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Brazilian Academy of Sciences

In research, Brazilian Academy of Sciences stands highest in Health Sciences (#14,878 of 20,462 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#15,588 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,618
of 28,054 · #26,459 all time
Rank in Brazil
#546
of 714
Research works
442
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.1k
9.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Brazilian Academy of Sciences known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #14,878 of 20,462 9.7%121
Social SciencesDomain #15,588 of 16,945 6.0%221

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Brazilian Academy of Sciences 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).

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: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.17× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.05× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.74× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.30× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.65× its world share, 36 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.78× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.16× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.87× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.05× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Brazilian Academy of Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Antônio Lopes de Sá and Mia Couto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Brazilian Academy of Sciences.

  1. 1 Antônio Lopes de Sá Brazil · #627,931 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Mia Couto Brazil · #646,805 worldwide 6 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Brazilian Academy of Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Brazilian Academy of Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Colonialism, Public Policy, Public Health, Legal Philosophy, Legal Theory, Epidemiology and Cultural Studies.

▲ 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. Quality of Life9▲ 5.3×21 topics
  2. Epidemiology8▲ 1.76×39 topics
  3. Public Health6▲ 3.4×15 topics
  4. Colonialism5▲ 9.7×7 topics
  5. Risk Factors5▲ 3.9×13 topics
  6. Globalization5▲ 2.1×13 topics
  7. Education5▲ 2.4×11 topics
  8. Human Rights5▲ 4.0×6 topics
  9. Public Policy4▲ 7.2×7 topics
  10. Identity4▲ 4.8×9 topics
  11. Cultural Studies4▲ 8.5×6 topics
  12. Legal Philosophy4▲ 50×2 topics
  13. Legal Theory4▲ 46×2 topics
  14. Cultural Identity4▲ 6.1×5 topics
  15. Environmental Law4▲ 16×2 topics
  16. Civil Rights4▲ 43×1 topic
  17. Constitutional Law4▲ 22×1 topic
  18. Social Justice4▲ 5.3×2 topics
  19. Healthcare3▲ 2.6×7 topics
  20. History3▲ 4.2×9 topics
  21. Brazil3▲ 29×4 topics
  22. Literature3▲ 5.1×6 topics
  23. Prevalence3▲ 6.8×6 topics
  24. Anthropology3▲ 25×3 topics
  25. Monetary Policy3▲ 10×4 topics
  26. Neoliberalism3▲ 6.9×5 topics
  27. Neuroscience3▲ 7.7×5 topics
  28. Healthcare Access2▲ 7.7×5 topics
  29. Democracy2▲ 5.5×5 topics
  30. Inequality2▲ 8.6×2 topics
  31. Latin America2▲ 10×5 topics
  32. Structural Change2▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Social Determinants2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  34. Lusophone2▲ 71×1 topic
  35. Nursing2▲ 9.5×2 topics
  36. Organizational Management2▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Postcolonial2▲ 71×1 topic
  38. Research Methods2▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Resistance Training2▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Transitional Justice2▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Brazilian Academy of Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Brazilian Legal Issues, Literature, Culture, and Criticism, Business and Management Studies and Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies.

Brazilian Legal Issues4Brazilian Legal Issues: 4 fractional worksLiterature, Culture, and…2Literature, Culture, and Criticism: 2 fractional worksBusiness and Management …2Business and Management Studies: 2 fractional worksCultural, Media, and Lit…2Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies: 2 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence: 2 fractional worksOccupational Health and Burnout: 2 fractional worksBrazilian cultural histo…1Brazilian cultural history and politics: 1 fractional worksRural Development and Agriculture: 1 fractional worksEconomic Theory and Institutions: 1 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal He…1Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 1 fractional works
LawLiterature and Literary TheoryInformation Systems and ManagementPhilosophy6 others

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

  1. 1 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 4 works
  2. 2 Literature, Culture, and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  3. 3 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 2 works
  4. 4 Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies Philosophy 2 works
  5. 5 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 2 works
  6. 6 Occupational Health and Burnout Occupational Therapy 2 works
  7. 7 Brazilian cultural history and politics Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  9. 9 Economic Theory and Institutions Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  10. 10 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 1 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 available65.9%not open34.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.1%domestic only80.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Brazilian Academy of Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% lower 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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