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Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

In research, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,655 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physics and Astronomy — Physics and Astronomy is 8.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,969
of 28,054 · #27,725 all time
Rank in Ecuador
#39
of 71
Research works
361
▲ 47% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.4k
3.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

What is Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María 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
Physical SciencesDomain #7,655 of 12,888 13.7%63 #15156

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María 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 Técnica Federico Santa María specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physics and Astronomy takes 8.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physics and AstronomyField · 21.4 works8.4×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.10× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.08× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.21× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.54× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 8.41× its world share, 21 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.87× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.59× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.25× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.11× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Latin America, Education, Dark Matter, Innovation, Particle Physics, Globalization, Lattice QCD and Philosophy.

▲ 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. Education10▲ 5.0×16 topics
  2. Latin America9▲ 43×8 topics
  3. Globalization7▲ 3.2×14 topics
  4. Innovation6▲ 5.2×13 topics
  5. Dark Matter6▲ 46×4 topics
  6. Particle Physics5▲ 57×2 topics
  7. Lattice QCD5▲ 68×2 topics
  8. Ethics4▲ 7.7×6 topics
  9. Philosophy4▲ 8.6×6 topics
  10. Higgs Boson4▲ 65×1 topic
  11. High-Energy Collider4▲ 65×1 topic
  12. Educational Technology4▲ 2.7×8 topics
  13. Colonialism4▲ 6.6×4 topics
  14. Cultural Heritage4▲ 5.7×7 topics
  15. Leadership4▲ 6.6×4 topics
  16. Teacher Training4▲ 5.1×7 topics
  17. Cultural Identity4▲ 5.9×3 topics
  18. Interculturalism3▲ 226×1 topic
  19. Poetry3▲ 84×1 topic
  20. Social Sciences3▲ 20×4 topics
  21. Pedagogy3▲ 5.3×5 topics
  22. Social Movements3▲ 8.3×5 topics
  23. Renormalization Group3▲ 43×2 topics
  24. Educational Leadership2▲ 17×1 topic
  25. QCD2▲ 64×1 topic
  26. Quality Education2▲ 57×1 topic
  27. Social Inequality2▲ 8.2×4 topics
  28. charmonium2▲ 64×1 topic
  29. Digital Divide2▲ 8.1×3 topics
  30. Arts2▲ 215×1 topic
  31. Digital Technology2▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Hydrodynamics2▲ 33×2 topics
  33. Interdisciplinary Education2▲ 215×1 topic
  34. Social Dynamics2▲ 33×1 topic
  35. Distance Learning2▲ 5.7×2 topics
  36. Online Education2▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Heavy-Ion Collisions2▲ 73×1 topic
  38. Quark-Gluon Plasma2▲ 73×1 topic
  39. Raman Spectroscopy2▲ 8.8×2 topics
  40. Quantum Gravity2▲ 21×4 topics

Which research topics does Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America, Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions and Education and Teacher Training.

Particle physics theoret…4Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 4 fractional worksCultural and Social Stud…3Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America: 3 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics a…2Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 2 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Tr…2Education and Teacher Training: 2 fractional worksReligious and Theological Studies: 2 fractional worksArchitecture, Art, Education: 2 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Col…2High-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 2 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 2 fractional worksGraphene research and applications: 2 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, and Economy: 1 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsLiterature and Literary TheoryEducationSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 4 works
  2. 2 Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  3. 3 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2 works
  4. 4 Education and Teacher Training Education 2 works
  5. 5 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Architecture, Art, Education Visual Arts and Performing Arts 2 works
  7. 7 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2 works
  8. 8 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 2 works
  9. 9 Graphene research and applications Materials Chemistry 2 works
  10. 10 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 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 available79.8%not open20.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.6%domestic only43.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% 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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