Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
University · Mexico City · Mexico

Universidad Intercontinental

In research, Universidad Intercontinental stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,764 of 14,833 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,412 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

uic.edu.mxROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#17,813
of 34,923
Rank in Mexico
#175
of 278
Research works
484
▲ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.7k
3.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Universidad Intercontinental

What is Universidad Intercontinental 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 #6,764 of 14,833 3.0%312
Social SciencesField #4,412 of 9,330 2.3%176

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad Intercontinental 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 Intercontinental work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Universidad Intercontinental is in Social Sciences, 23% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Medicine (16%), Psychology (12%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 35 fractional works · 46.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 26.0% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 10.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 12.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 7.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 22.9% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 16.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 21.8% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 10.8% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 6.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 8.8% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadIntercontinental75fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences46%

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 Sciences1926.0%
    2. Psychology912.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities33.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting22.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine1216.2%
    2. Health Professions33.8%
    3. Dentistry22.6%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Computer Science810.8%
    2. Engineering56.1%
    3. Environmental Science22.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy22.0%
    5. Chemistry00.3%
    6. Materials Science00.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Neuroscience34.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.54× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.38× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.35× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.45× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.84× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.64× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.37× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.09× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.05× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry5.35×2 works
  2. Psychology4.09×9 works
  3. Neuroscience2.54×3 works
  4. Social Sciences2.05×20 works
  5. Veterinary1.64×0 works
  6. Health Professions1.45×3 works
  7. Computer Science1.38×8 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.37×3 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.90×2 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.88×1 works
  11. Medicine0.84×12 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.84×2 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.59×1 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.54×2 works
  15. Environmental Science0.46×2 works
  16. Engineering0.41×5 works
  17. Nursing0.23×0 works
  18. Chemistry0.20×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×1 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.18×0 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.09×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.08×0 works
  23. Mathematics0.03×0 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidad Intercontinental?

Ranked on the quality score, Roberto Justus, Federico Guillermo and Rivas García lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad Intercontinental.

  1. 1 Roberto Justus Mexico · #3,091,693 worldwide 405 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Federico Guillermo Mexico · #3,771,191 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Rivas García Mexico · #3,880,258 worldwide 13 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Serrano Sánchez Mexico · #4,144,713 worldwide 35 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Francis X. McGarvey Mexico · #4,284,229 worldwide 189 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Thelma Elena Pérez Álvarez Mexico · #4,453,478 worldwide 21 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Ramiro Alfonso Mexico · #4,752,099 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Roberto Jaramillo Escutia Mexico · #4,784,031 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Noriko Murayama Mexico · #4,912,777 worldwide 41 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Jorge Sánchez Escárcega Mexico · #5,057,613 worldwide 4 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad Intercontinental

What are the most cited papers from Universidad Intercontinental?

The most cited paper from Universidad Intercontinental is "DESI 2024 VI: cosmological constraints from the measurements of baryon acoustic oscillations" (Adrian Gutierrez Adame et al., 2025), with 1,100 citations. Next come "DESI 2024 IV: Baryon Acoustic Oscillations from the Lyman alpha forest" (258) and "Ceftazidime Compared with Piperacillin and Tobramycin for the Empiric Treatment of Fever in Neutropenic Patients with Cancer: A Multicenter Randomized Trial" (229).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 DESI 2024 VI: cosmological constraints from the measurements of baryon acoustic oscillations Adrian Gutierrez Adame et al. · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Open access201 authors Feb 2025 1,100
2 DESI 2024 IV: Baryon Acoustic Oscillations from the Lyman alpha forest Adrian Gutierrez Adame et al. · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Open access198 authors 2025 258
3 Ceftazidime Compared with Piperacillin and Tobramycin for the Empiric Treatment of Fever in Neutropenic Patients with Cancer: A Multicenter Randomized Trial Ben E. De Pauw, Stanley C. Deresinski, Ronald Feld et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine 15 May 1994 229
4 Aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen: Their effects on orthodontic tooth movement Oscar R. Arias, María Cristina Márquez-Orozco · American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Sep 2006 195
5 DESI 2024 VII: cosmological constraints from the full-shape modeling of clustering measurements Adrian Gutierrez Adame et al. · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Open access212 authors Jul 2025 193
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Intercontinental?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Communication, Distance Learning, Pedagogy, Adolescents, Ethics, Mental Health and Philosophy.

▲ 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. Education9▲ 7.3×14 topics
  2. Mental Health4▲ 4.0×14 topics
  3. Communication4▲ 17×6 topics
  4. COVID-194▲ 3.5×5 topics
  5. Distance Learning3▲ 13×2 topics
  6. Pedagogy3▲ 8.9×2 topics
  7. Adolescents3▲ 12×7 topics
  8. Ethics3▲ 8.3×6 topics
  9. E-Learning3▲ 4.3×3 topics
  10. Philosophy3▲ 8.5×4 topics
  11. Quality of Life3▲ 2.6×8 topics
  12. Knowledge Management3▲ 6.6×4 topics
  13. Evidence-Based Practice3▲ 26×2 topics
  14. Social Networks2▲ 11×4 topics
  15. Social Sciences2▲ 21×5 topics
  16. Anxiety2▲ 6.2×6 topics
  17. Coping Strategies2▲ 12×5 topics
  18. Digital Divide2▲ 11×2 topics
  19. Digital Competence2▲ 32×2 topics
  20. Digital Transformation2▲ 5.2×3 topics
  21. Health Education2▲ 6.3×4 topics
  22. Latin America2▲ 15×5 topics
  23. Teacher Training2▲ 4.5×4 topics
  24. Technology2▲ 5.3×4 topics
  25. ICT2▲ 20×1 topic
  26. Meta-Analysis2▲ 4.5×4 topics
  27. Performance Prediction2▲ 39×2 topics
  28. Virtual Teaching2▲ 50×1 topic
  29. Autism Spectrum Disorders2▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Innovation Ecosystems2▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Sociology2▲ 17×2 topics
  32. University Students2▲ 43×2 topics
  33. Emotion Regulation2▲ 7.3×5 topics
  34. Psychological Interventions2▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Social Skills2▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Medical Education2▲ 8.1×3 topics
  37. Psychotherapy Outcome2▲ 100×1 topic
  38. Therapeutic Alliance2▲ 100×1 topic
  39. Behavioral Interventions2▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Digital Media2▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidad Intercontinental publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Educational Innovations and Technology, Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications, Social Skills and Education and Knowledge Management in Higher Education.

Educational Innovations …2Educational Innovations and Technology: 2 fractional worksPsychotherapy Techniques…2Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksSocial Skills and Education: 1 fractional worksKnowledge Management in Higher Education: 1 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 1 fractional worksReligious and Theological Studies: 1 fractional worksCommunication and COVID-19 Impact: 1 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge…1E-Learning and Knowledge Management: 1 fractional worksPsychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments: 1 fractional worksBehavioral and Psychological Studies: 1 fractional works
Information SystemsClinical PsychologyEducationCognitive Neuroscience5 others

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

  1. 1 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 2 works
  2. 2 Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications Clinical Psychology 2 works
  3. 3 Social Skills and Education Education 1 works
  4. 4 Knowledge Management in Higher Education Education 1 works
  5. 5 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  6. 6 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Communication and COVID-19 Impact Communication 1 works
  8. 8 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 1 works
  9. 9 Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  10. 10 Behavioral and Psychological Studies Developmental and Educational Psychology 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 available37.5%not open62.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.9%domestic only87.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Intercontinental's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% higher 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 Intercontinental as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00020% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Universidad Intercontinental0.00046% in 202519801990200020102020

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

Other research institutions in Mexico City

All research institutions in Mexico City

Share Universidad Intercontinental's ranking

Universidad Intercontinental on Science Explorer

A card with Universidad Intercontinental's standing and the fields it leads in, for a post or a slide. A link to this page previews as the same card.

Download the card

1200 × 630 PNG, sized for social posts, drawn from the latest snapshot.

Badges for a website1Each links back here and updates with every snapshot

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Universidad Intercontinental. Keep it to the research: no personal attacks, advertising or links. Any reader can report a post, which collapses it for everyone until it is opened.