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Research in João Pessoa

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in João Pessoa, Brazil. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia da Paraíba and Centro Universitário de João Pessoa.

Research institutions
5
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
39k
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
255k
6.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1960-2026
67 years on the record

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 João Pessoa?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidade Federal da ParaíbaUniversity 34,249 #1,246
2Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia da ParaíbaUniversity 2,753 #3,649
3Centro Universitário de João PessoaUniversity 1,590 #5,751
4Hospital Universitário Lauro WanderleyHospital / health system 282 #17,354
5Governo do Estado de ParaíbaGovernment institution 2 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 da Paraíba: 88.1%Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia da Paraíba: 7.1%Centro Universitário de João Pessoa: 4.1%Hospital Universitário Lauro Wanderley: 0.7%1 other listed: 0.0%88%largest
Universidade Federal da Paraíba34k · 88.1%Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia da Paraíba2,753 · 7.1%Centro Universitário de João Pessoa1,590 · 4.1%Hospital Universitário Lauro Wanderley282 · 0.7%1 other listed2 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does João Pessoa work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research in João Pessoa is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Medicine (11%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 4,482 fractional works · 42.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,778 fractional works · 26.2% of its workEducation: 832 fractional works · 7.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 822 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 209 fractional works · 2.0% of its workUrban Studies: 208 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 152 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLaw: 132 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 100 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 98 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 82 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 667 fractional works · 6.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 235 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhilosophy: 161 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 72 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 96 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 368 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 155 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 88 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 310 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 265 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 231 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 80 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 128 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 90 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,699 fractional works · 25.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 853 fractional works · 8.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 300 fractional works · 2.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 145 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 113 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 68 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 603 fractional works · 5.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 121 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 83 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 82 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 65 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 55 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 92 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 511 fractional works · 4.8% of its workInformation Systems: 265 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 78 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 244 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 69 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 67 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 161 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 71 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 127 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 88 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2,003 fractional works · 18.9% of its workMedicine: 1,196 fractional works · 11.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 201 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 95 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 84 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 82 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 67 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 62 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 179 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 583 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 327 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 72 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 68 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 77 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 136 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPeriodontics: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthodontics: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 65 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 1,416 fractional works · 13.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 920 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPlant Science: 341 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFood Science: 152 fractional works · 1.4% of its workForestry: 105 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 84 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 69 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 51 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 298 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 163 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 62 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 112 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKJoão Pessoa11kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences42%

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 Sciences4,48242.3%
    1. Social Sciences2,77826.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities6676.3%
    3. Psychology3683.5%
    4. Decision Sciences3102.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting2312.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1281.2%
    1. Environmental Science8538.0%
    2. Engineering6035.7%
    3. Computer Science5114.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy2442.3%
    5. Materials Science1611.5%
    6. Mathematics1271.2%
    7. Chemistry880.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences570.5%
    9. Energy460.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering90.1%
  2. Health Sciences2,00318.9%
    1. Medicine1,19611.3%
    2. Health Professions5835.5%
    3. Dentistry1361.3%
    4. Nursing650.6%
    5. Veterinary230.2%
  3. Life Sciences1,41613.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9208.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2982.8%
    3. Neuroscience1121.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology580.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics280.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is João Pessoa strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in João Pessoa is most concentrated in Forestry, Information Systems and Management and Urban Studies (10.0× the world share in Forestry).

  1. ForestrySubfield · 100.6 works10×
  2. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 259.1 works9.4×
  3. Urban StudiesSubfield · 199.1 works7.5×
  4. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 282.8 works5.0×
  5. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 218.8 works4.3×
← 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: 1.86× its world share, 850 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 271 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.51× its world share, 49 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 93 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.72× its world share, 25 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.54× its world share, 81 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.61× its world share, 455 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 50 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 42 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 525 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.63× its world share, 781 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.42× its world share, 142 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.00× its world share, 113 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.03× its world share, 221 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.51× its world share, 117 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.08× its world share, 529 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 1,074 worksMedicineNursing: 1.26× its world share, 60 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.51× its world share, 20 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.19× its world share, 609 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.68× its world share, 212 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.20× its world share, 298 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 116 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.13× its world share, 331 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.10× its world share, 2,566 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences3.20×298 works
  2. Dentistry2.51×117 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.19×609 works
  4. Social Sciences2.10×2,566 works
  5. Health Professions2.08×529 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.86×850 works
  7. Environmental Science1.63×781 works
  8. Veterinary1.51×20 works
  9. Nursing1.26×60 works
  10. Psychology1.13×331 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy1.03×221 works
  12. Mathematics1.00×113 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.72×25 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.68×212 works
  15. Computer Science0.61×455 works
  16. Neuroscience0.60×93 works
  17. Medicine0.58×1,074 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.56×116 works
  19. Chemistry0.54×81 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.53×271 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.51×49 works
  22. Energy0.47×42 works
  23. Materials Science0.42×142 works
  24. Engineering0.36×525 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.33×50 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.24×8 works

Which keywords describe research in João Pessoa?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Policy, Qualitative Research, Teacher Training, Social Inequality, Public Health, Globalization, Educational Technology 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. Qualitative Research610▲ 6.8×25 topics
  2. Public Policy603▲ 12×19 topics
  3. Sustainability566▲ 2.2×94 topics
  4. Teacher Training538▲ 8.3×19 topics
  5. Globalization533▲ 2.6×107 topics
  6. Public Health491▲ 3.2×68 topics
  7. Educational Technology445▲ 3.5×30 topics
  8. Quality of Life425▲ 2.8×57 topics
  9. Education411▲ 2.2×92 topics
  10. Online Learning350▲ 4.0×13 topics
  11. Healthcare343▲ 2.8×22 topics
  12. Social Inequality330▲ 12×12 topics
  13. Cultural Identity300▲ 5.7×26 topics
  14. Brazil298▲ 30×5 topics
  15. Curriculum Development296▲ 4.1×11 topics
  16. Healthcare Access272▲ 9.4×9 topics
  17. Biodiversity272▲ 3.4×32 topics
  18. Social Movements261▲ 8.3×23 topics
  19. Data Analysis254▲ 9.2×8 topics
  20. Research Methods250▲ 15×4 topics
  21. Marketing Strategies250▲ 26×3 topics
  22. Quantitative Research249▲ 19×2 topics
  23. Innovation Management249▲ 15×4 topics
  24. Case Study249▲ 37×1 topic
  25. Organizational Management249▲ 39×1 topic
  26. Discourse Analysis234▲ 9.1×9 topics
  27. Colonialism228▲ 4.5×28 topics
  28. Social Determinants215▲ 9.9×7 topics
  29. Inclusive Education213▲ 5.6×13 topics
  30. Health Policy208▲ 13×7 topics
  31. Pedagogical Practices196▲ 21×3 topics
  32. Educational Policies195▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Anthropology193▲ 19×7 topics
  34. Educational Reform191▲ 15×6 topics
  35. Critical Pedagogy188▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Water Resources187▲ 7.2×8 topics
  37. Environmental Education186▲ 11×7 topics
  38. Inclusion174▲ 11×7 topics
  39. Legislation171▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Agroecology168▲ 11×5 topics

What research is done in João Pessoa?

  1. 1 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 243 works
  2. 2 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 178 works
  3. 3 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 159 works
  4. 4 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 141 works
  5. 5 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 138 works
  6. 6 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 126 works
  7. 7 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 125 works
  8. 8 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 123 works
  9. 9 Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies Philosophy 108 works
  10. 10 Urban Development and Societal Issues Urban Studies 107 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 2025João Pessoa7.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.0% in 2009.

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