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Federico Santa María Technical University

In research, Federico Santa María Technical University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,658 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#2,278 of 6,636 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,850 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Control and Systems Engineering and Physics and Astronomy — Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 10.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,255
of 28,054 · #3,877 all time
Rank in Chile
#13
of 107
Research works
5.3k
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
98k
18.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Federico Santa María Technical University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #2,658 of 12,888 13.1%898 #2708
EngineeringField #2,278 of 6,636 9.6%419 #1251
Social SciencesDomain #3,850 of 10,521 25.7%133 #3765
Computer ScienceField #2,622 of 4,667 12.4%136 #2025
Physics and AstronomyField #1,075 of 1,646 27.3%113 #2093
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,600 of 2,318 7.3%146 #670
Environmental ScienceField #2,900 of 3,551 15.2%65 #3305
Life SciencesDomain #6,682 of 7,800 15.2%70 #10199
Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield #731 of 793 6.5%64 #490

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Federico Santa María Technical 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#2,708 #2,658
  2. Engineering#1,251 #2,278
  3. Social Sciences#3,765 #3,850
  4. Computer Science#2,025 #2,622
  5. Physics and Astronomy#2,093 #1,075
  6. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#670 #1,600
  7. Environmental Science#3,305 #2,900
  8. Life Sciences#10,199 #6,682
  9. Control and Systems Engineering#490 #731
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Federico Santa María Technical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 10.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 39.3 works11×
  2. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 64.2 works5.2×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 112.7 works4.4×
← 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: 0.58× its world share, 32 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.08× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.88× its world share, 16 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.53× its world share, 136 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 26 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.24× its world share, 24 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.45× its world share, 419 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.14× its world share, 65 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.27× its world share, 51 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.75× its world share, 37 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 4.44× its world share, 113 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.63× its world share, 23 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.81× its world share, 20 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.06× its world share, 26 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 44 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Federico Santa María Technical University?

Ranked on the composite score, José Rodríguez, Samir Kouro and Marcelo A. Pérez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Federico Santa María Technical University.

  1. 1 José Rodríguez Chile · #1,079 worldwide 6.8k citations · 329 works
  2. 2 Samir Kouro Chile · #1,559 worldwide 2.9k citations · 91 works
  3. 3 Marcelo A. Pérez Chile · #6,000 worldwide 1.2k citations · 67 works
  4. 4 Marcelo Mendoza Chile · #30,753 worldwide 565 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Patricio Cortés Chile · #77,426 worldwide 1k citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Sebastian Rivera Chile · #110,699 worldwide 323 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Christian A. Rojas Chile · #171,677 worldwide 178 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Andrés Mora Chile · #177,310 worldwide 175 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Iván Schmidt Chile · #180,400 worldwide 706 citations · 104 works
  10. 10 Marat Siddikov Chile · #182,643 worldwide 263 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Federico Santa María Technical University

Which keywords describe research at Federico Santa María Technical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Power Electronics, Renewable Energy Integration, Machine Learning, Model Predictive Control, Renewable Energy, Dark Matter, Fault Tolerance and Photovoltaic Systems.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Machine Learning61▲ 1.63×63 topics
  2. Power Electronics56▲ 15×8 topics
  3. Renewable Energy Integration54▲ 14×5 topics
  4. Deep Learning45◆ 1.15×58 topics
  5. Renewable Energy39▲ 2.4×31 topics
  6. Neural Networks29▲ 1.67×29 topics
  7. Energy Efficiency27▲ 2.5×27 topics
  8. Model Predictive Control25▲ 8.5×6 topics
  9. Dark Matter21▲ 16×4 topics
  10. Optimization20▲ 3.9×18 topics
  11. Fault Tolerance18▲ 10×5 topics
  12. Photovoltaic Systems18▲ 18×3 topics
  13. Energy Storage Systems18▲ 11×2 topics
  14. Smart Grid Applications17▲ 12×2 topics
  15. Decentralized Control17▲ 12×2 topics
  16. Particle Physics17▲ 20×2 topics
  17. Multilevel Converters16▲ 26×1 topic
  18. Voltage Source Inverters16▲ 26×1 topic
  19. Distributed Power Generation16▲ 13×1 topic
  20. Microgrid Control16▲ 13×1 topic
  21. Thermal Management15▲ 4.0×7 topics
  22. Nonlinear Systems15▲ 6.1×7 topics
  23. Electric Vehicle Charging15▲ 15×2 topics
  24. DC-DC Converters14▲ 21×1 topic
  25. High-Frequency Power Conversion14▲ 21×1 topic
  26. Lattice QCD13▲ 19×2 topics
  27. Porous Media13▲ 8.7×4 topics
  28. Feedback Control13▲ 6.9×6 topics
  29. Chemical Kinetics13▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Higgs Boson13▲ 22×1 topic
  31. High-Energy Collider13▲ 22×1 topic
  32. Control Strategies12▲ 7.1×5 topics
  33. Optical Fiber11▲ 9.3×2 topics
  34. Water Treatment11▲ 8.0×4 topics
  35. Electrical Properties11▲ 10×4 topics
  36. Finite Element10▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Numerical Methods10▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Flotation10▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Nanobubbles10▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Heterogeneous10▲ 23×1 topic

Which research topics does Federico Santa María Technical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Multilevel Inverters and Converters, Microgrid Control and Optimization, Advanced DC-DC Converters and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies.

Multilevel Inverters and…16Multilevel Inverters and Converters: 16 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Op…16Microgrid Control and Optimization: 16 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters14Advanced DC-DC Converters: 14 fractional worksParticle physics theoret…13Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 13 fractional worksMinerals Flotation and Separation Techniques: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Optic Sen…9Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors: 9 fractional worksMineral Processing and G…8Mineral Processing and Grinding: 8 fractional worksNumerical methods in inv…8Numerical methods in inverse problems: 8 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics a…7Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 7 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringNuclear and High Energy PhysicsWater Science and Technology3 others

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

  1. 1 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 16 works
  2. 2 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 16 works
  3. 3 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 14 works
  4. 4 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 13 works
  5. 5 Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques Water Science and Technology 10 works
  6. 6 Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering Computational Theory and Mathematics 10 works
  7. 7 Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 9 works
  8. 8 Mineral Processing and Grinding Mechanical Engineering 8 works
  9. 9 Numerical methods in inverse problems Mathematical Physics 8 works
  10. 10 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 7 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 available47.7%not open52.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.8%domestic only57.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Federico Santa María Technical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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