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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

In research, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México stands highest in Physical Sciences (#462 of 12,888 worldwide), Life Sciences (#312 of 7,800 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#163 of 3,409 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Visual Arts and Performing Arts, General Arts and Humanities and General Social Sciences — Visual Arts and Performing Arts is 8.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#456
of 28,054 · #460 all time
Rank in Mexico
#1
of 252
Research works
130k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.4M
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #462 of 12,888 10.1%7,500 #425
Life SciencesDomain #312 of 7,800 13.5%3,463 #381
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #163 of 3,409 13.7%1,570 #128
Environmental ScienceField #171 of 3,551 11.5%1,801 #185
Health SciencesDomain #683 of 11,982 10.5%2,604 #995
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #210 of 3,579 13.7%1,260 #347
Social SciencesDomain #649 of 10,521 9.4%6,243 #570
MedicineField #719 of 10,443 11.3%1,974 #1080
Arts and HumanitiesField #149 of 1,998 11.5%1,378 #214
Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield #3 of 37 12.4%264 #20

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#425 #462
  2. Life Sciences#381 #312
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#128 #163
  4. Environmental Science#185 #171
  5. Health Sciences#995 #683
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#347 #210
  7. Social Sciences#570 #649
  8. Medicine#1,080 #719
  9. Arts and Humanities#214 #149
  10. Visual Arts and Performing Arts#20 #3
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Visual Arts and Performing Arts takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 263.9 works8.1×
  2. General Arts and HumanitiesSubfield · 31.4 works7.6×
  3. General Social SciencesSubfield · 162.9 works7.5×
  4. PaleontologySubfield · 169.8 works7.1×
  5. Ecological ModelingSubfield · 72.5 works4.8×
  6. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 439.3 works4.7×
  7. DevelopmentSubfield · 74.7 works3.7×
  8. GeophysicsSubfield · 236.8 works3.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.67× its world share, 1,570 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.19× its world share, 1,260 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.08× its world share, 215 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.11× its world share, 358 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 60 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.04× its world share, 72 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.36× its world share, 422 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 841 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.50× its world share, 776 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.13× its world share, 206 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 1,415 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.83× its world share, 1,801 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.03× its world share, 712 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.49× its world share, 347 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.06× its world share, 907 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.27× its world share, 122 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 376 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 1,974 worksMedicineNursing: 0.79× its world share, 77 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.03× its world share, 55 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.41× its world share, 1,378 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 238 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 54 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.91× its world share, 387 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.04× its world share, 629 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 3,556 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México?

Ranked on the composite score, Juan Ramón De La Fuente, G. Herrera Corral and Annie Pardo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

  1. 1 Juan Ramón De La Fuente · #61 worldwide 1.5k citations · 228 works
  2. 2 G. Herrera Corral · #10,676 worldwide 1.2k citations · 122 works
  3. 3 Annie Pardo · #13,365 worldwide 437 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 Jaime A. Moreno · #15,985 worldwide 1.1k citations · 125 works
  5. 5 M. Vargas-Magaña · #16,468 worldwide 1.1k citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Jan Wagner · #19,495 worldwide 632 citations · 70 works
  7. 7 E. Belmont‐Moreno · #21,798 worldwide 1k citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Patricia Balvanera · #24,265 worldwide 974 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 P. Reichelt · #29,083 worldwide 693 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 D. L. D. Keijdener · #32,199 worldwide 534 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Latin America, Social Movements, Education, Globalization, Biodiversity, Constitutionalism and Biogeography.

▲ 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 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. Climate Change1,241▲ 2.3×106 topics
  2. Globalization838▲ 2.2×125 topics
  3. Education828▲ 2.4×101 topics
  4. Sustainability754▲ 1.56×100 topics
  5. Epidemiology663▼ 0.85×135 topics
  6. Public Health620▲ 2.1×66 topics
  7. Latin America591▲ 16×23 topics
  8. Biodiversity531▲ 3.6×35 topics
  9. Social Movements511▲ 8.6×28 topics
  10. Human Rights483▲ 2.4×57 topics
  11. Cultural Heritage417▲ 3.8×30 topics
  12. History407▲ 2.9×57 topics
  13. Innovation403▲ 1.94×50 topics
  14. Identity397▲ 2.8×63 topics
  15. Gender381▲ 3.5×47 topics
  16. Biogeography356▲ 6.9×20 topics
  17. Constitutionalism351▲ 18×6 topics
  18. Urban Development348▲ 4.8×20 topics
  19. Community Participation348▲ 4.7×12 topics
  20. Invasive Species342▲ 4.0×21 topics
  21. Biodiversity Conservation334▲ 4.5×21 topics
  22. Cultural Identity316▲ 3.1×26 topics
  23. Conservation308▲ 3.6×23 topics
  24. Ethics304▲ 3.2×50 topics
  25. Literature298▲ 2.8×46 topics
  26. Communication287▲ 4.7×19 topics
  27. Democracy271▲ 3.8×23 topics
  28. Environmental Policy251▲ 6.3×9 topics
  29. Social Inequality239▲ 4.5×16 topics
  30. Historiography226▲ 9.0×14 topics
  31. Society224▲ 5.8×20 topics
  32. Political Power219▲ 22×4 topics
  33. Molecular Phylogeny218▲ 7.1×11 topics
  34. Cultural Exchange216▲ 8.4×9 topics
  35. Water Management214▲ 8.9×6 topics
  36. Religious Practices201▲ 23×4 topics
  37. Visual Culture201▲ 19×7 topics
  38. Resource Governance191▲ 113×1 topic
  39. Colonial Spanish America179▲ 73×1 topic
  40. Indigenous History179▲ 73×1 topic

Which research topics does Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mexican Socioeconomic and Environmental Dynamics, Latin American history and culture, Historical Studies in Latin America and Educational Innovations and Technology.

Mexican Socioeconomic an…191Mexican Socioeconomic and Environmental Dynamics: 191 fractional worksLatin American history a…179Latin American history and culture: 179 fractional worksHistorical Studies in La…153Historical Studies in Latin America: 153 fractional worksEducational Innovations …122Educational Innovations and Technology: 122 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, and Economy: 115 fractional worksPolitical Dynamics in Latin America: 107 fractional worksPlant and animal studies96Plant and animal studies: 96 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 93 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 91 fractional worksComparative constitution…90Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies: 90 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawVisual Arts and Performing ArtsDemographyInformation Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Mexican Socioeconomic and Environmental DynamicsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law 191 works
  2. 2 Latin American history and cultureVisual Arts and Performing Arts 179 works
  3. 3 Historical Studies in Latin AmericaDemography 153 works
  4. 4 Educational Innovations and TechnologyInformation Systems 122 works
  5. 5 Business, Innovation, and EconomyEconomics and Econometrics 115 works
  6. 6 Political Dynamics in Latin AmericaPolitical Science and International Relations 107 works
  7. 7 Plant and animal studiesEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 96 works
  8. 8 Social Sciences and PoliciesGeneral Social Sciences 93 works
  9. 9 E-Learning and Knowledge ManagementComputer Science Applications 91 works
  10. 10 Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesPolitical Science and International Relations 90 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 available47.9%not open52.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.4%domestic only84.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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