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Research in Boa Vista

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Boa Vista, Brazil. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidade Federal de Roraima, Universidade Estadual de Roraima and Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Roraima.

Research institutions
3
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.3k
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
3.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
5.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1969-2026
58 years on the record
Boa Vista

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Boa Vista?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidade Federal de RoraimaUniversity 2,849 #3,856
2Universidade Estadual de RoraimaUniversity 883 #7,065
3Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de RoraimaResearch facility 521 #17,107

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does Boa Vista work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research in Boa Vista is in Social Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 720 fractional works · 49.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 522 fractional works · 35.9% of its workEducation: 179 fractional works · 12.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 126 fractional works · 8.7% of its workHealth: 39 fractional works · 2.7% of its workUrban Studies: 36 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLaw: 29 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 28 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 26 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 109 fractional works · 7.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 34 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 22 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 20 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 35 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 29 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 24 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 265 fractional works · 18.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 156 fractional works · 10.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 79 fractional works · 5.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 26 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 42 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems: 28 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPaleontology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 251 fractional works · 17.3% of its workMedicine: 130 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 30 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 106 fractional works · 7.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 78 fractional works · 5.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 218 fractional works · 15.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 169 fractional works · 11.6% of its workPlant Science: 60 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 25 fractional works · 1.7% of its workForestry: 24 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSoil Science: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 36 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBoa Vista1,454fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences50%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences52235.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities1097.5%
    3. Psychology352.4%
    4. Decision Sciences292.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting151.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance110.8%
    1. Environmental Science15610.7%
    2. Computer Science422.9%
    3. Engineering221.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences151.0%
    5. Materials Science100.7%
    6. Mathematics80.5%
    7. Chemistry50.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy30.2%
    9. Energy30.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine1309.0%
    2. Health Professions1067.3%
    3. Nursing60.4%
    4. Dentistry40.3%
    5. Veterinary40.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences16911.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology362.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology80.6%
    4. Neuroscience40.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Boa Vista strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Boa Vista is most concentrated in Forestry, Urban Studies and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (17.3× the world share in Forestry).

  1. ForestrySubfield · 23.1 works17×
  2. Urban StudiesSubfield · 34.9 works9.8×
  3. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 71.9 works9.6×
  4. HealthSubfield · 35.3 works9.2×
  5. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 22.6 works6.2×
  6. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 32.8 works4.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.36× its world share, 145 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.59× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 39 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.15× its world share, 138 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.80× its world share, 95 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 112 worksMedicineNursing: 0.84× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.73× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.67× its world share, 99 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.05× its world share, 26 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.82× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.92× its world share, 475 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences2.92×475 works
  2. Health Professions2.80×95 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.67×99 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.36×145 works
  5. Environmental Science2.15×138 works
  6. Decision Sciences2.05×26 works
  7. Veterinary1.73×3 works
  8. Nursing0.84×5 works
  9. Psychology0.82×32 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.59×8 works
  11. Mathematics0.49×7 works
  12. Dentistry0.49×3 works
  13. Medicine0.45×112 works
  14. Computer Science0.39×39 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.39×11 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.38×26 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.38×8 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.33×14 works
  19. Energy0.25×3 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.24×1 works
  21. Chemistry0.20×4 works
  22. Materials Science0.17×8 works
  23. Neuroscience0.14×3 works
  24. Engineering0.10×20 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.10×3 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.07×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Boa Vista?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Policy, Teacher Training, Globalization, Sustainability, Biodiversity, Curriculum Development, Social Inequality and Educational Technology.

▲ 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-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city'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. Public Policy148▲ 22×14 topics
  2. Teacher Training137▲ 15×15 topics
  3. Globalization126▲ 4.4×55 topics
  4. Sustainability124▲ 3.5×45 topics
  5. Sustainable Development90▲ 4.0×28 topics
  6. Public Health89▲ 4.2×37 topics
  7. Educational Technology85▲ 5.0×21 topics
  8. Biodiversity82▲ 7.4×23 topics
  9. Curriculum Development77▲ 7.8×5 topics
  10. Qualitative Research76▲ 6.2×12 topics
  11. Online Learning75▲ 6.2×8 topics
  12. Social Inequality73▲ 19×9 topics
  13. Education68▲ 2.7×51 topics
  14. Healthcare Access65▲ 16×8 topics
  15. Mental Health61▲ 3.0×26 topics
  16. Waste Management60▲ 10×8 topics
  17. Environmental Education59▲ 27×6 topics
  18. Renewable Energy59▲ 2.8×15 topics
  19. Social Movements56▲ 13×12 topics
  20. Eco-friendly Practices56▲ 67×2 topics
  21. Water Resources55▲ 16×2 topics
  22. Health55▲ 9.5×14 topics
  23. Social Participation55▲ 64×1 topic
  24. Inclusive Education48▲ 9.1×7 topics
  25. Cultural Identity45▲ 6.2×12 topics
  26. Educational Policies44▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Distance Learning43▲ 8.6×5 topics
  28. Pedagogical Practices43▲ 33×3 topics
  29. Science Education42▲ 48×3 topics
  30. Educational Reform42▲ 24×3 topics
  31. Critical Pedagogy42▲ 35×1 topic
  32. Agroecology40▲ 20×5 topics
  33. Amazonia39▲ 131×2 topics
  34. Social Network Analysis37▲ 22×1 topic
  35. WebQuests37▲ 50×1 topic
  36. Active Learning36▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Health Policy35▲ 16×4 topics
  38. Educational Games35▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Teaching Methodologies34▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Brazil34▲ 25×5 topics

What research is done in Boa Vista?

Environmental Sustainability and Education: 51 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and Practices: 41 fractional worksEducation and Digital Te…35Education and Digital Technologies: 35 fractional worksScience and Education Re…29Science and Education Research: 29 fractional worksIndigenous Health and Education: 29 fractional worksMigration, Racism, and Human Rights: 28 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…26Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 26 fractional worksUrban Development and Societal Issues: 23 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Sciences: 22 fractional worksBusiness and Management …21Business and Management Studies: 21 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawEducationSociology and Political ScienceGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 51 works
  2. 2 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 41 works
  3. 3 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 35 works
  4. 4 Science and Education Research Education 29 works
  5. 5 Indigenous Health and Education General Health Professions 29 works
  6. 6 Migration, Racism, and Human Rights Health 28 works
  7. 7 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 26 works
  8. 8 Urban Development and Societal Issues Urban Studies 23 works
  9. 9 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 22 works
  10. 10 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 21 works

Research output over time

still counting200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Boa Vista6.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.8% in 2007.

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