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Universidad Externado de Colombia

In research, Universidad Externado de Colombia stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,715 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,304 of 5,988 worldwide) and Political Science and International Relations (#642 of 1,187 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Law, Political Science and International Relations and Demography (Law is 15.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,739
of 22,385 · #3,479 all time
Rank in Colombia
#26
of 169
Research works
4k
▼ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.4k
2.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
81%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Universidad Externado de Colombia

What is Universidad Externado de Colombia 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 #1,715 of 9,585 9.5%489 #1576
Social SciencesField #2,304 of 5,988 11.5%329 #1544
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #642 of 1,187 11.1%106 #904
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,674 of 2,581 4.0%67 #2000
Physical SciencesDomain #8,252 of 10,670 5.4%66 #9689

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad Externado de Colombia 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#1,576 #1,715
  2. Social Sciences#1,544 #2,304
  3. Political Science and International Relations#904 #642
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#2,000 #1,674
  5. Physical Sciences#9,689 #8,252
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 Externado de Colombia work in?

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Universidad Externado de Colombia is in Social Sciences, 11% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (55%), Business, Management and Accounting (11%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (8%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 534 fractional works · 81.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 362 fractional works · 54.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 111 fractional works · 16.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 65 fractional works · 9.8% of its workLaw: 60 fractional works · 9.1% of its workDemography: 28 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEducation: 22 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCultural Studies: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopment: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workUrban Studies: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCommunication: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 71 fractional works · 10.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 28 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAccounting: 19 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 50 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 35 fractional works · 5.3% of its workFinance: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 26 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 72 fractional works · 11.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 31 fractional works · 4.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 20 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 28 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 25 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadExternado de…659fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences81%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences36254.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting7110.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance507.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities263.9%
    5. Psychology142.1%
    6. Decision Sciences111.7%
    1. Environmental Science314.7%
    2. Computer Science203.0%
    3. Engineering101.5%
    4. Energy50.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.4%
    6. Mathematics20.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.3%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
    9. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Medicine182.7%
    2. Health Professions91.4%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences131.9%
    2. Neuroscience111.7%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Universidad Externado de Colombia specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Law takes 15.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. LawSubfield · 59.6 works16×
  2. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 111.2 works11×
  3. DemographySubfield · 28.0 works6.2×
← 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: 0.40× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.06× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.90× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.94× its world share, 31 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.52× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.36× its world share, 26 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.34× its world share, 71 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.74× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.53× its world share, 50 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.34× its world share, 362 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences4.34×362 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.53×50 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting3.34×71 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.74×11 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.36×26 works
  6. Neuroscience1.06×11 works
  7. Environmental Science0.94×31 works
  8. Energy0.90×5 works
  9. Psychology0.70×14 works
  10. Health Professions0.52×9 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.40×13 works
  12. Computer Science0.39×20 works
  13. Mathematics0.28×2 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×2 works
  15. Nursing0.17×0 works
  16. Dentistry0.15×0 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.14×0 works
  18. Medicine0.14×18 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.11×2 works
  20. Engineering0.10×10 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.03×1 works
  22. Chemistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidad Externado de Colombia?

Ranked on the quality score, Isaac Deutscher, Juan Pablo Centeno and Astrid Núñez Pardo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad Externado de Colombia.

  1. 1 Isaac Deutscher Colombia · #748,741 worldwide 1.1k citations · 131 works
  2. 2 Juan Pablo Centeno Colombia · #849,157 worldwide 601 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Astrid Núñez Pardo Colombia · #1,068,817 worldwide 253 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Mauricio Rubio Colombia · #1,609,564 worldwide 751 citations · 102 works
  5. 5 Natalia Gonzalez Varela Colombia · #1,761,374 worldwide 482 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Germán Contreras Ramírez Colombia · #1,789,902 worldwide 1k citations · 38 works
  7. 7 William-Oswaldo Aparicio-Gómez Colombia · #2,025,873 worldwide 178 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Angélica Camargo Sierra Colombia · #2,101,589 worldwide 98 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Tatiana Gélvez Rubio Colombia · #2,169,999 worldwide 54 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 María Fernanda Téllez Téllez Colombia · #2,341,058 worldwide 144 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad Externado de Colombia

What are the most cited papers from Universidad Externado de Colombia?

The most cited paper from Universidad Externado de Colombia is "How to create a realistic customer journey map" (Mark Scott Rosenbaum, Mauricio Losada-Otálora, Germán Contreras Ramírez, 2016), with 434 citations. Next come "BUILDING INSTITUTIONS FOR MARKETS" (266) and "Identidad cultural un concepto que evoluciona" (251).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 How to create a realistic customer journey map Mark Scott Rosenbaum, Mauricio Losada-Otálora, Germán Contreras Ramírez · Business Horizons 15 Oct 2016 434
2 BUILDING INSTITUTIONS FOR MARKETS Carolina Esguerra Roa · Revista de Economía Institucional Open access Dec 2002 266
3 Identidad cultural un concepto que evoluciona L Olga Luc u EDa Molano · Opera 5 Nov 2007 251
4 The Merits of Global Constitutionalism Peters · Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies Open access 2009 197
5 Los paradigmas de la investigación: un acercamiento teórico para reflexionar desde el campo de la investigación educativa Sorangela Miranda Beltrán, Jorge Alexander Ortiz Bernal · RIDE Revista Iberoamericana para la Investigación y el Desarrollo Educativo Open access 14 Aug 2020 174
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Externado de Colombia?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Latin America, Globalization, Sustainable Development, International Law, Education, Corporate Social Responsibility and Criminal Justice.

▲ 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. Human Rights81▲ 12×38 topics
  2. Globalization75▲ 5.8×61 topics
  3. Latin America71▲ 56×20 topics
  4. Sustainable Development61▲ 6.0×34 topics
  5. Education50▲ 4.4×36 topics
  6. International Law49▲ 24×17 topics
  7. Sustainability35▲ 2.2×41 topics
  8. Corporate Social Responsibility35▲ 31×6 topics
  9. Criminal Justice34▲ 23×7 topics
  10. Judicial Review32▲ 57×6 topics
  11. Constitutionalism30▲ 51×5 topics
  12. Responsibility29▲ 103×4 topics
  13. Environmental Regulation28▲ 29×3 topics
  14. Public Policy28▲ 9.1×17 topics
  15. Judicial System28▲ 120×2 topics
  16. Civil Liability28▲ 178×2 topics
  17. Legal Ethics27▲ 184×2 topics
  18. Consumer Rights26▲ 190×1 topic
  19. Contractual Law26▲ 339×1 topic
  20. Colombia25▲ 229×2 topics
  21. Social Rights25▲ 129×2 topics
  22. Competitiveness25▲ 47×6 topics
  23. Legal Philosophy24▲ 58×2 topics
  24. Legal Theory24▲ 53×2 topics
  25. History23▲ 5.0×12 topics
  26. Community Participation22▲ 9.5×10 topics
  27. Democracy22▲ 9.6×12 topics
  28. Violence21▲ 21×8 topics
  29. Constitutional Rights20▲ 173×1 topic
  30. Inter-American Court20▲ 173×1 topic
  31. Inequality20▲ 13×10 topics
  32. Agriculture20▲ 7.8×5 topics
  33. Constitutional Law20▲ 23×5 topics
  34. Social Responsibility19▲ 12×5 topics
  35. Society19▲ 15×5 topics
  36. Social Movements18▲ 9.5×15 topics
  37. Conflict18▲ 17×5 topics
  38. Prison System18▲ 50×3 topics
  39. Environmental Law18▲ 13×7 topics
  40. European Union18▲ 12×10 topics

Which research topics does Universidad Externado de Colombia publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Comparative International Legal Studies, Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies, Criminal Justice and Penology and History and Politics in Latin America.

Comparative International Legal Studies: 26 fractional worksComparative constitutional jurisprudence studies: 20 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Pen…17Criminal Justice and Penology: 17 fractional worksHistory and Politics in …16History and Politics in Latin America: 16 fractional worksLegal processes and jurisprudence: 15 fractional worksInternational Relations in Latin America: 15 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, an…12Business, Innovation, and Economy: 12 fractional worksInternational Arbitration and Investment Law: 10 fractional worksConflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia: 9 fractional worksLatin American Urban Studies: 8 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsLawDemographyEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 Comparative International Legal Studies Political Science and International Relations 26 works
  2. 2 Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies Political Science and International Relations 20 works
  3. 3 Criminal Justice and Penology Law 17 works
  4. 4 History and Politics in Latin America Demography 16 works
  5. 5 Legal processes and jurisprudence Law 15 works
  6. 6 International Relations in Latin America Political Science and International Relations 15 works
  7. 7 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 12 works
  8. 8 International Arbitration and Investment Law Strategy and Management 10 works
  9. 9 Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  10. 10 Latin American Urban Studies Urban Studies 8 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 available81.1%not open18.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.1%domestic only88.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Externado de Colombia's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% lower 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 Externado de Colombia as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0027% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Universidad Externado de Colombia0.0022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidad Externado de Colombia 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%Universidad Externado de Colombia10.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.7% in 2001.

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