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Universidad Nacional del Oriente

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Research works
112
▲ 135% vs 2018-21
Citations
595
5.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
74%
world 40%
International
51%
world 18%
Universidad Nacional del Oriente

Not ranked overall: Universidad Nacional del Oriente is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Universidad Nacional del Oriente work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Universidad Nacional del Oriente is in Health Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (44%), Social Sciences (12%), Health Professions (12%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 27 fractional works · 57.0% of its workMedicine: 21 fractional works · 43.7% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 11.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 11.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 17.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 12.1% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 13.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 7.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 11.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadNacional del…47fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences57%Social Sciences18%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2143.7%
    2. Health Professions611.7%
    3. Nursing11.3%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences612.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities12.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.5%
    4. Psychology11.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    1. Environmental Science37.1%
    2. Engineering12.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy12.0%
    4. Computer Science11.4%
    5. Materials Science00.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology35.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences24.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.9%
    4. Neuroscience00.5%
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: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.06× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.42× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.44× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.27× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 2.74× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.44×6 works
  2. Nursing2.74×1 works
  3. Medicine2.27×21 works
  4. Environmental Science1.42×3 works
  5. Veterinary1.36×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.06×3 works
  7. Social Sciences0.96×6 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.92×2 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.90×1 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.87×0 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.75×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.70×1 works
  13. Psychology0.50×1 works
  14. Neuroscience0.31×0 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.30×0 works
  16. Dentistry0.29×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.20×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.18×1 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×0 works
  20. Engineering0.14×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidad Nacional del Oriente?

Ranked on the quality score, Jürgen Riester lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad Nacional del Oriente.

  1. 1 Jürgen Riester Bolivia · #2,442,742 worldwide 90 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad Nacional del Oriente

What are the most cited papers from Universidad Nacional del Oriente?

The most cited paper from Universidad Nacional del Oriente is "The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project" (Lawrence N. Hudson et al., 2016), with 282 citations. Next come "Seasonal drought limits tree species across the Neotropics" (220) and "Estimating the global conservation status of more than 15,000 Amazonian tree species" (208).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project Lawrence N. Hudson et al. · Ecology and Evolution Open access515 authors 16 Dec 2016 282
2 Seasonal drought limits tree species across the Neotropics Adriane Esquivel‐Muelbert et al. · Ecography Open access 21 Apr 2016 220
3 Estimating the global conservation status of more than 15,000 Amazonian tree species Hans ter Steege et al. · Science Advances Open access158 authors 6 Nov 2015 208
4 Species Distribution Modelling: Contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data Vitor H. F. Gomes et al. · Scientific Reports Open access187 authors 11 Jan 2018 197
5 Current threats faced by Neotropical parrot populations Igor Berkunsky et al. · Biological Conservation Open access101 authors 7 Sep 2017 161
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Nacional del Oriente?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Health Promotion, Nutrition, Risk Factors, Physical Activity, Obesity, University Students and Chronic Diseases.

▲ 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 Health6▲ 8.4×17 topics
  2. Epidemiology5▲ 2.8×35 topics
  3. Health Promotion5▲ 32×5 topics
  4. Nutrition4▲ 21×2 topics
  5. Risk Factors4▲ 7.5×6 topics
  6. Physical Activity4▲ 16×4 topics
  7. Mental Health4▲ 5.1×3 topics
  8. Obesity4▲ 9.6×2 topics
  9. University Students3▲ 130×2 topics
  10. Chronic Diseases3▲ 28×1 topic
  11. Healthy Lifestyles3▲ 172×1 topic
  12. Climate Change3▲ 2.1×11 topics
  13. Education2▲ 2.4×8 topics
  14. Healthcare Access2▲ 16×3 topics
  15. Inflammation2▲ 1.94×11 topics
  16. Globalization2▲ 1.98×7 topics
  17. Therapy2▲ 17×3 topics
  18. Global Health2▲ 20×3 topics
  19. Sustainable Development2▲ 2.0×2 topics
  20. Water Quality2▲ 7.9×2 topics
  21. Epidemiological Analysis1▲ 50×2 topics
  22. Community-based Resource Management1▲ 147×1 topic
  23. Diagnosis1▲ 2.9×9 topics
  24. Environmental Management1▲ 7.0×1 topic
  25. Medical Education1▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Chemotherapy1▲ 3.7×7 topics
  27. Community Health1▲ 16×3 topics
  28. Drug Resistance1▲ 9.1×3 topics
  29. Radiotherapy1▲ 6.4×7 topics
  30. Anatomy1▲ 30×1 topic
  31. Health Policy1▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Medicine1▲ 27×1 topic
  33. Social Determinants of Health1▲ 10×2 topics
  34. Cardiomyopathy1▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Ethics1▲ 4.2×3 topics
  36. Glomerular Diseases1▲ 66×1 topic
  37. Humanitarian Action1▲ 109×1 topic
  38. Latin America1▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Nephrotic Syndrome1▲ 66×1 topic
  40. Urban Areas1▲ 522×1 topic

Which research topics does Universidad Nacional del Oriente publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Health and Lifestyle Studies, Public Health and Environmental Issues, Medical research and treatments and International Relations and Autism.

Health and Lifestyle Stu…3Health and Lifestyle Studies: 3 fractional worksPublic Health and Enviro…1Public Health and Environmental Issues: 1 fractional worksMedical research and tre…1Medical research and treatments: 1 fractional worksInternational Relations and Autism: 1 fractional worksRenal Diseases and Glomerulopathies: 1 fractional worksHealth and Medical Educa…1Health and Medical Education: 1 fractional worksTrypanosoma species research and implications: 1 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond: 0 fractional worksColor Science and Applications: 0 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisSurgeryUrban Studies5 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 3 works
  2. 2 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  3. 3 Medical research and treatments Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 International Relations and Autism Urban Studies 1 works
  5. 5 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 1 works
  6. 6 Health and Medical Education General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Trypanosoma species research and implications Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 0 works
  9. 9 Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond Ecology 0 works
  10. 10 Color Science and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 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 available73.8%not open26.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.7%domestic only49.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Nacional del Oriente's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 135% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 del Oriente as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Universidad Nacional del Oriente0.00033% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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