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Research in Sobral

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Sobral, Brazil. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are State University of Vale do Acaraú and Instituto Superior de Teologia Aplicada.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.7k
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
4.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
4.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1968-2026
59 years on the record
Sobral

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 Sobral?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1State University of Vale do AcaraúUniversity 2,197 #4,445
2Instituto Superior de Teologia AplicadaUniversity 552 #16,964

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 Sobral work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in Sobral is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Environmental Science (13%), Medicine (8%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 377 fractional works · 47.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 290 fractional works · 36.4% of its workEducation: 127 fractional works · 16.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 68 fractional works · 8.5% of its workDemography: 26 fractional works · 3.2% of its workUrban Studies: 24 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLaw: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 38 fractional works · 4.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 24 fractional works · 3.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 175 fractional works · 22.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 104 fractional works · 13.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 41 fractional works · 5.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 35 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEcology: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 27 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems: 21 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 144 fractional works · 18.1% of its workMedicine: 68 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 62 fractional works · 7.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 39 fractional works · 4.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOral Surgery: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 100 fractional works · 12.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 64 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPlant Science: 19 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSoil Science: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workForestry: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSobral796fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences47%

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 Sciences29036.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities384.8%
    3. Psychology243.1%
    4. Decision Sciences162.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting70.9%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.3%
    1. Environmental Science10413.1%
    2. Computer Science273.4%
    3. Engineering172.2%
    4. Chemistry111.3%
    5. Materials Science70.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences50.7%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.2%
    8. Mathematics10.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine688.5%
    2. Health Professions627.7%
    3. Nursing70.9%
    4. Dentistry60.8%
    5. Veterinary20.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences648.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology232.9%
    3. Neuroscience60.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology40.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Sobral strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Sobral is most concentrated in Urban Studies, Water Science and Technology and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (10.6× the world share in Urban Studies).

  1. Urban StudiesSubfield · 20.9 works11×
  2. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 33.3 works9.0×
  3. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 36.6 works8.8×
  4. EducationSubfield · 116.2 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: 1.66× its world share, 56 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.39× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.84× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 26 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.60× its world share, 92 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.73× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.87× its world share, 54 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 62 worksMedicineNursing: 1.71× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.51× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.64× its world share, 34 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.19× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.04× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.85× its world share, 258 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions2.87×54 works
  2. Social Sciences2.85×258 works
  3. Environmental Science2.60×92 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.19×15 works
  5. Dentistry1.73×6 works
  6. Nursing1.71×6 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.66×56 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.64×34 works
  9. Veterinary1.51×2 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.39×4 works
  11. Psychology1.04×22 works
  12. Chemistry0.84×9 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×20 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.51×4 works
  15. Computer Science0.47×26 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.46×5 works
  17. Medicine0.45×62 works
  18. Neuroscience0.44×5 works
  19. Materials Science0.25×6 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.23×5 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.22×1 works
  22. Engineering0.16×17 works
  23. Mathematics0.15×1 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.15×2 works
  25. Energy0.08×0 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.06×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Sobral?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Public Policy, Qualitative Research, Curriculum Development, Public Health, Social Inequality, Educational Technology and Sustainable Development.

▲ 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 Training89▲ 18×9 topics
  2. Public Policy65▲ 17×12 topics
  3. Qualitative Research64▲ 9.5×14 topics
  4. Sustainability64▲ 3.3×34 topics
  5. Sustainable Development63▲ 5.1×15 topics
  6. Public Health62▲ 5.4×29 topics
  7. Educational Technology58▲ 6.2×13 topics
  8. Curriculum Development57▲ 11×6 topics
  9. Social Inequality52▲ 25×4 topics
  10. Globalization46▲ 2.9×29 topics
  11. Online Learning42▲ 6.3×6 topics
  12. Quality of Life41▲ 3.6×23 topics
  13. Remote Sensing41▲ 4.2×16 topics
  14. Healthcare40▲ 4.4×8 topics
  15. Social Movements38▲ 16×8 topics
  16. Pedagogical Practices36▲ 51×3 topics
  17. Healthcare Access36▲ 16×5 topics
  18. Critical Pedagogy35▲ 53×2 topics
  19. Educational Reform35▲ 36×3 topics
  20. Educational Policies35▲ 41×2 topics
  21. Distance Learning35▲ 13×2 topics
  22. Inclusive Education35▲ 12×5 topics
  23. Environmental Conservation33▲ 41×2 topics
  24. Geospatial Analysis32▲ 136×1 topic
  25. Hydrographic Basins32▲ 190×1 topic
  26. Biodiversity29▲ 4.8×14 topics
  27. Agroecology29▲ 26×4 topics
  28. Health Policy29▲ 24×3 topics
  29. Primary Care26▲ 8.8×11 topics
  30. Environmental Education26▲ 21×5 topics
  31. Science Education25▲ 52×3 topics
  32. Aging Population24▲ 35×3 topics
  33. Chronic Diseases24▲ 12×7 topics
  34. Active Learning24▲ 16×3 topics
  35. Social Determinants of Health23▲ 14×4 topics
  36. Waste Management23▲ 7.3×4 topics
  37. Water Resources23▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Eco-friendly Practices22▲ 49×1 topic
  39. Social Participation22▲ 48×1 topic
  40. Brazilian Health System22▲ 68×1 topic

What research is done in Sobral?

Education Pedagogy and Practices: 34 fractional worksGeography and Environmental Studies: 30 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 21 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 20 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 19 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 18 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-…18Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 18 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence: 17 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 16 fractional worksUrban Development and So…15Urban Development and Societal Issues: 15 fractional works
EducationWater Science and TechnologyManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 34 works
  2. 2 Geography and Environmental Studies Water Science and Technology 30 works
  3. 3 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 21 works
  4. 4 Science and Education Research Education 20 works
  5. 5 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 19 works
  6. 6 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 18 works
  7. 7 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 18 works
  8. 8 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 17 works
  9. 9 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 16 works
  10. 10 Urban Development and Societal Issues Urban Studies 15 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 2025Sobral6.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.5% in 2009.

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