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Research in Itabuna

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Itabuna, Brazil. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.6k
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.1k
3.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
5.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1974-2026
53 years on the record
Itabuna

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 Itabuna?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidade Federal do Sul da BahiaUniversity 1,624 #5,131

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 Itabuna work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research in Itabuna is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Environmental Science (19%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 351 fractional works · 45.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 245 fractional works · 32.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 78 fractional works · 10.2% of its workEducation: 65 fractional works · 8.5% of its workUrban Studies: 21 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 17 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLaw: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 60 fractional works · 7.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 20 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhilosophy: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 27 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 204 fractional works · 26.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 148 fractional works · 19.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 48 fractional works · 6.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 26 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEcology: 22 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 19 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 17 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 19 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 114 fractional works · 14.9% of its workMedicine: 63 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 17 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 48 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 32 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 96 fractional works · 12.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 75 fractional works · 9.9% of its workPlant Science: 22 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workForestry: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHorticulture: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKItabuna764fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences46%

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 Sciences24532.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities607.9%
    3. Psychology273.5%
    4. Decision Sciences81.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting70.9%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.5%
    1. Environmental Science14819.3%
    2. Engineering192.5%
    3. Computer Science192.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences91.2%
    5. Materials Science50.6%
    6. Chemistry10.2%
    7. Mathematics10.2%
    8. Energy10.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine638.3%
    2. Health Professions486.2%
    3. Nursing10.2%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences759.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology141.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology30.4%
    4. Neuroscience20.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Itabuna strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Itabuna is most concentrated in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Water Science and Technology (11.2× the world share in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law).

  1. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 45.7 works11×
  2. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 24.4 works6.8×
← 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: 2.11× its world share, 70 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.34× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.88× its world share, 134 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.47× its world share, 45 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.80× its world share, 56 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.11× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.59× its world share, 228 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science3.88×134 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.80×56 works
  3. Social Sciences2.59×228 works
  4. Health Professions2.47×45 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.11×70 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.22×8 works
  7. Psychology1.11×24 works
  8. Veterinary0.75×1 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.70×8 works
  10. Medicine0.42×56 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.38×1 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.35×2 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.34×13 works
  14. Nursing0.34×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.32×18 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.27×6 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.23×3 works
  18. Neuroscience0.16×2 works
  19. Mathematics0.14×1 works
  20. Engineering0.13×13 works
  21. Materials Science0.13×3 works
  22. Chemistry0.11×1 works
  23. Energy0.10×1 works
  24. Dentistry0.09×0 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.05×0 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Itabuna?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Policy, Sustainability, Biodiversity, Teacher Training, Globalization, Sustainable Development, Cultural Identity 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. Sustainability70▲ 3.7×39 topics
  2. Public Policy68▲ 19×12 topics
  3. Globalization59▲ 3.9×43 topics
  4. Sustainable Development55▲ 4.6×24 topics
  5. Biodiversity46▲ 8.0×19 topics
  6. Education46▲ 3.5×34 topics
  7. Teacher Training45▲ 9.5×9 topics
  8. Public Health40▲ 3.6×30 topics
  9. Cultural Identity40▲ 10×12 topics
  10. Climate Change40▲ 1.90×53 topics
  11. Social Inequality36▲ 18×11 topics
  12. Qualitative Research33▲ 5.1×11 topics
  13. Waste Management32▲ 11×8 topics
  14. Social Movements32▲ 14×10 topics
  15. Identity32▲ 5.8×17 topics
  16. Brazil32▲ 45×5 topics
  17. Quality of Life31▲ 2.8×31 topics
  18. Environmental Impact30▲ 2.3×28 topics
  19. Agroecology30▲ 28×5 topics
  20. Renewable Energy30▲ 2.7×12 topics
  21. Environmental Education29▲ 25×4 topics
  22. Remote Sensing29▲ 3.1×19 topics
  23. Educational Technology28▲ 3.1×10 topics
  24. Water Resources28▲ 15×5 topics
  25. Eco-friendly Practices27▲ 61×2 topics
  26. Social Participation27▲ 59×1 topic
  27. Colonialism26▲ 7.2×10 topics
  28. Anthropology24▲ 34×5 topics
  29. Healthcare Access22▲ 11×6 topics
  30. Curriculum Development22▲ 4.2×2 topics
  31. Environmental Conservation21▲ 27×3 topics
  32. Social Justice20▲ 4.5×16 topics
  33. Climatology19▲ 117×1 topic
  34. Geospatial Analysis19▲ 84×2 topics
  35. Hydrographic Basins19▲ 117×1 topic
  36. Health Policy17▲ 15×4 topics
  37. Aging Population16▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Educational Reform15▲ 16×4 topics
  39. Pedagogical Practices15▲ 22×3 topics
  40. Chronic Diseases15▲ 7.8×5 topics

What research is done in Itabuna?

Environmental Sustainability and Education: 25 fractional worksGeography and Environmental Studies: 17 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and Practices: 14 fractional worksRural and Ethnic Education: 13 fractional worksRural Development and Agriculture: 13 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 13 fractional worksRace, Identity, and Educ…13Race, Identity, and Education in Brazil: 13 fractional worksArts and Performance Studies: 10 fractional worksSocial and Political Issues: 10 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues10Brazilian Legal Issues: 10 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawWater Science and TechnologyEducationGeneral Health Professions3 others

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

  1. 1 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 25 works
  2. 2 Geography and Environmental Studies Water Science and Technology 17 works
  3. 3 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 14 works
  4. 4 Rural and Ethnic Education Education 13 works
  5. 5 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 13 works
  6. 6 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 13 works
  7. 7 Race, Identity, and Education in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  8. 8 Arts and Performance Studies Visual Arts and Performing Arts 10 works
  9. 9 Social and Political Issues Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  10. 10 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 10 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Itabuna4.8% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.4% in 2017.

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