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Universidad de Tijuana

In research, Universidad de Tijuana stands highest in Health Sciences (#13,104 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,427
of 22,385 · #19,620 all time
Rank in Mexico
#172
of 232
Research works
283
▲ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
8.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Universidad de Tijuana

What is Universidad de Tijuana 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
Health SciencesDomain #13,104 of 16,688 5.4%124

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

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Universidad de Tijuana is in Health Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (41%), Social Sciences (16%), Computer Science (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 44 fractional works · 43.3% of its workMedicine: 41 fractional works · 40.8% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 9.2% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 25.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 16.4% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 20.2% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 11.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 11.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidad deTijuana101fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences43%Social Sciences25%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4140.8%
    2. Health Professions21.6%
    3. Dentistry10.7%
    4. Nursing00.3%
    1. Social Sciences1716.4%
    2. Psychology43.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting32.7%
    4. Decision Sciences11.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    1. Computer Science1211.4%
    2. Environmental Science33.1%
    3. Engineering32.8%
    4. Mathematics21.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    6. Chemistry00.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology54.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology22.0%
    4. Neuroscience21.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.98× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.46× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.34× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.12× its world share, 41 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.24× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.12×41 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.98×2 works
  3. Computer Science1.46×12 works
  4. Dentistry1.36×1 works
  5. Mathematics1.34×2 works
  6. Social Sciences1.30×17 works
  7. Psychology1.24×4 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.22×1 works
  9. Neuroscience1.05×2 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.86×5 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.83×3 works
  12. Environmental Science0.63×3 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.60×3 works
  14. Health Professions0.60×2 works
  15. Nursing0.52×0 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.40×1 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.38×1 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.25×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.21×0 works
  20. Engineering0.19×3 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.13×0 works
  22. Energy0.12×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.07×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidad de Tijuana?

Ranked on the quality score, Enrique Chacón‐Cruz, C. Zuniga and Jorge Mario Flores Osorio lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad de Tijuana.

  1. 1 Enrique Chacón‐Cruz Mexico · #2,824,897 worldwide 778 citations · 97 works
  2. 2 C. Zuniga Mexico · #3,429,735 worldwide 2.2k citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Jorge Mario Flores Osorio Mexico · #4,420,115 worldwide 14 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Samuel Navarro-Álvarez Mexico · #4,542,390 worldwide 193 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Carlos Alberto Olivares-Torres Mexico · #5,393,473 worldwide 185 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad de Tijuana

What are the most cited papers from Universidad de Tijuana?

The most cited paper from Universidad de Tijuana is "Treatment correlates of successful outcomes in pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: an individual patient data meta-analysis" (Nafees Ahmad et al., 2018), with 648 citations. Next come "Coumarin heterocyclic derivatives: chemical synthesis and biological activity" (473) and "A hybrid learning algorithm for a class of interval type-2 fuzzy neural networks" (296).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Treatment correlates of successful outcomes in pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: an individual patient data meta-analysis Nafees Ahmad et al. · The Lancet ReviewOpen access108 authors Sep 2018 648
2 Coumarin heterocyclic derivatives: chemical synthesis and biological activity Fernanda G. Medina, Joaquín G. Marrero, Mariana Macías-Alonso et al. · Natural Product Reports 2015 473
3 A hybrid learning algorithm for a class of interval type-2 fuzzy neural networks Juan R. Castro, Oscar Castillo, Patricia Melín et al. · Information Sciences 11 Nov 2008 296
4 Drug-associated adverse events in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: an individual patient data meta-analysis Zhiyi Lan et al. · The Lancet Respiratory Medicine ReviewOpen access 17 Mar 2020 276
5 Experimental study of intelligent controllers under uncertainty using type-1 and type-2 fuzzy logic Roberto Sepúlveda, Oscar Castillo, Patricia Melín et al. · Information Sciences 22 Nov 2006 261
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Which keywords describe research at Universidad de Tijuana?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Epidemiology, Pedagogy, Distance Learning, Diabetes, E-Learning, Innovation and Knowledge Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 2.2×46 topics
  2. Education8▲ 4.7×12 topics
  3. Pedagogy4▲ 8.9×3 topics
  4. Innovation4▲ 4.2×9 topics
  5. COVID-194▲ 3.2×9 topics
  6. E-Learning4▲ 4.5×5 topics
  7. Inflammation4▲ 1.98×19 topics
  8. Sustainability4▲ 1.74×11 topics
  9. Diagnosis4▲ 4.3×20 topics
  10. Distance Learning4▲ 12×2 topics
  11. Treatment4▲ 3.0×16 topics
  12. Diabetes4▲ 7.1×4 topics
  13. Knowledge Management4▲ 6.3×7 topics
  14. Teacher Training3▲ 5.5×5 topics
  15. Control Systems3▲ 17×2 topics
  16. Obesity3▲ 4.0×9 topics
  17. Fuzzy Logic Systems3▲ 179×1 topic
  18. Type-2 Fuzzy Sets3▲ 179×1 topic
  19. Digital Divide3▲ 11×2 topics
  20. ICT3▲ 19×1 topic
  21. Virtual Teaching3▲ 48×1 topic
  22. Weight Loss2▲ 16×2 topics
  23. Digital Transformation2▲ 4.3×4 topics
  24. Medical Education2▲ 8.7×7 topics
  25. Wound Healing2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  26. Educational Innovation2▲ 39×2 topics
  27. Type 2 Diabetes2▲ 9.1×3 topics
  28. Angiogenesis2▲ 6.0×5 topics
  29. Cardiovascular Risk2▲ 6.3×4 topics
  30. Health Outcomes2▲ 7.3×3 topics
  31. Neuroinflammation2▲ 6.7×6 topics
  32. Bariatric Surgery2▲ 55×1 topic
  33. Educational Leadership2▲ 15×1 topic
  34. Metabolic Surgery2▲ 55×1 topic
  35. Quality Education2▲ 52×1 topic
  36. Regeneration2▲ 9.2×4 topics
  37. University Students2▲ 34×2 topics
  38. Growth Factors2▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Emotional Intelligence2▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Social Skills2▲ 14×1 topic

Which research topics does Universidad de Tijuana publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Fuzzy Logic and Control Systems, Educational Innovations and Technology, Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes and Education and Teacher Training.

Fuzzy Logic and Control Systems: 3 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 3 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Ou…2Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Tr…2Education and Teacher Training: 2 fractional worksSocial Skills and Education: 2 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 2 fractional worksKnowledge Management in …2Knowledge Management in Higher Education: 2 fractional worksNeural Networks and Applications: 1 fractional worksFuzzy Systems and Optimization: 1 fractional worksEducational Research and Science Teaching: 1 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceInformation SystemsSurgeryEducation3 others

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

  1. 1 Fuzzy Logic and Control Systems Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  2. 2 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 3 works
  3. 3 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Education and Teacher Training Education 2 works
  5. 5 Social Skills and Education Education 2 works
  6. 6 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 2 works
  7. 7 Knowledge Management in Higher Education Education 2 works
  8. 8 Neural Networks and Applications Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  9. 9 Fuzzy Systems and Optimization Statistics and Probability 1 works
  10. 10 Educational Research and Science Teaching General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 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 available55.6%not open44.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.9%domestic only74.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad de Tijuana's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% higher 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 Tijuana as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00031% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Universidad de Tijuana0.00048% in 20251990200020102020

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