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Research in Porto Alegre

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.6k
▼ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.7k
2.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
3.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Porto Alegre

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?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do SulUniversity 2,567 #4,281

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 Porto Alegre work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research in Porto Alegre is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Environmental Science (19%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (16%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 376 fractional works · 50.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 265 fractional works · 35.9% of its workEducation: 114 fractional works · 15.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 77 fractional works · 10.5% of its workUrban Studies: 15 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLaw: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGender Studies: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 57 fractional works · 7.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 18 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMusic: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 20 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 19 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 182 fractional works · 24.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 142 fractional works · 19.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 88 fractional works · 11.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 16 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 132 fractional works · 17.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 118 fractional works · 15.9% of its workPlant Science: 42 fractional works · 5.7% of its workForestry: 25 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSoil Science: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 49 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMedicine: 24 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 21 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPorto Alegre740fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences51%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences26535.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities577.7%
    3. Decision Sciences202.7%
    4. Psychology142.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting141.9%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance60.8%
    1. Environmental Science14219.3%
    2. Engineering141.9%
    3. Computer Science131.8%
    4. Materials Science40.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.5%
    6. Energy20.3%
    7. Chemistry20.3%
    8. Mathematics10.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11815.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology101.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology30.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Neuroscience00.0%
    1. Medicine243.2%
    2. Health Professions212.8%
    3. Nursing30.4%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Porto Alegre strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Porto Alegre is most concentrated in Forestry and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (33.7× the world share in Forestry).

  1. ForestrySubfield · 23.3 works34×
  2. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 84.0 works22×
← 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: 3.31× its world share, 105 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.01× its world share, 133 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.03× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.60× its world share, 50 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.06× its world share, 20 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.62× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.86× its world share, 241 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science4.01×133 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.31×105 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.06×20 works
  4. Social Sciences2.86×241 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.60×50 works
  6. Health Professions1.03×18 works
  7. Nursing0.76×2 works
  8. Veterinary0.76×1 works
  9. Psychology0.62×13 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.47×10 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.46×3 works
  12. Energy0.36×2 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.35×5 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.31×3 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.26×9 works
  16. Dentistry0.24×1 works
  17. Computer Science0.23×12 works
  18. Chemistry0.16×2 works
  19. Medicine0.16×21 works
  20. Materials Science0.15×3 works
  21. Engineering0.11×11 works
  22. Mathematics0.07×0 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.06×0 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.05×0 works
  25. Neuroscience0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Porto Alegre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Sustainability, Public Policy, Qualitative Research, Biodiversity, Sustainable Development, Social Inequality and Waste Management.

▲ 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. Sustainability104▲ 5.8×41 topics
  2. Teacher Training91▲ 20×8 topics
  3. Public Policy85▲ 24×13 topics
  4. Qualitative Research66▲ 10×10 topics
  5. Sustainable Development62▲ 5.4×20 topics
  6. Biodiversity56▲ 9.9×18 topics
  7. Renewable Energy53▲ 5.0×15 topics
  8. Social Inequality52▲ 27×8 topics
  9. Waste Management52▲ 18×5 topics
  10. Curriculum Development52▲ 10×3 topics
  11. Environmental Education48▲ 43×3 topics
  12. Eco-friendly Practices47▲ 111×2 topics
  13. Water Resources47▲ 26×2 topics
  14. Social Participation47▲ 107×1 topic
  15. Agroecology46▲ 44×3 topics
  16. Environmental Impact45▲ 3.6×26 topics
  17. Education44▲ 3.5×34 topics
  18. Online Learning44▲ 7.1×5 topics
  19. Inclusive Education43▲ 16×8 topics
  20. Educational Technology43▲ 4.9×11 topics
  21. Globalization42▲ 2.9×39 topics
  22. Pedagogical Practices38▲ 57×3 topics
  23. Distance Learning36▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Educational Policies36▲ 45×3 topics
  25. Critical Pedagogy36▲ 58×1 topic
  26. Educational Reform36▲ 39×1 topic
  27. Food Security34▲ 8.6×7 topics
  28. Agriculture34▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Family Farming32▲ 133×1 topic
  30. Rural Policy32▲ 133×1 topic
  31. Social Movements30▲ 14×8 topics
  32. Identity27▲ 5.0×17 topics
  33. Brazil26▲ 38×5 topics
  34. Economic Analysis25▲ 24×3 topics
  35. Cultural Identity24▲ 6.6×12 topics
  36. Forest Biomass24▲ 101×1 topic
  37. Wood Residues24▲ 101×1 topic
  38. Social Network Analysis24▲ 27×1 topic
  39. WebQuests24▲ 62×1 topic
  40. Discourse Analysis21▲ 12×3 topics

What research is done in Porto Alegre?

Environmental Sustainability and Education: 46 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and Practices: 33 fractional worksRural Development and Ag…31Rural Development and Agriculture: 31 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Sc…23Agricultural and Food Sciences: 23 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 22 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 18 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…17Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 17 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 16 fractional worksSoil Management and Crop Yield: 11 fractional worksEducation during COVID-19 pandemic: 11 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawEducationForestrySociology and Political Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 46 works
  2. 2 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 33 works
  3. 3 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 31 works
  4. 4 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 23 works
  5. 5 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 22 works
  6. 6 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 18 works
  7. 7 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 17 works
  8. 8 Science and Education Research Education 16 works
  9. 9 Soil Management and Crop Yield Soil Science 11 works
  10. 10 Education during COVID-19 pandemic Education 11 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 2025Porto Alegre5.4% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.6% in 2005.

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