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Colombia Adventist University

In research, Colombia Adventist University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,912 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,417 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,557
of 22,385 · #14,757 all time
Rank in Colombia
#118
of 169
Research works
418
▲ 134% vs 2018-21
Citations
666
1.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Colombia Adventist University

What is Colombia Adventist University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #4,912 of 9,585 10.2%91 #4905
Social SciencesField #4,417 of 5,988 9.5%60 #5230

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

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Colombia Adventist University is in Social Sciences, 15% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (44%), Arts and Humanities (10%), Medicine (10%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 97 fractional works · 65.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 64 fractional works · 43.7% of its workEducation: 22 fractional works · 15.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 21 fractional works · 14.6% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 15 fractional works · 10.3% of its workReligious studies: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 22 fractional works · 15.1% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 10.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 13.9% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 9.5% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 6.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHorticulture: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKColombiaAdventist…147fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences15%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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences6443.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities1510.3%
    3. Psychology85.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting53.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance42.7%
    6. Decision Sciences10.5%
    1. Medicine1510.0%
    2. Health Professions64.4%
    3. Dentistry10.6%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Computer Science149.5%
    2. Environmental Science43.0%
    3. Engineering10.6%
    4. Mathematics10.4%
    5. Chemistry00.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Energy00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences64.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
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: 0.91× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.22× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.67× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.55× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.25× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.83× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.45× its world share, 64 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.55×15 works
  2. Social Sciences3.45×64 works
  3. Psychology1.83×8 works
  4. Health Professions1.67×6 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.25×4 works
  6. Computer Science1.22×14 works
  7. Dentistry1.14×1 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.95×4 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.91×6 works
  10. Environmental Science0.60×4 works
  11. Medicine0.52×15 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.51×1 works
  13. Mathematics0.34×1 works
  14. Nursing0.23×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×1 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.13×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.11×0 works
  18. Energy0.08×0 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×0 works
  21. Engineering0.04×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Colombia Adventist University?

Ranked on the quality score, Gelver Pérez Pulido, Esteban Mayorga Muñoz and Enoc Iglesias Ortega lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Colombia Adventist University.

  1. 1 Gelver Pérez Pulido Colombia · #2,258,296 worldwide 4 citations · 58 works
  2. 2 Esteban Mayorga Muñoz Colombia · #3,339,830 worldwide 4 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Enoc Iglesias Ortega Colombia · #3,523,495 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Sonia Lucía Vargas Amézquita Colombia · #3,526,624 worldwide 7 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Lorena Martínez Soto Colombia · #3,655,085 worldwide 18 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Wilson Arana Palomino Colombia · #3,933,211 worldwide 0 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Gustavo Adolfo Phérez Gómez Colombia · #4,025,878 worldwide 34 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Walter Hugo Arboleda Mazo Colombia · #4,276,673 worldwide 28 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Cielo Rebeca Martínez Reyes Colombia · #4,592,235 worldwide 17 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Ciro Ernesto Redondo Mendoza Colombia · #4,843,010 worldwide 30 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Colombia Adventist University

What are the most cited papers from Colombia Adventist University?

The most cited paper from Colombia Adventist University is "Staging systems in bipolar disorder: an I nternational S ociety for B ipolar D isorders T ask F orce R eport" (Flávio Pereira Kapczinski et al., 2014), with 210 citations. Next come "Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover" (201) and "Neuroaprendizaje, una propuesta educativa: herramientas para mejorar la praxis del docente" (98).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Staging systems in bipolar disorder: an I nternational S ociety for B ipolar D isorders T ask F orce R eport Flávio Pereira Kapczinski et al. · Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 25 Jun 2014 210
2 Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover James S. Santangelo et al. · Science Open access289 authors 17 Mar 2022 201
3 Neuroaprendizaje, una propuesta educativa: herramientas para mejorar la praxis del docente Gustavo Pherez, Sonia Lucía Vargas, Jessica Jerez · Civilizar Open access 8 Nov 2018 98
4 Recommendations of the Colombian Consensus Committee for the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury in Prehospital, Emergency Department, Surgery, and Intensive Care (Beyond One Option for Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Stratified Protocol [BOOTStraP]) Andrés M. Rubiano et al. · Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice Open access 2020 84
5 Cultura ambiental: un estudio desde las dimensiones de valor, creencias, actitudes y comportamientos ambientales Miranda Murillo, Luisa Margarita · Producción + Limpia Open access Jul 2013 80
All 65 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Colombia Adventist University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Religion, Theology, E-Learning, Latin America, Catholicism, Educational Technology and Sociology.

▲ 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. Education31▲ 12×23 topics
  2. Religion14▲ 21×8 topics
  3. Theology14▲ 101×3 topics
  4. E-Learning12▲ 8.6×9 topics
  5. Educational Technology12▲ 7.0×13 topics
  6. Latin America12▲ 42×5 topics
  7. Catholicism12▲ 216×3 topics
  8. Philosophy12▲ 18×5 topics
  9. Sociology12▲ 56×2 topics
  10. Teacher Training11▲ 12×14 topics
  11. Innovation11▲ 7.0×11 topics
  12. Ethics10▲ 14×3 topics
  13. Liberation10▲ 414×1 topic
  14. Social Dynamics10▲ 113×1 topic
  15. Pedagogy10▲ 13×7 topics
  16. COVID-198▲ 3.9×7 topics
  17. Distance Learning7▲ 14×4 topics
  18. Quality of Life7▲ 3.4×15 topics
  19. Digital Competence7▲ 53×2 topics
  20. Globalization7▲ 2.4×13 topics
  21. Online Education6▲ 23×2 topics
  22. Communication6▲ 14×7 topics
  23. ICT6▲ 32×1 topic
  24. Virtual Teaching6▲ 78×1 topic
  25. Qualitative Research6▲ 4.8×10 topics
  26. Inclusive Education6▲ 11×9 topics
  27. Health Promotion5▲ 12×7 topics
  28. Informal Learning5▲ 28×3 topics
  29. Digital Transformation5▲ 6.5×11 topics
  30. Digital Marketing5▲ 8.9×2 topics
  31. Higher Education5▲ 6.2×6 topics
  32. Social Support5▲ 6.0×4 topics
  33. Technology5▲ 6.1×7 topics
  34. Knowledge Management4▲ 5.5×10 topics
  35. Social Impact4▲ 7.2×5 topics
  36. Social Responsibility4▲ 12×5 topics
  37. Small and Medium Enterprises4▲ 15×4 topics
  38. Social Movements4▲ 8.5×7 topics
  39. Aging Population4▲ 28×3 topics
  40. Social Sciences4▲ 17×4 topics

Which research topics does Colombia Adventist University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Religious and Theological Studies, Educational Innovations and Technology, Biblical Studies and Interpretation and E-Learning and Knowledge Management.

Religious and Theologica…10Religious and Theological Studies: 10 fractional worksEducational Innovations …6Educational Innovations and Technology: 6 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Int…3Biblical Studies and Interpretation: 3 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 3 fractional worksEducational Outcomes and Influences: 2 fractional worksLiteracy and Educational Practices: 2 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, and Economy: 2 fractional worksPublic Health and Environmental Issues: 2 fractional worksKnowledge Societies in the 21st Century: 2 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceInformation SystemsReligious studiesComputer Science Applications5 others

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

  1. 1 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  2. 2 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 6 works
  3. 3 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 3 works
  4. 4 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 3 works
  5. 5 Educational Outcomes and Influences Education 2 works
  6. 6 Literacy and Educational Practices Education 2 works
  7. 7 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  9. 9 Knowledge Societies in the 21st Century Demography 2 works
  10. 10 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 2 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 available54.5%not open45.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.3%domestic only85.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Colombia Adventist University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 134% 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 Colombia Adventist University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Colombia Adventist University0.00069% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Colombia Adventist 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.

still counting5%10%15%Colombia Adventist University12.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.0% in 2025.

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