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Universidad Centroamericana de Ciencias Sociales

Research works
29
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
93
3.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Universidad Centroamericana de Ciencias Sociales is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.73× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 6.05× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Centroamericana de Ciencias Sociales?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Social Inequality, Educational Technology, Inclusive Education, Educational Reform, Curriculum Development, Distance Learning and Online Learning.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Teacher Training7▲ 57×4 topics
  2. Social Inequality4▲ 71×5 topics
  3. Educational Technology4▲ 19×5 topics
  4. Inclusive Education4▲ 57×3 topics
  5. Educational Reform3▲ 67×2 topics
  6. Curriculum Development3▲ 32×2 topics
  7. Distance Learning3▲ 50×2 topics
  8. Online Learning3▲ 25×4 topics
  9. Educational Policies3▲ 114×2 topics
  10. Pedagogical Practices3▲ 162×2 topics
  11. Qualitative Research3▲ 19×2 topics
  12. Critical Pedagogy3▲ 160×1 topic
  13. Digital Literacy3▲ 35×3 topics
  14. Public Health3▲ 7.6×8 topics
  15. Globalization3▲ 4.9×8 topics
  16. Social Network Analysis3▲ 68×1 topic
  17. WebQuests3▲ 190×1 topic
  18. Public Policy2▲ 19×6 topics
  19. Welfare State2▲ 65×2 topics
  20. Education2▲ 4.2×8 topics
  21. Latin America2▲ 27×4 topics
  22. Rural Development2▲ 17×4 topics
  23. Community Participation1▲ 19×2 topics
  24. Health Surveillance1▲ 186×2 topics
  25. Human Rights1▲ 5.3×3 topics
  26. Social Justice1▲ 9.1×2 topics
  27. Sustainable Development1▲ 3.9×3 topics
  28. Gender Equality1▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Social Movements1▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Healthcare1▲ 5.4×3 topics
  31. Knowledge Management1▲ 8.4×2 topics
  32. Agroecology1▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Community Intervention1▲ 105×1 topic
  34. Constitutionalism1▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Environmental Participation1▲ 38×1 topic
  36. Health Promotion1▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Local Economic Growth1▲ 186×1 topic
  38. Social Work1▲ 43×1 topic
  39. Territorial Governance1▲ 24×1 topic
  40. Territorial Innovation1▲ 186×1 topic

Which research topics does Universidad Centroamericana de Ciencias Sociales publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education Pedagogy and Practices, Education and Digital Technologies, Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies and Chemistry Education and Research.

  1. 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 3 works
  2. 2 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies Safety Research 0 works
  4. 4 Chemistry Education and Research Education 0 works
  5. 5 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  6. 6 Education during COVID-19 pandemic Education 0 works
  7. 7 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 0 works
  8. 8 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  9. 9 Historical Studies in Central America History 0 works
  10. 10 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 0 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 available73.6%not open26.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.3%domestic only59.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Centroamericana de Ciencias Sociales's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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