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Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences

In research, Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,366 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,086 of 10,521 worldwide) and Education (#1,398 of 1,892 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Literature and Literary Theory — Literature and Literary Theory is 10.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,041
of 28,054 · #22,080 all time
Rank in Chile
#62
of 107
Research works
1.2k
▲ 77% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.5k
4.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesField #2,366 of 6,365 15.5%136 #3577
Social SciencesDomain #4,086 of 10,521 14.8%212 #5917
EducationSubfield #1,398 of 1,892 20.9%65 #1931
Physical SciencesDomain #11,535 of 12,888 10.9%66 #16978

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#3,577 #2,366
  2. Social Sciences#5,917 #4,086
  3. Education#1,931 #1,398
  4. Physical Sciences#16,978 #11,535
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Literature and Literary Theory takes 10.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 20.1 works11×
← 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: 1.40× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.15× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.94× its world share, 26 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.46× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.38× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.06× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 26 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 4.01× its world share, 41 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.96× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.05× its world share, 136 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.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Marcelo González Orb, Fernando Maureira Cid and Jaime Solervicens lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences.

  1. 1 Marcelo González Orb Chile · #1,006,767 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Fernando Maureira Cid Chile · #1,170,612 worldwide 5 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Jaime Solervicens Chile · #1,335,298 worldwide 8 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Christian R. González Chile · #1,559,684 worldwide 1 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Education53▲ 8.7×38 topics
  2. Globalization34▲ 4.9×29 topics
  3. Latin America23▲ 35×11 topics
  4. Teacher Development22▲ 101×2 topics
  5. Curriculum Design21▲ 81×2 topics
  6. Educational Leadership21▲ 46×2 topics
  7. Organizational Commitment20▲ 29×2 topics
  8. Student Performance20▲ 53×2 topics
  9. Quality Education20▲ 152×1 topic
  10. School Culture20▲ 152×1 topic
  11. Innovation19▲ 5.0×15 topics
  12. Poetry18▲ 154×3 topics
  13. Educational Technology17▲ 4.1×16 topics
  14. Pedagogy16▲ 9.5×11 topics
  15. Inclusive Education16▲ 13×12 topics
  16. Gender16▲ 8.4×12 topics
  17. Colonialism16▲ 9.5×8 topics
  18. Cultural Identity15▲ 8.4×7 topics
  19. Memory15▲ 17×6 topics
  20. Teacher Training13▲ 6.1×12 topics
  21. Interculturalism13▲ 309×1 topic
  22. Mapuche13▲ 309×1 topic
  23. E-Learning13▲ 3.7×6 topics
  24. Social Movements13▲ 12×12 topics
  25. Identity12▲ 4.6×12 topics
  26. Technology12▲ 6.2×6 topics
  27. Social Inequality12▲ 12×7 topics
  28. Distance Learning11▲ 9.6×6 topics
  29. History11▲ 4.6×15 topics
  30. Physical Activity11▲ 6.6×10 topics
  31. Communication11▲ 9.9×8 topics
  32. Social Impact10▲ 7.5×6 topics
  33. Culture10▲ 5.4×11 topics
  34. Narrative9▲ 16×4 topics
  35. Adolescents9▲ 6.8×8 topics
  36. Online Education9▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Digital Divide9▲ 9.5×3 topics
  38. ICT8▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Migrant Integration8▲ 65×2 topics
  40. Virtual Teaching8▲ 44×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: 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…20Education and Teacher Training: 20 fractional worksCultural and Social Studies in Latin America: 13 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 8 fractional worksPolitical and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America: 6 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 5 fractional worksGender and Feminist Studies: 4 fractional worksComparative Literary Analysis and Criticism: 4 fractional worksHigher Education Teaching and Evaluation: 4 fractional worksCinema History and Criticism: 4 fractional worksSocial Skills and Education: 4 fractional works
EducationLiterature and Literary TheoryInformation SystemsSociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Education and Teacher Training Education 20 works
  2. 2 Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America Literature and Literary Theory 13 works
  3. 3 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 8 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 4 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 Cinema History and Criticism Visual Arts and Performing Arts 4 works
  10. 10 Social Skills and Education 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 77% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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