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Universidad Nacional de Lanús

In research, Universidad Nacional de Lanús stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,561 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,282 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,312
of 22,385 · #9,394 all time
Rank in Argentina
#58
of 136
Research works
745
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
3.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
83%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Universidad Nacional de Lanús

What is Universidad Nacional de Lanús 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 #4,561 of 9,585 5.4%131 #4552
Social SciencesField #3,282 of 5,988 6.3%95 #2937

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

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Universidad Nacional de Lanús is in Social Sciences, 18% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (53%), Medicine (11%), Psychology (9%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 143 fractional works · 72.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 105 fractional works · 52.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 25 fractional works · 12.5% of its workHealth: 16 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 10 fractional works · 5.0% of its workCultural Studies: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 9.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 15 fractional works · 7.6% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 36 fractional works · 17.9% of its workMedicine: 21 fractional works · 10.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 7.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 11 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadNacional de Lanús199fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences72%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences10552.9%
    2. Psychology189.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities157.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting31.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine2110.6%
    2. Health Professions147.0%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Environmental Science42.0%
    2. Computer Science31.7%
    3. Mathematics10.6%
    4. Energy10.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    7. Engineering00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences52.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    4. Neuroscience10.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
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: 0.56× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.55× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.66× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.64× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.02× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.18× its world share, 105 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences4.18×105 works
  2. Psychology3.02×18 works
  3. Health Professions2.66×14 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.64×15 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.55×1 works
  6. Energy0.64×1 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.56×5 works
  8. Mathematics0.55×1 works
  9. Medicine0.55×21 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.53×3 works
  11. Environmental Science0.40×4 works
  12. Nursing0.30×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.26×1 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.25×1 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.24×1 works
  16. Dentistry0.23×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.22×3 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.20×0 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.17×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.12×1 works
  21. Chemistry0.11×0 works
  22. Engineering0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidad Nacional de Lanús?

Ranked on the quality score, Marcio Alazraqui, Adrián Santoro and Pablo Ceriani Cernadas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad Nacional de Lanús.

  1. 1 Marcio Alazraqui Argentina · #2,105,774 worldwide 1.2k citations · 77 works
  2. 2 Adrián Santoro Argentina · #2,759,334 worldwide 106 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Pablo Ceriani Cernadas Argentina · #2,917,729 worldwide 118 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Damián Herkovits Argentina · #3,350,800 worldwide 37 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Susana Espinosa Argentina · #3,372,453 worldwide 48 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Emiliano Galende Argentina · #3,745,053 worldwide 84 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Andrés Trotta Argentina · #3,798,563 worldwide 184 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Gabriel Levita Argentina · #3,812,827 worldwide 49 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Cristina Dirié Argentina · #3,847,625 worldwide 12 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Nerio Neirotti Argentina · #3,910,635 worldwide 20 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad Nacional de Lanús

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

The most cited paper from Universidad Nacional de Lanús is "Epidemiology of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients: the multinational AKI-EPI study" (Eric A. J. Hoste et al., 2015), with 3,174 citations. Next come "Efficacy and safety of budesonide/formoterol in the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" (892) and "Life expectancy and mortality in 363 cities of Latin America" (283).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Epidemiology of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients: the multinational AKI-EPI study Eric A. J. Hoste et al. · Intensive Care Medicine 10 Jul 2015 3,174
2 Efficacy and safety of budesonide/formoterol in the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease W Szafrański, Alberto Cukier, Ana Sofia Ramírez et al. · European Respiratory Journal Open access 2003 892
3 Life expectancy and mortality in 363 cities of Latin America the SALURBAL group, Usama Bilal, Philipp Hessel et al. · Nature Medicine Open access 25 Jan 2021 283
4 Inequalities in life expectancy in six large Latin American cities from the SALURBAL study: an ecological analysis Usama Bilal, Marcio Alazraqui, Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa et al. · The Lancet Planetary Health Open access Dec 2019 161
5 The consequences of flexible work for health: are we looking at the right place? Joan Benach, Marcelo Amable, Carles Muntañer et al. · Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health Open access Jun 2002 131
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Nacional de Lanús?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Globalization, Latin America, Health Promotion, Mental Health, Global Health, Community Participation and Epidemiology.

▲ 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. Public Health28▲ 9.6×26 topics
  2. Globalization27▲ 6.9×29 topics
  3. Epidemiology23▲ 2.9×23 topics
  4. Latin America19▲ 51×19 topics
  5. Mental Health18▲ 6.3×20 topics
  6. Health Promotion18▲ 28×9 topics
  7. Global Health15▲ 48×7 topics
  8. Community Participation14▲ 21×7 topics
  9. Healthcare Access14▲ 25×6 topics
  10. Social Movements13▲ 22×12 topics
  11. Social Determinants12▲ 31×5 topics
  12. Human Rights12▲ 6.0×16 topics
  13. Welfare State11▲ 71×4 topics
  14. Maternal Health11▲ 22×3 topics
  15. Gender11▲ 10×10 topics
  16. Education10▲ 3.1×20 topics
  17. Cultural Variation10▲ 346×1 topic
  18. Health Inequality10▲ 205×1 topic
  19. Gender Differences10▲ 14×5 topics
  20. History10▲ 7.0×12 topics
  21. Participation10▲ 50×2 topics
  22. Social Inequality9▲ 17×8 topics
  23. Identity9▲ 6.3×17 topics
  24. Economic Crisis9▲ 39×2 topics
  25. Migrant Integration9▲ 130×2 topics
  26. Community Intervention8▲ 142×1 topic
  27. Neoliberalism8▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Social Work8▲ 62×1 topic
  29. Colonialism8▲ 8.0×8 topics
  30. Memory7▲ 15×5 topics
  31. Social Support7▲ 6.8×6 topics
  32. Health7▲ 9.0×7 topics
  33. Cultural Studies7▲ 9.4×6 topics
  34. Neuroscience7▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Feminism6▲ 11×5 topics
  36. Migration6▲ 9.4×8 topics
  37. Inequality6▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Communication6▲ 8.9×6 topics
  39. Resistance6▲ 28×2 topics
  40. Political Violence6▲ 109×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Public Health and Social Inequalities, Social Sciences and Policies, Latin American socio-political dynamics and Psychological Treatments and Disorders.

Public Health and Social Inequalities: 10 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 8 fractional worksLatin American socio-political dynamics: 5 fractional worksPsychological Treatments and Disorders: 4 fractional worksMemory, violence, and history: 4 fractional worksEthics and bioethics in healthcare: 4 fractional worksAging, Health, and Disab…4Aging, Health, and Disability: 4 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Pen…4Criminal Justice and Penology: 4 fractional worksArgentine historical stu…4Argentine historical studies: 4 fractional worksGender, Health, and Soci…3Gender, Health, and Social Inequality: 3 fractional works
HealthGeneral Social SciencesSociology and Political ScienceClinical Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Public Health and Social Inequalities Health 10 works
  2. 2 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 8 works
  3. 3 Latin American socio-political dynamics Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  4. 4 Psychological Treatments and Disorders Clinical Psychology 4 works
  5. 5 Memory, violence, and history Social Psychology 4 works
  6. 6 Ethics and bioethics in healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  7. 7 Aging, Health, and Disability Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  8. 8 Criminal Justice and Penology Law 4 works
  9. 9 Argentine historical studies Cultural Studies 4 works
  10. 10 Gender, Health, and Social Inequality Sociology and Political Science 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 available83.0%not open17.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.4%domestic only88.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Universidad Nacional de Lanús as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00084% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Universidad Nacional de Lanús0.00081% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidad Nacional de Lanús 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Universidad Nacional de Lanús6.9% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.8% in 2010.

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