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Universidad Peruana Unión

In research, Universidad Peruana Unión stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,108 of 9,585 worldwide), Psychology (#564 of 2,121 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,723 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Social Psychology (Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management is 8.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,461
of 22,385 · #4,613 all time
Rank in Peru
#8
of 99
Research works
2k
▲ 108% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.5k
2.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
88%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Universidad Peruana Unión

What is Universidad Peruana Unión 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 #1,108 of 9,585 12.2%599 #2029
PsychologyField #564 of 2,121 12.2%128 #1084
Social SciencesField #1,723 of 5,988 11.1%255 #2632
Health SciencesDomain #3,846 of 9,902 8.4%242 #8283
Health ProfessionsField #867 of 1,895 11.7%104 #1127
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #452 of 944 12.2%71 #806
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,215 of 2,526 8.7%87 #1930
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,265 of 2,581 15.1%87 #2100
Physical SciencesDomain #5,477 of 10,670 8.0%132 #9249
EducationSubfield #1,000 of 1,930 13.8%83 #1117

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad Peruana Unión 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Social Sciences#2,029 #1,108
  2. Psychology#1,084 #564
  3. Social Sciences#2,632 #1,723
  4. Health Sciences#8,283 #3,846
  5. Health Professions#1,127 #867
  6. General Health Professions#806 #452
  7. Sociology and Political Science#1,930 #1,215
  8. Business, Management and Accounting#2,100 #1,265
  9. Physical Sciences#9,249 #5,477
  10. Education#1,117 #1,000
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Universidad Peruana Unión work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Universidad Peruana Unión is in Social Sciences, 23% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Psychology (13%), Medicine (12%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 678 fractional works · 58.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 287 fractional works · 24.9% of its workEducation: 98 fractional works · 8.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 92 fractional works · 8.0% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCommunication: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 148 fractional works · 12.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 82 fractional works · 7.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 44 fractional works · 3.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 103 fractional works · 8.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 47 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAccounting: 32 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMarketing: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 89 fractional works · 7.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 87 fractional works · 7.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 41 fractional works · 3.6% of its workReligious studies: 20 fractional works · 1.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 268 fractional works · 23.3% of its workMedicine: 136 fractional works · 11.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 39 fractional works · 3.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 117 fractional works · 10.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 80 fractional works · 7.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacy: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 145 fractional works · 12.6% of its workComputer Science: 60 fractional works · 5.2% of its workInformation Systems: 35 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 44 fractional works · 3.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 29 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 61 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 42 fractional works · 3.6% of its workFood Science: 17 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadPeruana Unión1,153fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences59%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences28724.9%
    2. Psychology14812.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1038.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance897.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities413.6%
    6. Decision Sciences90.8%
    1. Medicine13611.8%
    2. Health Professions11710.1%
    3. Nursing141.2%
    4. Dentistry20.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Computer Science605.2%
    2. Environmental Science443.8%
    3. Engineering292.5%
    4. Energy50.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.3%
    6. Mathematics20.1%
    7. Chemistry10.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    9. Materials Science10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences423.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology100.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology40.4%
    4. Neuroscience30.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Universidad Peruana Unión specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management takes 8.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 47.3 works8.6×
  2. Social PsychologySubfield · 81.5 works8.0×
← 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: 0.76× its world share, 42 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 60 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 29 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.77× its world share, 44 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.84× its world share, 116 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 136 worksMedicineNursing: 2.45× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.24× its world share, 41 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.77× its world share, 103 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.62× its world share, 89 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.22× its world share, 148 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.97× its world share, 287 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.22×148 works
  2. Health Professions3.84×116 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.62×89 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.77×103 works
  5. Nursing2.45×14 works
  6. Social Sciences1.97×287 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.24×41 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.85×10 works
  9. Environmental Science0.77×44 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.76×42 works
  11. Computer Science0.67×60 works
  12. Medicine0.62×136 works
  13. Energy0.50×5 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.37×4 works
  15. Dentistry0.29×2 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.28×1 works
  17. Neuroscience0.18×3 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.17×10 works
  19. Engineering0.17×29 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×3 works
  21. Mathematics0.12×2 works
  22. Chemistry0.05×1 works
  23. Veterinary0.04×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.03×1 works
  25. Materials Science0.02×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidad Peruana Unión?

Ranked on the quality score, Miluska Villar-Guevara, Javier Linkolk López‐Gonzales and Israel Fernández-Mallma lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad Peruana Unión.

  1. 1 Miluska Villar-Guevara Peru · #258,682 worldwide 262 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Javier Linkolk López‐Gonzales Peru · #330,055 worldwide 998 citations · 77 works
  3. 3 Israel Fernández-Mallma Peru · #746,647 worldwide 70 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Dany Yudet Millones-Liza Peru · #786,364 worldwide 293 citations · 43 works
  5. 5 Sandra B. Morales-García Peru · #1,052,086 worldwide 509 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Mardel Morales-García Peru · #1,372,349 worldwide 741 citations · 48 works
  7. 7 Yaquelin E. Calizaya-Milla Peru · #1,521,003 worldwide 761 citations · 85 works
  8. 8 Sergio Zegarra Peru · #1,642,107 worldwide 365 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 José Joel Cruz-Tarrillo Peru · #1,718,759 worldwide 159 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Liset Z. Sairitupa-Sanchez Peru · #1,760,422 worldwide 563 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad Peruana Unión

What are the most cited papers from Universidad Peruana Unión?

The most cited paper from Universidad Peruana Unión is "Proving that Traditional Knowledge Works: The antibacterial activity of Northern Peruvian medicinal plants" (Rainer Willi Bussmann, Glenn Ashley, Douglas Sharon et al., 2011), with 530 citations. Next come "Microencapsulation of flax oil with zein using spray and freeze drying" (326) and "Sample size in quantitative instrument validation studies: A systematic review of articles published in Scopus, 2021" (201).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Proving that Traditional Knowledge Works: The antibacterial activity of Northern Peruvian medicinal plants Rainer Willi Bussmann, Glenn Ashley, Douglas Sharon et al. · Ethnobotany Research and Applications Open access 2 Mar 2011 530
2 Microencapsulation of flax oil with zein using spray and freeze drying Sócrates Quispe‐Condori, Marleny D.A. Saldaña, Feral Temelli · LWT 22 Jan 2011 326
3 Sample size in quantitative instrument validation studies: A systematic review of articles published in Scopus, 2021 Michael R. White · Heliyon ReviewOpen access Dec 2022 201
4 Oxygen saturation as a predictor of mortality in hospitalized adult patients with COVID-19 in a public hospital in Lima, Peru Fernando Mejía, Carlos Medina, Enrique Cornejo Cisneros et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 28 Dec 2020 200
5 Resilience and stress as predictors of work engagement: the mediating role of self-efficacy in nurses Elard Cabrera-Aguilar, Margarita Zevallos-Francia, Mardel Morales-García et al. · Frontiers in Psychiatry Open access 15 Aug 2023 156
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Peruana Unión?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Small and Medium Enterprises, Mental Health, Competitiveness, Digital Marketing, Social Responsibility, Innovation Ecosystems and Urban Development.

▲ 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. Education144▲ 7.3×39 topics
  2. Small and Medium Enterprises106▲ 52×4 topics
  3. Mental Health100▲ 6.0×30 topics
  4. Competitiveness86▲ 94×7 topics
  5. Digital Marketing83▲ 19×5 topics
  6. Social Responsibility83▲ 31×6 topics
  7. Innovation Ecosystems80▲ 68×3 topics
  8. Urban Development80▲ 20×4 topics
  9. Globalization Effects79▲ 99×2 topics
  10. Economic Impact78▲ 13×4 topics
  11. Psychopharmacology Education77▲ 108×1 topic
  12. Tourism Management77▲ 96×1 topic
  13. Innovation77▲ 6.5×25 topics
  14. Job Satisfaction73▲ 14×10 topics
  15. Coping Strategies71▲ 24×8 topics
  16. Occupational Health66▲ 50×4 topics
  17. Organizational Culture64▲ 15×12 topics
  18. Resilience63▲ 11×12 topics
  19. Health Promotion62▲ 17×11 topics
  20. COVID-1958▲ 3.9×21 topics
  21. Psychological Well-being57▲ 34×7 topics
  22. Burnout53▲ 51×3 topics
  23. Teacher Training53▲ 7.5×12 topics
  24. Latin America53▲ 24×11 topics
  25. Academic Stress53▲ 82×2 topics
  26. Health Professionals53▲ 175×1 topic
  27. Work Stress53▲ 175×1 topic
  28. Risk Factors52▲ 4.1×21 topics
  29. University Students49▲ 76×2 topics
  30. Leadership49▲ 8.7×15 topics
  31. Religion48▲ 8.9×10 topics
  32. Ethics47▲ 8.0×13 topics
  33. Knowledge Management47▲ 7.3×18 topics
  34. Theology46▲ 43×4 topics
  35. Pedagogy43▲ 7.5×7 topics
  36. Catholicism42▲ 99×3 topics
  37. Philosophy40▲ 7.8×5 topics
  38. Nutrition39▲ 7.6×10 topics
  39. Social Dynamics38▲ 56×2 topics
  40. Educational Interventions38▲ 36×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidad Peruana Unión publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Business, Innovation, and Economy, Stress and Burnout Research, Religious and Theological Studies and Health and Lifestyle Studies.

Business, Innovation, an…77Business, Innovation, and Economy: 77 fractional worksStress and Burnout Research: 53 fractional worksReligious and Theological Studies: 38 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 31 fractional worksDiverse Applied Research Studies: 25 fractional worksEducational and Organizational Development: 24 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 23 fractional worksBusiness, Education, Mathematics Research: 21 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Training: 19 fractional worksSocial Skills and Education: 18 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsSocial PsychologySociology and Political ScienceGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 77 works
  2. 2 Stress and Burnout Research Social Psychology 53 works
  3. 3 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 38 works
  4. 4 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 31 works
  5. 5 Diverse Applied Research Studies Sociology and Political Science 25 works
  6. 6 Educational and Organizational Development Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 24 works
  7. 7 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 23 works
  8. 8 Business, Education, Mathematics Research Accounting 21 works
  9. 9 Education and Teacher Training Education 19 works
  10. 10 Social Skills and Education Education 18 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 available88.0%not open12.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.0%domestic only90.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Peruana Unión's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 108% higher 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 Peruana Unión as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0042% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Universidad Peruana Unión0.0049% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidad Peruana Unión 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Universidad Peruana Unión9.4% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.5% in 2024.

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