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Universidad Florencio del Castillo

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Research works
28
▲ 60% vs 2018-21
Citations
69
2.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
82%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Universidad Florencio del Castillo

Not ranked overall: Universidad Florencio del Castillo is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Universidad Florencio del Castillo work in?

In all years, 42% of research at Universidad Florencio del Castillo is in Social Sciences, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Medicine (23%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 12 fractional works · 41.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 23.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 7.4% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 27.9% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 23.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 16.6% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 7.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 13.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 9.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadFlorencio del…28fractional works, all years
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences28%Social Sciences42%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences723.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities27.4%
    3. Psychology14.4%
    4. Decision Sciences13.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting01.8%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.2%
    1. Medicine623.0%
    2. Health Professions14.3%
    3. Nursing00.6%
    1. Computer Science27.6%
    2. Environmental Science25.8%
    3. Engineering12.2%
    4. Chemistry00.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences39.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.8%
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: 2.24× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.69× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 1.44× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.71× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 2.41× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.19× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.84× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.19× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology2.84×1 works
  2. Health Professions2.41×1 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.24×1 works
  4. Social Sciences2.19×4 works
  5. Environmental Science1.71×1 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.69×0 works
  7. Computer Science1.44×2 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.19×0 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.18×0 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.88×0 works
  11. Medicine0.53×1 works
  12. Engineering0.31×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Universidad Florencio del Castillo?

The most cited paper from Universidad Florencio del Castillo is "Percepción del estudiantado universitario sobre la virtualización de la enseñanza de la metodología de la investigación científica en la educación superior" (Lhiam Vega Umaña, Luz Elena Barrantes Aguilar, 2022), with 23 citations. Next come "Chitosan-Based Thermo-Responsive Scaffold for Wound Heal-ing Provides Dexketoprofen Trometamol Controlled Release for 24 Hour-Use" (9) and "Virtual Classrooms, Real Impact: A Framework for Introducing Virtual Reality to K–12 STEM Learning Based on Best Practices" (7).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Percepción del estudiantado universitario sobre la virtualización de la enseñanza de la metodología de la investigación científica en la educación superior Lhiam Vega Umaña, Luz Elena Barrantes Aguilar · Actualidades Investigativas en Educación Open access 31 Aug 2022 23
2 Chitosan-Based Thermo-Responsive Scaffold for Wound Heal-ing Provides Dexketoprofen Trometamol Controlled Release for 24 Hour-Use Luis Castillo Henríquez, Pablo Sanabria-Espinoza, Brayan Murillo-Castillo et al. · Preprints.org PreprintOpen access Oct 2021 9
3 Virtual Classrooms, Real Impact: A Framework for Introducing Virtual Reality to K–12 STEM Learning Based on Best Practices Tyler B. Ward, Kouroush Jenab, Jorge Ortega-Moody et al. · Applied Sciences Open access 23 Oct 2025 7
4 PineSORT: A Simple Online Real-Time Tracking Framework for Drone Videos in Agriculture Danny Xie-Li, Fabián Fallas-Moya Conference paperOpen access 11 Jun 2025 4
5 EFECTOS DE UN PROGRAMA DE EJERCICIO DE FUERZA Y RESISTENCIA AERÓBICA EN UN ADULTO MAYOR PLURIPATOLÓGICO: ESTUDIO DE CASO Universidad Florencio del Castillo (UCA), Juan Pablo Varela-Gutiérrez, Jimmy Rojas-Quirós et al. · Revista digital Actividad Física y Deporte Open access Jul 2021 4
All 41 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Florencio del Castillo?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Physical Activity, Arboviral Diseases, Zika Virus, Adolescents, Epidemiology, Iberian Peninsula and Latin America.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 31 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Education4▲ 11×11 topics
  2. Epidemiology3▲ 2.5×6 topics
  3. Physical Activity2▲ 24×3 topics
  4. Arboviral Diseases2▲ 116×1 topic
  5. Zika Virus2▲ 116×1 topic
  6. Adolescents2▲ 19×3 topics
  7. Quality of Life2▲ 4.8×3 topics
  8. Iberian Peninsula2▲ 151×3 topics
  9. Latin America2▲ 28×5 topics
  10. Obesity1▲ 6.4×2 topics
  11. University Students1▲ 108×2 topics
  12. Archaeology1▲ 31×2 topics
  13. Cultural Exchange1▲ 35×2 topics
  14. Innovation1▲ 5.2×4 topics
  15. Health1▲ 11×1 topic
  16. Iron Age1▲ 196×1 topic
  17. Nutrition1▲ 9.8×2 topics
  18. Public Policy1▲ 10×3 topics
  19. Romanization1▲ 274×1 topic
  20. Sports1▲ 479×1 topic
  21. Chronic Diseases1▲ 14×2 topics
  22. Deep Learning1▲ 1.77×4 topics
  23. Distance Learning1▲ 17×3 topics
  24. Teacher Training1▲ 9.8×4 topics
  25. E-Learning1▲ 6.2×2 topics
  26. Health Promotion1▲ 13×1 topic
  27. Healthy Lifestyles1▲ 100×1 topic
  28. Knowledge Management1▲ 7.8×3 topics
  29. Public Health1▲ 2.7×4 topics
  30. Reproducibility1▲ 108×1 topic
  31. Scientific Workflows1▲ 108×1 topic

Which research topics does Universidad Florencio del Castillo publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sports and Physical Education Studies, Health and Lifestyle Studies, Smart Agriculture and AI and Health, Education, and Physical Culture.

Sports and Physical Educ…1Sports and Physical Education Studies: 1 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 1 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI1Smart Agriculture and AI: 1 fractional worksHealth, Education, and P…0Health, Education, and Physical Culture: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond: 0 fractional worksExperimental Learning in Engineering: 0 fractional worksBone fractures and treat…0Bone fractures and treatments: 0 fractional worksViolence, Education, and Gender Studies: 0 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 0 fractional worksSocial impacts of COVID-19: 0 fractional works
Life-span and Life-course StudiesGeneral Health ProfessionsPlant ScienceSocial Psychology6 others

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

  1. 1 Sports and Physical Education Studies Life-span and Life-course Studies 1 works
  2. 2 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  3. 3 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 1 works
  4. 4 Health, Education, and Physical Culture Social Psychology 0 works
  5. 5 Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond Ecology 0 works
  6. 6 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 0 works
  7. 7 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 0 works
  8. 8 Violence, Education, and Gender Studies Education 0 works
  9. 9 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Social impacts of COVID-19 Safety Research 0 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 available81.9%not open18.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.1%domestic only66.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Florencio del Castillo's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 60% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Universidad Florencio del Castillo as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000069% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%Universidad Florencio del Castillo0.00011% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Universidad Florencio del Castillo over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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