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Instituto Mora

In research, Instituto Mora stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,915 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,063 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Demography (Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law is 16.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,489
of 22,385 · #6,506 all time
Rank in Mexico
#114
of 232
Research works
1.5k
▼ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.1k
2.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Instituto Mora

What is Instituto Mora 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 #3,915 of 9,585 11.2%172 #2956
Social SciencesField #3,063 of 5,988 10.6%117 #2242

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

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Instituto Mora is in Social Sciences, 13% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (51%), Arts and Humanities (15%), Environmental Science (12%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 190 fractional works · 77.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 127 fractional works · 51.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 35 fractional works · 14.3% of its workDemography: 26 fractional works · 10.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 19 fractional works · 7.9% of its workCultural Studies: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workUrban Studies: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopment: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 38 fractional works · 15.5% of its workHistory: 15 fractional works · 6.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 10 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMuseology: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 33 fractional works · 13.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 29 fractional works · 11.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 24 fractional works · 9.6% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstituto Mora246fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences77%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences12751.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities3815.5%
    3. Psychology114.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance83.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting62.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Environmental Science2911.6%
    2. Engineering31.3%
    3. Computer Science10.4%
    4. Energy00.0%
    1. Medicine83.3%
    2. Health Professions72.7%
    3. Dentistry10.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences62.4%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Instituto Mora specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law takes 16.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 23.6 works16×
  2. DemographySubfield · 26.4 works16×
← 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: 0.51× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.33× its world share, 29 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 8 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 5.37× its world share, 38 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.74× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.51× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.49× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.06× its world share, 126 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.37×38 works
  2. Social Sciences4.06×126 works
  3. Environmental Science2.33×29 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.51×8 works
  5. Psychology1.49×11 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.34×1 works
  7. Health Professions1.01×7 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.74×6 works
  9. Dentistry0.56×1 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.51×6 works
  11. Medicine0.17×8 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.14×0 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.13×0 works
  14. Engineering0.09×3 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.05×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.05×1 works
  17. Energy0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Mora?

Ranked on the quality score, Rebecka Villanueva Ulfgard, Oscar S. Zárate and Mónica Szurmuk lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Mora.

  1. 1 Rebecka Villanueva Ulfgard Mexico · #2,066,738 worldwide 95 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Oscar S. Zárate Mexico · #2,080,000 worldwide 108 citations · 312 works
  3. 3 Mónica Szurmuk Mexico · #2,349,945 worldwide 400 citations · 94 works
  4. 4 Matilde Souto Mantecón Mexico · #2,958,120 worldwide 103 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 María Cristina Sacristán Mexico · #2,999,137 worldwide 61 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Laura Beatriz Suárez de la Torre Mexico · #3,032,283 worldwide 51 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 María José Mexico · #3,054,321 worldwide 2 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Citlali Ayala Martínez Mexico · #3,139,928 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Beatriz Rojas Mexico · #3,275,103 worldwide 182 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Mateo Crossa Mexico · #3,481,034 worldwide 151 citations · 54 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Mora

What are the most cited papers from Instituto Mora?

The most cited paper from Instituto Mora is "Aligning climate and sustainable development finance through an SDG lens. The role of development assistance in implementing the Paris Agreement" (Gabriela Iacobuţă, Clara A. Brandi, Adis Dzebo et al., 2022), with 159 citations. Next come "Opening the Black Box: How Satisfaction with Democracy and its Perceived Efficacy Affect Regime Preference in Latin America" (96) and "Central Neuro-Humoral Transmission in Sleep and Wakefulness" (82).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Aligning climate and sustainable development finance through an SDG lens. The role of development assistance in implementing the Paris Agreement Gabriela Iacobuţă, Clara A. Brandi, Adis Dzebo et al. · Global Environmental Change Open access 29 Mar 2022 159
2 Opening the Black Box: How Satisfaction with Democracy and its Perceived Efficacy Affect Regime Preference in Latin America Rodolfo Sarsfield · International Journal of Public Opinion Research 2 Aug 2005 96
3 Central Neuro-Humoral Transmission in Sleep and Wakefulness Raúl Hernández Peón · Progress in brain research Book chapter 1965 82
4 Electricity (in)accessibility to the urban poor in developing countries Rozita Singh, Xiao Wang, Juan Carlos Mendoza et al. · Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Energy and Environment 16 Sep 2014 78
5 Cortical and subcortical evoked responses to central stimuli during wakefulness and sleep Truett Allison · Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology Feb 1965 73
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Mora?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Movements, Sustainability, Cultural Heritage, Public Health, Political Power, Globalization, Community Participation and Urban Development.

▲ 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. Sustainability35▲ 5.8×20 topics
  2. Climate Change30▲ 4.6×20 topics
  3. Social Movements30▲ 42×12 topics
  4. Globalization29▲ 6.0×42 topics
  5. Cultural Heritage28▲ 22×10 topics
  6. Public Health27▲ 7.6×14 topics
  7. Political Power26▲ 225×4 topics
  8. Community Participation26▲ 29×5 topics
  9. Urban Development26▲ 29×6 topics
  10. Water Management24▲ 77×3 topics
  11. Biodiversity Conservation24▲ 26×5 topics
  12. Human Rights24▲ 9.5×20 topics
  13. Environmental Policy23▲ 47×4 topics
  14. History23▲ 14×17 topics
  15. Resource Governance22▲ 1075×1 topic
  16. Constitutionalism22▲ 101×3 topics
  17. Historiography20▲ 68×7 topics
  18. Latin America20▲ 44×17 topics
  19. Revolution20▲ 401×2 topics
  20. Education19▲ 4.6×22 topics
  21. Cultural Identity19▲ 16×6 topics
  22. Identity19▲ 11×17 topics
  23. Gender19▲ 14×17 topics
  24. Hispanic World17▲ 563×1 topic
  25. Independence17▲ 563×1 topic
  26. Politics16▲ 25×9 topics
  27. Society16▲ 34×8 topics
  28. Memory14▲ 24×6 topics
  29. Democracy13▲ 15×10 topics
  30. Economy12▲ 67×4 topics
  31. Agriculture12▲ 13×9 topics
  32. Political Violence12▲ 194×3 topics
  33. Violence12▲ 33×5 topics
  34. Colombia11▲ 273×2 topics
  35. Culture10▲ 8.0×9 topics
  36. Neoliberalism9▲ 10×8 topics
  37. Dictatorship9▲ 206×2 topics
  38. Cultural Studies9▲ 9.6×7 topics
  39. Governance8▲ 11×6 topics
  40. Public Policy8▲ 7.2×10 topics

Which research topics does Instituto Mora publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Mexican Socioeconomic and Environmental Dynamics, Historical Studies in Latin America, History and Politics in Latin America and Memory, violence, and history.

Mexican Socioeconomic an…22Mexican Socioeconomic and Environmental Dynamics: 22 fractional worksHistorical Studies in La…17Historical Studies in Latin America: 17 fractional worksHistory and Politics in Latin America: 8 fractional worksMemory, violence, and hi…6Memory, violence, and history: 6 fractional worksLatin American history a…6Latin American history and culture: 6 fractional worksPhotographic and Visual …5Photographic and Visual Arts: 5 fractional worksHistorical Studies on Spain: 5 fractional worksPolitical Dynamics in Latin America: 4 fractional worksLatin American Urban Studies: 4 fractional worksCinema History and Criticism: 4 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawDemographySocial PsychologyVisual Arts and Performing Arts4 others

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

  1. 1 Mexican Socioeconomic and Environmental Dynamics Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 22 works
  2. 2 Historical Studies in Latin America Demography 17 works
  3. 3 History and Politics in Latin America Demography 8 works
  4. 4 Memory, violence, and history Social Psychology 6 works
  5. 5 Latin American history and culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 6 works
  6. 6 Photographic and Visual Arts Museology 5 works
  7. 7 Historical Studies on Spain History 5 works
  8. 8 Political Dynamics in Latin America Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  9. 9 Latin American Urban Studies Urban Studies 4 works
  10. 10 Cinema History and Criticism Visual Arts and Performing Arts 4 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 available58.9%not open41.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.7%domestic only94.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Mora's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Mora as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00085% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Instituto Mora0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Instituto Mora 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 counting5%10%15%Instituto Mora11.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.4% in 2007.

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