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Research in Chapecó

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Chapecó, Brazil. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul and Community University of Chapecó Region - Unochapecó.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
8.5k
▼ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
31k
3.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
5.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1969-2026
58 years on the record
Chapecó

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 Chapecó?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidade Federal da Fronteira SulUniversity 5,399 #3,161
2Community University of Chapecó Region - UnochapecóUniversity 3,087 #3,430

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 Chapecó work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in Chapecó is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Environmental Science (12%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,222 fractional works · 46.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 848 fractional works · 32.5% of its workEducation: 361 fractional works · 13.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 206 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 62 fractional works · 2.4% of its workUrban Studies: 54 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 38 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 36 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 28 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 147 fractional works · 5.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 57 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhilosophy: 36 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 76 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 69 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 67 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 30 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 65 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 531 fractional works · 20.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 306 fractional works · 11.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 174 fractional works · 6.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 33 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 81 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 48 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 79 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 444 fractional works · 17.0% of its workMedicine: 249 fractional works · 9.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 58 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSurgery: 24 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 159 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 112 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 415 fractional works · 15.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 301 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPlant Science: 121 fractional works · 4.6% of its workFood Science: 46 fractional works · 1.8% of its workForestry: 38 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSoil Science: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 71 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiotechnology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKChapecó2,612fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences47%

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 Sciences1,22246.8%
    1. Social Sciences84832.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities1475.6%
    3. Decision Sciences762.9%
    4. Psychology672.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting652.5%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance190.7%
    1. Environmental Science30611.7%
    2. Computer Science813.1%
    3. Engineering793.0%
    4. Materials Science170.7%
    5. Chemistry160.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences120.5%
    7. Energy60.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy60.2%
    9. Mathematics40.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Medicine2499.5%
    2. Health Professions1596.1%
    3. Nursing180.7%
    4. Veterinary110.4%
    5. Dentistry60.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30111.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology712.7%
    3. Neuroscience271.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology110.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Chapecó strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Chapecó is most concentrated in Forestry, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Information Systems and Management (15.2× the world share in Forestry).

  1. ForestrySubfield · 37.6 works15×
  2. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 164.9 works12×
  3. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 68.0 works10×
  4. Urban StudiesSubfield · 50.7 works7.7×
← 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: 2.46× its world share, 277 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 60 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 23 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.65× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.38× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 74 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 72 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.39× its world share, 282 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.48× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.39× its world share, 150 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 224 worksMedicineNursing: 1.28× its world share, 15 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.21× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.00× its world share, 137 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.76× its world share, 58 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.22× its world share, 74 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.81× its world share, 59 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.56× its world share, 770 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences3.22×74 works
  2. Social Sciences2.56×770 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.46×277 works
  4. Environmental Science2.39×282 works
  5. Health Professions2.39×150 works
  6. Veterinary2.21×7 works
  7. Arts and Humanities2.00×137 works
  8. Nursing1.28×15 works
  9. Psychology0.81×59 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.76×58 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.65×6 works
  12. Neuroscience0.59×23 works
  13. Medicine0.49×224 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.48×60 works
  15. Dentistry0.48×6 works
  16. Computer Science0.40×74 works
  17. Chemistry0.38×14 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.33×8 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.31×16 works
  20. Energy0.29×6 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.27×10 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.26×2 works
  23. Engineering0.20×72 works
  24. Materials Science0.18×15 works
  25. Mathematics0.14×4 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.09×5 works

Which keywords describe research in Chapecó?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Public Policy, Qualitative Research, Sustainability, Curriculum Development, Social Inequality, Inclusive Education and Agroecology.

▲ 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. Teacher Training287▲ 18×12 topics
  2. Sustainability280▲ 4.4×59 topics
  3. Public Policy243▲ 20×17 topics
  4. Qualitative Research221▲ 9.9×16 topics
  5. Curriculum Development192▲ 11×4 topics
  6. Globalization154▲ 3.0×62 topics
  7. Social Inequality151▲ 22×13 topics
  8. Sustainable Development136▲ 3.3×33 topics
  9. Education135▲ 3.0×59 topics
  10. Public Health130▲ 3.4×46 topics
  11. Educational Technology126▲ 4.1×19 topics
  12. Inclusive Education125▲ 13×7 topics
  13. Agroecology122▲ 33×5 topics
  14. Biodiversity119▲ 6.0×21 topics
  15. Pedagogical Practices119▲ 51×2 topics
  16. Educational Reform118▲ 37×5 topics
  17. Educational Policies118▲ 42×2 topics
  18. Distance Learning117▲ 13×4 topics
  19. Critical Pedagogy116▲ 53×3 topics
  20. Waste Management112▲ 11×9 topics
  21. Environmental Education109▲ 27×6 topics
  22. Renewable Energy108▲ 2.8×19 topics
  23. Science Education100▲ 63×3 topics
  24. Social Movements97▲ 13×20 topics
  25. Water Resources94▲ 15×4 topics
  26. Eco-friendly Practices92▲ 62×2 topics
  27. Social Participation92▲ 60×2 topics
  28. Online Learning91▲ 4.2×7 topics
  29. Healthcare Access90▲ 13×8 topics
  30. Food Security80▲ 5.6×12 topics
  31. Brazil79▲ 33×5 topics
  32. Health Education79▲ 7.0×7 topics
  33. Active Learning78▲ 17×4 topics
  34. Didactic Models76▲ 73×1 topic
  35. Teaching Methodologies76▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Agriculture74▲ 7.5×7 topics
  37. Rural Sociology70▲ 76×2 topics
  38. Social Development70▲ 33×2 topics
  39. Family Farming70▲ 82×1 topic
  40. Rural Policy70▲ 82×1 topic

What research is done in Chapecó?

Education Pedagogy and Practices: 108 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 88 fractional worksScience and Education Re…71Science and Education Research: 71 fractional worksRural Development and Ag…66Rural Development and Agriculture: 66 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 64 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 46 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly…42Health, Nursing, Elderly Care: 42 fractional worksUrban Development and Societal Issues: 35 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Sciences: 34 fractional worksLinguistics and Education Research: 34 fractional works
EducationManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawInformation Systems and ManagementSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 108 works
  2. 2 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 88 works
  3. 3 Science and Education Research Education 71 works
  4. 4 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 66 works
  5. 5 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 64 works
  6. 6 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 46 works
  7. 7 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 42 works
  8. 8 Urban Development and Societal Issues Urban Studies 35 works
  9. 9 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 34 works
  10. 10 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 34 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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 2025Chapecó6.3% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.6% in 2015.

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