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Universidad del Norte

In research, Universidad del Norte stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,811 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,777 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Law (Law is 22.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,152
of 22,385 · #10,921 all time
Rank in Paraguay
#5
of 23
Research works
519
▲ 109% vs 2018-21
Citations
816
1.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
90%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Universidad del Norte

What is Universidad del Norte 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 #3,811 of 9,585 8.0%166 #7316
Social SciencesField #2,777 of 5,988 8.3%123 #5334

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

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Universidad del Norte is in Social Sciences, 22% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (46%), Medicine (13%), Health Professions (8%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 176 fractional works · 61.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 132 fractional works · 45.9% of its workLaw: 38 fractional works · 13.3% of its workEducation: 30 fractional works · 10.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 24 fractional works · 8.2% of its workDemography: 14 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 14 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 63 fractional works · 22.0% of its workMedicine: 38 fractional works · 13.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 23 fractional works · 8.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 16 fractional works · 5.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 37 fractional works · 12.9% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 4.5% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 4.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidad delNorte287fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences61%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences13245.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance155.2%
    3. Psychology93.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting82.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities82.7%
    6. Decision Sciences41.4%
    1. Medicine3813.1%
    2. Health Professions238.2%
    3. Dentistry20.7%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Computer Science134.5%
    2. Environmental Science124.1%
    3. Engineering72.4%
    4. Energy41.3%
    5. Mathematics10.2%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences72.5%
    2. Neuroscience20.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Universidad del Norte specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Law takes 22.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. LawSubfield · 38.4 works23×
← 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: 0.53× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.39× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.54× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.09× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.68× its world share, 38 worksMedicineNursing: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.95× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.87× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.45× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.99× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.63× its world share, 132 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.63×132 works
  2. Health Professions3.09×23 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.45×15 works
  4. Dentistry1.54×2 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.44×4 works
  6. Energy1.39×4 works
  7. Psychology0.99×9 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.95×8 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.87×8 works
  10. Environmental Science0.83×12 works
  11. Medicine0.68×38 works
  12. Computer Science0.58×13 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.53×7 works
  14. Neuroscience0.50×2 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.37×1 works
  16. Mathematics0.18×1 works
  17. Engineering0.16×7 works
  18. Chemistry0.11×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×1 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.02×0 works
  22. Nursing0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidad del Norte?

Ranked on the quality score, Alcides Chaux, Márcio de Jesus Lima do Nascimento and Alcides Chaux lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad del Norte.

  1. 1 Alcides Chaux Paraguay · #588,839 worldwide 7.2k citations · 280 works
  2. 2 Márcio de Jesus Lima do Nascimento Paraguay · #3,263,332 worldwide 10 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Alcides Chaux Paraguay · #3,516,457 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Marcelo Augusto Rebouças Leite Paraguay · #3,602,866 worldwide 2 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Martín Inmediato Ghetti Paraguay · #4,845,463 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Juan Alejandro Rodríguez Paraguay · #4,913,489 worldwide 0 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Zara Escobar Benítez Paraguay · #4,941,577 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Carlos Héctor Molinas-Duré Paraguay · #4,951,478 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 María Belén Giménez-Reyes Paraguay · #5,090,749 worldwide 1 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Yolanda Ávalos Paraguay · #5,097,077 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad del Norte

What are the most cited papers from Universidad del Norte?

The most cited paper from Universidad del Norte is "Loss of PTEN expression is associated with increased risk of recurrence after prostatectomy for clinically localized prostate cancer" (Alcides Chaux, Sarah B. Peskoe, Nilda González-Roibón et al., 2012), with 137 citations. Next come "Biomarkers for predicting short-term mortality in community-acquired pneumonia: A systematic review and meta-analysis" (111) and "Advances in the pathology of penile carcinomas" (93).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Loss of PTEN expression is associated with increased risk of recurrence after prostatectomy for clinically localized prostate cancer Alcides Chaux, Sarah B. Peskoe, Nilda González-Roibón et al. · Modern Pathology Open access 8 Jun 2012 137
2 Biomarkers for predicting short-term mortality in community-acquired pneumonia: A systematic review and meta-analysis Diego Viasus, Gaspar Del Rio‐Pertuz, Antonella F. Simonetti et al. · Journal of Infection Review 15 Jan 2016 111
3 Advances in the pathology of penile carcinomas Alcides Chaux, Antonio L. Cubilla · Human Pathology 14 May 2012 93
4 Immune-checkpoint status in penile squamous cell carcinoma: a North American cohort Margaret Maria Cocks, Diana Taheri, Mark Wayne Ball et al. · Human Pathology 20 Sep 2016 82
5 Histologic classification of penile intraepithelial neoplasia Elsa F. Velázquez, Alcides Chaux, Antonio L. Cubilla · Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology 14 Apr 2012 72
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidad del Norte?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Social Justice, Legal Theory, Legal Philosophy, Constitutional Law, Public Health, Civil Rights and Judicial Activism.

▲ 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 Rights36▲ 12×11 topics
  2. Social Justice31▲ 18×11 topics
  3. Public Health30▲ 7.0×20 topics
  4. Legal Theory29▲ 149×3 topics
  5. Legal Philosophy29▲ 161×2 topics
  6. Constitutional Law28▲ 74×3 topics
  7. Civil Rights27▲ 142×1 topic
  8. Judicial Activism27▲ 215×1 topic
  9. Epidemiology21▲ 1.85×40 topics
  10. Education21▲ 4.3×25 topics
  11. Globalization18▲ 3.2×26 topics
  12. Risk Factors18▲ 5.8×12 topics
  13. Healthcare15▲ 4.6×10 topics
  14. E-Learning15▲ 5.4×6 topics
  15. Economic Impact15▲ 9.6×4 topics
  16. Educational Technology14▲ 4.2×13 topics
  17. Prevalence14▲ 12×7 topics
  18. Health14▲ 12×7 topics
  19. Teacher Training14▲ 7.7×11 topics
  20. Mental Health13▲ 3.2×17 topics
  21. Treatment13▲ 3.6×9 topics
  22. Healthcare Access12▲ 16×7 topics
  23. Adolescents12▲ 11×7 topics
  24. Innovation12▲ 3.9×13 topics
  25. Online Learning12▲ 4.8×8 topics
  26. Public Policy12▲ 8.4×14 topics
  27. Qualitative Research12▲ 4.7×12 topics
  28. Family11▲ 54×2 topics
  29. Social Determinants11▲ 19×5 topics
  30. Cocaine11▲ 135×1 topic
  31. Crack11▲ 135×1 topic
  32. Health Promotion10▲ 11×6 topics
  33. Distance Learning10▲ 9.5×5 topics
  34. Research9▲ 25×4 topics
  35. Digital Marketing9▲ 7.8×2 topics
  36. Legislation9▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Small and Medium Enterprises8▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Criminal Justice8▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Distance Education8▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Training8▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidad del Norte publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Brazilian Legal Issues, Youth, Drugs, and Violence, Public Health in Brazil and Academic Research in Diverse Fields.

Brazilian Legal Issues27Brazilian Legal Issues: 27 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence11Youth, Drugs, and Violence: 11 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil7Public Health in Brazil: 7 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 7 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, and Economy: 6 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Pen…5Criminal Justice and Penology: 5 fractional worksHealth and Medical Education: 4 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 4 fractional worksLaw, Economics, and Judicial Systems: 4 fractional worksEthics and bioethics in healthcare: 4 fractional works
LawDemographySociology and Political ScienceEducation4 others

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

  1. 1 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 27 works
  2. 2 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 11 works
  3. 3 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  4. 4 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 7 works
  5. 5 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  6. 6 Criminal Justice and Penology Law 5 works
  7. 7 Health and Medical Education General Health Professions 4 works
  8. 8 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 4 works
  9. 9 Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  10. 10 Ethics and bioethics in healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 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 available89.9%not open10.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.4%domestic only78.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad del Norte's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 109% 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 del Norte as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00047% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Universidad del Norte0.0022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidad del Norte 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 counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Universidad del Norte8.9% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.1% in 2016.

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