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Universidad Rafael Landívar

In research, Universidad Rafael Landívar stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,165 of 14,833 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,073 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,889
of 22,385 · #17,675 all time
Rank in Guatemala
#9
of 12
Research works
325
▼ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
795
2.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
71%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Universidad Rafael Landívar

What is Universidad Rafael Landívar known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #9,165 of 14,833 3.2%201
Social SciencesField #6,073 of 9,330 3.0%143

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad Rafael Landívar 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 Rafael Landívar work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Universidad Rafael Landívar is in Social Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Environmental Science (11%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 52 fractional works · 56.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 35.9% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 8.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 5.2% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 8.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 17 fractional works · 18.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 11.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 15.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 10.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 9.2% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadRafael Landívar93fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences56%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3335.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities78.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance54.9%
    4. Psychology43.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting33.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Environmental Science1111.3%
    2. Computer Science33.6%
    3. Engineering22.0%
    4. Energy11.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1010.6%
    2. Neuroscience33.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    1. Medicine66.8%
    2. Health Professions22.0%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
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: 2.23× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.93× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.56× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.28× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.77× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.00× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.31× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.29× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.84× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences2.84×33 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.77×7 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.31×5 works
  4. Environmental Science2.28×10 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.23×10 works
  6. Neuroscience1.93×3 works
  7. Energy1.56×1 works
  8. Psychology1.29×4 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.00×3 works
  10. Health Professions0.78×2 works
  11. Computer Science0.46×3 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.39×0 works
  13. Dentistry0.37×0 works
  14. Medicine0.36×6 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.34×2 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×0 works
  17. Nursing0.21×0 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.19×0 works
  19. Engineering0.13×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidad Rafael Landívar?

Ranked on the quality score, Michele Monroy-Valle, Pedro Morales Vallejo and Najman Alexander Aizenstatd lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad Rafael Landívar.

  1. 1 Michele Monroy-Valle Guatemala · #679,477 worldwide 3.5k citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Pedro Morales Vallejo Guatemala · #2,952,747 worldwide 296 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Najman Alexander Aizenstatd Guatemala · #3,081,793 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Guillermo Díaz Guatemala · #3,294,626 worldwide 51 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Lucía Nitsch-Velásquez Guatemala · #3,771,600 worldwide 218 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Magda García Guatemala · #4,096,979 worldwide 46 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 García Durán Guatemala · #4,450,756 worldwide 8 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 María Teresa Ledezma Elizondo Guatemala · #4,673,696 worldwide 16 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad Rafael Landívar

What are the most cited papers from Universidad Rafael Landívar?

The most cited paper from Universidad Rafael Landívar is "Impact of improved stoves, house construction and child location on levels of indoor air pollution exposure in young Guatemalan children" (Nigel Bruce, John P. McCracken, Rachel Albalak et al., 2004), with 150 citations. Next come "An AHP-derived method for mapping the physical vulnerability of coastal areas at regional scales" (126) and "A finite strain thermo-viscoelastic constitutive model to describe the self-heating in elastomeric materials during low-cycle fatigue" (99).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Impact of improved stoves, house construction and child location on levels of indoor air pollution exposure in young Guatemalan children Nigel Bruce, John P. McCracken, Rachel Albalak et al. · Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology Apr 2004 150
2 An AHP-derived method for mapping the physical vulnerability of coastal areas at regional scales Gonéri Le Cozannet, Manuel Garçin, Thomas Bulteau et al. · Natural hazards and earth system sciences Open access 16 May 2013 126
3 A finite strain thermo-viscoelastic constitutive model to describe the self-heating in elastomeric materials during low-cycle fatigue Cristian Ovalle, Fahmi Zaïri, M. Naït‐Abdelaziz · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 7 Nov 2013 99
4 Relative Growth Rate and Biomass Allocation in Ten Woody Species with Different Leaf Longevity Using Phylogenetic Independent Contrasts (PICs) Jeannete Ruiz‐Robleto, Rafael Villar · Plant Biology Sep 2005 69
5 The acquisition of extended ergativity in Mam, Q’anjob’al and Yucatec Clifton L. Pye, Barbara Pfeiler, Pedro Mateo Pedro · Trends in language acquisition research Book chapter 8 Nov 2013 68
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Rafael Landívar?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Education, Latin America, Climate Change, Sustainability, Biodiversity Conservation, Community Participation and Inequality.

▲ 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. Climate Change10▲ 3.9×27 topics
  2. Globalization10▲ 5.2×16 topics
  3. Education9▲ 5.4×14 topics
  4. Sustainability8▲ 3.3×24 topics
  5. Latin America7▲ 41×11 topics
  6. Sustainable Development5▲ 3.5×9 topics
  7. Public Health5▲ 3.5×13 topics
  8. Environmental Impact4▲ 2.8×10 topics
  9. Innovation4▲ 4.3×8 topics
  10. Biodiversity4▲ 5.6×8 topics
  11. Human Rights4▲ 4.1×11 topics
  12. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 11×9 topics
  13. Community Participation4▲ 11×7 topics
  14. Cultural Heritage4▲ 7.2×7 topics
  15. Ethics4▲ 7.7×6 topics
  16. Inequality4▲ 17×8 topics
  17. Neuroscience3▲ 12×4 topics
  18. Inclusive Education3▲ 9.7×4 topics
  19. Migration3▲ 10×6 topics
  20. Food Security3▲ 5.9×8 topics
  21. Rural Development3▲ 9.3×7 topics
  22. Social Movements3▲ 11×6 topics
  23. Sustainable Agriculture3▲ 10×5 topics
  24. Neoliberalism3▲ 8.8×5 topics
  25. Agriculture3▲ 7.9×7 topics
  26. Governance3▲ 8.9×6 topics
  27. Social Impact3▲ 7.2×6 topics
  28. Agroecology2▲ 19×4 topics
  29. Democracy2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  30. Conservation2▲ 5.9×4 topics
  31. Digital Marketing2▲ 6.3×2 topics
  32. Educación Superior2▲ 201×1 topic
  33. Responsabilidad Social Universitaria2▲ 201×1 topic
  34. Rural Tourism2▲ 80×2 topics
  35. Small and Medium Enterprises2▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Smallholder Farmers2▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Social Sciences2▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Environmental Education2▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Rural Communities2▲ 41×2 topics
  40. Social Responsibility2▲ 9.8×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidad Rafael Landívar publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Higher Education and Sustainability, Finance, Taxation, and Governance, Latin American socio-political dynamics and Business, Innovation, and Economy.

Higher Education and Sus…2Higher Education and Sustainability: 2 fractional worksFinance, Taxation, and G…2Finance, Taxation, and Governance: 2 fractional worksLatin American socio-political dynamics: 2 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, an…2Business, Innovation, and Economy: 2 fractional worksArchitecture, Art, Educa…2Architecture, Art, Education: 2 fractional worksNeuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function: 2 fractional worksReligious and Theological Studies: 2 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Tr…1Education and Teacher Training: 1 fractional worksPlant and soil sciences: 1 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 1 fractional works
EducationManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawSociology and Political ScienceEconomics and Econometrics4 others

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

  1. 1 Higher Education and Sustainability Education 2 works
  2. 2 Finance, Taxation, and Governance Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  3. 3 Latin American socio-political dynamics Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  5. 5 Architecture, Art, Education Visual Arts and Performing Arts 2 works
  6. 6 Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  7. 7 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Education and Teacher Training Education 1 works
  9. 9 Plant and soil sciences General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  10. 10 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 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 available71.2%not open28.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.5%domestic only81.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Rafael Landívar's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Rafael Landívar as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00038% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Universidad Rafael Landívar0.00034% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidad Rafael Landívar 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.

5%10%all institutions10.0% in 2024Universidad Rafael Landívar7.6% in 20242020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.6% in 2024.

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