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La Universidad Americana

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Research works
69
▲ 109% vs 2018-21
Citations
216
3.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
92%
world 40%
International
56%
world 18%
La Universidad Americana

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

Which fields of science does La Universidad Americana work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at La Universidad Americana is in Social Sciences, 23% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (37%), Medicine (21%), Arts and Humanities (8%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 13 fractional works · 53.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 37.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 6.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 5.7% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 8.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 6.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 23.3% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 20.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 20.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 8.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 6.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLa UniversidadAmericana24fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences53%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences937.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities28.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting15.3%
    4. Psychology01.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.6%
    1. Medicine520.5%
    2. Health Professions12.7%
    3. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Computer Science28.0%
    2. Energy16.0%
    3. Engineering13.2%
    4. Environmental Science12.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.8%
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: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 6.52× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.07× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.93× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.64× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.93× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy6.52×1 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.93×2 works
  3. Social Sciences2.93×9 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.64×1 works
  5. Medicine1.07×5 works
  6. Computer Science1.03×2 works
  7. Health Professions1.03×1 works
  8. Psychology0.62×0 works
  9. Environmental Science0.58×1 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.30×0 works
  12. Engineering0.21×1 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×0 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×0 works
  15. Dentistry0.07×0 works

What are the most cited papers from La Universidad Americana?

The most cited paper from La Universidad Americana is "ChatGPT: Applications, Opportunities, and Threats" (Aram Bahrini, Mohammadsadra Khamoshifar, Hossein Abbasimehr et al., 2023), with 295 citations. Next come "Stroke and Pneumonia: Mechanisms, Risk Factors, Management, and Prevention" (62) and "Coronary Artery Calcium Score - A Reliable Indicator of Coronary Artery Disease?" (54).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 ChatGPT: Applications, Opportunities, and Threats Aram Bahrini, Mohammadsadra Khamoshifar, Hossein Abbasimehr et al. Conference paper 27 Apr 2023 295
2 Stroke and Pneumonia: Mechanisms, Risk Factors, Management, and Prevention Idan Grossmann, Kevin Rodriguez, Mridul Soni et al. · Cureus Open access 26 Nov 2021 62
3 Coronary Artery Calcium Score - A Reliable Indicator of Coronary Artery Disease? Devarashetty Shreya, Diana I Zamora, Gautami S Patel et al. · Cureus Open access 3 Dec 2021 54
4 Cirrhosis and Coagulopathy: Mechanisms of Hemostasis Changes in Liver Failure and Their Management Rabia Islam, Sumana Kundu, Surajkumar B Jha et al. · Cureus Open access 3 Apr 2022 52
5 Multiple Myeloma and Renal Failure: Mechanisms, Diagnosis, and Management Sumana Kundu, Surajkumar B Jha, Ana P Rivera et al. · Cureus Open access 25 Feb 2022 46
All 51 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at La Universidad Americana?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Education, Cultural Identity, Latin America, Innovation, Colonialism, History and Knowledge Management.

▲ 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 29 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 29 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization4▲ 7.8×14 topics
  2. Education2▲ 5.9×9 topics
  3. Cultural Identity2▲ 16×6 topics
  4. Climate Change2▲ 2.6×4 topics
  5. Innovation2▲ 7.0×6 topics
  6. Latin America2▲ 37×5 topics
  7. Colonialism2▲ 13×4 topics
  8. Renewable Energy2▲ 4.5×4 topics
  9. Sustainability2▲ 2.6×5 topics
  10. E-Learning1▲ 6.2×2 topics
  11. History1▲ 8.5×5 topics
  12. Knowledge Management1▲ 10×4 topics
  13. Social Movements1▲ 18×5 topics
  14. Sustainable Development1▲ 3.1×4 topics
  15. Technology1▲ 10×3 topics
  16. Culture1▲ 9.3×3 topics
  17. Educational Technology1▲ 3.8×5 topics
  18. Autoimmune Disease1▲ 72×2 topics
  19. Corporate Social Responsibility1▲ 25×3 topics
  20. Criminal Justice1▲ 19×1 topic
  21. EROI1▲ 131×1 topic
  22. Fetal Hydrops1▲ 306×1 topic
  23. Fossil Fuels1▲ 90×1 topic
  24. Human Rights1▲ 4.1×4 topics
  25. Interculturalism1▲ 359×1 topic
  26. International Law1▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Parvovirus B191▲ 306×1 topic
  28. Penal System1▲ 261×1 topic
  29. Poetry1▲ 129×1 topic

Which research topics does La Universidad Americana publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: 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 worksPhilosophical Thought an…1Philosophical Thought and Analysis: 1 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 0 fractional worksCultural and political discourse analysis: 0 fractional worksBasque language and culture studies: 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 Philosophical Thought and Analysis General Social Sciences 1 works
  8. 8 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  9. 9 Cultural and political discourse analysis Linguistics and Language 0 works
  10. 10 Basque language and culture studies Cultural Studies 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has La Universidad Americana's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 109% 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 La Universidad Americana as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000041% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%La Universidad Americana0.000099% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of La Universidad Americana over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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