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University · San Pedro · Costa Rica

Latin University of Costa Rica

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,619
of 28,054 · #36,107 all time
Rank in Costa Rica
#13
of 26
Research works
285
▲ 87% vs 2013–17
Citations
1k
3.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

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: 0.83× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.83× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.62× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.72× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.65× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.49× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.05× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.56× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.87× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.20× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.29× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.65× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Latin University of Costa Rica?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Digital Marketing, Social Responsibility, COVID-19, Small and Medium Enterprises, Urban Development, Psychopharmacology Education, Tourism Management and Economic Impact.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. COVID-196▲ 4.1×11 topics
  2. Epidemiology6▲ 1.41×22 topics
  3. Sustainability5▲ 1.90×16 topics
  4. Digital Marketing4▲ 11×2 topics
  5. Social Responsibility4▲ 19×3 topics
  6. Globalization4▲ 2.2×7 topics
  7. Economic Impact4▲ 7.0×2 topics
  8. Small and Medium Enterprises4▲ 23×2 topics
  9. Urban Development4▲ 11×2 topics
  10. Pandemic4▲ 3.6×8 topics
  11. Psychopharmacology Education4▲ 58×1 topic
  12. Tourism Management4▲ 53×1 topic
  13. Latin America4▲ 19×2 topics
  14. Educational Technology4▲ 3.0×9 topics
  15. Social Media3▲ 2.4×9 topics
  16. Entrepreneurship3▲ 8.3×4 topics
  17. Housing3▲ 66×2 topics
  18. Social Capital3▲ 6.1×6 topics
  19. Urbanization3▲ 7.9×3 topics
  20. Communication3▲ 10×4 topics
  21. Social Inequality3▲ 12×2 topics
  22. Residential3▲ 161×1 topic
  23. Segregation3▲ 37×1 topic
  24. E-Learning3▲ 2.8×5 topics
  25. Knowledge Management3▲ 4.7×6 topics
  26. Social Networks3▲ 9.8×5 topics
  27. Biodiversity2▲ 3.5×8 topics
  28. Digital Media2▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Pedagogy2▲ 4.2×5 topics
  30. Organizational Culture2▲ 4.9×3 topics
  31. Competitiveness2▲ 22×4 topics
  32. Information Systems2▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Population Dynamics2▲ 7.1×6 topics
  34. Public Perception2▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Technology Acceptance Model2▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Workplace Safety2▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Online Shopping2▲ 8.1×1 topic
  38. Partial Least Squares2▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Poverty Alleviation2▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Structural Equation Modeling2▲ 7.8×2 topics

Which research topics does Latin University of Costa Rica publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Business, Innovation, and Economy, Latin American Urban Studies, Communication and COVID-19 Impact and Technology Adoption and User Behaviour.

Business, Innovation, an…4Business, Innovation, and Economy: 4 fractional worksLatin American Urban Studies: 3 fractional worksCommunication and COVID-19 Impact: 2 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 2 fractional worksConsumer Retail Behavior Studies: 1 fractional worksWildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation: 1 fractional worksInnovation and Socioecon…1Innovation and Socioeconomic Development: 1 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 1 fractional worksDermatological diseases and infestations: 1 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 1 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsUrban StudiesCommunicationInformation Systems and Management6 others

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

  1. 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  2. 2 Latin American Urban Studies Urban Studies 3 works
  3. 3 Communication and COVID-19 Impact Communication 2 works
  4. 4 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 2 works
  5. 5 Consumer Retail Behavior Studies Marketing 1 works
  6. 6 Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  7. 7 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 1 works
  8. 8 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Dermatological diseases and infestations Infectious Diseases 1 works
  10. 10 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 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 available78.1%not open21.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.7%domestic only80.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Latin University of Costa Rica's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 87% higher than in 2013–2017.

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