Universidad Espíritu Santo
In research, Universidad Espíritu Santo stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,338 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#2,291 of 8,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,890 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Economics and Econometrics (Economics and Econometrics is 3.7× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #3,085 of 22,385 · #4,932 all time
- Rank in Ecuador
- #29 of 71
- Research works
- 1.7k ▲ 32% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 11k 6.3 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 13.6% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.05× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 77% world 40%
- International
- 43% world 18%
What is Universidad Espíritu Santo known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health SciencesDomain | #2,338 of 9,902 | 11.1% | 272 | #4829 | |
| MedicineField | #2,291 of 8,541 | 10.7% | 210 | #4475 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #2,890 of 9,585 | 15.8% | 254 | #2980 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #2,613 of 6,403 | 14.9% | 74 | #4905 | |
| Social SciencesField | #3,315 of 5,988 | 16.8% | 118 | #3903 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #7,772 of 10,670 | 14.7% | 110 | #10449 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad Espíritu Santo 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.
- Health Sciences#4,829 #2,338
- Medicine#4,475 #2,291
- Social Sciences#2,980 #2,890
- Life Sciences#4,905 #2,613
- Social Sciences#3,903 #3,315
- Physical Sciences#10,449 #7,772
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 Espíritu Santo work in?
In 2022-now, 38% of research at Universidad Espíritu Santo is in Health Sciences, 36% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (30%), Social Sciences (17%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (6%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.
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 25 fields, with their numbers
- Health Sciences32638.1%
- Medicine25529.9%
- Health Professions505.9%
- Dentistry141.7%
- Nursing50.6%
- Veterinary10.1%
- Social Sciences30535.7%
- Social Sciences14216.6%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance556.4%
- Psychology536.2%
- Business, Management and Accounting424.9%
- Decision Sciences70.8%
- Arts and Humanities60.7%
- Physical Sciences13115.3%
- Computer Science515.9%
- Environmental Science424.9%
- Engineering192.2%
- Energy81.0%
- Mathematics40.5%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences30.4%
- Chemistry20.2%
- Materials Science20.2%
- Physics and Astronomy00.1%
- Life Sciences9310.8%
What does Universidad Espíritu Santo specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics and Econometrics takes 3.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 50.4 works3.7×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 25 fields, with their numbers
- Dentistry3.49×14 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.01×55 works
- Health Professions2.23×50 works
- Psychology2.04×53 works
- Medicine1.55×255 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.54×42 works
- Social Sciences1.31×142 works
- Nursing1.13×5 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.06×3 works
- Energy1.05×8 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.04×9 works
- Environmental Science0.99×42 works
- Decision Sciences0.83×7 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.81×33 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.81×37 works
- Neuroscience0.77×11 works
- Veterinary0.77×1 works
- Computer Science0.76×51 works
- Mathematics0.41×4 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.26×3 works
- Arts and Humanities0.25×6 works
- Chemistry0.15×2 works
- Engineering0.15×19 works
- Materials Science0.06×2 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works
- Dentistry 3.5×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 3.0×
- Health Professions 2.2×
- Psychology 2.0×
- Medicine 1.6×
- Business, Management and Accounting 1.5×
- Social Sciences 1.3×
- Nursing 1.1×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1.1×
- Energy 1.1×
- Immunology and Microbiology 1.0×
- Environmental Science 1.0×
- Decision Sciences 0.8×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.8×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.8×
- Neuroscience 0.8×
- Veterinary 0.8×
- Computer Science 0.8×
- Mathematics 0.4×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.3×
- Arts and Humanities 0.2×
- Chemistry 0.1×
- Engineering 0.1×
- Materials Science 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Universidad Espíritu Santo?
Ranked on the quality score, Rafael Alvarado, Brayan Tillaguango and Gonzalo Hernández Soto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad Espíritu Santo.
- 1
Rafael Alvarado
Ecuador · #8,280 worldwide 9.9k citations · 183 works
- 2
Brayan Tillaguango
Ecuador · #86,588 worldwide 1.6k citations · 39 works
- 3
Gonzalo Hernández Soto
Ecuador · #111,989 worldwide 409 citations · 63 works
- 4
Manuel A. Zambrano‐Monserrate
Ecuador · #112,390 worldwide 2.8k citations · 86 works
- 5
Evelyn Frías-Toral
Ecuador · #206,980 worldwide 3.2k citations · 147 works
- 6
Stefania Pinzón
Ecuador · #259,927 worldwide 755 citations · 35 works
- 7
Martín Campuzano-Donoso
Ecuador · #354,722 worldwide 184 citations · 24 works
- 8
Raynier Zambrano-Villacres
Ecuador · #567,540 worldwide 249 citations · 20 works
- 9
Náthaly Mercedes Román-Galeano
Ecuador · #826,855 worldwide 174 citations · 15 works
- 10
Evelyn Frias-Toral
Ecuador · #838,386 worldwide 38 citations · 30 works
Which keywords describe research at Universidad Espíritu Santo?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Epidemiology, COVID-19, Digital Marketing, Small and Medium Enterprises, Innovation, Distance Learning and E-Learning.
- Inclusive Education
- School Culture
- Occupational Health
- Educational Leadership
- Tourism Management
- Virtual Teaching
- Health Promotion
- Organizational Culture
- Urban Development
- ICT
- Economic Growth
- Digital Divide
- Obesity
- Distance Learning
- Pedagogy
- Quality of Life
- Digital Marketing
- Public Health
- Innovation
- Education
- Epidemiology
- COVID-19
- E-Learning
- Mental Health
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Small and Medium Enterprises
- Risk Factors
- Knowledge Management
- Innovation Ecosystems
- Competitiveness
- Online Education
- Depression
- Economic Impact
- Digital Competence
- Social Responsibility
- Psychopharmacology Education
- Teacher Development
- Job Satisfaction
- Quality Education
- Student Performance
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
- Epidemiology68▲ 1.98×119 topics
- Education60▲ 4.1×40 topics
- COVID-1945▲ 4.1×24 topics
- Innovation36▲ 4.1×19 topics
- E-Learning34▲ 4.1×9 topics
- Public Health33▲ 2.6×49 topics
- Mental Health31▲ 2.6×33 topics
- Digital Marketing28▲ 8.6×2 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease27▲ 2.8×32 topics
- Quality of Life27▲ 2.2×47 topics
- Small and Medium Enterprises26▲ 18×3 topics
- Pedagogy26▲ 6.1×7 topics
- Risk Factors26▲ 2.8×35 topics
- Distance Learning26▲ 8.7×6 topics
- Knowledge Management26▲ 5.5×15 topics
- Obesity24▲ 3.7×22 topics
- Innovation Ecosystems23▲ 27×3 topics
- Digital Divide23▲ 11×5 topics
- Competitiveness23▲ 34×6 topics
- Economic Growth22▲ 3.2×17 topics
- Online Education22▲ 14×4 topics
- ICT22▲ 20×3 topics
- Depression22▲ 3.0×18 topics
- Urban Development22▲ 7.4×6 topics
- Economic Impact22▲ 4.8×4 topics
- Organizational Culture22▲ 6.6×10 topics
- Digital Competence21▲ 28×1 topic
- Health Promotion21▲ 7.9×11 topics
- Social Responsibility21▲ 11×5 topics
- Virtual Teaching21▲ 46×1 topic
- Psychopharmacology Education20▲ 39×1 topic
- Tourism Management20▲ 35×1 topic
- Teacher Development19▲ 35×2 topics
- Educational Leadership19▲ 17×2 topics
- Job Satisfaction18▲ 4.9×7 topics
- Occupational Health18▲ 19×5 topics
- Quality Education18▲ 59×1 topic
- School Culture18▲ 59×1 topic
- Student Performance18▲ 20×2 topics
- Inclusive Education17▲ 5.6×10 topics
Which research topics does Universidad Espíritu Santo publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Educational Innovations and Technology, Business, Innovation, and Economy, Education and Teacher Training and Energy, Environment, Economic Growth.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 21 works
- 2 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 20 works
- 3 Education and Teacher Training Education 18 works
- 4 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 12 works
- 5 Stress and Burnout Research Social Psychology 11 works
- 6 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 8 works
- 7 Social Issues and Policies in Latin America Law 8 works
- 8 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 8 works
- 9 Educational and Organizational Development Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 7 works
- 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 7 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Universidad Espíritu Santo's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 32% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Espíritu Santo as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0034% in 2024.
Fractional works of Universidad Espíritu Santo 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.7% in 2025.
Other research institutions in Guayaquil
- University of Guayaquil
- Universidad Estatal de Milagro
- Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral
- Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil
- Universidad Metropolitana
- Universidad Ecotec
- Universidad Agraria del Ecuador
- Instituto Ecuatoriano de Enfermedades Digestivas
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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