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Research in Guarulhos

Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Guarulhos, Brazil. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Faculdades Guarulhos and Guarulhos University.

Research institutions
8
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
9k
▲ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
53k
5.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
4.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Guarulhos

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 Guarulhos?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Faculdades GuarulhosInstitution 7,488 #2,414
2Guarulhos UniversityUniversity 1,492 #3,759
3Reade (Brazil)Company 26 not ranked
4Aché (Brazil)Company 15 not ranked
5Utep (Brazil)Company 5 not ranked
6Gepco (Brazil)Company 2 not ranked
7Cennabras (Brazil)Company 1 not ranked
8Agende GuarulhosInstitution 1 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.

Faculdades Guarulhos: 82.9%Guarulhos University: 16.5%Reade (Brazil): 0.3%Aché (Brazil): 0.2%4 others listed: 0.1%83%largest
Faculdades Guarulhos7,488 · 82.9%Guarulhos University1,492 · 16.5%Reade (Brazil)26 · 0.3%Aché (Brazil)15 · 0.2%4 others listed9 · 0.1%

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

Which fields of science does Guarulhos work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Guarulhos is in Social Sciences, 37% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Computer Science (11%), Mathematics (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,011 fractional works · 44.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 630 fractional works · 27.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 182 fractional works · 7.9% of its workEducation: 170 fractional works · 7.4% of its workUrban Studies: 63 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 45 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLaw: 39 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 171 fractional works · 7.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 52 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhilosophy: 42 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 23 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 65 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 53 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 59 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 44 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 41 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 28 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 839 fractional works · 36.5% of its workComputer Science: 260 fractional works · 11.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 83 fractional works · 3.6% of its workInformation Systems: 59 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 40 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 257 fractional works · 11.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 83 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 71 fractional works · 3.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 45 fractional works · 2.0% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNumerical Analysis: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 144 fractional works · 6.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 85 fractional works · 3.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 102 fractional works · 4.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 47 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 338 fractional works · 14.7% of its workMedicine: 178 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 30 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 103 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 55 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 47 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPeriodontics: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOral Surgery: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthodontics: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 110 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 62 fractional works · 2.7% of its workForestry: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGuarulhos2,297fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences44%

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 Sciences1,01144.0%
    1. Social Sciences63027.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities1717.5%
    3. Decision Sciences652.8%
    4. Psychology592.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting441.9%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance411.8%
    1. Computer Science26011.3%
    2. Mathematics25711.2%
    3. Environmental Science1446.3%
    4. Engineering1024.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy472.0%
    6. Materials Science110.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences90.4%
    8. Chemistry50.2%
    9. Energy30.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.0%
    1. Medicine1787.7%
    2. Health Professions1034.5%
    3. Dentistry472.1%
    4. Veterinary60.3%
    5. Nursing40.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences622.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology251.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology100.4%
    4. Neuroscience90.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Guarulhos strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Guarulhos is most concentrated in Mathematical Physics, Geometry and Topology and Mathematics (24.9× the world share in Mathematical Physics).

  1. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 82.5 works25×
  2. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 70.6 works21×
  3. MathematicsField · 254.5 works10×
  4. ForestrySubfield · 21.6 works9.9×
  5. Urban StudiesSubfield · 57.0 works9.9×
← 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: 0.56× its world share, 56 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.50× its world share, 244 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 92 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.27× its world share, 132 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 10.34× its world share, 254 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.97× its world share, 45 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.05× its world share, 41 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.67× its world share, 92 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 149 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.63× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.56× its world share, 155 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 39 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.10× its world share, 63 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.90× its world share, 40 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.82× its world share, 52 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.13× its world share, 564 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 10.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics10.34×254 works
  2. Dentistry4.05×41 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.10×63 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.56×155 works
  5. Social Sciences2.13×564 works
  6. Health Professions1.67×92 works
  7. Veterinary1.63×5 works
  8. Computer Science1.50×244 works
  9. Environmental Science1.27×132 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.97×45 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.90×40 works
  12. Psychology0.82×52 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×39 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.56×56 works
  15. Nursing0.41×4 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.40×3 works
  17. Medicine0.37×149 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.32×7 works
  19. Engineering0.29×92 works
  20. Neuroscience0.24×8 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.22×7 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×22 works
  23. Energy0.16×3 works
  24. Chemistry0.13×4 works
  25. Materials Science0.13×9 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.11×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Guarulhos?

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

▲ 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. Globalization149▲ 3.3×75 topics
  2. Public Policy149▲ 14×16 topics
  3. Sustainability146▲ 2.6×55 topics
  4. Qualitative Research134▲ 6.9×18 topics
  5. Teacher Training118▲ 8.4×15 topics
  6. Education114▲ 2.9×69 topics
  7. Educational Technology88▲ 3.3×17 topics
  8. Data Analysis85▲ 14×5 topics
  9. Social Movements84▲ 12×16 topics
  10. Social Inequality80▲ 13×9 topics
  11. Public Health79▲ 2.4×41 topics
  12. Healthcare78▲ 3.0×18 topics
  13. Cultural Identity78▲ 6.8×17 topics
  14. Online Learning76▲ 4.0×12 topics
  15. Symplectic Geometry73▲ 88×2 topics
  16. Brazil70▲ 33×5 topics
  17. Identity68▲ 4.1×31 topics
  18. Colonialism67▲ 6.1×21 topics
  19. K-Theory63▲ 106×2 topics
  20. Deformation Quantization60▲ 154×1 topic
  21. Poisson Manifolds60▲ 154×1 topic
  22. Curriculum Development59▲ 3.8×5 topics
  23. Anthropology55▲ 26×7 topics
  24. Social Justice55▲ 4.0×22 topics
  25. Research Methods51▲ 14×3 topics
  26. Innovation Management51▲ 14×2 topics
  27. Quantitative Research51▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Marketing Strategies50▲ 24×3 topics
  29. Case Study50▲ 35×1 topic
  30. Organizational Management50▲ 36×1 topic
  31. Agroecology49▲ 15×4 topics
  32. Discourse Analysis49▲ 8.7×6 topics
  33. Inclusive Education47▲ 5.7×8 topics
  34. Environmental Education45▲ 13×5 topics
  35. Pedagogical Practices44▲ 22×3 topics
  36. Healthcare Access44▲ 7.0×8 topics
  37. Educational Reform43▲ 15×4 topics
  38. Educational Policies42▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Environmental Justice42▲ 13×6 topics
  40. Critical Pedagogy41▲ 21×1 topic

What research is done in Guarulhos?

Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology: 60 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 48 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and P…38Education Pedagogy and Practices: 38 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…37Environmental Sustainability and Education: 37 fractional worksUrban Development and Societal Issues: 34 fractional worksTopological and Geometric Data Analysis: 34 fractional worksEducation and Digital Te…30Education and Digital Technologies: 30 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues: 30 fractional worksRural Development and Agriculture: 28 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…26Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 26 fractional works
Mathematical PhysicsInformation Systems and ManagementEducationManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law4 others

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

  1. 1 Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology Mathematical Physics 60 works
  2. 2 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 48 works
  3. 3 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 38 works
  4. 4 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 37 works
  5. 5 Urban Development and Societal Issues Urban Studies 34 works
  6. 6 Topological and Geometric Data Analysis Computational Theory and Mathematics 34 works
  7. 7 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 30 works
  8. 8 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 30 works
  9. 9 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 28 works
  10. 10 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 26 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Guarulhos2.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.8% in 1997.

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