 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecol…1Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 1 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI1Smart Agriculture and AI: 1 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 1 fractional worksEthics and bioethics in healthcare: 1 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV …1Cervical Cancer and HPV Research: 1 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and pu…1Zoonotic diseases and public health: 1 fractional worksInsect symbiosis and bac…1Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences: 1 fractional worksPharmacological Effects …1Pharmacological Effects and Assays: 1 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcologyGeneticsPlant Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  2. 2 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 2 works
  3. 3 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 1 works
  4. 4 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 1 works
  5. 5 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  6. 6 Ethics and bioethics in healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences Insect Science 1 works
  10. 10 Pharmacological Effects and Assays Animal Science and Zoology 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 available56.5%not open43.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors58.9%domestic only41.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has City of Knowledge's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 46% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 City of Knowledge as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00061% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%City of Knowledge0.00067% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of City of Knowledge over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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