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Universidad Don Bosco

In research, Universidad Don Bosco stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,998 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,867 of 6,365 worldwide) and Engineering (#6,012 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,287
of 28,054 · #30,451 all time
Rank in El Salvador
#2
of 11
Research works
768
▲ 146% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.5k
4.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

What is Universidad Don Bosco 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 #6,998 of 10,521 3.2%210 #12529
Social SciencesField #4,867 of 6,365 1.9%157 #8185
EngineeringField #6,012 of 6,636 5.9%68 —
Physical SciencesDomain #11,971 of 12,888 4.7%153 #19722

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 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#12,529 #6,998
  2. Social Sciences#8,185 #4,867
  3. Physical Sciences#19,722 #11,971
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.

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: 0.89× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.72× its world share, 56 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.56× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.08× its world share, 68 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.06× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 24 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.05× its world share, 25 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.87× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.95× its world share, 157 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidad Don Bosco?

Ranked on the composite score, Manuel Cardona and Juan María González-Anleo Sánchez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad Don Bosco.

  1. 1 Manuel Cardona El Salvador · #50,166 worldwide 277 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Juan María González-Anleo Sánchez El Salvador · #607,480 worldwide 3 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad Don Bosco

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Don Bosco?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Ethics, Latin America, Philosophy, Globalization, Innovation, Religion and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Education68▲ 9.3×36 topics
  2. Globalization30▲ 3.6×27 topics
  3. Machine Learning29▲ 2.1×44 topics
  4. Deep Learning27▲ 1.90×41 topics
  5. Ethics24▲ 12×10 topics
  6. Latin America24▲ 30×10 topics
  7. Sustainability24▲ 2.3×27 topics
  8. Innovation24▲ 5.3×15 topics
  9. Philosophy23▲ 12×11 topics
  10. Educational Technology17▲ 3.4×16 topics
  11. Religion16▲ 8.1×9 topics
  12. Healthcare15▲ 3.2×11 topics
  13. E-Learning15▲ 3.6×6 topics
  14. Technology15▲ 6.8×9 topics
  15. History15▲ 5.0×12 topics
  16. Sociology15▲ 26×3 topics
  17. Student Performance14▲ 31×2 topics
  18. Inclusive Education14▲ 9.5×10 topics
  19. Ethical Education14▲ 66×2 topics
  20. Educational Leadership14▲ 25×1 topic
  21. Quality Education14▲ 84×1 topic
  22. Catholicism13▲ 81×2 topics
  23. Democracy13▲ 8.6×7 topics
  24. Inequality12▲ 13×5 topics
  25. Pedagogy12▲ 5.8×5 topics
  26. Teacher Training12▲ 4.5×11 topics
  27. Society12▲ 14×7 topics
  28. Social Sciences11▲ 19×6 topics
  29. Human Dignity11▲ 65×2 topics
  30. Theology11▲ 28×2 topics
  31. IoT11▲ 7.0×10 topics
  32. Liberation11▲ 156×1 topic
  33. Social Dynamics11▲ 42×1 topic
  34. Welfare State11▲ 30×4 topics
  35. Environmental Monitoring11▲ 6.6×5 topics
  36. Wireless Sensor Networks10▲ 5.4×11 topics
  37. Gender Differences10▲ 6.0×6 topics
  38. Communication9▲ 7.1×6 topics
  39. Distance Learning9▲ 6.4×5 topics
  40. Ethical Challenges9▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Universidad Don Bosco publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: 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 worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 6 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI6Smart Agriculture and AI: 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 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 6 works
  7. 7 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Don Bosco's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 146% 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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