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Universidad de Los Andes, Chile

In research, Universidad de Los Andes, Chile stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,761 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#3,049 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,196 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry and Oral Surgery — Dentistry is 10.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,425
of 28,054 · #6,858 all time
Rank in Chile
#14
of 107
Research works
3.6k
▲ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
34k
9.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Universidad de Los Andes, Chile 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,761 of 11,982 10.3%406 #2814
MedicineField #3,049 of 10,443 9.1%298 #4612
Social SciencesDomain #3,196 of 10,521 18.1%363 #3903
Social SciencesField #2,590 of 6,365 17.5%193 #3243
Life SciencesDomain #4,045 of 7,800 17.9%83 #4626
Physical SciencesDomain #6,802 of 12,888 12.1%173 #9693
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,429 of 1,998 17.4%69 #2341
EngineeringField #5,381 of 6,636 8.8%74 #7327
SurgerySubfield #1,573 of 1,816 5.3%67 #3410

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad de Los Andes, Chile 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. Health Sciences#2,814 #1,761
  2. Medicine#4,612 #3,049
  3. Social Sciences#3,903 #3,196
  4. Social Sciences#3,243 #2,590
  5. Life Sciences#4,626 #4,045
  6. Physical Sciences#9,693 #6,802
  7. Arts and Humanities#2,341 #1,429
  8. Engineering#7,327 #5,381
  9. Surgery#3,410 #1,573
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 Los Andes, Chile specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 10.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 52.6 works11×
  2. Oral SurgerySubfield · 20.3 works10×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 43 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.90× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 34 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 74 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.93× its world share, 21 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 10.56× its world share, 53 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.73× its world share, 47 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.51× its world share, 298 worksMedicineNursing: 1.46× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.32× its world share, 69 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.02× its world share, 34 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.07× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.10× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.49× its world share, 193 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 10.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidad de Los Andes, Chile?

Ranked on the composite score, Hernán Corral Talciani, Rodrigo Fernández and Sebastián E. Illanes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad de Los Andes, Chile.

  1. 1 Hernán Corral Talciani Chile · #131,021 worldwide 27 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Rodrigo Fernández Chile · #176,884 worldwide 105 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Sebastián E. Illanes Chile · #192,418 worldwide 99 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Sebastián Maldonado Chile · #195,742 worldwide 249 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Édgar Hernán Fuentes-Contreras Chile · #373,432 worldwide 6 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Alejandro Romero Seguel Chile · #374,649 worldwide 21 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Sebastián Contreras Chile · #477,602 worldwide 1 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Patricio Valenzuela Chile · #492,393 worldwide 60 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Manfred Svensson Chile · #512,757 worldwide 4 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Maite Aguirrézabal Grünstein Chile · #551,653 worldwide 19 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad de Los Andes, Chile

Which keywords describe research at Universidad de Los Andes, Chile?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Latin America, Constitutionalism, Social Movements, Cultural Identity, International Law and Globalization.

▲ 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. Epidemiology91▲ 2.2×99 topics
  2. Quality of Life49▲ 3.3×48 topics
  3. Globalization38▲ 1.86×41 topics
  4. Human Rights28▲ 2.7×27 topics
  5. Public Health28▲ 1.89×38 topics
  6. Latin America28▲ 14×14 topics
  7. Education27▲ 1.55×44 topics
  8. Cultural Identity26▲ 4.8×7 topics
  9. Social Movements23▲ 7.4×11 topics
  10. Constitutionalism22▲ 23×4 topics
  11. Treatment22▲ 1.73×34 topics
  12. Diagnosis21▲ 2.2×29 topics
  13. Risk Factors21▲ 1.86×25 topics
  14. International Law20▲ 6.3×9 topics
  15. Ethics20▲ 4.0×27 topics
  16. Management19▲ 2.4×23 topics
  17. Health Promotion19▲ 5.8×12 topics
  18. Political Power18▲ 34×4 topics
  19. Historiography17▲ 13×4 topics
  20. Complications16▲ 3.2×13 topics
  21. Rehabilitation16▲ 3.9×9 topics
  22. Responsibility16▲ 35×5 topics
  23. Criminal Justice15▲ 6.5×4 topics
  24. Religious Influence15▲ 77×2 topics
  25. Revolution15▲ 67×2 topics
  26. Hispanic World15▲ 105×1 topic
  27. Independence15▲ 105×1 topic
  28. Surgical Management14▲ 3.4×16 topics
  29. Corporate Social Responsibility13▲ 8.3×6 topics
  30. Inflammatory Bowel Disease13▲ 11×5 topics
  31. Human Dignity13▲ 31×3 topics
  32. Civil Liability12▲ 50×2 topics
  33. Environmental Regulation12▲ 7.6×2 topics
  34. Consumer Rights11▲ 50×1 topic
  35. Contractual Law11▲ 90×1 topic
  36. Healthcare Quality11▲ 10×5 topics
  37. Legal Evidence11▲ 78×1 topic
  38. Standards of Proof11▲ 78×1 topic
  39. Aging Population10▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Judicial Review10▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidad de Los Andes, Chile publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Historical Studies in Latin America, Comparative International Legal Studies, Legal processes and jurisprudence and Health and Medical Education.

Historical Studies in La…15Historical Studies in Latin America: 15 fractional worksComparative Internationa…11Comparative International Legal Studies: 11 fractional worksLegal processes and juri…11Legal processes and jurisprudence: 11 fractional worksHealth and Medical Educa…8Health and Medical Education: 8 fractional worksEthics and bioethics in healthcare: 8 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 7 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofa…7Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 7 fractional worksComparative constitutional jurisprudence studies: 7 fractional worksCultural and Social Studies in Latin America: 6 fractional worksMicroscopic Colitis6Microscopic Colitis: 6 fractional works
DemographyPolitical Science and International RelationsLawGeneral Health Professions5 others

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

  1. 1 Historical Studies in Latin America Demography 15 works
  2. 2 Comparative International Legal Studies Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  3. 3 Legal processes and jurisprudence Law 11 works
  4. 4 Health and Medical Education General Health Professions 8 works
  5. 5 Ethics and bioethics in healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  6. 6 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 7 works
  7. 7 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 7 works
  8. 8 Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies Political Science and International Relations 7 works
  9. 9 Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America Literature and Literary Theory 6 works
  10. 10 Microscopic Colitis Epidemiology 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.

openly available70.0%not open30.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.4%domestic only73.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidad de Los Andes, Chile's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% 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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