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Research in Rio Grande

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Rio Grande, Brazil. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidade Federal do Rio Grande and Prefeitura Municipal de Esteio.

Research institutions
5
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
13k
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
143k
11.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1956-2026
71 years on the record
Rio Grande

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 Grande?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidade Federal do Rio GrandeUniversity 12,772 #2,539
2Prefeitura Municipal de EsteioGovernment institution 230 #19,506
3Clinica GastrobeseHospital / health system 11 not ranked
4Fundação de Apoio à Universidade do Rio GrandeNonprofit 1 not ranked
5National Institute of Aquatic ToxicologyResearch facility 1 not ranked

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.

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande: 98.1%Prefeitura Municipal de Esteio: 1.8%Clinica Gastrobese: 0.1%Fundação de Apoio à Universidade do Rio Grande: 0.0%1 other listed: 0.0%98%largest
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande13k · 98.1%Prefeitura Municipal de Esteio230 · 1.8%Clinica Gastrobese11 · 0.1%Fundação de Apoio à Universidade do Rio Grande1 · 0.0%1 other listed1 · 0.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Rio Grande work in?

In 2022-now, 37% of research in Rio Grande is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Environmental Science (14%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,282 fractional works · 37.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 830 fractional works · 24.2% of its workEducation: 300 fractional works · 8.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 220 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 61 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDemography: 42 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 42 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 40 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrban Studies: 37 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 36 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 168 fractional works · 4.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 67 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhilosophy: 31 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 92 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 43 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 88 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 64 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 67 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 36 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,214 fractional works · 35.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 482 fractional works · 14.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 145 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEcology: 81 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 52 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 46 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 42 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 34 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 33 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 261 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 37 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 36 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 167 fractional works · 4.9% of its workInformation Systems: 62 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 38 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 115 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOceanography: 51 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 65 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomaterials: 31 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 40 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 39 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 36 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 29 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 501 fractional works · 14.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 348 fractional works · 10.1% of its workPlant Science: 77 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInsect Science: 68 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 57 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 50 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAquatic Science: 47 fractional works · 1.4% of its workForestry: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 100 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 47 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiotechnology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 437 fractional works · 12.7% of its workMedicine: 259 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 48 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 68 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 145 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 89 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRio Grande3,433fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences37%

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 Sciences1,28237.3%
    1. Social Sciences83024.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities1684.9%
    3. Psychology922.7%
    4. Decision Sciences882.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting672.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance361.0%
    1. Environmental Science48214.0%
    2. Engineering2617.6%
    3. Computer Science1674.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1153.3%
    5. Materials Science651.9%
    6. Energy401.2%
    7. Chemistry361.1%
    8. Mathematics290.9%
    9. Physics and Astronomy140.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering50.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences34810.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1002.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology250.7%
    4. Neuroscience190.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics90.3%
    1. Medicine2597.5%
    2. Health Professions1454.2%
    3. Nursing170.5%
    4. Dentistry110.3%
    5. Veterinary50.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Rio Grande strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Rio Grande is most concentrated in Forestry, Aquatic Science and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (7.8× the world share in Forestry).

  1. ForestrySubfield · 25.3 works7.8×
  2. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 43.6 works7.7×
  3. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 137.9 works7.5×
  4. Insect ScienceSubfield · 65.7 works7.4×
  5. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 62.9 works7.0×
  6. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 43.2 works5.8×
  7. OceanographySubfield · 47.0 works5.3×
← 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: 2.20× its world share, 326 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 89 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.67× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.42× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.66× its world share, 32 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 146 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.15× its world share, 106 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.26× its world share, 36 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.52× its world share, 244 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.85× its world share, 444 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 57 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.74× its world share, 27 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.70× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.59× its world share, 131 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 230 worksMedicineNursing: 1.02× its world share, 16 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.06× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.68× its world share, 152 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.63× its world share, 64 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.82× its world share, 85 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 35 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 82 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 750 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science2.85×444 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.82×85 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.20×326 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.15×106 works
  5. Social Sciences1.89×750 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.68×152 works
  7. Health Professions1.59×131 works
  8. Energy1.26×36 works
  9. Veterinary1.06×4 works
  10. Nursing1.02×16 works
  11. Psychology0.86×82 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.76×8 works
  13. Mathematics0.74×27 works
  14. Dentistry0.70×11 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.67×21 works
  16. Chemistry0.66×32 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.63×64 works
  18. Computer Science0.60×146 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.54×89 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.53×35 works
  21. Engineering0.52×244 works
  22. Materials Science0.52×57 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.42×5 works
  24. Medicine0.38×230 works
  25. Neuroscience0.34×17 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.17×12 works

Which keywords describe research in Rio Grande?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Public Policy, Qualitative Research, Sustainability, Biodiversity, Social Inequality, Curriculum Development 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. Sustainability232▲ 2.8×77 topics
  2. Teacher Training222▲ 11×18 topics
  3. Public Policy201▲ 12×18 topics
  4. Climate Change186▲ 1.99×87 topics
  5. Qualitative Research185▲ 6.3×22 topics
  6. Biodiversity157▲ 6.0×29 topics
  7. Education146▲ 2.5×64 topics
  8. Curriculum Development135▲ 5.8×9 topics
  9. Social Inequality134▲ 15×11 topics
  10. Educational Technology131▲ 3.2×24 topics
  11. Globalization123▲ 1.82×69 topics
  12. Environmental Impact122▲ 2.1×54 topics
  13. Renewable Energy120▲ 2.4×36 topics
  14. Public Health120▲ 2.4×47 topics
  15. Sustainable Development116▲ 2.2×36 topics
  16. Waste Management116▲ 8.4×9 topics
  17. Online Learning114▲ 4.0×10 topics
  18. Environmental Education100▲ 19×8 topics
  19. Educational Reform95▲ 23×4 topics
  20. Conservation93▲ 6.3×18 topics
  21. Inclusive Education92▲ 7.4×10 topics
  22. Water Resources91▲ 11×6 topics
  23. Pedagogical Practices90▲ 29×3 topics
  24. Distance Learning87▲ 7.3×8 topics
  25. Eco-friendly Practices87▲ 44×2 topics
  26. Educational Policies87▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Social Participation86▲ 43×2 topics
  28. Brazil86▲ 27×5 topics
  29. Critical Pedagogy86▲ 30×3 topics
  30. Discourse Analysis79▲ 9.5×8 topics
  31. Research Methods67▲ 13×3 topics
  32. Population Dynamics66▲ 7.5×12 topics
  33. Science Education64▲ 30×2 topics
  34. Biological Control62▲ 12×8 topics
  35. Aquaculture62▲ 7.1×8 topics
  36. Social Network Analysis59▲ 15×4 topics
  37. Innovation Management58▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Media Education58▲ 33×1 topic
  39. WebQuests58▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Marketing Strategies58▲ 18×2 topics

What research is done in Rio Grande?

Environmental Sustainability and Education: 83 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and Practices: 79 fractional worksBusiness and Management …57Business and Management Studies: 57 fractional worksEducation and Digital Te…55Education and Digital Technologies: 55 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 46 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 35 fractional worksLinguistics and Educatio…34Linguistics and Education Research: 34 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 30 fractional worksRural Development and Agriculture: 30 fractional worksGender, Sexuality, and Education: 30 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawEducationInformation Systems and ManagementSociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 83 works
  2. 2 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 79 works
  3. 3 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 57 works
  4. 4 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 55 works
  5. 5 Science and Education Research Education 46 works
  6. 6 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 35 works
  7. 7 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 34 works
  8. 8 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 30 works
  9. 9 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 30 works
  10. 10 Gender, Sexuality, and Education Gender Studies 30 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Rio Grande8.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.9% in 2010.

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