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El Colegio de Sonora

In research, El Colegio de Sonora stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,797 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,743
of 22,385 · #8,879 all time
Rank in Mexico
#156
of 232
Research works
908
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.3k
3.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
65%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
El Colegio de Sonora

What is El Colegio de Sonora 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 #6,797 of 9,585 12.4%68 #5283

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where El Colegio de Sonora 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 El Colegio de Sonora work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at El Colegio de Sonora is in Social Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (40%), Environmental Science (13%), Medicine (11%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 76 fractional works · 55.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 55 fractional works · 40.4% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 8.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 fractional works · 5.9% of its workCultural Studies: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 20.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 18 fractional works · 13.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 6.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 14.0% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 10.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 9.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 6.8% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKEl Colegio deSonora137fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences56%

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 Sciences5540.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance85.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities64.5%
    4. Psychology42.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting32.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Environmental Science1813.0%
    2. Computer Science43.1%
    3. Engineering32.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    5. Energy10.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Medicine1510.8%
    2. Health Professions42.8%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences96.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.8%
    4. Neuroscience00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
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: 1.43× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.61× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.07× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.56× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.55× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.62× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.91× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.19× its world share, 55 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.19×55 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.62×8 works
  3. Environmental Science2.61×18 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.55×6 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.43×9 works
  6. Health Professions1.07×4 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.92×0 works
  8. Psychology0.91×4 works
  9. Nursing0.83×1 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.77×1 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.64×3 works
  12. Energy0.63×1 works
  13. Medicine0.56×15 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.44×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.39×4 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.38×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×2 works
  18. Neuroscience0.22×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.18×1 works
  20. Engineering0.17×3 works
  21. Mathematics0.16×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at El Colegio de Sonora?

Ranked on the quality score, Valentina Glockner, Nohora Constanza Niño Vega and Gloria Ciria Valdéz-Gardea lead among researchers whose main affiliation is El Colegio de Sonora.

  1. 1 Valentina Glockner Mexico · #1,728,888 worldwide 111 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Nohora Constanza Niño Vega Mexico · #2,241,438 worldwide 84 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Gloria Ciria Valdéz-Gardea Mexico · #2,851,617 worldwide 70 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Catalina A. Denman Mexico · #3,124,125 worldwide 1.1k citations · 65 works
  5. 5 Esther Padilla Calderón Mexico · #3,793,858 worldwide 110 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Roberto Covarrubias Espinoza Mexico · #4,109,569 worldwide 81 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Elsa Cornejo Mexico · #4,109,615 worldwide 146 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Juan Poom Medina Mexico · #4,113,576 worldwide 35 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Ana Luz Ramírez Zavala Mexico · #4,213,245 worldwide 11 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Mercedes Zúñiga Elizalde Mexico · #4,218,535 worldwide 39 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at El Colegio de Sonora

What are the most cited papers from El Colegio de Sonora?

The most cited paper from El Colegio de Sonora is "Mutations in the gene encoding the lamin B receptor produce an altered nuclear morphology in granulocytes (Pelger–Huët anomaly)" (Katrin Hoffmann, Christine Karin Dreger, Ada L. Olins et al., 2002), with 353 citations. Next come "An assessment of community health workers' ability to screen for cardiovascular disease risk with a simple, non-invasive risk assessment instrument in Bangladesh, Guatemala, Mexico, and South Africa: an observational study" (194) and "Adapting Across Boundaries: Climate Change, Social Learning, and Resilience in the U.S.–Mexico Border Region" (180).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mutations in the gene encoding the lamin B receptor produce an altered nuclear morphology in granulocytes (Pelger–Huët anomaly) Katrin Hoffmann, Christine Karin Dreger, Ada L. Olins et al. · Nature Genetics 15 Jul 2002 353
2 An assessment of community health workers' ability to screen for cardiovascular disease risk with a simple, non-invasive risk assessment instrument in Bangladesh, Guatemala, Mexico, and South Africa: an observational study Thomas Andrew Gaziano, Shafika Abrahams‐Gessel, Catalina A. Denman et al. · The Lancet Global Health Open access 15 Jul 2015 194
3 Adapting Across Boundaries: Climate Change, Social Learning, and Resilience in the U.S.–Mexico Border Region Margaret Wilder, Christopher A. Scott, Nicolás Pineda Pablos et al. · Annals of the Association of American Geographers 14 Aug 2010 180
4 Water Security and Adaptive Management in the Arid Americas Christopher A. Scott, Francisco Javier Meza, Robert Gabriel Varady et al. · Annals of the Association of American Geographers Open access 27 Feb 2013 137
5 Conductometric uric acid and urea biosensor prepared from electroconductive polyaniline–poly(n-butyl methacrylate) composites M.M. Castillo-Ortega, D RODRIGUEZ, José Carmelo Encinas et al. · Sensors and Actuators B Chemical Jun 2002 124
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at El Colegio de Sonora?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Sustainability, Community Participation, Globalization, Climate Change, Cultural Heritage, Urban Development and Biodiversity Conservation.

▲ 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. Sustainability18▲ 5.5×24 topics
  2. Public Health17▲ 8.5×22 topics
  3. Climate Change16▲ 4.2×21 topics
  4. Globalization14▲ 5.3×27 topics
  5. Community Participation12▲ 26×7 topics
  6. Education12▲ 5.1×22 topics
  7. Cultural Heritage11▲ 16×8 topics
  8. Urban Development11▲ 23×4 topics
  9. Biodiversity Conservation10▲ 20×7 topics
  10. Environmental Policy9▲ 34×3 topics
  11. Human Rights8▲ 5.6×12 topics
  12. Water Management8▲ 46×2 topics
  13. Resource Governance8▲ 671×1 topic
  14. Social Movements7▲ 17×9 topics
  15. Latin America6▲ 24×14 topics
  16. Public Policy6▲ 9.4×9 topics
  17. COVID-196▲ 3.3×9 topics
  18. Sustainable Development6▲ 2.8×12 topics
  19. Cultural Identity6▲ 8.2×8 topics
  20. Constitutionalism6▲ 46×3 topics
  21. Rural Development5▲ 11×6 topics
  22. Agriculture5▲ 9.8×6 topics
  23. Identity5▲ 5.0×9 topics
  24. Innovation5▲ 3.6×10 topics
  25. Democracy5▲ 10×5 topics
  26. Nutrition5▲ 7.9×5 topics
  27. Teacher Training5▲ 5.6×11 topics
  28. Pedagogy4▲ 6.6×5 topics
  29. Inclusive Education4▲ 8.9×9 topics
  30. Intercultural Education4▲ 41×4 topics
  31. Food Security4▲ 5.5×6 topics
  32. Ecosystem Services4▲ 7.5×10 topics
  33. Health Promotion4▲ 9.2×6 topics
  34. Healthcare Access4▲ 10×3 topics
  35. Colonial History4▲ 135×2 topics
  36. Digital Marketing4▲ 6.9×3 topics
  37. Ethnicity4▲ 7.0×4 topics
  38. Political Power4▲ 55×3 topics
  39. Social Inequality4▲ 9.9×7 topics
  40. Transparency3▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does El Colegio de Sonora publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Mexican Socioeconomic and Environmental Dynamics, Political Dynamics in Latin America, Business, Innovation, and Economy and Educational Innovations and Technology.

Mexican Socioeconomic an…8Mexican Socioeconomic and Environmental Dynamics: 8 fractional worksPolitical Dynamics in Latin America: 3 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, and Economy: 3 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 3 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Production Studies: 2 fractional worksIndigenous Cultures and History: 2 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Tr…2Education and Teacher Training: 2 fractional worksHistorical Studies in Latin America: 2 fractional worksMigration, Education, Indigenous Social Dynamics: 2 fractional worksPublic Health and Environmental Issues: 2 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawPolitical Science and International RelationsEconomics and EconometricsInformation Systems6 others

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

  1. 1 Mexican Socioeconomic and Environmental Dynamics Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 8 works
  2. 2 Political Dynamics in Latin America Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  3. 3 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  4. 4 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 3 works
  5. 5 Agricultural and Food Production Studies Food Science 2 works
  6. 6 Indigenous Cultures and History Anthropology 2 works
  7. 7 Education and Teacher Training Education 2 works
  8. 8 Historical Studies in Latin America Demography 2 works
  9. 9 Migration, Education, Indigenous Social Dynamics Cultural Studies 2 works
  10. 10 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 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 available65.0%not open35.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has El Colegio de Sonora's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% 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 El Colegio de Sonora as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00059% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%El Colegio de Sonora0.00047% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of El Colegio de Sonora 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025El Colegio de Sonora5.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.7% in 2022.

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