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Instituto de la Democracia

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Research works
8
▲ 225% vs 2018-21
Citations
21
2.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
82%
world 40%
Instituto de la Democracia

Not ranked overall: Instituto de la Democracia 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 la Democracia work in?

In all years, 92% of research at Instituto de la Democracia is in Social Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (80%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (8%), Psychology (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 8 fractional works · 92.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 80.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 19.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 15.6% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 11.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 7.9% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 5.9% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 7.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 7.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 7.9% of its workALL ITS WORKInstituto de laDemocracia8fractional works, all years
Life Sciences8%Social Sciences92%

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 2 domains and 4 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences780.4%
    2. Psychology17.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities03.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences17.9%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What are the most cited papers from Instituto de la Democracia?

The most cited paper from Instituto de la Democracia is "Female Candidate Performance and Gender Quotas: The Case of Ecuador" (Vanessa D. Carrión-Yaguana, Sarah J. Carrington, Gabriel Velástegui Moya, 2022), with 10 citations. Next come "Communitarian democracy and its legitimation by the Ecuadorian State—rethinking plurinationality" (5) and "La Construcción del Estado plurinacional ecuatoriano, más allá del reconocimiento constitucional: Descolonización, autonomías e interculturalidad" (5).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Female Candidate Performance and Gender Quotas: The Case of Ecuador Vanessa D. Carrión-Yaguana, Sarah J. Carrington, Gabriel Velástegui Moya · Journal of Women Politics & Policy 22 Apr 2022 10
2 Communitarian democracy and its legitimation by the Ecuadorian State—rethinking plurinationality Andrea Madrid Tamayo · SN Social Sciences 17 Aug 2022 5
3 La Construcción del Estado plurinacional ecuatoriano, más allá del reconocimiento constitucional: Descolonización, autonomías e interculturalidad Andrea Celinda Madrid Tamayo · Antropología Cuadernos de investigación Open access 29 Dec 2019 5
4 Construyendo una democracia más sustantiva e integral en ecuador: ¿y si aprendemos de la democracia comunitaria? Andrea Madrid · Antropologías del Sur Open access 30 Dec 2022 3
5 La movilización nacional de octubre de 2019 en Ecuador. Un acercamiento desde el análisis etnográfico Andrea Madrid Tamayo · Disparidades Revista de Antropología Open access 30 Dec 2022 2
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Which research topics does Instituto de la Democracia publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Latin American Cultural Politics, Latin American social science, Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America and Social Issues and Policies in Latin America.

Latin American Cultural …1Latin American Cultural Politics: 1 fractional worksLatin American social sc…1Latin American social science: 1 fractional worksPolitical and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America: 0 fractional worksSocial Issues and Policies in Latin America: 0 fractional worksAgriculture and Social Issues: 0 fractional worksAcademic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology: 0 fractional worksCultural and political discourse analysis: 0 fractional worksHigher Education and Sus…0Higher Education and Sustainability: 0 fractional worksHistorical Studies in La…0Historical Studies in Latin America: 0 fractional worksCounseling, Therapy, and…0Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics: 0 fractional works
AnthropologySociology and Political ScienceLawPlant Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Latin American Cultural Politics Anthropology 1 works
  2. 2 Latin American social science Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  4. 4 Social Issues and Policies in Latin America Law 0 works
  5. 5 Agriculture and Social Issues Plant Science 0 works
  6. 6 Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology General Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 Cultural and political discourse analysis Linguistics and Language 0 works
  8. 8 Higher Education and Sustainability Education 0 works
  9. 9 Historical Studies in Latin America Demography 0 works
  10. 10 Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics Clinical Psychology 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 available82.4%not open17.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

How has Instituto de la Democracia's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 225% higher than in 2018-2021.

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