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Universidad de Xalapa

In research, Universidad de Xalapa stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,879 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,648
of 22,385 · #13,595 all time
Rank in Mexico
#98
of 232
Research works
552
▲ 53% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.2k
5.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Universidad de Xalapa

What is Universidad de Xalapa known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #6,879 of 9,585 2.4%76 #8632

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

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Universidad de Xalapa is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Medicine (15%), Computer Science (12%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 81 fractional works · 44.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 56 fractional works · 30.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 19 fractional works · 10.3% of its workEducation: 13 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 4.2% of its workLaw: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 50 fractional works · 27.0% of its workComputer Science: 23 fractional works · 12.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 5.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 5.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 32 fractional works · 17.2% of its workMedicine: 28 fractional works · 14.9% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 11.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidad deXalapa184fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences44%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5630.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting74.0%
    3. Psychology73.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance63.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities52.6%
    6. Decision Sciences20.8%
    1. Computer Science2312.2%
    2. Engineering105.3%
    3. Environmental Science105.3%
    4. Chemistry21.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy21.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    7. Mathematics10.5%
    8. Materials Science10.4%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine2814.9%
    2. Health Professions31.6%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences136.9%
    2. Neuroscience42.4%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    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: 1.46× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.47× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.57× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.06× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.78× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.90× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.23× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.42× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.16× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.38× its world share, 56 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences2.38×56 works
  2. Computer Science1.57×22 works
  3. Neuroscience1.47×4 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.46×13 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.42×6 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.23×7 works
  7. Psychology1.16×6 works
  8. Environmental Science1.06×10 works
  9. Nursing0.92×1 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.90×5 works
  11. Chemistry0.85×2 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.85×2 works
  13. Medicine0.78×28 works
  14. Health Professions0.61×3 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.50×2 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.49×1 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.44×1 works
  18. Mathematics0.44×1 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.36×0 works
  20. Engineering0.36×10 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.33×3 works
  22. Veterinary0.33×0 works
  23. Dentistry0.22×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.13×1 works
  25. Energy0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidad de Xalapa?

Ranked on the quality score, Firdovsi İbrahimov, Carlos García Méndez and Flores García lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad de Xalapa.

  1. 1 Firdovsi İbrahimov Mexico · #1,806,130 worldwide 18k citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Carlos García Méndez Mexico · #3,656,621 worldwide 1 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Flores García Mexico · #4,172,343 worldwide 3 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 José Negrete-Martínez Mexico · #5,181,869 worldwide 31 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Ubaldo Márquez Roa Mexico · #5,633,034 worldwide 2 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad de Xalapa

What are the most cited papers from Universidad de Xalapa?

The most cited paper from Universidad de Xalapa is "Short Sleep Duration as a Risk Factor for Hypertension" (James E. Gangwisch, Steven B. Heymsfield, Bernadette M Boden-Albala et al., 2006), with 1,265 citations. Next come "An empirical study about the usefulness of evolution strategies to solve constrained optimization problems" (480) and "Green-synthesized copper nanoparticles as a potential antifungal against plant pathogens" (244).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Short Sleep Duration as a Risk Factor for Hypertension James E. Gangwisch, Steven B. Heymsfield, Bernadette M Boden-Albala et al. · Hypertension Open access 3 Apr 2006 1,265
2 An empirical study about the usefulness of evolution strategies to solve constrained optimization problems Efrén Mezura‐Montes, Carlos A. Coello Coello · International Journal of General Systems 12 May 2008 480
3 Green-synthesized copper nanoparticles as a potential antifungal against plant pathogens Nicolaza Pariona, Arturo Isaias Mtz-Enriquez, Diana Sánchez-Rangel et al. · RSC Advances Open access 2019 244
4 The impact of accelerating land-use change on the N-Cycle of tropical aquatic ecosystems: Current conditions and projected changes John Downing, Michael E. McClain, Robert R. Twilley et al. · Biogeochemistry Jul 1999 243
5 Phase 2b Randomized Trial of the Oral PCSK9 Inhibitor MK-0616 Christie Mitchell Ballantyne, Puja Banka, Gustavo Méndez et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access 6 Mar 2023 216
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidad de Xalapa?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Latin America, Public Policy, Constitutionalism, Judicial Review, Knowledge Management, Democracy and Social Rights.

▲ 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. Human Rights16▲ 8.6×13 topics
  2. Latin America12▲ 33×8 topics
  3. Public Policy11▲ 12×9 topics
  4. Education10▲ 3.1×21 topics
  5. Constitutionalism10▲ 59×2 topics
  6. Globalization9▲ 2.6×21 topics
  7. Judicial Review9▲ 57×3 topics
  8. Democracy9▲ 14×6 topics
  9. Knowledge Management9▲ 8.6×9 topics
  10. Social Rights8▲ 143×2 topics
  11. Sustainability7▲ 1.65×20 topics
  12. Public Health7▲ 2.7×19 topics
  13. Innovation7▲ 3.6×13 topics
  14. Constitutional Rights6▲ 201×1 topic
  15. Legal Theory6▲ 52×1 topic
  16. Sustainable Development6▲ 2.2×13 topics
  17. Innovation Ecosystems6▲ 32×3 topics
  18. Educational Technology5▲ 2.5×9 topics
  19. Transparency5▲ 20×3 topics
  20. Urban Development5▲ 7.6×3 topics
  21. Digital Marketing5▲ 6.7×2 topics
  22. Teacher Training5▲ 4.2×6 topics
  23. Inclusive Education4▲ 6.8×6 topics
  24. Inequality4▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Community Development4▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Leadership4▲ 4.4×5 topics
  27. Community Participation4▲ 5.9×7 topics
  28. Distance Learning4▲ 5.9×3 topics
  29. Competitiveness4▲ 26×5 topics
  30. Evolutionary Algorithms4▲ 19×4 topics
  31. International Law4▲ 6.4×4 topics
  32. Social Responsibility4▲ 8.6×2 topics
  33. Small and Medium Enterprises4▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Psychopharmacology Education4▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Institutions3▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Social Participation3▲ 30×1 topic
  37. Constitutional Law3▲ 13×2 topics
  38. European Union3▲ 7.7×2 topics
  39. Elections3▲ 218×1 topic
  40. Political Parties3▲ 218×1 topic

Which research topics does Universidad de Xalapa publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies, Business, Innovation, and Economy, Public Policy and Governance and Political Dynamics in Latin America.

Comparative constitution…6Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies: 6 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, and Economy: 4 fractional worksPublic Policy and Govern…3Public Policy and Governance: 3 fractional worksPolitical Dynamics in La…3Political Dynamics in Latin America: 3 fractional worksEducational and Organizational Development: 2 fractional worksPolitical Theory and Democracy: 2 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarct…2Acute Myocardial Infarction Research: 2 fractional worksMetaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research: 2 fractional worksAdministrative Law and Governance: 2 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Training: 2 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsEconomics and EconometricsOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  2. 2 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  3. 3 Public Policy and Governance Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  4. 4 Political Dynamics in Latin America Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  5. 5 Educational and Organizational Development Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  6. 6 Political Theory and Democracy Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  7. 7 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  9. 9 Administrative Law and Governance Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  10. 10 Education and Teacher Training Education 2 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 available64.5%not open35.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.1%domestic only85.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad de Xalapa's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 53% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Xalapa as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00063% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Universidad de Xalapa0.00083% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Universidad de Xalapa5.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.4% in 2021.

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