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Iberoamerican University

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,869
of 22,385 · #23,049 all time
Rank in Costa Rica
#24
of 26
Research works
217
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
387
1.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
79%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Iberoamerican University

Which fields of science does Iberoamerican University work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Iberoamerican University is in Social Sciences, 42% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (31%), Social Sciences (20%), Psychology (16%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Social Sciences: 36 fractional works · 42.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 19.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 15.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 7.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 35 fractional works · 41.8% of its workMedicine: 26 fractional works · 30.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 9.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 11.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 6.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIberoamericanUniversity83fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences42%Social Sciences43%

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 Sciences1619.8%
    2. Psychology1315.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance33.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting33.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities11.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine2630.9%
    2. Health Professions89.9%
    3. Nursing11.0%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Environmental Science56.2%
    2. Engineering11.8%
    3. Energy11.6%
    4. Computer Science11.5%
    5. Materials Science00.3%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.9%
    4. Neuroscience00.5%
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: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.75× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.25× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.75× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.60× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 1.97× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.51× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.10× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology5.10×13 works
  2. Health Professions3.75×8 works
  3. Nursing1.97×1 works
  4. Energy1.75×1 works
  5. Medicine1.60×26 works
  6. Social Sciences1.57×16 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.51×3 works
  8. Environmental Science1.25×5 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.95×2 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.85×1 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.40×1 works
  12. Neuroscience0.28×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×1 works
  14. Dentistry0.21×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.19×1 works
  17. Mathematics0.17×0 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.14×0 works
  19. Engineering0.12×2 works
  20. Materials Science0.09×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Iberoamerican University?

Ranked on the quality score, Bridget Wooding, Luis Felipe Loaiza Sáenz and Juan Ignacio Padilla-Cuadra lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Iberoamerican University.

  1. 1 Bridget Wooding Costa Rica · #2,166,568 worldwide 102 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Luis Felipe Loaiza Sáenz Costa Rica · #4,277,113 worldwide 144 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Juan Ignacio Padilla-Cuadra Costa Rica · #4,908,818 worldwide 32 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Andrés Cairol Barquero Costa Rica · #5,951,711 worldwide 8 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Iberoamerican University

What are the most cited papers from Iberoamerican University?

The most cited paper from Iberoamerican University is "Many Labs 2: Investigating Variation in Replicability Across Samples and Settings" (Richard Anthony Klein et al., 2018), with 1,045 citations. Next come "Poverty and Subjective Well-being in Mexico" (81) and "Happiness Maximization Is a WEIRD Way of Living" (72).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Many Labs 2: Investigating Variation in Replicability Across Samples and Settings Richard Anthony Klein et al. · Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science Open access190 authors Dec 2018 1,045
2 Poverty and Subjective Well-being in Mexico Joaquina Palomar Lever · Social Indicators Research 27 Apr 2004 81
3 Happiness Maximization Is a WEIRD Way of Living Kuba Kryś et al. · Perspectives on Psychological Science Open access 13 Feb 2024 72
4 Antibiotic Resistance and Food Safety: Perspectives on New Technologies and Molecules for Microbial Control in the Food Industry Jannette Wen Fang Wu‐Wu, Carolina Guadamuz-Mayorga, Douglas Oviedo-Cerdas et al. · Antibiotics Open access 10 Mar 2023 68
5 Factores de Ineficacia Escolar Reyes Hernández-Castilla, Francisco Javier Murillo, Cynthia Martínez-Garrido · REICE Revista Iberoamericana sobre Calidad Eficacia y Cambio en Educación Open access 2 Jan 2016 51
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Which keywords describe research at Iberoamerican University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Risk Factors, Health Promotion, Resilience, Public Health, Epidemiology, Social Support and Job Satisfaction.

▲ 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. Mental Health9▲ 7.6×14 topics
  2. Epidemiology7▲ 2.1×29 topics
  3. Risk Factors6▲ 6.0×7 topics
  4. Public Health5▲ 4.3×15 topics
  5. Health Promotion5▲ 18×7 topics
  6. Quality of Life5▲ 3.8×13 topics
  7. Renewable Energy4▲ 3.3×4 topics
  8. Resilience4▲ 9.9×3 topics
  9. Sustainable Development4▲ 2.9×6 topics
  10. Social Support4▲ 8.3×5 topics
  11. Job Satisfaction4▲ 9.9×4 topics
  12. Depression3▲ 4.7×8 topics
  13. Physical Activity3▲ 7.4×3 topics
  14. Coping Strategies3▲ 14×3 topics
  15. Educational Interventions3▲ 38×3 topics
  16. Prevalence3▲ 8.6×5 topics
  17. Emotion Regulation3▲ 11×5 topics
  18. Obesity3▲ 4.2×6 topics
  19. Occupational Health3▲ 28×2 topics
  20. Chronic Diseases3▲ 12×2 topics
  21. Burnout2▲ 34×1 topic
  22. University Students2▲ 54×2 topics
  23. Work Stress2▲ 116×1 topic
  24. Nutrition2▲ 6.6×2 topics
  25. Well-being2▲ 7.6×4 topics
  26. Healthcare Access2▲ 10×5 topics
  27. Healthy Lifestyles2▲ 66×1 topic
  28. Public Perception2▲ 20×3 topics
  29. HIV Infection2▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Aging Population2▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Global Health2▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Health Consequences2▲ 8.3×2 topics
  33. Gender-based Violence2▲ 39×1 topic
  34. Intimate Partner Violence2▲ 54×1 topic
  35. Social Determinants of Health2▲ 10×3 topics
  36. Catheter Ablation2▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Medical Education2▲ 7.5×3 topics
  38. Community Health2▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Social Integration2▲ 46×2 topics
  40. Social Responsibility2▲ 8.4×2 topics

Which research topics does Iberoamerican University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Stress and Burnout Research, Health and Lifestyle Studies, Intimate Partner and Family Violence and Aging, Health, and Disability.

Stress and Burnout Resea…2Stress and Burnout Research: 2 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Stu…2Health and Lifestyle Studies: 2 fractional worksIntimate Partner and Fam…2Intimate Partner and Family Violence: 2 fractional worksAging, Health, and Disab…1Aging, Health, and Disability: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental and Ecological Studies: 1 fractional worksSocial Acceptance of Renewable Energy: 1 fractional worksHealth and Medical Educa…1Health and Medical Education: 1 fractional worksPublic Health and Environmental Issues: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 1 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, an…1Business, Innovation, and Economy: 1 fractional works
Social PsychologyGeneral Health ProfessionsHealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Stress and Burnout Research Social Psychology 2 works
  2. 2 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 2 works
  3. 3 Intimate Partner and Family Violence Health 2 works
  4. 4 Aging, Health, and Disability Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  5. 5 Environmental and Ecological Studies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  6. 6 Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Health and Medical Education General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 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 available78.7%not open21.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.9%domestic only75.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Iberoamerican University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower 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 Iberoamerican University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00044% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Iberoamerican University0.00023% in 20251990200020102020

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