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Instituto de Estudios Universitarios

In research, Instituto de Estudios Universitarios stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,462 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities (Arts and Humanities is 11.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,065
of 22,385 · #14,601 all time
Rank in Mexico
#138
of 232
Research works
497
▲ 35% vs 2018-21
Citations
997
2.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
82%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Instituto de Estudios Universitarios

What is Instituto de Estudios Universitarios 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 #5,462 of 9,585 10.5%121 #5782

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

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Instituto de Estudios Universitarios is in Social Sciences, 16% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (33%), Social Sciences (32%), Medicine (4%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 133 fractional works · 74.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 59 fractional works · 33.0% of its workArcheology: 15 fractional works · 8.7% of its workHistory: 12 fractional works · 6.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 56 fractional works · 31.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 19 fractional works · 10.8% of its workCultural Studies: 9 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 15.6% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKInstituto deEstudios…178fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences75%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities5933.0%
    2. Social Sciences5631.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance84.4%
    4. Psychology52.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting52.6%
    1. Computer Science84.4%
    2. Environmental Science84.3%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences42.2%
    4. Engineering42.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy31.9%
    6. Mathematics10.5%
    7. Energy00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Medicine84.4%
    2. Health Professions31.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences52.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Instituto de Estudios Universitarios specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 11.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 58.7 works11×
← 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: 0.59× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 8 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 11.43× its world share, 59 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.82× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.07× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.50× its world share, 56 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 11.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities11.43×59 works
  2. Social Sciences2.50×56 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.07×8 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.43×4 works
  5. Psychology0.92×5 works
  6. Environmental Science0.87×8 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.86×3 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.82×5 works
  9. Health Professions0.72×3 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.59×5 works
  11. Computer Science0.56×8 works
  12. Mathematics0.40×1 works
  13. Medicine0.23×8 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.22×0 works
  15. Engineering0.14×4 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.13×0 works
  17. Energy0.10×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×1 works
  19. Neuroscience0.03×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.02×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Instituto de Estudios Universitarios?

Ranked on the quality score, José Eduardo López Ahumada, Iván González Sarro and Eugènia Balcells lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto de Estudios Universitarios.

  1. 1 José Eduardo López Ahumada Mexico · #3,986,100 worldwide 0 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Iván González Sarro Mexico · #4,112,052 worldwide 10 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Eugènia Balcells Mexico · #4,373,255 worldwide 55 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Gloria Andrés Hurtado Mexico · #4,525,015 worldwide 13 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Carlos Romero Dexeus Mexico · #4,597,109 worldwide 39 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Antoni Sastre Alberti Mexico · #4,650,731 worldwide 19 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Luis Gil Zubillaga Mexico · #5,513,898 worldwide 21 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Diego Moreno Galilea Mexico · #5,582,320 worldwide 4 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Antonio Carro Martínez Mexico · #5,613,807 worldwide 22 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Miguel Soria Lerma Mexico · #5,627,614 worldwide 46 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto de Estudios Universitarios

What are the most cited papers from Instituto de Estudios Universitarios?

The most cited paper from Instituto de Estudios Universitarios is "Dos modelos explicativos de los procesos de composición escrita" (Marlene Scardamalia, Carl Bereiter, 1992), with 221 citations. Next come "BrucellaLumazine Synthase Elicits a Mixed Th1-Th2 Immune Response and Reduces Infection in Mice Challenged withBrucella abortus544 Independently of the Adjuvant Formulation Used" (92) and "La salud y sus determinantes, promoción de la salud y educación sanitaria" (81).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Dos modelos explicativos de los procesos de composición escrita Marlene Scardamalia, Carl Bereiter · Journal for the Study of Education and Development Infancia y Aprendizaje 1992 221
2 BrucellaLumazine Synthase Elicits a Mixed Th1-Th2 Immune Response and Reduces Infection in Mice Challenged withBrucella abortus544 Independently of the Adjuvant Formulation Used Carlos A. Velikovsky, Fernando Alberto Goldbaum, Juliana Cassataro et al. · Infection and Immunity Open access 19 Sep 2003 92
3 La salud y sus determinantes, promoción de la salud y educación sanitaria De La Guardia Gutiérrez, Mario Alberto, Ruvalcaba Ledezma, Jesús Carlos · Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México) 2020 81
4 Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Stimulate Proinflammatory Responses in Human Airway Epithelial Cells Florencia Sabbione, Irene Keitelman, Leonardo Iula et al. · Journal of Innate Immunity Open access 2017 62
5 Detection of Antibodies to Brucella Cytoplasmic Proteins in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients with Neurobrucellosis Pablo Cesar Baldi, George Farah Araj, Graciela C. Racaro et al. · Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology Open access Sep 1999 58
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Estudios Universitarios?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Globalization, Identity, Education, Literature, Iberian Peninsula, Gender and Latin America.

▲ 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. History17▲ 14×24 topics
  2. Globalization17▲ 4.7×36 topics
  3. Education15▲ 5.0×24 topics
  4. Identity13▲ 10×20 topics
  5. Literature12▲ 12×15 topics
  6. Iberian Peninsula12▲ 234×3 topics
  7. Sustainability12▲ 2.7×23 topics
  8. Gender11▲ 11×15 topics
  9. Latin America10▲ 31×14 topics
  10. Archaeology9▲ 41×5 topics
  11. Social Movements9▲ 18×15 topics
  12. Urban Development9▲ 14×8 topics
  13. Climate Change9▲ 1.84×22 topics
  14. Cultural Exchange9▲ 38×4 topics
  15. Settlement Patterns8▲ 241×2 topics
  16. Religious Practices8▲ 104×4 topics
  17. Culture7▲ 8.0×11 topics
  18. Cultural Heritage7▲ 7.7×10 topics
  19. Cultural Practices7▲ 30×4 topics
  20. Society7▲ 21×9 topics
  21. Colonialism7▲ 8.1×12 topics
  22. Historiography7▲ 32×8 topics
  23. Innovation7▲ 3.8×15 topics
  24. Nationalism7▲ 8.7×9 topics
  25. Cultural Identity7▲ 7.7×10 topics
  26. Ethics7▲ 7.6×11 topics
  27. Philosophy7▲ 8.3×9 topics
  28. Spain6▲ 94×5 topics
  29. Iron Age6▲ 181×1 topic
  30. Religion6▲ 6.8×7 topics
  31. Romanization6▲ 281×1 topic
  32. Political Power6▲ 66×4 topics
  33. Memory5▲ 11×7 topics
  34. Politics5▲ 11×8 topics
  35. Community Participation5▲ 7.5×7 topics
  36. Language Teaching5▲ 9.8×5 topics
  37. Agriculture4▲ 6.7×5 topics
  38. Environmental Education4▲ 16×5 topics
  39. Social Responsibility4▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Feminism4▲ 8.3×7 topics

Which research topics does Instituto de Estudios Universitarios publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Archaeological and Historical Studies, Medieval Architecture and Archaeology, Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education and Spanish Literature and Culture Studies.

Archaeological and Historical Studies: 6 fractional worksMedieval Architecture and Archaeology: 4 fractional worksIndigenous Cultures and …3Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education: 3 fractional worksSpanish Literature and C…3Spanish Literature and Culture Studies: 3 fractional worksMedieval and Early Modern Iberia: 3 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, and Economy: 2 fractional worksReligious and Theologica…2Religious and Theological Studies: 2 fractional worksArchaeological and Geological Studies: 2 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 2 fractional worksHistorical and socio-eco…2Historical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regions: 2 fractional works
ArcheologyCultural StudiesLiterature and Literary TheoryHistory3 others

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

  1. 1 Archaeological and Historical Studies Archeology 6 works
  2. 2 Medieval Architecture and Archaeology Archeology 4 works
  3. 3 Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education Cultural Studies 3 works
  4. 4 Spanish Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  5. 5 Medieval and Early Modern Iberia History 3 works
  6. 6 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  7. 7 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Archaeological and Geological Studies Archeology 2 works
  9. 9 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 2 works
  10. 10 Historical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regions Economics and Econometrics 2 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 available81.7%not open18.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.9%domestic only73.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Estudios Universitarios's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 35% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Estudios Universitarios as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00072% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Instituto de Estudios Universitarios0.00079% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Instituto de Estudios Universitarios 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 Estudios Universitarios16.0% 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 18.2% in 2019.

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