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Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana

In research, Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana stands highest in Computer Science (#1,518 of 4,417 worldwide), Artificial Intelligence (#692 of 1,862 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,838 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Artificial Intelligence, Control and Systems Engineering and Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence is 10.6× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#8,119
of 22,385 · #16,706 all time
Rank in Mexico
#85
of 232
Research works
1.9k
▼ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
28k
14.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%

What is Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana 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
Computer ScienceField #1,518 of 4,417 7.4%127 #1571
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #692 of 1,862 7.6%90 #699
Physical SciencesDomain #5,838 of 10,670 6.5%238 #15900

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Computer Science#1,571 #1,518
  2. Artificial Intelligence#699 #692
  3. Physical Sciences#15,900 #5,838
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana is in Physical Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (36%), Engineering (17%), Medicine (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 258 fractional works · 68.5% of its workComputer Science: 135 fractional works · 35.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 97 fractional works · 25.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 14 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 63 fractional works · 16.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 20 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 15 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 15 fractional works · 3.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 3.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 49 fractional works · 13.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 43 fractional works · 11.3% of its workMedicine: 33 fractional works · 8.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 27 fractional works · 7.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitutoTecnológico de…377fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences68%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences13%

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. Computer Science13535.9%
    2. Engineering6316.6%
    3. Materials Science154.1%
    4. Mathematics153.8%
    5. Environmental Science123.2%
    6. Chemistry102.5%
    7. Energy41.0%
    8. Physics and Astronomy30.8%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Social Sciences133.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting112.8%
    3. Decision Sciences102.7%
    4. Psychology82.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance61.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    1. Medicine338.7%
    2. Health Professions102.5%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology102.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences102.7%
    3. Neuroscience61.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Artificial Intelligence takes 10.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 96.8 works11×
  2. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 20.0 works4.9×
  3. Computer ScienceField · 135.4 works4.6×
← 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: 0.56× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.93× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.61× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 4.61× its world share, 135 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.10× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.11× its world share, 63 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.17× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.27× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.96× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 33 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.88× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.78× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science4.61×135 works
  2. Mathematics3.27×14 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.78×10 works
  4. Chemistry1.61×10 works
  5. Materials Science1.17×15 works
  6. Engineering1.11×63 works
  7. Energy1.10×4 works
  8. Health Professions0.96×10 works
  9. Neuroscience0.93×6 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.88×11 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.72×6 works
  12. Psychology0.71×8 works
  13. Environmental Science0.64×12 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.56×10 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×10 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.51×1 works
  17. Medicine0.45×33 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.36×3 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.34×0 works
  20. Social Sciences0.28×13 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.21×1 works
  22. Nursing0.17×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.14×0 works
  24. Dentistry0.12×0 works
  25. Veterinary0.11×0 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.08×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana?

Ranked on the quality score, Mara Beltrán‐Gastélum, Juan R. Castro and Patricia Melín lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana.

  1. 1 Mara Beltrán‐Gastélum Mexico · #756,311 worldwide 1.2k citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Juan R. Castro Mexico · #1,083,604 worldwide 4.8k citations · 171 works
  3. 3 Patricia Melín Mexico · #1,727,198 worldwide 23k citations · 1,166 works
  4. 4 Fevrier Valdez Mexico · #1,910,562 worldwide 6.2k citations · 322 works
  5. 5 Oscar Castillo Mexico · #2,031,870 worldwide 29k citations · 1,481 works
  6. 6 Leticia Amador-Angulo Mexico · #2,050,089 worldwide 1.2k citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Emanuel Ontiveros-Robles Mexico · #2,098,164 worldwide 965 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Olivia D. Mendoza Mexico · #2,109,461 worldwide 2k citations · 64 works
  9. 9 Daniela Cristina Zambrano Sánchez Mexico · #2,255,623 worldwide 1.6k citations · 96 works
  10. 10 Cinthia Peraza Mexico · #2,606,518 worldwide 694 citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana

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

The most cited paper from Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana is "A semi-quantitative tribo-electric series for polymeric materials: the influence of chemical structure and properties" (Antonio Francisco Díaz, Rosa María Félix-Navarro, 2004), with 904 citations. Next come "Nitroaromatic compounds: Environmental toxicity, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, therapy and mechanism" (514) and "A comparative study of type-1 fuzzy logic systems, interval type-2 fuzzy logic systems and generalized type-2 fuzzy logic systems in control problems" (434).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A semi-quantitative tribo-electric series for polymeric materials: the influence of chemical structure and properties Antonio Francisco Díaz, Rosa María Félix-Navarro · Journal of Electrostatics 8 Jul 2004 904
2 Nitroaromatic compounds: Environmental toxicity, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, therapy and mechanism Peter Kovacic, Ratnasamy Somanathan · Journal of Applied Toxicology 16 Feb 2014 514
3 A comparative study of type-1 fuzzy logic systems, interval type-2 fuzzy logic systems and generalized type-2 fuzzy logic systems in control problems Oscar Castillo, Leticia Amador-Angulo, Juan R. Castro et al. · Information Sciences 22 Mar 2016 434
4 Poly(N-vinylcaprolactam), a comprehensive review on a thermoresponsive polymer becoming popular Norma Aidé Cortez-Lemus, Angel Licea‐Claveríe · Progress in Polymer Science 14 Aug 2015 405
5 Optimization of interval type-2 fuzzy logic controllers for a perturbed autonomous wheeled mobile robot using genetic algorithms Ricardo Martínez, Oscar Castillo, Luis T. Aguilar · Information Sciences 14 Jan 2009 339
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Pattern Recognition, System Identification, Control Systems, Fuzzy Logic Systems, Type-2 Fuzzy Sets and Neural Networks.

▲ 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 Learning66▲ 5.2×51 topics
  2. Deep Learning56▲ 4.3×46 topics
  3. Pattern Recognition36▲ 152×3 topics
  4. Control Systems36▲ 52×3 topics
  5. System Identification36▲ 258×2 topics
  6. Neural Networks36▲ 6.2×21 topics
  7. Fuzzy Logic Systems36▲ 603×1 topic
  8. Type-2 Fuzzy Sets36▲ 603×1 topic
  9. Evolutionary Algorithms28▲ 71×4 topics
  10. Particle Swarm Optimization22▲ 50×3 topics
  11. Artificial Neural Networks20▲ 12×4 topics
  12. Constraint Handling19▲ 64×2 topics
  13. Backpropagation Learning19▲ 68×1 topic
  14. Self-Organizing Maps19▲ 68×1 topic
  15. Ant Colony Optimization18▲ 91×2 topics
  16. Metaheuristics18▲ 59×2 topics
  17. Global Optimization18▲ 90×2 topics
  18. Differential Evolution18▲ 68×1 topic
  19. Firefly Algorithm18▲ 135×1 topic
  20. Feature Selection15▲ 19×5 topics
  21. Optimization14▲ 7.9×8 topics
  22. Classification13▲ 7.7×8 topics
  23. Fractional Calculus12▲ 55×2 topics
  24. Fuzzy Differential Equations11▲ 262×1 topic
  25. Uncertainty Theory11▲ 262×1 topic
  26. Multiobjective Optimization10▲ 49×2 topics
  27. Convolutional Neural Networks10▲ 3.5×10 topics
  28. Genetic Programming9▲ 112×1 topic
  29. Symbolic Regression9▲ 112×1 topic
  30. Adaptive Control8▲ 17×5 topics
  31. Feature Extraction8▲ 4.9×8 topics
  32. Path Planning8▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Feedback Control8▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Sliding Mode Control7▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Nonlinear Systems6▲ 7.6×4 topics
  36. Multi-Agent Systems6▲ 8.7×5 topics
  37. Fuzzy Sets6▲ 27×2 topics
  38. Analytic Hierarchy Process5▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Neural Network5▲ 8.0×5 topics
  40. TOPSIS5▲ 36×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Fuzzy Logic and Control Systems, Neural Networks and Applications, Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research and Fuzzy Systems and Optimization.

  1. 1 Fuzzy Logic and Control Systems Artificial Intelligence 36 works
  2. 2 Neural Networks and Applications Artificial Intelligence 19 works
  3. 3 Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research Artificial Intelligence 18 works
  4. 4 Fuzzy Systems and Optimization Statistics and Probability 11 works
  5. 5 Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications Artificial Intelligence 9 works
  6. 6 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 5 works
  7. 7 Robotic Path Planning Algorithms Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 5 works
  8. 8 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  9. 9 Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems Control and Systems Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 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 available20.3%not open79.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.9%domestic only84.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% lower 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 Tijuana as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana0.0017% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana4.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.4% in 2006.

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