Research in Porto Alegre
Science Explorer records 33 research institutions in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul and Grupo Hospitalar Conceição.
- Research institutions
- 33 10 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 127k ▼ 18% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 1.5M 11.6 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 9.0% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
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 Porto Alegre?
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Porto Alegre work in?
In 2022-now, 38% of research in Porto Alegre is in Social Sciences, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Medicine (21%), Engineering (6%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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
- Social Sciences9,54737.7%
- Social Sciences5,67422.4%
- Arts and Humanities1,4715.8%
- Psychology1,0964.3%
- Business, Management and Accounting5222.1%
- Decision Sciences4431.7%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance3411.3%
- Health Sciences7,10028.1%
- Medicine5,26820.8%
- Health Professions1,2945.1%
- Dentistry2971.2%
- Nursing1540.6%
- Veterinary870.3%
- Physical Sciences5,80723.0%
- Engineering1,6186.4%
- Environmental Science1,5156.0%
- Computer Science1,3245.2%
- Materials Science3611.4%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences2941.2%
- Physics and Astronomy2250.9%
- Chemistry2100.8%
- Mathematics1250.5%
- Energy810.3%
- Chemical Engineering550.2%
- Life Sciences2,84211.2%
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.
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Dentistry2.42×269 works
- Veterinary2.36×74 works
- Arts and Humanities2.02×1,334 works
- Health Professions1.93×1,162 works
- Decision Sciences1.93×426 works
- Social Sciences1.80×5,208 works
- Psychology1.43×998 works
- Nursing1.24×139 works
- Environmental Science1.20×1,360 works
- Medicine1.07×4,728 works
- Neuroscience0.99×369 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.93×1,008 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.83×191 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.74×909 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.71×254 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.70×56 works
- Computer Science0.68×1,210 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.66×485 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.66×322 works
- Chemical Engineering0.60×48 works
- Chemistry0.53×191 works
- Engineering0.42×1,456 works
- Materials Science0.41×326 works
- Mathematics0.40×107 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.38×193 works
- Energy0.35×74 works
Which keywords describe research in Porto Alegre?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Policy, Teacher Training, Qualitative Research, Globalization, Public Health, Social Inequality, Brazil and Quality of Life.
- Quantitative Research
- Media Studies
- WebQuests
- Information Society
- Aging Population
- Critical Pedagogy
- Educational Reform
- Pedagogical Practices
- Discourse Analysis
- Social Movements
- Anthropology
- Healthcare Access
- Online Learning
- Social Inequality
- Cultural Identity
- Educational Technology
- Quality of Life
- Qualitative Research
- Sustainability
- Globalization
- Epidemiology
- Public Policy
- Public Health
- Teacher Training
- Education
- Mental Health
- Brazil
- Identity
- Colonialism
- Curriculum Development
- Social Determinants
- Cultural Studies
- Health Policy
- Chronic Diseases
- Educational Policies
- Social Network Analysis
- Cultural Convergence
- Media Education
- Agroecology
- Marketing Strategies
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
- Epidemiology1,423▲ 1.41×138 topics
- Globalization1,205▲ 2.4×137 topics
- Public Policy1,102▲ 9.2×28 topics
- Sustainability1,101▲ 1.78×106 topics
- Public Health1,043▲ 2.8×72 topics
- Qualitative Research1,034▲ 4.8×35 topics
- Teacher Training1,004▲ 6.5×22 topics
- Quality of Life981▲ 2.7×60 topics
- Education932▲ 2.1×114 topics
- Educational Technology810▲ 2.7×35 topics
- Mental Health764▲ 2.1×46 topics
- Cultural Identity669▲ 5.3×29 topics
- Brazil632▲ 27×5 topics
- Social Inequality632▲ 9.4×18 topics
- Identity626▲ 3.4×65 topics
- Online Learning604▲ 2.9×19 topics
- Colonialism598▲ 5.0×41 topics
- Healthcare Access571▲ 8.3×11 topics
- Curriculum Development549▲ 3.2×12 topics
- Anthropology497▲ 21×8 topics
- Social Determinants486▲ 9.3×8 topics
- Social Movements480▲ 6.4×29 topics
- Cultural Studies478▲ 5.1×36 topics
- Discourse Analysis392▲ 6.4×11 topics
- Health Policy388▲ 10.0×7 topics
- Pedagogical Practices361▲ 16×3 topics
- Chronic Diseases354▲ 5.5×10 topics
- Educational Reform351▲ 11×5 topics
- Educational Policies346▲ 13×3 topics
- Critical Pedagogy337▲ 16×4 topics
- Social Network Analysis327▲ 11×7 topics
- Aging Population323▲ 15×5 topics
- Cultural Convergence318▲ 22×3 topics
- Information Society317▲ 24×2 topics
- Media Education317▲ 24×1 topic
- WebQuests317▲ 24×1 topic
- Agroecology312▲ 8.7×6 topics
- Media Studies299▲ 19×5 topics
- Marketing Strategies293▲ 13×3 topics
- Quantitative Research292▲ 9.1×3 topics
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
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.6% in 2016.
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