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Ministerio de Educación Pública

In research, Ministerio de Educación Pública stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,487 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,080 of 5,988 worldwide) and Education (#671 of 1,930 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Science Applications, Education and Information Systems (Computer Science Applications is 18.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,449
of 22,385 · #8,378 all time
Rank in Costa Rica
#7
of 26
Research works
1k
▲ 126% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.7k
1.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
84%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
Ministerio de Educación Pública

What is Ministerio de Educación Pública 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 #2,487 of 9,585 8.9%286 #3627
Social SciencesField #2,080 of 5,988 9.8%213 #2888
EducationSubfield #671 of 1,930 8.3%131 #1317
Information SystemsSubfield #706 of 1,321 7.8%64 -
Computer ScienceField #2,616 of 4,417 7.5%87 #4689
Physical SciencesDomain #8,214 of 10,670 7.2%100 #13056

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministerio de Educación Pública 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#3,627 #2,487
  2. Social Sciences#2,888 #2,080
  3. Education#1,317 #671
  4. Computer Science#4,689 #2,616
  5. Physical Sciences#13,056 #8,214
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 Ministerio de Educación Pública work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Ministerio de Educación Pública is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (49%), Computer Science (19%), Psychology (8%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 335 fractional works · 65.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 248 fractional works · 48.7% of its workEducation: 157 fractional works · 30.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 20 fractional works · 3.8% of its workDemography: 13 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLaw: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 42 fractional works · 8.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 17 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 22 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAccounting: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 113 fractional works · 22.1% of its workComputer Science: 99 fractional works · 19.4% of its workInformation Systems: 72 fractional works · 14.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 23 fractional works · 4.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 40 fractional works · 7.8% of its workHealth Professions: 26 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKMinisterio deEducación Pública510fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences66%

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 Sciences24848.7%
    2. Psychology428.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting224.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities122.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance91.7%
    6. Decision Sciences20.4%
    1. Computer Science9919.4%
    2. Environmental Science71.4%
    3. Engineering20.4%
    4. Energy20.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    6. Mathematics10.2%
    7. Materials Science10.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    9. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Health Professions265.1%
    2. Medicine132.6%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences142.7%
    2. Neuroscience61.2%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ministerio de Educación Pública specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Science Applications takes 18.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 23.5 works19×
  2. EducationSubfield · 157.4 works10×
  3. Information SystemsSubfield · 71.8 works8.0×
← 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: 0.56× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.49× its world share, 99 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.92× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.85× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.34× its world share, 22 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.82× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.70× its world share, 42 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.85× its world share, 248 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.85×248 works
  2. Psychology2.70×42 works
  3. Computer Science2.49×99 works
  4. Health Professions1.92×26 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.34×22 works
  6. Arts and Humanities0.85×12 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.82×9 works
  8. Neuroscience0.74×6 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.56×14 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.39×2 works
  11. Energy0.32×2 works
  12. Environmental Science0.28×7 works
  13. Mathematics0.18×1 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×1 works
  15. Dentistry0.16×0 works
  16. Nursing0.16×0 works
  17. Medicine0.14×13 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×2 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.05×0 works
  20. Engineering0.03×2 works
  21. Materials Science0.03×1 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.01×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ministerio de Educación Pública?

Ranked on the quality score, Freddy Ernesto Ortiz Zorrilla, Evelyne Bévort and Ángel Luis Durán lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministerio de Educación Pública.

  1. 1 Freddy Ernesto Ortiz Zorrilla Costa Rica · #2,059,585 worldwide 12 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Evelyne Bévort Costa Rica · #2,327,371 worldwide 157 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Ángel Luis Durán Costa Rica · #2,922,788 worldwide 18 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Andrés Fernández Aráuz Costa Rica · #2,960,692 worldwide 84 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Javier Botero Álvarez Costa Rica · #4,456,961 worldwide 362 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Raúl Gonzalo Torricella Morales Costa Rica · #4,475,626 worldwide 59 citations · 52 works
  7. 7 Sandra Ovares Barquero Costa Rica · #4,526,542 worldwide 18 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Jenny de la Caridad Hernández Betancourt Costa Rica · #4,895,608 worldwide 4 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Ministerio de Educación Pública

What are the most cited papers from Ministerio de Educación Pública?

The most cited paper from Ministerio de Educación Pública is "Regulated expression on human macrophages of endoglin, an Arg‐Gly‐Asp‐containing surface antigen" (Pedro Lastres, Teresa Bellón, Carlos Cabañas et al., 1992), with 227 citations. Next come "Conocimientos actuales sobre nutrición" (64) and "Educación por habilidades: Perspectivas y retos para el sistema educativo" (63).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Regulated expression on human macrophages of endoglin, an Arg‐Gly‐Asp‐containing surface antigen Pedro Lastres, Teresa Bellón, Carlos Cabañas et al. · European Journal of Immunology Feb 1992 227
2 Conocimientos actuales sobre nutrición Ekhard E. Ziegler, L. J Filer · Revista Española de Salud Pública Open access Jul 1998 64
3 Educación por habilidades: Perspectivas y retos para el sistema educativo Mauricio Cristhian Portillo Torres · Revista Educación Open access 27 Jun 2017 63
4 Desde el Diseño Universal para el Aprendizaje: el estudiantado al aprender se evalúa y al evaluarle aprende Mario Alberto Segura-Castillo, Maybel Quirós-Acuña · Revista Educación Open access 21 Jan 2019 58
5 Aplicación del análisis factorial confirmatorio a un modelo de medición del rendimiento académico en lectura Andrés Fernández Aráuz · Revista de Ciencias Económicas Open access 16 Dec 2015 56
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ministerio de Educación Pública?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, E-Learning, Educational Technology, Pedagogy, Distance Learning, Innovation, COVID-19 and Inclusive Education.

▲ 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. Education150▲ 17×41 topics
  2. E-Learning82▲ 17×12 topics
  3. Educational Technology81▲ 13×24 topics
  4. Pedagogy77▲ 30×9 topics
  5. Distance Learning61▲ 34×7 topics
  6. Innovation58▲ 11×19 topics
  7. COVID-1956▲ 8.4×11 topics
  8. Inclusive Education53▲ 29×12 topics
  9. Online Education52▲ 53×3 topics
  10. Teacher Development52▲ 163×2 topics
  11. Digital Divide52▲ 39×4 topics
  12. Digital Competence51▲ 115×2 topics
  13. ICT51▲ 75×1 topic
  14. Virtual Teaching51▲ 187×1 topic
  15. Teacher Training51▲ 16×12 topics
  16. Student Performance47▲ 87×2 topics
  17. Educational Leadership46▲ 72×3 topics
  18. Organizational Commitment46▲ 46×2 topics
  19. Quality Education46▲ 251×1 topic
  20. School Culture46▲ 251×1 topic
  21. Knowledge Management34▲ 12×11 topics
  22. Informal Learning32▲ 48×4 topics
  23. Globalization31▲ 3.1×25 topics
  24. Technology27▲ 10×12 topics
  25. Online Learning27▲ 6.3×11 topics
  26. Social Impact25▲ 13×8 topics
  27. Physical Activity25▲ 10.0×7 topics
  28. Digital Marketing24▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Curriculum Development24▲ 7.1×4 topics
  30. Student Achievement23▲ 50×5 topics
  31. Competitiveness22▲ 55×6 topics
  32. Health Promotion22▲ 14×11 topics
  33. Digital Transformation21▲ 7.7×8 topics
  34. Communication20▲ 13×7 topics
  35. University Students20▲ 71×2 topics
  36. Adolescents19▲ 10×6 topics
  37. Research18▲ 29×6 topics
  38. Social Sciences18▲ 25×6 topics
  39. Educational Projects17▲ 76×1 topic
  40. Remote Learning17▲ 76×1 topic

Which research topics does Ministerio de Educación Pública publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Educational Innovations and Technology, Education and Teacher Training, E-Learning and Knowledge Management and Literacy and Educational Practices.

Educational Innovations …51Educational Innovations and Technology: 51 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Tr…46Education and Teacher Training: 46 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 17 fractional worksLiteracy and Educational Practices: 14 fractional worksEducational Methods and Psychological Studies: 13 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 11 fractional worksKnowledge Societies in the 21st Century: 10 fractional worksSports and Physical Education Studies: 9 fractional worksEducational Technology in Learning: 9 fractional worksEducational Outcomes and Influences: 9 fractional works
Information SystemsEducationComputer Science ApplicationsGeneral Health Professions2 others

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

  1. 1 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 51 works
  2. 2 Education and Teacher Training Education 46 works
  3. 3 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 17 works
  4. 4 Literacy and Educational Practices Education 14 works
  5. 5 Educational Methods and Psychological Studies Education 13 works
  6. 6 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 11 works
  7. 7 Knowledge Societies in the 21st Century Demography 10 works
  8. 8 Sports and Physical Education Studies Life-span and Life-course Studies 9 works
  9. 9 Educational Technology in Learning Information Systems 9 works
  10. 10 Educational Outcomes and Influences Education 9 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 available84.0%not open16.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.9%domestic only61.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ministerio de Educación Pública's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 126% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Ministerio de Educación Pública as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0017% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Ministerio de Educación Pública0.0037% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ministerio de Educación Pública 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 2025Ministerio de Educación Pública9.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.8% in 2014.

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