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Research in Nova Iguaçu

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

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.6k
▲ 85% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.1k
2.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
3.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1977-2026
50 years on the record
Nova Iguaçu

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 Nova Iguaçu?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidade IguaçuUniversity 1,615 #3,303

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 Nova Iguaçu work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research in Nova Iguaçu is in Health Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (33%), Social Sciences (22%), Health Professions (17%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 474 fractional works · 52.6% of its workMedicine: 295 fractional works · 32.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 63 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSurgery: 38 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPhysiology: 20 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEpidemiology: 18 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 17 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 150 fractional works · 16.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 68 fractional works · 7.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 58 fractional works · 6.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 24 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOral Surgery: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrthodontics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 243 fractional works · 26.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 197 fractional works · 21.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 77 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEducation: 64 fractional works · 7.1% of its workDemography: 24 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 23 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 98 fractional works · 10.8% of its workComputer Science: 51 fractional works · 5.6% of its workInformation Systems: 49 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 24 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 88 fractional works · 9.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 34 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPlant Science: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workForestry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 25 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNova Iguaçu902fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences53%Social Sciences27%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine29532.7%
    2. Health Professions15016.6%
    3. Dentistry242.7%
    4. Nursing30.3%
    5. Veterinary20.3%
    1. Social Sciences19721.8%
    2. Psychology232.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities101.1%
    4. Decision Sciences70.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting30.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.2%
    1. Computer Science515.6%
    2. Environmental Science242.7%
    3. Engineering101.1%
    4. Chemistry60.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy40.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.3%
    7. Materials Science10.1%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences343.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology252.7%
    3. Neuroscience111.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology101.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics80.9%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Nova Iguaçu strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Nova Iguaçu is most concentrated in Health Information Management, Health Professions and General Health Professions (25.5× the world share in Health Information Management).

  1. Health Information ManagementSubfield · 55.1 works26×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 142.1 works6.4×
  3. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 64.0 works5.5×
  4. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 60.1 works5.4×
← 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 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: 0.81× its world share, 32 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.13× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.71× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.63× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.43× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.73× its world share, 48 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.34× its world share, 22 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 6.41× its world share, 142 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.75× its world share, 282 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.16× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.69× its world share, 180 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions6.41×142 works
  2. Dentistry5.34×22 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.63×8 works
  4. Veterinary2.16×2 works
  5. Medicine1.75×282 works
  6. Social Sciences1.69×180 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.13×10 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.81×32 works
  9. Psychology0.79×20 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.78×6 works
  11. Computer Science0.73×48 works
  12. Neuroscience0.71×10 works
  13. Nursing0.60×2 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×23 works
  15. Environmental Science0.51×21 works
  16. Chemistry0.43×6 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.32×8 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.18×2 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×2 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.11×2 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×3 works
  22. Engineering0.06×8 works
  23. Materials Science0.04×1 works
  24. Mathematics0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Nova Iguaçu?

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

▲ 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 Health157▲ 12×32 topics
  2. Epidemiology120▲ 3.3×97 topics
  3. Healthcare Access102▲ 41×6 topics
  4. Social Determinants86▲ 46×6 topics
  5. Health Policy84▲ 61×5 topics
  6. Quality of Life81▲ 6.2×38 topics
  7. Healthcare76▲ 7.3×12 topics
  8. Drug Resistance66▲ 25×8 topics
  9. Educational Technology64▲ 6.0×12 topics
  10. Infection Control60▲ 79×3 topics
  11. Patient Safety58▲ 41×3 topics
  12. Healthcare Regulation58▲ 63×1 topic
  13. Medical Devices58▲ 253×1 topic
  14. Economic Impact56▲ 12×2 topics
  15. Judicialization56▲ 231×1 topic
  16. Medication56▲ 231×1 topic
  17. Knowledge Management48▲ 9.6×5 topics
  18. Information Technology48▲ 11×2 topics
  19. Digital Innovation48▲ 93×1 topic
  20. Internet of Things48▲ 6.2×2 topics
  21. Smart Library48▲ 132×1 topic
  22. Treatment44▲ 4.0×33 topics
  23. Risk Factors36▲ 3.6×25 topics
  24. Primary Care35▲ 11×6 topics
  25. Prevalence35▲ 9.4×14 topics
  26. Maternal Health32▲ 14×3 topics
  27. Chronic Diseases30▲ 13×6 topics
  28. Aging Population27▲ 34×4 topics
  29. Health Inequalities27▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Social Determinants of Health26▲ 14×4 topics
  31. Health26▲ 7.2×7 topics
  32. Brazilian Health System25▲ 68×1 topic
  33. Community-Based Care25▲ 68×1 topic
  34. Adolescents25▲ 7.6×8 topics
  35. Child Health25▲ 49×1 topic
  36. Prenatal Care25▲ 99×1 topic
  37. Psychological Impact21▲ 7.5×8 topics
  38. Family20▲ 31×3 topics
  39. Cocaine20▲ 77×1 topic
  40. Crack20▲ 77×1 topic

What research is done in Nova Iguaçu?

Healthcare Regulation55Healthcare Regulation: 55 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil55Public Health in Brazil: 55 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 45 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 24 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 23 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence19Youth, Drugs, and Violence: 19 fractional worksWomen's cancer prevention and management: 16 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 14 fractional worksPalliative and Oncologic Care: 12 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 11 fractional works
Health Information ManagementSociology and Political ScienceInformation SystemsGeneral Health Professions3 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 55 works
  2. 2 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 55 works
  3. 3 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 45 works
  4. 4 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 24 works
  5. 5 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 23 works
  6. 6 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 19 works
  7. 7 Women's cancer prevention and management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 16 works
  8. 8 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 14 works
  9. 9 Palliative and Oncologic Care Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  10. 10 Science and Education Research Education 11 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Nova Iguaçu4.2% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.2% in 2020.

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