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La Universidad Americana

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Research works
69
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
216
3.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
92%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: La Universidad Americana is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 8.24× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.09× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.18× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at La Universidad Americana?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Education, Latin America, Public Policy, Inequality, Sustainability, Social Movements and History.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Globalization8▲ 6.0×25 topics
  2. Education7▲ 7.3×22 topics
  3. Sustainability6▲ 4.7×15 topics
  4. Latin America5▲ 39×10 topics
  5. Public Policy5▲ 16×8 topics
  6. Inequality5▲ 26×7 topics
  7. Climate Change4▲ 2.4×11 topics
  8. Social Movements4▲ 19×7 topics
  9. History4▲ 7.0×12 topics
  10. Sustainable Development4▲ 4.8×7 topics
  11. Community Engagement4▲ 17×6 topics
  12. Cultural Identity3▲ 11×8 topics
  13. Innovation3▲ 5.3×9 topics
  14. Democracy3▲ 12×6 topics
  15. Sociolinguistics3▲ 24×4 topics
  16. Culture3▲ 9.1×7 topics
  17. Identity3▲ 5.7×12 topics
  18. Social Justice3▲ 8.0×6 topics
  19. Constitutionalism3▲ 34×3 topics
  20. Gender3▲ 6.7×8 topics
  21. Human Rights3▲ 4.3×9 topics
  22. Colonialism2▲ 7.1×9 topics
  23. Community Development2▲ 21×5 topics
  24. Ethics2▲ 7.6×4 topics
  25. Urban Development2▲ 11×5 topics
  26. International Law2▲ 13×4 topics
  27. Local Development2▲ 25×2 topics
  28. Territorial Governance2▲ 24×3 topics
  29. Political Power2▲ 55×3 topics
  30. Society2▲ 14×5 topics
  31. Pragmatics2▲ 20×3 topics
  32. Corporate Social Responsibility2▲ 24×3 topics
  33. Technology2▲ 6.8×4 topics
  34. Language Contact2▲ 32×2 topics
  35. Migration2▲ 9.1×7 topics
  36. Philosophy2▲ 6.0×3 topics
  37. Revolution2▲ 84×2 topics
  38. Criminal Justice2▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Citizen Participation2▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Social Sciences2▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does La Universidad Americana publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Criminal Justice and Penology, Global Energy and Sustainability Research, Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies and Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America.

Criminal Justice and Pen…1Criminal Justice and Penology: 1 fractional worksGlobal Energy and Sustai…1Global Energy and Sustainability Research: 1 fractional worksParvovirus B19 Infection…1Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies: 1 fractional worksCultural and Social Stud…1Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America: 1 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 1 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 1 fractional worksComparative Internationa…0Comparative International Legal Studies: 0 fractional worksBasque language and cult…0Basque language and culture studies: 0 fractional worksEducation, sociology, an…0Education, sociology, and vocational training: 0 fractional worksPhilosophical Thought an…0Philosophical Thought and Analysis: 0 fractional works
LawRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentInfectious DiseasesLiterature and Literary Theory6 others

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

  1. 1 Criminal Justice and Penology Law 1 works
  2. 2 Global Energy and Sustainability Research Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  3. 3 Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies Infectious Diseases 1 works
  4. 4 Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  5. 5 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 1 works
  6. 6 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 1 works
  7. 7 Comparative International Legal Studies Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  8. 8 Basque language and culture studies Cultural Studies 0 works
  9. 9 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Philosophical Thought and Analysis General Social Sciences 0 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 available92.0%not open8.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors55.5%domestic only44.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has La Universidad Americana's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% lower 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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