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Universidad Iberoamericana León

In research, Universidad Iberoamericana León stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,185 of 14,833 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,157 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,764
of 22,385 · #15,389 all time
Rank in Mexico
#202
of 232
Research works
421
▼ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
743
1.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
89%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Universidad Iberoamericana León

What is Universidad Iberoamericana León known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #6,185 of 14,833 4.4%304
Social SciencesField #4,157 of 9,330 4.6%219

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad Iberoamericana León 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 fields of science does Universidad Iberoamericana León work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Universidad Iberoamericana León is in Social Sciences, 19% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (43%), Medicine (14%), Computer Science (6%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 46 fractional works · 59.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 42.8% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 12.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 10.0% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 4.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 18.7% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 13.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 15.8% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 5.6% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadIberoamericana…78fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences59%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3442.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting45.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities44.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance33.4%
    5. Psychology22.7%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine1113.8%
    2. Health Professions34.4%
    3. Nursing00.5%
    1. Computer Science45.6%
    2. Environmental Science44.6%
    3. Engineering22.2%
    4. Energy11.3%
    5. Mathematics11.1%
    6. Materials Science00.6%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    8. Chemistry00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences34.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
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: 0.90× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.39× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.92× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.68× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.72× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.67× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.62× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.59× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.38× its world share, 34 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.38×34 works
  2. Health Professions1.68×4 works
  3. Arts and Humanities1.67×4 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.62×4 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.59×3 works
  6. Energy1.39×1 works
  7. Nursing1.01×0 works
  8. Environmental Science0.92×4 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.90×3 works
  10. Mathematics0.90×1 works
  11. Psychology0.88×2 works
  12. Computer Science0.72×4 works
  13. Medicine0.72×11 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.42×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×1 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.22×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.18×0 works
  18. Engineering0.15×2 works
  19. Chemistry0.11×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.11×0 works
  21. Neuroscience0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidad Iberoamericana León?

Ranked on the quality score, Fabrizio Lorusso, Omar Eduardo and María Cecilia Fierro Evans lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad Iberoamericana León.

  1. 1 Fabrizio Lorusso Mexico · #3,347,169 worldwide 290 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Omar Eduardo Mexico · #3,958,340 worldwide 3 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 María Cecilia Fierro Evans Mexico · #4,023,331 worldwide 44 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 David Martínez Mendizábal Mexico · #4,421,678 worldwide 11 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Fabrizio Lorusso Mexico · #4,652,115 worldwide 20 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Othón Partido Lara Mexico · #5,454,467 worldwide 6 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Héctor Gómez Vargas Mexico · #6,153,970 worldwide 41 citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad Iberoamericana León

What are the most cited papers from Universidad Iberoamericana León?

The most cited paper from Universidad Iberoamericana León is "Ley General de Acceso de las Mujeres a una Vida Libre de Violencia" (Giovanna Franzoni Acevedo, 2017), with 166 citations. Next come "Convivencia Escolar: Una revisión del concepto" (152) and "Cervical cancer detection based on serum sample Raman spectroscopy" (92).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Ley General de Acceso de las Mujeres a una Vida Libre de Violencia Giovanna Franzoni Acevedo · Entretextos (en línea, León, Gto.)/Entretextos Open access 7 Apr 2017 166
2 Convivencia Escolar: Una revisión del concepto Cecilia Fierro-Evans, Patricia Carbajal-Padilla · Psicoperspectivas Individuo y Sociedad Open access 11 Mar 2019 152
3 Cervical cancer detection based on serum sample Raman spectroscopy J. L. González Solís, J. C. Martínez, Luis Adolfo Torres-González et al. · Lasers in Medical Science 2 Oct 2013 92
4 Agave: a natural renewable resource with multiple applications Ma. de Lourdes Pérez-Zavala, Juan Cristóbal Hernández Arzaba, Dennis Ken Bideshi et al. · Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 14 Jun 2020 81
5 Effect of pyrrolic-N defects on the capacitance and magnetization of nitrogen-doped multiwalled carbon nanotubes Roque Sánchez-Salas, Svetlana Kashina, Rosario Galindo-González et al. · Carbon 13 Jul 2021 56
All 68 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Iberoamericana León?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Globalization, Human Rights, Sustainability, Community Participation, Pedagogy, Teacher Training and Public Policy.

▲ 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. Education11▲ 8.2×20 topics
  2. Globalization8▲ 5.3×21 topics
  3. Sustainability7▲ 3.8×14 topics
  4. Human Rights6▲ 7.3×7 topics
  5. Community Participation5▲ 18×4 topics
  6. Pedagogy5▲ 12×6 topics
  7. Teacher Training5▲ 9.6×6 topics
  8. Public Policy4▲ 12×7 topics
  9. Innovation4▲ 5.5×8 topics
  10. Communication4▲ 18×6 topics
  11. Competitiveness4▲ 67×5 topics
  12. Urban Development4▲ 15×3 topics
  13. COVID-194▲ 4.0×4 topics
  14. Organizational Culture4▲ 13×5 topics
  15. Ethical Education4▲ 102×2 topics
  16. Public Health4▲ 3.3×9 topics
  17. Gender4▲ 8.7×8 topics
  18. Latin America4▲ 25×9 topics
  19. Inclusive Education3▲ 12×6 topics
  20. Small and Medium Enterprises3▲ 25×2 topics
  21. Curriculum Design3▲ 61×2 topics
  22. Knowledge Management3▲ 7.7×5 topics
  23. Educational Leadership3▲ 32×1 topic
  24. Quality Education3▲ 112×1 topic
  25. Social Impact3▲ 10×6 topics
  26. Violence3▲ 26×5 topics
  27. Adolescents3▲ 9.9×4 topics
  28. Nutrition3▲ 7.9×4 topics
  29. Gender Studies3▲ 23×4 topics
  30. Leadership3▲ 7.0×3 topics
  31. Political Violence3▲ 133×2 topics
  32. Transitional Justice3▲ 42×2 topics
  33. University Students3▲ 61×2 topics
  34. Cultural Studies3▲ 9.1×8 topics
  35. Digital Divide3▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Digital Marketing3▲ 8.5×2 topics
  37. Distance Learning3▲ 9.5×2 topics
  38. Innovation Ecosystems2▲ 31×2 topics
  39. Health Promotion2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  40. ICT2▲ 23×1 topic

Which research topics does Universidad Iberoamericana León publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education and Teacher Training, Educational Innovations and Technology, Business, Innovation, and Economy and Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia.

Education and Teacher Tr…3Education and Teacher Training: 3 fractional worksEducational Innovations …2Educational Innovations and Technology: 2 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, an…2Business, Innovation, and Economy: 2 fractional worksConflict, Peace, and Vio…2Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia: 2 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 2 fractional worksEducational and Organizational Development: 2 fractional worksMexican Socioeconomic an…2Mexican Socioeconomic and Environmental Dynamics: 2 fractional worksSocial Skills and Educat…2Social Skills and Education: 2 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Stu…1Health and Lifestyle Studies: 1 fractional worksEducation in Rural Conte…1Education in Rural Contexts: 1 fractional works
EducationInformation SystemsEconomics and EconometricsSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Education and Teacher Training Education 3 works
  2. 2 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 2 works
  3. 3 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  4. 4 Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 2 works
  6. 6 Educational and Organizational Development Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  7. 7 Mexican Socioeconomic and Environmental Dynamics Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  8. 8 Social Skills and Education Education 2 works
  9. 9 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Education in Rural Contexts Education 1 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 available88.9%not open11.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.0%domestic only90.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Iberoamericana León's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% 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 Iberoamericana León as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00021% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Universidad Iberoamericana León0.00047% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidad Iberoamericana León 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Universidad Iberoamericana León5.1% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.6% in 2016.

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