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Universidad Central de Chile

In research, Universidad Central de Chile stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,226 of 5,988 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,296 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,093 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Law, Education and Political Science and International Relations (Law is 11.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,899
of 22,385 · #5,386 all time
Rank in Chile
#37
of 104
Research works
1.2k
▲ 47% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.9k
6.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
73%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Universidad Central de Chile

What is Universidad Central de Chile 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 SciencesField #1,226 of 5,988 14.2%199 #1215
Social SciencesDomain #2,296 of 9,585 12.5%274 #2532
Physical SciencesDomain #7,093 of 10,670 8.5%85 #7529

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad Central de Chile 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#1,215 #1,226
  2. Social Sciences#2,532 #2,296
  3. Physical Sciences#7,529 #7,093
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Universidad Central de Chile work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Universidad Central de Chile is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (46%), Medicine (7%), Psychology (6%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 304 fractional works · 62.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 224 fractional works · 46.1% of its workEducation: 59 fractional works · 12.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 38 fractional works · 7.9% of its workLaw: 32 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 28 fractional works · 5.7% of its workCultural Studies: 17 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 15 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 31 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 22 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 96 fractional works · 19.8% of its workComputer Science: 25 fractional works · 5.1% of its workInformation Systems: 12 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 4.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 16 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 59 fractional works · 12.2% of its workMedicine: 33 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 16 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 24 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 14 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 27 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadCentral de Chile486fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences63%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences22446.1%
    2. Psychology316.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities224.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting132.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance112.2%
    6. Decision Sciences40.8%
    1. Computer Science255.1%
    2. Engineering224.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy163.3%
    4. Environmental Science132.6%
    5. Chemistry71.4%
    6. Materials Science61.3%
    7. Mathematics30.7%
    8. Energy30.6%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine336.8%
    2. Health Professions245.0%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences153.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology61.3%
    3. Neuroscience40.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Universidad Central de Chile specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Law takes 11.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. LawSubfield · 31.8 works11×
  2. EducationSubfield · 59.1 works4.0×
  3. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 27.6 works3.8×
← 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: 0.67× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.87× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 25 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.49× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.88× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 33 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.56× its world share, 22 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.83× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.03× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.07× its world share, 31 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.64× its world share, 224 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.64×224 works
  2. Psychology2.07×31 works
  3. Health Professions1.88×24 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.56×22 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.49×16 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.03×11 works
  7. Chemistry0.87×7 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.83×13 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.79×4 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.67×15 works
  11. Computer Science0.65×25 works
  12. Energy0.61×3 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.59×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.58×3 works
  15. Veterinary0.58×0 works
  16. Nursing0.57×1 works
  17. Environmental Science0.53×13 works
  18. Neuroscience0.49×4 works
  19. Materials Science0.36×6 works
  20. Medicine0.36×33 works
  21. Engineering0.30×22 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.24×6 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.18×1 works
  24. Dentistry0.10×0 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.09×0 works
  26. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidad Central de Chile?

Ranked on the quality score, Cynthia Duk, Francisco Cruz and Cristián Erices lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad Central de Chile.

  1. 1 Cynthia Duk Chile · #428,134 worldwide 681 citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Francisco Cruz Chile · #1,317,057 worldwide 873 citations · 61 works
  3. 3 Cristián Erices Chile · #1,618,397 worldwide 550 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Ignacio Riffo-Pavón Chile · #1,914,813 worldwide 94 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Mohsen Fathi Chile · #1,928,940 worldwide 414 citations · 136 works
  6. 6 Christian Erick Palavecino Chile · #2,151,364 worldwide 713 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Augusto Mellado Chile · #2,485,904 worldwide 138 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Andrés Silva Chile · #2,613,389 worldwide 649 citations · 61 works
  9. 9 Denise Oyarzún Gómez Chile · #2,867,791 worldwide 295 citations · 48 works
  10. 10 M. Toledo Chile · #2,997,266 worldwide 29 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad Central de Chile

What are the most cited papers from Universidad Central de Chile?

The most cited paper from Universidad Central de Chile is "Flavonoid biosynthetic pathways in plants: Versatile targets for metabolic engineering" (Seyed Mohammad Nabavi, Seyed Mohammad Nabavi, Dunja Šamec et al., 2018), with 681 citations. Next come "Phytochemicals for human disease: An update on plant-derived compounds antibacterial activity" (674) and "Coumarins and Coumarin-Related Compounds in Pharmacotherapy of Cancer" (492).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Flavonoid biosynthetic pathways in plants: Versatile targets for metabolic engineering Seyed Mohammad Nabavi, Seyed Mohammad Nabavi, Dunja Šamec et al. · Biotechnology Advances Open access 17 Nov 2018 681
2 Phytochemicals for human disease: An update on plant-derived compounds antibacterial activity Ramona Barbieri, Erika Coppo, Anna Elisa Marchese et al. · Microbiological Research Open access 19 Dec 2016 674
3 Coumarins and Coumarin-Related Compounds in Pharmacotherapy of Cancer Esra Küpeli Akkol, Yasin Genç, Büşra Karpuz et al. · Cancers Open access 19 Jul 2020 492
4 Hesperidin as a Neuroprotective Agent: A Review of Animal and Clinical Evidence Marziyeh Hajialyani, Mohammad Hosein Farzaei, Javier Echeverría et al. · Molecules Open access 12 Feb 2019 388
5 “Nomophobia”: Impact of Cell Phone Use Interfering with Symptoms and Emotions of Individuals with Panic Disorder Compared with a Control Group Anna Lucia Spear King, Alexandre Martins Valença, Adriana Cardoso Silva et al. · Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health Open access 21 Feb 2014 336
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Central de Chile?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Education, Human Rights, Latin America, Migrant Integration, Welfare State, Educational Leadership and Social Inequality.

▲ 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. Globalization57▲ 6.0×53 topics
  2. Education44▲ 5.2×47 topics
  3. Human Rights36▲ 7.3×27 topics
  4. Latin America28▲ 30×16 topics
  5. Mental Health21▲ 3.1×26 topics
  6. Migrant Integration21▲ 125×2 topics
  7. Welfare State18▲ 48×4 topics
  8. COVID-1918▲ 2.9×15 topics
  9. Educational Leadership18▲ 29×3 topics
  10. Social Inequality18▲ 13×8 topics
  11. Student Performance17▲ 34×3 topics
  12. Quality Education17▲ 98×1 topic
  13. School Culture17▲ 98×1 topic
  14. Teacher Development17▲ 57×2 topics
  15. Criminal Justice17▲ 15×4 topics
  16. Inclusive Education16▲ 9.3×9 topics
  17. Pedagogy16▲ 6.5×7 topics
  18. Community Participation16▲ 9.2×8 topics
  19. Social Justice16▲ 5.4×16 topics
  20. Innovation15▲ 3.1×22 topics
  21. Participation15▲ 33×3 topics
  22. Communication14▲ 9.5×10 topics
  23. Social Movements14▲ 10×14 topics
  24. Gender Differences14▲ 7.8×5 topics
  25. Ethical Challenges14▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Economic Crisis14▲ 25×2 topics
  27. Family Support14▲ 43×2 topics
  28. Community Intervention14▲ 96×1 topic
  29. Social Work14▲ 42×1 topic
  30. Health Promotion13▲ 8.8×12 topics
  31. Ethics13▲ 5.3×17 topics
  32. Healthcare Access13▲ 9.9×8 topics
  33. Prison System12▲ 44×3 topics
  34. Distance Learning11▲ 6.5×4 topics
  35. Indigenous Knowledge11▲ 21×4 topics
  36. Digital Divide11▲ 8.4×5 topics
  37. Delinquency10▲ 49×2 topics
  38. Penal System10▲ 128×1 topic
  39. Social Control10▲ 91×1 topic
  40. Judicial Review10▲ 24×3 topics

Which research topics does Universidad Central de Chile publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education and Teacher Training, Social Sciences and Policies, Criminal Justice and Penology and Educational Innovations and Technology.

Education and Teacher Training: 17 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 14 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Pen…10Criminal Justice and Penology: 10 fractional worksEducational Innovations …9Educational Innovations and Technology: 9 fractional worksEthics and bioethics in healthcare: 7 fractional worksMigration, Education, Indigenous Social Dynamics: 7 fractional worksPolitical and Social Dyn…6Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America: 6 fractional worksSocial Issues and Policies in Latin America: 6 fractional worksComparative constitutional jurisprudence studies: 6 fractional worksStress and Burnout Research: 5 fractional works
EducationGeneral Social SciencesLawInformation Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Education and Teacher Training Education 17 works
  2. 2 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 14 works
  3. 3 Criminal Justice and Penology Law 10 works
  4. 4 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 9 works
  5. 5 Ethics and bioethics in healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  6. 6 Migration, Education, Indigenous Social Dynamics Cultural Studies 7 works
  7. 7 Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  8. 8 Social Issues and Policies in Latin America Law 6 works
  9. 9 Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies Political Science and International Relations 6 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 available73.2%not open26.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.9%domestic only79.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Central de Chile's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 47% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 de Chile as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0022% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Universidad Central de Chile0.0022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidad Central de Chile 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Universidad Central de Chile7.9% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.9% in 2020.

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