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Ministerio de Educación Pública

In research, Ministerio de Educación Pública stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,354 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,261 of 10,521 worldwide) and Education (#1,133 of 1,892 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Science Applications, Education and Information Systems — Computer Science Applications is 18.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,020
of 28,054 · #21,504 all time
Rank in Costa Rica
#5
of 26
Research works
1k
▲ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.7k
1.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
84%
world 28%

What is Ministerio de Educación Pública 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 #1,354 of 6,365 14.4%213 #2133
Social SciencesDomain #2,261 of 10,521 13.1%286 #3678
EducationSubfield #1,133 of 1,892 15.5%131 #1619
Information SystemsSubfield #912 of 1,291 17.5%64 —
Computer ScienceField #3,796 of 4,667 17.8%87 #6270
Physical SciencesDomain #12,096 of 12,888 16.3%100 #21071

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 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#2,133 #1,354
  2. Social Sciences#3,678 #2,261
  3. Education#1,619 #1,133
  4. Computer Science#6,270 #3,796
  5. Physical Sciences#21,071 #12,096
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 Ministerio de Educación Pública specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Science Applications takes 18.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 20.6 works19×
  2. EducationSubfield · 131.5 works9.7×
  3. Information SystemsSubfield · 63.5 works8.1×
← 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: 0.61× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.78× 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: 2.52× its world share, 87 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.05× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.90× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.28× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.93× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.50× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.79× its world share, 213 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Ministerio de Educación Pública?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, E-Learning, Educational Technology, Pedagogy, Distance Learning, Innovation, COVID-19 and Teacher Development.

▲ 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. Education129▲ 17×37 topics
  2. E-Learning73▲ 16×9 topics
  3. Educational Technology72▲ 14×21 topics
  4. Pedagogy66▲ 30×9 topics
  5. Distance Learning51▲ 34×6 topics
  6. Innovation49▲ 11×18 topics
  7. COVID-1949▲ 8.0×10 topics
  8. Teacher Development47▲ 171×2 topics
  9. Online Education46▲ 54×2 topics
  10. Digital Divide45▲ 39×4 topics
  11. ICT44▲ 76×1 topic
  12. Virtual Teaching44▲ 183×1 topic
  13. Inclusive Education44▲ 28×10 topics
  14. Student Performance43▲ 88×2 topics
  15. Educational Leadership43▲ 76×3 topics
  16. Organizational Commitment42▲ 47×2 topics
  17. Quality Education42▲ 251×1 topic
  18. School Culture42▲ 251×1 topic
  19. Teacher Training40▲ 14×12 topics
  20. Informal Learning30▲ 52×4 topics
  21. Globalization29▲ 3.4×23 topics
  22. Knowledge Management26▲ 11×11 topics
  23. Technology24▲ 10×11 topics
  24. Digital Marketing23▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Physical Activity23▲ 11×7 topics
  26. Online Learning21▲ 5.6×9 topics
  27. Social Impact21▲ 12×7 topics
  28. Health Promotion20▲ 14×11 topics
  29. Student Achievement20▲ 53×3 topics
  30. Competitiveness18▲ 51×6 topics
  31. Qualitative Research18▲ 4.6×10 topics
  32. Curriculum Development18▲ 5.7×4 topics
  33. Communication17▲ 12×6 topics
  34. Educational Projects16▲ 82×1 topic
  35. Remote Learning16▲ 82×1 topic
  36. University Students16▲ 65×2 topics
  37. Adolescents15▲ 9.3×6 topics
  38. Digital Transformation15▲ 6.5×7 topics
  39. Social Sciences15▲ 24×6 topics
  40. Research14▲ 25×6 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Educational Innovations and Technology, Education and Teacher Training, E-Learning and Knowledge Management and Literacy and Educational Practices.

Educational Innovations …44Educational Innovations and Technology: 44 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Tr…42Education and Teacher Training: 42 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 16 fractional worksLiteracy and Educational Practices: 13 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 10 fractional worksEducational Technology in Learning: 9 fractional worksSports and Physical Education Studies: 9 fractional worksKnowledge Societies in the 21st Century: 8 fractional worksEducational theories and practices: 8 fractional worksEducational Methods and Psychological Studies: 8 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 44 works
  2. 2 Education and Teacher Training Education 42 works
  3. 3 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 16 works
  4. 4 Literacy and Educational Practices Education 13 works
  5. 5 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 10 works
  6. 6 Educational Technology in Learning Information Systems 9 works
  7. 7 Sports and Physical Education Studies Life-span and Life-course Studies 9 works
  8. 8 Knowledge Societies in the 21st Century Demography 8 works
  9. 9 Educational theories and practices Education 8 works
  10. 10 Educational Methods and Psychological Studies Education 8 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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