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Universidad Nacional de La Plata

In research, Universidad Nacional de La Plata stands highest in Social Sciences (#947 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#825 of 6,365 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#383 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Paleontology, General Social Sciences and Museology — Paleontology is 15.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,195
of 28,054 · #2,242 all time
Rank in Argentina
#3
of 188
Research works
28k
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
269k
9.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Universidad Nacional de La Plata 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
Social SciencesDomain #947 of 10,521 9.0%2,090 #1074
Social SciencesField #825 of 6,365 7.8%1,242 #912
Arts and HumanitiesField #383 of 1,998 12.2%553 #501
PsychologyField #474 of 2,181 4.2%161 #841
Physical SciencesDomain #2,928 of 12,888 11.7%1,112 #1893
HistorySubfield #67 of 204 19.1%73 #197
Cultural StudiesSubfield #85 of 232 12.8%144 #155
AnthropologySubfield #67 of 153 20.7%84 #156
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,541 of 3,409 9.3%323 #1109
Life SciencesDomain #3,693 of 7,800 9.6%529 #3464

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad Nacional de La Plata 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. Social Sciences#1,074 #947
  2. Social Sciences#912 #825
  3. Arts and Humanities#501 #383
  4. Psychology#841 #474
  5. Physical Sciences#1,893 #2,928
  6. History#197 #67
  7. Cultural Studies#155 #85
  8. Anthropology#156 #67
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,109 #1,541
  10. Life Sciences#3,464 #3,693
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 de La Plata specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Paleontology takes 15.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PaleontologySubfield · 76.7 works16×
  2. General Social SciencesSubfield · 64.1 works14×
  3. MuseologySubfield · 55.8 works11×
  4. Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 65.7 works9.8×
  5. Cultural StudiesSubfield · 143.9 works8.7×
← 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: 1.68× its world share, 323 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 131 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.78× its world share, 32 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 31 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.04× its world share, 66 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.71× its world share, 223 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.42× its world share, 154 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.80× its world share, 30 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 182 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.09× its world share, 220 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.49× its world share, 69 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.56× its world share, 27 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.52× its world share, 136 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.48× its world share, 51 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 222 worksMedicineNursing: 1.01× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.82× its world share, 16 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.74× its world share, 553 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 48 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.87× its world share, 76 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.30× its world share, 161 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.43× its world share, 1,242 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidad Nacional de La Plata?

Ranked on the composite score, Gustavo Rossi, Carlos H. Muravchik and Luis A. Anchordoqui lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad Nacional de La Plata.

  1. 1 Gustavo Rossi Argentina · #23,564 worldwide 531 citations · 97 works
  2. 2 Carlos H. Muravchik Argentina · #35,161 worldwide 428 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Luis A. Anchordoqui Argentina · #59,529 worldwide 490 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Ricardo A. Maronna Argentina · #80,131 worldwide 366 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Luís A. Spalletti Argentina · #88,409 worldwide 315 citations · 43 works
  6. 6 Maristella Svampa Argentina · #99,013 worldwide 75 citations · 49 works
  7. 7 Sergio J Sciutto Argentina · #100,452 worldwide 358 citations · 44 works
  8. 8 M.I. Valla Argentina · #100,717 worldwide 237 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 A. Plastino Argentina · #106,341 worldwide 1k citations · 146 works
  10. 10 Guillermo Cruces Argentina · #128,041 worldwide 229 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Nacional de La Plata?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Latin America, Gender, Education, History, Social Movements, Memory and Cultural Studies.

▲ 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. Globalization358▲ 4.5×82 topics
  2. Education284▲ 4.1×72 topics
  3. Latin America244▲ 31×21 topics
  4. Gender212▲ 9.7×40 topics
  5. History198▲ 7.0×42 topics
  6. Climate Change186▲ 1.71×91 topics
  7. Social Movements179▲ 15×25 topics
  8. Identity163▲ 5.5×41 topics
  9. Human Rights160▲ 3.9×42 topics
  10. Memory160▲ 16×16 topics
  11. Cultural Studies146▲ 9.5×25 topics
  12. Public Health127▲ 2.2×47 topics
  13. Literature127▲ 5.8×36 topics
  14. Innovation119▲ 2.8×36 topics
  15. Social Inequality119▲ 11×13 topics
  16. Neoliberalism119▲ 8.2×22 topics
  17. Cultural Identity114▲ 5.5×22 topics
  18. Communication98▲ 7.9×15 topics
  19. Colonialism97▲ 5.1×27 topics
  20. Feminism93▲ 8.1×19 topics
  21. Technology93▲ 4.4×19 topics
  22. Culture92▲ 4.3×25 topics
  23. Cultural Heritage92▲ 4.1×27 topics
  24. Society89▲ 11×14 topics
  25. Political Violence85▲ 80×3 topics
  26. Ethics85▲ 4.3×39 topics
  27. Inequality82▲ 8.8×14 topics
  28. Dictatorship74▲ 100×2 topics
  29. Violence73▲ 12×10 topics
  30. Politics73▲ 6.6×16 topics
  31. Welfare State69▲ 20×4 topics
  32. Social Sciences64▲ 11×15 topics
  33. Informal Learning64▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Narrative63▲ 9.7×8 topics
  35. Social History62▲ 19×4 topics
  36. Trauma62▲ 7.7×6 topics
  37. Economy62▲ 19×4 topics
  38. Testimony61▲ 54×2 topics
  39. Gender Studies61▲ 9.7×13 topics
  40. Collective Memory60▲ 55×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidad Nacional de La Plata publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Memory, violence, and history, Latin American socio-political dynamics, Argentine historical studies and Social Sciences and Policies.

Memory, violence, and hi…60Memory, violence, and history: 60 fractional worksLatin American socio-pol…50Latin American socio-political dynamics: 50 fractional worksArgentine historical studies: 49 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Poli…49Social Sciences and Policies: 49 fractional worksLatin American Urban Stu…44Latin American Urban Studies: 44 fractional worksGender and Feminist Studies: 37 fractional worksPhotographic and Visual Arts: 36 fractional worksLatin American Literatur…36Latin American Literature Studies: 36 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 34 fractional worksComparative Literary Analysis and Criticism: 34 fractional works
Social PsychologySociology and Political ScienceCultural StudiesGeneral Social Sciences5 others

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

  1. 1 Memory, violence, and history Social Psychology 60 works
  2. 2 Latin American socio-political dynamics Sociology and Political Science 50 works
  3. 3 Argentine historical studies Cultural Studies 49 works
  4. 4 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 49 works
  5. 5 Latin American Urban Studies Urban Studies 44 works
  6. 6 Gender and Feminist Studies Gender Studies 37 works
  7. 7 Photographic and Visual Arts Museology 36 works
  8. 8 Latin American Literature Studies Cultural Studies 36 works
  9. 9 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 34 works
  10. 10 Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 34 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 available68.2%not open31.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.1%domestic only83.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Nacional de La Plata's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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