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University of Valparaíso

In research, University of Valparaíso stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,072 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,436 of 10,521 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,536 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics — Astronomy and Astrophysics is 5.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,946
of 28,054 · #8,511 all time
Rank in Chile
#21
of 107
Research works
4.3k
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
52k
12.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is University of Valparaíso 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
Health SciencesDomain #4,072 of 11,982 10.6%257 #5868
Social SciencesDomain #4,436 of 10,521 18.9%289 #6200
Physical SciencesDomain #5,536 of 12,888 15.1%287 #6746
Life SciencesDomain #3,566 of 7,800 14.9%154 #5034
Social SciencesField #3,245 of 6,365 19.4%153 #3895
MedicineField #5,517 of 10,443 10.6%199 #7600
Computer ScienceField #3,684 of 4,667 18.9%63 #3508

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Valparaíso 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. Health Sciences#5,868 #4,072
  2. Social Sciences#6,200 #4,436
  3. Physical Sciences#6,746 #5,536
  4. Life Sciences#5,034 #3,566
  5. Social Sciences#3,895 #3,245
  6. Medicine#7,600 #5,517
  7. Computer Science#3,508 #3,684
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 Valparaíso specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 30.0 works5.8×
← 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: 0.73× its world share, 34 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.03× its world share, 54 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.69× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.36× its world share, 54 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.36× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.60× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 63 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 52 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.19× its world share, 58 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.80× its world share, 21 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.42× its world share, 53 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.37× its world share, 16 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.45× its world share, 38 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.05× its world share, 199 worksMedicineNursing: 0.81× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.80× its world share, 23 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.05× its world share, 22 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.98× its world share, 60 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 153 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Valparaíso?

Ranked on the composite score, J. Vos, Rienzi Díaz‐Navarro and José Luis Guzmán Dalbora lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Valparaíso.

  1. 1 J. Vos Chile · #215,329 worldwide 199 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Rienzi Díaz‐Navarro Chile · #266,120 worldwide 112 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 José Luis Guzmán Dalbora Chile · #272,754 worldwide 5 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Luis Castro Castro Chile · #334,437 worldwide 12 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 V. Motta Chile · #336,367 worldwide 275 citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Alejandra Zúñiga Fajuri Chile · #338,024 worldwide 21 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Ignacio Oyarzún Chile · #376,372 worldwide 0 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Patricio Herrera González Chile · #406,724 worldwide 12 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Enrique Loyola Chile · #449,915 worldwide 42 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Iván Trujillo Chile · #453,003 worldwide 0 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at University of Valparaíso

Which keywords describe research at University of Valparaíso?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Latin America, Globalization, Epidemiology, Human Rights, Memory, Social Movements, Political Violence and Dictatorship.

▲ 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. Epidemiology54▲ 1.38×108 topics
  2. Globalization44▲ 2.3×42 topics
  3. Climate Change37▲ 1.38×62 topics
  4. Machine Learning30◆ 0.94×51 topics
  5. Human Rights30▲ 3.0×22 topics
  6. Latin America30▲ 16×16 topics
  7. Deep Learning28▼ 0.84×47 topics
  8. Quality of Life26▲ 1.79×43 topics
  9. Mental Health25▲ 1.75×27 topics
  10. Education24▲ 1.39×44 topics
  11. Public Health23▲ 1.59×41 topics
  12. Depression20▲ 2.3×20 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome19▲ 2.4×18 topics
  14. Social Movements19▲ 6.5×15 topics
  15. Memory18▲ 7.6×9 topics
  16. Neurological Disorders16▲ 2.8×16 topics
  17. Political Violence15▲ 58×3 topics
  18. Dictatorship15▲ 82×2 topics
  19. Health Promotion14▲ 4.6×16 topics
  20. Chile12▲ 125×1 topic
  21. Pinochet12▲ 125×1 topic
  22. Coping Strategies12▲ 4.8×6 topics
  23. Neuroscience12▲ 3.9×11 topics
  24. Black Holes11▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Migrant Integration11▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Burnout11▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Ion Channels10▲ 9.8×5 topics
  28. Occupational Health10▲ 9.1×6 topics
  29. Participation10▲ 10×3 topics
  30. Channel Regulation10▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Ethical Challenges10▲ 5.0×4 topics
  32. Welfare State10▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Cognitive Therapy9▲ 8.9×4 topics
  34. Astrocyte Function9▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Star Formation9▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Economic Crisis9▲ 7.2×2 topics
  37. Social Work8▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Community Intervention8▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Family Support8▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Third Sector8▲ 24×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Valparaíso publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America, Social Sciences and Policies, Stress and Burnout Research and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

Political and Social Dyn…12Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America: 12 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Poli…8Social Sciences and Policies: 8 fractional worksStress and Burnout Resea…8Stress and Burnout Research: 8 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and …7Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 7 fractional worksIon channel regulation and function: 6 fractional worksAging, Health, and Disability: 6 fractional worksSchizophrenia research a…5Schizophrenia research and treatment: 5 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 5 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 5 fractional worksComparative constitution…5Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies: 5 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceGeneral Social SciencesSocial PsychologyAstronomy and Astrophysics5 others

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

  1. 1 Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  2. 2 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 8 works
  3. 3 Stress and Burnout Research Social Psychology 8 works
  4. 4 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 7 works
  5. 5 Ion channel regulation and function Molecular Biology 6 works
  6. 6 Aging, Health, and Disability Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  7. 7 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 5 works
  8. 8 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 5 works
  9. 9 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 works
  10. 10 Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies Political Science and International Relations 5 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-authors35.6%domestic only64.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Valparaíso's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.