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Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida

In research, Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,757 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

World rank, 2022-now
#11,333
of 22,385 · #11,524 all time
Rank in Mexico
#125
of 232
Research works
508
▲ 49% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.6k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.87×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%

What is Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida 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 #8,757 of 10,670 11.8%62 #8200

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

In 2022-now, 38% of research at Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (21%), Engineering (12%), Medicine (12%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 75 fractional works · 37.8% of its workEngineering: 24 fractional works · 12.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 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 workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 4.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 60 fractional works · 30.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 41 fractional works · 20.7% of its workFood Science: 13 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPlant Science: 10 fractional works · 5.0% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 17.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 7.7% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Sciences: 29 fractional works · 14.6% of its workMedicine: 24 fractional works · 12.1% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiochemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitutoTecnológico de…198fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences30%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences17%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2412.3%
    2. Environmental Science146.9%
    3. Computer Science94.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences73.5%
    5. Materials Science73.4%
    6. Mathematics52.5%
    7. Energy42.1%
    8. Chemistry21.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.6%
    10. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4120.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology146.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.9%
    5. Neuroscience20.8%
    1. Social Sciences157.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting63.0%
    3. Psychology62.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities21.0%
    6. Decision Sciences20.8%
    1. Medicine2412.1%
    2. Nursing31.4%
    3. Health Professions10.7%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
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: 4.35× its world share, 41 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.30× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.58× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.85× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.24× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.25× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.82× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.39× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.97× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.14× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 2.91× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.86× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.94× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.95× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.35×41 works
  2. Nursing2.91×3 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.58×2 works
  4. Energy2.25×4 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.24×7 works
  6. Mathematics2.14×5 works
  7. Veterinary1.86×0 works
  8. Chemical Engineering1.85×1 works
  9. Environmental Science1.39×14 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.30×14 works
  11. Materials Science0.97×7 works
  12. Psychology0.95×6 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.94×2 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.94×6 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.88×4 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.86×2 works
  17. Engineering0.82×24 works
  18. Chemistry0.74×2 works
  19. Medicine0.63×24 works
  20. Social Sciences0.61×15 works
  21. Computer Science0.60×9 works
  22. Neuroscience0.49×2 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.34×2 works
  24. Health Professions0.28×2 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.26×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.17×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida?

Ranked on the quality score, Víctor M. Moo‐Huchin, Enrique Sauri‐Duch and Luis Cuevas‐Glory lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida.

  1. 1 Víctor M. Moo‐Huchin Mexico · #2,422,923 worldwide 1.4k citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Enrique Sauri‐Duch Mexico · #2,471,293 worldwide 1.9k citations · 69 works
  3. 3 Luis Cuevas‐Glory Mexico · #2,520,198 worldwide 1.5k citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Kevin Alejandro Avilés-Betanzos Mexico · #2,523,876 worldwide 194 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 María de Lourdes Vargas y Vargas Mexico · #2,892,816 worldwide 277 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Jesús Ramón-Sierra Mexico · #2,927,726 worldwide 333 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Elizabeth Ortíz‐Vázquez Mexico · #3,262,377 worldwide 1.3k citations · 63 works
  8. 8 Susana Rincón Mexico · #3,526,685 worldwide 592 citations · 48 works
  9. 9 Jorge Tamayo Cortez Mexico · #3,620,680 worldwide 168 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Sara Solís-Pereira Mexico · #3,843,326 worldwide 396 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida

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

The most cited paper from Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida is "Multimodal General Anesthesia: Theory and Practice" (Emery N. Brown, Kara J. Pavone, Marusa Naranjo, 2018), with 531 citations. Next come "A review of volatile analytical methods for determining the botanical origin of honey" (266) and "Antioxidant compounds, antioxidant activity and phenolic content in peel from three tropical fruits from Yucatan, Mexico" (230).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Multimodal General Anesthesia: Theory and Practice Emery N. Brown, Kara J. Pavone, Marusa Naranjo · Anesthesia & Analgesia Open access 29 Sep 2018 531
2 A review of volatile analytical methods for determining the botanical origin of honey Luis Cuevas‐Glory, Jorge Antonio Pino, Louis Stephen Santiago et al. · Food Chemistry 15 Oct 2006 266
3 Antioxidant compounds, antioxidant activity and phenolic content in peel from three tropical fruits from Yucatan, Mexico Víctor M. Moo‐Huchin, Mariela I. Moo-Huchin, Raciel Javier Estrada‐León et al. · Food Chemistry 5 Jun 2014 230
4 Determination of some physicochemical characteristics, bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity of tropical fruits from Yucatan, Mexico Víctor M. Moo‐Huchin, Iván A. Estrada-Mota, Raciel Javier Estrada‐León et al. · Food Chemistry 11 Dec 2013 196
5 Extraction, physicochemical characterization, and morphological properties of chitin and chitosan from cuticles of edible insects Andressa Jantzen da Silva Lucas, Eliézer Quadro Oreste, Helena Leão Gouveia Costa et al. · Food Chemistry Open access 6 Nov 2020 181
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Antioxidant, Nutrition, Rural Development, Health Benefits, Antioxidant Activity, Food Security and Polyphenols.

▲ 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. Sustainability12▲ 2.6×33 topics
  2. Climate Change10▲ 1.84×45 topics
  3. Antioxidant8▲ 5.7×17 topics
  4. Renewable Energy8▲ 2.7×21 topics
  5. Environmental Impact7▲ 2.1×23 topics
  6. Nutrition7▲ 7.6×7 topics
  7. Antioxidant Activity6▲ 5.2×16 topics
  8. Education6▲ 1.89×15 topics
  9. Innovation6▲ 3.1×14 topics
  10. Food Security6▲ 5.7×12 topics
  11. Rural Development6▲ 8.6×7 topics
  12. Health Benefits6▲ 8.8×6 topics
  13. Public Health6▲ 1.98×15 topics
  14. Biodiversity6▲ 3.7×14 topics
  15. Antioxidants5▲ 6.0×7 topics
  16. Polyphenols5▲ 14×5 topics
  17. Sustainable Agriculture5▲ 7.9×7 topics
  18. Flavonoids5▲ 9.0×5 topics
  19. Bioactive Compounds4▲ 8.9×7 topics
  20. Phenolic Compounds4▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Nutritional Significance4▲ 14×3 topics
  22. Phytochemicals4▲ 20×6 topics
  23. Medicinal Plants4▲ 5.3×13 topics
  24. Social Impact4▲ 5.2×7 topics
  25. Agriculture4▲ 5.0×5 topics
  26. Small and Medium Enterprises4▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Innovation Ecosystems4▲ 18×3 topics
  28. Antimicrobial Activity4▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Bioavailability4▲ 9.3×4 topics
  30. Rural Communities4▲ 32×2 topics
  31. Social Responsibility3▲ 7.3×3 topics
  32. CFD Simulation3▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Food3▲ 27×3 topics
  34. Turbulent Flow3▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Dietary Supplements3▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Fluid-Structure Interaction3▲ 9.8×3 topics
  37. Free Radicals3▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Psychopharmacology Education3▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Tourism Management3▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Sustainability Indicators3▲ 22×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Business, Innovation, and Economy, Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, Wind Energy Research and Development and Agricultural and Food Production Studies.

  1. 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  2. 2 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 3 works
  3. 3 Wind Energy Research and Development Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Agricultural and Food Production Studies Food Science 2 works
  5. 5 Plant and soil sciences General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  6. 6 Botanical Research and Applications Food Science 2 works
  7. 7 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Food Science 2 works
  8. 8 Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  9. 9 Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging Biomaterials 2 works
  10. 10 Food composition and properties Nutrition and Dietetics 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 available53.0%not open47.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.5%domestic only75.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 49% higher 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 Tecnológico de Mérida as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00077% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida0.0011% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida 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 Mérida9.4% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.3% in 2021.

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