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Research in Lavras

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Lavras, Brazil. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidade Federal de Lavras.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
15k
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
196k
12.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1969-2026
58 years on the record
Lavras

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 Lavras?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidade Federal de LavrasUniversity 15,481 #4,189

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 Lavras work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Lavras is in Life Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (31%), Environmental Science (12%), Social Sciences (11%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 1,479 fractional works · 39.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,192 fractional works · 31.5% of its workPlant Science: 557 fractional works · 14.7% of its workFood Science: 158 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 84 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSoil Science: 80 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInsect Science: 79 fractional works · 2.1% of its workForestry: 72 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 68 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 60 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAquatic Science: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 237 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 116 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 56 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,180 fractional works · 31.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 437 fractional works · 11.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 78 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology: 73 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 59 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 49 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 41 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 39 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 277 fractional works · 7.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 56 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 40 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 39 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 111 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomaterials: 51 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 109 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 74 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPaleontology: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 74 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 46 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 734 fractional works · 19.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 410 fractional works · 10.8% of its workEducation: 134 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 123 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 45 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 99 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 75 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 70 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 52 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 49 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 395 fractional works · 10.4% of its workMedicine: 264 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPharmacology: 64 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 34 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 70 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNursing: 50 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 50 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 50 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmall Animals: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLavras3,787fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences39%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences19%

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. Life Sciences1,47939.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,19231.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2376.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology230.6%
    4. Neuroscience140.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics130.4%
    1. Environmental Science43711.5%
    2. Engineering2777.3%
    3. Materials Science1112.9%
    4. Computer Science1092.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences742.0%
    6. Chemistry741.9%
    7. Physics and Astronomy461.2%
    8. Mathematics230.6%
    9. Energy220.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering80.2%
    1. Social Sciences41010.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities992.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting752.0%
    4. Decision Sciences701.9%
    5. Psychology491.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance300.8%
    1. Medicine2647.0%
    2. Nursing501.3%
    3. Health Professions501.3%
    4. Veterinary260.7%
    5. Dentistry50.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Lavras strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lavras is most concentrated in Forestry, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Plant Science (19.4× the world share in Forestry).

  1. ForestrySubfield · 69.1 works19×
  2. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 71.3 works8.7×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 506.7 works8.5×
  4. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 62.3 works8.3×
  5. Insect ScienceSubfield · 71.9 works7.4×
  6. PaleontologySubfield · 30.3 works7.3×
  7. Soil ScienceSubfield · 72.5 works7.1×
← 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: 6.66× its world share, 1,084 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.19× its world share, 217 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.57× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.95× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.27× its world share, 68 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 101 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 62 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.67× its world share, 21 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 248 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.37× its world share, 403 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.82× its world share, 98 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.48× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 40 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 42 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 237 worksMedicineNursing: 2.76× its world share, 46 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.59× its world share, 21 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.88× its world share, 87 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.63× its world share, 70 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.05× its world share, 68 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 27 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 43 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 369 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6.66×1,084 works
  2. Veterinary4.59×21 works
  3. Nursing2.76×46 works
  4. Environmental Science2.37×403 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.05×68 works
  6. Chemistry1.27×68 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.19×217 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.15×62 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.95×11 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.88×87 works
  11. Social Sciences0.85×369 works
  12. Materials Science0.82×98 works
  13. Energy0.67×21 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.63×70 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.59×7 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.57×20 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.53×40 works
  18. Engineering0.48×248 works
  19. Mathematics0.48×20 works
  20. Health Professions0.47×42 works
  21. Psychology0.41×43 works
  22. Computer Science0.38×101 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.37×27 works
  24. Medicine0.36×237 works
  25. Dentistry0.28×5 works
  26. Neuroscience0.21×12 works

Which keywords describe research in Lavras?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Genetic Diversity, Biodiversity, Antioxidant Activity, Environmental Impact, Soil Fertility, Climate Change, Qualitative Research and Teacher Training.

▲ 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. Climate Change201▲ 1.95×75 topics
  2. Environmental Impact176▲ 2.7×45 topics
  3. Biodiversity149▲ 5.2×28 topics
  4. Sustainability138▲ 1.49×63 topics
  5. Antioxidant Activity128▲ 5.4×28 topics
  6. Genetic Diversity127▲ 7.7×19 topics
  7. Qualitative Research118▲ 3.7×13 topics
  8. Teacher Training103▲ 4.4×8 topics
  9. Soil Fertility102▲ 12×8 topics
  10. Metabolism96▲ 4.8×22 topics
  11. Antioxidant92▲ 3.5×42 topics
  12. Invasive Species89▲ 5.6×20 topics
  13. Public Policy88▲ 4.9×17 topics
  14. Health Effects86▲ 3.8×19 topics
  15. Plant Nutrition79▲ 23×3 topics
  16. Drought Tolerance72▲ 14×8 topics
  17. Crop Yield70▲ 40×3 topics
  18. Antioxidants67▲ 4.0×13 topics
  19. Global Change66▲ 6.6×6 topics
  20. Technological Innovation65▲ 23×3 topics
  21. Morphological Parameters65▲ 88×1 topic
  22. Substrates65▲ 88×1 topic
  23. Biogeography64▲ 6.1×20 topics
  24. Habitat Fragmentation64▲ 7.9×5 topics
  25. Social Inequality64▲ 6.4×6 topics
  26. Economic Analysis64▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Waste Utilization64▲ 30×3 topics
  28. Value-Added Products63▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Sustainable Production62▲ 28×2 topics
  30. Forest Biomass62▲ 51×1 topic
  31. Wood Residues62▲ 51×1 topic
  32. Health Benefits60▲ 4.8×13 topics
  33. Consumer Perception59▲ 6.7×8 topics
  34. Biological Control57▲ 9.9×9 topics
  35. Genetic Regulation52▲ 8.3×5 topics
  36. Cognitive Performance52▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Caffeine51▲ 80×1 topic
  38. Coffee51▲ 80×1 topic
  39. Polyphenols50▲ 7.4×6 topics
  40. Biomass Estimation48▲ 8.2×3 topics

What research is done in Lavras?

Growth and nutrition in plants: 62 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Sciences: 61 fractional worksCoffee research and impa…47Coffee research and impacts: 47 fractional worksBusiness and Management …45Business and Management Studies: 45 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and Practices: 37 fractional worksPlant tissue culture and regeneration: 35 fractional worksSoil Management and Crop…33Soil Management and Crop Yield: 33 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 30 fractional worksRural Development and Agriculture: 29 fractional worksSeed Germination and Phy…26Seed Germination and Physiology: 26 fractional works
Plant ScienceForestryPharmacologyInformation Systems and Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Growth and nutrition in plants Plant Science 62 works
  2. 2 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 61 works
  3. 3 Coffee research and impacts Pharmacology 47 works
  4. 4 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 45 works
  5. 5 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 37 works
  6. 6 Plant tissue culture and regeneration Molecular Biology 35 works
  7. 7 Soil Management and Crop Yield Soil Science 33 works
  8. 8 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 30 works
  9. 9 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 29 works
  10. 10 Seed Germination and Physiology Plant Science 26 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%30%Lavras12.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.4% in 2016.

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