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Research in Goiânia

Science Explorer records 13 research institutions in Goiânia, Brazil. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidade Federal de Goiás, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás and Instituto Federal de Goiás.

Research institutions
13
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
37k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
265k
7.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Goiânia

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 Goiânia?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidade Federal de GoiásUniversity 27,409 #2,208
2Pontifícia Universidade Católica de GoiásUniversity 4,534 #2,894
3Instituto Federal de GoiásUniversity 2,202 #3,837
4Fundação de Apoio a Pesquisa do Estado de GoiásGovernment institution 1,363 #9,063
5Hospital Araújo JorgeHospital / health system 268 #26,922 all time
6Instituto de Olhos de GoiâniaHospital / health system 263 #26,297 all time
7Instituto de Gastroenterologia de GoiâniaInstitution 244 #21,319 all time
8Centro Universitário de GoiásUniversity 204 #14,209
9Comissão Pastoral da TerraInstitution 159 #27,547 all time
10Fundação de Desenvolvimento de TecnópolisNonprofit 58 not ranked
11Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores NegrosNonprofit 13 not ranked
12Altech (Brazil)Company 10 not ranked
13Associação Nacional de Política e Administração da EducaçãoInstitution 4 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 de Goiás: 74.6%Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás: 12.3%Instituto Federal de Goiás: 6.0%Fundação de Apoio a Pesquisa do Estado de Goiás: 3.7%9 others listed: 3.3%75%largest
Universidade Federal de Goiás27k · 74.6%Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás4,534 · 12.3%Instituto Federal de Goiás2,202 · 6.0%Fundação de Apoio a Pesquisa do Estado de Goiás1,363 · 3.7%9 others listed1,223 · 3.3%

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

Which fields of science does Goiânia work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Goiânia is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Medicine (16%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 3,933 fractional works · 39.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,474 fractional works · 24.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 764 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEducation: 723 fractional works · 7.2% of its workUrban Studies: 203 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 172 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLaw: 127 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 103 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 81 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 73 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 69 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 718 fractional works · 7.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 211 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 200 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 71 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 70 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 87 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 288 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 129 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 211 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 170 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 146 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 95 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 66 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,465 fractional works · 24.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 855 fractional works · 8.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 286 fractional works · 2.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 134 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 113 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 578 fractional works · 5.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 103 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 97 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 89 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 76 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 438 fractional works · 4.4% of its workInformation Systems: 163 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 89 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 152 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 78 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 117 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 115 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 95 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 65 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2,262 fractional works · 22.6% of its workMedicine: 1,602 fractional works · 16.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 229 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSurgery: 178 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 134 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 99 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 88 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 87 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 76 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 75 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 201 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 455 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 238 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 66 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 69 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 105 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOral Surgery: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthodontics: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 63 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 1,366 fractional works · 13.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 811 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPlant Science: 279 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 104 fractional works · 1.0% of its workForestry: 102 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 85 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 67 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 66 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 344 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 161 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 90 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 102 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 76 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKGoiânia10kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences23%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 Sciences3,93339.2%
    1. Social Sciences2,47424.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities7187.2%
    3. Psychology2882.9%
    4. Decision Sciences2112.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting1461.5%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance950.9%
    1. Environmental Science8558.5%
    2. Engineering5785.8%
    3. Computer Science4384.4%
    4. Materials Science1521.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1171.2%
    6. Chemistry1151.1%
    7. Mathematics950.9%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences650.6%
    9. Energy300.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering200.2%
  3. Health Sciences2,26222.6%
    1. Medicine1,60216.0%
    2. Health Professions4554.5%
    3. Dentistry1051.0%
    4. Nursing630.6%
    5. Veterinary370.4%
  4. Life Sciences1,36613.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences8118.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3443.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology1021.0%
    4. Neuroscience760.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics340.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Goiânia strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Goiânia is most concentrated in Forestry, Urban Studies and Information Systems and Management (10.5× the world share in Forestry).

  1. ForestrySubfield · 99.8 works11×
  2. Urban StudiesSubfield · 193.1 works7.7×
  3. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 162.8 works6.2×
  4. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 266.2 works5.0×
  5. PhilosophySubfield · 190.8 works4.9×
  6. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 201.5 works4.2×
  7. Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 49.4 works3.3×
← 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: 1.73× its world share, 749 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 304 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.97× its world share, 89 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 67 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.89× its world share, 28 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 19 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.74× its world share, 106 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 391 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 57 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 28 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 529 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.74× its world share, 790 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.42× its world share, 134 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.81× its world share, 86 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 107 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.18× its world share, 96 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.70× its world share, 408 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.82× its world share, 1,435 worksMedicineNursing: 1.30× its world share, 58 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.49× its world share, 31 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.53× its world share, 665 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 132 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.25× its world share, 199 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 87 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.94× its world share, 261 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.96× its world share, 2,259 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.53×665 works
  2. Veterinary2.49×31 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.25×199 works
  4. Dentistry2.18×96 works
  5. Social Sciences1.96×2,259 works
  6. Environmental Science1.74×790 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.73×749 works
  8. Health Professions1.70×408 works
  9. Nursing1.30×58 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.97×89 works
  11. Psychology0.94×261 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.89×28 works
  13. Medicine0.82×1,435 works
  14. Mathematics0.81×86 works
  15. Chemistry0.74×106 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.62×304 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.59×19 works
  18. Computer Science0.55×391 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.53×107 works
  20. Neuroscience0.46×67 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.45×132 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.45×87 works
  23. Materials Science0.42×134 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.40×57 works
  25. Engineering0.39×529 works
  26. Energy0.33×28 works

Which keywords describe research in Goiânia?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology565▲ 1.41×135 topics
  2. Public Policy557▲ 12×19 topics
  3. Sustainability535▲ 2.2×83 topics
  4. Teacher Training529▲ 8.6×19 topics
  5. Globalization528▲ 2.7×106 topics
  6. Qualitative Research520▲ 6.1×25 topics
  7. Education406▲ 2.4×89 topics
  8. Public Health398▲ 2.7×60 topics
  9. Quality of Life355▲ 2.5×59 topics
  10. Educational Technology333▲ 2.8×26 topics
  11. Social Inequality329▲ 12×14 topics
  12. Cultural Identity312▲ 6.3×26 topics
  13. Brazil312▲ 34×5 topics
  14. Curriculum Development308▲ 4.5×10 topics
  15. Online Learning281▲ 3.4×14 topics
  16. Colonialism277▲ 5.8×31 topics
  17. Social Movements273▲ 9.2×22 topics
  18. Healthcare272▲ 2.4×25 topics
  19. Identity258▲ 3.6×56 topics
  20. Biodiversity245▲ 3.2×31 topics
  21. Anthropology235▲ 25×7 topics
  22. Inclusive Education222▲ 6.1×13 topics
  23. Cultural Studies215▲ 5.8×30 topics
  24. Healthcare Access214▲ 7.8×10 topics
  25. Pedagogical Practices214▲ 24×3 topics
  26. Educational Policies212▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Agroecology209▲ 15×6 topics
  28. Distance Learning209▲ 6.0×7 topics
  29. Educational Reform206▲ 17×6 topics
  30. Critical Pedagogy204▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Social Determinants171▲ 8.3×8 topics
  32. Data Analysis168▲ 6.4×9 topics
  33. Discourse Analysis161▲ 6.6×8 topics
  34. Research Methods157▲ 10×3 topics
  35. Marketing Strategies156▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Quantitative Research156▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Innovation Management156▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Case Study156▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Organizational Management156▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Environmental Education149▲ 9.6×9 topics

What research is done in Goiânia?

Education Pedagogy and P…192Education Pedagogy and Practices: 192 fractional worksBusiness and Management …150Business and Management Studies: 150 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 124 fractional worksCultural, Media, and Literary Studies: 121 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 121 fractional worksRural Development and Agriculture: 115 fractional worksUrban Development and Societal Issues: 102 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…100Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 100 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 99 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues: 90 fractional works
EducationInformation Systems and ManagementSociology and Political SciencePhilosophy3 others

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

  1. 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 192 works
  2. 2 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 150 works
  3. 3 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 124 works
  4. 4 Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies Philosophy 121 works
  5. 5 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 121 works
  6. 6 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 115 works
  7. 7 Urban Development and Societal Issues Urban Studies 102 works
  8. 8 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 100 works
  9. 9 Science and Education Research Education 99 works
  10. 10 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 90 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Goiânia7.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.6% in 2009.

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