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Universidad de Santiago de Chile

In research, Universidad de Santiago de Chile stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,887 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,269 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#2,600 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Social Sciences, Cultural Studies and Literature and Literary Theory — General Social Sciences is 8.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,232
of 28,054 · #2,960 all time
Rank in Chile
#7
of 107
Research works
13k
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
167k
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Universidad de Santiago de 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
Social SciencesDomain #1,887 of 10,521 13.5%936 #2177
Social SciencesField #1,269 of 6,365 13.1%553 #1759
Physical SciencesDomain #2,600 of 12,888 12.5%1,020 #2242
EngineeringField #2,161 of 6,636 11.7%375 #2532
Health SciencesDomain #4,333 of 11,982 13.0%367 #5329
MedicineField #3,925 of 10,443 12.8%272 #4511
Life SciencesDomain #3,659 of 7,800 15.0%258 #4033
EducationSubfield #1,076 of 1,892 18.3%107 #1312
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,483 of 2,578 14.8%84 #1684
Computer ScienceField #2,832 of 4,667 15.6%157 #2627

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad de Santiago de 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. Social Sciences#2,177 #1,887
  2. Social Sciences#1,759 #1,269
  3. Physical Sciences#2,242 #2,600
  4. Engineering#2,532 #2,161
  5. Health Sciences#5,329 #4,333
  6. Medicine#4,511 #3,925
  7. Life Sciences#4,033 #3,659
  8. Education#1,312 #1,076
  9. Business, Management and Accounting#1,684 #1,483
  10. Computer Science#2,627 #2,832
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 Santiago de Chile specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Social Sciences takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Social SciencesSubfield · 25.2 works8.9×
  2. Cultural StudiesSubfield · 50.9 works4.8×
  3. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 62.5 works4.5×
← 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: 0.82× its world share, 100 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.69× its world share, 95 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.75× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.92× its world share, 38 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.65× its world share, 15 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.37× its world share, 56 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.78× its world share, 156 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 29 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.52× its world share, 36 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.97× its world share, 375 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.00× its world share, 128 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.93× its world share, 84 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.64× its world share, 50 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.59× its world share, 91 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.36× its world share, 17 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.96× its world share, 65 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 272 worksMedicineNursing: 0.96× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.94× its world share, 145 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.01× its world share, 84 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.93× its world share, 51 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.13× its world share, 89 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.69× its world share, 553 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 1.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidad de Santiago de Chile?

Ranked on the composite score, Javier Mallol, Antônio García‐Hermoso and Eugenio Spencer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad de Santiago de Chile.

  1. 1 Javier Mallol Chile · #32,365 worldwide 385 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Antônio García‐Hermoso Chile · #46,649 worldwide 313 citations · 56 works
  3. 3 Eugenio Spencer Chile · #206,752 worldwide 184 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 María José Galotto Chile · #246,541 worldwide 162 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 M. V. Encinas Chile · #274,443 worldwide 168 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Ana M. Pizarro Chile · #329,426 worldwide 69 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Cristián Garay Vera Chile · #350,245 worldwide 0 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Claudio Urrea Chile · #371,747 worldwide 73 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Naí­n Nómez Chile · #376,885 worldwide 23 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Lluís To Figueras Chile · #382,144 worldwide 7 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Which keywords describe research at Universidad de Santiago de Chile?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Latin America, Globalization, Social Movements, Memory, Political Violence, Dictatorship, Human Rights and Chile.

▲ 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. Globalization203▲ 4.0×76 topics
  2. Latin America173▲ 35×22 topics
  3. Social Movements124▲ 16×20 topics
  4. Human Rights108▲ 4.1×32 topics
  5. Education107▲ 2.4×65 topics
  6. Memory94▲ 15×12 topics
  7. Political Violence85▲ 126×3 topics
  8. Sustainability83▲ 1.32×72 topics
  9. Dictatorship82▲ 175×2 topics
  10. Epidemiology81▼ 0.79×115 topics
  11. Chile72▲ 286×1 topic
  12. Pinochet72▲ 286×1 topic
  13. Cultural Identity67▲ 5.0×13 topics
  14. Colonialism57▲ 4.6×19 topics
  15. Social Inequality50▲ 7.2×10 topics
  16. Poetry46▲ 54×3 topics
  17. Gender44▲ 3.2×23 topics
  18. Migrant Integration40▲ 42×2 topics
  19. Community Participation39▲ 4.0×11 topics
  20. Interculturalism38▲ 121×1 topic
  21. Mapuche38▲ 121×1 topic
  22. Healthcare Access33▲ 4.5×8 topics
  23. Indigenous Knowledge32▲ 13×6 topics
  24. Health Promotion30▲ 3.7×16 topics
  25. Intercultural Education30▲ 15×4 topics
  26. Competitiveness29▲ 14×6 topics
  27. Teacher Development29▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Student Performance28▲ 9.8×3 topics
  29. Educational Leadership27▲ 8.3×3 topics
  30. Curriculum Design26▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Welfare State26▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Educational Innovation26▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Organizational Commitment26▲ 5.0×3 topics
  34. Quality Education26▲ 27×1 topic
  35. School Culture26▲ 27×1 topic
  36. Colonial History25▲ 50×4 topics
  37. Historiography23▲ 7.0×13 topics
  38. Racial Discrimination22▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Participation22▲ 8.6×3 topics
  40. Constitutionalism22▲ 8.8×3 topics

Which research topics does Universidad de Santiago de Chile publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America, Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America, Education and Teacher Training and Migration, Education, Indigenous Social Dynamics.

Political and Social Dyn…72Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America: 72 fractional worksCultural and Social Stud…38Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America: 38 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Tr…26Education and Teacher Training: 26 fractional worksMigration, Education, Indigenous Social Dynamics: 22 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 18 fractional worksInternational Relations …16International Relations in Latin America: 16 fractional worksHistorical Studies in Latin America: 14 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 13 fractional worksAccounting and Financial Management: 13 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, and Economy: 11 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryEducationCultural Studies6 others

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

  1. 1 Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America Sociology and Political Science 72 works
  2. 2 Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America Literature and Literary Theory 38 works
  3. 3 Education and Teacher Training Education 26 works
  4. 4 Migration, Education, Indigenous Social Dynamics Cultural Studies 22 works
  5. 5 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 18 works
  6. 6 International Relations in Latin America Political Science and International Relations 16 works
  7. 7 Historical Studies in Latin America Demography 14 works
  8. 8 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 13 works
  9. 9 Accounting and Financial Management Accounting 13 works
  10. 10 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 11 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 available60.5%not open39.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.8%domestic only73.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidad de Santiago de Chile's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% 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.