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Foundation: 1940
Mission: The University of Costa Rica is a higher education and cultural institution, constitutionally autonomous and democratic, made up of a community of professors, students and administrative staff, dedicated to teaching, research, social action, study, meditation, artistic creation and the dissemination of knowledge.
Vision: The aspirations of the institution are, first of all, to strengthen academic excellence through the development and permanent cultivation of a quality culture, with a close articulation between teaching, social action and research and through the updating of the curricula in undergraduate and graduate studies in all its university sites, the generation of innovative careers, continuous improvement and high-level training of academic and administrative staff, in order to meet, in a relevant manner, the needs of Costa Rican society and to enhance its leadership in the development of national education. Secondly, to enhance the generation of scientific, technological, socio-cultural and innovative knowledge in all units of the University and between disciplines, as well as to join international academic networks, based on mutual recognition, respect and shared benefits, with a view to strengthening academic culture. Thirdly, to promote integration, alliances, social commitment, cooperation, solidarity, the dissemination of university work and innovation in order to forge new spaces, with the aim of transferring and exchanging the knowledge generated between the University and society. Fourthly, to promote the democratization of entry to higher education through programs that favor equity and social inclusion and, at the same time, to promote initiatives to strengthen support services for the student population, in order to facilitate the permanence and successful completion of their studies in the institution. Finally, to promote international solidarity through the development of academic networks and the mobility of teachers, students and administrative staff, as well as to update the mechanisms and platforms of university management, ensuring environmental sustainability, technological leadership and modernity of physical infrastructure, in order to enhance relevance, efficiency and accountability.
History: www.ucr.ac.cr
The following data gives a quick reading on the scientific performance in the last years. The research ranking refers to the volume, impact and quality of the institution's research output. The innovation ranking is calculated on the number of patent applications of the institution and the citations that its research output receives from patents. Finally, the societal ranking is based on the number of pages of the institution's website and the number of backlinks and mentions from social networks.
The result of the evaluation of the institution can be compared to obtain a view of the country, the region to which it belongs and the institutions of the world, placing it in their respective positions.
We have divided the scientific output of the institution into 19 large areas of knowledge and the following table shows only the ranks in different territorial domains achieved by the institution in each of the areas. For an institution to have a presence in an area, it is necessary that it exceed in the last year a minimum output threshold equivalent to twice the percentage that this area represents in the world. If you need scientific indicators on these areas visit Scopus and/or SciVal.
| Area | World | Latin America | IBEROAMERICA | OECD | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences + | 2179th | 75th | 267th | 1441st | 1st |
| Arts and Humanities + | 1239th | 73rd | 151st | 980th | 1st |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3319th | 87th | 364th | 2358th | 1st |
| Chemistry | 2764th | 59th | 284th | 1764th | 2nd |
| Computer Science | 2705th | 70th | 192nd | 1628th | 1st |
| Dentistry | 723rd | 85th | 119th | 475th | 1st |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences + | 1893rd | 58th | 153rd | 1172nd | 1st |
| Energy | 678th | 3rd | 33rd | 381st | 1st |
| Engineering + | 2076th | 40th | 149th | 1308th | 1st |
| Environmental Science | 3057th | 124th | 307th | 1715th | 1st |
| Mathematics | 2599th | 88th | 181st | 1527th | 2nd |
| Medicine + | 3132nd | 110th | 336th | 2180th | 1st |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | 2607th | 109th | 301st | 1685th | 1st |
| Physics and Astronomy | 2413th | 53rd | 179th | 1526th | 1st |
| Psychology | 1730th | 95th | 209th | 1380th | 1st |
| Social Sciences + | 1532nd | 56th | 145th | 1086th | 1st |
| Veterinary | 1004th | 147th | 201st | 576th | 1st |
These are the journals used by the institution's researchers to publish their work in the last year. The size of each circle represents the value of the SJR of the publication, and its spatial position represents its subject matter.
This visualizatión allows you to identify the knowledge areas where the institution has published, recognize the prestige of the scientific journals in which the institution knowledge has been published, and identify predominant scientific communities.
