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Research in Manaus

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Manaus. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Faculdade Metropolitana de Manaus.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
804
▲ 141% vs 2018-21
Citations
1k
1.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
2.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
2008-2026
19 years on the record
Manaus

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 Manaus?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Faculdade Metropolitana de ManausUniversity 804 #3,943

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 Manaus work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research in Manaus is in Health Sciences, 35% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (27%), Social Sciences (27%), Health Professions (17%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 283 fractional works · 49.4% of its workMedicine: 154 fractional works · 26.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 41 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEpidemiology: 14 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 100 fractional works · 17.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 55 fractional works · 9.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 25 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 24 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOral Surgery: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrthodontics: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPeriodontics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 199 fractional works · 34.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 153 fractional works · 26.6% of its workEducation: 55 fractional works · 9.7% of its workLaw: 28 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 28 fractional works · 4.9% of its workDemography: 20 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHealth: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 24 fractional works · 4.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 17 fractional works · 3.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 53 fractional works · 9.3% of its workComputer Science: 31 fractional works · 5.4% of its workInformation Systems: 30 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 17 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 38 fractional works · 6.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKManaus574fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences49%Social Sciences35%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine15426.8%
    2. Health Professions10017.4%
    3. Dentistry244.2%
    4. Nursing40.7%
    5. Veterinary10.2%
    1. Social Sciences15326.6%
    2. Psychology244.3%
    3. Decision Sciences91.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting61.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities30.6%
    1. Computer Science315.4%
    2. Environmental Science173.0%
    3. Engineering40.7%
    4. Chemistry10.1%
    5. Materials Science00.0%
    6. Energy00.0%
    7. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences142.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology122.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology71.3%
    4. Neuroscience40.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Manaus strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Manaus is most concentrated in Health Information Management, Dentistry and Law (17.1× the world share in Health Information Management).

  1. Health Information ManagementSubfield · 23.4 works17×
  2. DentistryField · 24.4 works9.4×
  3. LawSubfield · 25.9 works8.4×
← 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 23 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: 0.51× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.35× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.69× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 9.44× its world share, 24 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 6.44× its world share, 90 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.43× its world share, 146 worksMedicineNursing: 1.55× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.46× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.66× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.38× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.05× its world share, 138 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry9.44×24 works
  2. Health Professions6.44×90 works
  3. Social Sciences2.05×138 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.66×8 works
  5. Nursing1.55×4 works
  6. Veterinary1.46×1 works
  7. Medicine1.43×146 works
  8. Psychology1.38×22 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.35×7 works
  10. Computer Science0.69×29 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.65×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.63×17 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.51×13 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×12 works
  15. Neuroscience0.38×3 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.30×4 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.26×4 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.18×3 works
  19. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  20. Energy0.05×0 works
  21. Engineering0.04×4 works
  22. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Manaus?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Quality of Life, Healthcare, Epidemiology, Social Determinants, Healthcare Access, Health Policy and Educational Technology.

▲ 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 Health88▲ 11×31 topics
  2. Epidemiology71▲ 3.1×83 topics
  3. Quality of Life62▲ 7.5×36 topics
  4. Healthcare52▲ 8.0×9 topics
  5. Social Determinants44▲ 37×6 topics
  6. Healthcare Access44▲ 28×5 topics
  7. Educational Technology41▲ 6.1×5 topics
  8. Health Policy41▲ 47×4 topics
  9. Risk Factors39▲ 6.2×27 topics
  10. Health32▲ 14×7 topics
  11. Prevalence30▲ 13×10 topics
  12. Knowledge Management30▲ 9.3×3 topics
  13. Mental Health30▲ 3.6×21 topics
  14. Information Technology30▲ 11×3 topics
  15. Internet of Things30▲ 6.0×3 topics
  16. Digital Innovation29▲ 90×1 topic
  17. Smart Library29▲ 129×1 topic
  18. Human Rights29▲ 4.9×11 topics
  19. Treatment28▲ 4.0×26 topics
  20. Drug Resistance27▲ 16×7 topics
  21. Infection Control27▲ 55×3 topics
  22. Social Justice27▲ 7.8×5 topics
  23. Legal Theory26▲ 67×3 topics
  24. Legal Philosophy26▲ 73×2 topics
  25. Environmental Law26▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Civil Rights26▲ 67×1 topic
  27. Constitutional Law26▲ 34×1 topic
  28. Patient Safety25▲ 28×4 topics
  29. Healthcare Regulation25▲ 43×2 topics
  30. Medical Devices25▲ 170×1 topic
  31. Nursing Care25▲ 170×1 topic
  32. Online Learning24▲ 5.0×3 topics
  33. Primary Care23▲ 11×6 topics
  34. Inclusion23▲ 27×3 topics
  35. Maternal Health22▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Legislation21▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Adolescents21▲ 9.9×6 topics
  38. Training21▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Distance Education21▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Research21▲ 29×1 topic

What research is done in Manaus?

Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 27 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues: 23 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation23Healthcare Regulation: 23 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…18Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 18 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 16 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil: 15 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence14Youth, Drugs, and Violence: 14 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 14 fractional worksWomen's cancer prevention and management: 10 fractional worksPalliative and Oncologic Care: 10 fractional works
Information SystemsLawHealth Information ManagementEducation4 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 27 works
  2. 2 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 23 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 23 works
  4. 4 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 18 works
  5. 5 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 16 works
  6. 6 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 15 works
  7. 7 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 14 works
  8. 8 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 14 works
  9. 9 Women's cancer prevention and management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 10 works
  10. 10 Palliative and Oncologic Care Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 10 works

Research output over time

still counting2010201520202025
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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 2025Manaus3.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 5.3% in 2021.

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