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Universidad Americana

In research, Universidad Americana stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,584 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,005 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,078
of 22,385 · #7,720 all time
Rank in Paraguay
#4
of 23
Research works
861
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.9k
2.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
65%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Universidad Americana

What is Universidad Americana 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 #3,584 of 9,585 6.1%194 #4308
Social SciencesField #3,005 of 5,988 6.4%118 #3550

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

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Universidad Americana is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (39%), Computer Science (12%), Business, Management and Accounting (11%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 243 fractional works · 65.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 145 fractional works · 39.1% of its workEducation: 53 fractional works · 14.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 24 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 13 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLaw: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCommunication: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopment: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 42 fractional works · 11.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 18 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAccounting: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 29 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 26 fractional works · 7.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 16 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 72 fractional works · 19.5% of its workComputer Science: 46 fractional works · 12.3% of its workInformation Systems: 25 fractional works · 6.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 13 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 4.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 41 fractional works · 11.1% of its workHealth Professions: 19 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedicine: 19 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadAmericana371fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences65%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences14539.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting4211.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance297.8%
    4. Psychology164.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities71.9%
    6. Decision Sciences41.0%
    1. Computer Science4612.3%
    2. Environmental Science154.2%
    3. Engineering51.4%
    4. Energy40.9%
    5. Mathematics10.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    7. Materials Science10.2%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Health Professions195.1%
    2. Medicine195.1%
    3. Dentistry30.8%
    4. Nursing10.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences102.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.5%
    3. Neuroscience10.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
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: 0.57× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.58× its world share, 46 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.03× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.61× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.93× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.66× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.52× its world share, 42 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.63× its world share, 29 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.41× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.09× its world share, 145 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.63×29 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.52×42 works
  3. Social Sciences3.09×145 works
  4. Health Professions1.93×19 works
  5. Dentistry1.61×3 works
  6. Computer Science1.58×46 works
  7. Psychology1.41×16 works
  8. Energy1.03×4 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.01×4 works
  10. Environmental Science0.84×15 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.66×7 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.57×10 works
  13. Nursing0.40×1 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.29×1 works
  15. Medicine0.26×19 works
  16. Mathematics0.25×1 works
  17. Neuroscience0.19×1 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×1 works
  19. Veterinary0.11×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.10×2 works
  21. Engineering0.09×5 works
  22. Chemistry0.07×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.05×1 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.04×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidad Americana?

Ranked on the quality score, Olga Herrera, Waldomiro Antonio Rizato and Roberto Carlos Cipriani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad Americana.

  1. 1 Olga Herrera Paraguay · #3,059,462 worldwide 77 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Waldomiro Antonio Rizato Paraguay · #3,410,094 worldwide 2 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Roberto Carlos Cipriani Paraguay · #4,313,428 worldwide 2 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Viviana Elizabeth Jiménez Chaves Paraguay · #4,352,918 worldwide 131 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Eduardo Viana Ricardo Paraguay · #4,452,704 worldwide 16 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Roberto Fonseca Ferís Paraguay · #4,789,298 worldwide 1 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Hernán Isidro Sutty Segovia Paraguay · #4,926,171 worldwide 18 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Carlos Rafael Riquelme Benítez Paraguay · #4,997,420 worldwide 15 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Mireya Frausto Rojas Paraguay · #5,017,261 worldwide 11 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Chap Kau Kwan Chung Paraguay · #5,484,682 worldwide 0 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad Americana

What are the most cited papers from Universidad Americana?

The most cited paper from Universidad Americana is "Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An Overview of Immune Mechanisms and Biological Treatments" (Bruno Rafael Ramos de Mattos, Maellin Pereira Gracindo Garcia, Julia Bier et al., 2015), with 255 citations. Next come "Sala de Aula Interativa" (247) and "Decolorization of textile indigo dye by ligninolytic fungi" (204).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An Overview of Immune Mechanisms and Biological Treatments Bruno Rafael Ramos de Mattos, Maellin Pereira Gracindo Garcia, Julia Bier et al. · Mediators of Inflammation Open access 2015 255
2 Sala de Aula Interativa Simone Ferreira Conforto · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) Open access Dec 2012 247
3 Decolorization of textile indigo dye by ligninolytic fungi Doralice S.L. Balan, Regina Teresa Rosim Monteiro · Journal of Biotechnology Aug 2001 204
4 A Comparative Study of Time Series Forecasting Methods for Short Term Electric Energy Consumption Prediction in Smart Buildings Federico Divina, Miguel García-Torres, Francisco Gómez-Vela et al. · Energies Open access 20 May 2019 137
5 Targeted therapies for the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer: Monoclonal antibodies and biological inhibitors Ana P. S. Silva, Priscila V. Coelho, Maristella Anazetti et al. · Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics Open access 10 Nov 2016 64
All 64 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Americana?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Innovation, Teacher Training, Competitiveness, Digital Marketing, E-Learning, Social Responsibility and Knowledge Management.

▲ 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. Education53▲ 8.4×28 topics
  2. Innovation42▲ 11×17 topics
  3. Teacher Training30▲ 13×12 topics
  4. Competitiveness29▲ 99×6 topics
  5. Digital Marketing28▲ 20×3 topics
  6. E-Learning28▲ 8.0×7 topics
  7. Globalization28▲ 3.8×32 topics
  8. COVID-1927▲ 5.7×14 topics
  9. Knowledge Management27▲ 13×10 topics
  10. Social Responsibility27▲ 31×4 topics
  11. Small and Medium Enterprises26▲ 40×3 topics
  12. Pedagogy25▲ 14×7 topics
  13. Sustainability24▲ 2.7×25 topics
  14. Educational Technology24▲ 5.4×17 topics
  15. Innovation Ecosystems22▲ 60×2 topics
  16. Urban Development22▲ 17×5 topics
  17. Economic Impact22▲ 11×3 topics
  18. Distance Learning21▲ 17×4 topics
  19. Globalization Effects21▲ 82×2 topics
  20. Psychopharmacology Education21▲ 90×1 topic
  21. Tourism Management21▲ 80×1 topic
  22. Organizational Culture20▲ 14×6 topics
  23. Public Policy19▲ 11×12 topics
  24. Digital Divide18▲ 19×4 topics
  25. ICT17▲ 34×3 topics
  26. Digital Competence16▲ 51×2 topics
  27. Online Education16▲ 22×1 topic
  28. Virtual Teaching16▲ 81×1 topic
  29. Inclusive Education15▲ 11×9 topics
  30. Leadership15▲ 8.5×7 topics
  31. Social Impact15▲ 11×9 topics
  32. Entrepreneurship15▲ 10×6 topics
  33. Communication14▲ 12×8 topics
  34. Digital Transformation13▲ 6.5×6 topics
  35. Technology12▲ 6.4×7 topics
  36. Health Education12▲ 7.5×5 topics
  37. Latin America12▲ 17×13 topics
  38. Community Participation12▲ 9.2×8 topics
  39. Curriculum Design11▲ 42×2 topics
  40. Teacher Development11▲ 46×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidad Americana publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Business, Innovation, and Economy, Educational Innovations and Technology, Education and Teacher Training and Educational and Organizational Development.

Business, Innovation, an…21Business, Innovation, and Economy: 21 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 16 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Training: 10 fractional worksEducational and Organizational Development: 9 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 7 fractional worksSocial Skills and Educat…6Social Skills and Education: 6 fractional worksDiverse Applied Research Studies: 5 fractional worksCommunication and COVID-19 Impact: 5 fractional worksBusiness, Education, Mathematics Research: 5 fractional worksStress and Burnout Research: 5 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsInformation SystemsEducationOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 21 works
  2. 2 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 16 works
  3. 3 Education and Teacher Training Education 10 works
  4. 4 Educational and Organizational Development Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 9 works
  5. 5 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 7 works
  6. 6 Social Skills and Education Education 6 works
  7. 7 Diverse Applied Research Studies Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  8. 8 Communication and COVID-19 Impact Communication 5 works
  9. 9 Business, Education, Mathematics Research Accounting 5 works
  10. 10 Stress and Burnout Research Social Psychology 5 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 available64.9%not open35.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.8%domestic only78.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Americana's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Universidad Americana as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0016% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Universidad Americana0.0016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidad Americana 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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Universidad Americana5.7% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.7% in 2016.

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