Universidad del Azuay
In research, Universidad del Azuay stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,966 of 6,403 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,075 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,070 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Law (Law is 5.7× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #2,680 of 22,385 · #4,110 all time
- Rank in Ecuador
- #25 of 71
- Research works
- 1.3k ▲ 6% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 5.3k 4.0 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 8.0% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.15× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 72% world 40%
- International
- 25% world 18%
What is Universidad del Azuay known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life SciencesDomain | #1,966 of 6,403 | 14.7% | 62 | - | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #3,075 of 9,585 | 7.8% | 273 | #3575 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #4,070 of 10,670 | 4.1% | 151 | #5492 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #4,941 of 9,902 | 10.5% | 78 | #6465 | |
| Social SciencesField | #3,219 of 5,988 | 7.5% | 133 | #3195 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad del Azuay 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 of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Social Sciences#3,575 #3,075
- Physical Sciences#5,492 #4,070
- Health Sciences#6,465 #4,941
- Social Sciences#3,195 #3,219
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Universidad del Azuay work in?
In 2022-now, 49% of research at Universidad del Azuay is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Medicine (10%), Business, Management and Accounting (8%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Social Sciences30148.5%
- Social Sciences15324.6%
- Business, Management and Accounting508.1%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance437.0%
- Psychology325.2%
- Arts and Humanities152.5%
- Decision Sciences71.1%
- Physical Sciences16626.7%
- Computer Science508.0%
- Environmental Science467.5%
- Engineering467.4%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences101.6%
- Energy71.1%
- Chemistry30.5%
- Mathematics20.3%
- Materials Science10.2%
- Physics and Astronomy10.1%
- Chemical Engineering00.0%
- Health Sciences8714.1%
- Medicine6410.3%
- Health Professions182.9%
- Nursing30.6%
- Dentistry20.3%
- Veterinary00.0%
- Life Sciences6610.6%
What does Universidad del Azuay specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Law takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- LawSubfield · 20.4 works5.7×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.27×43 works
- Business, Management and Accounting2.53×50 works
- Social Sciences1.95×153 works
- Psychology1.71×32 works
- Environmental Science1.51×46 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.41×42 works
- Energy1.24×7 works
- Nursing1.14×4 works
- Decision Sciences1.11×7 works
- Health Professions1.09×18 works
- Computer Science1.03×50 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.02×10 works
- Arts and Humanities0.86×15 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.77×2 works
- Dentistry0.65×2 works
- Medicine0.54×64 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.49×16 works
- Engineering0.49×46 works
- Neuroscience0.42×4 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.36×2 works
- Chemistry0.30×3 works
- Mathematics0.22×2 works
- Veterinary0.20×0 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.06×1 works
- Chemical Engineering0.05×0 works
- Materials Science0.05×1 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 3.3×
- Business, Management and Accounting 2.5×
- Social Sciences 1.9×
- Psychology 1.7×
- Environmental Science 1.5×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1.4×
- Energy 1.2×
- Nursing 1.1×
- Decision Sciences 1.1×
- Health Professions 1.1×
- Computer Science 1.0×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 1.0×
- Arts and Humanities 0.9×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.8×
- Dentistry 0.7×
- Medicine 0.5×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.5×
- Engineering 0.5×
- Neuroscience 0.4×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.4×
- Chemistry 0.3×
- Mathematics 0.2×
- Veterinary 0.2×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.1×
- Chemical Engineering 0.1×
- Materials Science 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at Universidad del Azuay?
Ranked on the quality score, Boris A. Tinoco, Juan Carlos Salamea and Carla Marina Salgado Castillo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad del Azuay.
- 1
Boris A. Tinoco
Ecuador · #397,053 worldwide 1.3k citations · 77 works
- 2
Juan Carlos Salamea
Ecuador · #889,132 worldwide 548 citations · 48 works
- 3
Carla Marina Salgado Castillo
Ecuador · #1,115,712 worldwide 774 citations · 21 works
- 4
Chester Andrew Sellers
Ecuador · #1,665,062 worldwide 239 citations · 25 works
- 5
Marco A. Lazo‐Vélez
Ecuador · #1,908,287 worldwide 918 citations · 38 works
- 6
Natasha Eulalia Cabrera-Jara
Ecuador · #2,000,056 worldwide 225 citations · 26 works
- 7
D. V. AVILA
Ecuador · #2,127,190 worldwide 408 citations · 28 works
- 8
Edwin Zárate
Ecuador · #2,187,813 worldwide 323 citations · 18 works
- 9
Esteban Bravo-López
Ecuador · #2,210,148 worldwide 123 citations · 19 works
- 10
Juan Manuel Aguilar
Ecuador · #2,506,662 worldwide 704 citations · 43 works
Which keywords describe research at Universidad del Azuay?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Small and Medium Enterprises, Education, Digital Marketing, Urban Development, Social Responsibility, Innovation Ecosystems, Economic Impact and Psychopharmacology Education.
- Research
- Legal Reform
- Health Promotion
- Criminal Law
- Productivity Indicators
- Knowledge Management
- Organizational Performance
- Teacher Training
- Social Impact
- Social Justice
- Biodiversity
- Inclusive Education
- Human Rights
- Competitiveness
- Sustainability
- Psychopharmacology Education
- Innovation Ecosystems
- Urban Development
- Globalization
- Small and Medium Enterprises
- Education
- Climate Change
- Digital Marketing
- Social Responsibility
- Economic Impact
- Tourism Management
- Sustainable Development
- Innovation
- Latin America
- Educational Technology
- Risk Assessment
- Organizational Culture
- Ethics
- Decision Making
- Financial Analysis
- Economic Impact Evaluation
- Cultural Heritage
- Youth Offenders
- Communication
- Habitat Fragmentation
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
- Education49▲ 4.6×35 topics
- Small and Medium Enterprises40▲ 37×3 topics
- Climate Change40▲ 2.4×50 topics
- Globalization39▲ 3.2×33 topics
- Digital Marketing37▲ 16×2 topics
- Urban Development37▲ 17×6 topics
- Social Responsibility36▲ 25×3 topics
- Innovation Ecosystems36▲ 56×2 topics
- Economic Impact35▲ 11×3 topics
- Psychopharmacology Education34▲ 89×1 topic
- Tourism Management34▲ 79×1 topic
- Sustainability32▲ 2.1×36 topics
- Sustainable Development31▲ 3.2×28 topics
- Competitiveness31▲ 62×6 topics
- Innovation29▲ 4.6×21 topics
- Human Rights24▲ 3.7×19 topics
- Latin America21▲ 18×12 topics
- Inclusive Education20▲ 8.9×9 topics
- Educational Technology19▲ 2.6×15 topics
- Biodiversity18▲ 3.8×12 topics
- Risk Assessment18▲ 4.3×9 topics
- Social Justice16▲ 4.3×11 topics
- Organizational Culture16▲ 6.5×7 topics
- Social Impact16▲ 6.5×8 topics
- Ethics16▲ 4.9×14 topics
- Teacher Training15▲ 4.1×6 topics
- Decision Making15▲ 8.4×3 topics
- Organizational Performance14▲ 9.0×3 topics
- Financial Analysis14▲ 20×2 topics
- Knowledge Management14▲ 4.1×8 topics
- Economic Impact Evaluation14▲ 128×1 topic
- Productivity Indicators14▲ 128×1 topic
- Cultural Heritage13▲ 4.0×12 topics
- Criminal Law11▲ 11×2 topics
- Youth Offenders11▲ 39×2 topics
- Health Promotion11▲ 5.5×8 topics
- Communication11▲ 5.5×10 topics
- Legal Reform11▲ 57×1 topic
- Habitat Fragmentation10▲ 7.5×4 topics
- Research10▲ 13×5 topics
Which research topics does Universidad del Azuay publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Business, Innovation, and Economy, Business, Education, Mathematics Research, Social Issues and Policies in Latin America and Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 34 works
- 2 Business, Education, Mathematics Research Accounting 14 works
- 3 Social Issues and Policies in Latin America Law 11 works
- 4 Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 6 works
- 5 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 6 works
- 6 Education and Teacher Training Education 6 works
- 7 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6 works
- 8 Latin American Urban Studies Urban Studies 6 works
- 9 Diverse Applied Research Studies Sociology and Political Science 5 works
- 10 Environmental and Ecological Studies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 5 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Universidad del Azuay's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 del Azuay as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0026% in 2024.
Fractional works of Universidad del Azuay 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.8% in 2022.
Other research institutions in Cuenca
- Universidad Católica de Cuenca
- University of Cuenca
- Politecnica Salesiana University
- Hospital de Especialidades José Carrasco Arteaga
- Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso
- Corporación Ecuatoriana para el Desarrollo de la Investigación y la Academia
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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