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Universidad de la Comunicación

In research, Universidad de la Comunicación stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,258 of 14,833 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,722 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#21,152
of 34,923
Rank in Mexico
#208
of 278
Research works
332
▼ 44% vs 2018-21
Citations
655
2.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
81%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
Universidad de la Comunicación

What is Universidad de la Comunicación known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #7,258 of 14,833 7.5%241
Social SciencesField #5,722 of 9,330 7.1%183

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

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Universidad de la Comunicación is in Social Sciences, 16% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (58%), Computer Science (13%), Arts and Humanities (10%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 50 fractional works · 73.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 39 fractional works · 57.5% of its workCommunication: 16 fractional works · 24.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 9.2% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 10.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 16.3% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 13.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 8.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidad de laComunicación68fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences74%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3957.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities710.1%
    3. Psychology22.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.5%
    1. Computer Science913.2%
    2. Environmental Science11.9%
    3. Engineering00.7%
    4. Energy00.5%
    1. Medicine45.5%
    2. Health Professions22.6%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
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: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 1.70× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.48× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.55× its world share, 39 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences4.55×39 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.48×7 works
  3. Computer Science1.70×9 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.06×2 works
  5. Health Professions0.97×2 works
  6. Psychology0.84×2 works
  7. Energy0.54×0 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.47×1 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.37×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.37×1 works
  11. Medicine0.28×4 works
  12. Nursing0.25×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×1 works
  14. Engineering0.05×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidad de la Comunicación?

Ranked on the quality score, Josep Lluis Fece Gómez and Mateo González Alonso lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad de la Comunicación.

  1. 1 Josep Lluis Fece Gómez Mexico · #5,269,589 worldwide 14 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Mateo González Alonso Mexico · #7,050,591 worldwide 0 citations · 90 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad de la Comunicación

What are the most cited papers from Universidad de la Comunicación?

The most cited paper from Universidad de la Comunicación is "Sexting in adolescents: Prevalence and behaviours" (Mónica Ojeda, Rosario Del Rey, Michel Walrave et al., 2020), with 62 citations. Next come "The role of the Internet and social networks in the arab uprisings an alternative to official press censorship" (60) and "La cultura organizacional, elementos generales, mediaciones e impacto en el desarrollo integral de las instituciones" (59).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Sexting in adolescents: Prevalence and behaviours Mónica Ojeda, Rosario Del Rey, Michel Walrave et al. · Comunicar Open access 15 Apr 2020 62
2 The role of the Internet and social networks in the arab uprisings an alternative to official press censorship Xosé Soengas Pérez · Comunicar Open access 30 May 2013 60
3 La cultura organizacional, elementos generales, mediaciones e impacto en el desarrollo integral de las instituciones Dariel Mena Méndez · Revista científica Pensamiento y Gestión Open access 24 Mar 2020 59
4 Videogames as cultural devices: development of spatial skills and application in learning Ana María Sedeño Valdellós · Comunicar Open access Mar 2010 50
5 Intercambios virtuales en educación superior: desarrollo de las habilidades interculturales a través de la colaboración en línea Patrícia B. Scherer Bassani, Ilona Buchem · Revista Interuniversitaria de Investigación en Tecnología Educativa Open access 30 Jun 2019 33
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Which keywords describe research at Universidad de la Comunicación?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Media, Communication, Social Networks, Digital Media, Information Technology, Public Perception, Media Studies and Health Education.

▲ 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. Social Media14▲ 15×11 topics
  2. Communication13▲ 60×7 topics
  3. Social Networks9▲ 47×4 topics
  4. Digital Media8▲ 69×3 topics
  5. Information Technology7▲ 23×2 topics
  6. Public Perception7▲ 79×2 topics
  7. COVID-196▲ 7.2×2 topics
  8. Media Studies6▲ 148×3 topics
  9. Health Education6▲ 21×2 topics
  10. New Media6▲ 231×2 topics
  11. Television6▲ 521×2 topics
  12. Globalization6▲ 4.5×20 topics
  13. Digital Communication6▲ 129×2 topics
  14. Media System6▲ 420×1 topic
  15. News Consumption6▲ 420×1 topic
  16. Convergence6▲ 813×1 topic
  17. Internet6▲ 109×1 topic
  18. Education6▲ 4.8×18 topics
  19. Journalism6▲ 389×3 topics
  20. Latin America5▲ 39×10 topics
  21. Content Analysis5▲ 57×3 topics
  22. Social Movements4▲ 21×10 topics
  23. Media4▲ 41×4 topics
  24. Advertising4▲ 138×2 topics
  25. Innovation4▲ 5.3×7 topics
  26. Digital Journalism4▲ 138×2 topics
  27. Ethics3▲ 9.4×4 topics
  28. Research3▲ 37×3 topics
  29. Cultural Studies3▲ 11×7 topics
  30. Digital Marketing3▲ 10×3 topics
  31. Political Participation3▲ 46×4 topics
  32. Spain3▲ 113×2 topics
  33. News Coverage2▲ 777×1 topic
  34. Public Opinion2▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Academic Production2▲ 424×1 topic
  36. Gender2▲ 6.7×9 topics
  37. Publications2▲ 424×1 topic
  38. Technology2▲ 6.7×4 topics
  39. Aging Population2▲ 39×2 topics
  40. Deliberative Democracy2▲ 46×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidad de la Comunicación publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Communication and COVID-19 Impact, Media and Digital Communication, Journalism and Media Studies and Advertising and Communication Studies.

Communication and COVID-…6Communication and COVID-19 Impact: 6 fractional worksMedia and Digital Commun…6Media and Digital Communication: 6 fractional worksJournalism and Media Studies: 2 fractional worksAdvertising and Communication Studies: 2 fractional worksRadio, Podcasts, and Digital Media: 2 fractional worksAging, Health, and Disab…2Aging, Health, and Disability: 2 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 2 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 2 fractional worksMedia, Gender, and Advertising: 1 fractional worksClimate Change Communication and Perception: 1 fractional works
CommunicationComputer Networks and CommunicationsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthComputer Science Applications2 others

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

  1. 1 Communication and COVID-19 Impact Communication 6 works
  2. 2 Media and Digital Communication Computer Networks and Communications 6 works
  3. 3 Journalism and Media Studies Communication 2 works
  4. 4 Advertising and Communication Studies Communication 2 works
  5. 5 Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media Communication 2 works
  6. 6 Aging, Health, and Disability Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Social Media and Politics Communication 2 works
  8. 8 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 2 works
  9. 9 Media, Gender, and Advertising Gender Studies 1 works
  10. 10 Climate Change Communication and Perception Sociology and Political Science 1 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 available81.4%not open18.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.5%domestic only58.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad de la Comunicación's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 44% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Universidad de la Comunicación as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00022% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Universidad de la Comunicación0.00020% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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