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Universidad San Carlos

In research, Universidad San Carlos stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,417 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education (Education is 6.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,258
of 22,385 · #14,912 all time
Rank in Paraguay
#18
of 23
Research works
459
▲ 83% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.1k
6.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
46%
world 18%
Universidad San Carlos

What is Universidad San Carlos 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 #8,417 of 9,585 3.7%67 #10070

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

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Universidad San Carlos is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Medicine (17%), Mathematics (7%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 95 fractional works · 44.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 73 fractional works · 33.9% of its workEducation: 42 fractional works · 19.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 15 fractional works · 7.1% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 51 fractional works · 23.9% of its workMathematics: 15 fractional works · 6.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 10 fractional works · 4.8% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 5.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 4.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 40 fractional works · 18.4% of its workMedicine: 36 fractional works · 16.6% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 29 fractional works · 13.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidad SanCarlos215fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences44%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences7333.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities104.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting52.1%
    4. Psychology41.8%
    5. Decision Sciences31.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    1. Mathematics156.8%
    2. Computer Science115.1%
    3. Environmental Science94.3%
    4. Engineering73.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy52.6%
    6. Energy20.8%
    7. Chemistry10.5%
    8. Materials Science00.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine3616.6%
    2. Health Professions41.6%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences125.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology94.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology42.0%
    4. Neuroscience31.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Universidad San Carlos specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 41.9 works6.4×
← 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: 1.21× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.97× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 5.80× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.15× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.86× its world share, 36 worksMedicineNursing: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.69× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.66× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.67× its world share, 73 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics5.80×15 works
  2. Social Sciences2.67×73 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.97×4 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.69×10 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.44×3 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.21×12 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.15×6 works
  8. Energy0.88×2 works
  9. Environmental Science0.86×9 works
  10. Medicine0.86×36 works
  11. Veterinary0.85×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.81×3 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.76×9 works
  14. Computer Science0.66×11 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.66×5 works
  16. Health Professions0.62×4 works
  17. Psychology0.58×4 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.54×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.32×1 works
  20. Engineering0.23×7 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×1 works
  22. Nursing0.15×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidad San Carlos?

Ranked on the quality score, Gregory A. Maglinte, Qianhong Fu and Edy Barrios lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad San Carlos.

  1. 1 Gregory A. Maglinte Paraguay · #1,250,994 worldwide 3.9k citations · 73 works
  2. 2 Qianhong Fu Paraguay · #3,226,579 worldwide 33 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Edy Barrios Paraguay · #4,618,109 worldwide 14 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Raimundo Edilberto Moreira Lopes Paraguay · #4,904,931 worldwide 5 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Michel Alves da Cruz Paraguay · #5,008,021 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Keri Yang Paraguay · #5,078,143 worldwide 49 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Guido Gustavo Humada González Paraguay · #5,481,101 worldwide 13 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad San Carlos

What are the most cited papers from Universidad San Carlos?

The most cited paper from Universidad San Carlos is "Current and Evolving Echocardiographic Techniques for the Quantitative Evaluation of Cardiac Mechanics: ASE/EAE Consensus Statement on Methodology and Indications" (Victor Mor‐Avi, Roberto Miguel Lang, Luigi Paolo Badano et al., 2011), with 1,267 citations. Next come "EAE/ASE Recommendations for Image Acquisition and Display Using Three-Dimensional Echocardiography" (1,125) and "Current and Evolving Echocardiographic Techniques for the Quantitative Evaluation of Cardiac Mechanics: ASE/EAE Consensus Statement on Methodology and Indications Endorsed by the Japanese Society of Echocardiography" (1,093).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Current and Evolving Echocardiographic Techniques for the Quantitative Evaluation of Cardiac Mechanics: ASE/EAE Consensus Statement on Methodology and Indications Victor Mor‐Avi, Roberto Miguel Lang, Luigi Paolo Badano et al. · Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography Open access 20 Feb 2011 1,267
2 EAE/ASE Recommendations for Image Acquisition and Display Using Three-Dimensional Echocardiography Roberto Miguel Lang et al. · Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography Open access 17 Dec 2011 1,125
3 Current and Evolving Echocardiographic Techniques for the Quantitative Evaluation of Cardiac Mechanics: ASE/EAE Consensus Statement on Methodology and Indications Endorsed by the Japanese Society of Echocardiography Victor Mor‐Avi, Roberto Miguel Lang, Luigi Paolo Badano et al. · European Journal of Echocardiography Open access Mar 2011 1,093
4 Newborn-Care Training and Perinatal Mortality in Developing Countries Waldemar A. Carlo, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Imtiaz Jehan et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 17 Feb 2010 424
5 R-Spondin Proteins: A Novel Link to β-catenin Activation Kyung‐Ah Kim, Jingsong Zhao, Susan Andarmani et al. · Cell Cycle Open access 5 Dec 2005 254
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidad San Carlos?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Qualitative Research, Education, Educational Technology, Curriculum Development, Online Learning, Educational Reform and Inclusive Education.

▲ 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. Teacher Training23▲ 18×11 topics
  2. Education19▲ 5.2×30 topics
  3. Qualitative Research16▲ 9.0×11 topics
  4. Educational Technology16▲ 6.1×12 topics
  5. Curriculum Development13▲ 9.2×7 topics
  6. Online Learning13▲ 7.1×8 topics
  7. Educational Reform12▲ 44×2 topics
  8. Inclusive Education12▲ 15×7 topics
  9. Distance Learning11▲ 15×4 topics
  10. Social Inequality11▲ 20×3 topics
  11. Globalization11▲ 2.6×25 topics
  12. Innovation11▲ 4.8×13 topics
  13. Pedagogical Practices11▲ 55×2 topics
  14. Educational Policies10▲ 45×2 topics
  15. E-Learning10▲ 4.9×9 topics
  16. Critical Pedagogy10▲ 56×2 topics
  17. Rituximab8▲ 25×2 topics
  18. Healthcare7▲ 2.9×9 topics
  19. Social Impact7▲ 8.3×8 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors6▲ 6.8×5 topics
  21. Mathematics Education6▲ 60×2 topics
  22. Social Movements6▲ 9.4×8 topics
  23. Statistical Analysis6▲ 16×2 topics
  24. Public Policy6▲ 5.7×12 topics
  25. Therapeutic Targets6▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Benford's Law6▲ 628×1 topic
  27. Competitiveness6▲ 33×4 topics
  28. Fraud Detection6▲ 19×1 topic
  29. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia5▲ 61×1 topic
  30. Genomic Aberrations5▲ 61×1 topic
  31. Research5▲ 20×4 topics
  32. Lymphoma5▲ 15×3 topics
  33. Agroecology5▲ 17×4 topics
  34. Student Satisfaction5▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Teaching Strategies5▲ 8.2×5 topics
  36. Teaching Methods5▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Cancer Immunotherapy5▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Technology Integration5▲ 6.8×5 topics
  39. Communication4▲ 6.6×8 topics
  40. Social Sciences4▲ 14×7 topics

Which research topics does Universidad San Carlos publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education Pedagogy and Practices, Benford’s Law and Fraud Detection, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research and Education and Digital Technologies.

Education Pedagogy and P…10Education Pedagogy and Practices: 10 fractional worksBenford’s Law and Fraud Detection: 6 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leuk…5Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 5 fractional worksEducation and Digital Te…4Education and Digital Technologies: 4 fractional worksMathematics Education and Teaching Techniques: 4 fractional worksRural and Ethnic Education: 4 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Educ…3Technology-Enhanced Education Studies: 3 fractional worksProbability and Statistical Research: 3 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 3 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 3 fractional works
EducationStatistics and ProbabilityGeneticsSociology and Political Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 10 works
  2. 2 Benford’s Law and Fraud Detection Statistics and Probability 6 works
  3. 3 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 5 works
  4. 4 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  5. 5 Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques Education 4 works
  6. 6 Rural and Ethnic Education Education 4 works
  7. 7 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 3 works
  8. 8 Probability and Statistical Research Statistics and Probability 3 works
  9. 9 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 3 works
  10. 10 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 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 available63.6%not open36.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors46.2%domestic only53.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad San Carlos's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 83% 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 San Carlos as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00050% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Universidad San Carlos0.00090% in 202519801990200020102020

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