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Universidad San Francisco de Quito

In research, Universidad San Francisco de Quito stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,512 of 10,521 worldwide), Life Sciences (#2,877 of 7,800 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,843 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Communication, Law and Control and Systems Engineering — Communication is 5.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,521
of 28,054 · #8,181 all time
Rank in Ecuador
#5
of 71
Research works
3.7k
▲ 133% vs 2013–17
Citations
27k
7.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
world 28%

What is Universidad San Francisco de Quito 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 #3,512 of 10,521 15.1%406 #5360
Life SciencesDomain #2,877 of 7,800 18.4%198 #5575
Physical SciencesDomain #4,843 of 12,888 13.2%506 #7269
Social SciencesField #2,683 of 6,365 17.2%240 #3755
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,513 of 3,409 20.1%97 #2850
Environmental ScienceField #1,876 of 3,551 17.2%97 #2817
Health SciencesDomain #6,827 of 11,982 9.6%248 #11440
MedicineField #6,073 of 10,443 9.2%193 #10496
EngineeringField #3,882 of 6,636 10.3%203 #6737
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,098 of 3,579 15.5%73 #4845

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad San Francisco de Quito 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#5,360 #3,512
  2. Life Sciences#5,575 #2,877
  3. Physical Sciences#7,269 #4,843
  4. Social Sciences#3,755 #2,683
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,850 #1,513
  6. Environmental Science#2,817 #1,876
  7. Health Sciences#11,440 #6,827
  8. Medicine#10,496 #6,073
  9. Engineering#6,737 #3,882
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,845 #2,098
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Universidad San Francisco de Quito specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Communication takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. CommunicationSubfield · 21.0 works5.7×
  2. LawSubfield · 34.9 works4.4×
  3. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 62.7 works4.3×
← 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: 1.50× its world share, 97 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.01× its world share, 73 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.05× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.87× its world share, 92 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 18 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.99× its world share, 203 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.44× its world share, 97 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.61× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.71× its world share, 52 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.04× its world share, 13 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.95× its world share, 34 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.74× its world share, 193 worksMedicineNursing: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.61× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.08× its world share, 42 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.98× its world share, 43 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.25× its world share, 36 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.91× its world share, 38 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 240 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidad San Francisco de Quito?

Ranked on the composite score, Antonio León-Reyes, Santiago Castellanos and Gabriel Trueba lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad San Francisco de Quito.

  1. 1 Antonio León-Reyes Ecuador · #278,907 worldwide 383 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Santiago Castellanos Ecuador · #328,502 worldwide 18 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Gabriel Trueba Ecuador · #369,212 worldwide 117 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Enrique Terán Ecuador · #420,318 worldwide 56 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Wilma B. Freire Ecuador · #464,661 worldwide 25 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Diego S. Benítez Ecuador · #717,313 worldwide 110 citations · 56 works
  7. 7 Martha Cecilia Yépez García Ecuador · #728,936 worldwide 57 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 William F. Waters Ecuador · #730,413 worldwide 61 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Diego F. Cisneros‐Heredia Ecuador · #860,905 worldwide 81 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Marta Gonzalo Quiroga Ecuador · #872,773 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad San Francisco de Quito

Which keywords describe research at Universidad San Francisco de Quito?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Stability Analysis, Climate Change, Latin America, Education, Biodiversity, Nonlinear Systems and Population Dynamics.

▲ 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. Climate Change66▲ 1.81×72 topics
  2. Globalization63▲ 2.4×57 topics
  3. Epidemiology61◆ 1.14×107 topics
  4. Education52▲ 2.2×41 topics
  5. Sustainability50▲ 1.52×65 topics
  6. Machine Learning50◆ 1.12×54 topics
  7. Biodiversity36▲ 3.6×23 topics
  8. Public Health34▲ 1.72×49 topics
  9. COVID-1933▲ 1.80×24 topics
  10. Environmental Impact33▲ 1.44×38 topics
  11. Human Rights33▲ 2.4×26 topics
  12. Stability Analysis32▲ 15×4 topics
  13. Latin America30▲ 11×17 topics
  14. Nonlinear Systems25▲ 8.6×8 topics
  15. Population Dynamics24▲ 7.1×10 topics
  16. Communication23▲ 5.6×12 topics
  17. Real-time Optimization21▲ 29×2 topics
  18. Social Networks20▲ 5.5×9 topics
  19. Model Predictive Control19▲ 5.3×4 topics
  20. Health Promotion18▲ 4.2×15 topics
  21. Particle Swarm Optimization18▲ 11×4 topics
  22. International Law18▲ 4.3×11 topics
  23. Social Responsibility18▲ 5.7×4 topics
  24. Industrial Automation18▲ 19×3 topics
  25. Model Reduction18▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Criminal Justice18▲ 5.8×4 topics
  27. PID Controller17▲ 30×2 topics
  28. Small and Medium Enterprises17▲ 7.0×4 topics
  29. Distributed Control17▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Constraint Handling16▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Controller Tuning16▲ 76×1 topic
  32. Fractional Order Control16▲ 76×1 topic
  33. Robust Control16▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Constitutionalism16▲ 12×5 topics
  35. Innovation Ecosystems16▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Industrial Applications15▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Nonlinear MPC15▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Psychopharmacology Education15▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Tourism Management15▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Digital Media15▲ 6.2×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidad San Francisco de Quito publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Control Systems Design, Business, Innovation, and Economy, Advanced Control Systems Optimization and Communication and COVID-19 Impact.

Advanced Control Systems…16Advanced Control Systems Design: 16 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, an…15Business, Innovation, and Economy: 15 fractional worksAdvanced Control Systems…15Advanced Control Systems Optimization: 15 fractional worksCommunication and COVID-…11Communication and COVID-19 Impact: 11 fractional worksLegal processes and jurisprudence: 10 fractional worksSocial Issues and Policies in Latin America: 10 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitatio…9Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 9 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 9 fractional worksPlant and soil sciences: 8 fractional worksComparative Internationa…8Comparative International Legal Studies: 8 fractional works
Control and Systems EngineeringEconomics and EconometricsCommunicationLaw4 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Control Systems Design Control and Systems Engineering 16 works
  2. 2 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 15 works
  3. 3 Advanced Control Systems Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 15 works
  4. 4 Communication and COVID-19 Impact Communication 11 works
  5. 5 Legal processes and jurisprudence Law 10 works
  6. 6 Social Issues and Policies in Latin America Law 10 works
  7. 7 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 9 works
  8. 8 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 9 works
  9. 9 Plant and soil sciences General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 works
  10. 10 Comparative International Legal Studies Political Science and International Relations 8 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 available68.6%not open31.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.7%domestic only65.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidad San Francisco de Quito's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 133% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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