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Universidad de Ibagué

In research, Universidad de Ibagué stands highest in Environmental Science (#2,575 of 3,551 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#11,123 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#9,212 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics — Paleontology is 116.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,744
of 28,054 · #23,396 all time
Rank in Colombia
#62
of 173
Research works
2.4k
▲ 203% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.1k
1.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
89%
world 28%

What is Universidad de Ibagué 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
Environmental ScienceField #2,575 of 3,551 0.3%717 #5345
Physical SciencesDomain #11,123 of 12,888 0.6%1,052 #15320
Social SciencesDomain #9,212 of 10,521 7.1%107 #11052
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,011 of 3,409 0.6%465 #5736
Life SciencesDomain #6,922 of 7,800 0.6%583 #13633
EcologySubfield #529 of 578 0.1%272 #1486
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #239 of 255 0.2%289 #1005
PaleontologySubfield #30 of 31 0.1%250 #290
Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield #70 of 72 0.3%265 #548
Social SciencesField #6,282 of 6,365 4.4%61 #7056

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad de Ibagué 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. Environmental Science#5,345 #2,575
  2. Physical Sciences#15,320 #11,123
  3. Social Sciences#11,052 #9,212
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#5,736 #3,011
  5. Life Sciences#13,633 #6,922
  6. Ecology#1,486 #529
  7. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics#1,005 #239
  8. Paleontology#290 #30
  9. Nature and Landscape Conservation#548 #70
  10. Social Sciences#7,056 #6,282
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 Ibagué specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Paleontology takes 116.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PaleontologySubfield · 250.0 works116×
  2. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 264.6 works62×
  3. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 289.4 works35×
  4. EcologySubfield · 271.7 works19×
  5. Insect ScienceSubfield · 89.3 works18×
  6. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 37.7 works12×
  7. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 130.8 works9.7×
← 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: 5.49× its world share, 465 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.05× its world share, 99 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.70× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9.53× its world share, 266 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.11× its world share, 717 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 24 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 61 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidad de Ibagué?

Ranked on the composite score, Carlos F. Forero Hernández, Manuel G. Forero and Alexandra La Cruz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad de Ibagué.

  1. 1 Carlos F. Forero Hernández Colombia · #859,744 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Manuel G. Forero Colombia · #1,183,507 worldwide 38 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Alexandra La Cruz Colombia · #1,439,114 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Oswaldo López‐Santos Colombia · #1,507,334 worldwide 12 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad de Ibagué

Which keywords describe research at Universidad de Ibagué?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Conservation, Population Dynamics, Invasive Species, Phylogenetic Analysis, Biogeography, Climate Change and Evolution.

▲ 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. Biodiversity422▲ 32×18 topics
  2. Conservation390▲ 51×17 topics
  3. Population Dynamics328▲ 73×9 topics
  4. Invasive Species307▲ 40×17 topics
  5. Phylogenetic Analysis290▲ 54×11 topics
  6. Climate Change282▲ 5.9×31 topics
  7. Biogeography256▲ 55×16 topics
  8. Evolution216▲ 49×13 topics
  9. Biodiversity Loss199▲ 219×2 topics
  10. Neotropical Region188▲ 731×2 topics
  11. Phylogeny184▲ 68×13 topics
  12. Molecular Phylogeny171▲ 62×9 topics
  13. Endemism139▲ 456×2 topics
  14. Taxonomy132▲ 57×10 topics
  15. Ecology130▲ 47×6 topics
  16. Conservation Biology130▲ 71×3 topics
  17. Fisheries128▲ 185×2 topics
  18. Cladistic Analysis124▲ 923×1 topic
  19. Regionalization124▲ 923×1 topic
  20. Fish Biodiversity111▲ 332×1 topic
  21. Freshwater Ecoregions111▲ 332×1 topic
  22. Habitat Fragmentation110▲ 28×4 topics
  23. Amphibian Declines108▲ 259×1 topic
  24. Chytridiomycosis108▲ 259×1 topic
  25. Conservation Genetics95▲ 143×2 topics
  26. Ecosystem Engineering95▲ 192×2 topics
  27. DNA Barcoding94▲ 33×9 topics
  28. Toxins92▲ 53×3 topics
  29. Environmental Impacts92▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Aquatic Invasions91▲ 274×1 topic
  31. Freshwater Mussels91▲ 274×1 topic
  32. Coleoptera87▲ 247×2 topics
  33. Marine Ecosystems86▲ 91×2 topics
  34. Migration85▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Rays84▲ 240×1 topic
  36. Sharks84▲ 240×1 topic
  37. Nematodes73▲ 84×2 topics
  38. Phylogenetic Relationships73▲ 58×3 topics
  39. Parasitism73▲ 450×1 topic
  40. Snails73▲ 450×1 topic

Which research topics does Universidad de Ibagué publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography, Fish biology, ecology, and behavior, Amphibian and Reptile Biology and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior.

Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxo…124Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography: 124 fractional worksFish biology, ecology, a…111Fish biology, ecology, and behavior: 111 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Bi…108Amphibian and Reptile Biology: 108 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Eco…91Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 91 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 84 fractional worksMollusks and Parasites Studies: 73 fractional worksBotany and Geology in La…66Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean: 66 fractional worksColeoptera: Cerambycidae studies: 64 fractional worksParasite Biology and Host Interactions: 53 fractional worksTurtle Biology and Conservation: 49 fractional works
PaleontologyNature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcology2 others

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

  1. 1 Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography Paleontology 124 works
  2. 2 Fish biology, ecology, and behavior Nature and Landscape Conservation 111 works
  3. 3 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 108 works
  4. 4 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 91 works
  5. 5 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 84 works
  6. 6 Mollusks and Parasites Studies Insect Science 73 works
  7. 7 Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 66 works
  8. 8 Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 64 works
  9. 9 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 53 works
  10. 10 Turtle Biology and Conservation Nature and Landscape Conservation 49 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 available88.7%not open11.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.3%domestic only91.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidad de Ibagué's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 203% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.