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Universidad San Pablo

In research, Universidad San Pablo stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,770 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,143 of 5,988 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,852 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Communication (Communication is 19.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,730
of 22,385 · #4,829 all time
Rank in Mexico
#51
of 232
Research works
1.8k
▲ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
6.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
70%
world 40%
International
45%
world 18%
Universidad San Pablo

What is Universidad San Pablo 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 #2,770 of 9,585 8.3%318 #3727
Social SciencesField #2,143 of 5,988 8.4%190 #2939
Health SciencesDomain #6,852 of 9,902 4.1%64 #6538
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,347 of 1,896 8.3%68 #1638
Physical SciencesDomain #8,504 of 10,670 7.2%65 #8947

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad San Pablo 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Social Sciences#3,727 #2,770
  2. Social Sciences#2,939 #2,143
  3. Health Sciences#6,538 #6,852
  4. Arts and Humanities#1,638 #1,347
  5. Physical Sciences#8,947 #8,504
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Universidad San Pablo work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at Universidad San Pablo is in Social Sciences, 14% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (40%), Arts and Humanities (14%), Medicine (10%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 399 fractional works · 68.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 235 fractional works · 40.3% of its workEducation: 75 fractional works · 12.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 39 fractional works · 6.7% of its workCommunication: 31 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 25 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLaw: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCultural Studies: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 83 fractional works · 14.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 17 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHistory: 16 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhilosophy: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArcheology: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workConservation: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 34 fractional works · 5.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAccounting: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 27 fractional works · 4.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 13 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 82 fractional works · 14.0% of its workComputer Science: 42 fractional works · 7.2% of its workInformation Systems: 18 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArchitecture: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 74 fractional works · 12.7% of its workMedicine: 56 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 29 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidad SanPablo584fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences68%

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 Sciences23540.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities8314.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting345.9%
    4. Psychology274.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance152.6%
    6. Decision Sciences40.6%
    1. Computer Science427.2%
    2. Engineering183.2%
    3. Environmental Science122.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy20.4%
    5. Mathematics20.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.3%
    7. Materials Science10.3%
    8. Energy10.2%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine569.6%
    2. Health Professions142.4%
    3. Nursing30.5%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences152.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology71.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology50.8%
    4. Neuroscience20.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Universidad San Pablo specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Communication takes 19.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. CommunicationSubfield · 31.5 works20×
← 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: 0.55× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.84× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.93× its world share, 42 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 1.03× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 4.95× its world share, 83 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.83× its world share, 34 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.21× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.52× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.18× its world share, 235 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.95×83 works
  2. Social Sciences3.18×235 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting1.83×34 works
  4. Psychology1.52×27 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.21×15 works
  6. Nursing1.03×3 works
  7. Computer Science0.93×42 works
  8. Health Professions0.92×14 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.84×5 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.64×4 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.55×15 works
  12. Medicine0.50×56 works
  13. Environmental Science0.43×12 works
  14. Dentistry0.29×1 works
  15. Mathematics0.27×2 works
  16. Energy0.23×1 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.22×7 works
  18. Neuroscience0.22×2 works
  19. Engineering0.21×18 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.18×2 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.16×2 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.07×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.07×2 works
  24. Chemistry0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidad San Pablo?

Ranked on the quality score, Blanca Sánchez Alonso, Coral Cenizo and Tamara Vázquez Barrio lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad San Pablo.

  1. 1 Blanca Sánchez Alonso Mexico · #1,220,842 worldwide 1.3k citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Coral Cenizo Mexico · #1,706,953 worldwide 80 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Tamara Vázquez Barrio Mexico · #2,573,069 worldwide 365 citations · 64 works
  4. 4 Giovanni Collamati Mexico · #2,662,370 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Ignacio Blanco Alfonso Mexico · #2,697,581 worldwide 287 citations · 64 works
  6. 6 María Tabuenca Bengoa Mexico · #2,999,041 worldwide 0 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Borja Ventura-Salom Mexico · #3,034,782 worldwide 15 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Amalia Pedrero González Mexico · #3,078,183 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Marta Medina Núñez Mexico · #3,174,055 worldwide 56 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Teresa Barceló Ugarte Mexico · #3,195,521 worldwide 86 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad San Pablo

What are the most cited papers from Universidad San Pablo?

The most cited paper from Universidad San Pablo is "Cell wall metabolism in fruit softening and quality and its manipulation in transgenic plants" (David A. Brummell, Mark H. Harpster, 2001), with 962 citations. Next come "Modification of Expansin Protein Abundance in Tomato Fruit Alters Softening and Cell Wall Polymer Metabolism during Ripening" (486) and "The Pauson–Khand reaction, a powerful synthetic tool for the synthesis of complex molecules" (477).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cell wall metabolism in fruit softening and quality and its manipulation in transgenic plants David A. Brummell, Mark H. Harpster · Plant Molecular Biology Sep 2001 962
2 Modification of Expansin Protein Abundance in Tomato Fruit Alters Softening and Cell Wall Polymer Metabolism during Ripening David A. Brummell, Mark H. Harpster, Pedro M. Civello et al. · The Plant Cell Open access Nov 1999 486
3 The Pauson–Khand reaction, a powerful synthetic tool for the synthesis of complex molecules Jaime Blanco‐Urgoiti, Loreto Añorbe, Leticia Pérez‐Serrano et al. · Chemical Society Reviews Review 19 Dec 2003 477
4 Recommendations for Imaging of Acute Ischemic Stroke Richard E. Latchaw, Mark J. Alberts, Michael H. Lev et al. · Stroke 25 Sep 2009 454
5 Gender Diversity on European Banks’ Boards of Directors Ruth Mateos de Cabo, Ricardo Gimeno, María Jesús Nieto · Journal of Business Ethics 19 Nov 2011 338
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidad San Pablo?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Communication, Cultural Heritage, Innovation, Ethics, Educational Technology, History and Social Media.

▲ 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. Education58▲ 5.8×49 topics
  2. Communication36▲ 19×11 topics
  3. Innovation33▲ 5.4×28 topics
  4. Educational Technology30▲ 4.4×28 topics
  5. Social Media30▲ 3.7×19 topics
  6. Cultural Heritage30▲ 9.6×19 topics
  7. Sustainability29▲ 2.0×41 topics
  8. Ethics27▲ 9.1×20 topics
  9. COVID-1926▲ 3.5×12 topics
  10. Globalization26▲ 2.2×36 topics
  11. History26▲ 6.4×25 topics
  12. E-Learning25▲ 4.4×12 topics
  13. Social Networks21▲ 13×3 topics
  14. Digital Media21▲ 20×5 topics
  15. Latin America20▲ 18×12 topics
  16. Spain18▲ 86×5 topics
  17. Inclusive Education18▲ 8.5×15 topics
  18. Identity18▲ 4.1×16 topics
  19. Pedagogy17▲ 6.0×13 topics
  20. Technology17▲ 5.5×14 topics
  21. Health Education16▲ 6.3×9 topics
  22. Social Sciences15▲ 18×7 topics
  23. Literature15▲ 4.8×17 topics
  24. Philosophy15▲ 5.9×14 topics
  25. Distance Learning15▲ 7.3×9 topics
  26. Knowledge Management15▲ 4.5×14 topics
  27. Gender14▲ 4.5×16 topics
  28. Leadership14▲ 5.0×12 topics
  29. Digital Divide13▲ 8.4×5 topics
  30. Public Perception13▲ 16×4 topics
  31. Media System12▲ 102×1 topic
  32. News Consumption12▲ 102×1 topic
  33. Online Education12▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Television12▲ 121×2 topics
  35. Organizational Commitment12▲ 10×4 topics
  36. Informal Learning12▲ 16×4 topics
  37. Research12▲ 16×6 topics
  38. Social Movements11▲ 6.5×12 topics
  39. Media11▲ 12×4 topics
  40. ICT10▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidad San Pablo publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Communication and COVID-19 Impact, Educational Innovations and Technology, Education and Teacher Training and E-Learning and Knowledge Management.

Communication and COVID-…12Communication and COVID-19 Impact: 12 fractional worksEducational Innovations …10Educational Innovations and Technology: 10 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Training: 8 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 8 fractional worksAdvertising and Communication Studies: 8 fractional worksMedia and Digital Communication: 7 fractional worksArchitecture and Art History Studies: 7 fractional worksArchitecture, Art, Educa…6Architecture, Art, Education: 6 fractional worksJournalism and Media Studies: 6 fractional worksHigher Education Teaching and Evaluation: 6 fractional works
CommunicationInformation SystemsEducationComputer Science Applications2 others

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

  1. 1 Communication and COVID-19 Impact Communication 12 works
  2. 2 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 10 works
  3. 3 Education and Teacher Training Education 8 works
  4. 4 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 8 works
  5. 5 Advertising and Communication Studies Communication 8 works
  6. 6 Media and Digital Communication Computer Networks and Communications 7 works
  7. 7 Architecture and Art History Studies Visual Arts and Performing Arts 7 works
  8. 8 Architecture, Art, Education Visual Arts and Performing Arts 6 works
  9. 9 Journalism and Media Studies Communication 6 works
  10. 10 Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation Education 6 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 available70.1%not open29.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.7%domestic only55.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad San Pablo's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% higher 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 San Pablo as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0019% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Universidad San Pablo0.0026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidad San Pablo 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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Universidad San Pablo8.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.2% in 2006.

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