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Fundación Chile

In research, Fundación Chile stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,380 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,049 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,894 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,340
of 28,054 · #18,076 all time
Rank in Chile
#66
of 107
Research works
1.3k
▲ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
9.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
world 28%

What is Fundación Chile 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
Social SciencesDomain #6,380 of 10,521 10.4%136 #7070
Social SciencesField #4,049 of 6,365 10.7%76 #4075
Health SciencesDomain #9,894 of 11,982 6.4%66 #14718
Physical SciencesDomain #11,493 of 12,888 11.5%83 #15626

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fundación Chile 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. Social Sciences#7,070 #6,380
  2. Social Sciences#4,075 #4,049
  3. Health Sciences#14,718 #9,894
  4. Physical Sciences#15,626 #11,493
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.

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: 1.15× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.09× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.22× its world share, 35 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.05× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 45 worksMedicineNursing: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.54× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.50× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.93× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.16× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 76 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fundación Chile?

Ranked on the composite score, Nelly Richard and H Iturriaga lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fundación Chile.

  1. 1 Nelly Richard · #197,698 worldwide 39 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 H Iturriaga · #521,193 worldwide 27 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Fundación Chile

Which keywords describe research at Fundación Chile?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Climate Change, Latin America, Mental Health, Health Promotion, Population Dynamics, Public Health and Education.

▲ 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. Climate Change21▲ 2.5×61 topics
  2. Globalization21▲ 3.3×31 topics
  3. Epidemiology18▲ 1.39×70 topics
  4. Mental Health15▲ 3.3×28 topics
  5. Education14▲ 2.5×29 topics
  6. Public Health13▲ 2.8×31 topics
  7. Latin America12▲ 19×12 topics
  8. Sustainability11▲ 1.46×33 topics
  9. Health Promotion10▲ 9.5×12 topics
  10. Quality of Life10▲ 2.1×36 topics
  11. Innovation9▲ 2.7×16 topics
  12. Population Dynamics8▲ 10×7 topics
  13. Human Rights8▲ 2.4×19 topics
  14. Risk Factors8▲ 2.2×20 topics
  15. Physical Activity7▲ 4.2×9 topics
  16. Social Movements7▲ 6.9×11 topics
  17. Habitat Selection6▲ 27×2 topics
  18. Communication6▲ 6.4×9 topics
  19. Healthcare Quality6▲ 18×5 topics
  20. Knowledge Management6▲ 3.3×9 topics
  21. Nutrition6▲ 4.1×7 topics
  22. Social Inequality6▲ 6.7×7 topics
  23. Community Health6▲ 11×7 topics
  24. Trophic Cascades6▲ 19×2 topics
  25. Colonialism6▲ 3.7×8 topics
  26. Invasive Species6▲ 4.1×16 topics
  27. Climate Change Impacts5▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Entrepreneurship5▲ 4.3×7 topics
  29. Indigenous Knowledge5▲ 17×3 topics
  30. Medical Education5▲ 6.3×7 topics
  31. Animal Movement5▲ 29×1 topic
  32. Occupancy Rates5▲ 29×1 topic
  33. Informal Learning5▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Global Health4▲ 9.2×4 topics
  35. Criminal Justice4▲ 6.2×4 topics
  36. Molecular Phylogeny4▲ 8.8×11 topics
  37. Social Determinants of Health4▲ 6.1×5 topics
  38. Environmental Ethics4▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Healthcare Systems4▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Conservation Biology4▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Fundación Chile publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond, Health and Medical Education and Education and Teacher Training.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…5Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 5 fractional worksEnvironmental and Cultur…4Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond: 4 fractional worksHealth and Medical Educa…4Health and Medical Education: 4 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Tr…3Education and Teacher Training: 3 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 3 fractional worksPolitical and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America: 3 fractional worksCultural and Social Stud…2Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America: 2 fractional worksMedicine and Dermatology Studies History: 2 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 2 fractional worksLiteracy and Educational…2Literacy and Educational Practices: 2 fractional works
EcologyGeneral Health ProfessionsEducationSociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEcology 5 works
  2. 2 Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and BeyondEcology 4 works
  3. 3 Health and Medical EducationGeneral Health Professions 4 works
  4. 4 Education and Teacher TrainingEducation 3 works
  5. 5 Health and Lifestyle StudiesGeneral Health Professions 3 works
  6. 6 Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin AmericaSociology and Political Science 3 works
  7. 7 Cultural and Social Studies in Latin AmericaLiterature and Literary Theory 2 works
  8. 8 Medicine and Dermatology Studies HistoryDermatology 2 works
  9. 9 E-Learning and Knowledge ManagementComputer Science Applications 2 works
  10. 10 Literacy and Educational PracticesEducation 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 available69.1%not open30.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.5%domestic only72.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fundación Chile's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% 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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