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Research in Rio Branco

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Rio Branco, Brazil. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidade Federal do Acre, Instituto Federal do Acre and Fundação de Tecnologia do Estado do Acre.

Research institutions
3
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.7k
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
19k
4.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
4.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1970-2026
57 years on the record
Rio Branco

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 Rio Branco?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidade Federal do AcreUniversity 4,059 #2,774
2Instituto Federal do AcreUniversity 473 #10,373
3Fundação de Tecnologia do Estado do AcreGovernment institution 150 #19,406

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 Rio Branco work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Rio Branco is in Social Sciences, 19% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%), Medicine (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 783 fractional works · 43.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 530 fractional works · 29.6% of its workEducation: 215 fractional works · 12.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 134 fractional works · 7.5% of its workUrban Studies: 43 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 29 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 148 fractional works · 8.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 64 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhilosophy: 28 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 51 fractional works · 2.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 33 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 29 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 347 fractional works · 19.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 271 fractional works · 15.1% of its workPlant Science: 113 fractional works · 6.3% of its workForestry: 47 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSoil Science: 25 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInsect Science: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 50 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 337 fractional works · 18.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 190 fractional works · 10.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 66 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEcology: 34 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 31 fractional works · 1.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 28 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 59 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInformation Systems: 29 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 48 fractional works · 2.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 325 fractional works · 18.1% of its workMedicine: 194 fractional works · 10.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 48 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEpidemiology: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 110 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 73 fractional works · 4.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRio Branco1,792fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences44%

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 Sciences53029.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities1488.2%
    3. Psychology512.8%
    4. Decision Sciences331.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting140.8%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance80.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences27115.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology502.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology191.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.3%
    5. Neuroscience30.2%
    1. Environmental Science19010.6%
    2. Computer Science593.3%
    3. Engineering482.7%
    4. Mathematics100.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences90.5%
    6. Materials Science70.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy60.4%
    8. Chemistry40.2%
    9. Energy20.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Medicine19410.8%
    2. Health Professions1106.2%
    3. Nursing120.7%
    4. Veterinary60.3%
    5. Dentistry20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Rio Branco strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Rio Branco is most concentrated in Forestry, Urban Studies and Nature and Landscape Conservation (26.1× the world share in Forestry).

  1. ForestrySubfield · 44.3 works26×
  2. Urban StudiesSubfield · 39.4 works8.8×
  3. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 28.2 works7.2×
  4. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 61.0 works7.0×
  5. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 59.6 works6.2×
  6. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 27.9 works6.0×
← 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: 3.23× its world share, 250 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 45 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.04× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 56 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 45 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.06× its world share, 166 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.32× its world share, 100 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.57× its world share, 177 worksMedicineNursing: 1.39× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.43× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.89× its world share, 136 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.01× its world share, 32 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.87× its world share, 43 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.33× its world share, 480 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.23×250 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.89×136 works
  3. Veterinary2.43×5 works
  4. Social Sciences2.33×480 works
  5. Health Professions2.32×100 works
  6. Environmental Science2.06×166 works
  7. Decision Sciences2.01×32 works
  8. Nursing1.39×11 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.04×17 works
  10. Psychology0.87×43 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.79×4 works
  12. Medicine0.57×177 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×45 works
  14. Mathematics0.49×9 works
  15. Computer Science0.44×56 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.30×2 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.29×7 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.26×14 works
  19. Dentistry0.20×2 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.20×7 works
  21. Engineering0.18×45 works
  22. Chemistry0.16×4 works
  23. Energy0.16×2 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.14×5 works
  25. Materials Science0.11×6 works
  26. Neuroscience0.10×3 works

Which keywords describe research in Rio Branco?

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, Social Movements, Agroecology and Globalization.

▲ 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 Training180▲ 16×11 topics
  2. Sustainability121▲ 2.8×40 topics
  3. Qualitative Research118▲ 7.7×14 topics
  4. Globalization112▲ 3.2×43 topics
  5. Public Policy112▲ 13×12 topics
  6. Epidemiology101▲ 1.42×99 topics
  7. Curriculum Development98▲ 8.1×3 topics
  8. Social Inequality97▲ 20×8 topics
  9. Public Health92▲ 3.5×44 topics
  10. Educational Technology86▲ 4.1×17 topics
  11. Social Movements80▲ 15×17 topics
  12. Education78▲ 2.5×41 topics
  13. Agroecology77▲ 30×4 topics
  14. Inclusive Education72▲ 11×5 topics
  15. Online Learning72▲ 4.8×8 topics
  16. Distance Learning71▲ 11×4 topics
  17. Pedagogical Practices70▲ 44×3 topics
  18. Educational Policies69▲ 36×2 topics
  19. Educational Reform68▲ 31×3 topics
  20. Critical Pedagogy68▲ 46×1 topic
  21. Cultural Identity63▲ 7.0×13 topics
  22. Biodiversity62▲ 4.6×15 topics
  23. Colonialism57▲ 6.8×21 topics
  24. Soil Fertility55▲ 14×5 topics
  25. Genetic Diversity54▲ 6.9×15 topics
  26. Discourse Analysis52▲ 12×6 topics
  27. Health50▲ 7.0×12 topics
  28. Healthcare Access47▲ 9.6×8 topics
  29. Anthropology46▲ 27×6 topics
  30. Economic Analysis44▲ 18×3 topics
  31. Brazil44▲ 27×5 topics
  32. Forest Biomass40▲ 69×1 topic
  33. Wood Residues40▲ 69×1 topic
  34. Rhetoric39▲ 22×3 topics
  35. Social Determinants39▲ 11×7 topics
  36. Science Education39▲ 35×3 topics
  37. Land Reform38▲ 46×2 topics
  38. Social Network Analysis38▲ 18×3 topics
  39. Rural Education38▲ 62×2 topics
  40. Cultural Convergence38▲ 38×2 topics

What research is done in Rio Branco?

Education Pedagogy and P…63Education Pedagogy and Practices: 63 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Sc…39Agricultural and Food Sciences: 39 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 37 fractional worksLinguistics and Education Research: 35 fractional worksGrowth and nutrition in plants: 35 fractional worksRural Development and Agriculture: 34 fractional worksRural and Ethnic Education: 33 fractional worksScience and Education Re…29Science and Education Research: 29 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 27 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 23 fractional works
EducationForestrySociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary Theory3 others

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

  1. 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 63 works
  2. 2 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 39 works
  3. 3 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 37 works
  4. 4 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 35 works
  5. 5 Growth and nutrition in plants Plant Science 35 works
  6. 6 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 34 works
  7. 7 Rural and Ethnic Education Education 33 works
  8. 8 Science and Education Research Education 29 works
  9. 9 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 27 works
  10. 10 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 23 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 counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Rio Branco6.9% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.1% in 2007.

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