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Inter-American Institute

In research, Inter-American Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,314 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#17,908
of 34,923
Rank in Uruguay
#14
of 27
Research works
345
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.1k
11.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
45%
world 18%
Inter-American Institute

What is Inter-American Institute 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 #8,314 of 14,833 11.8%174

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Inter-American Institute 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 Inter-American Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Inter-American Institute is in Social Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (35%), Medicine (13%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 31 fractional works · 50.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 34.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 10.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 18.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 11.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 18.0% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 13.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% 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 workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 12.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 11.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInter-AmericanInstitute62fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences50%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2134.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance34.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting23.5%
    4. Psychology22.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities22.5%
    6. Decision Sciences12.1%
    1. Environmental Science711.5%
    2. Computer Science22.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.5%
    4. Engineering11.7%
    5. Energy00.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    7. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Medicine813.5%
    2. Health Professions23.7%
    3. Nursing00.4%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences711.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.8%
    3. Neuroscience00.5%
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: 2.43× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.31× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.42× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.27× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.10× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.14× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.27× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.74× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences2.74×21 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.43×7 works
  3. Environmental Science2.31×7 works
  4. Veterinary2.27×0 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.27×3 works
  6. Decision Sciences2.14×1 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.58×2 works
  8. Health Professions1.42×2 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.10×2 works
  10. Psychology0.88×2 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.86×2 works
  12. Nursing0.83×0 works
  13. Medicine0.70×8 works
  14. Energy0.49×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.32×2 works
  16. Neuroscience0.29×0 works
  17. Dentistry0.19×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.13×0 works
  20. Engineering0.11×1 works
  21. Mathematics0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Inter-American Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Alwyn V. Freeman, Liz Willetts and César Rodríguez Garavito lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Inter-American Institute.

  1. 1 Alwyn V. Freeman Uruguay · #1,405,895 worldwide 321 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Liz Willetts Uruguay · #2,004,432 worldwide 98 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 César Rodríguez Garavito Uruguay · #2,331,446 worldwide 224 citations · 64 works
  4. 4 John Blydenstein Uruguay · #2,510,265 worldwide 211 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 George C. Dunham Uruguay · #2,677,802 worldwide 108 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Albert O. Rhoad Uruguay · #2,802,588 worldwide 114 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Leo Gabriel Uruguay · #4,104,469 worldwide 22 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Juçara Aguiar Guimarães Silva Uruguay · #4,146,379 worldwide 9 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 M. Ohira Uruguay · #4,676,741 worldwide 39 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Bernard Bridier Uruguay · #5,209,385 worldwide 56 citations · 79 works
All ranked researchers at Inter-American Institute

What are the most cited papers from Inter-American Institute?

The most cited paper from Inter-American Institute is "Attitudes, Values and Organizational Culture: Disentangling the Concepts" (Geert H. Hofstede, 1998), with 810 citations. Next come "Assessing Financial Impacts of Subclinical Mastitis on Colombian Dairy Farms" (178) and "Climate predicts geographic and temporal variation in mosquito-borne disease dynamics on two continents" (148).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Attitudes, Values and Organizational Culture: Disentangling the Concepts Geert H. Hofstede · Organization Studies May 1998 810
2 Assessing Financial Impacts of Subclinical Mastitis on Colombian Dairy Farms Jaime Romero, Efraín Benavides Ortiz, Carlos Meza · Frontiers in Veterinary Science Open access 27 Nov 2018 178
3 Climate predicts geographic and temporal variation in mosquito-borne disease dynamics on two continents Jamie M. Caldwell, Angelle Desiree LaBeaud, Éric F. Lambin et al. · Nature Communications Open access 23 Feb 2021 148
4 Elimination of Taenia solium Transmission in Northern Peru Hector Hugo Garcia, Armando Emiliano Gonzalez, Victor C. W. Tsang et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 15 Jun 2016 144
5 How Do Courts Set Health Policy? The Case of the Colombian Constitutional Court Alicia Ely Yamin, Oscar Parra-Vera · PLoS Medicine Open access 12 Feb 2009 144
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Inter-American Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Climate Change, Public Health, Vulnerability, Sustainable Development, Sustainability, International Law and Governance.

▲ 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. Globalization6▲ 5.3×20 topics
  2. Climate Change6▲ 3.8×33 topics
  3. Epidemiology4▲ 1.69×17 topics
  4. Public Health4▲ 4.7×18 topics
  5. Sustainability4▲ 2.8×16 topics
  6. Sustainable Development4▲ 4.0×17 topics
  7. Vulnerability3▲ 20×6 topics
  8. Environmental Impact2▲ 2.3×11 topics
  9. International Law2▲ 12×7 topics
  10. Governance2▲ 11×7 topics
  11. Mental Health2▲ 2.3×10 topics
  12. Biodiversity2▲ 4.0×6 topics
  13. Innovation2▲ 3.0×6 topics
  14. Qualitative Research2▲ 3.6×5 topics
  15. Rural Development2▲ 8.8×6 topics
  16. Economic Growth2▲ 3.6×8 topics
  17. Global Warming2▲ 6.8×6 topics
  18. Resilience2▲ 5.8×7 topics
  19. Knowledge Management2▲ 5.1×5 topics
  20. Sustainable Agriculture2▲ 9.1×3 topics
  21. Food Security2▲ 4.8×6 topics
  22. Higher Education2▲ 4.9×4 topics
  23. Latin America2▲ 13×7 topics
  24. Agriculture2▲ 6.3×3 topics
  25. Inequality2▲ 10×4 topics
  26. Corporate Social Responsibility1▲ 13×4 topics
  27. Economic Security1▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Healthcare Access1▲ 8.6×4 topics
  29. Infectious Diseases1▲ 6.7×3 topics
  30. Social Inequality1▲ 8.6×5 topics
  31. Political Economy1▲ 8.3×2 topics
  32. Climate Change Resilience1▲ 33×2 topics
  33. Environmental Protection1▲ 40×3 topics
  34. Global Governance1▲ 8.3×6 topics
  35. Human Health1▲ 12×2 topics
  36. International Relations1▲ 8.1×5 topics
  37. Economic Crisis1▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Smallholder Farmers1▲ 8.8×2 topics
  39. Social Determinants1▲ 8.9×4 topics
  40. Social Determinants of Health1▲ 8.2×3 topics

Which research topics does Inter-American Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management, Climate Change and Health Impacts and Zoonotic diseases and public health.

Archaeology and ancient …1Archaeology and ancient environmental studies: 1 fractional worksDiabetic Foot Ulcer Asse…1Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and pu…1Zoonotic diseases and public health: 1 fractional worksAgriculture, Land Use, R…1Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development: 1 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 1 fractional worksWater Governance and Infrastructure: 1 fractional worksAgricultural risk and re…1Agricultural risk and resilience: 1 fractional worksArctic and Russian Policy Studies: 1 fractional worksInternational Maritime Law Issues: 1 fractional works
PaleontologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health6 others

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

  1. 1 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 1 works
  2. 2 Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  3. 3 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  4. 4 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  5. 5 Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  6. 6 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 1 works
  7. 7 Water Governance and Infrastructure Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  8. 8 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 1 works
  9. 9 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 International Maritime Law Issues Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 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 available47.2%not open52.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.1%domestic only54.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Inter-American Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% 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 Inter-American Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00017% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Inter-American Institute0.00025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Inter-American Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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