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Galileo University

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,295
of 22,385 · #25,037 all time
Rank in Guatemala
#8
of 12
Research works
200
▲ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.1k
5.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Galileo University

Which fields of science does Galileo University work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Galileo University is in Physical Sciences, 37% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (26%), Social Sciences (19%), Medicine (13%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 31 fractional works · 41.9% of its workComputer Science: 20 fractional works · 26.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 7 fractional works · 9.2% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 7.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 11.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 37.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 18.7% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 9.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 8.8% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 15.7% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 13.0% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKGalileoUniversity74fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences42%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences37%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science2026.4%
    2. Engineering811.2%
    3. Environmental Science22.7%
    4. Mathematics11.4%
    5. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    6. Energy00.0%
    1. Social Sciences1418.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting78.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance45.5%
    4. Psychology23.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.8%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine1013.0%
    2. Health Professions22.7%
    1. Neuroscience11.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
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: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 3.39× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.74× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.68× its world share, 10 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.73× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.59× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.47× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science3.39×20 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.73×6 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.59×4 works
  4. Social Sciences1.47×14 works
  5. Mathematics1.16×1 works
  6. Neuroscience1.06×1 works
  7. Health Professions1.02×2 works
  8. Psychology0.99×2 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.86×1 works
  10. Engineering0.74×8 works
  11. Medicine0.68×10 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.64×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.55×2 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.32×1 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.29×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.23×1 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.23×0 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.09×0 works
  19. Energy0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Galileo University?

Ranked on the quality score, Rocael Hernández-Rizzardini, Miguel Morales and Héctor R. Amado-Salvatierra lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Galileo University.

  1. 1 Rocael Hernández-Rizzardini Guatemala · #752,966 worldwide 141 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Miguel Morales Guatemala · #757,720 worldwide 1.7k citations · 84 works
  3. 3 Héctor R. Amado-Salvatierra Guatemala · #1,281,252 worldwide 664 citations · 84 works
  4. 4 Nelson Amaro Guatemala · #1,388,600 worldwide 326 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Oscar Rodas Guatemala · #1,909,018 worldwide 560 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Jose Roberto Portillo Guatemala · #1,930,883 worldwide 1k citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Marco Antonio To Guatemala · #2,238,576 worldwide 340 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Alberth Alvarado Guatemala · #2,254,203 worldwide 310 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Alberto Marroquín Guatemala · #3,719,600 worldwide 95 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Rocael Hernández Rizzardini Guatemala · #3,816,118 worldwide 458 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Galileo University

What are the most cited papers from Galileo University?

The most cited paper from Galileo University is "Higher education students’ perceptions of ChatGPT: A global study of early reactions" (Dejan Ravšelj et al., 2025), with 226 citations. Next come "Attrition in MOOC: Lessons Learned from Drop-Out Students" (175) and "Computing B-Stationary Points of Nonsmooth DC Programs" (171).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Higher education students’ perceptions of ChatGPT: A global study of early reactions Dejan Ravšelj et al. · PLoS ONE Open access149 authors 5 Feb 2025 226
2 Attrition in MOOC: Lessons Learned from Drop-Out Students Christian Gütl, Rocael Hernández Rizzardini, Vanessa Chang et al. · Communications in computer and information science Conference paper 2014 175
3 Computing B-Stationary Points of Nonsmooth DC Programs Jong‐Shi Pang, Meisam Razaviyayn, Alberth Alvarado · Mathematics of Operations Research 13 Oct 2016 171
4 Mapping sustainability initiatives in higher education institutions in Latin America Walter Leal Filho, Nelson Amaro, Lucas Veiga Ávila et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production 28 Jun 2021 113
5 The Role Of Technology In Era 5.0 In The Development Of Arabic Language In The World Of Education Masahiko Keshav, Laura Julien, Jessica Miezel · Journal International of Lingua and Technology Open access 13 Aug 2022 88
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Galileo University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Educational Technology, Student Engagement, Artificial Intelligence, Online Learning, E-Learning, Knowledge Management and Digital Marketing.

▲ 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. Machine Learning11▲ 4.6×9 topics
  2. Educational Technology7▲ 8.4×11 topics
  3. Artificial Intelligence7▲ 6.5×8 topics
  4. Student Engagement7▲ 22×6 topics
  5. Online Learning6▲ 10×7 topics
  6. E-Learning6▲ 8.4×7 topics
  7. Knowledge Management5▲ 11×7 topics
  8. Digital Marketing4▲ 15×2 topics
  9. Educational Data Mining4▲ 66×1 topic
  10. Learning Analytics4▲ 47×1 topic
  11. Innovation4▲ 5.3×9 topics
  12. Social Responsibility4▲ 21×3 topics
  13. Distance Learning4▲ 14×5 topics
  14. Education4▲ 2.9×8 topics
  15. COVID-193▲ 3.5×6 topics
  16. Technology3▲ 8.7×4 topics
  17. Healthcare3▲ 3.9×5 topics
  18. Big Data3▲ 4.5×2 topics
  19. Competitiveness3▲ 51×3 topics
  20. Sensor Network3▲ 57×3 topics
  21. Urban Development3▲ 9.9×3 topics
  22. Consumer Perception2▲ 14×2 topics
  23. Customer Experience2▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Health Equity2▲ 12×2 topics
  25. Economic Impact2▲ 6.1×2 topics
  26. Educational Projects2▲ 68×1 topic
  27. Informal Learning2▲ 25×2 topics
  28. Remote Learning2▲ 68×1 topic
  29. Technology Adoption2▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Human-Robot Interaction2▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Psychopharmacology Education2▲ 47×1 topic
  32. Small and Medium Enterprises2▲ 17×1 topic
  33. Marketing2▲ 25×2 topics
  34. Air Quality Monitoring2▲ 48×1 topic
  35. Chatbots2▲ 39×1 topic
  36. Clinical Decision Support2▲ 17×1 topic
  37. Ethical Challenges2▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Low-Cost Sensors2▲ 48×1 topic
  39. Online Education2▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Service Robots2▲ 28×1 topic

Which research topics does Galileo University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Online Learning and Analytics, E-Learning and Knowledge Management, Business, Innovation, and Economy and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education.

Online Learning and Anal…4Online Learning and Analytics: 4 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge…2E-Learning and Knowledge Management: 2 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, and Economy: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 2 fractional worksAI in Service Interactions: 2 fractional worksAir Quality Monitoring and Forecasting: 2 fractional worksEducational Innovations …2Educational Innovations and Technology: 2 fractional worksMathematics Education an…2Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques: 2 fractional worksMuscle activation and el…2Muscle activation and electromyography studies: 2 fractional worksAccounting and Financial…1Accounting and Financial Management: 1 fractional works
Computer Science ApplicationsEconomics and EconometricsHealth InformaticsArtificial Intelligence5 others

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

  1. 1 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 4 works
  2. 2 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 2 works
  3. 3 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 2 works
  5. 5 AI in Service Interactions Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  6. 6 Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting Environmental Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 2 works
  8. 8 Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques Education 2 works
  9. 9 Muscle activation and electromyography studies Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Accounting and Financial Management Accounting 1 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 available31.9%not open68.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.9%domestic only70.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Galileo University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Galileo University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00044% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Galileo University0.00041% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Galileo University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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