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Universidad Latina

In research, Universidad Latina stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,247 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,642 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,937
of 22,385 · #8,684 all time
Rank in Mexico
#93
of 232
Research works
919
▼ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.2k
1.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
Universidad Latina

What is Universidad Latina 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 #5,247 of 9,585 5.3%128 #3877
Social SciencesField #3,642 of 5,988 5.7%87 #2350

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

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Universidad Latina is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (43%), Arts and Humanities (11%), Computer Science (7%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 149 fractional works · 62.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 103 fractional works · 43.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 27 fractional works · 11.3% of its workEducation: 19 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 4.3% of its workUrban Studies: 10 fractional works · 4.0% of its workLaw: 9 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 27 fractional works · 11.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 9 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 47 fractional works · 19.5% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 7.1% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 6.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 11 fractional works · 4.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 30 fractional works · 12.4% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadLatina239fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences62%

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 Sciences10343.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities2711.5%
    3. Psychology72.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting62.4%
    5. Decision Sciences31.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.1%
    1. Computer Science177.1%
    2. Environmental Science156.4%
    3. Engineering83.3%
    4. Materials Science20.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    6. Mathematics10.5%
    7. Chemistry10.4%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    9. Energy00.0%
    1. Health Professions156.4%
    2. Medicine135.6%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences83.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.4%
    3. Neuroscience10.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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: 0.75× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.91× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.30× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.44× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.98× its world share, 28 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.73× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.95× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.41× its world share, 103 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.98×28 works
  2. Social Sciences3.41×103 works
  3. Health Professions2.44×15 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.42×3 works
  5. Environmental Science1.30×15 works
  6. Psychology0.95×7 works
  7. Computer Science0.91×17 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.75×8 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.73×6 works
  10. Nursing0.72×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.52×3 works
  12. Mathematics0.46×1 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.39×2 works
  14. Neuroscience0.33×1 works
  15. Medicine0.29×13 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.26×3 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.26×0 works
  18. Chemistry0.24×1 works
  19. Materials Science0.23×2 works
  20. Engineering0.22×8 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.14×1 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×0 works
  23. Energy0.05×0 works
  24. Dentistry0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidad Latina?

Ranked on the quality score, Gabriel García Márquez, Gilson Brandão de Oliveira Junior and Exzolvildres Queiroz Neto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad Latina.

  1. 1 Gabriel García Márquez Mexico · #2,365,993 worldwide 1.7k citations · 283 works
  2. 2 Gilson Brandão de Oliveira Junior Mexico · #5,292,002 worldwide 0 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Exzolvildres Queiroz Neto Mexico · #5,468,738 worldwide 4 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad Latina

What are the most cited papers from Universidad Latina?

The most cited paper from Universidad Latina is "Insights into the reasons for discontinuation of the first highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimen in a cohort of antiretroviral naïve patients" (Antonella d’Arminio Monforte, Alessandro Cozzi‐Lepri, Giovanni Rezza et al., 2000), with 562 citations. Next come "Incidence of thyroid cancer in Italy, 1991–2005: time trends and age–period–cohort effects" (118) and "Reflexões sobre rede de apoio social como mecanismo de proteção e promoção de resiliência" (100).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Insights into the reasons for discontinuation of the first highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimen in a cohort of antiretroviral naïve patients Antonella d’Arminio Monforte, Alessandro Cozzi‐Lepri, Giovanni Rezza et al. · AIDS Mar 2000 562
2 Incidence of thyroid cancer in Italy, 1991–2005: time trends and age–period–cohort effects Luigino Dal Maso, Mauro Lise, P Zambon et al. · Annals of Oncology Open access 18 Oct 2010 118
3 Reflexões sobre rede de apoio social como mecanismo de proteção e promoção de resiliência Maria Cristina Carvalho Juliano, María Ángela Mattar Yunes · Ambiente & sociedade Open access Sep 2014 100
4 Asian-American variants of human papillomavirus type 16 have extensive mutations in theE2 gene and are highly amplified in cervical carcinomas Leonora Casas, Silvia Galvan, Rosa M. Ordo�ez et al. · International Journal of Cancer 12 Nov 1999 65
5 NEGARA HUKUM INDONESIA KEBALIKAN NACHTWACHTERSTAAT Zulkarnain Ridlwan · Fiat Justisia Jurnal Ilmu Hukum Open access 21 Mar 2014 62
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Latina?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Public Policy, Cultural Identity, Qualitative Research, Colonialism, Identity, Social Movements and Cultural Studies.

▲ 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. Globalization29▲ 6.2×32 topics
  2. Public Policy22▲ 19×15 topics
  3. Sustainability16▲ 2.7×19 topics
  4. Cultural Identity14▲ 12×8 topics
  5. Qualitative Research13▲ 6.6×10 topics
  6. Education13▲ 3.2×30 topics
  7. Identity13▲ 7.3×14 topics
  8. Colonialism12▲ 11×10 topics
  9. E-Learning12▲ 5.1×10 topics
  10. Mental Health12▲ 3.4×13 topics
  11. Healthcare12▲ 4.2×12 topics
  12. Social Movements11▲ 16×11 topics
  13. Human Rights11▲ 4.3×18 topics
  14. Cultural Studies10▲ 12×12 topics
  15. Online Learning10▲ 5.2×12 topics
  16. Brazil10▲ 46×5 topics
  17. Social Justice9▲ 6.5×9 topics
  18. History9▲ 5.5×14 topics
  19. Social Inequality8▲ 12×8 topics
  20. Teacher Training8▲ 5.4×9 topics
  21. Latin America8▲ 17×13 topics
  22. Culture8▲ 6.0×8 topics
  23. Educational Policy8▲ 13×5 topics
  24. Legal Theory7▲ 45×3 topics
  25. Discourse Analysis7▲ 12×5 topics
  26. Environmental Justice7▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Environmental Law6▲ 13×4 topics
  28. Legal Philosophy6▲ 43×2 topics
  29. Anthropology6▲ 28×4 topics
  30. Healthcare Access6▲ 9.7×7 topics
  31. Rural Development6▲ 7.6×5 topics
  32. Distance Education6▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Inclusion6▲ 17×3 topics
  34. Research6▲ 20×3 topics
  35. Training6▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Constitutional Law6▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Legislation6▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Media Studies6▲ 39×3 topics
  39. Digital Business6▲ 48×1 topic
  40. Environmental Education6▲ 16×4 topics

Which research topics does Universidad Latina publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Academic Research in Diverse Fields, Brazilian Legal Issues, Urban Development and Societal Issues and Linguistics and Education Research.

Academic Research in Div…6Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 6 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues6Brazilian Legal Issues: 6 fractional worksUrban Development and Societal Issues: 5 fractional worksLinguistics and Educatio…5Linguistics and Education Research: 5 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…4Environmental Sustainability and Education: 4 fractional worksLiterature, Culture, and Criticism: 4 fractional worksCultural, Media, and Literary Studies: 4 fractional worksUrban and sociocultural …4Urban and sociocultural dynamics: 4 fractional worksMigration, Racism, and Human Rights: 3 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and Practices: 3 fractional works
EducationLawUrban StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory3 others

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

  1. 1 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 6 works
  2. 2 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 6 works
  3. 3 Urban Development and Societal Issues Urban Studies 5 works
  4. 4 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 5 works
  5. 5 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works
  6. 6 Literature, Culture, and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 4 works
  7. 7 Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies Philosophy 4 works
  8. 8 Urban and sociocultural dynamics Urban Studies 4 works
  9. 9 Migration, Racism, and Human Rights Health 3 works
  10. 10 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 3 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 available59.3%not open40.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.8%domestic only58.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Latina's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% 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 Latina as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00086% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Universidad Latina0.00090% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidad Latina 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 Latina6.9% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.9% in 2016.

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