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Research in Macapá

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Macapá, Brazil. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidade Federal do Amapá, Universidade Estadual do Amapá and Instituto Federal do Amapá.

Research institutions
3
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.6k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
3.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1969-2026
58 years on the record
Macapá

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 Macapá?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidade Federal do AmapáUniversity 3,545 #3,181
2Universidade Estadual do AmapáUniversity 656 #8,546
3Instituto Federal do AmapáUniversity 395 #11,934

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 Macapá work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Macapá is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Environmental Science (15%), Medicine (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 780 fractional works · 44.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 565 fractional works · 32.4% of its workEducation: 205 fractional works · 11.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 144 fractional works · 8.3% of its workUrban Studies: 49 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 33 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDemography: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnthropology: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 118 fractional works · 6.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 34 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhilosophy: 25 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 38 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 33 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 28 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 416 fractional works · 23.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 254 fractional works · 14.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 106 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEcology: 35 fractional works · 2.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 35 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 27 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 49 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 30 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 45 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 306 fractional works · 17.5% of its workMedicine: 190 fractional works · 10.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 35 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSurgery: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 99 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 72 fractional works · 4.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 242 fractional works · 13.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 165 fractional works · 9.5% of its workPlant Science: 60 fractional works · 3.4% of its workForestry: 33 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 46 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKMacapá1,744fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences45%

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 Sciences56532.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities1186.8%
    3. Psychology382.2%
    4. Decision Sciences331.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting171.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance80.5%
    1. Environmental Science25414.6%
    2. Computer Science492.8%
    3. Engineering452.6%
    4. Materials Science231.3%
    5. Chemistry110.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy100.6%
    7. Mathematics90.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences80.5%
    9. Energy60.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Medicine19010.9%
    2. Health Professions995.7%
    3. Nursing100.6%
    4. Veterinary40.2%
    5. Dentistry20.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1659.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology462.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology201.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.4%
    5. Neuroscience50.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Macapá strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Macapá is most concentrated in Forestry, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Urban Studies (19.5× the world share in Forestry).

  1. ForestrySubfield · 32.3 works20×
  2. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 98.0 works11×
  3. Urban StudiesSubfield · 45.2 works10×
  4. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 24.8 works6.5×
  5. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 26.6 works5.8×
  6. HealthSubfield · 26.7 works5.7×
← 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: 2.05× its world share, 155 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 41 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.11× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.95× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 45 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.39× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 41 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.97× its world share, 235 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 20 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.14× its world share, 90 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.57× its world share, 174 worksMedicineNursing: 1.26× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.50× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.44× its world share, 112 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.97× its world share, 30 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.67× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.54× its world share, 512 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science2.97×235 works
  2. Social Sciences2.54×512 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.44×112 works
  4. Health Professions2.14×90 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.05×155 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.97×30 works
  7. Veterinary1.50×3 works
  8. Nursing1.26×10 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.11×18 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.95×5 works
  11. Psychology0.67×32 works
  12. Medicine0.57×174 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.48×41 works
  14. Mathematics0.43×8 works
  15. Chemistry0.42×10 works
  16. Energy0.39×6 works
  17. Computer Science0.37×45 works
  18. Materials Science0.37×20 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.31×16 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.24×8 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.23×8 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.22×5 works
  23. Dentistry0.20×2 works
  24. Engineering0.17×41 works
  25. Neuroscience0.16×4 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.14×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Macapá?

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

▲ 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. Public Policy169▲ 20×15 topics
  2. Sustainability158▲ 3.7×46 topics
  3. Teacher Training155▲ 14×12 topics
  4. Globalization120▲ 3.5×42 topics
  5. Biodiversity111▲ 8.3×22 topics
  6. Sustainable Development99▲ 3.6×22 topics
  7. Qualitative Research98▲ 6.7×12 topics
  8. Public Health93▲ 3.6×38 topics
  9. Social Inequality89▲ 19×8 topics
  10. Education84▲ 2.8×41 topics
  11. Curriculum Development84▲ 7.1×2 topics
  12. Social Movements82▲ 16×10 topics
  13. Educational Technology78▲ 3.8×11 topics
  14. Agroecology74▲ 30×5 topics
  15. Renewable Energy70▲ 2.8×16 topics
  16. Waste Management68▲ 9.8×8 topics
  17. Environmental Education68▲ 25×5 topics
  18. Online Learning68▲ 4.7×4 topics
  19. Water Resources63▲ 15×5 topics
  20. Eco-friendly Practices62▲ 62×1 topic
  21. Social Participation62▲ 60×2 topics
  22. Cultural Identity61▲ 7.1×13 topics
  23. Healthcare57▲ 2.9×16 topics
  24. Inclusive Education56▲ 8.9×6 topics
  25. Educational Policies53▲ 28×3 topics
  26. Pedagogical Practices53▲ 34×2 topics
  27. Healthcare Access52▲ 11×6 topics
  28. Distance Learning52▲ 8.6×3 topics
  29. Educational Reform52▲ 24×3 topics
  30. Critical Pedagogy52▲ 35×1 topic
  31. Health49▲ 7.1×11 topics
  32. Colonialism48▲ 5.8×14 topics
  33. Brazil45▲ 28×5 topics
  34. Anthropology44▲ 26×5 topics
  35. Science Education38▲ 36×3 topics
  36. Public Policies37▲ 65×2 topics
  37. Land Reform37▲ 45×2 topics
  38. Pedagogy of Alternation36▲ 86×1 topic
  39. Rural Education36▲ 61×1 topic
  40. Environmental Justice35▲ 15×3 topics

What research is done in Macapá?

Environmental Sustainability and Education: 58 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and Practices: 48 fractional worksRural Development and Agriculture: 32 fractional worksRural and Ethnic Education: 32 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 30 fractional worksUrban Development and Societal Issues: 30 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Sc…28Agricultural and Food Sciences: 28 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 27 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 27 fractional worksBusiness and Management …27Business and Management Studies: 27 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawEducationSociology and Political ScienceUrban Studies2 others

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

  1. 1 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 58 works
  2. 2 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 48 works
  3. 3 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 32 works
  4. 4 Rural and Ethnic Education Education 32 works
  5. 5 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 30 works
  6. 6 Urban Development and Societal Issues Urban Studies 30 works
  7. 7 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 28 works
  8. 8 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 27 works
  9. 9 Science and Education Research Education 27 works
  10. 10 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 27 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 2025Macapá6.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.5% in 2020.

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