Universidad de Antofagasta
In research, Universidad de Antofagasta stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,796 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#6,174 of 10,670 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,234 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics (Astronomy and Astrophysics is 7.6× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #4,805 of 22,385 · #3,944 all time
- Rank in Chile
- #36 of 104
- Research works
- 2.6k ▼ 7% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 38k 14.6 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 7.9% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.87× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 66% world 40%
- International
- 33% world 18%
What is Universidad de Antofagasta known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #4,796 of 9,585 | 9.2% | 139 | #2911 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #6,174 of 10,670 | 7.1% | 327 | #3503 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #7,234 of 9,902 | 7.2% | 80 | #7095 | |
| EngineeringField | #4,393 of 5,901 | 9.6% | 74 | #3277 | |
| Social SciencesField | #4,458 of 5,988 | 8.4% | 87 | #2552 | |
| Environmental ScienceField | #2,714 of 3,334 | 6.9% | 78 | #2575 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad de Antofagasta 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.
- Social Sciences#2,911 #4,796
- Physical Sciences#3,503 #6,174
- Health Sciences#7,095 #7,234
- Engineering#3,277 #4,393
- Social Sciences#2,552 #4,458
- Environmental Science#2,575 #2,714
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 de Antofagasta work in?
In 2022-now, 56% of research at Universidad de Antofagasta is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (14%), Environmental Science (13%), Engineering (12%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.
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
- Physical Sciences36255.9%
- Environmental Science8713.5%
- Engineering8112.5%
- Physics and Astronomy497.6%
- Mathematics375.7%
- Computer Science355.4%
- Energy213.2%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences203.1%
- Materials Science182.7%
- Chemistry101.5%
- Chemical Engineering50.7%
- Social Sciences14622.5%
- Social Sciences9114.0%
- Psychology284.3%
- Arts and Humanities101.6%
- Business, Management and Accounting71.1%
- Decision Sciences50.8%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.7%
- Health Sciences8813.6%
- Medicine589.0%
- Health Professions243.8%
- Dentistry40.6%
- Veterinary10.1%
- Nursing10.1%
- Life Sciences528.0%
What does Universidad de Antofagasta specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 7.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 25.5 works7.6×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Mathematics4.87×37 works
- Energy3.49×21 works
- Physics and Astronomy3.42×49 works
- Environmental Science2.71×87 works
- Chemical Engineering2.03×5 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences2.00×20 works
- Health Professions1.43×24 works
- Psychology1.41×28 works
- Dentistry1.25×4 works
- Social Sciences1.11×91 works
- Veterinary1.07×1 works
- Chemistry0.94×10 works
- Decision Sciences0.86×5 works
- Engineering0.83×81 works
- Materials Science0.78×18 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.74×26 works
- Computer Science0.70×35 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.58×1 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.56×17 works
- Arts and Humanities0.55×10 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.47×3 works
- Medicine0.47×58 works
- Neuroscience0.43×4 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.34×7 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.31×4 works
- Nursing0.28×1 works
- Mathematics 4.9×
- Energy 3.5×
- Physics and Astronomy 3.4×
- Environmental Science 2.7×
- Chemical Engineering 2.0×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 2.0×
- Health Professions 1.4×
- Psychology 1.4×
- Dentistry 1.2×
- Social Sciences 1.1×
- Veterinary 1.1×
- Chemistry 0.9×
- Decision Sciences 0.9×
- Engineering 0.8×
- Materials Science 0.8×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.7×
- Computer Science 0.7×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.6×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.6×
- Arts and Humanities 0.6×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.5×
- Medicine 0.5×
- Neuroscience 0.4×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.3×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.3×
- Nursing 0.3×
Who are the top researchers at Universidad de Antofagasta?
Ranked on the quality score, Christian Nıtschelm, Francisco Tello‐Ortiz and Svetlana Ushak lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad de Antofagasta.
- 1
Christian Nıtschelm
Chile · #276,173 worldwide 11k citations · 179 works
- 2
Francisco Tello‐Ortiz
Chile · #277,331 worldwide 2k citations · 77 works
- 3
Svetlana Ushak
Chile · #465,095 worldwide 4.1k citations · 124 works
- 4
Benito Gómez‐Silva
Chile · #540,125 worldwide 3.4k citations · 71 works
- 5
Ángel G. Fernández
Chile · #540,373 worldwide 3.9k citations · 110 works
- 6
Eric Zúñiga
Chile · #584,731 worldwide 260 citations · 26 works
- 7
Chris Harrod
Chile · #798,552 worldwide 6.4k citations · 250 works
- 8
Andrea Gutiérrez
Chile · #819,509 worldwide 2.5k citations · 51 works
- 9
Dardo Goyeneche
Chile · #912,918 worldwide 818 citations · 49 works
- 10
David Cristobal Andrade
Chile · #915,908 worldwide 3k citations · 146 works
Which keywords describe research at Universidad de Antofagasta?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Metal Recovery, Health Promotion, Education, Environmental Impact, Microbial Ecology, Teacher Development, Lithium-ion Batteries and Organizational Commitment.
- Sulfide Minerals
- Skew Distributions
- Phase Change Materials
- Benthic Communities
- Community Health
- Black Holes
- Nanobubbles
- Electrical Properties
- Migrant Integration
- Hydrometallurgical Processes
- Battery Recycling
- Circular Economy
- Sustainable Technology
- Quality Education
- Organizational Commitment
- Microbial Ecology
- Innovation
- Health Promotion
- Metal Recovery
- Education
- Climate Change
- Environmental Impact
- Educational Technology
- Lithium-ion Batteries
- Pedagogy
- Teacher Development
- Educational Leadership
- Solar Energy
- Rare Earth Elements
- Water Treatment
- Bayesian Inference
- Quantum Gravity
- Population Dynamics
- Flotation
- Occupational Health
- Metallurgy
- Intercultural Education
- Marine Biodiversity
- Generalized Exponential
- Bioleaching
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
- Climate Change28▲ 1.59×46 topics
- Education26▲ 2.4×27 topics
- Environmental Impact25▲ 2.3×26 topics
- Metal Recovery20▲ 16×3 topics
- Educational Technology17▲ 2.2×14 topics
- Health Promotion16▲ 7.7×12 topics
- Lithium-ion Batteries15▲ 5.5×4 topics
- Innovation15▲ 2.2×14 topics
- Pedagogy14▲ 4.2×7 topics
- Microbial Ecology13▲ 12×3 topics
- Teacher Development13▲ 32×2 topics
- Organizational Commitment12▲ 9.8×2 topics
- Educational Leadership12▲ 15×1 topic
- Quality Education12▲ 53×1 topic
- Solar Energy12▲ 6.1×5 topics
- Sustainable Technology11▲ 16×2 topics
- Rare Earth Elements11▲ 12×4 topics
- Circular Economy11▲ 6.0×5 topics
- Water Treatment10▲ 13×6 topics
- Battery Recycling10▲ 20×1 topic
- Bayesian Inference10▲ 16×3 topics
- Hydrometallurgical Processes10▲ 20×1 topic
- Quantum Gravity10▲ 18×4 topics
- Migrant Integration10▲ 44×2 topics
- Population Dynamics9▲ 5.5×11 topics
- Electrical Properties9▲ 15×4 topics
- Flotation9▲ 47×1 topic
- Nanobubbles9▲ 47×1 topic
- Occupational Health9▲ 12×3 topics
- Black Holes8▲ 14×3 topics
- Metallurgy8▲ 22×2 topics
- Community Health8▲ 7.7×7 topics
- Intercultural Education8▲ 16×4 topics
- Benthic Communities8▲ 20×2 topics
- Marine Biodiversity8▲ 20×2 topics
- Phase Change Materials8▲ 13×3 topics
- Generalized Exponential8▲ 72×1 topic
- Skew Distributions8▲ 72×1 topic
- Bioleaching8▲ 38×1 topic
- Sulfide Minerals8▲ 38×1 topic
Which research topics does Universidad de Antofagasta publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Education and Teacher Training, Extraction and Separation Processes, Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques and Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Education and Teacher Training Education 12 works
- 2 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 10 works
- 3 Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques Water Science and Technology 9 works
- 4 Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications Statistics and Probability 8 works
- 5 Metal Extraction and Bioleaching Biomedical Engineering 8 works
- 6 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 7 works
- 7 Stress and Burnout Research Social Psychology 7 works
- 8 Health and Medical Education General Health Professions 6 works
- 9 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 6 works
- 10 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Universidad de Antofagasta's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021.
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 de Antofagasta as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0027% in 2024.
Fractional works of Universidad de Antofagasta 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.9% in 2015.
Other research institutions in Antofagasta
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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