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Institución Universitaria Visión de las Américas

In research, Institución Universitaria Visión de las Américas stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,906 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,304 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,309
of 28,054 · #22,432 all time
Rank in Colombia
#35
of 173
Research works
339
▲ 160% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.6k
7.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
79%
world 28%

What is Institución Universitaria Visión de las Américas 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
Health SciencesDomain #7,906 of 11,982 11.5%77 #15109
MedicineField #9,304 of 10,443 10.6%61 #15706

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institución Universitaria Visión de las Américas 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).

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: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.00× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.11× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.01× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 14.20× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.07× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.85× its world share, 61 worksMedicineNursing: 2.14× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.63× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 14.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institución Universitaria Visión de las Américas?

Ranked on the composite score, D. Katterine Bonilla‐Aldana lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institución Universitaria Visión de las Américas.

  1. 1 D. Katterine Bonilla‐Aldana Colombia · #934,030 worldwide 41 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Institución Universitaria Visión de las Américas

Which keywords describe research at Institución Universitaria Visión de las Américas?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Public Health, Immune Response, Vaccine, Pandemic, Vaccine Development and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology28▲ 6.4×76 topics
  2. Pathogenesis10▲ 17×19 topics
  3. Public Health9▲ 5.8×25 topics
  4. Pandemic6▲ 5.0×9 topics
  5. Immune Response6▲ 8.9×12 topics
  6. Vaccine6▲ 12×10 topics
  7. Quality of Life5▲ 3.4×22 topics
  8. COVID-195▲ 3.5×15 topics
  9. Inflammation5▲ 2.3×24 topics
  10. Diagnosis5▲ 4.6×21 topics
  11. Vaccine Development5▲ 17×9 topics
  12. Treatment5▲ 3.4×21 topics
  13. SARS-CoV-24▲ 9.6×6 topics
  14. Management3▲ 3.9×11 topics
  15. Vector Control3▲ 26×3 topics
  16. Viral Transmission3▲ 21×2 topics
  17. Health Promotion3▲ 9.4×8 topics
  18. Arboviral Diseases3▲ 44×1 topic
  19. Zika Virus3▲ 44×1 topic
  20. Infectious Diseases3▲ 8.4×8 topics
  21. Global Burden3▲ 4.8×8 topics
  22. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 10×2 topics
  23. Global Health3▲ 17×4 topics
  24. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 6.3×9 topics
  25. Toxins3▲ 25×3 topics
  26. Virulence Factors3▲ 16×6 topics
  27. Diabetes Mellitus2▲ 11×4 topics
  28. Drug Resistance2▲ 7.5×7 topics
  29. Dental Caries2▲ 21×2 topics
  30. Zoonotic Disease2▲ 85×2 topics
  31. Immune Evasion2▲ 43×2 topics
  32. Zoonotic Infections2▲ 34×2 topics
  33. Monkeypox Virus2▲ 122×1 topic
  34. Smallpox Vaccination2▲ 122×1 topic
  35. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 6.3×6 topics
  36. Thrombosis2▲ 6.4×6 topics
  37. Inflammatory Pathways2▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Pathogen Transmission2▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Oral Microbiome2▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Transmission2▲ 29×2 topics

Which research topics does Institución Universitaria Visión de las Américas publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Poxvirus research and outbreaks, Oral microbiology and periodontitis research and Viral Infections and Vectors.

Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 3 fractional worksPoxvirus research and outbreaks: 2 fractional worksOral microbiology and periodontitis research: 2 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 2 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resis…1Antibiotic Use and Resistance: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 1 fractional worksViral Infections and Out…1Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthVirologyPeriodonticsInfectious Diseases2 others

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

  1. 1 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  2. 2 Poxvirus research and outbreaks Virology 2 works
  3. 3 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 2 works
  4. 4 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 2 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 1 works
  8. 8 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  9. 9 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 1 works
  10. 10 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 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 available79.2%not open20.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.9%domestic only76.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institución Universitaria Visión de las Américas's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 160% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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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