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Universidad San Carlos

In research, Universidad San Carlos stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,438 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education — Education is 6.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,429
of 28,054 · #31,824 all time
Rank in Paraguay
#13
of 23
Research works
459
▲ 127% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.1k
6.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Universidad San Carlos known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #10,438 of 10,521 2.2%67 #14363

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Universidad San Carlos specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 28.2 works6.0×
← 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: 1.46× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.48× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.08× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.10× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.94× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.86× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.15× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.60× its world share, 50 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidad San Carlos?

Ranked on the composite score, Conor D. Johnson, J.R.M. Vaughan and Ziyang Zhong lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad San Carlos.

  1. 1 Conor D. Johnson Paraguay · #331,398 worldwide 134 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 J.R.M. Vaughan Paraguay · #369,209 worldwide 116 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Ziyang Zhong Paraguay · #837,493 worldwide 64 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Ella Li Paraguay · #1,610,224 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad San Carlos

Which keywords describe research at Universidad San Carlos?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Qualitative Research, Online Learning, Curriculum Development, Educational Reform, Inclusive Education, Social Inequality and Educational Technology.

▲ 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. Teacher Training18▲ 19×11 topics
  2. Qualitative Research12▲ 9.1×11 topics
  3. Online Learning12▲ 9.2×8 topics
  4. Curriculum Development11▲ 10×7 topics
  5. Educational Technology10▲ 5.7×12 topics
  6. Education10▲ 3.9×27 topics
  7. Educational Reform10▲ 51×2 topics
  8. Inclusive Education10▲ 18×6 topics
  9. Social Inequality9▲ 23×3 topics
  10. Distance Learning9▲ 17×3 topics
  11. E-Learning9▲ 5.8×9 topics
  12. Pedagogical Practices9▲ 64×2 topics
  13. Critical Pedagogy9▲ 66×2 topics
  14. Educational Policies8▲ 48×1 topic
  15. Globalization8▲ 2.7×21 topics
  16. Healthcare7▲ 3.8×9 topics
  17. Innovation6▲ 3.8×12 topics
  18. Public Policy6▲ 7.4×12 topics
  19. Rituximab5▲ 23×2 topics
  20. Technology Integration5▲ 9.8×5 topics
  21. Mobile Learning4▲ 8.4×3 topics
  22. Prognostic Factors4▲ 6.8×5 topics
  23. Student Satisfaction4▲ 15×4 topics
  24. Social Movements4▲ 9.5×8 topics
  25. Therapeutic Targets4▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Digital Literacy4▲ 4.5×2 topics
  27. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia4▲ 57×1 topic
  28. Genomic Aberrations4▲ 57×1 topic
  29. Educational Policy4▲ 9.4×6 topics
  30. Social Network Analysis4▲ 20×1 topic
  31. WebQuests4▲ 42×1 topic
  32. Cultural Studies4▲ 6.1×5 topics
  33. Lymphoma4▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Teacher Perception4▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Cancer Immunotherapy3▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Agroecology3▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Google Classroom3▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Quality Assurance3▲ 13×6 topics
  39. Virtual Classroom3▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Distance Education3▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidad San Carlos publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education Pedagogy and Practices, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research, Education and Digital Technologies and Technology-Enhanced Education Studies.

Education Pedagogy and P…8Education Pedagogy and Practices: 8 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leuk…4Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 4 fractional worksEducation and Digital Te…4Education and Digital Technologies: 4 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 3 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 2 fractional worksRural and Ethnic Education2Rural and Ethnic Education: 2 fractional worksCultural, Media, and Literary Studies: 2 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond: 2 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Penology: 2 fractional works
EducationGeneticsSociology and Political SciencePhilosophy3 others

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

  1. 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 8 works
  2. 2 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 4 works
  3. 3 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  4. 4 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 3 works
  5. 5 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 2 works
  6. 6 Rural and Ethnic Education Education 2 works
  7. 7 Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies Philosophy 2 works
  8. 8 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 2 works
  9. 9 Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond Ecology 2 works
  10. 10 Criminal Justice and Penology Law 2 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidad San Carlos's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 127% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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