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CIUDAD

In research, CIUDAD stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,893 of 14,833 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,709 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,796
of 22,385 · #13,026 all time
Rank in Ecuador
#65
of 71
Research works
490
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.2k
6.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
68%
world 18%
CIUDAD

What is CIUDAD 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 #8,893 of 14,833 13.3%169
Health SciencesDomain #10,709 of 16,688 6.6%127

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where CIUDAD 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 CIUDAD work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at CIUDAD is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%), Medicine (8%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 34 fractional works · 39.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 23.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 24 fractional works · 27.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 7.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 7.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 18.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 14.7% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 13.7% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCIUDAD85fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences40%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2023.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance55.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting34.1%
    4. Psychology22.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities22.1%
    6. Decision Sciences10.8%
    1. Environmental Science77.8%
    2. Engineering67.6%
    3. Computer Science45.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences33.2%
    5. Energy22.8%
    6. Materials Science00.6%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1214.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology33.1%
    3. Neuroscience10.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Medicine78.1%
    2. Health Professions45.3%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    4. Nursing00.2%
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: 3.09× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.03× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.00× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.58× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.00× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.27× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.71× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.09×12 works
  2. Energy3.00×2 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.71×5 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.03×3 works
  5. Health Professions2.00×4 works
  6. Social Sciences1.89×20 works
  7. Environmental Science1.58×7 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.27×4 works
  9. Psychology0.96×2 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.85×1 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.73×2 works
  12. Computer Science0.68×4 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.59×3 works
  14. Engineering0.51×6 works
  15. Neuroscience0.50×1 works
  16. Medicine0.42×7 works
  17. Dentistry0.40×0 works
  18. Nursing0.40×0 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.37×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.22×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.19×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.16×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at CIUDAD?

Ranked on the quality score, Julio Valdivia Arencibia and Daymiris Méndez Felipe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is CIUDAD.

  1. 1 Julio Valdivia Arencibia Ecuador · #4,746,766 worldwide 7 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Daymiris Méndez Felipe Ecuador · #4,837,480 worldwide 5 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at CIUDAD

What are the most cited papers from CIUDAD?

The most cited paper from CIUDAD is "One century of arsenic exposure in Latin America: A review of history and occurrence from 14 countries" (Jochen Bundschuh, Marta I. Litter, Faruque Parvez et al., 2011), with 546 citations. Next come "World's soils are under threat" (472) and "The Crisis of the European Union. A Response" (436).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 One century of arsenic exposure in Latin America: A review of history and occurrence from 14 countries Jochen Bundschuh, Marta I. Litter, Faruque Parvez et al. · The Science of The Total Environment Open access 30 Sep 2011 546
2 World's soils are under threat Luca Montanarella et al. · SOIL Open access 29 Feb 2016 472
3 The Crisis of the European Union. A Response Jürgen Habermas · Publication Server of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Goethe University Frankfurt) Open access 2012 436
4 Anthropomorphism in AI Arleen L. F. Salles, Kathinka Evers, Michele Farisco · AJOB Neuroscience Open access 31 Mar 2020 318
5 Stellar jets with intrinsically variable sources Alejandro Cristian Raga, L. Binette, Jorge Cantó et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Dec 1990 227
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at CIUDAD?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Health Promotion, Participation, Social Work, Welfare State, Urban Development, Climate Change and Digital Marketing.

▲ 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. Education5▲ 3.5×16 topics
  2. Climate Change5▲ 2.2×26 topics
  3. Sustainability4▲ 2.2×16 topics
  4. Globalization4▲ 2.3×18 topics
  5. Health Promotion3▲ 13×5 topics
  6. Innovation3▲ 3.9×8 topics
  7. Participation3▲ 39×2 topics
  8. Social Work3▲ 54×1 topic
  9. Sustainable Development3▲ 2.3×6 topics
  10. Welfare State3▲ 45×1 topic
  11. Biodiversity3▲ 4.5×13 topics
  12. Urban Development3▲ 9.1×3 topics
  13. Digital Marketing3▲ 7.9×2 topics
  14. Gender3▲ 5.7×8 topics
  15. Latin America2▲ 16×8 topics
  16. Public Policy2▲ 6.2×4 topics
  17. Human Rights2▲ 2.8×8 topics
  18. Social Responsibility2▲ 12×2 topics
  19. Economic Impact2▲ 5.1×1 topic
  20. Small and Medium Enterprises2▲ 15×1 topic
  21. Feminism2▲ 8.6×4 topics
  22. Knowledge Management2▲ 4.5×4 topics
  23. Pedagogy2▲ 5.0×6 topics
  24. Social Movements2▲ 8.3×7 topics
  25. Digital Divide2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  26. Entrepreneurship2▲ 6.1×4 topics
  27. Teacher Training2▲ 3.9×4 topics
  28. Ecosystem Services2▲ 5.6×7 topics
  29. Occupational Health2▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Social Inequality2▲ 8.2×4 topics
  31. Ecosystem Approach2▲ 201×1 topic
  32. Environmental Impact Assessment2▲ 30×1 topic
  33. Ergonomics2▲ 19×1 topic
  34. Organizational Culture2▲ 5.3×3 topics
  35. Workplace Safety2▲ 14×1 topic
  36. Digitalization2▲ 9.1×3 topics
  37. Corporate Social Responsibility2▲ 11×5 topics
  38. Political Participation2▲ 20×3 topics
  39. ICT1▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Online Education1▲ 8.8×2 topics

Which research topics does CIUDAD publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Social Sciences and Policies, Business, Innovation, and Economy, Environmental and Ecological Studies and Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces.

Social Sciences and Policies: 3 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, and Economy: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental and Ecolog…2Environmental and Ecological Studies: 2 fractional worksOccupational Health and …2Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces: 2 fractional worksEducational and Organizational Development: 1 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 1 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Stu…1Plant Virus Research Studies: 1 fractional worksBanana Cultivation and Research: 1 fractional worksMedia, Gender, and Advertising: 1 fractional worksGender and Feminist Studies: 1 fractional works
General Social SciencesEconomics and EconometricsRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentOccupational Therapy4 others

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

  1. 1 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 3 works
  2. 2 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  3. 3 Environmental and Ecological Studies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 2 works
  4. 4 Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces Occupational Therapy 2 works
  5. 5 Educational and Organizational Development Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  6. 6 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 1 works
  7. 7 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 1 works
  8. 8 Banana Cultivation and Research Plant Science 1 works
  9. 9 Media, Gender, and Advertising Gender Studies 1 works
  10. 10 Gender and Feminist Studies Gender Studies 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 available55.7%not open44.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors68.2%domestic only31.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has CIUDAD's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 CIUDAD as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00041% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%CIUDAD0.00021% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of CIUDAD 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%all institutions10.0% in 2024CIUDAD6.7% in 20242020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.5% in 2012.

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