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Universidad Loyola

In research, Universidad Loyola stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,121 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,477 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,213
of 22,385 · #10,174 all time
Rank in Bolivia
#7
of 25
Research works
810
▲ 105% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.4k
4.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
80%
world 40%
International
74%
world 18%
Universidad Loyola

What is Universidad Loyola 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 #3,121 of 9,585 9.9%182 #3576
Social SciencesField #2,477 of 5,988 11.1%111 #3235

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

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Universidad Loyola is in Social Sciences, 11% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (42%), Psychology (12%), Arts and Humanities (11%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 221 fractional works · 73.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 127 fractional works · 42.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 42 fractional works · 14.1% of its workEducation: 21 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCommunication: 10 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 37 fractional works · 12.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 13 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 13 fractional works · 4.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 32 fractional works · 10.8% of its workPhilosophy: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHistory: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 34 fractional works · 11.2% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 4.5% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 32 fractional works · 10.8% of its workMedicine: 24 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadLoyola300fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences74%

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 Sciences12742.3%
    2. Psychology3712.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities3210.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting124.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance93.0%
    6. Decision Sciences41.2%
    1. Computer Science144.5%
    2. Engineering113.6%
    3. Environmental Science41.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy30.9%
    5. Mathematics10.2%
    6. Materials Science10.2%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine248.1%
    2. Health Professions82.7%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences82.6%
    2. Neuroscience31.0%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    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: 0.54× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.03× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.74× its world share, 32 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.23× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.41× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.05× its world share, 37 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.34× its world share, 127 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.05×37 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.74×32 works
  3. Social Sciences3.34×127 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.41×9 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.27×4 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.23×12 works
  7. Health Professions1.03×8 works
  8. Neuroscience0.63×3 works
  9. Computer Science0.58×14 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.54×8 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.47×0 works
  12. Medicine0.42×24 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.38×3 works
  14. Environmental Science0.29×4 works
  15. Engineering0.24×11 works
  16. Mathematics0.20×1 works
  17. Energy0.10×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.09×1 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.06×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.06×1 works
  24. Nursing0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidad Loyola?

Ranked on the quality score, David Varona Aramburu, Paula Herrero Diz and Bruno Nicolás D'Andrea lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad Loyola.

  1. 1 David Varona Aramburu Bolivia · #2,205,526 worldwide 188 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Paula Herrero Diz Bolivia · #3,397,290 worldwide 12 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Bruno Nicolás D'Andrea Bolivia · #3,814,463 worldwide 8 citations · 14 works
  4. 4 Manuel Porcel Moreno Bolivia · #3,859,572 worldwide 19 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 José María Medina Rey Bolivia · #4,204,766 worldwide 39 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Francisco José Cuadrado Méndez Bolivia · #4,310,345 worldwide 17 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Manuel Novo Foncubierta Bolivia · #4,343,598 worldwide 10 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Gabriel María Pérez Alcalá Bolivia · #4,422,584 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 María del Carmen López Martín Bolivia · #4,551,237 worldwide 281 citations · 62 works
  10. 10 Jaime Flaquer García Bolivia · #4,883,505 worldwide 1 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad Loyola

What are the most cited papers from Universidad Loyola?

The most cited paper from Universidad Loyola is ""Crear capacidades. Propuesta para el desarrollo humano"" (Rosa Colmenarejo Fernández, 2012), with 389 citations. Next come "Barriers to the adoption of blockchain technology in business supply chains: a total interpretive structural modelling (TISM) approach" (304) and "Larvicidal activity of some Euphorbiaceae plant extracts against Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae)" (241).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 "Crear capacidades. Propuesta para el desarrollo humano" Rosa Colmenarejo Fernández · Revista de Fomento Social Open access 31 Dec 2012 389
2 Barriers to the adoption of blockchain technology in business supply chains: a total interpretive structural modelling (TISM) approach Deepak Mathivathanan, Kaliyan Mathiyazhagan, Nripendra Pratap Rana et al. · International Journal of Production Research 12 Jan 2021 304
3 Larvicidal activity of some Euphorbiaceae plant extracts against Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) Abdul Abdul Rahuman, Geetha Gopalakrishnan, Priyadharshini Venkatesan et al. · Parasitology Research 27 Dec 2007 241
4 "Economía Internacional" María del Carmen López Martín · Revista de Fomento Social Open access 30 Sep 2015 215
5 Isolation and identification of mosquito larvicidal compound from Abutilon indicum (Linn.) Sweet Abdul Abdul Rahuman, Geetha Gopalakrishnan, Priyadharshini Venkatesan et al. · Parasitology Research 2 Jan 2008 214
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Loyola?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Ethics, Religion, Philosophy, Latin America, Catholicism, Theology and Globalization.

▲ 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. Education39▲ 7.5×40 topics
  2. Ethics33▲ 22×23 topics
  3. Religion25▲ 18×16 topics
  4. Philosophy24▲ 18×12 topics
  5. Latin America24▲ 42×15 topics
  6. Globalization23▲ 3.9×43 topics
  7. Catholicism18▲ 165×4 topics
  8. Theology18▲ 64×5 topics
  9. Mental Health17▲ 3.9×28 topics
  10. Sociology16▲ 39×4 topics
  11. Social Dynamics16▲ 92×3 topics
  12. Liberation15▲ 309×1 topic
  13. Social Media13▲ 3.1×22 topics
  14. Sustainability12▲ 1.63×31 topics
  15. Communication11▲ 12×7 topics
  16. History10▲ 5.0×18 topics
  17. COVID-1910▲ 2.5×12 topics
  18. Educational Technology9▲ 2.6×14 topics
  19. Human Rights9▲ 3.0×22 topics
  20. Gender9▲ 5.4×17 topics
  21. Qualitative Research8▲ 3.2×14 topics
  22. Pedagogy8▲ 5.2×9 topics
  23. Welfare State8▲ 32×4 topics
  24. Technology7▲ 4.6×9 topics
  25. Health Promotion7▲ 7.3×12 topics
  26. Literature7▲ 4.2×10 topics
  27. Social Sciences7▲ 16×9 topics
  28. Cultural Studies6▲ 5.8×12 topics
  29. Gender Differences6▲ 5.7×8 topics
  30. Coping Strategies6▲ 8.3×4 topics
  31. Job Satisfaction6▲ 4.8×6 topics
  32. Society6▲ 11×8 topics
  33. Social Networks6▲ 7.2×6 topics
  34. Emotional Intelligence6▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Digital Media6▲ 10×3 topics
  36. European Union5▲ 7.8×7 topics
  37. Political Power5▲ 36×3 topics
  38. University Students5▲ 30×2 topics
  39. Information Quality5▲ 27×3 topics
  40. Migrant Integration5▲ 47×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidad Loyola publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Religious and Theological Studies, Social Sciences and Policies, Stress and Burnout Research and Communication and COVID-19 Impact.

Religious and Theologica…15Religious and Theological Studies: 15 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 4 fractional worksStress and Burnout Research: 4 fractional worksCommunication and COVID-19 Impact: 3 fractional worksGambling Behavior and Treatments: 3 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Training: 3 fractional worksHigher Education Teaching and Evaluation: 3 fractional worksPsychological Treatments and Disorders: 3 fractional worksSocial Skills and Education: 3 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Penology: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceGeneral Social SciencesSocial PsychologyCommunication3 others

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

  1. 1 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 15 works
  2. 2 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 4 works
  3. 3 Stress and Burnout Research Social Psychology 4 works
  4. 4 Communication and COVID-19 Impact Communication 3 works
  5. 5 Gambling Behavior and Treatments Clinical Psychology 3 works
  6. 6 Education and Teacher Training Education 3 works
  7. 7 Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation Education 3 works
  8. 8 Psychological Treatments and Disorders Clinical Psychology 3 works
  9. 9 Social Skills and Education Education 3 works
  10. 10 Criminal Justice and Penology Law 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 available79.9%not open20.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors73.7%domestic only26.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Loyola's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 105% 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 Loyola as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Universidad Loyola0.0015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidad Loyola 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 counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Universidad Loyola8.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.1% in 2008.

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