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Universidad de San Pedro Sula

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Research works
32
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
53
1.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
74%
world 40%
International
49%
world 18%
Universidad de San Pedro Sula

Not ranked overall: Universidad de San Pedro Sula is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Universidad de San Pedro Sula work in?

In all years, 33% of research at Universidad de San Pedro Sula is in Health Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Social Sciences (18%), Computer Science (16%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 10 fractional works · 32.6% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 28.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 29.5% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 16.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 10.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 22.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 18.0% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 11.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 15.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidad deSan Pedro Sula32fractional works, all years
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences33%Social Sciences23%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine928.8%
    2. Health Professions13.6%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Computer Science516.0%
    2. Engineering310.5%
    3. Environmental Science12.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    5. Chemistry00.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    7. Energy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences618.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.6%
    4. Psychology00.7%
    5. Decision Sciences00.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences25.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology25.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.7%
    4. Neuroscience01.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
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: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.64× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.91× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.94× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.71× its world share, 6 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.59× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.40× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology2.64×0 works
  2. Veterinary2.59×0 works
  3. Health Professions1.94×1 works
  4. Medicine1.71×6 works
  5. Social Sciences1.44×4 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.40×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.29×1 works
  8. Neuroscience1.09×0 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.00×1 works
  10. Engineering0.91×3 works
  11. Computer Science0.79×1 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.71×0 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.64×0 works
  14. Psychology0.41×0 works
  15. Energy0.24×0 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.11×0 works
  18. Environmental Science0.05×0 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.05×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Universidad de San Pedro Sula?

The most cited paper from Universidad de San Pedro Sula is "Effects of Exclusive Breastfeeding for Four versus Six Months on Maternal Nutritional Status and Infant Motor Development: Results of Two Randomized Trials in Honduras" (Kathryn G. Dewey, Roberta J. Cohen, Kenneth H. Brown et al., 2001), with 283 citations. Next come "A continuum of admixture in the Western Hemisphere revealed by the African Diaspora genome" (191) and "Next Generation Sequencing Reveals Skewing of the T and B Cell Receptor Repertoires in Patients with Wiskott–Aldrich Syndrome" (45).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Effects of Exclusive Breastfeeding for Four versus Six Months on Maternal Nutritional Status and Infant Motor Development: Results of Two Randomized Trials in Honduras Kathryn G. Dewey, Roberta J. Cohen, Kenneth H. Brown et al. · Journal of Nutrition Open access Feb 2001 283
2 A continuum of admixture in the Western Hemisphere revealed by the African Diaspora genome Rasika A. Mathias et al. · Nature Communications Open access104 authors 11 Oct 2016 191
3 Next Generation Sequencing Reveals Skewing of the T and B Cell Receptor Repertoires in Patients with Wiskott–Aldrich Syndrome Amy E. Oâ€TMConnell, Stefano Volpi, Kerry Dobbs et al. · Frontiers in Immunology Open access 18 Jul 2014 45
4 Poverty-associated risk factors for wheezing in the first year of life in Honduras and El Salvador Agustin Bueso, Marcelo Figueroa, Luis Cousin et al. · Allergologia et Immunopathologia Open access 25 Mar 2010 21
5 Unexplored Genetic Diversity of Multidrug- and Extremely Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates from Tertiary Hospitals in Honduras Gamaliel López-Leal, Julio Cesar Zuniga-Moya, Semiramis Castro-Jaimes et al. · Microbial Drug Resistance 7 Jan 2019 17
All 96 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidad de San Pedro Sula?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, E-Learning, Educational Technology, COVID-19, Distance Learning, Online Education, Technology and Inclusive 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 all years 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 24 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Education3▲ 7.2×8 topics
  2. E-Learning3▲ 15×3 topics
  3. Epidemiology3▲ 2.1×19 topics
  4. Educational Technology2▲ 12×4 topics
  5. Deep Learning2▲ 3.2×10 topics
  6. Machine Learning2▲ 2.7×10 topics
  7. COVID-192▲ 8.3×3 topics
  8. Distance Learning2▲ 24×2 topics
  9. Online Education2▲ 56×2 topics
  10. Technology2▲ 12×2 topics
  11. Inclusive Education2▲ 24×5 topics
  12. Innovation2▲ 5.2×5 topics
  13. Knowledge Management1▲ 9.9×3 topics
  14. Online Teaching1▲ 247×2 topics
  15. Teacher Training1▲ 9.4×4 topics
  16. ICT1▲ 37×1 topic
  17. Neural Networks1▲ 3.1×5 topics
  18. Sustainability1▲ 1.99×8 topics
  19. Virtual Teaching1▲ 123×1 topic
  20. Digital Marketing1▲ 16×1 topic
  21. Educational Projects1▲ 105×1 topic
  22. Public Health1▲ 2.4×7 topics
  23. Technology Integration1▲ 16×2 topics
  24. Treatment1▲ 2.5×7 topics

Which research topics does Universidad de San Pedro Sula publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: E-Learning and COVID-19, Educational Technology and E-Learning, Impact of Education Environments and Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques.

E-Learning and COVID-19: 1 fractional worksEducational Technology and E-Learning: 1 fractional worksImpact of Education Envi…1Impact of Education Environments: 1 fractional worksTraffic Prediction and M…0Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques: 0 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 0 fractional worksBiomedical and Engineering Education: 0 fractional worksSmart Cities and Technol…0Smart Cities and Technologies: 0 fractional worksElectricity Theft Detection Techniques: 0 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 0 fractional worksUrban and Freight Transp…0Urban and Freight Transport Logistics: 0 fractional works
EducationInformation SystemsBuilding and ConstructionBiomedical Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 E-Learning and COVID-19 Education 1 works
  2. 2 Educational Technology and E-Learning Information Systems 1 works
  3. 3 Impact of Education Environments Education 1 works
  4. 4 Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques Building and Construction 0 works
  5. 5 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 0 works
  6. 6 Biomedical and Engineering Education Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Smart Cities and Technologies Media Technology 0 works
  8. 8 Electricity Theft Detection Techniques Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Education Systems and Policy Education 0 works
  10. 10 Urban and Freight Transport Logistics Building and Construction 0 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 available74.4%not open25.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.7%domestic only51.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad de San Pedro Sula's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Universidad de San Pedro Sula as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000023% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%Universidad de San Pedro Sula0.00014% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidad de San Pedro Sula over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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