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Universidad CES

In research, Universidad CES stands highest in Medicine (#5,561 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,796 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,762
of 22,385 · #20,038 all time
Rank in Colombia
#106
of 169
Research works
843
▲ 101% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.4k
7.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.75×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
73%
world 40%
International
62%
world 18%
Universidad CES

What is Universidad CES 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
MedicineField #5,561 of 8,541 3.9%249 #10482
Health SciencesDomain #6,796 of 9,902 3.9%291 #12533

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

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Universidad CES is in Health Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (58%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Psychology (6%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 325 fractional works · 68.7% of its workMedicine: 277 fractional works · 58.4% of its workSurgery: 38 fractional works · 7.9% of its workEpidemiology: 20 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 19 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 16 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 15 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOncology: 15 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 11 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOphthalmology: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 26 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 15 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOral Surgery: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPeriodontics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthodontics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLeadership and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 63 fractional works · 13.3% of its workPsychology: 26 fractional works · 5.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 60 fractional works · 12.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 26 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidad CES474fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences69%Social Sciences13%

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. Medicine27758.4%
    2. Health Professions265.4%
    3. Dentistry153.1%
    4. Nursing71.5%
    5. Veterinary10.2%
    1. Psychology265.6%
    2. Social Sciences265.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting40.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities30.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.6%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology285.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences132.8%
    3. Neuroscience92.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology71.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.5%
    1. Engineering81.8%
    2. Computer Science51.0%
    3. Environmental Science40.8%
    4. Materials Science30.7%
    5. Chemistry30.6%
    6. Mathematics10.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    9. Energy00.1%
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: 0.59× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.49× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.21× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.42× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 6.46× its world share, 15 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.06× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.04× its world share, 277 worksMedicineNursing: 2.98× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.38× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.83× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry6.46×15 works
  2. Medicine3.04×277 works
  3. Nursing2.98×7 works
  4. Health Professions2.06×26 works
  5. Psychology1.83×26 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.49×7 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.42×2 works
  8. Veterinary1.38×1 works
  9. Neuroscience1.21×9 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.09×28 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.59×13 works
  12. Social Sciences0.43×26 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.36×1 works
  14. Chemistry0.35×3 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.27×4 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.27×3 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.24×3 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.21×1 works
  19. Materials Science0.19×3 works
  20. Mathematics0.18×1 works
  21. Environmental Science0.17×4 works
  22. Computer Science0.13×5 works
  23. Engineering0.12×8 works
  24. Energy0.08×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.08×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidad CES?

Ranked on the quality score, Sara Bedoya Monsalve and José Bareño Silva lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad CES.

  1. 1 Sara Bedoya Monsalve Colombia · #4,009,093 worldwide 103 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 José Bareño Silva Colombia · #4,083,274 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad CES

What are the most cited papers from Universidad CES?

The most cited paper from Universidad CES is "Trauma and PTSD in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys" (Ronald C. Kessler et al., 2017), with 1,659 citations. Next come "Mental disorders among college students in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys" (1,639) and "The epidemiology of traumatic event exposure worldwide: results from the World Mental Health Survey Consortium" (1,465).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Trauma and PTSD in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys Ronald C. Kessler et al. · European Journal of Psychotraumatology Open access 31 Jul 2017 1,659
2 Mental disorders among college students in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys Randy Patrick Auerbach et al. · Psychological Medicine Open access 3 Aug 2016 1,639
3 The epidemiology of traumatic event exposure worldwide: results from the World Mental Health Survey Consortium Corina L. Benjet et al. · Psychological Medicine Open access 29 Oct 2015 1,465
4 Posttraumatic stress disorder in the World Mental Health Surveys Karestan Chase Koenen et al. · Psychological Medicine Open access 7 Apr 2017 1,446
5 Associations of parenting dimensions and styles with externalizing problems of children and adolescents: An updated meta-analysis. Martin Pinquart · Developmental Psychology May 2017 1,343
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidad CES?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Treatment, Management, Cardiovascular Disease, Thrombosis and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology56▲ 3.0×110 topics
  2. Inflammation36▲ 3.5×75 topics
  3. Quality of Life23▲ 3.4×47 topics
  4. Treatment19▲ 3.3×40 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease16▲ 3.0×35 topics
  6. Cancer16▲ 2.5×48 topics
  7. Risk Factors16▲ 3.0×30 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress16▲ 1.99×50 topics
  9. Mental Health15▲ 2.3×33 topics
  10. Diagnosis15▲ 3.4×36 topics
  11. Management15▲ 3.9×27 topics
  12. COVID-1914▲ 2.2×19 topics
  13. Pandemic13▲ 2.7×8 topics
  14. Depression11▲ 2.7×18 topics
  15. Clinical Trials11▲ 3.5×18 topics
  16. Immune Response11▲ 4.0×16 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome11▲ 2.9×24 topics
  18. Guidelines10▲ 4.7×13 topics
  19. Complications10▲ 4.4×16 topics
  20. Thrombosis10▲ 7.8×7 topics
  21. Global Burden10▲ 3.8×12 topics
  22. Mortality10▲ 3.6×13 topics
  23. Surgery9▲ 5.6×9 topics
  24. SARS-CoV-29▲ 6.2×6 topics
  25. Chemotherapy9▲ 2.6×24 topics
  26. Anxiety8▲ 3.6×7 topics
  27. ACE2 Receptor8▲ 7.4×3 topics
  28. Meta-Analysis8▲ 2.9×13 topics
  29. Pathophysiology8▲ 5.7×9 topics
  30. Surgical Management7▲ 3.8×19 topics
  31. Psychological Factors7▲ 7.3×5 topics
  32. Rehabilitation7▲ 3.8×10 topics
  33. Critical Care7▲ 6.0×8 topics
  34. Self-Efficacy7▲ 5.7×7 topics
  35. Metastasis7▲ 4.1×10 topics
  36. Pregnancy6▲ 6.3×8 topics
  37. Pain Management6▲ 5.6×9 topics
  38. Clinical Characteristics5▲ 9.1×2 topics
  39. Antiviral Treatment5▲ 10×1 topic
  40. Cytokine Storm5▲ 10×1 topic

Which research topics does Universidad CES publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis, COVID-19 and Mental Health and COVID-19 and healthcare impacts.

COVID-19 Clinical Resear…5COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 5 fractional worksInflammatory Biomarkers …3Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 2 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 2 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis a…2Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksEssential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity: 2 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …2Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesOncologyClinical PsychologyEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 5 works
  2. 2 Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis Oncology 3 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 3 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 2 works
  5. 5 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 2 works
  7. 7 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Food Science 2 works
  9. 9 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available73.4%not open26.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors61.6%domestic only38.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad CES's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 101% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 CES as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0019% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Universidad CES0.0018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidad CES 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 CES6.1% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.0% in 2017.

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