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Universidad del Sol

In research, Universidad del Sol stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,552 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,999 of 5,988 worldwide) and Education (#1,269 of 1,930 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education (Education is 11.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,529
of 22,385 · #21,987 all time
Rank in Mexico
#142
of 232
Research works
267
▲ 756% vs 2018-21
Citations
337
1.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
92%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Universidad del Sol

What is Universidad del Sol 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 #4,552 of 9,585 6.7%141 #9008
Social SciencesField #2,999 of 5,988 7.4%115 #6020
EducationSubfield #1,269 of 1,930 9.1%65 -

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

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Universidad del Sol is in Social Sciences, 10% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (63%), Arts and Humanities (7%), Health Professions (5%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 154 fractional works · 78.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 125 fractional works · 63.4% of its workEducation: 71 fractional works · 36.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 24 fractional works · 12.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 7.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 4.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 20 fractional works · 10.1% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 19 fractional works · 9.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 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: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidad delSol197fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences78%

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 Sciences12563.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities147.3%
    3. Psychology94.6%
    4. Decision Sciences52.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Health Professions105.0%
    2. Medicine94.6%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Environmental Science84.3%
    2. Computer Science73.7%
    3. Mathematics10.7%
    4. Engineering10.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Energy00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.0%
    2. Neuroscience10.4%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Universidad del Sol specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 11.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 71.4 works12×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.92× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.51× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.37× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.52× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 5.01× its world share, 125 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences5.01×125 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.51×14 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.37×4 works
  4. Health Professions1.92×10 works
  5. Psychology1.52×9 works
  6. Environmental Science0.86×8 works
  7. Nursing0.72×1 works
  8. Mathematics0.63×2 works
  9. Computer Science0.48×7 works
  10. Dentistry0.35×0 works
  11. Medicine0.24×9 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×2 works
  13. Neuroscience0.22×1 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.20×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.17×1 works
  16. Energy0.09×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.08×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.05×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.05×0 works
  21. Engineering0.04×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidad del Sol?

Ranked on the quality score, Ruth Belen Gamarra Lezcano, Boaventura da Silva Leite Filho and Héctor Adrián Franco lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad del Sol.

  1. 1 Ruth Belen Gamarra Lezcano Mexico · #3,613,197 worldwide 0 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Boaventura da Silva Leite Filho Mexico · #3,623,656 worldwide 0 citations · 59 works
  3. 3 Héctor Adrián Franco Mexico · #4,164,032 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Dayvison Bandeira de Moura Mexico · #4,224,566 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Noelia Teresa Pérez Sosa Mexico · #4,238,260 worldwide 0 citations · 13 works
  6. 6 Jeromice Moreira da Silva Mexico · #4,478,093 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Graciela Celsa Zarate Miranda Mexico · #4,709,045 worldwide 0 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Nedilson José Gomes de Melo Mexico · #4,995,995 worldwide 17 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad del Sol

What are the most cited papers from Universidad del Sol?

The most cited paper from Universidad del Sol is "ON THE HORSESHOE DRAG OF A LOW-MASS PLANET. II. MIGRATION IN ADIABATIC DISKS" (Frédéric S. Masset, J. Casoli, 2009), with 79 citations. Next come "Effect of Microstructure on the Stress Corrosion Cracking of X-80 Pipeline Steel in Diluted Sodium Bicarbonate Solutions" (55) and "Artificial neural networks for the presetting of a steel temper mill" (34).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 ON THE HORSESHOE DRAG OF A LOW-MASS PLANET. II. MIGRATION IN ADIABATIC DISKS Frédéric S. Masset, J. Casoli · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 2 Sep 2009 79
2 Effect of Microstructure on the Stress Corrosion Cracking of X-80 Pipeline Steel in Diluted Sodium Bicarbonate Solutions Jose Gonzalo Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Maura Casales, V.M. Salinas-Bravo et al. · CORROSION Jul 2002 55
3 Artificial neural networks for the presetting of a steel temper mill Nicolas Pican, Frédéric Alexandre, Patrick BRESSON · IEEE Expert Feb 1996 34
4 Sur les équations d’Halphen et les actions de S L 2 ( 𝐂 ) Adolfo Guillot · Publications mathématiques de l IHÉS 7 Jun 2007 34
5 Digestibilidade aparente da matéria seca e da proteína bruta e a energia digestível de alguns alimentos alternativos pela tilápia do Nilo (Oreochromis niloticus) Luiz Edivaldo Pezzato, Edma Carvalho de Miranda, Margarida Maria Barros et al. · Acta Scientiarum Animal Sciences Open access 10 Apr 2004 13
All 72 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidad del Sol?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Curriculum Development, Social Inequality, Qualitative Research, Educational Policies, Inclusive Education, Distance Learning and Pedagogical Practices.

▲ 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. Teacher Training56▲ 46×11 topics
  2. Curriculum Development38▲ 29×3 topics
  3. Social Inequality38▲ 72×6 topics
  4. Qualitative Research37▲ 22×8 topics
  5. Educational Policies33▲ 155×2 topics
  6. Inclusive Education33▲ 46×9 topics
  7. Distance Learning30▲ 44×2 topics
  8. Pedagogical Practices30▲ 172×2 topics
  9. Educational Reform30▲ 125×2 topics
  10. Critical Pedagogy30▲ 183×1 topic
  11. Online Learning28▲ 17×6 topics
  12. Educational Technology23▲ 10×8 topics
  13. Public Policy17▲ 18×11 topics
  14. Healthcare16▲ 7.0×5 topics
  15. Inclusion15▲ 53×2 topics
  16. E-Learning14▲ 7.5×5 topics
  17. Educational Policy13▲ 27×3 topics
  18. Social Network Analysis13▲ 57×1 topic
  19. WebQuests13▲ 131×1 topic
  20. Distance Education13▲ 35×2 topics
  21. Education13▲ 3.9×24 topics
  22. Legislation13▲ 41×1 topic
  23. Training13▲ 31×1 topic
  24. COVID-1910▲ 3.7×7 topics
  25. Mental Health10▲ 3.4×10 topics
  26. Science Education9▲ 72×2 topics
  27. Health Education8▲ 9.9×2 topics
  28. Teaching Methodologies8▲ 32×2 topics
  29. Educational Games8▲ 43×2 topics
  30. Active Learning8▲ 23×1 topic
  31. Didactic Models8▲ 103×1 topic
  32. Brazil7▲ 40×4 topics
  33. Virtual Learning Environments7▲ 39×3 topics
  34. Digital Learning7▲ 6.7×2 topics
  35. Health Surveillance7▲ 93×2 topics
  36. Higher Education7▲ 6.3×5 topics
  37. Online Teaching6▲ 81×1 topic
  38. Remote Education6▲ 102×1 topic
  39. Social Impact6▲ 8.2×5 topics
  40. Discourse Analysis6▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidad del Sol publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education Pedagogy and Practices, Education and Digital Technologies, Academic Research in Diverse Fields and Science and Education Research.

Education Pedagogy and P…30Education Pedagogy and Practices: 30 fractional worksEducation and Digital Te…13Education and Digital Technologies: 13 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…13Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 13 fractional worksScience and Education Re…8Science and Education Research: 8 fractional worksEducation during COVID-1…6Education during COVID-19 pandemic: 6 fractional worksEducation and Public Pol…5Education and Public Policy: 5 fractional worksLinguistics and Education Research: 4 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 4 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 4 fractional worksSocial and Political Issues: 3 fractional works
EducationSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsLiterature and Literary Theory2 others

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

  1. 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 30 works
  2. 2 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  3. 3 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 13 works
  4. 4 Science and Education Research Education 8 works
  5. 5 Education during COVID-19 pandemic Education 6 works
  6. 6 Education and Public Policy Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  7. 7 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 4 works
  8. 8 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 4 works
  9. 9 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works
  10. 10 Social and Political Issues Sociology and Political Science 3 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 available91.7%not open8.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.7%domestic only69.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad del Sol's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 756% 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 Sol as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00077% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Universidad del Sol0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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