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Institución Universitaria Escolme

In research, Institución Universitaria Escolme stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,475 of 14,833 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#2,021 of 3,886 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,917 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,479
of 34,923
Rank in Colombia
#135
of 212
Research works
465
▼ 63% vs 2018-21
Citations
610
1.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Institución Universitaria Escolme

What is Institución Universitaria Escolme known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #5,475 of 14,833 4.9%361
Business, Management and AccountingField #2,021 of 3,886 3.7%136
Social SciencesField #4,917 of 9,330 5.7%150

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institución Universitaria Escolme 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 fields of science does Institución Universitaria Escolme work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Institución Universitaria Escolme is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Business, Management and Accounting (14%), Engineering (12%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 45 fractional works · 64.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 31.2% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 8.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 6.9% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 13.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 10.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 10.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 26.1% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 12.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 9.8% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstituciónUniversitaria…69fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences65%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2231.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1013.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance810.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities34.4%
    5. Decision Sciences22.5%
    6. Psychology22.2%
    1. Engineering812.0%
    2. Computer Science79.8%
    3. Environmental Science33.6%
    4. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    5. Chemistry00.2%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Medicine22.8%
    2. Health Professions22.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.3%
    2. Neuroscience00.4%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
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: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.26× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.80× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.51× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.28× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.57× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.07× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.46× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.07×8 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting4.28×10 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.57×2 works
  4. Social Sciences2.46×22 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.51×3 works
  6. Computer Science1.26×7 works
  7. Health Professions0.94×2 works
  8. Engineering0.80×8 works
  9. Environmental Science0.73×2 works
  10. Psychology0.72×2 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.69×2 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.69×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.24×0 works
  14. Chemistry0.15×0 works
  15. Medicine0.14×2 works
  16. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institución Universitaria Escolme?

Ranked on the quality score, Lucía Palacios-Moya, María Camila Bermeo-Giraldo and Sergio Gómez-Molina lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institución Universitaria Escolme.

  1. 1 Lucía Palacios-Moya Colombia · #1,342,837 worldwide 430 citations · 84 works
  2. 2 María Camila Bermeo-Giraldo Colombia · #1,631,254 worldwide 217 citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Sergio Gómez-Molina Colombia · #2,081,772 worldwide 244 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Iván Orestes Gómez Gómez Colombia · #2,796,494 worldwide 0 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Juan Gonzalo Franco Restrepo Colombia · #4,009,627 worldwide 0 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Diego Mauricio Mazo Cuervo Colombia · #4,476,156 worldwide 0 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Jonathan Bermúdez-Hernández Colombia · #4,672,742 worldwide 305 citations · 59 works
  8. 8 Giovanny Cardona Montoya Colombia · #5,319,536 worldwide 0 citations · 55 works
All ranked researchers at Institución Universitaria Escolme

What are the most cited papers from Institución Universitaria Escolme?

The most cited paper from Institución Universitaria Escolme is "Smart home adoption factors: A systematic literature review and research agenda" (Alejandro Valencia-Arías, Sebastián Cardona-Acevedo, Sergio Gómez-Molina et al., 2023), with 48 citations. Next come "Research Trends in the Study of ICT Based Learning Communities: A Bibliometric Analysis" (48) and "Benefits and development of assistive technologies for Deaf people's communication: A systematic review" (47).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Smart home adoption factors: A systematic literature review and research agenda Alejandro Valencia-Arías, Sebastián Cardona-Acevedo, Sergio Gómez-Molina et al. · PLoS ONE ReviewOpen access 20 Oct 2023 48
2 Research Trends in the Study of ICT Based Learning Communities: A Bibliometric Analysis Jonathan Bermúdez-Hernández, Salim Chalela Naffah, Jackeline Valencia et al. · Eurasia Journal of Mathematics Science and Technology Education Open access 12 Jan 2017 48
3 Benefits and development of assistive technologies for Deaf people's communication: A systematic review Paula Andrea Rodríguez-Correa, Alejandro Valencia-Arias, Orfa Nidia Patiño-Toro et al. · Frontiers in Education ReviewOpen access 5 Apr 2023 47
4 Barreras de acceso del sistema de salud colombiano en zonas rurales : percepciones de usuarios del régimen subsidiado. Lemy Bran-Piedrahita, Alejandro Valencia-Arías, Lucía Palacios-Moya et al. · Hacia la Promoción de la Salud Open access Jul 2020 35
5 Information and Communication Technologies Impact on Family Relationship Karin Romero-Ruiz, Laura Cristina Echeverri Sánchez, Juan Peña-Plata et al. · Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences Conference paperOpen access Feb 2017 35
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institución Universitaria Escolme?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Small and Medium Enterprises, Innovation Ecosystems, Innovation, Digital Marketing, Social Responsibility, Urban Development and Economic Impact.

▲ 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. Education9▲ 7.5×19 topics
  2. Small and Medium Enterprises8▲ 66×4 topics
  3. Innovation Ecosystems7▲ 104×2 topics
  4. Sustainability7▲ 4.2×17 topics
  5. Digital Marketing7▲ 26×3 topics
  6. Innovation7▲ 10.0×15 topics
  7. Social Responsibility6▲ 40×2 topics
  8. Urban Development6▲ 26×2 topics
  9. Economic Impact6▲ 17×1 topic
  10. Psychopharmacology Education6▲ 143×1 topic
  11. Competitiveness5▲ 98×6 topics
  12. Organizational Culture5▲ 17×6 topics
  13. Knowledge Management4▲ 11×9 topics
  14. Social Impact4▲ 15×6 topics
  15. Teacher Training4▲ 9.7×8 topics
  16. Digital Transformation4▲ 11×6 topics
  17. Globalization4▲ 2.8×13 topics
  18. COVID-193▲ 3.8×6 topics
  19. Social Networks3▲ 18×4 topics
  20. Communication3▲ 15×4 topics
  21. Artificial Intelligence3▲ 3.0×8 topics
  22. Health Education3▲ 9.3×2 topics
  23. Leadership3▲ 8.2×5 topics
  24. Big Data3▲ 3.9×10 topics
  25. Information Systems3▲ 22×4 topics
  26. Distance Learning2▲ 10×3 topics
  27. Entrepreneurship2▲ 8.9×5 topics
  28. Rural Development2▲ 10×6 topics
  29. Gender Studies2▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Public Policy2▲ 6.7×4 topics
  31. Digital Media2▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Pedagogy2▲ 6.0×3 topics
  33. Agriculture2▲ 7.5×3 topics
  34. Social Capital2▲ 5.5×6 topics
  35. Technology2▲ 5.5×8 topics
  36. Ethical Leadership2▲ 165×1 topic
  37. Research Methodology2▲ 39×2 topics
  38. Digital Divide2▲ 9.2×5 topics
  39. Media System2▲ 113×1 topic
  40. News Consumption2▲ 113×1 topic

Which research topics does Institución Universitaria Escolme publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Business, Innovation, and Economy, Diverse Applied Research Studies, Communication and COVID-19 Impact and Organizational Management and Innovation.

Business, Innovation, an…6Business, Innovation, and Economy: 6 fractional worksDiverse Applied Research Studies: 2 fractional worksCommunication and COVID-19 Impact: 2 fractional worksOrganizational Management and Innovation: 1 fractional worksScientific Research and Technology: 1 fractional worksEducational and Organizational Development: 1 fractional worksKnowledge Societies in the 21st Century: 1 fractional worksKnowledge Management in Higher Education: 1 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 1 fractional worksHistory and Politics in Latin America: 1 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsSociology and Political ScienceCommunicationOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management4 others

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

  1. 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  2. 2 Diverse Applied Research Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 Communication and COVID-19 Impact Communication 2 works
  4. 4 Organizational Management and Innovation Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  5. 5 Scientific Research and Technology Computer Science Applications 1 works
  6. 6 Educational and Organizational Development Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  7. 7 Knowledge Societies in the 21st Century Demography 1 works
  8. 8 Knowledge Management in Higher Education Education 1 works
  9. 9 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 History and Politics in Latin America Demography 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 available44.1%not open55.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.0%domestic only91.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institución Universitaria Escolme's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 63% 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 Institución Universitaria Escolme as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00021% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Institución Universitaria Escolme0.00029% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Institución Universitaria Escolme 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.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2021Institución Universitaria Escolme4.5% in 202120102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.2% in 2020.

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