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Icesi University

In research, Icesi University stands highest in Medicine (#3,576 of 8,541 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,028 of 9,585 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,231 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

World rank, 2022-now
#5,876
of 22,385 · #4,481 all time
Rank in Colombia
#57
of 169
Research works
2.8k
▼ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
5.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
75%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%

What is Icesi 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
MedicineField #3,576 of 8,541 5.8%245 #4612
Social SciencesDomain #4,028 of 9,585 12.6%193 #2226
Health SciencesDomain #4,231 of 9,902 6.3%270 #5218
Social SciencesField #3,178 of 5,988 12.8%111 #2037
Life SciencesDomain #4,242 of 6,403 6.8%72 #4836
Physical SciencesDomain #9,597 of 10,670 6.1%71 #6777

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Icesi 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Medicine#4,612 #3,576
  2. Social Sciences#2,226 #4,028
  3. Health Sciences#5,218 #4,231
  4. Social Sciences#2,037 #3,178
  5. Life Sciences#4,836 #4,242
  6. Physical Sciences#6,777 #9,597
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Icesi University work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research at Icesi University is in Health Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (41%), Social Sciences (18%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 304 fractional works · 45.4% of its workMedicine: 276 fractional works · 41.2% of its workSurgery: 44 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEpidemiology: 24 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 20 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 20 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 17 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRheumatology: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 24 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 18 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 209 fractional works · 31.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 121 fractional works · 18.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 29 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEducation: 20 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 19 fractional works · 2.8% of its workDemography: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLaw: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 29 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 22 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 16 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 22 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 80 fractional works · 11.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 36 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 23 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 76 fractional works · 11.3% of its workEngineering: 25 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIcesi University669fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences45%Social Sciences31%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine27641.2%
    2. Health Professions243.5%
    3. Nursing30.4%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences12118.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting294.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance223.2%
    4. Psychology223.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities142.1%
    6. Decision Sciences20.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology365.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences233.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology101.6%
    4. Neuroscience71.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.4%
    1. Engineering253.8%
    2. Computer Science213.1%
    3. Environmental Science162.5%
    4. Chemistry50.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy30.4%
    6. Energy20.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.2%
    8. Materials Science10.2%
    9. Mathematics10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
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: 0.72× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.56× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.68× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.16× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.34× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.15× its world share, 276 worksMedicineNursing: 0.79× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.71× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.36× its world share, 29 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.51× its world share, 22 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 121 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.15×276 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.56×10 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.51×22 works
  4. Social Sciences1.43×121 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.36×29 works
  6. Health Professions1.34×24 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.16×3 works
  8. Psychology1.06×22 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.02×36 works
  10. Nursing0.79×3 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.72×23 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.71×14 works
  13. Neuroscience0.68×7 works
  14. Veterinary0.53×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.50×16 works
  16. Chemistry0.43×4 works
  17. Computer Science0.40×21 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.38×2 works
  19. Dentistry0.36×1 works
  20. Energy0.29×2 works
  21. Engineering0.25×25 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.20×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.18×3 works
  24. Mathematics0.17×1 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×2 works
  26. Materials Science0.06×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Icesi University?

Ranked on the quality score, Ramiro Guerrero, Sergio I. Prada and Eduar Herrera lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Icesi University.

  1. 1 Ramiro Guerrero Colombia · #74,918 worldwide 26k citations · 60 works
  2. 2 Sergio I. Prada Colombia · #145,240 worldwide 57k citations · 135 works
  3. 3 Eduar Herrera Colombia · #340,081 worldwide 1.8k citations · 53 works
  4. 4 José Luis Aldana Colombia · #682,468 worldwide 589 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Lina María Martínez Colombia · #804,599 worldwide 972 citations · 78 works
  6. 6 Juan Albarracín Colombia · #859,516 worldwide 331 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Victoria Eugenia Soto Colombia · #947,973 worldwide 3.2k citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Camila Pizano Colombia · #1,095,761 worldwide 1.5k citations · 68 works
  9. 9 Martín Nader Colombia · #1,245,068 worldwide 915 citations · 64 works
  10. 10 Felipe Henao Colombia · #1,546,323 worldwide 722 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Icesi University

What are the most cited papers from Icesi University?

The most cited paper from Icesi University is "Effect of a Resuscitation Strategy Targeting Peripheral Perfusion Status vs Serum Lactate Levels on 28-Day Mortality Among Patients With Septic Shock" (Glenn Hernández, Gustavo Adolfo Ospina-Tascón, Lucas Petri Damiani et al., 2019), with 943 citations. Next come "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" (762) and "Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults" (758).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Effect of a Resuscitation Strategy Targeting Peripheral Perfusion Status vs Serum Lactate Levels on 28-Day Mortality Among Patients With Septic Shock Glenn Hernández, Gustavo Adolfo Ospina-Tascón, Lucas Petri Damiani et al. · JAMA Open access 17 Feb 2019 943
2 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
3 Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults Honor Bixby et al. · Nature Open access1,155 authors 8 May 2019 758
4 Inequalities in non-communicable diseases and effective responses Mariachiara Di Cesare, Young‐Ho Khang, Perviz Asaria et al. · The Lancet Open access Feb 2013 694
5 Trends and mortality effects of vitamin A deficiency in children in 138 low-income and middle-income countries between 1991 and 2013: a pooled analysis of population-based surveys Gretchen A Stevens, James E. Bennett, Quentin Hennocq et al. · The Lancet Global Health Open access 29 Aug 2015 577
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Which keywords describe research at Icesi University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Latin America, Globalization, Diagnosis, Education, Treatment, Public Health and Innovation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology67▲ 2.5×111 topics
  2. Globalization33▲ 2.5×42 topics
  3. Education28▲ 2.5×38 topics
  4. Diagnosis24▲ 3.8×37 topics
  5. Treatment23▲ 2.8×43 topics
  6. Latin America21▲ 16×18 topics
  7. Public Health20▲ 2.1×38 topics
  8. Innovation18▲ 2.5×21 topics
  9. Sustainability17◆ 1.07×33 topics
  10. COVID-1917▲ 1.91×21 topics
  11. Human Rights16▲ 2.3×17 topics
  12. Management15▲ 2.7×26 topics
  13. Pandemic12▲ 1.85×9 topics
  14. Genetic Mutations12▲ 3.9×20 topics
  15. Social Justice11▲ 2.7×14 topics
  16. Mortality11▲ 2.8×11 topics
  17. Colombia10▲ 90×2 topics
  18. Guidelines10▲ 3.2×12 topics
  19. Social Impact10▲ 3.8×11 topics
  20. Maternal Mortality9▲ 6.3×5 topics
  21. Digital Marketing9▲ 3.6×2 topics
  22. Agriculture9▲ 3.5×5 topics
  23. Autoantibodies9▲ 5.5×8 topics
  24. Competitiveness9▲ 16×7 topics
  25. Inequality9▲ 5.7×7 topics
  26. Small and Medium Enterprises9▲ 7.3×2 topics
  27. Violence8▲ 8.7×6 topics
  28. Health Promotion8▲ 4.0×12 topics
  29. Drug Resistance8▲ 4.2×7 topics
  30. Social Responsibility8▲ 5.2×5 topics
  31. Gender Inequality8▲ 8.5×6 topics
  32. Welfare State8▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Innovation Ecosystems8▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Psychopharmacology Education7▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Tourism Management7▲ 15×1 topic
  36. Participation6▲ 9.8×3 topics
  37. Prenatal Diagnosis6▲ 6.4×6 topics
  38. Political Violence6▲ 36×3 topics
  39. Economic Crisis6▲ 7.8×2 topics
  40. Economy6▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Icesi University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Business, Innovation, and Economy, History and Politics in Latin America, Social Sciences and Policies and Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia.

  1. 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  2. 2 History and Politics in Latin America Demography 6 works
  3. 3 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 5 works
  4. 4 Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  5. 5 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 4 works
  6. 6 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research Rheumatology 4 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 4 works
  8. 8 Criminal Justice and Penology Law 4 works
  9. 9 Health and Medical Education General Health Professions 4 works
  10. 10 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 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 available74.9%not open25.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.8%domestic only83.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Icesi University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Icesi University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0026% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Icesi University0.0028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Icesi 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 2025Icesi University6.9% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.6% in 2004.

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