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Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural

In research, Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,976 of 16,945 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,854 of 10,206 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,908
of 28,054 · #38,221 all time
Rank in Ecuador
#68
of 71
Research works
313
▲ 61% vs 2013–17
Citations
575
1.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
86%
world 28%

What is Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural 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 #12,976 of 16,945 13.7%242
Social SciencesField #7,854 of 10,206 12.0%143

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural 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).

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: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.48× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.97× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.48× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 9.13× its world share, 22 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.19× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.19× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 9.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural?

Ranked on the composite score, José Javier Fernández Moreno and Alessandra Piergrossi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural.

  1. 1 José Javier Fernández Moreno Ecuador · #827,784 worldwide 3 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Alessandra Piergrossi Ecuador · #1,177,625 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Globalization, Social Movements, Sustainability, Public Policy, Sustainable Development, Identity and Tourism.

▲ 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. Cultural Heritage12▲ 27×19 topics
  2. Globalization10▲ 6.3×14 topics
  3. Sustainability10▲ 4.9×16 topics
  4. Social Movements9▲ 37×6 topics
  5. Public Policy8▲ 19×9 topics
  6. Sustainable Development7▲ 5.7×11 topics
  7. Identity6▲ 10×14 topics
  8. History6▲ 10×11 topics
  9. Tourism6▲ 75×5 topics
  10. Rural Development6▲ 20×4 topics
  11. Urbanization5▲ 16×3 topics
  12. Urban Development5▲ 18×8 topics
  13. Historiography5▲ 51×5 topics
  14. Colonialism5▲ 12×11 topics
  15. Amazonia5▲ 293×2 topics
  16. Archaeology5▲ 43×7 topics
  17. Education5▲ 3.4×15 topics
  18. Segregation5▲ 69×1 topic
  19. Territoriality5▲ 113×1 topic
  20. Community Participation4▲ 15×6 topics
  21. Memory4▲ 22×7 topics
  22. Cultural Sustainability4▲ 94×2 topics
  23. Social Justice4▲ 7.9×7 topics
  24. Adaptive Reuse4▲ 118×1 topic
  25. Cultural Exchange4▲ 35×4 topics
  26. Gestión4▲ 549×1 topic
  27. Intangible Heritage4▲ 118×1 topic
  28. Patrimonio Cultural4▲ 549×1 topic
  29. Community Engagement4▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Cultural Identity4▲ 8.2×9 topics
  31. Heritage3▲ 127×3 topics
  32. Literature3▲ 7.7×6 topics
  33. Health3▲ 9.9×2 topics
  34. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 4.9×2 topics
  35. Indigenous Populations3▲ 256×1 topic
  36. Nutrition Transition3▲ 116×1 topic
  37. Religious Practices3▲ 85×3 topics
  38. Conservation3▲ 8.1×5 topics
  39. Social Dynamics3▲ 54×2 topics
  40. Cultural Studies3▲ 8.5×6 topics

Which research topics does Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Urban Development and Societal Issues, Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage and Indigenous Health and Education.

Urban Development and Societal Issues: 5 fractional worksCultural Heritage Management and Preservation: 4 fractional worksArchaeology and Cultural…4Archaeology and Cultural Heritage: 4 fractional worksIndigenous Health and Ed…3Indigenous Health and Education: 3 fractional worksBrazilian cultural histo…2Brazilian cultural history and politics: 2 fractional worksMemory, Trauma, and Test…2Memory, Trauma, and Testimony: 2 fractional worksUrbanism, Landscape, and…2Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies: 2 fractional worksBuilding materials and conservation: 2 fractional worksUrban and sociocultural dynamics: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 2 fractional works
Urban StudiesArcheologyCultural StudiesGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Urban Development and Societal Issues Urban Studies 5 works
  2. 2 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Archeology 4 works
  3. 3 Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Cultural Studies 4 works
  4. 4 Indigenous Health and Education General Health Professions 3 works
  5. 5 Brazilian cultural history and politics Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Memory, Trauma, and Testimony Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies Cultural Studies 2 works
  8. 8 Building materials and conservation Earth-Surface Processes 2 works
  9. 9 Urban and sociocultural dynamics Urban Studies 2 works
  10. 10 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 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 available86.2%not open13.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.8%domestic only66.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 61% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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