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Universidad Agraria del Ecuador

In research, Universidad Agraria del Ecuador stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,517 of 3,409 worldwide), Social Sciences (#8,850 of 10,521 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,988 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Food Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — General Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 16.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,887
of 28,054 · #31,619 all time
Rank in Ecuador
#44
of 71
Research works
692
▲ 268% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.4k
2.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
82%
world 28%

What is Universidad Agraria del Ecuador 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,517 of 3,409 5.2%105 #4602
Social SciencesDomain #8,850 of 10,521 15.3%90 #15138
Life SciencesDomain #6,988 of 7,800 5.5%117 #13177

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad Agraria del Ecuador 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#4,602 #2,517
  2. Social Sciences#15,138 #8,850
  3. Life Sciences#13,177 #6,988
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 Universidad Agraria del Ecuador specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 16.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 21.9 works17×
  2. Food ScienceSubfield · 30.0 works13×
  3. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 104.5 works7.3×
← 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: 7.35× its world share, 104 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.03× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.83× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.68× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.37× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 2.28× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.28× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.44× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.21× its world share, 33 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Agraria del Ecuador?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Small and Medium Enterprises, Digital Marketing, Social Responsibility, Globalization Effects, Innovation Ecosystems, Economic Impact, Urban Development and Psychopharmacology Education.

▲ 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. Sustainability34▲ 4.7×34 topics
  2. Small and Medium Enterprises31▲ 59×3 topics
  3. Digital Marketing31▲ 24×2 topics
  4. Environmental Impact29▲ 5.8×19 topics
  5. Social Responsibility29▲ 41×3 topics
  6. Globalization Effects28▲ 131×2 topics
  7. Economic Impact28▲ 16×3 topics
  8. Innovation Ecosystems28▲ 90×2 topics
  9. Urban Development28▲ 25×2 topics
  10. Psychopharmacology Education27▲ 138×1 topic
  11. Tourism Management27▲ 124×1 topic
  12. Sustainable Agriculture24▲ 26×5 topics
  13. Food Security24▲ 15×9 topics
  14. Globalization24▲ 4.0×20 topics
  15. Biodiversity23▲ 10×10 topics
  16. Nutrition22▲ 17×8 topics
  17. Agroecology22▲ 49×4 topics
  18. Rural Communities21▲ 131×2 topics
  19. Crop Production21▲ 60×2 topics
  20. Climate Change Adaptation20▲ 40×2 topics
  21. Organic Farming20▲ 93×1 topic
  22. Soil Management20▲ 172×1 topic
  23. Education20▲ 3.8×20 topics
  24. Rural Development19▲ 18×9 topics
  25. Climate Change17▲ 2.2×31 topics
  26. Public Health17▲ 3.8×11 topics
  27. Agriculture16▲ 13×7 topics
  28. Economic Analysis15▲ 32×3 topics
  29. Policy14▲ 21×4 topics
  30. Food14▲ 75×2 topics
  31. Competitiveness14▲ 56×6 topics
  32. Livestock13▲ 92×1 topic
  33. Antioxidant Activity13▲ 7.0×13 topics
  34. Innovation13▲ 4.2×12 topics
  35. Biodiversity Conservation11▲ 9.6×6 topics
  36. Ecosystem Services10▲ 8.6×6 topics
  37. Health Benefits10▲ 9.8×7 topics
  38. Drought Tolerance9▲ 22×3 topics
  39. Genetic Diversity9▲ 6.5×9 topics
  40. Phytochemicals8▲ 26×4 topics

Which research topics does Universidad Agraria del Ecuador publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Business, Innovation, and Economy, Plant and soil sciences, Agricultural and Food Production Studies and Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy.

Business, Innovation, an…27Business, Innovation, and Economy: 27 fractional worksPlant and soil sciences20Plant and soil sciences: 20 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Production Studies: 13 fractional worksCocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy: 6 fractional worksBanana Cultivation and Research: 6 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 6 fractional worksNatural Products and Biological Research: 5 fractional worksBotanical Research and Applications: 5 fractional worksBusiness, Education, Mathematics Research: 5 fractional worksEnvironmental and Ecological Studies: 4 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesFood ScienceHorticulture5 others

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

  1. 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 27 works
  2. 2 Plant and soil sciences General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 20 works
  3. 3 Agricultural and Food Production Studies Food Science 13 works
  4. 4 Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy Horticulture 6 works
  5. 5 Banana Cultivation and Research Plant Science 6 works
  6. 6 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 6 works
  7. 7 Natural Products and Biological Research Surgery 5 works
  8. 8 Botanical Research and Applications Food Science 5 works
  9. 9 Business, Education, Mathematics Research Accounting 5 works
  10. 10 Environmental and Ecological Studies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 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 available82.0%not open18.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.1%domestic only80.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Agraria del Ecuador's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 268% 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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