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Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales

In research, Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,537 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,790 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Law, Political Science and International Relations and Economics and Econometrics (Law is 20.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,348
of 22,385 · #13,594 all time
Rank in Ecuador
#54
of 71
Research works
621
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
2k
3.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
84%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales

What is Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales 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
Social SciencesDomain #2,537 of 9,585 13.7%176 #2942
Social SciencesField #1,790 of 5,988 13.5%129 #1845

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales 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 Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales work in?

In 2022-now, 85% of research at Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales is in Social Sciences, 9% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (62%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (12%), Business, Management and Accounting (6%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 190 fractional works · 85.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 139 fractional works · 62.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 33 fractional works · 14.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 32 fractional works · 14.1% of its workLaw: 27 fractional works · 12.0% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 5.3% of its workDevelopment: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 26 fractional works · 11.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 23 fractional works · 10.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 6.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 9.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 4.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKInstituto deAltos Estudios…223fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences85%

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. Social Sciences13962.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2611.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting146.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities62.9%
    5. Psychology21.1%
    6. Decision Sciences10.7%
    1. Environmental Science104.3%
    2. Computer Science73.2%
    3. Energy20.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    5. Engineering10.3%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Health Professions41.8%
    2. Medicine41.8%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Law takes 20.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. LawSubfield · 26.8 works21×
  2. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 31.5 works9.5×
  3. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 23.3 works6.6×
  4. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 26.2 works5.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.00× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.95× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.49× its world share, 26 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.93× its world share, 139 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.49×26 works
  2. Social Sciences4.93×139 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting1.95×14 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.00×6 works
  5. Environmental Science0.87×10 works
  6. Energy0.79×2 works
  7. Health Professions0.69×4 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.68×2 works
  9. Computer Science0.41×7 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.38×4 works
  11. Psychology0.35×2 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.27×1 works
  13. Mathematics0.14×0 works
  14. Neuroscience0.10×0 works
  15. Nursing0.10×0 works
  16. Medicine0.09×4 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.03×0 works
  18. Engineering0.02×1 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales?

Ranked on the quality score, Pablo Garcés Velástegui, Sara Caria and Daniel Pontón Cevallos lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales.

  1. 1 Pablo Garcés Velástegui Ecuador · #1,836,373 worldwide 220 citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Sara Caria Ecuador · #2,275,444 worldwide 231 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Daniel Pontón Cevallos Ecuador · #2,679,598 worldwide 79 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Carla Morena Álvarez Velasco Ecuador · #2,715,288 worldwide 32 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Irma Jara Íñiguez Ecuador · #2,897,544 worldwide 30 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Mario Kaplún Ecuador · #3,236,891 worldwide 325 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Gina Chávez Vallejo Ecuador · #3,285,856 worldwide 16 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Paúl Cisneros Ecuador · #3,350,829 worldwide 133 citations · 38 works
  9. 9 John Antón Sánchez Ecuador · #3,370,211 worldwide 85 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Fernando Barragán-Ochoa Ecuador · #3,443,935 worldwide 47 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales

What are the most cited papers from Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales?

The most cited paper from Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales is "Design global, manufacture local: Exploring the contours of an emerging productive model" (Vasilis Kostakis, Vasilis Niaros, George N. Dafermos et al., 2015), with 150 citations. Next come "Movimientos sociales y buen vivir: Ecuatorianos en la lucha por la vivienda en la plataforma de afectados por la hipoteca (PAH)" (111) and "Pro‐Poor Tourism as a Strategy to Fight Rural Poverty: A Critique" (77).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Design global, manufacture local: Exploring the contours of an emerging productive model Vasilis Kostakis, Vasilis Niaros, George N. Dafermos et al. · Futures 3 Sep 2015 150
2 Movimientos sociales y buen vivir: Ecuatorianos en la lucha por la vivienda en la plataforma de afectados por la hipoteca (PAH) Maka Suárez · Antropología Experimental Open access 9 Nov 2014 111
3 Pro‐Poor Tourism as a Strategy to Fight Rural Poverty: A Critique Jordi Gascón · Journal of Agrarian Change 7 Sep 2014 77
4 Fragmentación espacial y social: conceptos y realidades Marie-France Prévôt Schapira · Americanae (AECID Library) Open access Dec 2001 75
5 Sociodemographic and nutritional correlates of neurobehavioral development: a study of young children in a rural region of Ecuador Alexis Jeannine Handal, Betsy Lozoff, Jaime Breilh et al. · Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública Open access May 2007 68
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Human Rights, Education, Latin America, Small and Medium Enterprises, Urban Development, Social Justice 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. Globalization45▲ 10×39 topics
  2. Human Rights41▲ 18×25 topics
  3. Education30▲ 7.9×21 topics
  4. Latin America26▲ 63×16 topics
  5. Small and Medium Enterprises20▲ 50×5 topics
  6. Urban Development19▲ 25×6 topics
  7. Social Justice19▲ 15×8 topics
  8. Economic Impact19▲ 16×2 topics
  9. Social Responsibility18▲ 36×3 topics
  10. Digital Marketing18▲ 21×2 topics
  11. Globalization Effects18▲ 118×2 topics
  12. Innovation Ecosystems18▲ 80×2 topics
  13. Psychopharmacology Education18▲ 130×1 topic
  14. Tourism Management18▲ 116×1 topic
  15. Knowledge Management17▲ 14×7 topics
  16. Inclusive Education16▲ 20×6 topics
  17. Ethics16▲ 14×7 topics
  18. Innovation14▲ 6.1×12 topics
  19. Criminal Law14▲ 40×2 topics
  20. Youth Offenders14▲ 137×2 topics
  21. Legal Reform14▲ 204×1 topic
  22. Criminal Justice13▲ 26×3 topics
  23. Competitiveness13▲ 73×5 topics
  24. Transitional Justice12▲ 63×4 topics
  25. Political Violence11▲ 199×3 topics
  26. Geopolitics11▲ 33×6 topics
  27. Public Policy10▲ 9.9×12 topics
  28. Community Participation10▲ 13×10 topics
  29. Economic Integration10▲ 162×2 topics
  30. Foreign Policy10▲ 111×1 topic
  31. Regionalism10▲ 235×1 topic
  32. Social Movements10▲ 14×13 topics
  33. Trade Agreements10▲ 202×2 topics
  34. Colombia9▲ 250×2 topics
  35. Delinquency9▲ 99×2 topics
  36. Rural Development9▲ 12×7 topics
  37. Prison System9▲ 74×2 topics
  38. Penal System9▲ 247×1 topic
  39. Social Control9▲ 175×1 topic
  40. Social Impact9▲ 10×7 topics

Which research topics does Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Business, Innovation, and Economy, Social Issues and Policies in Latin America, International Relations in Latin America and Criminal Justice and Penology.

Business, Innovation, an…18Business, Innovation, and Economy: 18 fractional worksSocial Issues and Policies in Latin America: 14 fractional worksInternational Relations …10International Relations in Latin America: 10 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Pen…9Criminal Justice and Penology: 9 fractional worksConflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia: 9 fractional worksRegional Development and Innovation: 7 fractional worksComparative constitution…5Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies: 5 fractional worksViolence, Education, and Gender Studies: 5 fractional worksEducational and Organizational Development: 5 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 3 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsLawPolitical Science and International RelationsSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 18 works
  2. 2 Social Issues and Policies in Latin America Law 14 works
  3. 3 International Relations in Latin America Political Science and International Relations 10 works
  4. 4 Criminal Justice and Penology Law 9 works
  5. 5 Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  6. 6 Regional Development and Innovation Development 7 works
  7. 7 Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  8. 8 Violence, Education, and Gender Studies Education 5 works
  9. 9 Educational and Organizational Development Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 5 works
  10. 10 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 3 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 available84.4%not open15.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.6%domestic only76.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher 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 Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00089% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales0.00089% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales 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%Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales13.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.3% in 2023.

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