Ecuador

Time frame: 1 February 2023 - 31 January 2024

Profile

Position by research output Share

Global South America
Overall 62 6

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global South America
Biological sciences 66 7
Chemistry 96 8
Earth & environmental sciences 53 6
Health sciences 73 6
Physical sciences 58 5

Research

Overall research output

Count Share
Overall 116 12.28

Overall Count and Share for '' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.

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Research outputs by subject area

Subject Count Share
Biological sciences 27 2.84
Chemistry 19 1.54
Earth & environmental sciences 27 3.25
Health sciences 31 3.78
Physical sciences 87 6.85

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Share output for the past 5 years

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Collaboration

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Collaborations between countries/territories

Collaboration by percentage of Share

Country/territory Share
USA 34.7%
Germany 11.8%
Switzerland 10.1%
Italy 9.8%
France 8.4%
UK 8.3%
Spain 6.3%
Belgium 4.8%
India 3.0%
Brazil 2.9%

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Top 10 collaborators with Ecuador by Share

Top 10 institutions from Ecuador by Share

Institution Count Share
1.   Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) 74 4.60
2.   National Polytechnic School (EPN) 67 1.32
3.   Universidad de las Américas (UDLA) 9 1.28
4.   Higher Polytechnic School of Chimborazo (ESPOCH) 2 1.17
5.   non-affiliated author contributions 3 1.09
6.   Central University of Ecuador (UCE) 3 0.34
7.   Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) 2 0.25
8.   Centro de Epidemiología Comunitaria y Medicina Tropical (CECOMET) 1 0.25
8.   Instituto de Investigación Geológico y Energético (IIGE) 1 0.25
9.   Fundacion Cimas del Ecuador 1 0.23
10.   Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE) 6 0.21

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