Research in Porto Alegre
Science Explorer records 37 research institutions in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre and Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul.
- Research institutions
- 37 14 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 127k ▲ 10% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 9.0% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Porto Alegre?
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.
How concentrated the city is
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What is Porto Alegre strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Porto Alegre is most concentrated in General Arts and Humanities, Issues, ethics and legal aspects and Urban Studies (6.6× the world share in General Arts and Humanities).
- General Arts and HumanitiesSubfield · 31.5 works6.6×
- Issues, ethics and legal aspectsSubfield · 26.4 works5.5×
- Urban StudiesSubfield · 348.6 works5.5×
- Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 320.5 works4.9×
- ForestrySubfield · 103.7 works4.3×
- PhilosophySubfield · 394.8 works4.0×
- Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 435.0 works3.6×
- Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 127.1 works3.4×
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.
Which keywords describe research in Porto Alegre?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Policy, Teacher Training, Qualitative Research, Globalization, Brazil, Social Inequality, Public Health and Healthcare Access.
- Organizational Management
- Quantitative Research
- Media Studies
- Research Methods
- Media Education
- Social Network Analysis
- Educational Policies
- Health Policy
- Discourse Analysis
- Cultural Studies
- Anthropology
- Curriculum Development
- Online Learning
- Social Inequality
- Cultural Identity
- Educational Technology
- Quality of Life
- Teacher Training
- Qualitative Research
- Globalization
- Epidemiology
- Public Policy
- Sustainability
- Public Health
- Education
- Mental Health
- Brazil
- Colonialism
- Identity
- Healthcare Access
- Social Determinants
- Social Movements
- Pedagogical Practices
- Educational Reform
- Critical Pedagogy
- Cultural Convergence
- WebQuests
- Agroecology
- Marketing Strategies
- Case Study
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
- Epidemiology1,282▲ 1.42×137 topics
- Globalization1,084▲ 2.4×134 topics
- Public Policy1,006▲ 8.9×28 topics
- Qualitative Research993▲ 5.0×33 topics
- Sustainability981▲ 1.76×103 topics
- Teacher Training950▲ 6.7×22 topics
- Public Health946▲ 2.8×71 topics
- Quality of Life874▲ 2.6×59 topics
- Education799▲ 2.0×110 topics
- Educational Technology751▲ 2.8×33 topics
- Mental Health713▲ 2.1×46 topics
- Cultural Identity609▲ 5.2×28 topics
- Brazil594▲ 27×5 topics
- Social Inequality587▲ 9.6×18 topics
- Colonialism569▲ 5.2×40 topics
- Online Learning567▲ 3.0×18 topics
- Identity566▲ 3.4×61 topics
- Curriculum Development522▲ 3.3×11 topics
- Healthcare Access516▲ 8.0×11 topics
- Anthropology459▲ 21×8 topics
- Social Determinants458▲ 9.4×8 topics
- Cultural Studies451▲ 5.2×35 topics
- Social Movements428▲ 6.2×27 topics
- Discourse Analysis372▲ 6.4×11 topics
- Pedagogical Practices342▲ 16×3 topics
- Health Policy340▲ 9.5×7 topics
- Educational Reform337▲ 12×5 topics
- Educational Policies333▲ 13×3 topics
- Critical Pedagogy324▲ 17×3 topics
- Social Network Analysis316▲ 11×7 topics
- Cultural Convergence308▲ 22×3 topics
- Media Education307▲ 24×1 topic
- WebQuests307▲ 24×1 topic
- Research Methods293▲ 7.8×4 topics
- Agroecology292▲ 8.8×6 topics
- Media Studies291▲ 19×5 topics
- Marketing Strategies291▲ 13×3 topics
- Quantitative Research290▲ 9.0×3 topics
- Case Study288▲ 19×1 topic
- Organizational Management288▲ 19×1 topic
What research is done in Porto Alegre?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 322 works
- 2 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 307 works
- 3 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 288 works
- 4 Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies Philosophy 262 works
- 5 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 241 works
- 6 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 207 works
- 7 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 206 works
- 8 Science and Education Research Education 188 works
- 9 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 185 works
- 10 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 182 works
Research output over time
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