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Quality Leadership University Panama

In research, Quality Leadership University Panama stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,129 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,428 of 6,365 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#9,292 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions and Health Professions — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 23.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,778
of 28,054 · #38,090 all time
Rank in Panama
#7
of 19
Research works
302
▲ 9280% vs 2013–17
Citations
347
1.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
95%
world 28%

What is Quality Leadership University Panama 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
Health SciencesDomain #8,129 of 11,982 2.2%81 —
Social SciencesField #5,428 of 6,365 5.6%67 —
Social SciencesDomain #9,292 of 10,521 4.5%85 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Quality Leadership University Panama 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).

What does Quality Leadership University Panama specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 23.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 36.1 works23×
  2. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 22.8 works7.9×
  3. Health ProfessionsField · 37.7 works6.8×
  4. EducationSubfield · 39.6 works6.2×
← 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: 1.26× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.49× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.08× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 6.81× its world share, 38 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.03× its world share, 42 worksMedicineNursing: 1.73× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.49× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.51× its world share, 67 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Quality Leadership University Panama?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Community Empowerment, Health Education, Maternal Health, Stunting, Patient Experience, Patient Satisfaction, Quality of Service and Organizational Behavior.

▲ 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. Community Empowerment45▲ 28×9 topics
  2. Health Education42▲ 44×4 topics
  3. Maternal Health35▲ 61×1 topic
  4. Stunting35▲ 82×1 topic
  5. Patient Experience21▲ 90×2 topics
  6. Patient Satisfaction21▲ 32×2 topics
  7. Quality of Service20▲ 94×2 topics
  8. Organizational Behavior20▲ 62×2 topics
  9. Barriers20▲ 108×1 topic
  10. Healthcare Access20▲ 33×1 topic
  11. E-Learning15▲ 7.0×7 topics
  12. Media Literacy15▲ 12×3 topics
  13. Educational Technology14▲ 5.5×11 topics
  14. Digital Literacy14▲ 11×5 topics
  15. Curriculum Development13▲ 8.7×8 topics
  16. Local Wisdom12▲ 12×7 topics
  17. Qualitative Research12▲ 6.3×7 topics
  18. Digital Learning11▲ 10×5 topics
  19. Information Literacy10▲ 18×1 topic
  20. School Literacy Movement10▲ 22×1 topic
  21. Character Education10▲ 9.9×3 topics
  22. Mobile Learning10▲ 13×4 topics
  23. Teaching Strategies10▲ 15×5 topics
  24. Economic Impact10▲ 7.8×3 topics
  25. COVID-199▲ 3.2×5 topics
  26. STEM Education9▲ 9.2×4 topics
  27. Pandemic9▲ 3.9×3 topics
  28. Indonesia9▲ 8.5×3 topics
  29. Data Mining8▲ 4.8×4 topics
  30. Fuzzy Logic8▲ 14×3 topics
  31. Learning Outcomes7▲ 8.0×4 topics
  32. 21st Century Skills7▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Decision Support System7▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Nutrition7▲ 7.3×3 topics
  35. Health Research7▲ 30×3 topics
  36. Critical Thinking Skills6▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Islamic Education6▲ 8.2×4 topics
  38. Nursing6▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Educational Policy6▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Natural Language Processing6▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Quality Leadership University Panama publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Public Health and Nutrition, Healthcare Quality and Satisfaction, Educational Methods and Media Use and Methodologies in Health Research and Practice.

Public Health and Nutrit…35Public Health and Nutrition: 35 fractional worksHealthcare Quality and Satisfaction: 20 fractional worksEducational Methods and Media Use: 10 fractional worksMethodologies in Health Research and Practice: 6 fractional worksEdcuational Technology Systems: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 Prevention and Impact: 5 fractional worksEducation and Character Development: 5 fractional worksEducational Curriculum and Learning Methods: 4 fractional worksSTEM Education: 4 fractional worksFood and Agricultural Sciences: 4 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsInformation SystemsHealth Information Management4 others

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

  1. 1 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 35 works
  2. 2 Healthcare Quality and Satisfaction General Health Professions 20 works
  3. 3 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 10 works
  4. 4 Methodologies in Health Research and Practice Health Information Management 6 works
  5. 5 Edcuational Technology Systems Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Prevention and Impact Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  7. 7 Education and Character Development Education 5 works
  8. 8 Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods Education 4 works
  9. 9 STEM Education Education 4 works
  10. 10 Food and Agricultural Sciences Food Science 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 available94.8%not open5.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.2%domestic only81.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Quality Leadership University Panama's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9280% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.