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Research in Fortaleza

Science Explorer records 17 research institutions in Fortaleza, Brazil. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Universidade Federal do Ceará and Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará.

Research institutions
17
9 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
64k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
482k
7.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
6.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Fortaleza

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 Fortaleza?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidade Federal do CearáUniversity 36,965 #1,971
2Universidade Estadual do CearáUniversity 11,318 #1,965
3Universidade de FortalezaUniversity 7,898 #3,455
4Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do CearáGovernment institution 4,263 #2,860
5UnichristusUniversity 1,695 #4,646
6Hospital Geral de FortalezaHospital / health system 953 #10,975
7Hospital Infantil Albert SabinHospital / health system 333 #19,532
8Fundação Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Científico e TecnológicoGovernment institution 230 #17,319
9Hospital de MessejanaHospital / health system 228 #23,825 all time
10Hospital Haroldo JuaçabaHospital / health system 198 #21,418
11Fundação Cearense de Meteorologia e Recursos HídricosInstitution 154 #33,274 all time
12Prefeitura Municipal de TauáGovernment institution 133 #31,424 all time
13Instituto de Dermatologia Dona LibaniaHospital / health system 27 not ranked
14Hospital Fernandes TávoraHospital / health system 25 not ranked
15Fundação Edson QueirozInstitution 24 not ranked
16Stiftung MandacaruNonprofit 8 not ranked
17Institute for Research and Innovation in Irrigated AgricultureResearch facility 8 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 Ceará: 57.3%Universidade Estadual do Ceará: 17.6%Universidade de Fortaleza: 12.3%Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará: 6.6%13 others listed: 6.2%57%largest
Universidade Federal do Ceará37k · 57.3%Universidade Estadual do Ceará11k · 17.6%Universidade de Fortaleza7,898 · 12.3%Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará4,263 · 6.6%13 others listed4,016 · 6.2%

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

Which fields of science does Fortaleza work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Fortaleza is in Social Sciences, 26% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Medicine (18%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 7,575 fractional works · 39.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 5,087 fractional works · 26.5% of its workEducation: 1,886 fractional works · 9.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1,361 fractional works · 7.1% of its workLaw: 319 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 317 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 312 fractional works · 1.6% of its workUrban Studies: 289 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 174 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 116 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 60 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 159 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 913 fractional works · 4.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 299 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 236 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 127 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 77 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 118 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 570 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 290 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 106 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 92 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 64 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 478 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 380 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 82 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 340 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 99 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 47 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 187 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 135 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 4,961 fractional works · 25.8% of its workMedicine: 3,430 fractional works · 17.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 541 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSurgery: 334 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 239 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 184 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 178 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 175 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 129 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 124 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 100 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 99 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 96 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 91 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 89 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 89 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 88 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 80 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 76 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 69 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 68 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 60 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 47 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 46 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 44 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 290 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1,120 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 635 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 142 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 126 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 55 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 44 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacy: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 77 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 251 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOral Surgery: 105 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 65 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 129 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 88 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4,527 fractional works · 23.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,465 fractional works · 7.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 567 fractional works · 3.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 262 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 153 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 103 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 75 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 68 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 68 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 67 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 61 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1,069 fractional works · 5.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 204 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 163 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 155 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 126 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 85 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 69 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 47 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 139 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 1,066 fractional works · 5.6% of its workInformation Systems: 434 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 224 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 121 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 87 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 46 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 220 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 111 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 53 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 211 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 64 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 51 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 140 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 66 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 74 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 133 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 130 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 60 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 46 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2,138 fractional works · 11.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,148 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPlant Science: 386 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFood Science: 208 fractional works · 1.1% of its workForestry: 194 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 85 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 69 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 55 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 609 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 308 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 129 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 127 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 176 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 69 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 107 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 160 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 73 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 87 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 46 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKFortaleza19kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences39%

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 Sciences7,57539.5%
    1. Social Sciences5,08726.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities9134.8%
    3. Psychology5703.0%
    4. Decision Sciences4782.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting3401.8%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1871.0%
  2. Health Sciences4,96125.8%
    1. Medicine3,43017.9%
    2. Health Professions1,1205.8%
    3. Dentistry2511.3%
    4. Nursing1290.7%
    5. Veterinary310.2%
    1. Environmental Science1,4657.6%
    2. Engineering1,0695.6%
    3. Computer Science1,0665.6%
    4. Materials Science2201.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy2111.1%
    6. Chemistry1400.7%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1330.7%
    8. Mathematics1300.7%
    9. Energy600.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering330.2%
  4. Life Sciences2,13811.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,1486.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6093.2%
    3. Neuroscience1760.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1600.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics460.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Fortaleza strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Fortaleza is most concentrated in Forestry, Issues, ethics and legal aspects and General Arts and Humanities (10.1× the world share in Forestry).

  1. ForestrySubfield · 182.7 works10×
  2. Issues, ethics and legal aspectsSubfield · 30.8 works8.6×
  3. General Arts and HumanitiesSubfield · 27.2 works7.5×
  4. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 367.9 works7.4×
  5. Urban StudiesSubfield · 264.6 works5.5×
  6. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 530.8 works5.2×
  7. Occupational TherapySubfield · 115.4 works4.0×
  8. General DentistrySubfield · 25.5 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: 1.27× its world share, 1,050 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 541 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.80× its world share, 139 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 156 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 40 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 28 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.46× its world share, 127 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 966 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 117 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 52 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 968 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.56× its world share, 1,345 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 193 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.54× its world share, 111 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 166 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.75× its world share, 232 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.25× its world share, 1,027 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.92× its world share, 3,072 worksMedicineNursing: 1.34× its world share, 114 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.07× its world share, 25 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.63× its world share, 817 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.56× its world share, 314 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.69× its world share, 451 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 170 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.97× its world share, 512 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.10× its world share, 4,621 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry2.75×232 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.69×451 works
  3. Health Professions2.25×1,027 works
  4. Social Sciences2.10×4,621 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.63×817 works
  6. Environmental Science1.56×1,345 works
  7. Nursing1.34×114 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.27×1,050 works
  9. Veterinary1.07×25 works
  10. Psychology0.97×512 works
  11. Medicine0.92×3,072 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.80×139 works
  13. Computer Science0.72×966 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.66×40 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.58×541 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.56×314 works
  17. Neuroscience0.55×156 works
  18. Mathematics0.54×111 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.46×28 works
  20. Chemistry0.46×127 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.46×170 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.43×117 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.43×166 works
  24. Engineering0.37×968 works
  25. Energy0.33×52 works
  26. Materials Science0.32×193 works

Which keywords describe research in Fortaleza?

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

▲ 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 Training1,291▲ 11×22 topics
  2. Epidemiology1,114▲ 1.46×137 topics
  3. Qualitative Research1,107▲ 6.8×28 topics
  4. Sustainability1,041▲ 2.2×96 topics
  5. Public Policy1,000▲ 11×25 topics
  6. Educational Technology960▲ 4.2×35 topics
  7. Public Health910▲ 3.2×64 topics
  8. Quality of Life798▲ 2.9×58 topics
  9. Curriculum Development791▲ 6.1×10 topics
  10. Globalization773▲ 2.0×122 topics
  11. Online Learning745▲ 4.7×19 topics
  12. Social Inequality741▲ 14×16 topics
  13. Education684▲ 2.1×104 topics
  14. Healthcare683▲ 3.1×27 topics
  15. Healthcare Access540▲ 10×12 topics
  16. Inclusive Education499▲ 7.2×14 topics
  17. Pedagogical Practices486▲ 28×3 topics
  18. Distance Learning482▲ 7.2×11 topics
  19. Educational Policies480▲ 23×3 topics
  20. Educational Reform478▲ 20×7 topics
  21. Critical Pedagogy467▲ 29×3 topics
  22. Social Determinants460▲ 12×7 topics
  23. Social Movements414▲ 7.3×24 topics
  24. Science Education401▲ 34×3 topics
  25. Brazil384▲ 22×5 topics
  26. Health Policy371▲ 13×7 topics
  27. Data Analysis364▲ 7.2×9 topics
  28. Research Methods357▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Innovation Management353▲ 12×3 topics
  30. Marketing Strategies353▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Quantitative Research353▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Case Study352▲ 29×1 topic
  33. Organizational Management352▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Environmental Education352▲ 12×9 topics
  35. Agroecology342▲ 13×6 topics
  36. Educational Games340▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Inclusion330▲ 12×6 topics
  38. Social Network Analysis329▲ 15×6 topics
  39. Active Learning329▲ 9.5×7 topics
  40. Training326▲ 8.0×6 topics

What research is done in Fortaleza?

Education Pedagogy and P…431Education Pedagogy and Practices: 431 fractional worksBusiness and Management …344Business and Management Studies: 344 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 312 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 295 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 276 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 272 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues: 250 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-…224Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 224 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 218 fractional worksRural Development and Agriculture: 176 fractional works
EducationInformation Systems and ManagementSociology and Political ScienceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law3 others

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

  1. 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 431 works
  2. 2 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 344 works
  3. 3 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 312 works
  4. 4 Science and Education Research Education 295 works
  5. 5 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 276 works
  6. 6 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 272 works
  7. 7 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 250 works
  8. 8 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 224 works
  9. 9 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 218 works
  10. 10 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 176 works

Research output over time

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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 2025Fortaleza7.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.8% in 2008.

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