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Science in Brazil

Brazil ranks #26 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#23 all time), with 703k research works and 7.7% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#26
of 192 · #23 all time
Works, 2022–2025
703k
▲ 34% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
7.7%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
4 in the top 1,000
Open access
69%
world 63%

What is Brazil strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, Brazil ranks highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#4 of 126), Environmental Science (#12 of 125) and Health Professions (#13 of 108). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Forestry, General Arts and Humanities and Information Systems and Management.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #4 of 126 10.8%52,863 Institutions
Environmental ScienceField #12 of 125 6.6%54,713 Institutions
Health ProfessionsField #13 of 108 5.8%37,976 Institutions
Food ScienceSubfield #9 of 73 12.5%6,905 Institutions
LawSubfield #6 of 48 6.3%10,315 Institutions
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #11 of 86 5.8%20,852 Institutions
MedicineField #20 of 155 7.5%113,079 Institutions
HistorySubfield #5 of 38 12.4%3,359 Institutions
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield #9 of 66 3.0%20,233 Institutions
EducationSubfield #16 of 115 5.8%53,956 Institutions
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #12 of 86 7.1%17,000 Institutions
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #10 of 70 14.1%5,633 Institutions

Where its research is concentrated

Location quotient: how much more — or less — of each node it does than its size predicts. Drawn around 1×, where “twice the world share” and “half of it” are the same distance apart in opposite directions. A volume reading, which on a country axis is largely population and industrial structure.

  1. ForestrySubfield · 6,926.5 works9.5×
  2. General Arts and HumanitiesSubfield · 1,005.5 works6.9×
  3. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 12,954.7 works6.5×
  4. Urban StudiesSubfield · 12,035.7 works6.2×
  5. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 20,232.7 works4.9×
  6. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 13,282.4 works3.5×
  7. Issues, ethics and legal aspectsSubfield · 507.9 works3.5×
  8. Occupational TherapySubfield · 4,003.1 works3.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 53k worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 23k worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.87× its world share, 6,143 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 6,414 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.65× its world share, 1,620 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.42× its world share, 1,044 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.52× its world share, 5,768 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 31k worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 6,199 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 2,610 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 46k worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.57× its world share, 55k worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 10k worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.58× its world share, 4,799 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 7,043 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.54× its world share, 8,656 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.05× its world share, 38k worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.84× its world share, 113k worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 3,834 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.97× its world share, 1,879 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.95× its world share, 40k worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.60× its world share, 14k worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.36× its world share, 16k worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 8,914 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.04× its world share, 22k worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 177k worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research in Brazil?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Public Policy, Qualitative Research, Social Inequality, Public Health, Sustainability, Globalization and Educational Technology.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this country'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. Epidemiology39k▲ 1.41×140 topics
  2. Sustainability38k▲ 2.2×139 topics
  3. Teacher Training38k▲ 8.7×30 topics
  4. Public Policy37k▲ 11×34 topics
  5. Qualitative Research37k▲ 6.0×46 topics
  6. Globalization33k▲ 2.4×184 topics
  7. Public Health32k▲ 3.1×77 topics
  8. Educational Technology28k▲ 3.3×47 topics
  9. Quality of Life27k▲ 2.7×61 topics
  10. Education26k▲ 2.2×160 topics
  11. Social Inequality22k▲ 12×21 topics
  12. Online Learning22k▲ 3.8×27 topics
  13. Curriculum Development22k▲ 4.5×20 topics
  14. Healthcare21k▲ 2.6×44 topics
  15. Healthcare Access18k▲ 9.2×13 topics
  16. Biodiversity18k▲ 3.4×38 topics
  17. Brazil17k▲ 25×5 topics
  18. Cultural Identity17k▲ 4.7×40 topics
  19. Social Movements16k▲ 7.6×32 topics
  20. Social Determinants15k▲ 10×8 topics
  21. Inclusive Education15k▲ 6.1×20 topics
  22. Distance Learning15k▲ 6.2×14 topics
  23. Educational Policies14k▲ 18×3 topics
  24. Pedagogical Practices14k▲ 22×3 topics
  25. Educational Reform14k▲ 16×9 topics
  26. Critical Pedagogy14k▲ 23×4 topics
  27. Data Analysis13k▲ 6.6×13 topics
  28. Health Policy13k▲ 11×7 topics
  29. Research Methods12k▲ 11×9 topics
  30. Anthropology12k▲ 18×11 topics
  31. Innovation Management12k▲ 10×10 topics
  32. Marketing Strategies12k▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Quantitative Research12k▲ 12×5 topics
  34. Case Study12k▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Human Resources Management12k▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Competence Management12k▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Organizational Management12k▲ 26×1 topic
  38. Discourse Analysis12k▲ 6.7×12 topics
  39. Environmental Education12k▲ 11×11 topics
  40. Agroecology12k▲ 12×6 topics

How many world-class institutions does Brazil hold?

Average quality and elite capacity disagree by construction, and both are worth knowing: the first is decided by a country’s whole institution population, the second counts the institutions it holds at the top. One square per institution.

101st to 500th1501st to 1,000th3

Bands are exclusive, so the squares add up to 4 — the institutions it holds in the world top 1,000 — and not to four times it.

Which universities in Brazil lead research?

Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro rank highest in Brazil on research quality in 2022–2025.

0%5%10%15%mean 9.8%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidade de São Paulo: 36k, 10.8%Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP): 16k, 12.2%Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: 16k, 9.5%Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp): 17k, 9.2%Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul: 15k, 9.5%Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais: 15k, 10.1%Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina: 13k, 10.1%Universidade Federal de São Paulo: 8,514, 10.3%Fundação Oswaldo Cruz: 5,417, 13.8%Universidade Federal de São Carlos: 8,043, 9.4%Universidade Federal do Paraná: 10k, 8.7%Universidade de Brasília: 12k, 9.9%Universidade Federal Fluminense: 9,791, 7.4%Universidade Federal de Pernambuco: 10k, 8.6%Universidade Federal da Paraíba: 8,296, 7.5%Universidade Estadua…Universidade de São …Universidade Federal…Universidade Estadua…
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per institution in the list below. The upper left is the interesting corner.

  1. 1Universidade de São PauloUniversity · São Paulo · #236 worldwide10.8% top 10% · 36k works
  2. 2Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)University · Campinas · #704 worldwide12.2% top 10% · 16k works
  3. 3Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroUniversity · Rio de Janeiro · #809 worldwide9.5% top 10% · 16k works
  4. 4Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)University · São Paulo · #878 worldwide9.2% top 10% · 17k works
  5. 5Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulUniversity · Porto Alegre · #1,108 worldwide9.5% top 10% · 15k works
  6. 6Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisUniversity · Belo Horizonte · #1,113 worldwide10.1% top 10% · 15k works
  7. 7Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaUniversity · Florianópolis · #1,137 worldwide10.1% top 10% · 13k works
  8. 8Universidade Federal de São PauloUniversity · São Paulo · #1,340 worldwide10.3% top 10% · 8.5k works
  9. 9Fundação Oswaldo CruzResearch facility · Rio de Janeiro · #1,351 worldwide13.8% top 10% · 5.4k works
  10. 10Universidade Federal de São CarlosUniversity · São Carlos · #1,455 worldwide9.4% top 10% · 8k works
  11. 11Universidade Federal do ParanáUniversity · Curitiba · #1,673 worldwide8.7% top 10% · 10k works
  12. 12Universidade de BrasíliaUniversity · Brasília · #1,702 worldwide9.9% top 10% · 12k works
  13. 13Universidade Federal FluminenseUniversity · Niterói · #1,778 worldwide7.4% top 10% · 9.8k works
  14. 14Universidade Federal de PernambucoUniversity · Recife · #1,873 worldwide8.6% top 10% · 10k works
  15. 15Universidade Federal da ParaíbaUniversity · João Pessoa · #1,964 worldwide7.5% top 10% · 8.3k works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in Brazil

Who are the top researchers in Brazil?

Paulo A. Lotufo, Déborah Carvalho Malta and Diego Augusto Santos Silva rank highest among researchers based in Brazil.

  1. 1 Paulo A. Lotufo · #50 worldwide 7.2k citations · 153 works
  2. 2 Déborah Carvalho Malta · #71 worldwide 5.5k citations · 142 works
  3. 3 Diego Augusto Santos Silva · #124 worldwide 3.5k citations · 139 works
  4. 4 Isabela M. Benseñor · #168 worldwide 7.7k citations · 114 works
  5. 5 Antônio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro · #328 worldwide 4.2k citations · 109 works
  6. 6 Peter L. Berger · #789 worldwide 1.3k citations · 102 works
  7. 7 Bruce Bartholow Duncan · #1,254 worldwide 4.8k citations · 84 works
  8. 8 Bernardo Lessa Horta · #1,774 worldwide 1.2k citations · 93 works
  9. 9 Luís Augusto Rohde · #2,118 worldwide 1.6k citations · 113 works
  10. 10 Leonardo Roever · #2,197 worldwide 4.7k citations · 72 works
Top researchers in Brazil

Which cities in Brazil are research hubs?

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 604k works
  2. 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 306k works
  3. 3 Brasília Brazil 131k works
  4. 4 Porto Alegre Brazil 127k works
  5. 5 Belo Horizonte Brazil 125k works
  6. 6 Campinas Brazil 123k works
  7. 7 Curitiba Brazil 103k works
  8. 8 Florianópolis Brazil 89k works
  9. 9 Recife Brazil 81k works
  10. 10 Fortaleza Brazil 64k works
  11. 11 Salvador Brazil 56k works
  12. 12 Belém Brazil 50k works

How much of it is in the largest

The same cities as shares of everything these twelve account for.

São Paulo: 32.5%Rio de Janeiro: 16.5%Brasília: 7.1%Porto Alegre: 6.8%8 others listed: 37.2%33%largest
São Paulo604k · 32.5%Rio de Janeiro306k · 16.5%Brasília131k · 7.1%Porto Alegre127k · 6.8%8 others listed691k · 37.2%

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

How open and international is Brazil's research?

69% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 14% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available69.1%not open30.9%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.9%domestic only86.1%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Brazil's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Research fields in Brazil