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Universidad Politécnica de El Salvador

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,710
of 28,054 · #42,292 all time
Rank in El Salvador
#9
of 11
Research works
124
▲ 132% vs 2013–17
Citations
224
1.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

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: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.28× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.64× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.23× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.33× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.42× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.48× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.39× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.00× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.01× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Politécnica de El Salvador?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Innovation, Artificial Intelligence, Economic Reforms, Regulatory Challenges, Sustainability, Heat Transfer, Machine Learning 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 2022–2025 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. Innovation4▲ 6.3×9 topics
  2. Machine Learning4▲ 2.0×16 topics
  3. Sustainability4▲ 2.6×11 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence4▲ 4.4×9 topics
  5. Climate Change4▲ 1.92×6 topics
  6. Economic Reforms3▲ 160×3 topics
  7. Globalization3▲ 2.1×7 topics
  8. Regulatory Challenges3▲ 47×3 topics
  9. Heat Transfer2▲ 7.2×8 topics
  10. Human Rights2▲ 3.4×7 topics
  11. Urban Development2▲ 8.9×3 topics
  12. Energy Efficiency2▲ 3.3×7 topics
  13. Social Inequality2▲ 11×5 topics
  14. Electric Vehicles2▲ 9.9×3 topics
  15. Arbitration2▲ 96×2 topics
  16. International Law2▲ 8.8×2 topics
  17. Medical Imaging2▲ 5.0×3 topics
  18. Porous Media2▲ 20×3 topics
  19. Smart Cities2▲ 10×4 topics
  20. Digitalization2▲ 12×2 topics
  21. Gender Bias2▲ 28×2 topics
  22. India2▲ 34×2 topics
  23. International Cooperation2▲ 50×2 topics
  24. Global Governance2▲ 10×3 topics
  25. Privacy Concerns2▲ 31×2 topics
  26. Thermal Management2▲ 6.8×2 topics
  27. Transfer Learning2▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Intellectual Property2▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Nanofluids2▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Global Development1▲ 134×2 topics
  31. Image Segmentation1▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Surfactants1▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Bibliometric Analysis1▲ 35×2 topics
  34. Brain Tumor1▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Comminution1▲ 58×1 topic
  36. Environmental Policy1▲ 9.7×1 topic
  37. MRI1▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Mineral Liberation Analysis1▲ 58×1 topic
  39. Pore-scale Modeling1▲ 54×1 topic
  40. Water Crisis1▲ 3687×1 topic

Which research topics does Universidad Politécnica de El Salvador publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Diverse Global Research Studies, Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques, Mineral Processing and Grinding and Brain Tumor Detection and Classification.

Diverse Global Research …1Diverse Global Research Studies: 1 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Te…1Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 1 fractional worksMineral Processing and Grinding: 1 fractional worksBrain Tumor Detection an…1Brain Tumor Detection and Classification: 1 fractional worksSmart Cities and Technol…1Smart Cities and Technologies: 1 fractional worksInternational Arbitration and Investment Law: 1 fractional worksInternational Environmental Law and Policies: 1 fractional worksConsumer Retail Behavior…1Consumer Retail Behavior Studies: 1 fractional worksComplex Systems and Decision Making: 1 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceOcean EngineeringMechanical EngineeringNeurology6 others

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

  1. 1 Diverse Global Research Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Mineral Processing and Grinding Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 1 works
  5. 5 Smart Cities and Technologies Media Technology 1 works
  6. 6 International Arbitration and Investment Law Strategy and Management 1 works
  7. 7 International Environmental Law and Policies Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  8. 8 Consumer Retail Behavior Studies Marketing 1 works
  9. 9 Complex Systems and Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  10. 10 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 1 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 available62.0%not open38.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.8%domestic only58.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Politécnica de El Salvador's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 132% higher than in 2013–2017.

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