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Universidad Nacional de Concepción

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,305
of 22,385 · #26,279 all time
Rank in Paraguay
#20
of 23
Research works
171
▲ 113% vs 2018-21
Citations
508
3.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
89%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
Universidad Nacional de Concepción

Which fields of science does Universidad Nacional de Concepción work in?

In 2022-now, 37% of research at Universidad Nacional de Concepción is in Life Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (35%), Social Sciences (21%), Medicine (9%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 40 fractional works · 36.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 37 fractional works · 34.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 12.7% of its workPlant Science: 10 fractional works · 9.5% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 30.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 20.8% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 10.7% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 18 fractional works · 16.7% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 16.6% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 7.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadNacional de…108fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences37%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences30%

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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3734.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    5. Neuroscience00.2%
    1. Social Sciences2220.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting33.1%
    3. Psychology32.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities22.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine108.8%
    2. Health Professions65.9%
    3. Dentistry22.0%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Computer Science87.3%
    2. Environmental Science54.9%
    3. Engineering32.5%
    4. Mathematics10.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    6. Materials Science10.5%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Universidad Nacional de Concepción specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 37.5 works7.3×
← 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: 7.30× its world share, 38 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.94× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.99× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.15× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.22× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 10 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.95× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7.30×38 works
  2. Dentistry4.15×2 works
  3. Health Professions2.22×6 works
  4. Social Sciences1.64×22 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.17×0 works
  6. Environmental Science0.99×5 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.95×3 works
  8. Computer Science0.94×8 works
  9. Psychology0.80×3 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.72×2 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.67×2 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.54×1 works
  13. Mathematics0.52×1 works
  14. Medicine0.46×10 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.39×0 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.36×1 works
  17. Veterinary0.32×0 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.25×0 works
  19. Engineering0.17×3 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.15×1 works
  22. Neuroscience0.11×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidad Nacional de Concepción?

Ranked on the quality score, Jorge Daniel Mello-Román, Roberto Barrios and Raúl Sánchez Jara lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad Nacional de Concepción.

  1. 1 Jorge Daniel Mello-Román Paraguay · #1,524,693 worldwide 274 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Roberto Barrios Paraguay · #2,806,064 worldwide 86 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Raúl Sánchez Jara Paraguay · #4,495,742 worldwide 14 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Wilfrido Daniel Lugo Pereira Paraguay · #4,551,730 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Modesto Osmar Da Silva Oviedo Paraguay · #4,844,681 worldwide 7 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Eulalio Morel López Paraguay · #5,056,899 worldwide 21 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Derlys Fernando López Ávalos Paraguay · #5,109,657 worldwide 11 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Edith María Diana Ruiz Díaz Lovera Paraguay · #5,394,805 worldwide 50 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad Nacional de Concepción

What are the most cited papers from Universidad Nacional de Concepción?

The most cited paper from Universidad Nacional de Concepción is "Therapeutic Potential of Quercetin: New Insights and Perspectives for Human Health" (Bahare Salehi, Laura Machín, Lianet Monzote et al., 2020), with 715 citations. Next come "Strategic Doping Approach of the Fe–BiOI Microstructure: An Improved Photodegradation Efficiency of Tetracycline" (64) and "Ultrasmall Plasmonic Nanoparticles Decorated Hierarchical Mesoporous TiO2 as an Efficient Photocatalyst for Photocatalytic Degradation of Textile Dyes" (64).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Therapeutic Potential of Quercetin: New Insights and Perspectives for Human Health Bahare Salehi, Laura Machín, Lianet Monzote et al. · ACS Omega Open access 14 May 2020 715
2 Strategic Doping Approach of the Fe–BiOI Microstructure: An Improved Photodegradation Efficiency of Tetracycline Neetu Talreja, Mohammad Ashfaq, Divya Chauhan et al. · ACS Omega Open access 5 Jan 2021 64
3 Ultrasmall Plasmonic Nanoparticles Decorated Hierarchical Mesoporous TiO2 as an Efficient Photocatalyst for Photocatalytic Degradation of Textile Dyes Somasundaram Anbu Anjugam Vandarkuzhali, Nalandhiran Pugazhenthiran, Ramalinga Viswanathan Mangalaraja et al. · ACS Omega Open access 23 Aug 2018 64
4 Predictive Models for the Medical Diagnosis of Dengue: A Case Study in Paraguay Jorge Daniel Mello-Román, Julio César Mello-Román, Santiago Gómez-Guerrero et al. · Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine Open access 29 Jul 2019 63
5 Machine Learning Prediction of University Student Dropout: Does Preference Play a Key Role? Marina Segura, Jorge Daniel Mello-Román, Adolfo Gabriel Hernandez · Mathematics Open access 16 Sep 2022 62
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Nacional de Concepción?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture, Soil Management, Biodiversity, Rural Communities, Environmental Impact, Climate Change Adaptation and Agroecology.

▲ 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. Food Security14▲ 24×6 topics
  2. Sustainable Agriculture14▲ 42×5 topics
  3. Soil Management13▲ 313×2 topics
  4. Biodiversity13▲ 16×4 topics
  5. Environmental Impact13▲ 7.0×4 topics
  6. Rural Communities12▲ 204×2 topics
  7. Climate Change Adaptation12▲ 60×4 topics
  8. Agroecology11▲ 75×2 topics
  9. Crop Production11▲ 92×1 topic
  10. Organic Farming11▲ 157×1 topic
  11. Education10▲ 5.4×18 topics
  12. Public Health8▲ 5.3×10 topics
  13. Globalization7▲ 3.3×14 topics
  14. Sustainability7▲ 2.7×9 topics
  15. Climate Change6▲ 2.2×11 topics
  16. Rural Development6▲ 16×5 topics
  17. COVID-196▲ 4.0×8 topics
  18. Nutrition6▲ 12×6 topics
  19. E-Learning5▲ 4.8×3 topics
  20. Innovation5▲ 4.2×8 topics
  21. Agriculture4▲ 10×4 topics
  22. Health Promotion4▲ 11×6 topics
  23. Pedagogy4▲ 7.1×2 topics
  24. Community Participation4▲ 9.6×5 topics
  25. Distance Learning4▲ 9.3×2 topics
  26. Genetic Improvement3▲ 37×2 topics
  27. Digital Divide3▲ 12×3 topics
  28. Genetic Diversity3▲ 7.1×7 topics
  29. ICT3▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Online Education3▲ 15×1 topic
  31. Virtual Teaching3▲ 54×1 topic
  32. Crop Management3▲ 45×2 topics
  33. Social Impact3▲ 7.3×6 topics
  34. Academic Performance3▲ 32×2 topics
  35. Economic Analysis3▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Food3▲ 45×1 topic
  37. Livestock3▲ 59×2 topics
  38. Policy3▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Socioeconomic Factors3▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Healthcare Access3▲ 9.9×4 topics

Which research topics does Universidad Nacional de Concepción publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Plant and soil sciences, Educational Innovations and Technology, Agricultural and Food Production Studies and Crop Yield and Soil Fertility.

Plant and soil sciences11Plant and soil sciences: 11 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 3 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Production Studies: 3 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 3 fractional worksEducational Outcomes and Influences: 3 fractional worksSoil Management and Crop…2Soil Management and Crop Yield: 2 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Training: 2 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 2 fractional worksSesame and Sesamin Research: 2 fractional worksBusiness, Education, Mathematics Research: 2 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesInformation SystemsFood ScienceAgronomy and Crop Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Plant and soil sciences General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 works
  2. 2 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 3 works
  3. 3 Agricultural and Food Production Studies Food Science 3 works
  4. 4 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 3 works
  5. 5 Educational Outcomes and Influences Education 3 works
  6. 6 Soil Management and Crop Yield Soil Science 2 works
  7. 7 Education and Teacher Training Education 2 works
  8. 8 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 2 works
  9. 9 Sesame and Sesamin Research Plant Science 2 works
  10. 10 Business, Education, Mathematics Research Accounting 2 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 available89.0%not open11.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.4%domestic only64.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Nacional de Concepción's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 113% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Universidad Nacional de Concepción as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00040% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Universidad Nacional de Concepción0.00051% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidad Nacional de Concepción over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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