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Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas

In research, Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,067 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#8,110 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#9,255 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Law — Law is 9.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,310
of 28,054 · #28,211 all time
Rank in Brazil
#298
of 714
Research works
1.9k
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.9k
3.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,067 of 11,982 4.1%176 #11870
MedicineField #8,110 of 10,443 4.0%129 #13711
Social SciencesDomain #9,255 of 10,521 5.4%162 #12725
Social SciencesField #5,856 of 6,365 5.3%112 #7844

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas 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. Health Sciences#11,870 #6,067
  2. Medicine#13,711 #8,110
  3. Social Sciences#12,725 #9,255
  4. Social Sciences#7,844 #5,856
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 Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Law takes 9.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. LawSubfield · 22.4 works9.3×
← 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: 0.68× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.98× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.60× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.17× its world share, 34 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.63× its world share, 129 worksMedicineNursing: 1.66× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.90× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.49× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.54× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.66× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.05× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.14× its world share, 112 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas?

Ranked on the composite score, Alessandro Marco Rosini, Orlando Roque da Silva and Érico da Silva Lima lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas.

  1. 1 Alessandro Marco Rosini Brazil · #747,147 worldwide 0 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Orlando Roque da Silva Brazil · #753,521 worldwide 7 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Érico da Silva Lima Brazil · #905,297 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Clara dos Reis Nunes Brazil · #977,853 worldwide 8 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Bianca Magnelli Mangiavacchi Brazil · #984,292 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 João Carlos Shimada Borges Brazil · #1,432,978 worldwide 6 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Mariana Alvarenga Brazil · #1,605,672 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas

Which keywords describe research at Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Social Justice, Environmental Law, Legal Philosophy, Legal Theory and Constitutional Law.

▲ 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. Epidemiology39▲ 2.4×80 topics
  2. Public Health33▲ 5.5×33 topics
  3. Quality of Life30▲ 5.0×38 topics
  4. Human Rights22▲ 5.3×14 topics
  5. Social Justice21▲ 8.5×10 topics
  6. Environmental Law20▲ 23×3 topics
  7. Healthcare20▲ 4.2×9 topics
  8. Constitutional Law19▲ 35×2 topics
  9. Legal Philosophy19▲ 71×2 topics
  10. Legal Theory19▲ 66×2 topics
  11. Public Administration19▲ 54×2 topics
  12. Civil Rights19▲ 66×1 topic
  13. Judicial Activism19▲ 99×1 topic
  14. Treatment18▲ 3.7×28 topics
  15. Social Determinants18▲ 21×5 topics
  16. Educational Technology18▲ 3.7×5 topics
  17. Healthcare Access18▲ 15×6 topics
  18. Risk Factors17▲ 3.7×23 topics
  19. Mental Health17▲ 2.8×27 topics
  20. Qualitative Research14▲ 4.0×7 topics
  21. Teacher Training14▲ 5.6×8 topics
  22. Online Learning14▲ 4.1×4 topics
  23. Public Policy14▲ 6.7×11 topics
  24. Prevalence12▲ 7.2×10 topics
  25. Health11▲ 6.8×11 topics
  26. Adolescents11▲ 7.2×8 topics
  27. Health Policy11▲ 17×3 topics
  28. Information Technology10▲ 4.9×2 topics
  29. Training10▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Leadership Styles10▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Legislation10▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Research9▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Digital Innovation9▲ 38×1 topic
  34. Inclusion9▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Smart Library9▲ 55×1 topic
  36. Drug Resistance9▲ 7.8×6 topics
  37. Equity9▲ 53×2 topics
  38. Distance Education9▲ 10×1 topic
  39. Judicialization9▲ 74×1 topic
  40. Medication9▲ 74×1 topic

Which research topics does Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Brazilian Legal Issues, Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic, Public Health in Brazil and Academic Research in Diverse Fields.

Brazilian Legal Issues19Brazilian Legal Issues: 19 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 9 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil9Public Health in Brazil: 9 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…9Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 9 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation: 7 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence: 7 fractional worksBusiness and Management …6Business and Management Studies: 6 fractional worksPhysical Education and Gymnastics: 6 fractional worksPsychology and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 4 fractional works
LawInformation SystemsSociology and Political ScienceEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 19 works
  2. 2 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 9 works
  3. 3 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  4. 4 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 9 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 7 works
  6. 6 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 7 works
  7. 7 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 6 works
  8. 8 Physical Education and Gymnastics Education 6 works
  9. 9 Psychology and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  10. 10 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 4 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 available72.2%not open27.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.9%domestic only87.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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