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Research in Seropédica

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Seropédica, Brazil. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
13k
▼ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
95k
7.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
5.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1960-2026
67 years on the record
Seropédica

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 Seropédica?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de JaneiroUniversity 12,763 #3,787

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 Seropédica work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Seropédica is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (16%), Environmental Science (14%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,397 fractional works · 44.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 924 fractional works · 29.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 304 fractional works · 9.7% of its workEducation: 213 fractional works · 6.8% of its workUrban Studies: 93 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 75 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAnthropology: 46 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 37 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 230 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPhilosophy: 70 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 66 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHistory: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 77 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 66 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 59 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 64 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 42 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 37 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 786 fractional works · 25.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 428 fractional works · 13.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 171 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEcology: 65 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 37 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 37 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 37 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 115 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 56 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 46 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeophysics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 42 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 41 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 30 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 667 fractional works · 21.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 501 fractional works · 15.9% of its workPlant Science: 155 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSoil Science: 62 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFood Science: 57 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 51 fractional works · 1.6% of its workForestry: 48 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInsect Science: 46 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 101 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 47 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 49 fractional works · 1.6% of its workParasitology: 37 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 290 fractional works · 9.2% of its workMedicine: 182 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 59 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 30 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmall Animals: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSeropédica3,141fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences21%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences9%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 Sciences1,39744.5%
    1. Social Sciences92429.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities2307.3%
    3. Psychology772.4%
    4. Decision Sciences662.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance642.0%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting371.2%
    1. Environmental Science42813.6%
    2. Engineering1153.6%
    3. Computer Science561.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences461.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy421.3%
    6. Materials Science411.3%
    7. Chemistry301.0%
    8. Energy130.4%
    9. Mathematics110.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering40.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences50115.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1013.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology491.6%
    4. Neuroscience110.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.2%
    1. Medicine1825.8%
    2. Health Professions591.9%
    3. Veterinary321.0%
    4. Nursing140.5%
    5. Dentistry40.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Seropédica strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Seropédica is most concentrated in Forestry, Urban Studies and Parasitology (15.5× the world share in Forestry).

  1. ForestrySubfield · 45.5 works16×
  2. Urban StudiesSubfield · 88.1 works11×
  3. ParasitologySubfield · 29.9 works10×
  4. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 159.1 works9.7×
  5. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 58.2 works7.2×
  6. VeterinaryField · 25.1 works6.5×
← 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: 3.33× its world share, 445 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 85 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.40× its world share, 40 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.59× its world share, 26 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 51 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 34 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 100 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.69× its world share, 376 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 25 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 38 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 54 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 158 worksMedicineNursing: 0.97× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.55× its world share, 25 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.66× its world share, 216 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 34 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.35× its world share, 64 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.00× its world share, 60 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 67 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.43× its world share, 865 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary6.55×25 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.33×445 works
  3. Environmental Science2.69×376 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.66×216 works
  5. Social Sciences2.43×865 works
  6. Decision Sciences2.35×64 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.40×40 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.00×60 works
  9. Nursing0.97×13 works
  10. Psychology0.78×67 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.76×34 works
  12. Health Professions0.72×54 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.60×38 works
  14. Chemistry0.59×26 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.57×85 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.49×5 works
  17. Energy0.47×12 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.39×4 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.37×34 works
  20. Medicine0.29×158 works
  21. Materials Science0.26×25 works
  22. Mathematics0.26×9 works
  23. Engineering0.24×100 works
  24. Dentistry0.24×3 works
  25. Computer Science0.23×51 works
  26. Neuroscience0.22×10 works

Which keywords describe research in Seropédica?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Policy, Sustainability, Globalization, Teacher Training, Qualitative Research, Cultural Identity, Biodiversity and Social Movements.

▲ 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. Sustainability304▲ 4.0×75 topics
  2. Globalization262▲ 4.2×82 topics
  3. Public Policy253▲ 17×16 topics
  4. Qualitative Research183▲ 6.8×15 topics
  5. Teacher Training174▲ 9.0×16 topics
  6. Education147▲ 2.7×54 topics
  7. Biodiversity146▲ 6.1×29 topics
  8. Cultural Identity139▲ 8.9×21 topics
  9. Social Movements129▲ 14×20 topics
  10. Agroecology126▲ 29×5 topics
  11. Brazil125▲ 43×5 topics
  12. Sustainable Development117▲ 2.4×35 topics
  13. Identity115▲ 5.1×40 topics
  14. Social Inequality114▲ 14×10 topics
  15. Colonialism103▲ 6.9×26 topics
  16. Food Security97▲ 5.7×16 topics
  17. History90▲ 4.1×37 topics
  18. Curriculum Development89▲ 4.2×6 topics
  19. Online Learning88▲ 3.4×10 topics
  20. Agriculture85▲ 7.1×10 topics
  21. Waste Management84▲ 6.6×10 topics
  22. Social Development81▲ 32×2 topics
  23. Rural Sociology80▲ 72×2 topics
  24. Family Farming80▲ 77×1 topic
  25. Rural Policy80▲ 77×1 topic
  26. Environmental Education80▲ 16×7 topics
  27. Cultural Studies77▲ 6.6×20 topics
  28. Water Resources74▲ 9.7×7 topics
  29. Anthropology73▲ 25×7 topics
  30. Social Participation71▲ 38×2 topics
  31. Eco-friendly Practices71▲ 40×1 topic
  32. Inclusive Education68▲ 6.0×8 topics
  33. Pedagogical Practices67▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Rural Development67▲ 6.2×14 topics
  35. Educational Policies65▲ 19×3 topics
  36. Educational Reform63▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Critical Pedagogy63▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Environmental Justice63▲ 15×7 topics
  39. Segregation59▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Territoriality58▲ 39×2 topics

What research is done in Seropédica?

Rural Development and Ag…75Rural Development and Agriculture: 75 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…66Environmental Sustainability and Education: 66 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and P…61Education Pedagogy and Practices: 61 fractional worksUrban Development and So…55Urban Development and Societal Issues: 55 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 55 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 46 fractional worksCultural, Media, and Lit…40Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies: 40 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Sciences: 39 fractional worksSocial and Economic Solidarity: 36 fractional worksEducation and Public Pol…30Education and Public Policy: 30 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawEducationUrban StudiesInformation Systems and Management4 others

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

  1. 1 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 75 works
  2. 2 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 66 works
  3. 3 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 61 works
  4. 4 Urban Development and Societal Issues Urban Studies 55 works
  5. 5 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 55 works
  6. 6 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 46 works
  7. 7 Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies Philosophy 40 works
  8. 8 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 39 works
  9. 9 Social and Economic Solidarity Sociology and Political Science 36 works
  10. 10 Education and Public Policy Political Science and International Relations 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Seropédica6.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.9% in 2015.

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