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Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina

In research, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina stands highest in Arts and Humanities (#410 of 1,998 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,311 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,563 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Social Sciences, Religious studies and Philosophy — General Social Sciences is 22.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,106
of 28,054 · #12,112 all time
Rank in Argentina
#17
of 188
Research works
3.8k
▲ 61% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
3.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
82%
world 28%

What is Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina 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
Arts and HumanitiesField #410 of 1,998 10.3%167 #737
Social SciencesDomain #2,311 of 10,521 7.9%623 #3655
Social SciencesField #3,563 of 6,365 7.2%349 #4642
Health SciencesDomain #8,504 of 11,982 6.5%129 #14539
MedicineField #7,676 of 10,443 7.5%104 #13066
PsychologyField #1,686 of 2,181 6.8%67 #2943
Physical SciencesDomain #11,705 of 12,888 6.4%73 #16122
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,344 of 2,578 4.5%95 #2935
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #1,144 of 1,201 5.9%66 #1650

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina 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. Arts and Humanities#737 #410
  2. Social Sciences#3,655 #2,311
  3. Social Sciences#4,642 #3,563
  4. Health Sciences#14,539 #8,504
  5. Medicine#13,066 #7,676
  6. Psychology#2,943 #1,686
  7. Physical Sciences#16,122 #11,705
  8. Sociology and Political Science#2,935 #2,344
  9. Political Science and International Relations#1,650 #1,144
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 Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Social Sciences takes 22.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Social SciencesSubfield · 21.7 works23×
  2. Religious studiesSubfield · 22.3 works15×
  3. PhilosophySubfield · 35.9 works9.5×
  4. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 38.4 works8.2×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.11× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 28 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.90× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.61× its world share, 104 worksMedicineNursing: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 6.62× its world share, 167 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.68× its world share, 19 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.00× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.50× its world share, 67 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.15× its world share, 349 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina?

Ranked on the composite score, Carlos María Galli, Juan Carlos Cassagne and F Cantarovich lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina.

  1. 1 Carlos María Galli Argentina · #257,356 worldwide 1 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Juan Carlos Cassagne Argentina · #275,615 worldwide 8 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 F Cantarovich Argentina · #282,205 worldwide 68 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Jorge Nicolás Lafferrière Argentina · #302,528 worldwide 1 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Florencio Hubeñák Argentina · #327,484 worldwide 0 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Silvia Marrama Argentina · #386,264 worldwide 0 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Sofía M. Carrizo Rueda Argentina · #413,549 worldwide 5 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Hebe Carmen Pelosi Argentina · #431,132 worldwide 2 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Santiago Legarre Argentina · #450,457 worldwide 2 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Cecilia Inés Avenatti de Palumbo Argentina · #452,173 worldwide 3 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina

Which keywords describe research at Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Ethics, Latin America, Philosophy, Religion, History, Literature and Globalization.

▲ 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. Education114▲ 7.6×54 topics
  2. Ethics92▲ 22×37 topics
  3. Latin America80▲ 48×19 topics
  4. Philosophy77▲ 20×27 topics
  5. Globalization70▲ 4.1×64 topics
  6. Religion63▲ 15×23 topics
  7. History56▲ 9.2×26 topics
  8. Literature56▲ 12×32 topics
  9. Human Rights48▲ 5.3×32 topics
  10. Catholicism48▲ 143×4 topics
  11. Identity48▲ 7.5×27 topics
  12. Theology46▲ 54×5 topics
  13. Sociology43▲ 36×10 topics
  14. Social Dynamics39▲ 72×3 topics
  15. Liberation38▲ 260×1 topic
  16. Mental Health37▲ 2.9×25 topics
  17. Social Movements36▲ 14×21 topics
  18. Gender35▲ 7.4×26 topics
  19. Memory34▲ 16×12 topics
  20. Society34▲ 20×13 topics
  21. Cultural Studies33▲ 9.9×22 topics
  22. Culture32▲ 6.9×16 topics
  23. Technology30▲ 6.5×15 topics
  24. Cultural Identity28▲ 6.2×15 topics
  25. Democracy27▲ 8.7×17 topics
  26. Communication26▲ 9.5×12 topics
  27. Colonialism24▲ 5.8×17 topics
  28. Constitutionalism22▲ 26×3 topics
  29. Human Dignity22▲ 61×3 topics
  30. European Union21▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Narrative21▲ 15×7 topics
  32. Criminal Justice20▲ 10×5 topics
  33. End-of-Life Care20▲ 19×3 topics
  34. Violence20▲ 15×7 topics
  35. Informed Consent19▲ 29×4 topics
  36. Patient Autonomy19▲ 61×2 topics
  37. Medical Ethics19▲ 16×3 topics
  38. Social Sciences19▲ 15×12 topics
  39. Consent18▲ 120×1 topic
  40. Ethical Principles18▲ 71×1 topic

Which research topics does Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Religious and Theological Studies, Ethics and bioethics in healthcare, Theology and Canon Law Studies and Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism.

Religious and Theologica…38Religious and Theological Studies: 38 fractional worksEthics and bioethics in …18Ethics and bioethics in healthcare: 18 fractional worksTheology and Canon Law S…15Theology and Canon Law Studies: 15 fractional worksComparative Literary Analysis and Criticism: 11 fractional worksComparative constitutional jurisprudence studies: 11 fractional worksLegal processes and jurisprudence: 10 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Penology: 9 fractional worksComparative International Legal Studies: 8 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 8 fractional worksHistorical Studies in Latin America: 8 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthReligious studiesLiterature and Literary Theory4 others

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

  1. 1 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 38 works
  2. 2 Ethics and bioethics in healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 18 works
  3. 3 Theology and Canon Law Studies Religious studies 15 works
  4. 4 Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 11 works
  5. 5 Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  6. 6 Legal processes and jurisprudence Law 10 works
  7. 7 Criminal Justice and Penology Law 9 works
  8. 8 Comparative International Legal Studies Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  9. 9 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 8 works
  10. 10 Historical Studies in Latin America Demography 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 available81.5%not open18.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.1%domestic only88.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 61% 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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