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Instituto de Formación y Estudios Sociales

In research, Instituto de Formación y Estudios Sociales stands highest in Social Sciences (#16,875 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education — Education is 5.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,828
of 28,054 · #42,076 all time
Rank in Spain
#657
of 658
Research works
299
▲ 80% vs 2013–17
Citations
182
0.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is Instituto de Formación y Estudios Sociales 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 #16,875 of 16,945 2.4%152

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto de Formación y Estudios Sociales 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).

What does Instituto de Formación y Estudios Sociales specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 5.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 20.0 works5.4×
← 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: 1.11× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.60× its world share, 25 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.99× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.11× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.68× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.81× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.68× its world share, 41 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto de Formación y Estudios Sociales?

Ranked on the composite score, Marcus Vinícius Sandoval Paixão lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto de Formación y Estudios Sociales.

  1. 1 Marcus Vinícius Sandoval Paixão Spain · #1,447,578 worldwide 5 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto de Formación y Estudios Sociales

Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Formación y Estudios Sociales?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Curriculum Development, Educational Technology, Online Learning, Qualitative Research, Social Inequality, Deep Learning and Social Network Analysis.

▲ 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. Teacher Training24▲ 32×6 topics
  2. Deep Learning14▲ 3.3×31 topics
  3. Curriculum Development13▲ 16×3 topics
  4. Educational Technology12▲ 8.1×5 topics
  5. Online Learning11▲ 11×5 topics
  6. Qualitative Research10▲ 9.7×4 topics
  7. Social Inequality10▲ 31×3 topics
  8. Social Network Analysis9▲ 61×1 topic
  9. WebQuests9▲ 131×1 topic
  10. Educational Reform8▲ 54×2 topics
  11. Educational Policies8▲ 57×2 topics
  12. Inclusive Education8▲ 19×3 topics
  13. Distance Learning8▲ 19×1 topic
  14. Machine Learning8▲ 1.99×23 topics
  15. Pedagogical Practices8▲ 72×1 topic
  16. Science Education8▲ 100×2 topics
  17. Public Policy7▲ 12×8 topics
  18. Sustainability7▲ 2.2×9 topics
  19. Neural Networks6▲ 3.5×13 topics
  20. Educational Games6▲ 48×2 topics
  21. Education6▲ 2.6×11 topics
  22. Didactic Models5▲ 106×1 topic
  23. Teaching Methodologies5▲ 32×1 topic
  24. Renewable Energy5▲ 2.6×7 topics
  25. Healthcare4▲ 2.7×7 topics
  26. Wireless Sensor Networks3▲ 6.0×6 topics
  27. Biodiversity3▲ 3.4×3 topics
  28. Environmental Education3▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Cultural Identity3▲ 4.4×4 topics
  30. IoT3▲ 5.9×4 topics
  31. Pedagogy3▲ 4.5×3 topics
  32. Urban Traffic3▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Water Resources3▲ 9.1×2 topics
  34. Social Participation3▲ 33×1 topic
  35. Waste Management3▲ 5.1×1 topic
  36. Metaheuristics2▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Environmentalism2▲ 94×1 topic
  38. Experimental Methods2▲ 170×1 topic
  39. Resource Allocation2▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Parking System2▲ 69×1 topic

Which research topics does Instituto de Formación y Estudios Sociales publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education and Digital Technologies, Education Pedagogy and Practices, Science and Education Research and Environmental Sustainability and Education.

Education and Digital Te…9Education and Digital Technologies: 9 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and P…8Education Pedagogy and Practices: 8 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 5 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 3 fractional worksChemistry Education and Research: 2 fractional worksSmart Parking Systems Research: 2 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 2 fractional worksTopic Modeling: 2 fractional worksGrowth and nutrition in plants: 2 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEducationManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawBuilding and Construction4 others

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

  1. 1 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  2. 2 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 8 works
  3. 3 Science and Education Research Education 5 works
  4. 4 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  5. 5 Chemistry Education and Research Education 2 works
  6. 6 Smart Parking Systems Research Building and Construction 2 works
  7. 7 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 2 works
  8. 8 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  9. 9 Growth and nutrition in plants Plant Science 2 works
  10. 10 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 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 available73.5%not open26.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.2%domestic only61.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Formación y Estudios Sociales's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 80% 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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