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Universidad Diego Portales

In research, Universidad Diego Portales stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,629 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,367 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,659 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Social Sciences, Law and Philosophy — General Social Sciences is 24.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,143
of 28,054 · #6,272 all time
Rank in Chile
#18
of 107
Research works
4.9k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
45k
9.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is Universidad Diego Portales known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #1,629 of 10,521 23.5%768 #1315
Social SciencesField #1,367 of 6,365 25.6%510 #1039
Physical SciencesDomain #4,659 of 12,888 23.6%229 #7141
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #440 of 1,201 27.7%92 #417
PsychologyField #896 of 2,181 16.8%92 #1221
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,206 of 2,578 21.5%117 #854
EducationSubfield #966 of 1,892 32.4%95 #939
Health SciencesDomain #6,937 of 11,982 12.0%129 #9099
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,385 of 1,998 17.0%93 #860
MedicineField #7,557 of 10,443 11.1%95 #9505

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad Diego Portales 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#1,315 #1,629
  2. Social Sciences#1,039 #1,367
  3. Physical Sciences#7,141 #4,659
  4. Political Science and International Relations#417 #440
  5. Psychology#1,221 #896
  6. Sociology and Political Science#854 #1,206
  7. Education#939 #966
  8. Health Sciences#9,099 #6,937
  9. Arts and Humanities#860 #1,385
  10. Medicine#9,505 #7,557
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Universidad Diego Portales specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Social Sciences takes 24.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Social SciencesSubfield · 31.0 works24×
  2. LawSubfield · 53.9 works7.9×
  3. PhilosophySubfield · 37.0 works7.3×
  4. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 39.3 works6.5×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.20× its world share, 23 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 61 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.59× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 54 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 31 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.34× its world share, 61 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.99× its world share, 31 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 95 worksMedicineNursing: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.74× its world share, 93 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.81× its world share, 30 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.41× its world share, 36 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.57× its world share, 92 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.44× its world share, 510 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidad Diego Portales?

Ranked on the composite score, Homero Gil de Zúñiga, Carlos Pizarro Wilson and Ignacio Farías lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad Diego Portales.

  1. 1 Homero Gil de Zúñiga Chile · #118,372 worldwide 231 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Carlos Pizarro Wilson Chile · #151,600 worldwide 32 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Ignacio Farías Chile · #160,333 worldwide 75 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser Chile · #189,242 worldwide 67 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 José Joaquín Brunner Chile · #197,418 worldwide 36 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Íñigo de la Maza Gazmuri Chile · #248,132 worldwide 13 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Ovidiu Stanciu Chile · #259,443 worldwide 0 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Carlos Meléndez Chile · #262,848 worldwide 117 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Lidia Casas Chile · #365,887 worldwide 17 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Santiago Aránguiz Pinto Chile · #373,052 worldwide 8 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad Diego Portales

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Diego Portales?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Latin America, Human Rights, Education, Ethics, Social Movements, Memory and Philosophy.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Globalization137▲ 6.0×78 topics
  2. Latin America108▲ 48×18 topics
  3. Human Rights95▲ 7.9×42 topics
  4. Education87▲ 4.3×64 topics
  5. Ethics63▲ 11×31 topics
  6. Social Movements58▲ 16×19 topics
  7. Memory46▲ 16×12 topics
  8. Philosophy46▲ 8.9×25 topics
  9. Mental Health46▲ 2.6×37 topics
  10. History41▲ 4.9×26 topics
  11. Political Violence38▲ 124×3 topics
  12. Dictatorship36▲ 172×2 topics
  13. Democracy34▲ 8.2×18 topics
  14. Neoliberalism34▲ 8.1×20 topics
  15. Criminal Justice34▲ 13×5 topics
  16. Social Inequality33▲ 10×11 topics
  17. Educational Leadership31▲ 21×3 topics
  18. Chile31▲ 271×1 topic
  19. Pinochet31▲ 271×1 topic
  20. Student Performance30▲ 23×3 topics
  21. Curriculum Design30▲ 35×2 topics
  22. Educational Innovation30▲ 46×2 topics
  23. Ethical Education30▲ 50×2 topics
  24. Teacher Development30▲ 40×2 topics
  25. Quality Education29▲ 66×1 topic
  26. School Culture29▲ 66×1 topic
  27. Gender28▲ 4.4×25 topics
  28. Constitutionalism28▲ 25×3 topics
  29. Social Sciences27▲ 16×11 topics
  30. Inclusive Education26▲ 6.3×12 topics
  31. Social Rights26▲ 68×2 topics
  32. Society25▲ 11×12 topics
  33. Judicial Review24▲ 23×3 topics
  34. Welfare State23▲ 23×4 topics
  35. Digital Divide22▲ 7.4×6 topics
  36. Legal Philosophy22▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Legal Theory22▲ 27×2 topics
  38. Participation22▲ 19×4 topics
  39. Constitutional Rights21▲ 93×1 topic
  40. Inter-American Court21▲ 93×1 topic

Which research topics does Universidad Diego Portales publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America, Education and Teacher Training, Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies and Legal processes and jurisprudence.

Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America: 31 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Training: 29 fractional worksComparative constitution…21Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies: 21 fractional worksLegal processes and juri…16Legal processes and jurisprudence: 16 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Penology: 16 fractional worksPhilosophical Thought and Analysis: 15 fractional worksEducational Innovations …13Educational Innovations and Technology: 13 fractional worksEthics and bioethics in healthcare: 12 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 11 fractional worksCultural and Social Studies in Latin America: 11 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEducationPolitical Science and International RelationsLaw4 others

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

  1. 1 Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America Sociology and Political Science 31 works
  2. 2 Education and Teacher Training Education 29 works
  3. 3 Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies Political Science and International Relations 21 works
  4. 4 Legal processes and jurisprudence Law 16 works
  5. 5 Criminal Justice and Penology Law 16 works
  6. 6 Philosophical Thought and Analysis General Social Sciences 15 works
  7. 7 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 13 works
  8. 8 Ethics and bioethics in healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  9. 9 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 11 works
  10. 10 Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America Literature and Literary Theory 11 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 available73.7%not open26.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.5%domestic only78.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Diego Portales's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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