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Universidad de Buenos Aires

In research, Universidad de Buenos Aires stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,142 of 10,521 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#228 of 1,998 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#909 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Arts and Humanities, General Social Sciences and Anthropology — General Arts and Humanities is 23.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,330
of 28,054 · #1,253 all time
Rank in Argentina
#2
of 188
Research works
56k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
646k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Universidad de Buenos Aires known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #1,142 of 10,521 8.5%4,670 #971
Arts and HumanitiesField #228 of 1,998 11.0%1,217 #392
Social SciencesField #909 of 6,365 7.7%2,776 #823
Health SciencesDomain #2,055 of 11,982 9.3%1,114 #1724
Physical SciencesDomain #2,248 of 12,888 10.2%1,368 #1196
Life SciencesDomain #1,384 of 7,800 14.4%906 #741
MedicineField #2,073 of 10,443 9.8%850 #1663
General Social SciencesSubfield #6 of 29 8.2%167 #11
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #684 of 2,578 6.4%717 #774
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #991 of 3,409 16.4%408 #528

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad de Buenos Aires 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#971 #1,142
  2. Arts and Humanities#392 #228
  3. Social Sciences#823 #909
  4. Health Sciences#1,724 #2,055
  5. Physical Sciences#1,196 #2,248
  6. Life Sciences#741 #1,384
  7. Medicine#1,663 #2,073
  8. General Social Sciences#11 #6
  9. Sociology and Political Science#774 #684
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#528 #991
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Universidad de Buenos Aires specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Arts and Humanities takes 23.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Arts and HumanitiesSubfield · 38.8 works23×
  2. General Social SciencesSubfield · 166.7 works19×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 206.3 works9.1×
  4. Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 115.5 works8.7×
  5. Cultural StudiesSubfield · 275.7 works8.4×
  6. PhilosophySubfield · 252.8 works7.3×
  7. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 290.6 works6.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 408 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 304 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.70× its world share, 57 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 119 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 17 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.55× its world share, 70 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 288 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 140 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 23 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 244 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.78× its world share, 312 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 77 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.82× its world share, 78 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.72× its world share, 130 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.46× its world share, 57 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 152 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 850 worksMedicineNursing: 0.76× its world share, 30 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.26× its world share, 25 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.23× its world share, 1,217 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 104 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 20 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 145 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.66× its world share, 408 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.72× its world share, 2,776 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidad de Buenos Aires?

Ranked on the composite score, Daniel de Florian, M. A. Strang and José M. Paruelo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad de Buenos Aires.

  1. 1 Daniel de Florian Argentina · #8,469 worldwide 2.1k citations · 52 works
  2. 2 M. A. Strang Argentina · #17,381 worldwide 2.5k citations · 40 works
  3. 3 José M. Paruelo Argentina · #25,575 worldwide 560 citations · 63 works
  4. 4 E. De Robertis Argentina · #35,212 worldwide 634 citations · 64 works
  5. 5 Vı́ctor J. Yohai Argentina · #43,324 worldwide 581 citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Víctor A. Ramos Argentina · #46,020 worldwide 886 citations · 94 works
  7. 7 Carlos J. Todero Peixoto Argentina · #57,317 worldwide 541 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 M. Mostafá Argentina · #57,891 worldwide 927 citations · 83 works
  9. 9 Daniel J. Miralles Argentina · #58,319 worldwide 425 citations · 42 works
  10. 10 Horacio Cabo Argentina · #69,555 worldwide 145 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad de Buenos Aires

Which keywords describe research at Universidad de Buenos Aires?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Latin America, History, Education, Social Movements, Gender, Literature and Identity.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Globalization787▲ 5.0×120 topics
  2. Education570▲ 4.1×100 topics
  3. Latin America559▲ 36×23 topics
  4. History486▲ 8.6×56 topics
  5. Social Movements410▲ 17×27 topics
  6. Gender400▲ 9.2×49 topics
  7. Human Rights365▲ 4.4×62 topics
  8. Literature358▲ 8.2×49 topics
  9. Identity357▲ 6.1×65 topics
  10. Ethics316▲ 8.1×52 topics
  11. Philosophy288▲ 8.1×38 topics
  12. Culture285▲ 6.7×31 topics
  13. Cultural Identity280▲ 6.7×24 topics
  14. Neoliberalism279▲ 9.7×26 topics
  15. Cultural Studies279▲ 9.2×32 topics
  16. Society270▲ 17×22 topics
  17. Memory268▲ 14×22 topics
  18. Colonialism247▲ 6.5×42 topics
  19. Public Health235▲ 2.0×66 topics
  20. Social Inequality210▲ 9.8×15 topics
  21. Inequality203▲ 11×19 topics
  22. Communication194▲ 7.8×21 topics
  23. Violence193▲ 16×14 topics
  24. Technology175▲ 4.1×33 topics
  25. Feminism173▲ 7.6×24 topics
  26. Politics163▲ 7.5×20 topics
  27. Political Violence143▲ 68×3 topics
  28. Discourse Analysis136▲ 6.6×9 topics
  29. Narrative135▲ 10×12 topics
  30. Gender Studies135▲ 11×16 topics
  31. Welfare State134▲ 19×4 topics
  32. Media134▲ 11×14 topics
  33. Historiography128▲ 13×15 topics
  34. Social Sciences125▲ 11×19 topics
  35. Dictatorship123▲ 84×2 topics
  36. Power123▲ 22×9 topics
  37. Resistance122▲ 15×9 topics
  38. Constitutionalism119▲ 15×6 topics
  39. Economy116▲ 18×5 topics
  40. Literary Criticism116▲ 29×7 topics

Which research topics does Universidad de Buenos Aires publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Latin American socio-political dynamics, Social Sciences and Policies, Memory, violence, and history and Indigenous Cultures and History.

Latin American socio-pol…110Latin American socio-political dynamics: 110 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Poli…94Social Sciences and Policies: 94 fractional worksMemory, violence, and history: 88 fractional worksIndigenous Cultures and History: 81 fractional worksArgentine historical studies: 80 fractional worksLatin American Literature Studies: 78 fractional worksLatin American Urban Studies: 76 fractional worksComparative Literary Ana…65Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism: 65 fractional worksComparative constitutional jurisprudence studies: 65 fractional worksLiterary and Cultural Studies: 63 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceGeneral Social SciencesSocial PsychologyAnthropology4 others

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

  1. 1 Latin American socio-political dynamics Sociology and Political Science 110 works
  2. 2 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 94 works
  3. 3 Memory, violence, and history Social Psychology 88 works
  4. 4 Indigenous Cultures and History Anthropology 81 works
  5. 5 Argentine historical studies Cultural Studies 80 works
  6. 6 Latin American Literature Studies Cultural Studies 78 works
  7. 7 Latin American Urban Studies Urban Studies 76 works
  8. 8 Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 65 works
  9. 9 Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies Political Science and International Relations 65 works
  10. 10 Literary and Cultural Studies Sociology and Political Science 63 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 available60.8%not open39.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.9%domestic only84.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidad de Buenos Aires's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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