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Scientific Research and Technology

Scientific Research and Technology is a research topic within Computer Science Applications. Science Explorer counts 5.3k research works in it since 1970. 9.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of technology and education, with a focus on innovations such as artificial intelligence, metaverse, and digital transformation. It encompasses research in health education, data management, STEM education, social networks, and pedagogical intervention. The papers also delve into the impact of information systems and scientific production in the context of educational advancements.

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Metaverse
  • Health Education
  • Data Management
  • Digital Transformation
  • STEM Education
  • Social Networks
  • Pedagogical Intervention
  • Information Systems
  • Scientific Production
Research works
5.3k
fractional, since 1970
In the world top 10%
514
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+191%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Ecuador
21% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Scientific Research and Technology

Which countries lead Scientific Research and Technology research?

By volume, Ecuador and Indonesia publish the most (627 and 574 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Ecuador 627 works
  2. 2 Indonesia 574 works
  3. 3 Mexico 398 works
  4. 4 Peru 337 works
  5. 5 Brazil 336 works
  6. 6 Spain 265 works
  7. 7 Colombia 207 works
  8. 8 ?? 115 works
  9. 9 United States 93 works
  10. 10 Argentina 86 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Ecuador: 20.6%Indonesia: 18.9%Mexico: 13.1%Peru: 11.1%6 others listed: 36.2%21%largest
Ecuador627 · 20.6%Indonesia574 · 18.9%Mexico398 · 13.1%Peru337 · 11.1%6 others listed1,101 · 36.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Scientific Research and Technology research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Estatal de Milagro publishes the most Scientific Research and Technology research, followed by Universidad César Vallejo and Ação Educativa.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador 111 works
  2. 2 Universidad César VallejoPeru 62 works
  3. 3 Ação EducativaBrazil 56 works
  4. 4 University of GuayaquilEcuador 44 works
  5. 5 Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador 40 works
  6. 6 Universidad Estatal del Sur de ManabiEcuador 37 works
  7. 7 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 33 works
  8. 8 Universidad Técnica de ManabíEcuador 31 works
  9. 9 Universidad Técnica de AmbatoEcuador 29 works
  10. 10 National University of San MarcosPeru 29 works

Who are the leading researchers in Scientific Research and Technology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Scientific Research and Technology include Bagher A. Larijani.

  1. 1 Bagher A. Larijani Iran 96k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Scientific Research and Technology?

The most cited paper in Scientific Research and Technology is "The journal coverage of Web of Science, Scopus and Dimensions: A comparative analysis" (Vivek Kumar Singh, Prashasti Singh, Mousumi Karmakar et al., 2021), with 1,815 citations. Next come "A tale of two databases: the use of Web of Science and Scopus in academic papers" (1,520) and "Declaración PRISMA: una propuesta para mejorar la publicación de revisiones sistemáticas y metaanálisis" (1,378).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The journal coverage of Web of Science, Scopus and Dimensions: A comparative analysis Vivek Kumar Singh, Prashasti Singh, Mousumi Karmakar et al. · Scientometrics Open access 26 Mar 2021 1,815
2 A tale of two databases: the use of Web of Science and Scopus in academic papers Junwen Zhu, Weishu Liu · Scientometrics 22 Feb 2020 1,520
3 Declaración PRISMA: una propuesta para mejorar la publicación de revisiones sistemáticas y metaanálisis Gerard Urrútia, Xavier Bonfill · Medicina Clínica 8 Mar 2010 1,378
4 COVID-19 pandemic I Wayan Suryasa, María Rodríguez Gámez, Tihnov Koldoris · International Journal of Health Sciences Open access 31 Aug 2021 490
5 Application of bibliometrics in medicine: a historical bibliometrics analysis Peter Kokol, Helena Blažun Vošner, Jernej Završnik · Health Information & Libraries Journal 29 Jan 2020 485
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Where is Scientific Research and Technology research done?

The largest centres of Scientific Research and Technology research in 2022-now are Guayaquil (Ecuador), Lima (Peru), Mexico City (Mexico) and São Paulo (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Durán, Jipijapa and Guayaquil.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 GuayaquilEcuador 184 works
  2. 2 LimaPeru 137 works
  3. 3 Mexico CityMexico 114 works
  4. 4 São PauloBrazil 101 works
  5. 5 TrujilloPeru 92 works
  6. 6 BogotáColombia 82 works
  7. 7 QuitoEcuador 71 works
  8. 8 MadridSpain 63 works
  9. 9 AmbatoEcuador 52 works
  10. 10 Buenos AiresArgentina 47 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Durán40.1 works117×
  2. JipijapaEC · 37.1 works109×
  3. GuayaquilEC · 184.3 works90×
  4. MachalaEC · 23.0 works69×
  5. PortoviejoEC · 38.3 works59×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Scientific Research and Technology than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Scientific Research and Technology?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Alicante, Universidad Estatal de Milagro and Universidad César Vallejo score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 14.22%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of AlicanteUniversidad César Va…University of Guayaq…Universidad Estatal …
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of AlicanteSpain 67.831.7%10.6×10 +180.1%
2Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador 66.011.4%294.9×111 +1359.0%
3Universidad César VallejoPeru 63.015.0%67.7×62 +809.8%
4University of GuayaquilEcuador 60.214.4%81.3×44 +500.2%
5Universidad de SalamancaSpain 51.114.3%13.5×16 +114.2%
6Universidad de GranadaSpain 50.616.6%5.3×10 +7.8%
7Central University of EcuadorEcuador 50.412.9%55.0×20 +232.2%
8Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 49.78.1%10.1×33 +103.2%
9National University of San MarcosPeru 48.59.3%34.9×29 +300.4%
10Universidad Técnica de ManabíEcuador 48.48.5%66.1×31 +283.1%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Scientific Research and Technology, country by country

Is Scientific Research and Technology research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 191% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Scientific Research and Technology.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Scientific Research and Technology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0072% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Scientific Research and Technology0.022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Scientific Research and Technology 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.

still counting5%10%15%Scientific Research and Technology9.8% in 20252020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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