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Distance State University

In research, Distance State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,828 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,335 of 5,988 worldwide) and Education (#1,087 of 1,930 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Science Applications (Computer Science Applications is 18.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,016
of 22,385 · #4,305 all time
Rank in Costa Rica
#6
of 26
Research works
2.8k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.7k
3.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
83%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Distance State University

What is Distance State 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 #2,828 of 9,585 6.3%310 #2668
Social SciencesField #2,335 of 5,988 7.2%202 #2550
EducationSubfield #1,087 of 1,930 6.4%73 #1378
Physical SciencesDomain #6,084 of 10,670 5.4%159 #4695
Life SciencesDomain #4,060 of 6,403 2.3%68 #5768
Computer ScienceField #3,374 of 4,417 5.2%76 #3641

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Distance State 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#2,668 #2,828
  2. Social Sciences#2,550 #2,335
  3. Education#1,378 #1,087
  4. Physical Sciences#4,695 #6,084
  5. Life Sciences#5,768 #4,060
  6. Computer Science#3,641 #3,374
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Distance State University work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Distance State University is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (35%), Computer Science (14%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 367 fractional works · 54.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 238 fractional works · 35.5% of its workEducation: 88 fractional works · 13.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 44 fractional works · 6.5% of its workDemography: 22 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 21 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 36 fractional works · 5.4% of its workHistory: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 32 fractional works · 4.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 16 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 30 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 25 fractional works · 3.7% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 24 fractional works · 3.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 188 fractional works · 28.0% of its workComputer Science: 94 fractional works · 14.1% of its workInformation Systems: 52 fractional works · 7.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 30 fractional works · 4.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 53 fractional works · 7.9% of its workEcology: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 77 fractional works · 11.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 65 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPlant Science: 16 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHorticulture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 39 fractional works · 5.8% of its workHealth Professions: 20 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedicine: 17 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKDistance StateUniversity671fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences55%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences23835.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities365.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting324.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance304.5%
    5. Psychology243.6%
    6. Decision Sciences61.0%
    1. Computer Science9414.1%
    2. Environmental Science537.9%
    3. Engineering172.5%
    4. Energy60.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy60.9%
    6. Mathematics40.6%
    7. Materials Science30.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.4%
    9. Chemistry10.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences659.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology91.4%
    3. Neuroscience20.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Health Professions202.9%
    2. Medicine172.6%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Distance State University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Science Applications takes 18.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 29.8 works18×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 2.03× its world share, 64 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.81× its world share, 94 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.96× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.59× its world share, 53 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.86× its world share, 36 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.49× its world share, 32 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.09× its world share, 30 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.18× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.81× its world share, 238 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences2.81×238 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.09×30 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.03×64 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.86×36 works
  5. Computer Science1.81×94 works
  6. Environmental Science1.59×53 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.49×32 works
  8. Psychology1.18×24 works
  9. Health Professions1.11×20 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.00×6 works
  11. Energy0.96×6 works
  12. Veterinary0.79×1 works
  13. Mathematics0.52×4 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.39×6 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.31×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.26×9 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.26×3 works
  18. Nursing0.26×1 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.18×1 works
  20. Engineering0.17×17 works
  21. Neuroscience0.16×2 works
  22. Materials Science0.14×3 works
  23. Chemistry0.13×1 works
  24. Medicine0.13×17 works
  25. Dentistry0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Distance State University?

Ranked on the quality score, María A. Maglianesi, Gilbert Ulloa Brenes and Andrés Segura-Castillo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Distance State University.

  1. 1 María A. Maglianesi Costa Rica · #245,024 worldwide 1.6k citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Gilbert Ulloa Brenes Costa Rica · #1,824,526 worldwide 1.1k citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Andrés Segura-Castillo Costa Rica · #2,474,071 worldwide 310 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Ana Cristina Umaña Mata Costa Rica · #2,477,655 worldwide 132 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Johnny Cartín Quesada Costa Rica · #2,810,339 worldwide 6 citations · 51 works
  6. 6 Warner Ruiz-Chaves Costa Rica · #3,435,692 worldwide 56 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Javier Antonio Torres Vindas Costa Rica · #3,904,099 worldwide 1 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Federico Li Bonilla Costa Rica · #4,006,769 worldwide 37 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Wendy Villalobos-González Costa Rica · #4,145,406 worldwide 26 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Diego Iturralde Costa Rica · #4,277,376 worldwide 36 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Distance State University

What are the most cited papers from Distance State University?

The most cited paper from Distance State University is "Is General Self-Efficacy a Universal Construct?1" (Urte Scholz, Benicio Gutiérrez Doña, Shonali Sud et al., 2002), with 1,648 citations. Next come "Comparing species interaction networks along environmental gradients" (317) and "Morphological traits determine specialization and resource use in plant–hummingbird networks in the neotropics" (257).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Is General Self-Efficacy a Universal Construct?1 Urte Scholz, Benicio Gutiérrez Doña, Shonali Sud et al. · European Journal of Psychological Assessment Sep 2002 1,648
2 Comparing species interaction networks along environmental gradients Loïc Pellissier, Camille P. Albouy, Jordi Bascompte et al. · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ReviewOpen access 22 Sep 2017 317
3 Morphological traits determine specialization and resource use in plant–hummingbird networks in the neotropics María A. Maglianesi, Nico Blüthgen, Katrin Böhning‐Gaese et al. · Ecology 19 Jun 2014 257
4 Recent Advances in Catalysis Over Mesoporous Molecular Sieves Rosa María Martín Aranda, Jiřı́ Čejka · Topics in Catalysis 16 Dec 2009 256
5 Flywheel energy storage systems: Review and simulation for an isolated wind power system Rafael Sebastián, R. Peña Alzola · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 9 Oct 2012 236
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Distance State University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, E-Learning, Innovation, Educational Technology, Pedagogy, Distance Learning, Knowledge Management and COVID-19.

▲ 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. Education99▲ 8.6×51 topics
  2. E-Learning72▲ 11×14 topics
  3. Innovation66▲ 9.5×23 topics
  4. Educational Technology59▲ 7.4×24 topics
  5. Pedagogy50▲ 15×10 topics
  6. Sustainability49▲ 3.0×46 topics
  7. Distance Learning48▲ 21×9 topics
  8. COVID-1947▲ 5.4×11 topics
  9. Globalization46▲ 3.5×47 topics
  10. Knowledge Management44▲ 12×16 topics
  11. Climate Change40▲ 2.2×55 topics
  12. Digital Marketing38▲ 15×2 topics
  13. Digital Divide38▲ 22×6 topics
  14. ICT37▲ 41×3 topics
  15. Digital Competence37▲ 63×2 topics
  16. Online Education37▲ 28×2 topics
  17. Technology37▲ 10×14 topics
  18. Virtual Teaching37▲ 102×1 topic
  19. Sustainable Development35▲ 3.3×30 topics
  20. Teacher Training33▲ 7.9×14 topics
  21. Informal Learning28▲ 33×3 topics
  22. Open Access26▲ 39×2 topics
  23. Educational Projects26▲ 85×1 topic
  24. Remote Learning26▲ 85×1 topic
  25. Latin America25▲ 20×17 topics
  26. Social Impact25▲ 9.4×9 topics
  27. Biodiversity23▲ 4.5×20 topics
  28. Inclusive Education23▲ 9.4×10 topics
  29. Social Movements22▲ 11×18 topics
  30. Public Policy22▲ 6.8×17 topics
  31. Teacher Development20▲ 49×2 topics
  32. Student Performance20▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Educational Leadership20▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Educational Innovation20▲ 55×2 topics
  35. Organizational Commitment20▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Quality Education20▲ 81×1 topic
  37. School Culture20▲ 81×1 topic
  38. Community Participation19▲ 7.9×13 topics
  39. Competitiveness19▲ 35×6 topics
  40. Urban Development19▲ 7.9×8 topics

Which research topics does Distance State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Educational Innovations and Technology, E-Learning and Knowledge Management, Education and Teacher Training and Business, Innovation, and Economy.

Educational Innovations …37Educational Innovations and Technology: 37 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 26 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Training: 20 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, an…13Business, Innovation, and Economy: 13 fractional worksKnowledge Societies in t…9Knowledge Societies in the 21st Century: 9 fractional worksHigher Education and Sus…9Higher Education and Sustainability: 9 fractional worksScience, Technology, and Education in Latin America: 8 fractional worksPlant and soil sciences: 8 fractional worksHigher Education Teaching and Evaluation: 7 fractional worksEducational and Organizational Development: 6 fractional works
Information SystemsComputer Science ApplicationsEducationEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 37 works
  2. 2 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 26 works
  3. 3 Education and Teacher Training Education 20 works
  4. 4 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 13 works
  5. 5 Knowledge Societies in the 21st Century Demography 9 works
  6. 6 Higher Education and Sustainability Education 9 works
  7. 7 Science, Technology, and Education in Latin America Demography 8 works
  8. 8 Plant and soil sciences General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 works
  9. 9 Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation Education 7 works
  10. 10 Educational and Organizational Development Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 6 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 available83.1%not open16.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.4%domestic only75.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Distance State University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower 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 Distance State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0023% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Distance State University0.0029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Distance State 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Distance State University4.8% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.8% in 2003.

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