Question 1

What is Colciencias known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Colciencias stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,056 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,543 of 5,988 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,246 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Demography (Demography is 4.1× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Colciencias rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Colciencias ranks #2,888 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#4,681 all time), and #17 of 169 in Colombia.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Colciencias?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, J Arciniegas, C. A. Corchuelo-Rodriguez and J.M. Reyes Sanchez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Colciencias.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Colciencias?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Colciencias is "Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013" (Christopher J L Murray et al., 2014), with 998 citations. Next come "Combined search for the Standard Model Higgs boson using up to 4.9 fb−1 of pp collision data at s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC" (521) and "Search for squarks and gluinos using final states with jets and missing transverse momentum with the ATLAS detector in s=7 TeV proton–proton collisions" (336).

Question 5

Which research topics does Colciencias publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Business, Innovation, and Economy, Health, Nursing, Elderly Care, Educational Innovations and Technology and Business and Management Studies.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Colciencias?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Public Health, Teacher Training, Qualitative Research, Innovation, Public Policy, Globalization and Healthcare Access.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Colciencias work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Colciencias is in Social Sciences, 21% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (33%), Medicine (14%), Health Professions (7%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Question 8

Is Colciencias's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021.