Universidad Nacional
In research, Universidad Nacional stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,943 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,678 of 5,988 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,610 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Science Applications and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (Computer Science Applications is 10.5× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #3,636 of 22,385 · #2,816 all time
- Rank in Costa Rica
- #3 of 26
- Research works
- 5.4k ▼ 7% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 33k 6.1 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 5.6% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.77× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 73% world 40%
- International
- 20% world 18%
What is Universidad Nacional known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #1,943 of 9,585 | 6.4% | 505 | #1697 | |
| Social SciencesField | #1,678 of 5,988 | 6.9% | 308 | #1557 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #2,610 of 6,403 | 3.5% | 192 | #2138 | |
| Arts and HumanitiesField | #896 of 1,896 | 7.5% | 66 | #1185 | |
| Agricultural and Biological SciencesField | #1,521 of 3,157 | 3.4% | 141 | #1374 | |
| Environmental ScienceField | #1,671 of 3,334 | 3.3% | 127 | #1472 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #5,549 of 10,670 | 4.3% | 266 | #4973 | |
| EducationSubfield | #1,243 of 1,930 | 6.8% | 95 | #1448 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #7,186 of 9,902 | 6.8% | 96 | #5588 | |
| Computer ScienceField | #3,366 of 4,417 | 6.8% | 70 | #3834 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad Nacional 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 of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Social Sciences#1,697 #1,943
- Social Sciences#1,557 #1,678
- Life Sciences#2,138 #2,610
- Arts and Humanities#1,185 #896
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,374 #1,521
- Environmental Science#1,472 #1,671
- Physical Sciences#4,973 #5,549
- Education#1,448 #1,243
- Health Sciences#5,588 #7,186
- Computer Science#3,834 #3,366
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Universidad Nacional work in?
In 2022-now, 47% of research at Universidad Nacional is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (13%), Environmental Science (12%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Social Sciences56246.9%
- Social Sciences33928.3%
- Arts and Humanities786.5%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance473.9%
- Psychology473.9%
- Business, Management and Accounting443.6%
- Decision Sciences70.6%
- Physical Sciences30725.6%
- Environmental Science14412.0%
- Computer Science836.9%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences312.6%
- Engineering221.8%
- Materials Science110.9%
- Energy70.6%
- Chemistry50.4%
- Mathematics30.3%
- Physics and Astronomy10.1%
- Chemical Engineering10.1%
- Life Sciences21918.2%
- Health Sciences1119.2%
- Medicine806.7%
- Health Professions211.7%
- Veterinary70.6%
- Nursing20.2%
- Dentistry10.1%
What does Universidad Nacional specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Science Applications takes 10.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 31.1 works11×
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 40.5 works7.2×
Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Veterinary4.16×7 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.79×159 works
- Environmental Science2.41×144 works
- Arts and Humanities2.26×78 works
- Social Sciences2.24×339 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.83×47 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.63×31 works
- Psychology1.28×47 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.13×44 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.02×12 works
- Computer Science0.88×82 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.71×3 works
- Health Professions0.66×21 works
- Energy0.65×7 works
- Decision Sciences0.64×7 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.62×39 works
- Medicine0.35×80 works
- Nursing0.31×2 works
- Chemistry0.28×5 works
- Materials Science0.26×11 works
- Neuroscience0.25×5 works
- Mathematics0.25×4 works
- Chemical Engineering0.17×1 works
- Dentistry0.15×1 works
- Engineering0.12×22 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.05×1 works
- Veterinary 4.2×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2.8×
- Environmental Science 2.4×
- Arts and Humanities 2.3×
- Social Sciences 2.2×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.8×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 1.6×
- Psychology 1.3×
- Business, Management and Accounting 1.1×
- Immunology and Microbiology 1.0×
- Computer Science 0.9×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.7×
- Health Professions 0.7×
- Energy 0.7×
- Decision Sciences 0.6×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.6×
- Medicine 0.3×
- Nursing 0.3×
- Chemistry 0.3×
- Materials Science 0.3×
- Neuroscience 0.2×
- Mathematics 0.2×
- Chemical Engineering 0.2×
- Dentistry 0.1×
- Engineering 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at Universidad Nacional?
Ranked on the quality score, Catharina Wesseling, Edgardo Moreno and Marino Protti lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad Nacional.
- 1
Catharina Wesseling
Costa Rica · #264,480 worldwide 9.7k citations · 236 works
- 2
Edgardo Moreno
Costa Rica · #312,302 worldwide 11k citations · 179 works
- 3
Marino Protti
Costa Rica · #347,820 worldwide 4.2k citations · 202 works
- 4
Jennifer Crowe
Costa Rica · #559,187 worldwide 2.6k citations · 55 works
- 5
Victor M. Gonzalez
Costa Rica · #600,520 worldwide 1.4k citations · 54 works
- 6
Luis Fernando Chaves
Costa Rica · #612,507 worldwide 7.2k citations · 224 works
- 7
Geoffroy Avard
Costa Rica · #997,420 worldwide 1.5k citations · 81 works
- 8
Clemens Ruepert
Costa Rica · #1,123,734 worldwide 2.5k citations · 97 works
- 9
Berna van Wendel de Joode
Costa Rica · #1,188,230 worldwide 3.2k citations · 135 works
- 10
María Martínez
Costa Rica · #1,192,635 worldwide 939 citations · 29 works
Which keywords describe research at Universidad Nacional?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Innovation, Latin America, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Knowledge Management, Globalization and Teacher Training.
- Student Performance
- Evolution
- Innovation Ecosystems
- Communication
- Virtual Teaching
- Community Participation
- Online Education
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Rural Development
- Conservation
- Distance Learning
- Digital Marketing
- COVID-19
- Public Health
- Teacher Training
- Sustainable Development
- Knowledge Management
- Biodiversity
- Globalization
- Climate Change
- Education
- Innovation
- Sustainability
- Latin America
- E-Learning
- Educational Technology
- Environmental Impact
- Pedagogy
- Population Dynamics
- Technology
- Public Policy
- Invasive Species
- Digital Divide
- ICT
- Informal Learning
- Digital Competence
- Competitiveness
- Urban Development
- Social Movements
- Teacher Development
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
- Education126▲ 6.1×49 topics
- Climate Change95▲ 2.9×73 topics
- Innovation80▲ 6.5×28 topics
- Globalization75▲ 3.2×47 topics
- Sustainability67▲ 2.3×56 topics
- Biodiversity64▲ 7.0×25 topics
- Latin America64▲ 28×20 topics
- Knowledge Management58▲ 8.7×11 topics
- E-Learning54▲ 4.6×5 topics
- Sustainable Development53▲ 2.8×30 topics
- Educational Technology52▲ 3.6×20 topics
- Teacher Training50▲ 6.8×12 topics
- Environmental Impact48▲ 2.4×33 topics
- Public Health46▲ 2.6×40 topics
- Pedagogy43▲ 7.2×8 topics
- COVID-1943▲ 2.8×19 topics
- Population Dynamics42▲ 14×11 topics
- Digital Marketing40▲ 8.5×2 topics
- Technology39▲ 6.2×17 topics
- Distance Learning39▲ 9.3×6 topics
- Public Policy36▲ 6.3×14 topics
- Conservation35▲ 6.8×20 topics
- Invasive Species34▲ 6.6×20 topics
- Rural Development30▲ 7.2×10 topics
- Digital Divide29▲ 9.5×5 topics
- Sustainable Agriculture29▲ 7.8×8 topics
- ICT28▲ 18×2 topics
- Online Education28▲ 12×2 topics
- Informal Learning28▲ 18×5 topics
- Community Participation28▲ 6.6×10 topics
- Digital Competence28▲ 26×1 topic
- Virtual Teaching28▲ 43×1 topic
- Competitiveness26▲ 27×6 topics
- Communication25▲ 6.7×9 topics
- Urban Development25▲ 6.0×9 topics
- Innovation Ecosystems25▲ 21×2 topics
- Social Movements25▲ 7.0×12 topics
- Evolution24▲ 7.4×15 topics
- Teacher Development23▲ 30×2 topics
- Student Performance22▲ 17×3 topics
Which research topics does Universidad Nacional publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Educational Innovations and Technology, E-Learning and Knowledge Management, Education and Teacher Training and Business, Innovation, and Economy.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 28 works
- 2 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 21 works
- 3 Education and Teacher Training Education 21 works
- 4 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 18 works
- 5 Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 14 works
- 6 Educational and Organizational Development Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 12 works
- 7 International Relations in Latin America Political Science and International Relations 12 works
- 8 Higher Education and Sustainability Education 12 works
- 9 Educational Research and Science Teaching General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 works
- 10 Regional Development and Innovation Development 12 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Universidad Nacional's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021.
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 Nacional as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0040% in 2024.
Fractional works of Universidad Nacional 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.1% in 1997.
Other research institutions in Heredia
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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