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Research in São Leopoldo

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in São Leopoldo, Brazil. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos and Faculdades EST.

Research institutions
3
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
15k
▼ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
84k
5.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
São Leopoldo

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 São Leopoldo?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidade do Vale do Rio dos SinosUniversity 13,317 #1,731
2Faculdades ESTUniversity 1,126 #14,553
3Colégio SinodalUniversity 75 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.

Which fields of science does São Leopoldo work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research in São Leopoldo is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Engineering (8%), Business, Management and Accounting (7%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,683 fractional works · 60.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 964 fractional works · 34.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 331 fractional works · 11.8% of its workEducation: 208 fractional works · 7.4% of its workLaw: 114 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 80 fractional works · 2.9% of its workUrban Studies: 45 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCommunication: 36 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 30 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 199 fractional works · 7.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 73 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 34 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 186 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPhilosophy: 78 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 41 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 156 fractional works · 5.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 82 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 32 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 130 fractional works · 4.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 102 fractional works · 3.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 48 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 33 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 658 fractional works · 23.4% of its workEngineering: 211 fractional works · 7.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 35 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 33 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 30 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 186 fractional works · 6.6% of its workInformation Systems: 64 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 44 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 32 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 166 fractional works · 5.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 75 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 61 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPaleontology: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 339 fractional works · 12.1% of its workMedicine: 193 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 47 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurgery: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 60 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 136 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 73 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 127 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 81 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPlant Science: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workForestry: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSão Leopoldo2,807fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences60%

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 Sciences1,68360.0%
    1. Social Sciences96434.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1997.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities1866.6%
    4. Psychology1565.6%
    5. Decision Sciences1304.6%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance481.7%
    1. Engineering2117.5%
    2. Computer Science1866.6%
    3. Environmental Science1665.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences612.2%
    5. Materials Science140.5%
    6. Energy70.2%
    7. Mathematics40.2%
    8. Chemistry40.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy20.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.0%
    1. Medicine1936.9%
    2. Health Professions1364.8%
    3. Nursing70.3%
    4. Dentistry30.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences812.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology250.9%
    3. Neuroscience160.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology30.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is São Leopoldo strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in São Leopoldo is most concentrated in Information Systems and Management, Law and Philosophy (13.5× the world share in Information Systems and Management).

  1. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 100.3 works13×
  2. LawSubfield · 108.7 works7.2×
  3. PhilosophySubfield · 76.4 works6.8×
  4. Urban StudiesSubfield · 44.5 works6.2×
  5. Decision SciencesField · 125.8 works5.0×
← 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: 0.61× its world share, 76 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.83× its world share, 169 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 56 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 199 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.22× its world share, 158 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.85× its world share, 127 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 174 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.33× its world share, 176 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.21× its world share, 185 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.99× its world share, 126 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.81× its world share, 45 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.85× its world share, 147 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.70× its world share, 890 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences4.99×126 works
  2. Social Sciences2.70×890 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.33×176 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.21×185 works
  5. Health Professions1.85×127 works
  6. Psychology1.85×147 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.37×56 works
  8. Environmental Science1.22×158 works
  9. Computer Science0.83×169 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.81×45 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.61×76 works
  12. Nursing0.52×7 works
  13. Engineering0.51×199 works
  14. Medicine0.35×174 works
  15. Neuroscience0.34×14 works
  16. Energy0.26×6 works
  17. Dentistry0.25×3 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×23 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.16×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.14×13 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.11×1 works
  22. Mathematics0.11×3 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.09×2 works
  24. Veterinary0.09×0 works
  25. Chemistry0.08×3 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.04×2 works

Which keywords describe research in São Leopoldo?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Qualitative Research, Public Policy, Teacher Training, Globalization, Brazil, Human Rights, Sustainability and Social Inequality.

▲ 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. Qualitative Research246▲ 10×15 topics
  2. Sustainability181▲ 2.6×67 topics
  3. Globalization169▲ 3.1×81 topics
  4. Public Policy162▲ 12×19 topics
  5. Teacher Training141▲ 8.2×15 topics
  6. Education138▲ 2.9×72 topics
  7. Human Rights135▲ 4.7×36 topics
  8. Mental Health116▲ 2.9×33 topics
  9. Educational Technology108▲ 3.3×25 topics
  10. Brazil108▲ 41×5 topics
  11. Social Inequality105▲ 14×12 topics
  12. Healthcare103▲ 3.2×23 topics
  13. Legal Theory102▲ 54×3 topics
  14. Social Justice101▲ 6.0×21 topics
  15. Legal Philosophy96▲ 55×2 topics
  16. Data Analysis94▲ 13×3 topics
  17. Environmental Law94▲ 16×4 topics
  18. Innovation Management94▲ 21×3 topics
  19. Online Learning93▲ 4.0×13 topics
  20. Marketing Strategies93▲ 36×2 topics
  21. Case Study92▲ 53×1 topic
  22. Organizational Management92▲ 55×1 topic
  23. Quantitative Research92▲ 26×2 topics
  24. Research Methods92▲ 21×2 topics
  25. Constitutional Law85▲ 23×4 topics
  26. Cultural Identity85▲ 6.1×16 topics
  27. Civil Rights84▲ 45×1 topic
  28. Judicial Activism84▲ 67×1 topic
  29. Ethics72▲ 5.1×35 topics
  30. Social Determinants70▲ 12×7 topics
  31. Healthcare Access68▲ 8.9×8 topics
  32. Religion67▲ 5.2×25 topics
  33. Inclusive Education66▲ 6.5×9 topics
  34. Pedagogical Practices65▲ 26×3 topics
  35. Social Movements64▲ 7.8×16 topics
  36. Distance Learning64▲ 6.5×6 topics
  37. Waste Management63▲ 5.6×9 topics
  38. Educational Policies61▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Educational Reform61▲ 18×3 topics
  40. Critical Pedagogy59▲ 25×2 topics

What research is done in São Leopoldo?

Business and Management Studies: 92 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues: 82 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and P…57Education Pedagogy and Practices: 57 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…43Environmental Sustainability and Education: 43 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 41 fractional worksPsychology and Mental Health: 40 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…36Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 36 fractional worksSocial and Economic Solidarity: 34 fractional worksReligion and Society in Latin America: 32 fractional worksCultural, Media, and Literary Studies: 30 fractional works
Information Systems and ManagementLawEducationManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law3 others

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

  1. 1 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 92 works
  2. 2 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 82 works
  3. 3 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 57 works
  4. 4 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 43 works
  5. 5 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 41 works
  6. 6 Psychology and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 40 works
  7. 7 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 36 works
  8. 8 Social and Economic Solidarity Sociology and Political Science 34 works
  9. 9 Religion and Society in Latin America Sociology and Political Science 32 works
  10. 10 Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies Philosophy 30 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025São Leopoldo8.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.2% in 2007.

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