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Politécnico Grancolombiano

In research, Politécnico Grancolombiano stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,045 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,384 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,805
of 22,385 · #5,751 all time
Rank in Colombia
#56
of 169
Research works
1.7k
▼ 52% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
1.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
92%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Politécnico Grancolombiano

What is Politécnico Grancolombiano 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 #2,045 of 9,585 5.4%293 #1960
Social SciencesField #2,384 of 5,988 5.5%155 #2295

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Politécnico Grancolombiano 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 fields of science does Politécnico Grancolombiano work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Politécnico Grancolombiano is in Social Sciences, 14% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (39%), Business, Management and Accounting (11%), Psychology (9%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 308 fractional works · 72.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 166 fractional works · 38.9% of its workEducation: 39 fractional works · 9.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 36 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 16 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCommunication: 14 fractional works · 3.4% of its workLaw: 12 fractional works · 2.8% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopment: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 49 fractional works · 11.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 17 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAccounting: 11 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness and International Management: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 39 fractional works · 9.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 16 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 15 fractional works · 3.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 30 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 28 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 20 fractional works · 4.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 59 fractional works · 14.0% of its workComputer Science: 38 fractional works · 8.9% of its workInformation Systems: 16 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 13 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 36 fractional works · 8.5% of its workHealth Professions: 24 fractional works · 5.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 13 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPolitécnicoGrancolombiano425fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences72%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences16638.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting4911.4%
    3. Psychology399.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance307.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities204.8%
    6. Decision Sciences40.9%
    1. Computer Science388.9%
    2. Environmental Science133.2%
    3. Engineering51.2%
    4. Energy20.4%
    5. Materials Science10.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Chemistry00.0%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Health Professions245.7%
    2. Medicine122.8%
    3. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences174.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.6%
    3. Neuroscience10.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.85× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.14× its world share, 38 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.16× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 12 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.66× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.54× its world share, 49 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.35× its world share, 30 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.03× its world share, 39 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.08× its world share, 166 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting3.54×49 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.35×30 works
  3. Social Sciences3.08×166 works
  4. Psychology3.03×39 works
  5. Health Professions2.16×24 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.66×20 works
  7. Computer Science1.14×38 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.97×4 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.85×17 works
  10. Environmental Science0.64×13 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.46×1 works
  12. Energy0.44×2 works
  13. Medicine0.15×12 works
  14. Neuroscience0.13×1 works
  15. Veterinary0.12×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.11×2 works
  17. Engineering0.08×5 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.06×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.04×1 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Politécnico Grancolombiano?

Ranked on the quality score, María Alejandra Pineda-Escobar, Eduardo Norman-Acevedo and Álvaro Enrique Rodríguez-Hernández lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Politécnico Grancolombiano.

  1. 1 María Alejandra Pineda-Escobar Colombia · #2,150,100 worldwide 210 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Eduardo Norman-Acevedo Colombia · #2,907,983 worldwide 164 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Álvaro Enrique Rodríguez-Hernández Colombia · #3,070,504 worldwide 14 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Tatiana Castañeda Quirama Colombia · #3,159,284 worldwide 169 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Ramón Gabriel Aguilar Vega Colombia · #3,684,207 worldwide 4 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Ana María Pineda Colombia · #3,757,130 worldwide 6 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 María Eugenia Vega Colombia · #3,807,779 worldwide 18 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Juliana Castellanos Díaz Colombia · #3,837,164 worldwide 31 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Julián Andrés Martínez Rincón Colombia · #3,879,695 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Adela Margarita Vélez Rolón Colombia · #3,929,194 worldwide 56 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Politécnico Grancolombiano

What are the most cited papers from Politécnico Grancolombiano?

The most cited paper from Politécnico Grancolombiano is "Damage Identification in Structural Health Monitoring: A Brief Review from its Implementation to the Use of Data-Driven Applications" (Diego Alexander Tibaduiza Burgos, Ricardo C. Gomez Vargas, Cesar Augusto Pedraza et al., 2020), with 173 citations. Next come "Finanzas Corporativas" (88) and "Moving the 2030 agenda forward: SDG implementation in Colombia" (77).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Damage Identification in Structural Health Monitoring: A Brief Review from its Implementation to the Use of Data-Driven Applications Diego Alexander Tibaduiza Burgos, Ricardo C. Gomez Vargas, Cesar Augusto Pedraza et al. · Sensors Open access 29 Jan 2020 173
2 Finanzas Corporativas José Laureano Marta Gaviria · Catálogo editorial Open access 11 May 2021 88
3 Moving the 2030 agenda forward: SDG implementation in Colombia María Alejandra Pineda-Escobar · Corporate Governance 8 Oct 2018 77
4 Data mining techniques applied in educational environments: Literature Review Andrés Villanueva Manjarres, Luis Gabriel Moreno Sandoval, Martha Janneth Salinas Suárez · Digital Education Review Open access 29 Jun 2018 72
5 Estrés académico en estudiantes universitarios Jorge Emiro Restrepo, Omar Amador Sánchez, Tatiana Castañeda Quirama · Psicoespacios Open access 26 May 2020 71
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Politécnico Grancolombiano?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Innovation, Competitiveness, Digital Marketing, Small and Medium Enterprises, Social Responsibility, Knowledge Management and Innovation Ecosystems.

▲ 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. Education62▲ 8.4×35 topics
  2. Innovation44▲ 10×19 topics
  3. Competitiveness36▲ 106×7 topics
  4. Sustainability35▲ 3.4×26 topics
  5. Digital Marketing35▲ 21×2 topics
  6. Small and Medium Enterprises32▲ 42×3 topics
  7. Globalization31▲ 3.8×35 topics
  8. Social Responsibility31▲ 32×5 topics
  9. Knowledge Management28▲ 12×9 topics
  10. Human Rights28▲ 6.4×17 topics
  11. Innovation Ecosystems26▲ 61×2 topics
  12. Economic Impact26▲ 12×2 topics
  13. Urban Development25▲ 17×4 topics
  14. Psychopharmacology Education25▲ 94×1 topic
  15. Tourism Management25▲ 84×1 topic
  16. Organizational Culture24▲ 15×5 topics
  17. Communication24▲ 18×8 topics
  18. Educational Technology24▲ 4.7×13 topics
  19. E-Learning22▲ 5.4×7 topics
  20. Technology22▲ 9.8×10 topics
  21. Health Promotion21▲ 16×6 topics
  22. Occupational Health21▲ 43×3 topics
  23. Mental Health20▲ 3.2×15 topics
  24. Social Impact20▲ 12×7 topics
  25. COVID-1919▲ 3.5×6 topics
  26. Risk Assessment19▲ 6.7×6 topics
  27. Latin America18▲ 23×16 topics
  28. Qualitative Research18▲ 4.9×8 topics
  29. Leadership16▲ 7.9×8 topics
  30. Workplace Safety16▲ 27×3 topics
  31. Pedagogy16▲ 7.4×8 topics
  32. Teacher Training16▲ 6.0×8 topics
  33. Social Networks15▲ 13×5 topics
  34. Informal Learning14▲ 26×3 topics
  35. Entrepreneurship14▲ 8.2×8 topics
  36. Distance Learning13▲ 9.0×6 topics
  37. Rural Development13▲ 8.9×5 topics
  38. Violence13▲ 21×6 topics
  39. Research13▲ 24×4 topics
  40. Musculoskeletal Disorders13▲ 29×2 topics

Which research topics does Politécnico Grancolombiano publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Business, Innovation, and Economy, Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces, Educational Innovations and Technology and E-Learning and Knowledge Management.

Business, Innovation, an…25Business, Innovation, and Economy: 25 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety in Workplaces: 12 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 10 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 10 fractional worksOrganizational Management and Innovation: 8 fractional worksStress and Burnout Research: 8 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Poli…8Social Sciences and Policies: 8 fractional worksCommunication and COVID-19 Impact: 7 fractional worksDiverse Applied Research Studies: 7 fractional worksConflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia: 6 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsOccupational TherapyInformation SystemsComputer Science Applications5 others

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

  1. 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 25 works
  2. 2 Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces Occupational Therapy 12 works
  3. 3 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 10 works
  4. 4 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 10 works
  5. 5 Organizational Management and Innovation Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 8 works
  6. 6 Stress and Burnout Research Social Psychology 8 works
  7. 7 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 8 works
  8. 8 Communication and COVID-19 Impact Communication 7 works
  9. 9 Diverse Applied Research Studies Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  10. 10 Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia Sociology and Political Science 6 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 available91.5%not open8.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.2%domestic only93.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Politécnico Grancolombiano's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 52% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting20052010201520202025
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 Politécnico Grancolombiano as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Politécnico Grancolombiano0.0014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Politécnico Grancolombiano 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 2025Politécnico Grancolombiano7.2% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.6% in 2018.

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