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Esan University

In research, Esan University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,930 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,489 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,877
of 22,385 · #8,312 all time
Rank in Peru
#59
of 99
Research works
853
▲ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.6k
4.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
63%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Esan University

What is Esan 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 #3,930 of 9,585 6.8%146 #3456
Social SciencesField #3,489 of 5,988 8.8%69 #4196

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

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Esan University is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Business, Management and Accounting (15%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (12%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 175 fractional works · 63.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 81 fractional works · 29.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 23 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 18 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEducation: 14 fractional works · 4.9% of its workLaw: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 42 fractional works · 15.3% of its workAccounting: 12 fractional works · 4.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 12 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 34 fractional works · 12.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 19 fractional works · 6.9% of its workFinance: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 63 fractional works · 22.9% of its workComputer Science: 32 fractional works · 11.4% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 4.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoftware: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 19 fractional works · 6.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 24 fractional works · 8.6% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 3.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKEsan University277fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences63%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences8129.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting4215.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3412.1%
    4. Psychology93.4%
    5. Decision Sciences62.0%
    6. Arts and Humanities41.4%
    1. Computer Science3211.4%
    2. Engineering196.8%
    3. Environmental Science103.5%
    4. Mathematics10.4%
    5. Energy10.3%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Health Professions124.2%
    2. Medicine113.9%
    3. Dentistry10.3%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences93.2%
    2. Neuroscience20.9%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
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: 0.68× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.47× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.59× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.76× its world share, 42 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.06× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.68× its world share, 34 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.11× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.30× its world share, 81 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.68×34 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting4.76×42 works
  3. Social Sciences2.30×81 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.06×6 works
  5. Health Professions1.59×12 works
  6. Computer Science1.47×32 works
  7. Psychology1.11×9 works
  8. Environmental Science0.71×10 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.68×9 works
  10. Dentistry0.56×1 works
  11. Neuroscience0.53×2 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.48×4 works
  13. Engineering0.46×19 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.38×1 works
  15. Energy0.37×1 works
  16. Nursing0.37×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.35×1 works
  18. Medicine0.20×11 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×2 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.11×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.02×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Esan University?

Ranked on the quality score, Cesar Sandro Saenz, Otto Regalado-Pezúa and Gareth H Rees lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Esan University.

  1. 1 Cesar Sandro Saenz Peru · #918,289 worldwide 597 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Otto Regalado-Pezúa Peru · #1,276,772 worldwide 133 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Gareth H Rees Peru · #1,436,934 worldwide 436 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Martín Santana Peru · #1,630,590 worldwide 337 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Armando Borda Peru · #1,734,611 worldwide 370 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Oswaldo Morales Peru · #2,049,253 worldwide 696 citations · 48 works
  7. 7 César Jhonnatan Horna-Saldaña Peru · #2,179,652 worldwide 44 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Jaime Serida-Nishimura Peru · #2,695,240 worldwide 47 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Giovana Hurtado Magán Peru · #2,799,321 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 J. Martín Santana Peru · #2,896,159 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Esan University

What are the most cited papers from Esan University?

The most cited paper from Esan University is "Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (Simon I Hay et al., 2025), with 762 citations. Next come "Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (500) and "Alliances Between Brands and Social Causes: The Influence of Company Credibility on Social Responsibility Image" (290).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Simon I Hay et al. · The Lancet Open access2,780 authors Oct 2025 762
2 Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Mohsen Naghavi et al. · The Lancet Open access2,463 authors Oct 2025 500
3 Alliances Between Brands and Social Causes: The Influence of Company Credibility on Social Responsibility Image José Enrique Bigné Alcañiz, Rubén Chumpitaz, Rafael Currás Pérez · Journal of Business Ethics 18 Mar 2010 290
4 A revision of Hofstede’s individualism-collectivism dimension Michael Minkov, Pinaki Dutt, Michael Schachner et al. · Cross Cultural & Strategic Management 28 Jun 2017 279
5 Assessing the cross‐cultural applicability of a service quality measure A comparative study between Quebec and Peru Miguel Morales Espinoza · International Journal of Service Industry Management Dec 1999 162
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Esan University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Corporate Social Responsibility, Economic Growth, Globalization, Innovation, Digital Marketing, Competitiveness and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Sustainable Development20▲ 4.6×22 topics
  2. Globalization18▲ 3.3×23 topics
  3. Machine Learning18▲ 1.89×32 topics
  4. Corporate Social Responsibility15▲ 32×7 topics
  5. Innovation14▲ 5.0×27 topics
  6. Economic Growth14▲ 6.3×15 topics
  7. Deep Learning14▲ 1.47×32 topics
  8. Sustainability13▲ 1.87×32 topics
  9. Education12▲ 2.5×22 topics
  10. Social Media10▲ 2.6×23 topics
  11. Human Rights9▲ 3.3×11 topics
  12. Environmental Impact9▲ 1.94×12 topics
  13. Competitiveness9▲ 40×5 topics
  14. Digital Marketing9▲ 8.1×3 topics
  15. Knowledge Management9▲ 5.7×16 topics
  16. Social Responsibility8▲ 12×5 topics
  17. Urban Development8▲ 7.6×5 topics
  18. Economic Impact7▲ 4.8×5 topics
  19. Entrepreneurship7▲ 6.2×9 topics
  20. Environmental Regulation7▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Technology7▲ 4.7×8 topics
  22. International Law7▲ 7.7×3 topics
  23. Organizational Performance7▲ 9.3×9 topics
  24. Financial Performance6▲ 4.1×7 topics
  25. Organizational Culture6▲ 5.9×12 topics
  26. Small and Medium Enterprises6▲ 13×4 topics
  27. Contractual Law6▲ 182×1 topic
  28. Responsibility6▲ 50×1 topic
  29. Globalization Effects6▲ 31×2 topics
  30. Decision Making6▲ 7.1×6 topics
  31. Innovation Ecosystems6▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Social Impact6▲ 5.3×9 topics
  33. Latin America6▲ 10×9 topics
  34. Psychopharmacology Education6▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Tourism Management6▲ 29×1 topic
  36. Financial Reporting5▲ 16×4 topics
  37. Monetary Policy5▲ 8.2×5 topics
  38. Financial Analysis5▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Fiscal Policy5▲ 8.8×6 topics
  40. Economic Impact Evaluation4▲ 91×1 topic

Which research topics does Esan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Comparative International Legal Studies, Business, Innovation, and Economy, Business, Education, Mathematics Research and Mining and Resource Management.

Comparative International Legal Studies: 6 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, and Economy: 6 fractional worksBusiness, Education, Mat…4Business, Education, Mathematics Research: 4 fractional worksMining and Resource Mana…4Mining and Resource Management: 4 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 3 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 3 fractional worksSocial Issues and Polici…3Social Issues and Policies in Latin America: 3 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 2 fractional worksComparative constitutional jurisprudence studies: 2 fractional worksEconomic theories and models: 2 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsEconomics and EconometricsAccountingBuilding and Construction4 others

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

  1. 1 Comparative International Legal Studies Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  2. 2 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  3. 3 Business, Education, Mathematics Research Accounting 4 works
  4. 4 Mining and Resource Management Building and Construction 4 works
  5. 5 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 3 works
  6. 6 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 3 works
  7. 7 Social Issues and Policies in Latin America Law 3 works
  8. 8 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 2 works
  9. 9 Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  10. 10 Economic theories and models Economics and Econometrics 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 available63.1%not open36.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.0%domestic only77.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Esan University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% 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 Esan University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Esan University0.00096% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Esan 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Esan University10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.4% in 2015.

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