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Research in Passo Fundo

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Passo Fundo, Brazil. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidade de Passo Fundo and Atitus Educação.

Research institutions
3
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
8.6k
▼ 43% vs 2018-21
Citations
55k
6.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
6.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1956-2026
71 years on the record
Passo Fundo

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 Passo Fundo?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidade de Passo FundoUniversity 6,550 #2,693
2Atitus EducaçãoUniversity 1,895 #10,598
3Hospital Ortopédico de Passo FundoHospital / health system 130 #34,239 all time

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 Passo Fundo work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research in Passo Fundo is in Social Sciences, 25% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Medicine (16%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (8%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 822 fractional works · 45.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 557 fractional works · 30.9% of its workEducation: 173 fractional works · 9.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 163 fractional works · 9.1% of its workLaw: 51 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 43 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDemography: 37 fractional works · 2.0% of its workUrban Studies: 27 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 105 fractional works · 5.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 43 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhilosophy: 31 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 70 fractional works · 3.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 39 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 41 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 35 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 40 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 454 fractional works · 25.2% of its workMedicine: 282 fractional works · 15.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 41 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSurgery: 36 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 84 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 38 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 72 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOral Surgery: 28 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrthodontics: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPeriodontics: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 300 fractional works · 16.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 134 fractional works · 7.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 69 fractional works · 3.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 87 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 45 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 26 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 224 fractional works · 12.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 144 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPlant Science: 72 fractional works · 4.0% of its workFood Science: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workForestry: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAquatic Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 53 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPasso Fundo1,800fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences25%Social Sciences46%

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 Sciences55730.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities1055.8%
    3. Psychology703.9%
    4. Decision Sciences412.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting402.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance100.6%
    1. Medicine28215.7%
    2. Health Professions844.7%
    3. Dentistry724.0%
    4. Nursing90.5%
    5. Veterinary70.4%
    1. Environmental Science1347.4%
    2. Engineering874.8%
    3. Computer Science452.5%
    4. Materials Science140.8%
    5. Energy90.5%
    6. Chemistry60.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.2%
    8. Mathematics10.0%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1448.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology533.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology130.7%
    4. Neuroscience110.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Passo Fundo strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Passo Fundo is most concentrated in Orthodontics, Dentistry and Oral Surgery (11.7× the world share in Orthodontics).

  1. OrthodonticsSubfield · 22.1 works12×
  2. DentistryField · 66.8 works8.2×
  3. Oral SurgerySubfield · 25.7 works7.9×
  4. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 34.7 works7.2×
  5. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 66.9 works6.8×
← 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: 1.65× its world share, 132 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 42 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 78 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.52× its world share, 127 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 8.19× its world share, 67 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.76× its world share, 78 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.79× its world share, 255 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.01× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.11× its world share, 103 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.70× its world share, 38 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.42× its world share, 39 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.23× its world share, 63 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.51× its world share, 534 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry8.19×67 works
  2. Veterinary3.01×7 works
  3. Social Sciences2.51×534 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.42×39 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.11×103 works
  6. Health Professions1.76×78 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.65×132 works
  8. Environmental Science1.52×127 works
  9. Psychology1.23×63 works
  10. Nursing0.93×8 works
  11. Medicine0.79×255 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.77×13 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.70×38 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.54×48 works
  15. Energy0.47×7 works
  16. Computer Science0.32×42 works
  17. Engineering0.31×78 works
  18. Neuroscience0.30×8 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.28×10 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.27×2 works
  21. Materials Science0.23×14 works
  22. Chemistry0.21×6 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×3 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.05×0 works
  25. Mathematics0.04×1 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Passo Fundo?

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

▲ 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 Training142▲ 13×13 topics
  2. Qualitative Research133▲ 8.7×11 topics
  3. Public Policy127▲ 15×13 topics
  4. Sustainability114▲ 2.6×61 topics
  5. Epidemiology97▲ 1.36×107 topics
  6. Curriculum Development89▲ 7.3×7 topics
  7. Social Inequality82▲ 17×12 topics
  8. Globalization80▲ 2.2×47 topics
  9. Education78▲ 2.5×57 topics
  10. Educational Technology76▲ 3.6×18 topics
  11. Quality of Life75▲ 2.9×50 topics
  12. Brazil67▲ 40×5 topics
  13. Online Learning66▲ 4.4×9 topics
  14. Mental Health65▲ 2.5×32 topics
  15. Public Health64▲ 2.4×41 topics
  16. Inclusive Education64▲ 9.8×7 topics
  17. Distance Learning62▲ 9.9×6 topics
  18. Educational Reform62▲ 28×3 topics
  19. Educational Policies61▲ 32×2 topics
  20. Pedagogical Practices61▲ 38×2 topics
  21. Critical Pedagogy60▲ 40×1 topic
  22. Human Rights56▲ 3.0×27 topics
  23. Social Movements54▲ 10×15 topics
  24. Discourse Analysis50▲ 11×7 topics
  25. Social Justice49▲ 4.6×13 topics
  26. Healthcare Access47▲ 9.5×7 topics
  27. Social Determinants45▲ 12×5 topics
  28. Legal Philosophy45▲ 40×2 topics
  29. Legal Theory45▲ 37×2 topics
  30. Environmental Law43▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Constitutional Law43▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Civil Rights42▲ 35×1 topic
  33. Judicial Activism42▲ 53×1 topic
  34. Environmental Education41▲ 15×6 topics
  35. Waste Management40▲ 5.6×8 topics
  36. Agroecology37▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Science Education35▲ 32×2 topics
  38. Water Resources35▲ 8.0×7 topics
  39. Social Network Analysis35▲ 16×1 topic
  40. WebQuests35▲ 38×1 topic

What research is done in Passo Fundo?

Education Pedagogy and Practices: 59 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues: 42 fractional worksEducation and Digital Te…35Education and Digital Technologies: 35 fractional worksBusiness and Management …34Business and Management Studies: 34 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 31 fractional worksSocial and Political Issues: 29 fractional worksLinguistics and Educatio…28Linguistics and Education Research: 28 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 26 fractional worksRural Development and Agriculture: 22 fractional worksEducation and Public Pol…21Education and Public Policy: 21 fractional works
EducationLawSociology and Political ScienceInformation Systems and Management3 others

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

  1. 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 59 works
  2. 2 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 42 works
  3. 3 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 35 works
  4. 4 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 34 works
  5. 5 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 31 works
  6. 6 Social and Political Issues Sociology and Political Science 29 works
  7. 7 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 28 works
  8. 8 Science and Education Research Education 26 works
  9. 9 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 22 works
  10. 10 Education and Public Policy Political Science and International Relations 21 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 2025Passo Fundo6.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.2% in 2007.

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