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Universidad Externado de Colombia

In research, Universidad Externado de Colombia stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,484 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,477 of 6,365 worldwide) and Political Science and International Relations (#958 of 1,201 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Law, Political Science and International Relations and Demography — Law is 15.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,454
of 28,054 · #23,606 all time
Rank in Colombia
#81
of 173
Research works
4k
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.4k
2.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
81%
world 28%

What is Universidad Externado de Colombia 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 #4,484 of 10,521 9.3%489 #4380
Social SciencesField #3,477 of 6,365 9.5%329 #3430
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #958 of 1,201 9.6%106 #1067
Business, Management and AccountingField #2,405 of 2,578 7.8%67 #3070
Physical SciencesDomain #12,479 of 12,888 4.6%66 #20631

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 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#4,380 #4,484
  2. Social Sciences#3,430 #3,477
  3. Political Science and International Relations#1,067 #958
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#3,070 #2,405
  5. Physical Sciences#20,631 #12,479
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 Externado de Colombia specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Law takes 15.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. LawSubfield · 54.7 works16×
  2. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 106.2 works12×
  3. DemographySubfield · 25.5 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: 0.37× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.14× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.96× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.93× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.39× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.46× its world share, 67 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.83× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.58× its world share, 46 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.31× its world share, 329 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.

Who are the top researchers at Universidad Externado de Colombia?

Ranked on the composite score, Gonzalo Ordóñez–Matamoros, Alfonso Reyes and Bernardo Pérez Salazar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad Externado de Colombia.

  1. 1 Gonzalo Ordóñez–Matamoros Colombia · #220,135 worldwide 74 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Alfonso Reyes Colombia · #288,879 worldwide 3 citations · 59 works
  3. 3 Bernardo Pérez Salazar Colombia · #313,926 worldwide 15 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Julián Arévalo Colombia · #324,912 worldwide 40 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Vários Colombia · #410,448 worldwide 1 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Ernesto Rengifo García Colombia · #417,036 worldwide 1 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Aldo Petrücci Colombia · #420,495 worldwide 2 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Daniel Gutiérrez Ardila Colombia · #517,188 worldwide 1 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Gonzalo Cataño Colombia · #530,579 worldwide 5 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 María del Pilar García Pachón Colombia · #545,556 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad Externado de Colombia

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Externado de Colombia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Human Rights74▲ 12×36 topics
  2. Latin America68▲ 59×20 topics
  3. Globalization67▲ 5.7×58 topics
  4. Sustainable Development58▲ 6.0×32 topics
  5. International Law46▲ 25×15 topics
  6. Education45▲ 4.4×34 topics
  7. Corporate Social Responsibility33▲ 35×6 topics
  8. Sustainability32▲ 2.2×37 topics
  9. Criminal Justice32▲ 24×7 topics
  10. Judicial Review31▲ 57×6 topics
  11. Constitutionalism29▲ 50×5 topics
  12. Responsibility28▲ 109×4 topics
  13. Environmental Regulation28▲ 31×3 topics
  14. Civil Liability27▲ 186×2 topics
  15. Judicial System27▲ 120×2 topics
  16. Public Policy27▲ 9.0×16 topics
  17. Legal Ethics26▲ 188×2 topics
  18. Consumer Rights26▲ 191×1 topic
  19. Contractual Law26▲ 344×1 topic
  20. Social Rights25▲ 128×2 topics
  21. Legal Philosophy24▲ 59×2 topics
  22. Legal Theory24▲ 55×2 topics
  23. Competitiveness23▲ 47×6 topics
  24. Colombia22▲ 207×2 topics
  25. Democracy21▲ 9.9×12 topics
  26. Community Participation21▲ 9.4×10 topics
  27. History21▲ 5.0×11 topics
  28. Constitutional Rights20▲ 173×1 topic
  29. Inter-American Court20▲ 173×1 topic
  30. Inequality19▲ 14×8 topics
  31. Violence19▲ 21×8 topics
  32. Constitutional Law18▲ 22×4 topics
  33. Social Responsibility18▲ 13×5 topics
  34. Agriculture18▲ 7.4×5 topics
  35. Environmental Law17▲ 14×7 topics
  36. European Union17▲ 12×10 topics
  37. Society17▲ 15×4 topics
  38. Conflict16▲ 17×5 topics
  39. Social Movements16▲ 9.0×14 topics
  40. Geopolitics16▲ 17×5 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Comparative International Legal Studies, Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies, Legal processes and jurisprudence and Criminal Justice and Penology.

Comparative International Legal Studies: 26 fractional worksComparative constitutional jurisprudence studies: 20 fractional worksLegal processes and juri…15Legal processes and jurisprudence: 15 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Pen…15Criminal Justice and Penology: 15 fractional worksHistory and Politics in Latin America: 15 fractional worksInternational Relations in Latin America: 14 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, an…11Business, Innovation, and Economy: 11 fractional worksInternational Arbitration and Investment Law: 10 fractional worksRegional Development and Innovation: 8 fractional worksAdministrative Law and Governance: 8 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsLawDemographyEconomics and Econometrics2 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 Legal processes and jurisprudence Law 15 works
  4. 4 Criminal Justice and Penology Law 15 works
  5. 5 History and Politics in Latin America Demography 15 works
  6. 6 International Relations in Latin America Political Science and International Relations 14 works
  7. 7 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 11 works
  8. 8 International Arbitration and Investment Law Strategy and Management 10 works
  9. 9 Regional Development and Innovation Development 8 works
  10. 10 Administrative Law and Governance Political Science and International Relations 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% lower 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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