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Instituto Tecnológico de Culiacán

In research, Instituto Tecnológico de Culiacán stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,239 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

World rank, 2022-now
#11,224
of 22,385 · #14,793 all time
Rank in Mexico
#122
of 232
Research works
379
▲ 37% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.9k
10.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%

What is Instituto Tecnológico de Culiacán 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
Physical SciencesDomain #7,239 of 10,670 7.8%67 #9748

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

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Instituto Tecnológico de Culiacán is in Physical Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (16%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (14%), Engineering (13%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 75 fractional works · 52.4% of its workComputer Science: 23 fractional works · 16.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 6.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 19 fractional works · 13.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 13.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 31 fractional works · 21.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 9.3% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 27 fractional works · 18.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 20 fractional works · 14.0% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 6.3% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 7.3% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 5.1% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitutoTecnológico de…143fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences52%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences22%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science2316.4%
    2. Engineering1913.3%
    3. Environmental Science1913.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences42.6%
    5. Materials Science42.6%
    6. Energy31.9%
    7. Physics and Astronomy21.2%
    8. Chemistry10.6%
    9. Mathematics00.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Social Sciences139.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting64.0%
    3. Psychology63.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance53.3%
    5. Decision Sciences10.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2014.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology63.9%
    3. Neuroscience10.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Medicine75.1%
    2. Health Professions10.9%
    3. Nursing10.7%
    4. Dentistry10.6%
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: 2.95× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.11× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.65× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.05× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.89× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.67× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 1.47× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.24× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.55× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.27× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.95×20 works
  2. Environmental Science2.67×19 works
  3. Computer Science2.11×24 works
  4. Energy2.05×3 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.65×4 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.55×5 works
  7. Nursing1.47×1 works
  8. Dentistry1.32×1 works
  9. Psychology1.27×6 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting1.24×6 works
  11. Engineering0.89×19 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.82×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.74×6 works
  14. Materials Science0.74×4 works
  15. Social Sciences0.73×13 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.55×2 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.52×0 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.50×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.36×1 works
  20. Health Professions0.33×1 works
  21. Mathematics0.27×0 works
  22. Medicine0.27×7 works
  23. Neuroscience0.24×1 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.23×0 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Tecnológico de Culiacán?

Ranked on the quality score, Héctor Rodríguez, Raul Santiesteban and Karina Ramírez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Tecnológico de Culiacán.

  1. 1 Héctor Rodríguez Mexico · #1,881,586 worldwide 6k citations · 92 works
  2. 2 Raul Santiesteban Mexico · #1,963,181 worldwide 354 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Karina Ramírez Mexico · #2,355,997 worldwide 1.2k citations · 69 works
  4. 4 Ramón Zataraín Cabada Mexico · #2,498,597 worldwide 1.6k citations · 170 works
  5. 5 Héctor Manuel Cárdenas López Mexico · #2,527,750 worldwide 94 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 María Lucía Barrón Estrada Mexico · #2,635,360 worldwide 1.5k citations · 146 works
  7. 7 Raúl Oramas Bustillos Mexico · #2,892,660 worldwide 410 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Blenda Ramírez‐Pereda Mexico · #3,123,349 worldwide 446 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Francisco González-Hernández Mexico · #3,157,058 worldwide 229 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Antonio Jesus Sanhouse-García Mexico · #3,734,289 worldwide 235 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Tecnológico de Culiacán

What are the most cited papers from Instituto Tecnológico de Culiacán?

The most cited paper from Instituto Tecnológico de Culiacán is "Water Vapor Permeability of Caseinate‐Based Edible Films as Affected by pH, Calcium Crosslinking and Lipid Content" (Roberto J. Avena‐Bustillos, John M. Krochta, 1993), with 252 citations. Next come "Impact of augmented reality technology on academic achievement and motivation of students from public and private Mexican schools. A case study in a middle-school geometry course" (236) and "Disease detection in tomato leaves via CNN with lightweight architectures implemented in Raspberry Pi 4" (191).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Water Vapor Permeability of Caseinate‐Based Edible Films as Affected by pH, Calcium Crosslinking and Lipid Content Roberto J. Avena‐Bustillos, John M. Krochta · Journal of Food Science Jul 1993 252
2 Impact of augmented reality technology on academic achievement and motivation of students from public and private Mexican schools. A case study in a middle-school geometry course María Blanca Ibáñez, Aldo Uriarte-Portillo, Ramón Zataraín Cabada et al. · Computers & Education Open access 17 Oct 2019 236
3 Disease detection in tomato leaves via CNN with lightweight architectures implemented in Raspberry Pi 4 Victor Alejandro Gonzalez-Huitron, José Antonio León-Borges, Abraham Efraím Rodriguez-Mata et al. · Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 18 Jan 2021 191
4 Review of Constructed Wetlands for Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Aurora M. Pat Espadas, René Loredo-Portales, Leonel Ernesto Amábilis-Sosa et al. · Water Open access 19 Nov 2018 174
5 How to decrease the agglomeration of magnetite nanoparticles and increase their stability using surface properties Sarai E. Favela-Camacho, J.E. Samaniego-Benítez, Andrés Godínez-García et al. · Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 20 Apr 2019 139
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Tecnológico de Culiacán?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Digital Marketing, Machine Learning, Small and Medium Enterprises, Innovation Ecosystems, Social Responsibility, Water Quality, Globalization Effects 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. Machine Learning10▲ 2.1×29 topics
  2. Deep Learning8▲ 1.72×32 topics
  3. Climate Change8▲ 2.0×34 topics
  4. Sustainability7▲ 1.91×23 topics
  5. Education6▲ 2.5×16 topics
  6. Remote Sensing6▲ 3.2×17 topics
  7. Digital Marketing5▲ 9.3×2 topics
  8. Environmental Impact5▲ 2.0×14 topics
  9. Small and Medium Enterprises5▲ 19×2 topics
  10. Innovation Ecosystems5▲ 32×2 topics
  11. Social Responsibility4▲ 13×2 topics
  12. Water Quality4▲ 7.6×8 topics
  13. Globalization Effects4▲ 43×2 topics
  14. Urban Development4▲ 8.4×2 topics
  15. Innovation4▲ 2.8×12 topics
  16. Knowledge Management4▲ 5.0×7 topics
  17. Economic Impact4▲ 5.1×1 topic
  18. Psychopharmacology Education4▲ 44×1 topic
  19. E-Learning4▲ 2.8×5 topics
  20. Mechanical Properties4▲ 2.6×12 topics
  21. Competitiveness4▲ 31×5 topics
  22. IoT3▲ 6.4×3 topics
  23. Antioxidant Activity3▲ 3.7×10 topics
  24. Biodiversity3▲ 3.0×8 topics
  25. Sustainable Agriculture3▲ 7.3×5 topics
  26. Technology3▲ 4.0×5 topics
  27. Digital Transformation3▲ 3.8×5 topics
  28. Distance Learning3▲ 5.9×4 topics
  29. Emotion Recognition3▲ 10×2 topics
  30. Health Benefits2▲ 5.3×5 topics
  31. Bayesian Networks2▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Rural Communities2▲ 30×2 topics
  33. Agroecology2▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Environmental Analysis2▲ 34×2 topics
  35. Monitoring2▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Affective States2▲ 47×1 topic
  37. Intelligent Tutoring Systems2▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Organic Farming2▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Soil Management2▲ 37×1 topic
  40. Wastewater2▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Instituto Tecnológico de Culiacán publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Business, Innovation, and Economy, Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning, Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis and Plant and soil sciences.

  1. 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  2. 2 Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  3. 3 Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Plant and soil sciences General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  5. 5 IoT Networks and Protocols Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Emotion and Mood Recognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 1 works
  8. 8 Metal and Thin Film Mechanics Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  9. 9 Augmented Reality Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  10. 10 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 1 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 available50.1%not open49.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.4%domestic only80.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Tecnológico de Culiacán's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Tecnológico de Culiacán as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00049% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Instituto Tecnológico de Culiacán0.00077% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Instituto Tecnológico de Culiacán 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Instituto Tecnológico de Culiacán8.1% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.3% in 2019.

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