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Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences

In research, Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,079 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,605 of 5,988 worldwide) and Education (#1,178 of 1,930 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Literature and Literary Theory (Literature and Literary Theory is 10.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,715
of 22,385 · #8,043 all time
Rank in Chile
#54
of 104
Research works
1.2k
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.5k
4.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
70%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences

What is Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences 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
Social SciencesDomain #3,079 of 9,585 10.1%212 #3567
Social SciencesField #2,605 of 5,988 10.5%136 #2750
EducationSubfield #1,178 of 1,930 10.9%65 #1380
Physical SciencesDomain #9,712 of 10,670 5.6%66 #12379

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences 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. Social Sciences#3,567 #3,079
  2. Social Sciences#2,750 #2,605
  3. Education#1,380 #1,178
  4. Physical Sciences#12,379 #9,712
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 Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences is in Social Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (39%), Arts and Humanities (11%), Psychology (9%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 242 fractional works · 60.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 155 fractional works · 38.8% of its workEducation: 71 fractional works · 17.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 29 fractional works · 7.1% of its workCultural Studies: 14 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 46 fractional works · 11.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 22 fractional works · 5.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMuseology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 36 fractional works · 9.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 13 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 75 fractional works · 18.8% of its workComputer Science: 29 fractional works · 7.1% of its workInformation Systems: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNumerical Analysis: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 43 fractional works · 10.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 25 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInsect Science: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 41 fractional works · 10.3% of its workMedicine: 30 fractional works · 7.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKMetropolitanUniversity of…401fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences60%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences15538.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities4611.5%
    3. Psychology369.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.5%
    5. Decision Sciences10.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    1. Computer Science297.1%
    2. Physics and Astronomy123.1%
    3. Environmental Science102.4%
    4. Mathematics82.0%
    5. Engineering81.9%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences41.0%
    7. Chemistry30.7%
    8. Materials Science10.3%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences256.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology92.2%
    3. Neuroscience82.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine307.6%
    2. Health Professions112.6%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Literature and Literary Theory takes 10.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 21.7 works10×
← 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: 1.33× its world share, 25 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.27× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.92× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.69× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.40× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.00× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 30 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.97× its world share, 46 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.96× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.07× its world share, 156 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.97×46 works
  2. Social Sciences3.07×156 works
  3. Psychology2.96×36 works
  4. Mathematics1.69×8 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.40×12 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.33×25 works
  7. Neuroscience1.27×8 works
  8. Health Professions1.00×10 works
  9. Computer Science0.92×29 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.64×4 works
  11. Environmental Science0.49×10 works
  12. Chemistry0.45×3 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×9 works
  14. Medicine0.39×30 works
  15. Veterinary0.31×0 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.28×1 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×2 works
  18. Energy0.13×0 works
  19. Engineering0.13×8 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×1 works
  21. Dentistry0.11×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.10×1 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×0 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences?

Ranked on the quality score, Francisca Eunice Beroíza Valenzuela, Rodrigo C. Vergara and Sofía Druker Ibáñez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences.

  1. 1 Francisca Eunice Beroíza Valenzuela Chile · #1,381,257 worldwide 80 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Rodrigo C. Vergara Chile · #1,590,313 worldwide 1.2k citations · 108 works
  3. 3 Sofía Druker Ibáñez Chile · #1,726,209 worldwide 221 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Lizethly Cáceres-Jensen Chile · #1,734,188 worldwide 826 citations · 43 works
  5. 5 Jorge Joo Nagata Chile · #2,665,493 worldwide 447 citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Reinaldo Vargas Chile · #2,723,912 worldwide 411 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Jessica Ibarra-Mora Chile · #2,818,137 worldwide 257 citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Kuo‐Shou Chiu Chile · #2,890,438 worldwide 528 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Noemí Grinspun Chile · #2,939,658 worldwide 182 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 L. Barrera Chile · #3,048,801 worldwide 988 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences

What are the most cited papers from Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences?

The most cited paper from Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences is "Coordination compounds of copper, nickel and iron with Schiff bases derived from hydroxynaphthaldehydes and salicylaldehydes" (J. Costamagna, J. Vargas, Ramón Latorre et al., 1992), with 360 citations. Next come "Sedentary behaviours during pregnancy: a systematic review" (213) and "Complexes of macrocycles with pendant arms as models for biological molecules" (184).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Coordination compounds of copper, nickel and iron with Schiff bases derived from hydroxynaphthaldehydes and salicylaldehydes J. Costamagna, J. Vargas, Ramón Latorre et al. · Coordination Chemistry Reviews Open access Oct 1992 360
2 Sedentary behaviours during pregnancy: a systematic review Caterina Fazzi, David H. Saunders, Kathryn L.P. Linton et al. · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity ReviewOpen access 14 Mar 2017 213
3 Complexes of macrocycles with pendant arms as models for biological molecules J. Costamagna, Guillermo J. Ferraudi, Betty Matsuhiro et al. · Coordination Chemistry Reviews Open access 2000 184
4 Helium enhanced stars and multiple populations along the horizontal branch of NGC 2808: direct spectroscopic measurements★ Anna Fabiola Marino, Antonino P. Milone, N. Przybilla et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Open access 20 Nov 2013 156
5 Mitochondrial Dysfunction Contributes to the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease Fabian Cabezas-Opazo, Katiana Vergara-Pulgar, Maria Jose Perez J. et al. · Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity Open access 2015 149
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Globalization, Latin America, Teacher Development, Educational Leadership, Curriculum Design, Organizational Commitment and Student Performance.

▲ 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. Education57▲ 8.3×41 topics
  2. Globalization40▲ 5.1×37 topics
  3. Latin America26▲ 34×12 topics
  4. Teacher Development23▲ 90×2 topics
  5. Educational Leadership21▲ 41×2 topics
  6. Curriculum Design21▲ 75×2 topics
  7. Organizational Commitment21▲ 26×2 topics
  8. Student Performance21▲ 49×2 topics
  9. Quality Education21▲ 142×1 topic
  10. School Culture21▲ 142×1 topic
  11. Educational Technology20▲ 4.3×17 topics
  12. Innovation20▲ 4.8×15 topics
  13. Poetry18▲ 141×3 topics
  14. Inclusive Education18▲ 13×12 topics
  15. Colonialism18▲ 9.5×9 topics
  16. Pedagogy18▲ 8.8×13 topics
  17. Gender17▲ 7.9×12 topics
  18. Cultural Identity16▲ 8.1×7 topics
  19. Memory15▲ 15×6 topics
  20. Teacher Training15▲ 6.1×12 topics
  21. Literary Discourse14▲ 159×2 topics
  22. Social Movements14▲ 12×12 topics
  23. E-Learning14▲ 3.6×7 topics
  24. Interculturalism14▲ 293×1 topic
  25. Mapuche14▲ 293×1 topic
  26. Human Rights14▲ 3.3×11 topics
  27. History13▲ 4.8×15 topics
  28. Technology13▲ 6.1×8 topics
  29. Identity13▲ 4.3×13 topics
  30. Social Inequality12▲ 11×7 topics
  31. Physical Activity12▲ 6.2×10 topics
  32. Distance Learning12▲ 8.7×6 topics
  33. Social Impact12▲ 7.4×6 topics
  34. Community Participation11▲ 8.0×7 topics
  35. Communication11▲ 8.8×8 topics
  36. Culture11▲ 5.3×11 topics
  37. Online Education9▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Migrant Integration9▲ 67×2 topics
  39. Narrative9▲ 15×4 topics
  40. Digital Divide9▲ 8.7×3 topics

Which research topics does Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education and Teacher Training, Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America, Educational Innovations and Technology and Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America.

Education and Teacher Tr…21Education and Teacher Training: 21 fractional worksCultural and Social Studies in Latin America: 14 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 9 fractional worksPolitical and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America: 6 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 5 fractional worksGender and Feminist Studies: 5 fractional worksComparative Literary Analysis and Criticism: 4 fractional worksHigher Education Teaching and Evaluation: 4 fractional worksSocial Skills and Education: 4 fractional worksInclusive Education and Diversity: 4 fractional works
EducationLiterature and Literary TheoryInformation SystemsSociology and Political Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Education and Teacher Training Education 21 works
  2. 2 Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America Literature and Literary Theory 14 works
  3. 3 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 9 works
  4. 4 Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  5. 5 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 5 works
  6. 6 Gender and Feminist Studies Gender Studies 5 works
  7. 7 Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 4 works
  8. 8 Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation Education 4 works
  9. 9 Social Skills and Education Education 4 works
  10. 10 Inclusive Education and Diversity Education 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 available70.4%not open29.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.0%domestic only80.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021.

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grewheldshrank

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 Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0014% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences0.0018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences8.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.8% in 2020.

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