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Universidad Don Bosco

In research, Universidad Don Bosco stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,059 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,651 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,876 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,037
of 22,385 · #11,372 all time
Rank in El Salvador
#3
of 11
Research works
768
▲ 214% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.5k
4.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.81×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
67%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Universidad Don Bosco

What is Universidad Don Bosco 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 #4,059 of 9,585 3.2%210 #6926
Social SciencesField #2,651 of 5,988 3.3%157 #4413
Physical SciencesDomain #5,876 of 10,670 1.0%153 #11741
EngineeringField #4,653 of 5,901 1.3%68 -

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad Don Bosco 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.

  1. Social Sciences#6,926 #4,059
  2. Social Sciences#4,413 #2,651
  3. Physical Sciences#11,741 #5,876
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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 Don Bosco work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Universidad Don Bosco is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (37%), Engineering (15%), Computer Science (14%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 236 fractional works · 51.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 169 fractional works · 36.8% of its workEducation: 53 fractional works · 11.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 36 fractional works · 7.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 15 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 14 fractional works · 3.0% of its workDemography: 12 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCultural Studies: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 32 fractional works · 6.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 163 fractional works · 35.3% of its workEngineering: 71 fractional works · 15.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 14 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 3.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 62 fractional works · 13.6% of its workInformation Systems: 20 fractional works · 4.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 2.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 38 fractional works · 8.2% of its workMedicine: 25 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 24 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 19 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidad DonBosco460fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences51%

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 Sciences16936.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities326.9%
    3. Psychology173.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting81.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance51.2%
    6. Decision Sciences51.0%
    1. Engineering7115.4%
    2. Computer Science6213.6%
    3. Environmental Science132.9%
    4. Energy61.4%
    5. Materials Science30.6%
    6. Mathematics20.5%
    7. Chemistry20.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    10. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    1. Medicine255.4%
    2. Health Professions122.7%
    3. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences194.0%
    2. Neuroscience30.7%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.4%
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: 0.85× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.74× its world share, 62 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.50× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.02× its world share, 71 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.02× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 25 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.39× its world share, 32 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.22× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.91× its world share, 169 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences2.91×169 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.39×32 works
  3. Computer Science1.74×62 works
  4. Energy1.50×6 works
  5. Psychology1.22×17 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.08×5 works
  7. Engineering1.02×71 works
  8. Health Professions1.02×12 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.85×18 works
  10. Environmental Science0.59×14 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.55×8 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.54×5 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.48×1 works
  14. Neuroscience0.44×3 works
  15. Mathematics0.38×2 works
  16. Medicine0.28×25 works
  17. Chemistry0.24×2 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×2 works
  19. Materials Science0.17×3 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×2 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.06×1 works
  22. Dentistry0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidad Don Bosco?

Ranked on the quality score, Rinu Pauly, Mario Méndez and Guillermo Antonio Gutiérrez Montoya lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad Don Bosco.

  1. 1 Rinu Pauly El Salvador · #2,987,587 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Mario Méndez El Salvador · #3,315,180 worldwide 14 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Guillermo Antonio Gutiérrez Montoya El Salvador · #3,447,445 worldwide 102 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Manuel G. Cardona El Salvador · #4,266,174 worldwide 2k citations · 140 works
  5. 5 Eduardo Menjívar Valencia El Salvador · #4,426,364 worldwide 44 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Julio Armesto Sánchez El Salvador · #4,586,991 worldwide 5 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Nelson Rubén Martínez Reyes El Salvador · #4,618,691 worldwide 21 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Lemus Sandoval El Salvador · #4,639,853 worldwide 26 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Edgar Lara López El Salvador · #4,807,724 worldwide 3 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Luis Moral Moreno El Salvador · #4,868,909 worldwide 74 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad Don Bosco

What are the most cited papers from Universidad Don Bosco?

The most cited paper from Universidad Don Bosco is "Refactoring improving the design of existing code" (Mauricio A. Saca, 2017), with 2,080 citations. Next come "Systematic review: probiotics in the management of lower gastrointestinal symptoms in clinical practice - an evidence-based international guide" (213) and "Predictores de síntomas emocionales durante la cuarentena domiciliar por pandemia de COVID-19 en El Salvador" (93).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Refactoring improving the design of existing code Mauricio A. Saca Conference paper Nov 2017 2,080
2 Systematic review: probiotics in the management of lower gastrointestinal symptoms in clinical practice - an evidence-based international guide A. P. S. Hungin, Catherine E. A. Mulligan, Bruno Pot et al. · Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics ReviewOpen access 27 Aug 2013 213
3 Predictores de síntomas emocionales durante la cuarentena domiciliar por pandemia de COVID-19 en El Salvador Carlos Iván Orellana, Ligia Orellana · Actualidades en Psicología Open access 30 May 2020 93
4 Facile Fabrication of a ZnO/Eu2O3/NiO-Based Ternary Heterostructure Nanophotocatalyst and Its Application for the Degradation of Methylene Blue Jayachamarajapura Pranesh Shubha, Syed Farooq Adil, Mujeeb Khan et al. · ACS Omega Open access 29 Jan 2021 70
5 Industrial, Collaborative and Mobile Robotics in Latin America: Review of Mechatronic Technologies for Advanced Automation José Cornejo et al. · Emerging Science Journal Open access 12 Jul 2023 58
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Don Bosco?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Ethics, Latin America, Globalization, Philosophy, Innovation, Machine Learning and Religion.

▲ 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. Education72▲ 9.1×41 topics
  2. Globalization34▲ 3.8×31 topics
  3. Machine Learning33▲ 2.2×48 topics
  4. Deep Learning30▲ 1.88×43 topics
  5. Ethics26▲ 11×13 topics
  6. Latin America26▲ 29×11 topics
  7. Innovation25▲ 5.3×16 topics
  8. Sustainability25▲ 2.2×29 topics
  9. Philosophy23▲ 11×11 topics
  10. Educational Technology18▲ 3.3×17 topics
  11. Healthcare17▲ 3.3×13 topics
  12. Religion16▲ 7.7×9 topics
  13. Technology16▲ 6.8×11 topics
  14. E-Learning16▲ 3.5×6 topics
  15. History15▲ 4.7×13 topics
  16. Sociology15▲ 23×3 topics
  17. Inclusive Education14▲ 8.5×10 topics
  18. Student Performance14▲ 29×2 topics
  19. Organizational Commitment14▲ 15×2 topics
  20. Ethical Education14▲ 62×2 topics
  21. Catholicism14▲ 81×3 topics
  22. Educational Leadership14▲ 24×2 topics
  23. Teacher Development14▲ 48×2 topics
  24. Teacher Training14▲ 4.8×12 topics
  25. Quality Education14▲ 81×1 topic
  26. School Culture14▲ 81×1 topic
  27. Pedagogy13▲ 5.7×7 topics
  28. Democracy13▲ 8.0×7 topics
  29. Inequality12▲ 12×5 topics
  30. IoT12▲ 6.7×11 topics
  31. Society12▲ 13×7 topics
  32. Theology12▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Social Sciences11▲ 17×6 topics
  34. Human Dignity11▲ 60×2 topics
  35. Liberation11▲ 149×1 topic
  36. Social Dynamics11▲ 41×1 topic
  37. Wireless Sensor Networks11▲ 5.4×11 topics
  38. Environmental Monitoring11▲ 6.2×5 topics
  39. Welfare State11▲ 30×4 topics
  40. Communication10▲ 7.1×7 topics

Which research topics does Universidad Don Bosco publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education and Teacher Training, Religious and Theological Studies, Economic and Social Development and Social Sciences and Policies.

Education and Teacher Training: 14 fractional worksReligious and Theological Studies: 11 fractional worksEconomic and Social Deve…8Economic and Social Development: 8 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Poli…7Social Sciences and Policies: 7 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 6 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 6 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge…6E-Learning and Knowledge Management: 6 fractional worksHigher Education Teaching and Evaluation: 5 fractional worksPhilosophical Thought and Analysis: 5 fractional worksInternational Relations in Latin America: 4 fractional works
EducationSociology and Political ScienceGeneral Social SciencesInformation Systems3 others

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

  1. 1 Education and Teacher Training Education 14 works
  2. 2 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  3. 3 Economic and Social Development Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  4. 4 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 7 works
  5. 5 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 6 works
  6. 6 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 6 works
  7. 7 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 6 works
  8. 8 Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation Education 5 works
  9. 9 Philosophical Thought and Analysis General Social Sciences 5 works
  10. 10 International Relations in Latin America Political Science and International Relations 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 available67.4%not open32.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.4%domestic only77.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Don Bosco's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 214% 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 Don Bosco as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0014% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Universidad Don Bosco0.0020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidad Don Bosco 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Universidad Don Bosco2.7% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.5% in 2016.

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