Research in Salvador
Science Explorer records 23 research institutions in Salvador, Brazil. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Universidade Federal da Bahia, Universidade do Estado da Bahia and Instituto Federal da Bahia.
- Research institutions
- 23 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 56k ▲ 62% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 7.1% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Salvador?
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
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.
What is Salvador strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Salvador is most concentrated in Forestry, General Arts and Humanities and Urban Studies (11.2× the world share in Forestry).
- ForestrySubfield · 172.6 works11×
- General Arts and HumanitiesSubfield · 26.8 works8.8×
- Urban StudiesSubfield · 344.0 works8.4×
- Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 260.4 works6.2×
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 511.3 works5.9×
- Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 365.1 works4.7×
- Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 104.6 works4.3×
- PhilosophySubfield · 250.0 works4.0×
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 Salvador?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Public Policy, Qualitative Research, Social Inequality, Globalization, Sustainability, Public Health and Curriculum Development.
- Social Participation
- Aging Population
- Media Education
- Environmental Education
- Discourse Analysis
- Health Policy
- Agroecology
- Educational Reform
- Distance Learning
- Pedagogical Practices
- Inclusive Education
- Healthcare Access
- Healthcare
- Cultural Identity
- Curriculum Development
- Quality of Life
- Educational Technology
- Globalization
- Qualitative Research
- Sustainability
- Teacher Training
- Public Policy
- Epidemiology
- Public Health
- Social Inequality
- Education
- Online Learning
- Mental Health
- Social Movements
- Identity
- Brazil
- Colonialism
- Educational Policies
- Critical Pedagogy
- Anthropology
- Social Determinants
- Cultural Studies
- Social Network Analysis
- WebQuests
- Social Determinants of Health
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
- Teacher Training1,085▲ 12×23 topics
- Sustainability946▲ 2.6×93 topics
- Public Policy920▲ 13×22 topics
- Qualitative Research902▲ 7.0×30 topics
- Epidemiology891▲ 1.53×135 topics
- Globalization884▲ 3.0×124 topics
- Public Health776▲ 3.6×67 topics
- Educational Technology703▲ 4.0×36 topics
- Social Inequality685▲ 17×15 topics
- Quality of Life672▲ 3.2×59 topics
- Education653▲ 2.6×97 topics
- Curriculum Development602▲ 5.8×10 topics
- Online Learning554▲ 4.5×16 topics
- Cultural Identity546▲ 7.2×26 topics
- Mental Health507▲ 2.3×45 topics
- Healthcare491▲ 3.0×27 topics
- Social Movements486▲ 11×29 topics
- Healthcare Access470▲ 11×12 topics
- Identity424▲ 3.9×55 topics
- Inclusive Education418▲ 8.0×18 topics
- Brazil418▲ 29×5 topics
- Pedagogical Practices403▲ 30×3 topics
- Colonialism402▲ 5.8×35 topics
- Distance Learning397▲ 8.0×11 topics
- Educational Policies394▲ 23×3 topics
- Educational Reform393▲ 21×5 topics
- Critical Pedagogy385▲ 30×3 topics
- Agroecology376▲ 18×6 topics
- Anthropology362▲ 25×9 topics
- Health Policy356▲ 15×7 topics
- Social Determinants354▲ 11×7 topics
- Discourse Analysis323▲ 8.6×9 topics
- Cultural Studies309▲ 5.5×29 topics
- Environmental Education290▲ 13×8 topics
- Social Network Analysis290▲ 16×7 topics
- Media Education284▲ 34×1 topic
- WebQuests284▲ 34×1 topic
- Aging Population269▲ 20×4 topics
- Social Determinants of Health259▲ 7.8×8 topics
- Social Participation256▲ 27×2 topics
What research is done in Salvador?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 384 works
- 2 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 284 works
- 3 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 255 works
- 4 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 247 works
- 5 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 223 works
- 6 Science and Education Research Education 212 works
- 7 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 208 works
- 8 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 198 works
- 9 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 186 works
- 10 Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies Philosophy 185 works
Research output over time
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