Question 1

How strong is science in Brazil?

Accepted Answer

Brazil ranks #28 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#23 all time), with 703k research works and 6.4% of them in the world's top 10%.

Question 2

What is Brazil strongest at in science?

Accepted Answer

On research quality in 2022-now, Brazil ranks highest in Education (#12 of 112), Social Sciences (#18 of 148) and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (#10 of 64). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Forestry, General Arts and Humanities and Information Systems and Management.

Question 3

Which universities in Brazil lead research?

Accepted Answer

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-now.

Question 4

Who are the top researchers in Brazil?

Accepted Answer

Cesar Augusto Costa, M. Constancio and Amanda Lange Sálvia rank highest among researchers based in Brazil.

Question 5

Which cities in Brazil are research hubs?

Accepted Answer

By research output, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília and Porto Alegre.

Question 6

How much of Brazil's research is open access?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

Is Brazil's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower than in 2018-2021.

Question 8

Which keywords describe research in Brazil?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

Which fields of science does Brazil work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Brazil is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Medicine (16%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Question 10

Which countries have research most like Brazil's?

Accepted Answer

Uruguay has the research profile closest to Brazil's (similarity 0.79 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Veterinary, followed by Portugal and Angola.