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Research in Niterói

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Niterói, Brazil. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidade Federal Fluminense and Fundação Instituto de Pesca do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

Research institutions
5
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
44k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
320k
7.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Niterói

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 Niterói?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidade Federal FluminenseUniversity 42,453 #1,501
2Fundação Instituto de Pesca do Estado do Rio de JaneiroGovernment institution 741 #12,081
3Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária do Estado do Rio de JaneiroGovernment institution 363 #18,220 all time
4Centro Universitário Plínio LeiteUniversity 183 #25,791 all time
5Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in EconomicInstitution 1 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 Fluminense: 97.1%Fundação Instituto de Pesca do Estado do Rio de Janeiro: 1.7%Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária do Estado do Rio de Janeiro: 0.8%Centro Universitário Plínio Leite: 0.4%1 other listed: 0.0%97%largest
Universidade Federal Fluminense42k · 97.1%Fundação Instituto de Pesca do Estado do Rio de Janeiro741 · 1.7%Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária do Estado do Rio de Janeiro363 · 0.8%Centro Universitário Plínio Leite183 · 0.4%1 other listed1 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does Niterói work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in Niterói is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Medicine (12%), Arts and Humanities (8%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 5,208 fractional works · 46.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 3,109 fractional works · 28.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1,091 fractional works · 9.8% of its workEducation: 687 fractional works · 6.2% of its workUrban Studies: 264 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 244 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLaw: 131 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 129 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 109 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 103 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 89 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 73 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 63 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 77 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 921 fractional works · 8.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 320 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhilosophy: 244 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 114 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 69 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 68 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 106 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 390 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 289 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 83 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 300 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 157 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 51 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 266 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 95 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 69 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 223 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 135 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3,003 fractional works · 27.0% of its workEngineering: 823 fractional works · 7.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 163 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 91 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 85 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 78 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 67 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 59 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 689 fractional works · 6.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 266 fractional works · 2.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 86 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 85 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 59 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 677 fractional works · 6.1% of its workInformation Systems: 251 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 155 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 86 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 60 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 212 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 71 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 157 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 99 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 140 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOceanography: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 127 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeometry and Topology: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 123 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 62 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 60 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2,082 fractional works · 18.7% of its workMedicine: 1,294 fractional works · 11.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 226 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 120 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 108 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 79 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 68 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 63 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 63 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 239 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 568 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 319 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 63 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 135 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOral Surgery: 55 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 812 fractional works · 7.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 377 fractional works · 3.4% of its workFood Science: 89 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 86 fractional works · 0.8% of its workForestry: 67 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 112 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 248 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 123 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 80 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 96 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 67 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNiterói11kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences47%

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 Sciences5,20846.9%
    1. Social Sciences3,10928.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities9218.3%
    3. Decision Sciences3903.5%
    4. Psychology3002.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting2662.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2232.0%
    1. Engineering8237.4%
    2. Environmental Science6896.2%
    3. Computer Science6776.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy2121.9%
    5. Materials Science1571.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1401.3%
    7. Mathematics1271.1%
    8. Chemistry1231.1%
    9. Energy370.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering170.2%
  3. Health Sciences2,08218.7%
    1. Medicine1,29411.6%
    2. Health Professions5685.1%
    3. Dentistry1351.2%
    4. Nursing570.5%
    5. Veterinary280.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3773.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2482.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology960.9%
    4. Neuroscience670.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics250.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Niterói strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Niterói is most concentrated in Information Systems and Management, Urban Studies and Forestry (9.7× the world share in Information Systems and Management).

  1. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 279.9 works9.7×
  2. Urban StudiesSubfield · 249.2 works8.9×
  3. ForestrySubfield · 65.3 works6.2×
  4. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 305.6 works5.7×
  5. PhilosophySubfield · 236.5 works5.4×
  6. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 247.7 works4.2×
← 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: 0.72× its world share, 346 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 221 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.85× its world share, 87 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 58 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 20 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.70× its world share, 111 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.79× its world share, 623 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 126 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 33 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 749 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.26× its world share, 632 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 140 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.99× its world share, 118 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.85× its world share, 190 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.54× its world share, 125 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.91× its world share, 510 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.59× its world share, 1,140 worksMedicineNursing: 1.07× its world share, 53 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.62× its world share, 22 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.98× its world share, 872 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.74× its world share, 242 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.80× its world share, 372 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.92× its world share, 199 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.90× its world share, 277 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.22× its world share, 2,844 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences3.80×372 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.98×872 works
  3. Dentistry2.54×125 works
  4. Social Sciences2.22×2,844 works
  5. Health Professions1.91×510 works
  6. Veterinary1.62×22 works
  7. Environmental Science1.26×632 works
  8. Nursing1.07×53 works
  9. Mathematics0.99×118 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.92×199 works
  11. Psychology0.90×277 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.85×87 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.85×190 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.80×126 works
  15. Computer Science0.79×623 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.74×242 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.72×346 works
  18. Chemistry0.70×111 works
  19. Medicine0.59×1,140 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.56×20 works
  21. Engineering0.49×749 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.45×16 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.41×221 works
  24. Materials Science0.39×140 works
  25. Neuroscience0.35×58 works
  26. Energy0.35×33 works

Which keywords describe research in Niterói?

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

▲ 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. Globalization814▲ 3.7×128 topics
  2. Public Policy686▲ 13×25 topics
  3. Qualitative Research655▲ 6.9×29 topics
  4. Sustainability621▲ 2.3×95 topics
  5. Education484▲ 2.5×94 topics
  6. Epidemiology479◆ 1.08×136 topics
  7. Public Health461▲ 2.9×64 topics
  8. Cultural Identity435▲ 7.9×28 topics
  9. Teacher Training430▲ 6.3×19 topics
  10. Colonialism419▲ 8.0×39 topics
  11. Brazil409▲ 40×5 topics
  12. Educational Technology408▲ 3.1×32 topics
  13. Quality of Life388▲ 2.4×58 topics
  14. Identity387▲ 4.8×63 topics
  15. Social Movements356▲ 11×29 topics
  16. Healthcare350▲ 2.8×28 topics
  17. Anthropology318▲ 30×11 topics
  18. Healthcare Access305▲ 10×11 topics
  19. Social Inequality303▲ 10×16 topics
  20. Cultural Studies297▲ 7.2×32 topics
  21. Online Learning289▲ 3.1×13 topics
  22. Data Analysis276▲ 9.5×8 topics
  23. History273▲ 3.5×50 topics
  24. Marketing Strategies267▲ 26×3 topics
  25. Innovation Management267▲ 16×4 topics
  26. Research Methods266▲ 15×4 topics
  27. Quantitative Research266▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Case Study265▲ 38×1 topic
  29. Organizational Management265▲ 40×1 topic
  30. Discourse Analysis254▲ 9.4×9 topics
  31. Social Determinants248▲ 11×7 topics
  32. Neoliberalism210▲ 5.3×27 topics
  33. Health Policy203▲ 12×7 topics
  34. Media Studies202▲ 29×5 topics
  35. Multiculturalism186▲ 9.1×8 topics
  36. Identity Politics185▲ 35×2 topics
  37. Post-Modernity182▲ 51×1 topic
  38. Social Resilience182▲ 51×1 topic
  39. Aging Population171▲ 17×4 topics
  40. Rhetoric159▲ 14×6 topics

What research is done in Niterói?

Business and Management Studies: 259 fractional worksCultural, Media, and Literary Studies: 177 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and Practices: 140 fractional worksLinguistics and Education Research: 131 fractional worksUrban Development and So…129Urban Development and Societal Issues: 129 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 127 fractional worksLiterature, Culture, and Criticism: 124 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…121Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 121 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 121 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 118 fractional works
Information Systems and ManagementPhilosophyEducationLiterature and Literary Theory4 others

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

  1. 1 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 259 works
  2. 2 Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies Philosophy 177 works
  3. 3 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 140 works
  4. 4 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 131 works
  5. 5 Urban Development and Societal Issues Urban Studies 129 works
  6. 6 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 127 works
  7. 7 Literature, Culture, and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 124 works
  8. 8 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 121 works
  9. 9 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 121 works
  10. 10 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 118 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 2025Niterói7.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.1% in 2007.

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