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Universidad Libre de Costa Rica

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Research works
90
▲ 91% vs 2013–17
Citations
1k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Universidad Libre de Costa Rica is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.33× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.15× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.26× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.38× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.95× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.85× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 1.35× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.36× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Libre de Costa Rica?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Clinical Practice, Mental Health, Social Work, Welfare State, Meta-Analysis, Epidemiology and Risk Factors.

▲ 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 13 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 13 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology2▲ 1.38×17 topics
  2. Climate Change2▲ 1.73×16 topics
  3. Mental Health2▲ 3.1×8 topics
  4. Heart Failure1▲ 8.8×7 topics
  5. Inflammation1▲ 1.74×9 topics
  6. Education1▲ 2.0×7 topics
  7. Risk Factors1▲ 3.1×10 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 2.8×9 topics
  9. Clinical Practice1▲ 20×3 topics
  10. Meta-Analysis1▲ 5.0×6 topics
  11. Obesity1▲ 3.8×8 topics
  12. Social Work1▲ 39×1 topic
  13. Welfare State1▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Universidad Libre de Costa Rica publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Social Sciences and Policies, Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research, Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications and Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies.

Social Sciences and Policies: 1 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 1 fractional worksPsychotherapy Techniques…1Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksForensic Entomology and …0Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies: 0 fractional worksEducational and Social Studies: 0 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 0 fractional worksCardiovascular and exerc…0Cardiovascular and exercise physiology: 0 fractional worksMathematics Education and Teaching Techniques: 0 fractional worksEducational Tools and Methods: 0 fractional worksHistorical and Scientific Studies: 0 fractional works
General Social SciencesClinical PsychologyInsect ScienceEducation4 others

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

  1. 1 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 1 works
  2. 2 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 1 works
  3. 3 Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications Clinical Psychology 1 works
  4. 4 Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies Insect Science 0 works
  5. 5 Educational and Social Studies Education 0 works
  6. 6 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques Education 0 works
  9. 9 Educational Tools and Methods Safety Research 0 works
  10. 10 Historical and Scientific Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 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 available62.3%not open37.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.7%domestic only60.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Libre de Costa Rica's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 91% higher 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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