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Research in Caruaru

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Caruaru, Brazil. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are UNIFAVIP and Associação Caruaruense de Ensino Superior e Técnico.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
854
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
2.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
1.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1970-2026
57 years on the record
Caruaru

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 Caruaru?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Associação Caruaruense de Ensino Superior e TécnicoInstitution 462 #12,926
2UNIFAVIPUniversity 392 #8,267

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 Caruaru work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research in Caruaru is in Health Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Social Sciences (20%), Health Professions (14%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 183 fractional works · 52.8% of its workMedicine: 99 fractional works · 28.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 26 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 50 fractional works · 14.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 23 fractional works · 6.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 13 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 31 fractional works · 9.0% of its workOral Surgery: 13 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOrthodontics: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPeriodontics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 88 fractional works · 25.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 68 fractional works · 19.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 25 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEducation: 21 fractional works · 6.2% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 46 fractional works · 13.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 27 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPlant Science: 15 fractional works · 4.3% of its workForestry: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 8.6% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInformation Systems: 13 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKCaruaru346fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences53%Social Sciences25%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine9928.6%
    2. Health Professions5014.3%
    3. Dentistry319.0%
    4. Nursing20.7%
    5. Veterinary10.2%
    1. Social Sciences6819.6%
    2. Psychology103.0%
    3. Decision Sciences61.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities20.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences277.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology92.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology51.4%
    4. Neuroscience41.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Computer Science144.1%
    2. Environmental Science92.7%
    3. Engineering51.4%
    4. Chemistry10.3%
    5. Materials Science00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Caruaru strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Caruaru is most concentrated in Dentistry (19.3× the world share in Dentistry).

  1. DentistryField · 31.0 works19×
← 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 25 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: 1.70× its world share, 27 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.28× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 19.34× its world share, 31 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.30× its world share, 46 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.51× its world share, 96 worksMedicineNursing: 1.40× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.55× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.91× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.51× its world share, 63 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 19.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry19.34×31 works
  2. Health Professions5.30×46 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.91×6 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.70×27 works
  5. Veterinary1.55×1 works
  6. Medicine1.51×96 works
  7. Social Sciences1.51×63 works
  8. Nursing1.40×2 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.28×4 works
  10. Psychology1.03×10 works
  11. Neuroscience0.77×4 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.53×9 works
  13. Computer Science0.51×13 works
  14. Environmental Science0.50×8 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.29×0 works
  16. Chemistry0.23×1 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.16×2 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×1 works
  19. Engineering0.10×5 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Caruaru?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Public Health, Healthcare Access, Epidemiology, Social Determinants, Health Policy, Healthcare and Economic Impact.

▲ 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. Quality of Life49▲ 9.7×25 topics
  2. Epidemiology48▲ 3.5×43 topics
  3. Public Health41▲ 8.1×11 topics
  4. Healthcare Access34▲ 37×5 topics
  5. Social Determinants30▲ 42×5 topics
  6. Health Policy24▲ 45×3 topics
  7. Healthcare21▲ 5.3×7 topics
  8. Educational Technology19▲ 4.7×6 topics
  9. Economic Impact17▲ 9.0×2 topics
  10. Judicialization16▲ 178×1 topic
  11. Medication16▲ 178×1 topic
  12. Risk Factors16▲ 4.2×13 topics
  13. Infection Control15▲ 53×3 topics
  14. Drug Resistance15▲ 15×4 topics
  15. Treatment14▲ 3.3×18 topics
  16. Patient Safety13▲ 24×2 topics
  17. Healthcare Regulation13▲ 37×1 topic
  18. Medical Devices13▲ 149×1 topic
  19. Primary Care13▲ 10×2 topics
  20. Knowledge Management12▲ 6.5×3 topics
  21. Chronic Diseases12▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Internet of Things12▲ 4.2×3 topics
  23. Information Technology12▲ 7.2×1 topic
  24. Prevention12▲ 8.1×9 topics
  25. Smart Library12▲ 85×1 topic
  26. Social Determinants of Health11▲ 15×3 topics
  27. Antioxidant Activity11▲ 5.2×8 topics
  28. Medicinal Plants11▲ 8.1×6 topics
  29. Nursing11▲ 17×3 topics
  30. Prevalence10▲ 7.4×8 topics
  31. Aging Population10▲ 34×2 topics
  32. Brazilian Health System10▲ 71×1 topic
  33. Community-Based Care10▲ 71×1 topic
  34. Ethnobotany10▲ 44×2 topics
  35. Pharmacological Studies9▲ 101×1 topic
  36. Traditional Knowledge9▲ 62×1 topic
  37. Psychological Impact9▲ 8.1×5 topics
  38. Breast Cancer9▲ 9.9×5 topics
  39. Maternal Health8▲ 9.0×2 topics
  40. Cervical Cancer8▲ 21×2 topics

What research is done in Caruaru?

Public Health in Brazil: 16 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation: 12 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-…11Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 11 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly…9Health, Nursing, Elderly Care: 9 fractional worksPhytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications: 9 fractional worksWomen's cancer prevention and management: 7 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…7Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 7 fractional worksPalliative and Oncologic Care: 6 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 6 fractional worksBusiness and Management …6Business and Management Studies: 6 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceHealth Information ManagementInformation SystemsGeneral Health Professions5 others

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

  1. 1 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 16 works
  2. 2 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 12 works
  3. 3 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 11 works
  4. 4 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 9 works
  5. 5 Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications Plant Science 9 works
  6. 6 Women's cancer prevention and management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  7. 7 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 7 works
  8. 8 Palliative and Oncologic Care Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  9. 9 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 6 works
  10. 10 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 6 works

Research output over time

still counting20052010201520202025
grewheldshrank

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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Caruaru4.1% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.8% in 2018.

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