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Universidad Central

In research, Universidad Central stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,370 of 14,833 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#6,391 of 17,446 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,675 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,444
of 22,385 · #7,928 all time
Rank in Costa Rica
#17
of 26
Research works
785
▼ 48% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
2.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
41%
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 #5,370 of 14,833 5.7%404
Physical SciencesDomain #6,391 of 17,446 4.3%207
Social SciencesField #4,675 of 9,330 5.7%231

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, 54% of research at Universidad Central is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (33%), Computer Science (10%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 69 fractional works · 54.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 42 fractional works · 33.1% of its workEducation: 17 fractional works · 13.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 5.2% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 7.5% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 5.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 5.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 32 fractional works · 25.5% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 9.6% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 8.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 11.4% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 8.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 7.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadCentral127fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences54%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4233.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting107.5%
    3. Psychology75.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities75.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Computer Science129.6%
    2. Environmental Science108.0%
    3. Engineering54.2%
    4. Energy21.4%
    5. Materials Science21.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Health Professions75.6%
    2. Medicine64.9%
    3. Dentistry10.4%
    4. Nursing00.3%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences97.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 1.56× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.23× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.48× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.61× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.11× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.45× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.83× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.34× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.12× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.84× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.62× its world share, 42 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences2.62×42 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.34×10 works
  3. Health Professions2.11×7 works
  4. Psychology1.84×7 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.83×7 works
  6. Environmental Science1.61×10 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.56×9 works
  8. Energy1.48×2 works
  9. Veterinary1.45×0 works
  10. Computer Science1.23×12 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.12×3 works
  12. Dentistry0.88×0 works
  13. Nursing0.67×0 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.63×0 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.56×0 works
  16. Materials Science0.38×2 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.35×0 works
  18. Engineering0.28×5 works
  19. Medicine0.25×6 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.24×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×1 works
  22. Chemistry0.16×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.16×0 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidad Central?

Ranked on the quality score, Mely del Rosario González Aróstegui, Félix A. Nigro and Graciela Urías Arboláez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad Central.

  1. 1 Mely del Rosario González Aróstegui Costa Rica · #3,875,489 worldwide 6 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Félix A. Nigro Costa Rica · #3,978,507 worldwide 329 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Graciela Urías Arboláez Costa Rica · #4,172,922 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Lilian Zurbano Cobas Costa Rica · #4,855,148 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Inocencio Raúl Sánchez Machado Costa Rica · #4,926,336 worldwide 2 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Anaiky Yanelín Borges Machín Costa Rica · #5,323,972 worldwide 0 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad Central

What are the most cited papers from Universidad Central?

The most cited paper from Universidad Central is "Designing sedative/hypnotic compounds from a novel substructural graph-theoretical approach" (Ernesto Estrada, Alfredo Peña, Ramón García‐Domenech, 1998), with 113 citations. Next come "Blend surfaces for set theoretic volume modelling systems" (106) and "The effect of drought on benthic invertebrate communities in a lowland river" (105).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 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
2 Blend surfaces for set theoretic volume modelling systems Alan E. Middleditch, Kenneth H. Sears · ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Jul 1985 106
3 The effect of drought on benthic invertebrate communities in a lowland river Chris A. Extence · Hydrobiologia Sep 1981 105
4 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
5 ADME Prediction with KNIME: Development and Validation of a Publicly Available Workflow for the Prediction of Human Oral Bioavailability Gabriela Falcón-Cano, Christophe G. Molina, Miguel Ángel Cabrera‐Pérez · Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling 7 May 2020 75
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Central?

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

▲ 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. Education16▲ 7.4×21 topics
  2. Sustainability13▲ 4.3×21 topics
  3. Competitiveness9▲ 94×6 topics
  4. Knowledge Management9▲ 13×10 topics
  5. Educational Technology9▲ 5.8×10 topics
  6. Globalization8▲ 3.3×14 topics
  7. Innovation8▲ 6.3×7 topics
  8. Sustainable Development8▲ 4.0×12 topics
  9. Environmental Impact8▲ 3.5×10 topics
  10. Climate Change7▲ 2.1×13 topics
  11. E-Learning7▲ 5.6×4 topics
  12. Social Responsibility7▲ 23×3 topics
  13. Digital Marketing7▲ 13×3 topics
  14. Distance Learning6▲ 15×3 topics
  15. Communication6▲ 16×8 topics
  16. Pedagogy6▲ 9.9×5 topics
  17. Environmental Education6▲ 30×8 topics
  18. Informal Learning6▲ 35×3 topics
  19. Community Engagement6▲ 14×7 topics
  20. Teacher Training6▲ 7.2×6 topics
  21. COVID-196▲ 3.4×6 topics
  22. Technology6▲ 8.2×6 topics
  23. Risk Assessment5▲ 6.4×3 topics
  24. Innovation Ecosystems5▲ 41×2 topics
  25. Decision Making5▲ 13×3 topics
  26. Health Promotion5▲ 12×6 topics
  27. Financial Reporting5▲ 29×2 topics
  28. Financial Analysis4▲ 31×1 topic
  29. Productivity Indicators4▲ 199×1 topic
  30. Small and Medium Enterprises4▲ 19×3 topics
  31. Medical Education4▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Organizational Culture4▲ 8.3×4 topics
  33. Gender4▲ 5.9×4 topics
  34. Urban Development4▲ 9.0×3 topics
  35. Digital Divide4▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Inclusive Education4▲ 7.8×7 topics
  37. Social Impact4▲ 7.3×7 topics
  38. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 7.3×2 topics
  39. ICT3▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Virtual Teaching3▲ 49×1 topic

Which research topics does Universidad Central publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Business, Education, Mathematics Research, Educational Innovations and Technology, Business, Innovation, and Economy and E-Learning and Knowledge Management.

Business, Education, Mat…4Business, Education, Mathematics Research: 4 fractional worksEducational Innovations …3Educational Innovations and Technology: 3 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, an…3Business, Innovation, and Economy: 3 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge…3E-Learning and Knowledge Management: 3 fractional worksEnvironmental and sustainability education: 3 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Training: 2 fractional worksKnowledge Management in …2Knowledge Management in Higher Education: 2 fractional worksOrganizational Management and Innovation: 2 fractional worksCuban History and Society: 2 fractional worksEducational Research and…2Educational Research and Science Teaching: 2 fractional works
AccountingInformation SystemsEconomics and EconometricsComputer Science Applications5 others

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

  1. 1 Business, Education, Mathematics Research Accounting 4 works
  2. 2 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 3 works
  3. 3 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  4. 4 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 3 works
  5. 5 Environmental and sustainability education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  6. 6 Education and Teacher Training Education 2 works
  7. 7 Knowledge Management in Higher Education Education 2 works
  8. 8 Organizational Management and Innovation Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  9. 9 Cuban History and Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Educational Research and Science Teaching General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 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 available52.9%not open47.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.1%domestic only58.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Central's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 48% 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, 0.00031% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Universidad Central0.00059% 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 Central3.4% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.2% in 2011.

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