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Research in Franca

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Franca, Brazil. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidade de Franca and Centro Universitário de Franca.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.1k
▼ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
5.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1953-2026
74 years on the record
Franca

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 Franca?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidade de FrancaUniversity 2,389 #6,956
2Centro Universitário de FrancaUniversity 706 #14,465

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 Franca work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research in Franca is in Health Sciences, 35% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Social Sciences (24%), Health Professions (8%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 200 fractional works · 35.9% of its workMedicine: 140 fractional works · 25.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 19 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSurgery: 16 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 47 fractional works · 8.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 25 fractional works · 4.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmall Animals: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEquine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 195 fractional works · 35.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 133 fractional works · 23.8% of its workEducation: 36 fractional works · 6.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 30 fractional works · 5.5% of its workLaw: 22 fractional works · 4.0% of its workDemography: 13 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 25 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 90 fractional works · 16.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 45 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPlant Science: 13 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInsect Science: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFood Science: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workForestry: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 71 fractional works · 12.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 3.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 13 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKFranca557fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences36%Social Sciences35%

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. Medicine14025.1%
    2. Health Professions478.4%
    3. Veterinary71.3%
    4. Dentistry50.9%
    5. Nursing10.2%
    1. Social Sciences13323.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities254.5%
    3. Psychology183.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting91.6%
    5. Decision Sciences71.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences458.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology285.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology91.7%
    4. Neuroscience40.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.7%
    1. Environmental Science203.6%
    2. Computer Science152.7%
    3. Materials Science112.0%
    4. Chemistry101.8%
    5. Engineering101.8%
    6. Energy20.4%
    7. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    9. Mathematics00.0%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Franca strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Franca is most concentrated in Law (6.9× the world share in Law).

  1. LawSubfield · 20.4 works6.9×
← 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: 1.60× its world share, 39 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.95× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.60× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.93× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.08× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.57× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.94× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.25× its world share, 44 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.32× its world share, 129 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 8.91× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.59× its world share, 23 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.13× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 122 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary8.91×6 works
  2. Health Professions3.25×44 works
  3. Dentistry1.94×5 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.93×4 works
  5. Social Sciences1.89×122 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.60×39 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.60×8 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.59×23 works
  9. Medicine1.32×129 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.29×6 works
  11. Psychology1.13×18 works
  12. Chemistry1.08×9 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.95×26 works
  14. Environmental Science0.73×18 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.69×1 works
  16. Materials Science0.57×10 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.53×9 works
  18. Neuroscience0.47×4 works
  19. Energy0.46×2 works
  20. Nursing0.38×1 works
  21. Computer Science0.35×14 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.29×3 works
  23. Engineering0.10×8 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.09×1 works
  25. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Franca?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Quality of Life, Public Policy, Healthcare, Epidemiology, Social Justice, Legal Theory and Legal Philosophy.

▲ 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 Health44▲ 5.4×34 topics
  2. Epidemiology41▲ 1.87×86 topics
  3. Quality of Life36▲ 4.5×39 topics
  4. Healthcare27▲ 4.2×11 topics
  5. Human Rights24▲ 4.2×15 topics
  6. Public Policy23▲ 8.7×13 topics
  7. Educational Technology22▲ 3.4×10 topics
  8. Treatment22▲ 3.3×33 topics
  9. Social Justice21▲ 6.5×11 topics
  10. Risk Factors20▲ 3.3×23 topics
  11. Mental Health20▲ 2.5×25 topics
  12. Legal Theory19▲ 50×3 topics
  13. Legal Philosophy19▲ 54×2 topics
  14. Constitutional Law18▲ 25×3 topics
  15. Environmental Law18▲ 16×3 topics
  16. Qualitative Research18▲ 3.9×9 topics
  17. Civil Rights18▲ 48×1 topic
  18. Judicial Activism18▲ 72×1 topic
  19. Public Administration18▲ 39×2 topics
  20. Healthcare Access18▲ 12×5 topics
  21. Health Policy18▲ 21×3 topics
  22. Prevalence17▲ 7.5×14 topics
  23. Online Learning16▲ 3.5×4 topics
  24. Health16▲ 7.2×9 topics
  25. Antioxidant15▲ 3.9×26 topics
  26. Primary Care15▲ 7.2×10 topics
  27. Adolescents14▲ 6.7×8 topics
  28. Chronic Diseases14▲ 9.6×6 topics
  29. Inclusion13▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Social Determinants13▲ 11×6 topics
  31. Aging Population13▲ 26×3 topics
  32. Digital Innovation12▲ 39×2 topics
  33. Brazil12▲ 23×5 topics
  34. Drug Resistance12▲ 7.4×6 topics
  35. Research Networks12▲ 53×1 topic
  36. Smart Library12▲ 53×1 topic
  37. Training12▲ 9.9×4 topics
  38. Antimicrobial Activity11▲ 13×6 topics
  39. Social Determinants of Health11▲ 9.3×4 topics
  40. Research11▲ 16×2 topics

What research is done in Franca?

Brazilian Legal Issues17Brazilian Legal Issues: 17 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 11 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence10Youth, Drugs, and Violence: 10 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly…10Health, Nursing, Elderly Care: 10 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 10 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation: 6 fractional worksBusiness and Management …6Business and Management Studies: 6 fractional worksBee Products Chemical Analysis: 6 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 5 fractional worksOccupational Health and Burnout: 5 fractional works
LawInformation SystemsDemographyGeneral Health Professions6 others

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

  1. 1 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 17 works
  2. 2 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 11 works
  3. 3 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 10 works
  4. 4 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 10 works
  5. 5 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 10 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 6 works
  7. 7 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 6 works
  8. 8 Bee Products Chemical Analysis Insect Science 6 works
  9. 9 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 5 works
  10. 10 Occupational Health and Burnout Occupational Therapy 5 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 counting10%20%Franca13.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.4% in 2006.

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