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Instituto de Geografía Tropical

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Research works
71
▼ 63% vs 2018-21
Citations
218
3.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Instituto de Geografía Tropical

Not ranked overall: Instituto de Geografía Tropical is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Instituto de Geografía Tropical work in?

In all years, 39% of research at Instituto de Geografía Tropical is in Social Sciences, 39% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Environmental Science (23%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 28 fractional works · 39.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 23.4% of its workDevelopment: 6 fractional works · 8.1% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 10.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 10.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 27 fractional works · 38.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 17 fractional works · 23.3% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 7.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 17.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 15.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKInstituto deGeografía…71fractional works, all years
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences39%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 Sciences1723.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance710.2%
    3. Psychology22.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting12.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.6%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Environmental Science1723.3%
    2. Energy57.1%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences34.4%
    4. Computer Science33.6%
    5. Engineering00.2%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1115.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.7%
    1. Medicine11.9%
    2. Health Professions11.8%
    3. Veterinary00.5%
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: 2.40× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.82× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEnvironmental Science: 10.57× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.88× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 10.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science10.57×5 works
  2. Energy3.82×0 works
  3. Psychology2.88×1 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.40×1 works
  5. Social Sciences1.01×1 works
  6. Mathematics0.99×0 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.91×0 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.78×0 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.75×0 works
  10. Health Professions0.50×0 works
  11. Medicine0.12×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Instituto de Geografía Tropical?

Ranked on the quality score, Rafael Borroto‐Páez, Jorge Ángel Luis Machín and Orestes Sardiñas Gómez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto de Geografía Tropical.

  1. 1 Rafael Borroto‐Páez Cuba · #3,983,837 worldwide 472 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Jorge Ángel Luis Machín Cuba · #4,064,180 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Orestes Sardiñas Gómez Cuba · #4,496,697 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Francisco Cejas Rodríguez Cuba · #4,760,576 worldwide 9 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Grisel Barranco Rodríguez Cuba · #4,978,034 worldwide 4 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Armando Jesús de la Colina Rodríguez Cuba · #5,761,235 worldwide 3 citations · 52 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto de Geografía Tropical

What are the most cited papers from Instituto de Geografía Tropical?

The most cited paper from Instituto de Geografía Tropical is "The Imbalanced Training Sample Problem: Under or over Sampling?" (R. Barandela, Rosa María Valdovinos Rosas, José Salvador Sánchez et al., 2004), with 239 citations. Next come "Geographical patterns of cholera in Mexico, 1991–1996" (71) and "Antioxidant activity of three seaweeds from tropical reefs of Brazil: potential sources for bioprospecting" (31).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Imbalanced Training Sample Problem: Under or over Sampling? R. Barandela, Rosa María Valdovinos Rosas, José Salvador Sánchez et al. · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paper 2004 239
2 Geographical patterns of cholera in Mexico, 1991–1996 René J. Borroto, Ramón Martínez · International Journal of Epidemiology Aug 2000 71
3 Antioxidant activity of three seaweeds from tropical reefs of Brazil: potential sources for bioprospecting Juliane Bernardi Vasconcelos, Edson Régis Tavares Pessoa Pinho de Vasconcelos, Vanessa Urrea‐Victoria et al. · Journal of Applied Phycology 2 Jul 2018 31
4 Restricted Decontamination for the Imbalanced Training Sample Problem R. Barandela, Estellito Rangel, José Salvador Sánchez et al. · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paper 2003 27
5 Estado del arte de la medición de la productividad y la eficiencia técnica en América Latina: Caso Nicaragua Álvaro Santiago López-González, Carlos Alberto Zúniga-González, Mario Ramón Lopéz et al. · Revista Iberoamericana de Bioeconomía y Cambio Climático Open access 20 Jul 2016 12
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Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Geografía Tropical?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Community Participation, Agriculture, Rural Development, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Development and Biodiversity.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Climate Change20▲ 11×24 topics
  2. Sustainability14▲ 11×14 topics
  3. Community Participation10▲ 61×5 topics
  4. Agriculture9▲ 49×7 topics
  5. Rural Development9▲ 41×6 topics
  6. Sustainable Agriculture8▲ 41×4 topics
  7. Sustainable Development7▲ 8.9×6 topics
  8. Biodiversity7▲ 13×8 topics
  9. Water Management7▲ 98×3 topics
  10. Knowledge Management6▲ 19×3 topics
  11. Economic Development6▲ 13×2 topics
  12. Social Capital6▲ 20×2 topics
  13. Historical Evolution6▲ 834×1 topic
  14. Local Economic Growth6▲ 438×1 topic
  15. Rural Society6▲ 834×1 topic
  16. Territorial Innovation6▲ 438×1 topic
  17. Urban Planning5▲ 100×2 topics
  18. Environmental Impact Assessment5▲ 129×1 topic
  19. Renewable Energy5▲ 7.1×1 topic
  20. Conservation Biology5▲ 59×3 topics
  21. Globalization4▲ 3.4×6 topics
  22. Public Health4▲ 4.6×7 topics
  23. Population Dynamics4▲ 19×7 topics
  24. Latin America4▲ 30×3 topics
  25. Environmental Conservation4▲ 84×4 topics
  26. Rural Tourism4▲ 149×2 topics
  27. Public Policy4▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Conservation3▲ 8.7×5 topics
  29. Cultural Landscape3▲ 111×1 topic
  30. Invasive Species3▲ 7.2×7 topics
  31. Phylogenetic Analysis3▲ 11×5 topics
  32. Tourism3▲ 53×1 topic
  33. Nutrition3▲ 8.3×3 topics
  34. Resource Management3▲ 21×1 topic
  35. Water Governance3▲ 446×1 topic
  36. Economic Analysis2▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Food Security2▲ 8.7×7 topics
  38. Agroecology2▲ 26×4 topics
  39. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Policy2▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Instituto de Geografía Tropical publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Water Resource Management and Quality, Mexican Socioeconomic and Environmental Dynamics, Latin American Urban Studies and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Water Resource Managemen…1Water Resource Management and Quality: 1 fractional worksMexican Socioeconomic an…1Mexican Socioeconomic and Environmental Dynamics: 1 fractional worksLatin American Urban Stu…1Latin American Urban Studies: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…1Species Distribution and Climate Change: 1 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 1 fractional worksAnimal Ecology and Behavior Studies: 0 fractional worksAnimal and Plant Science…0Animal and Plant Science Education: 0 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 0 fractional worksEducational methodologies and cognitive development: 0 fractional worksUrbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies: 0 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologyManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawUrban StudiesEcological Modeling5 others

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

  1. 1 Water Resource Management and Quality Water Science and Technology 1 works
  2. 2 Mexican Socioeconomic and Environmental Dynamics Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  3. 3 Latin American Urban Studies Urban Studies 1 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
  5. 5 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  6. 6 Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies Ecology 0 works
  7. 7 Animal and Plant Science Education Social Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  9. 9 Educational methodologies and cognitive development Developmental and Educational Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies Cultural Studies 0 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 available57.5%not open42.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.7%domestic only83.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Geografía Tropical'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 Instituto de Geografía Tropical as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000026% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Instituto de Geografía Tropical0.000034% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Instituto de Geografía Tropical over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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