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Researcher · National Polytechnic School · Ecuador

Alberto Acosta Espinosa

Alberto Acosta Espinosa publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, on topics such as Economic and Social Development, Economic Theory and Policy and Business, Innovation, and Economy.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,888,576
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Ecuador
#469
of 6,574
Works
54
Citations
289
Citations per work
5.4
h-index
7
i10-index 7Top 38% in Sociology and Political Science
Alberto Acosta Espinosa

What does Alberto Acosta Espinosa research?

Alberto Acosta Espinosa's work is mostly in Social Sciences (53%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (20%).

Social Sciences: 39 works · 72.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 29 works · 52.8% of their workSociology and Political Science: 16 works · 29.5% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 works · 14.3% of their workCultural Studies: 2 works · 4.5% of their workSafety Research: 2 works · 4.5% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 works · 19.7% of their workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 works · 13.4% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 works · 6.3% of their workEverything else: 15 works · 27.5% of their workTHEIR WORKAlberto AcostaEspinosa54works
Social Sciences73%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2952.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1119.7%
  2. Everything else1527.5%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science30% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations14% of their works
  3. 3General Economics, Econometrics and Finance13% of their works
  4. 4Economics and Econometrics6% of their works
  5. 5Safety Research4% of their works
  6. 6Cultural Studies4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alberto Acosta Espinosa's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Inequality, Globalization, Education, Development, Justice, Financial Crisis, Income Distribution and Latin America.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Inequality433 topics
  2. Globalization405 topics
  3. Education282 topics
  4. Development241 topic
  5. Justice241 topic
  6. Financial Crisis151 topic
  7. Income Distribution151 topic
  8. Latin America72 topics
  9. Social Movements72 topics
  10. Economic Impact51 topic
  11. Labor Market51 topic
  12. Social Policy51 topic
  13. Urban Development51 topic
  14. Economic Integration41 topic
  15. Extractivism41 topic
  16. Human Rights41 topic
  17. Legal Reform41 topic
  18. Neoliberalism41 topic
  19. Regionalism41 topic
  20. Coloniality31 topic
  21. Decolonization31 topic

Where does Alberto Acosta Espinosa work?

Alberto Acosta Espinosa's main affiliation in the publication record is National Polytechnic School, Ecuador.

How many publications and citations does Alberto Acosta Espinosa have?

OpenAlex counts 54 works and 289 citations for Alberto Acosta Espinosa, an h-index of 7, ranking #1,888,576 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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