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Universidad del Istmo

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,675
of 22,385 · #20,741 all time
Rank in Guatemala
#7
of 12
Research works
244
▲ 73% vs 2018-21
Citations
848
3.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
68%
world 40%
International
43%
world 18%
Universidad del Istmo

Which fields of science does Universidad del Istmo work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Universidad del Istmo is in Physical Sciences, 38% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Engineering (24%), Computer Science (13%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 48 fractional works · 47.9% of its workEngineering: 24 fractional works · 23.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 7.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 13.1% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 5.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 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 workSocial Sciences: 38 fractional works · 38.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 24.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 5.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidad delIstmo100fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences38%

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. Engineering2423.6%
    2. Computer Science1313.1%
    3. Environmental Science55.3%
    4. Materials Science22.0%
    5. Energy21.7%
    6. Mathematics11.0%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.5%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    9. Chemistry00.3%
    1. Social Sciences2524.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting44.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance43.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities33.3%
    5. Psychology22.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Medicine55.3%
    2. Health Professions22.4%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences33.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.9%
    3. Neuroscience00.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.43× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.68× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.90× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.57× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.07× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.13× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.24× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.65× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.95× its world share, 25 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences1.95×25 works
  2. Energy1.90×2 works
  3. Computer Science1.68×13 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.65×4 works
  5. Engineering1.57×24 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.43×0 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.24×4 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.13×3 works
  9. Environmental Science1.07×5 works
  10. Health Professions0.92×2 works
  11. Mathematics0.85×1 works
  12. Psychology0.69×2 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.68×3 works
  14. Materials Science0.57×2 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.47×0 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.43×0 works
  17. Nursing0.36×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.35×2 works
  19. Neuroscience0.31×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.28×0 works
  21. Medicine0.28×5 works
  22. Dentistry0.23×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.21×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.16×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidad del Istmo?

Ranked on the quality score, Adán Acosta-Banda, Jorge Martín Cordero Torres and Ernesto Cortés Pérez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad del Istmo.

  1. 1 Adán Acosta-Banda Guatemala · #3,252,002 worldwide 50 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Jorge Martín Cordero Torres Guatemala · #3,515,653 worldwide 47 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Ernesto Cortés Pérez Guatemala · #3,650,137 worldwide 73 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Eduardo Campos Mercado Guatemala · #4,190,770 worldwide 244 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Efraín Dueñas Reyes Guatemala · #4,486,272 worldwide 18 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Carlos García Medina Guatemala · #4,602,645 worldwide 11 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 José Rafael Dorrego Portela Guatemala · #4,707,871 worldwide 248 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Ilse Haide Ortega Ibarra Guatemala · #4,758,333 worldwide 14 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Ignacio Luna Espinoza Guatemala · #4,812,338 worldwide 112 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Guadalupe Toledo Toledo Guatemala · #4,967,322 worldwide 53 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad del Istmo

What are the most cited papers from Universidad del Istmo?

The most cited paper from Universidad del Istmo is "Utilization of 5G Technologies in IoT Applications: Current Limitations by Interference and Network Optimization Difficulties—A Review" (Mario Pons, Estuardo Valenzuela, Brandon Rodríguez et al., 2023), with 189 citations. Next come "Differential evolution in constrained numerical optimization: An empirical study" (169) and "Comunidad: en busca de seguridad en un mundo hostil" (99).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Utilization of 5G Technologies in IoT Applications: Current Limitations by Interference and Network Optimization Difficulties—A Review Mario Pons, Estuardo Valenzuela, Brandon Rodríguez et al. · Sensors Open access 11 Apr 2023 189
2 Differential evolution in constrained numerical optimization: An empirical study Efrén Mezura‐Montes, M.E. Miranda-Varela, Rubí del Carmen Gómez-Ramón · Information Sciences 4 Aug 2010 169
3 Comunidad: en busca de seguridad en un mundo hostil María José Lara · Revista Fe y Libertad Open access 31 Jul 2022 99
4 Recent advances in dye-sensitized solar cells Viridiana Rondan-Gómez, I. Montoya De Los Santos, Diego Seuret-Jiménez et al. · Applied Physics A 13 Nov 2019 63
5 Saturation based nonlinear depth and yaw control of underwater vehicles with stability analysis and real-time experiments E. Campos, Ahmed Chemori, Vincent Creuze et al. · Mechatronics Open access 30 May 2017 60
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Which keywords describe research at Universidad del Istmo?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Education, E-Learning, Knowledge Management, Educational Technology, Power Electronics, Pedagogy and CFD Simulation.

▲ 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. Renewable Energy12▲ 8.4×18 topics
  2. Education9▲ 5.4×17 topics
  3. E-Learning7▲ 6.8×5 topics
  4. Sustainability6▲ 2.6×18 topics
  5. Educational Technology6▲ 5.2×10 topics
  6. COVID-196▲ 4.2×7 topics
  7. Knowledge Management5▲ 9.8×6 topics
  8. Innovation5▲ 4.8×7 topics
  9. Power Electronics5▲ 15×7 topics
  10. Pedagogy5▲ 9.4×5 topics
  11. CFD Simulation4▲ 39×3 topics
  12. Latin America4▲ 24×8 topics
  13. Digital Marketing4▲ 11×2 topics
  14. Offshore Wind Farms4▲ 69×2 topics
  15. Urban Development4▲ 12×4 topics
  16. Aerodynamics4▲ 59×2 topics
  17. Weibull Distribution4▲ 91×1 topic
  18. Wind Turbine Wakes4▲ 143×1 topic
  19. Distance Learning4▲ 10×3 topics
  20. Online Education4▲ 18×2 topics
  21. Technology4▲ 6.6×7 topics
  22. Public Policy3▲ 7.2×5 topics
  23. Community Participation3▲ 9.4×5 topics
  24. Digital Competence3▲ 37×2 topics
  25. Informal Learning3▲ 26×3 topics
  26. ICT3▲ 24×1 topic
  27. Social Capital3▲ 6.2×3 topics
  28. Virtual Teaching3▲ 60×1 topic
  29. Economic Impact3▲ 5.8×2 topics
  30. Rural Development3▲ 8.8×4 topics
  31. Wind Power3▲ 32×3 topics
  32. Teacher Training3▲ 4.7×5 topics
  33. Small and Medium Enterprises3▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Sociology3▲ 19×3 topics
  35. Communication3▲ 8.3×5 topics
  36. Welfare State2▲ 31×3 topics
  37. Renewable Energy Integration2▲ 7.1×4 topics
  38. Educational Projects2▲ 50×1 topic
  39. Numerical Simulation2▲ 7.6×4 topics
  40. Remote Learning2▲ 50×1 topic

Which research topics does Universidad del Istmo publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Wind Energy Research and Development, Educational Innovations and Technology, E-Learning and Knowledge Management and Business, Innovation, and Economy.

Wind Energy Research and Development: 4 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 3 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 2 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, and Economy: 2 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 2 fractional worksRegional Development and Innovation: 2 fractional worksWind Turbine Control Sys…2Wind Turbine Control Systems: 2 fractional worksReligious and Theological Studies: 2 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 2 fractional worksCustomer Service Quality and Loyalty: 1 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringInformation SystemsComputer Science ApplicationsEconomics and Econometrics6 others

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

  1. 1 Wind Energy Research and Development Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 3 works
  3. 3 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 2 works
  4. 4 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  5. 5 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 2 works
  6. 6 Regional Development and Innovation Development 2 works
  7. 7 Wind Turbine Control Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 2 works
  10. 10 Customer Service Quality and Loyalty Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 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 available67.5%not open32.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.2%domestic only56.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad del Istmo's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 73% 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 del Istmo as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00036% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Universidad del Istmo0.00048% in 20251990200020102020

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