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Universidad Abierta

In research, Universidad Abierta stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,384 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,510
of 22,385 · #13,900 all time
Rank in Mexico
#163
of 232
Research works
493
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.2k
2.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
89%
world 40%
International
54%
world 18%
Universidad Abierta

What is Universidad Abierta 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 #6,384 of 9,585 9.5%75 #5664

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad Abierta 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 Universidad Abierta work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Universidad Abierta is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (44%), Computer Science (17%), Psychology (7%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 77 fractional works · 63.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 52 fractional works · 43.5% of its workEducation: 19 fractional works · 15.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 27 fractional works · 22.8% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 17.3% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 9.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 10 fractional works · 7.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 10.5% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadAbierta120fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences64%

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 Sciences5243.5%
    2. Psychology87.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting64.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities54.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance53.8%
    6. Decision Sciences10.7%
    1. Computer Science2117.3%
    2. Environmental Science54.0%
    3. Engineering10.9%
    4. Chemistry00.4%
    5. Energy00.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Medicine65.3%
    2. Health Professions64.7%
    3. Dentistry10.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.6%
    3. Neuroscience00.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.22× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.80× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.44× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.42× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.80× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.31× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.44× its world share, 52 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.44×52 works
  2. Psychology2.31×8 works
  3. Computer Science2.22×21 works
  4. Health Professions1.80×6 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.80×5 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.44×5 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.42×6 works
  8. Dentistry0.92×0 works
  9. Environmental Science0.81×5 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.68×1 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.40×2 works
  12. Medicine0.27×6 works
  13. Chemistry0.26×0 works
  14. Neuroscience0.21×0 works
  15. Energy0.21×0 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.16×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.11×1 works
  18. Engineering0.06×1 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidad Abierta?

Ranked on the quality score, Martín Pinos Quílez, Santiago Trancón and Julio Rogero Anaya lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad Abierta.

  1. 1 Martín Pinos Quílez Mexico · #4,421,366 worldwide 11 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Santiago Trancón Mexico · #4,656,199 worldwide 15 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Julio Rogero Anaya Mexico · #5,101,767 worldwide 83 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Guillermo Heras Mexico · #7,425,234 worldwide 27 citations · 152 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad Abierta

What are the most cited papers from Universidad Abierta?

The most cited paper from Universidad Abierta is "Consensus statement of the consortium for laparoendoscopic single-site surgery" (Inderbir Singh Gill et al., 2009), with 292 citations. Next come "Intelligent Web-based education system for adaptive learning" (88) and "Learning Networks, Networked Learning" (86).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Consensus statement of the consortium for laparoendoscopic single-site surgery Inderbir Singh Gill et al. · Surgical Endoscopy 8 Dec 2009 292
2 Intelligent Web-based education system for adaptive learning Rubén Peredo, Alejandro Canales Cruz, Alain Menchaca et al. · Expert Systems with Applications 5 Jun 2011 88
3 Learning Networks, Networked Learning Peter Sloep, Adriana J. Berlanga · Comunicar Open access 22 Sep 2011 86
4 Basic Income as a Socialist Project Erik Olín Wright · Basic Income Studies 28 Jun 2006 74
5 Assessment of student performance in problem‐based learning tutorial sessions Rosamaría Valle, lleana Petra, Adrian Martinez-Gonzaez et al. · Medical Education Nov 1999 69
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Abierta?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, E-Learning, Innovation, Educational Technology, Digital Marketing, Pedagogy, Knowledge Management and Technology.

▲ 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. Education21▲ 10×27 topics
  2. E-Learning18▲ 16×5 topics
  3. Innovation15▲ 12×11 topics
  4. Educational Technology14▲ 9.6×10 topics
  5. Globalization12▲ 5.2×27 topics
  6. Digital Marketing12▲ 26×2 topics
  7. Pedagogy12▲ 20×5 topics
  8. Knowledge Management12▲ 17×7 topics
  9. COVID-1911▲ 7.1×6 topics
  10. Technology11▲ 17×7 topics
  11. Distance Learning10▲ 23×3 topics
  12. Informal Learning9▲ 60×2 topics
  13. Digital Divide9▲ 29×3 topics
  14. ICT9▲ 55×1 topic
  15. Virtual Teaching9▲ 136×1 topic
  16. Educational Projects9▲ 162×1 topic
  17. Remote Learning9▲ 162×1 topic
  18. Sustainable Development8▲ 4.0×14 topics
  19. Organizational Commitment6▲ 27×2 topics
  20. Social Responsibility6▲ 21×3 topics
  21. Welfare State6▲ 63×3 topics
  22. Latin America6▲ 25×10 topics
  23. Educational Leadership5▲ 35×1 topic
  24. Quality Education5▲ 124×1 topic
  25. Teacher Training5▲ 7.3×7 topics
  26. Ethical Challenges5▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Migrant Integration5▲ 125×2 topics
  28. Participation5▲ 45×2 topics
  29. Community Intervention5▲ 145×1 topic
  30. Social Work5▲ 63×1 topic
  31. Communication5▲ 13×9 topics
  32. Health Promotion5▲ 12×6 topics
  33. Small and Medium Enterprises4▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Social Movements4▲ 11×8 topics
  35. Community Engagement4▲ 9.7×7 topics
  36. Environmental Education4▲ 20×4 topics
  37. Social Inequality4▲ 11×8 topics
  38. Urban Development4▲ 8.2×1 topic
  39. Inclusive Education3▲ 7.9×6 topics
  40. Inequality3▲ 12×5 topics

Which research topics does Universidad Abierta publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Educational Innovations and Technology, E-Learning and Knowledge Management, Education and Teacher Training and Social Sciences and Policies.

Educational Innovations …9Educational Innovations and Technology: 9 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 9 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Training: 5 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 5 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, and Economy: 4 fractional worksHigher Education Teachin…3Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation: 3 fractional worksEnvironmental and sustainability education: 2 fractional worksHigher Education and Sustainability: 2 fractional worksLatin American socio-political dynamics: 2 fractional worksScience, Technology, and Education in Latin America: 2 fractional works
Information SystemsComputer Science ApplicationsEducationGeneral Social Sciences4 others

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

  1. 1 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 9 works
  2. 2 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 9 works
  3. 3 Education and Teacher Training Education 5 works
  4. 4 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 5 works
  5. 5 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  6. 6 Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation Education 3 works
  7. 7 Environmental and sustainability education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  8. 8 Higher Education and Sustainability Education 2 works
  9. 9 Latin American socio-political dynamics Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Science, Technology, and Education in Latin America Demography 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 available88.9%not open11.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors54.1%domestic only45.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Abierta's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Universidad Abierta as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00041% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Universidad Abierta0.00015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidad Abierta 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.

5%10%all institutions10.0% in 2024Universidad Abierta9.1% in 20242020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.2% in 2016.

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