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Rafael Urdaneta University

In research, Rafael Urdaneta University stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,168 of 14,833 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,006 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,039
of 22,385 · #18,581 all time
Rank in Venezuela
#22
of 29
Research works
317
▲ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
351
1.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Rafael Urdaneta University

What is Rafael Urdaneta University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #8,168 of 14,833 2.2%213
Social SciencesField #6,006 of 9,330 1.6%161

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rafael Urdaneta University 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 Rafael Urdaneta University work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Rafael Urdaneta University is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Environmental Science (8%), Business, Management and Accounting (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 65 fractional works · 58.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 40 fractional works · 36.0% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 9.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 8.4% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 8.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 29 fractional works · 25.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 8.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 6.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 5.8% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 7.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.8% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRafael UrdanetaUniversity111fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences58%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4036.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting98.3%
    3. Psychology87.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance44.0%
    5. Decision Sciences21.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities21.3%
    1. Environmental Science98.3%
    2. Engineering76.5%
    3. Computer Science65.8%
    4. Materials Science33.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.4%
    6. Energy10.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Medicine54.6%
    2. Health Professions44.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences65.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.9%
    3. Neuroscience10.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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: 1.23× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.75× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.43× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.67× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.52× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.58× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.88× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.34× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.85× its world share, 40 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences2.85×40 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.58×9 works
  3. Psychology2.34×8 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.88×4 works
  5. Environmental Science1.67×9 works
  6. Health Professions1.52×4 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.45×2 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.23×6 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.89×2 works
  10. Materials Science0.85×3 works
  11. Computer Science0.75×6 works
  12. Energy0.54×1 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.47×2 works
  14. Neuroscience0.43×1 works
  15. Engineering0.43×7 works
  16. Medicine0.24×5 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.17×1 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.10×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Rafael Urdaneta University?

Ranked on the quality score, Gloria Pino‐Ramírez and Gilberto Atencio Valladares lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rafael Urdaneta University.

  1. 1 Gloria Pino‐Ramírez Venezuela · #4,480,943 worldwide 277 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Gilberto Atencio Valladares Venezuela · #5,577,949 worldwide 2 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Rafael Urdaneta University

What are the most cited papers from Rafael Urdaneta University?

The most cited paper from Rafael Urdaneta University is "Consideraciones institucionales sobre la Salud Mental en estudiantes universitarios durante la pandemia de Covid-19" (Rubia Consuelo Cobo-Rendon, Andrés Valenzuela, Diego De Jesús García-Álvarez, 2020), with 90 citations. Next come "High Prevalence of Dementia in a Caribbean Population" (67) and "The Maracaibo Aging Study: Population and Methodological Issues" (61).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Consideraciones institucionales sobre la Salud Mental en estudiantes universitarios durante la pandemia de Covid-19 Rubia Consuelo Cobo-Rendon, Andrés Valenzuela, Diego De Jesús García-Álvarez · CienciAmérica Open access 20 Jul 2020 90
2 High Prevalence of Dementia in a Caribbean Population Aldrín E. Molero, Gloria Pino‐Ramírez, Gladys E. Maestre · Neuroepidemiology 2007 67
3 The Maracaibo Aging Study: Population and Methodological Issues Gladys E. Maestre, Gloria Pino‐Ramírez, Aldrín E. Molero et al. · Neuroepidemiology 2002 61
4 Modulation by age and gender of risk for Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia associated with the apolipoprotein E-ε4 allele in Latin Americans: findings from the Maracaibo Aging Study Aldrín E. Molero, Gloria Pino‐Ramírez, Gladys E. Maestre · Neuroscience Letters Jul 2001 57
5 Incidence of dementia in elderly Latin Americans: Results of the Maracaibo Aging Study Gladys E. Maestre, Luis Javier Mena, Jesús D. Melgarejo et al. · Alzheimer s & Dementia Open access 21 Sep 2017 43
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Which keywords describe research at Rafael Urdaneta University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Competitiveness, Sustainability, Innovation, Social Responsibility, Knowledge Management, Public Health and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Education13▲ 6.6×20 topics
  2. Sustainability12▲ 4.5×13 topics
  3. Competitiveness10▲ 111×6 topics
  4. Innovation9▲ 8.1×8 topics
  5. Public Health8▲ 4.9×8 topics
  6. Mental Health8▲ 5.0×9 topics
  7. Social Responsibility8▲ 29×3 topics
  8. Climate Change7▲ 2.4×6 topics
  9. Knowledge Management7▲ 12×6 topics
  10. Human Rights7▲ 6.0×10 topics
  11. Sustainable Development6▲ 3.6×4 topics
  12. Innovation Ecosystems6▲ 55×2 topics
  13. Social Impact6▲ 14×5 topics
  14. Environmental Management6▲ 13×4 topics
  15. Quality of Life6▲ 3.7×6 topics
  16. Small and Medium Enterprises6▲ 30×2 topics
  17. Digital Transformation6▲ 9.6×4 topics
  18. Public Policy6▲ 11×5 topics
  19. Latin America5▲ 26×4 topics
  20. Healthcare5▲ 4.2×5 topics
  21. Healthcare Access5▲ 18×3 topics
  22. Urban Development5▲ 13×3 topics
  23. Organizational Culture5▲ 11×4 topics
  24. Digital Marketing5▲ 11×2 topics
  25. Economic Impact5▲ 7.7×2 topics
  26. Health Promotion5▲ 13×6 topics
  27. Democracy4▲ 12×4 topics
  28. Psychopharmacology Education4▲ 65×1 topic
  29. Tourism Management4▲ 58×1 topic
  30. Agriculture4▲ 10×3 topics
  31. Nutrition4▲ 8.5×2 topics
  32. Teacher Training4▲ 6.2×3 topics
  33. Research4▲ 30×4 topics
  34. Community-based Resource Management4▲ 187×1 topic
  35. Corporate Social Responsibility4▲ 21×3 topics
  36. Water Quality4▲ 8.9×1 topic
  37. Occupational Health4▲ 30×3 topics
  38. Rural Development4▲ 10×3 topics
  39. Emotional Intelligence4▲ 24×4 topics
  40. Entrepreneurship4▲ 8.3×4 topics

Which research topics does Rafael Urdaneta University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Business, Innovation, and Economy, Public Health and Environmental Issues, Aging, Health, and Disability and Violence, Education, and Gender Studies.

Business, Innovation, and Economy: 4 fractional worksPublic Health and Environmental Issues: 4 fractional worksAging, Health, and Disability: 3 fractional worksViolence, Education, and Gender Studies: 2 fractional worksAccounting and Financial Management: 2 fractional worksStress and Burnout Research: 2 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Stu…2Health and Lifestyle Studies: 2 fractional worksPublic Policy and Governance: 2 fractional worksScientific Research and Technology: 2 fractional worksMultidisciplinary Resear…2Multidisciplinary Research Papers Compilation: 2 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEducation6 others

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

  1. 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  2. 2 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  3. 3 Aging, Health, and Disability Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  4. 4 Violence, Education, and Gender Studies Education 2 works
  5. 5 Accounting and Financial Management Accounting 2 works
  6. 6 Stress and Burnout Research Social Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Public Policy and Governance Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  9. 9 Scientific Research and Technology Computer Science Applications 2 works
  10. 10 Multidisciplinary Research Papers Compilation General Social Sciences 2 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 available53.6%not open46.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Rafael Urdaneta University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Rafael Urdaneta University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000083% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Rafael Urdaneta University0.00085% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Rafael Urdaneta University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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