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Universidad Central

In research, Universidad Central stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,796 of 14,833 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,171 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,488
of 22,385 · #12,375 all time
Rank in Bolivia
#18
of 25
Research works
462
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
3.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
76%
world 40%
International
66%
world 18%
Universidad Central

What is Universidad Central 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 #7,796 of 14,833 11.1%164
Physical SciencesDomain #11,171 of 17,446 4.8%130

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

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Universidad Central is in Social Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (14%), Arts and Humanities (11%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 61 fractional works · 51.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 25.2% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 7.9% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 13 fractional works · 11.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 8.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 5.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 19.2% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 6.5% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 5.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 18.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 13.5% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 11.8% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 6.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadCentral119fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences51%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3025.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities1311.1%
    3. Psychology108.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance43.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting32.8%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Computer Science86.5%
    2. Environmental Science75.8%
    3. Engineering54.6%
    4. Materials Science11.1%
    5. Energy10.7%
    6. Chemistry10.4%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1613.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Medicine86.9%
    2. Health Professions54.5%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
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: 2.84× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.84× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.17× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.70× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.44× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.83× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.70× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.68× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.83×13 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.84×16 works
  3. Psychology2.68×10 works
  4. Social Sciences1.99×30 works
  5. Health Professions1.70×5 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.70×4 works
  7. Veterinary1.44×0 works
  8. Environmental Science1.17×7 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.86×3 works
  10. Computer Science0.84×8 works
  11. Energy0.77×1 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.71×4 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.71×0 works
  14. Nursing0.45×0 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.44×0 works
  16. Medicine0.36×8 works
  17. Materials Science0.31×1 works
  18. Engineering0.30×5 works
  19. Chemistry0.28×0 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.14×0 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works
  22. Neuroscience0.04×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Universidad Central?

The most cited paper from Universidad Central is "On the convergence of sigmoid Fuzzy Cognitive Maps" (Gonzalo Nápoles, Elpiniki I. Papageorgiou, Rafael Bello et al., 2016), with 135 citations. Next come "EcoVeg: a new approach to vegetation description and classification" (135) and "Designing sedative/hypnotic compounds from a novel substructural graph-theoretical approach" (113).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 On the convergence of sigmoid Fuzzy Cognitive Maps Gonzalo Nápoles, Elpiniki I. Papageorgiou, Rafael Bello et al. · Information Sciences 28 Feb 2016 135
2 EcoVeg: a new approach to vegetation description and classification Don Faber‐Langendoen, Todd Keeler‐Wolf, Del Meidinger et al. · Ecological Monographs Nov 2014 135
3 Designing sedative/hypnotic compounds from a novel substructural graph-theoretical approach Ernesto Estrada, Alfredo Peña, Ramón García‐Domenech · Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design Nov 1998 113
4 Dynamic particle refinement in SPH: application to free surface flow and non-cohesive soil simulations Yaidel Reyes López, Dirk Roose, Carlos Recarey Morfa · Computational Mechanics 25 Jun 2012 87
5 ProtDCal: A program to compute general-purpose-numerical descriptors for sequences and 3D-structures of proteins Yasser B. Ruiz‐Blanco, Waldo Paz, James Robert Green et al. · BMC Bioinformatics Open access 15 May 2015 81
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Which keywords describe research at Universidad Central?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Digital Marketing, Innovation, Urban Development, Cultural Heritage, Leadership, Small and Medium Enterprises and Sustainability.

▲ 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. Education11▲ 5.4×22 topics
  2. Sustainability8▲ 2.7×23 topics
  3. Innovation6▲ 5.3×9 topics
  4. Environmental Impact6▲ 3.0×17 topics
  5. Digital Marketing6▲ 13×3 topics
  6. Globalization6▲ 2.5×16 topics
  7. Cultural Heritage5▲ 8.0×6 topics
  8. Urban Development5▲ 12×4 topics
  9. Public Health5▲ 2.8×15 topics
  10. Educational Technology5▲ 3.4×9 topics
  11. Leadership5▲ 8.3×5 topics
  12. Small and Medium Enterprises5▲ 23×3 topics
  13. Social Responsibility5▲ 17×3 topics
  14. Pedagogy4▲ 7.3×6 topics
  15. Social Sciences4▲ 25×5 topics
  16. Economic Impact4▲ 6.7×3 topics
  17. Gender4▲ 6.7×10 topics
  18. Innovation Ecosystems4▲ 35×2 topics
  19. Occupational Health4▲ 30×2 topics
  20. Psychopharmacology Education4▲ 55×1 topic
  21. Tourism Management4▲ 50×1 topic
  22. Knowledge Management4▲ 6.1×9 topics
  23. Agriculture4▲ 8.5×4 topics
  24. Coping Strategies4▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Identity4▲ 4.5×10 topics
  26. Food Security4▲ 5.9×4 topics
  27. History4▲ 4.6×9 topics
  28. Sustainable Agriculture4▲ 10×5 topics
  29. Teacher Training4▲ 4.9×6 topics
  30. Agroecology3▲ 20×3 topics
  31. Emotional Intelligence3▲ 19×3 topics
  32. Job Satisfaction3▲ 6.1×3 topics
  33. Informal Learning3▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Nutrition3▲ 5.9×9 topics
  35. Rural Development3▲ 7.5×5 topics
  36. Adolescents3▲ 6.9×5 topics
  37. Health Promotion3▲ 8.0×6 topics
  38. Communication3▲ 7.4×6 topics
  39. Climate Change Adaptation3▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Psychological Well-being3▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidad Central publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Business, Innovation, and Economy, Plant and soil sciences, Stress and Burnout Research and Architecture, Art, Education.

Business, Innovation, an…4Business, Innovation, and Economy: 4 fractional worksPlant and soil sciences3Plant and soil sciences: 3 fractional worksStress and Burnout Resea…3Stress and Burnout Research: 3 fractional worksArchitecture, Art, Educa…2Architecture, Art, Education: 2 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 2 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Production Studies: 2 fractional worksSocial Skills and Educat…2Social Skills and Education: 2 fractional worksIntimate Partner and Family Violence: 2 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 2 fractional worksOccupational Health and …2Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces: 2 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesSocial PsychologyVisual Arts and Performing Arts6 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 Plant and soil sciences General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 works
  3. 3 Stress and Burnout Research Social Psychology 3 works
  4. 4 Architecture, Art, Education Visual Arts and Performing Arts 2 works
  5. 5 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 2 works
  6. 6 Agricultural and Food Production Studies Food Science 2 works
  7. 7 Social Skills and Education Education 2 works
  8. 8 Intimate Partner and Family Violence Health 2 works
  9. 9 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 2 works
  10. 10 Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces Occupational Therapy 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 available75.9%not open24.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors65.5%domestic only34.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Central's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% 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 Central as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00042% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Universidad Central0.00051% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidad Central 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 Central5.7% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.7% in 2023.

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