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Research in Palmas

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

Research institutions
3
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
13k
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
36k
2.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
4.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Palmas

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 Palmas?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidade Federal do TocantinsUniversity 9,886 #3,012
2Universidade do TocantinsUniversity 1,639 #3,675
3Instituto Federal do TocantinsUniversity 1,372 #4,852

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 Palmas work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research in Palmas is in Social Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (38%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2,373 fractional works · 52.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,715 fractional works · 37.8% of its workEducation: 573 fractional works · 12.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 420 fractional works · 9.3% of its workLaw: 204 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 135 fractional works · 3.0% of its workUrban Studies: 115 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDemography: 82 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth: 56 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 340 fractional works · 7.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 136 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPhilosophy: 84 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 50 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 119 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 109 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 97 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 60 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 836 fractional works · 18.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 497 fractional works · 11.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 265 fractional works · 5.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 68 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 45 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 115 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 72 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 108 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 694 fractional works · 15.3% of its workMedicine: 382 fractional works · 8.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 76 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 93 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 239 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 148 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 44 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOral Surgery: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 639 fractional works · 14.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 499 fractional works · 11.0% of its workPlant Science: 180 fractional works · 4.0% of its workForestry: 103 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSoil Science: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 98 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 48 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPalmas4,542fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences52%

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 Sciences2,37352.2%
    1. Social Sciences1,71537.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities3407.5%
    3. Decision Sciences1192.6%
    4. Psychology972.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting601.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance430.9%
    1. Environmental Science49711.0%
    2. Computer Science1152.5%
    3. Engineering1082.4%
    4. Mathematics250.6%
    5. Chemistry230.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy210.5%
    7. Materials Science200.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences150.3%
    9. Energy80.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.1%
    1. Medicine3828.4%
    2. Health Professions2395.3%
    3. Dentistry441.0%
    4. Nursing170.4%
    5. Veterinary120.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences49911.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology982.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology240.5%
    4. Neuroscience90.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics90.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Palmas strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Palmas is most concentrated in Forestry, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Urban Studies (23.5× the world share in Forestry).

  1. ForestrySubfield · 98.0 works24×
  2. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 246.7 works11×
  3. Urban StudiesSubfield · 107.7 works9.7×
  4. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 104.9 works9.2×
  5. LawSubfield · 181.9 works7.8×
  6. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 120.9 works5.7×
  7. PhilosophySubfield · 81.7 works4.7×
← 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: 2.27× its world share, 432 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 84 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 102 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 97 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.27× its world share, 453 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.20× its world share, 43 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.98× its world share, 209 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 336 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 16 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.55× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.63× its world share, 304 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 48 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.94× its world share, 114 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.49× its world share, 42 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 81 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.99× its world share, 1,516 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences2.99×1,516 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.94×114 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.63×304 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.27×432 works
  5. Environmental Science2.27×453 works
  6. Dentistry2.20×43 works
  7. Health Professions1.98×209 works
  8. Veterinary1.55×8 works
  9. Nursing0.80×16 works
  10. Psychology0.66×81 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.51×7 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.49×42 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.48×20 works
  14. Medicine0.44×336 works
  15. Mathematics0.42×20 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.39×84 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.37×48 works
  18. Computer Science0.33×102 works
  19. Chemistry0.32×20 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.22×3 works
  21. Energy0.20×7 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×10 works
  23. Engineering0.16×97 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.15×14 works
  25. Materials Science0.13×18 works
  26. Neuroscience0.11×7 works

Which keywords describe research in Palmas?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Public Policy, Qualitative Research, Sustainability, Online Learning, Curriculum Development, Social Inequality and Agroecology.

▲ 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. Teacher Training410▲ 15×15 topics
  2. Public Policy408▲ 19×20 topics
  3. Sustainability406▲ 3.7×64 topics
  4. Qualitative Research321▲ 8.3×22 topics
  5. Globalization276▲ 3.1×77 topics
  6. Online Learning274▲ 7.3×9 topics
  7. Educational Technology227▲ 4.2×23 topics
  8. Public Health226▲ 3.4×49 topics
  9. Curriculum Development224▲ 7.3×6 topics
  10. Sustainable Development217▲ 3.0×39 topics
  11. Human Rights216▲ 4.6×39 topics
  12. Healthcare214▲ 4.1×21 topics
  13. Social Inequality208▲ 17×9 topics
  14. Social Justice198▲ 7.3×24 topics
  15. Agroecology194▲ 30×5 topics
  16. Social Movements182▲ 14×19 topics
  17. Legal Theory180▲ 59×3 topics
  18. Legal Philosophy176▲ 62×2 topics
  19. Biodiversity175▲ 5.0×28 topics
  20. Constitutional Law173▲ 29×3 topics
  21. Environmental Law172▲ 18×4 topics
  22. Civil Rights171▲ 56×1 topic
  23. Judicial Activism171▲ 85×1 topic
  24. Inclusive Education153▲ 9.3×11 topics
  25. Educational Policies149▲ 30×3 topics
  26. Pedagogical Practices147▲ 36×3 topics
  27. Inclusion145▲ 22×5 topics
  28. Legislation144▲ 20×3 topics
  29. Distance Learning144▲ 9.2×7 topics
  30. Training144▲ 15×5 topics
  31. Research143▲ 25×5 topics
  32. Educational Reform143▲ 26×5 topics
  33. Educational Policy142▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Distance Education142▲ 16×4 topics
  35. Digital Business141▲ 61×1 topic
  36. Environmental Education141▲ 20×9 topics
  37. Critical Pedagogy140▲ 37×3 topics
  38. Discourse Analysis140▲ 13×9 topics
  39. Healthcare Access140▲ 11×7 topics
  40. Waste Management138▲ 7.6×7 topics

What research is done in Palmas?

Brazilian Legal Issues151Brazilian Legal Issues: 151 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and P…132Education Pedagogy and Practices: 132 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 120 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…114Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 114 fractional worksRural Development and Ag…107Rural Development and Agriculture: 107 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 102 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 98 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Sc…87Agricultural and Food Sciences: 87 fractional worksLinguistics and Education Research: 85 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 74 fractional works
LawEducationManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawInformation Systems and Management3 others

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

  1. 1 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 151 works
  2. 2 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 132 works
  3. 3 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 120 works
  4. 4 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 114 works
  5. 5 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 107 works
  6. 6 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 102 works
  7. 7 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 98 works
  8. 8 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 87 works
  9. 9 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 85 works
  10. 10 Science and Education Research Education 74 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 2025Palmas5.5% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.3% in 2006.

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