Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
City · Brazil

Research in Curitiba

Science Explorer records 32 research institutions in Curitiba, Brazil. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Universidade Federal do Paraná and Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná.

Research institutions
32
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
103k
▼ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
772k
7.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

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 Curitiba?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidade Federal do ParanáUniversity 49,472 #2,039
2Universidade Tecnológica Federal do ParanáUniversity 21,633 #2,458
3Pontifícia Universidade Católica do ParanáUniversity 11,148 #1,963
4Instituto Federal do ParanáUniversity 2,717 #3,093
5UniBrasil Centro UniversitárioUniversity 2,649 #6,321
6Universidade PositivoUniversity 2,239 #6,229
7Universidade Tuiuti do ParanáUniversity 1,861 #5,631
8Hospital de Clínicas Universidade Federal do ParanáHospital / health system 1,633 #13,305
9Centro Universitário CuritibaUniversity 1,391 #4,231
10Faculdade Evangélica do ParanáUniversity 984 #7,326
11Hospital São VicenteHospital / health system 724 #10,454
12UninterInstitution 683 #11,123
13Centro Universitário Campos de AndradeUniversity 634 #14,400
14Hospital Universitário Evangélico de CuritibaHospital / health system 616 #15,963
15Faculdade de Administração Ciências Educação e LetrasUniversity 585 #9,344
16Hospital Erasto GaertnerHospital / health system 527 #15,736
17Prefeitura Municipal de CuritibaGovernment institution 518 #10,681
18Hospital Nossa Senhora das GraçasHospital / health system 449 #18,531
19Institutos LactecResearch facility 397 #16,485
20Instituto de Tecnologia do ParanáGovernment institution 362 #13,866
21Hospital Universitário CajuruHospital / health system 287 #21,916
22Instituto de Neurologia de CuritibaHospital / health system 273 #21,513
23Fundação AraucáriaNonprofit 261 #17,848
24Hospital IPOHospital / health system 195 #30,396 all time
25Centro Universitário Franciscano do ParanáUniversity 159 #28,496 all time
26Instituto de Oncologia do ParanáResearch facility 143 #32,827 all time
27Instituto de Biologia Molecular do ParanáResearch facility 91 not ranked
28Boticário Group FoundationNonprofit 82 not ranked
29Terra de DireitosInstitution 4 not ranked
30Instituto Laura FressattoInstitution 3 not ranked
31Instituto ScribnerNonprofit 0 not ranked
32TecnoBio (Brazil)Company 0 not ranked

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.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Universidade Federal do Paraná: 48.2%Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná: 21.1%Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná: 10.9%Instituto Federal do Paraná: 2.6%26 others listed: 17.3%48%largest
Universidade Federal do Paraná49k · 48.2%Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná22k · 21.1%Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná11k · 10.9%Instituto Federal do Paraná2,717 · 2.6%26 others listed18k · 17.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Curitiba work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research in Curitiba is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Medicine (15%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 9,969 fractional works · 37.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 6,258 fractional works · 23.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1,863 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEducation: 1,860 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 523 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLaw: 509 fractional works · 1.9% of its workUrban Studies: 330 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 281 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 199 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 178 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 111 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 86 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 68 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 250 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1,312 fractional works · 5.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 393 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 350 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 138 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 111 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 89 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 231 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 761 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 334 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 170 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 131 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 106 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 707 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 225 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 137 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 100 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 87 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 73 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 59 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 631 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 488 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 110 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 300 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 228 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 73 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7,346 fractional works · 27.9% of its workEngineering: 2,423 fractional works · 9.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 433 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 359 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 250 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 248 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 242 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 193 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 183 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 105 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 82 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 72 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 71 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 70 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 61 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2,106 fractional works · 8.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 770 fractional works · 2.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 239 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 226 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 169 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 138 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 132 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 129 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 124 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 102 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 54 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1,382 fractional works · 5.2% of its workInformation Systems: 441 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 325 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 168 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 136 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 88 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 70 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 57 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 53 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 405 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 174 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 115 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 62 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 54 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 244 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 82 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 81 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 80 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 241 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 69 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 67 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 63 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 237 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematics: 142 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 118 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 107 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 49 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 5,549 fractional works · 21.1% of its workMedicine: 4,027 fractional works · 15.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 523 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSurgery: 462 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 306 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 239 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 207 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 157 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 150 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 145 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 138 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 137 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 126 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 115 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 112 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 102 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 101 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 96 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 78 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 73 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 69 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 63 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 59 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 57 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 512 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1,052 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 523 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 118 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 110 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 85 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 62 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 154 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 217 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOral Surgery: 79 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 68 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 70 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 146 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 123 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 107 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 91 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3,482 fractional works · 13.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2,037 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPlant Science: 650 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFood Science: 279 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 274 fractional works · 1.0% of its workForestry: 254 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 139 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 118 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 115 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 79 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 73 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 53 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 909 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 406 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 248 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 63 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 191 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 282 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 129 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 56 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 97 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 203 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 89 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 59 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 51 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCuritiba26kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences38%

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 Sciences9,96937.8%
    1. Social Sciences6,25823.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities1,3125.0%
    3. Psychology7612.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting7072.7%
    5. Decision Sciences6312.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3001.1%
    1. Engineering2,4239.2%
    2. Environmental Science2,1068.0%
    3. Computer Science1,3825.2%
    4. Materials Science4051.5%
    5. Chemistry2440.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy2410.9%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences2370.9%
    8. Mathematics1420.5%
    9. Energy1180.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering490.2%
  2. Health Sciences5,54921.1%
    1. Medicine4,02715.3%
    2. Health Professions1,0524.0%
    3. Dentistry2170.8%
    4. Nursing1460.6%
    5. Veterinary1070.4%
  3. Life Sciences3,48213.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2,0377.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9093.4%
    3. Neuroscience2821.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology2030.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics510.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Curitiba strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Curitiba is most concentrated in Forestry, General Arts and Humanities and Information Systems and Management (9.8× the world share in Forestry).

  1. ForestrySubfield · 245.3 works9.8×
  2. General Arts and HumanitiesSubfield · 38.7 works7.8×
  3. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 475.7 works7.0×
  4. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 723.1 works5.2×
  5. Urban StudiesSubfield · 314.0 works4.8×
  6. LawSubfield · 477.9 works3.4×
← 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: 1.63× its world share, 1,858 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 814 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 176 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 251 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 43 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.51× its world share, 43 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.60× its world share, 224 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 1,240 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 202 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 106 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.61× its world share, 2,187 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.61× its world share, 1,912 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 361 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 125 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 203 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.68× its world share, 195 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.52× its world share, 957 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.79× its world share, 3,634 worksMedicineNursing: 1.12× its world share, 132 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.84× its world share, 92 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.76× its world share, 1,216 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.86× its world share, 661 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.57× its world share, 596 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 281 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.94× its world share, 685 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.90× its world share, 5,761 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary2.84×92 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.57×596 works
  3. Social Sciences1.90×5,761 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.76×1,216 works
  5. Dentistry1.68×195 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.63×1,858 works
  7. Environmental Science1.61×1,912 works
  8. Health Professions1.52×957 works
  9. Nursing1.12×132 works
  10. Psychology0.94×685 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.86×661 works
  12. Medicine0.79×3,634 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.73×176 works
  14. Computer Science0.67×1,240 works
  15. Neuroscience0.65×251 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.64×814 works
  17. Engineering0.61×2,187 works
  18. Chemistry0.60×224 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.55×281 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.54×202 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.51×43 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.51×43 works
  23. Energy0.48×106 works
  24. Mathematics0.44×125 works
  25. Materials Science0.43×361 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.38×203 works

Which keywords describe research in Curitiba?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Public Policy, Qualitative Research, Sustainability, Social Inequality, Online Learning, Educational Technology and Brazil.

▲ 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. Sustainability1,527▲ 2.4×110 topics
  2. Teacher Training1,352▲ 8.4×25 topics
  3. Public Policy1,315▲ 11×29 topics
  4. Qualitative Research1,276▲ 5.7×35 topics
  5. Epidemiology1,215▲ 1.16×137 topics
  6. Globalization995▲ 1.92×136 topics
  7. Education986▲ 2.2×126 topics
  8. Educational Technology948▲ 3.0×40 topics
  9. Online Learning855▲ 3.9×20 topics
  10. Public Health830▲ 2.2×68 topics
  11. Quality of Life794▲ 2.1×59 topics
  12. Curriculum Development754▲ 4.2×15 topics
  13. Social Inequality735▲ 10×18 topics
  14. Biodiversity734▲ 3.6×32 topics
  15. Brazil577▲ 24×5 topics
  16. Waste Management543▲ 5.1×10 topics
  17. Environmental Education512▲ 13×11 topics
  18. Inclusive Education511▲ 5.4×16 topics
  19. Distance Learning498▲ 5.4×13 topics
  20. Educational Policies485▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Healthcare Access482▲ 6.7×12 topics
  22. Pedagogical Practices481▲ 20×3 topics
  23. Social Movements480▲ 6.2×26 topics
  24. Educational Reform480▲ 15×7 topics
  25. Critical Pedagogy469▲ 21×4 topics
  26. Data Analysis466▲ 6.8×11 topics
  27. Innovation Management456▲ 11×7 topics
  28. Water Resources455▲ 7.1×9 topics
  29. Research Methods449▲ 11×5 topics
  30. Marketing Strategies448▲ 18×3 topics
  31. Social Determinants448▲ 8.3×8 topics
  32. Quantitative Research446▲ 13×4 topics
  33. Case Study445▲ 27×1 topic
  34. Organizational Management445▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Legal Theory443▲ 25×4 topics
  36. Eco-friendly Practices433▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Social Participation431▲ 28×2 topics
  38. Legal Philosophy425▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Environmental Law417▲ 7.7×8 topics
  40. Constitutional Law411▲ 12×9 topics

What research is done in Curitiba?

  1. 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 446 works
  2. 2 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 437 works
  3. 3 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 411 works
  4. 4 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 385 works
  5. 5 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 382 works
  6. 6 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 288 works
  7. 7 Science and Education Research Education 255 works
  8. 8 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 214 works
  9. 9 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 201 works
  10. 10 Education and Public Policy Political Science and International Relations 190 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 2025Curitiba8.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.2% in 2016.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Curitiba. Posts are plain text and can be reported.