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Universidad Creativa

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Research works
25
▲ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
23
0.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
98%
world 40%
International
49%
world 18%
Universidad Creativa

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

Which fields of science does Universidad Creativa work in?

In all years, 81% of research at Universidad Creativa is in Social Sciences, 10% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (56%), Arts and Humanities (9%), Computer Science (8%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 20 fractional works · 80.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 55.7% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 19.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 17.0% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 11.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 8.8% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 5.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 10.0% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 7.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadCreativa25fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences81%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 12 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1455.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities28.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance26.5%
    4. Psychology15.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting14.2%
    1. Computer Science27.8%
    2. Environmental Science01.7%
    3. Engineering00.6%
    1. Medicine13.8%
    2. Health Professions13.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.9%
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: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 1.49× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.31× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.76× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.86× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.31× 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, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences4.31×7 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.31×1 works
  3. Psychology1.86×1 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.76×1 works
  5. Computer Science1.49×2 works
  6. Health Professions1.11×0 works
  7. Environmental Science0.51×0 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.40×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.31×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.29×0 works
  11. Medicine0.17×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidad Creativa?

Ranked on the quality score, Lucía Ruiz Granada lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad Creativa.

  1. 1 Lucía Ruiz Granada Costa Rica · #4,731,748 worldwide 0 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad Creativa

What are the most cited papers from Universidad Creativa?

The most cited paper from Universidad Creativa is "Integrated framework for game design" (Rodolfo Mora-Zamora, Esteban Brenes-Villalobos, 2019), with 7 citations. Next come "Las Competencias Digitales Docentes: Un Estudio sobre la Preparación del Docente para la Educación Digital" (5) and "La localización de la clase creativa en los municipios españoles Discusión conceptual-operativa y análisis descriptivo" (3).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Integrated framework for game design Rodolfo Mora-Zamora, Esteban Brenes-Villalobos Conference paper 30 Sep 2019 7
2 Las Competencias Digitales Docentes: Un Estudio sobre la Preparación del Docente para la Educación Digital Fanny Janeth Achina Cualchi, Katerine Dayana Puetate Yar, Marcia Germania Quelal Cuatín et al. · Revista Científica de Salud y Desarrollo Humano Open access 19 Sep 2025 5
3 La localización de la clase creativa en los municipios españoles Discusión conceptual-operativa y análisis descriptivo Cristina Mateos Mora, Clemente J. Navarro · Empiria Revista de metodología de ciencias sociales Open access 29 Aug 2014 3
4 5PM and DoC - Formal Models for Game Design Rodolfo Mora-Zamora, Esteban Brenes-Villalobos, Francisco Durán · CLEI electronic journal Open access 22 Sep 2020 2
5 The GHI of Tactical Media David García Núñez, Geert Lovink, Andreas Broeckmann · Artnodes Open access Dec 2002 2
All 36 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Creativa?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Globalization, Urban Development, Innovation, Economic Impact, Public Policy, Entrepreneurship and Qualitative Research.

▲ 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 26 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Education3▲ 9.7×12 topics
  2. Globalization3▲ 6.0×8 topics
  3. Urban Development2▲ 25×3 topics
  4. Innovation2▲ 8.8×10 topics
  5. Economic Impact2▲ 22×4 topics
  6. Entrepreneurship2▲ 26×4 topics
  7. Public Policy2▲ 17×7 topics
  8. Qualitative Research2▲ 12×6 topics
  9. Teacher Training2▲ 18×7 topics
  10. Educational Technology2▲ 10×7 topics
  11. Sustainability2▲ 4.0×6 topics
  12. Latin America2▲ 34×4 topics
  13. Social Inequality2▲ 31×4 topics
  14. Social Movements2▲ 21×5 topics
  15. Pedagogy1▲ 17×3 topics
  16. Urbanization1▲ 17×3 topics
  17. E-Learning1▲ 8.8×3 topics
  18. Segregation1▲ 63×2 topics
  19. Communication1▲ 15×5 topics
  20. Historiography1▲ 32×2 topics
  21. Inclusive Education1▲ 22×5 topics
  22. Leadership1▲ 13×3 topics
  23. Metropolitan Areas1▲ 273×1 topic
  24. Residential1▲ 273×1 topic
  25. Human Rights1▲ 4.7×4 topics
  26. Sustainable Development1▲ 3.5×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidad Creativa publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Interdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics, Innovation, Technology, and Society, Night-time city culture and Educational Innovations and Technology.

Interdisciplinary Studie…1Interdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics: 1 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, …1Innovation, Technology, and Society: 1 fractional worksNight-time city culture1Night-time city culture: 1 fractional worksEducational Innovations …1Educational Innovations and Technology: 1 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Training: 0 fractional worksEducational theories and practices: 0 fractional worksHigher Education Teachin…0Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation: 0 fractional worksEducation in Rural Contexts: 0 fractional worksCultural Industries and Urban Development: 0 fractional worksLiteracy and Educational Practices: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceUrban StudiesInformation SystemsEducation

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

  1. 1 Interdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Night-time city culture Urban Studies 1 works
  4. 4 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 1 works
  5. 5 Education and Teacher Training Education 0 works
  6. 6 Educational theories and practices Education 0 works
  7. 7 Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation Education 0 works
  8. 8 Education in Rural Contexts Education 0 works
  9. 9 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 0 works
  10. 10 Literacy and Educational Practices Education 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 available98.2%not open1.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.6%domestic only51.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Creativa's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% 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 Creativa as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000015% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Universidad Creativa0.00012% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidad Creativa over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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