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University of Tarapacá

In research, University of Tarapacá stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,259 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,501 of 6,365 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,508 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cultural Studies, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics — Cultural Studies is 10.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,138
of 28,054 · #5,131 all time
Rank in Chile
#3
of 107
Research works
3.7k
▲ 51% vs 2013–17
Citations
34k
9.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is University of Tarapacá 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 #1,259 of 12,888 21.1%483 #3470
Social SciencesField #1,501 of 6,365 24.3%337 #1703
Social SciencesDomain #2,508 of 10,521 24.0%508 #2740
Physics and AstronomyField #444 of 1,646 29.3%117 #1755
Health SciencesDomain #4,329 of 11,982 18.6%90 #7942
MedicineField #3,911 of 10,443 16.8%63 #7210
EducationSubfield #725 of 1,892 36.6%77 #1328
EngineeringField #3,287 of 6,636 19.0%103 #7071
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,764 of 2,578 15.8%65 #2760
Environmental ScienceField #2,442 of 3,551 17.0%71 #3604

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Tarapacá 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. Physical Sciences#3,470 #1,259
  2. Social Sciences#1,703 #1,501
  3. Social Sciences#2,740 #2,508
  4. Physics and Astronomy#1,755 #444
  5. Health Sciences#7,942 #4,329
  6. Medicine#7,210 #3,911
  7. Education#1,328 #725
  8. Engineering#7,071 #3,287
  9. Sociology and Political Science#2,760 #1,764
  10. Environmental Science#3,604 #2,442
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 University of Tarapacá specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cultural Studies takes 10.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cultural StudiesSubfield · 52.3 works11×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 29.3 works7.9×
  3. Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSubfield · 24.6 works6.7×
  4. AnthropologySubfield · 20.4 works6.1×
← 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: 0.89× its world share, 50 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 38 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.23× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.83× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 47 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 19 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.65× its world share, 29 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.58× its world share, 103 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.21× its world share, 71 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.18× its world share, 48 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.05× its world share, 28 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 4.48× its world share, 118 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 63 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.07× its world share, 71 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 21 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.63× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.55× its world share, 56 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.26× its world share, 337 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Tarapacá?

Ranked on the composite score, Saravanan Rajendran, Emilio Rodríguez-Ponce and Liliana Pedraja-Rejas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Tarapacá.

  1. 1 Saravanan Rajendran Chile · #131,508 worldwide 491 citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Emilio Rodríguez-Ponce Chile · #139,102 worldwide 70 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Liliana Pedraja-Rejas Chile · #181,713 worldwide 79 citations · 70 works
  4. 4 Calógero M. Santoro Chile · #205,245 worldwide 194 citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Y. Chalco-Cano Chile · #323,398 worldwide 168 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Alberto Dí­az Araya Chile · #325,790 worldwide 45 citations · 44 works
  7. 7 Gloria M. Calaf Chile · #341,633 worldwide 117 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 H. Román-Flores Chile · #346,752 worldwide 120 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Pascual Izquierdo-Egea Chile · #372,498 worldwide 0 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Carolina Stefoni Chile · #456,087 worldwide 35 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at University of Tarapacá

Which keywords describe research at University of Tarapacá?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Latin America, Cultural Identity, Indigenous Knowledge, Social Movements, Colonial History, Community Participation and Intercultural 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 2022–2025 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. Globalization103▲ 4.5×62 topics
  2. Latin America75▲ 33×18 topics
  3. Education54▲ 2.6×47 topics
  4. Cultural Identity51▲ 8.3×8 topics
  5. Indigenous Knowledge45▲ 39×6 topics
  6. Social Movements44▲ 12×17 topics
  7. Colonial History41▲ 179×3 topics
  8. Community Participation40▲ 9.3×9 topics
  9. Intercultural Education40▲ 43×3 topics
  10. Social Inequality40▲ 13×12 topics
  11. Mental Health38▲ 2.2×33 topics
  12. Colonialism38▲ 6.8×15 topics
  13. Healthcare Access37▲ 11×8 topics
  14. Human Rights36▲ 3.0×24 topics
  15. Migrant Integration34▲ 79×2 topics
  16. Educational Policy32▲ 11×4 topics
  17. Nanomaterials32▲ 2.6×16 topics
  18. Cultural Diversity32▲ 12×7 topics
  19. Racial Discrimination31▲ 63×3 topics
  20. Poetry27▲ 69×2 topics
  21. Interculturalism26▲ 178×1 topic
  22. Mapuche26▲ 178×1 topic
  23. Memory26▲ 8.8×8 topics
  24. Heat Transfer25▲ 4.3×11 topics
  25. Political Violence23▲ 73×3 topics
  26. Dictatorship23▲ 106×2 topics
  27. Knowledge Management22▲ 3.4×11 topics
  28. Chile21▲ 181×1 topic
  29. Pinochet21▲ 181×1 topic
  30. Optical Lattices19▲ 25×3 topics
  31. Organizational Commitment18▲ 7.3×3 topics
  32. Teacher Development18▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Student Performance17▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Educational Leadership17▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Curriculum Design17▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Quality Education17▲ 37×1 topic
  37. School Culture17▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Historiography15▲ 9.9×8 topics
  39. Cultural Exchange14▲ 9.0×2 topics
  40. Religious Practices14▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Tarapacá publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Migration, Education, Indigenous Social Dynamics, Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America, Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America and Education and Teacher Training.

Migration, Education, Indigenous Social Dynamics: 29 fractional worksCultural and Social Studies in Latin America: 26 fractional worksPolitical and Social Dyn…21Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America: 21 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Tr…17Education and Teacher Training: 17 fractional worksEnvironmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond: 13 fractional worksLatin American history and culture: 13 fractional worksIndigenous Cultures and …12Indigenous Cultures and History: 12 fractional worksNonlinear Photonic Systems: 10 fractional worksHistorical Studies in Latin America: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 10 fractional works
Cultural StudiesLiterature and Literary TheorySociology and Political ScienceEducation6 others

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

  1. 1 Migration, Education, Indigenous Social Dynamics Cultural Studies 29 works
  2. 2 Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America Literature and Literary Theory 26 works
  3. 3 Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America Sociology and Political Science 21 works
  4. 4 Education and Teacher Training Education 17 works
  5. 5 Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond Ecology 13 works
  6. 6 Latin American history and culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 13 works
  7. 7 Indigenous Cultures and History Anthropology 12 works
  8. 8 Nonlinear Photonic Systems Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 10 works
  9. 9 Historical Studies in Latin America Demography 10 works
  10. 10 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 10 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 available68.0%not open32.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.0%domestic only67.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Tarapacá's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 51% 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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