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Academia da Força Aérea

In research, Academia da Força Aérea stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,578 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#11,058 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#12,569 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Information Systems and Management, Decision Sciences and Political Science and International Relations — Information Systems and Management is 33.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,691
of 28,054 · #33,702 all time
Rank in Brazil
#471
of 714
Research works
747
▲ 89% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.2k
3.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
85%
world 28%

What is Academia da Força Aérea known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #9,578 of 10,521 1.3%203 #15779
Health SciencesDomain #11,058 of 11,982 3.3%64 #19696
Physical SciencesDomain #12,569 of 12,888 3.9%63 #20571
Social SciencesField #6,248 of 6,365 1.7%120 #9927

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Academia da Força Aérea sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#15,779 #9,578
  2. Health Sciences#19,696 #11,058
  3. Physical Sciences#20,571 #12,569
  4. Social Sciences#9,927 #6,248
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Academia da Força Aérea specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Information Systems and Management takes 33.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 33.1 works33×
  2. Decision SciencesField · 36.4 works11×
  3. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 40.3 works7.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.48× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.92× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.70× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.37× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.62× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.68× its world share, 46 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.40× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 10.75× its world share, 36 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.34× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.68× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.70× its world share, 120 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 10.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Academia da Força Aérea?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Qualitative Research, Public Policy, Organizational Management, Research Methods, Innovation, Social Impact, Higher Education and Quality Assurance.

▲ 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 institution'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 Research46▲ 15×8 topics
  2. Public Policy42▲ 24×15 topics
  3. Organizational Management33▲ 142×1 topic
  4. Research Methods33▲ 57×1 topic
  5. Innovation29▲ 8.0×10 topics
  6. Social Impact26▲ 19×4 topics
  7. Higher Education24▲ 12×3 topics
  8. Quality Assurance23▲ 39×3 topics
  9. Evaluation23▲ 125×1 topic
  10. SINAES23▲ 238×1 topic
  11. Sustainability18▲ 2.1×19 topics
  12. Online Learning16▲ 5.5×3 topics
  13. Globalization15▲ 2.2×11 topics
  14. Healthcare14▲ 3.6×7 topics
  15. Teacher Training14▲ 6.2×6 topics
  16. Legislation13▲ 22×3 topics
  17. Training13▲ 16×2 topics
  18. Research12▲ 29×2 topics
  19. Distance Education12▲ 17×1 topic
  20. E-Learning12▲ 3.5×1 topic
  21. Human Rights12▲ 3.4×8 topics
  22. Risk Assessment12▲ 5.1×6 topics
  23. Environmental Law10▲ 15×3 topics
  24. Conflict Resolution10▲ 75×2 topics
  25. Social Movements10▲ 9.2×5 topics
  26. Air Traffic Management9▲ 143×1 topic
  27. Aircraft Scheduling9▲ 143×1 topic
  28. Social Justice9▲ 4.3×4 topics
  29. Civil Rights9▲ 35×2 topics
  30. International Law9▲ 8.0×7 topics
  31. Legal Theory9▲ 35×2 topics
  32. Constitutional Law8▲ 17×1 topic
  33. Judicial Activism8▲ 51×1 topic
  34. Latin America8▲ 12×8 topics
  35. Social Inequality8▲ 8.5×3 topics
  36. Historiography8▲ 17×5 topics
  37. Healthcare Access7▲ 7.4×4 topics
  38. Pedagogical Practices7▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Brazil7▲ 21×5 topics
  40. Critical Pedagogy7▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Academia da Força Aérea publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Business and Management Studies, Education and Public Policy, Academic Research in Diverse Fields and Air Traffic Management and Optimization.

Business and Management …33Business and Management Studies: 33 fractional worksEducation and Public Policy: 23 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 12 fractional worksAir Traffic Management a…9Air Traffic Management and Optimization: 9 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues8Brazilian Legal Issues: 8 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and P…7Education Pedagogy and Practices: 7 fractional worksInformation Science and Libraries: 6 fractional worksAviation History and Innovations: 6 fractional worksBrazilian cultural history and politics: 6 fractional worksOccupational Health and Performance: 5 fractional works
Information Systems and ManagementPolitical Science and International RelationsEducationAerospace Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 33 works
  2. 2 Education and Public Policy Political Science and International Relations 23 works
  3. 3 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 12 works
  4. 4 Air Traffic Management and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 9 works
  5. 5 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 8 works
  6. 6 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 7 works
  7. 7 Information Science and Libraries Information Systems 6 works
  8. 8 Aviation History and Innovations History and Philosophy of Science 6 works
  9. 9 Brazilian cultural history and politics Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  10. 10 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 5 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available85.1%not open14.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.0%domestic only81.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Academia da Força Aérea's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 89% 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.

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