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Centro Universitário do Distrito Federal

In research, Centro Universitário do Distrito Federal stands highest in Health Sciences (#11,514 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#10,426 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,322 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health Professions — Health Professions is 5.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,662
of 28,054 · #33,334 all time
Rank in Brazil
#501
of 714
Research works
547
▲ 149% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.7k
3.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
87%
world 28%

What is Centro Universitário do Distrito Federal 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 #11,514 of 11,982 3.5%93 #14567
Social SciencesDomain #10,426 of 10,521 2.6%85 #13909
Social SciencesField #6,322 of 6,365 3.3%60 #8956

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centro Universitário do Distrito Federal 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#14,567 #11,514
  2. Social Sciences#13,909 #10,426
  3. Social Sciences#8,956 #6,322
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 do Distrito Federal specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health Professions takes 5.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health ProfessionsField · 32.9 works5.9×
← 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: 0.66× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.81× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.93× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.90× its world share, 33 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.37× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.78× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.10× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.25× its world share, 60 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centro Universitário do Distrito Federal?

Ranked on the composite score, Luciana Zaranza Monteiro lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centro Universitário do Distrito Federal.

  1. 1 Luciana Zaranza Monteiro Brazil · #867,496 worldwide 10 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Centro Universitário do Distrito Federal

Which keywords describe research at Centro Universitário do Distrito Federal?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Public Health, Mental Health, Healthcare Access, Social Determinants, Social Justice, 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. Quality of Life25▲ 8.2×28 topics
  2. Public Health22▲ 7.3×18 topics
  3. Mental Health17▲ 5.6×17 topics
  4. Epidemiology17▲ 2.0×45 topics
  5. Healthcare Access14▲ 23×5 topics
  6. Human Rights11▲ 5.2×8 topics
  7. Social Determinants11▲ 25×7 topics
  8. Social Justice11▲ 8.7×3 topics
  9. Globalization10▲ 2.4×20 topics
  10. Constitutional Law10▲ 34×2 topics
  11. Legal Theory10▲ 65×3 topics
  12. Risk Factors10▲ 4.2×18 topics
  13. Legal Philosophy10▲ 69×2 topics
  14. Civil Rights10▲ 64×1 topic
  15. Judicial Activism10▲ 97×1 topic
  16. Healthcare8▲ 3.6×6 topics
  17. Educational Technology8▲ 3.3×4 topics
  18. Treatment8▲ 3.3×18 topics
  19. Nursing8▲ 21×3 topics
  20. Health Policy8▲ 24×2 topics
  21. Public Policy8▲ 7.8×11 topics
  22. Primary Care8▲ 9.6×3 topics
  23. Maternal Health7▲ 13×3 topics
  24. Depression7▲ 3.9×8 topics
  25. Qualitative Research7▲ 3.9×6 topics
  26. Chronic Diseases7▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Social Determinants of Health6▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Aging Population6▲ 31×2 topics
  29. Prevalence6▲ 7.0×6 topics
  30. Psychological Distress6▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Psychological Impact6▲ 8.7×7 topics
  32. Healthcare Workers6▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Health6▲ 6.8×9 topics
  34. Brazilian Health System6▲ 62×1 topic
  35. Community-Based Care6▲ 62×1 topic
  36. Brazil5▲ 25×5 topics
  37. Inclusion5▲ 16×2 topics
  38. End-of-Life5▲ 25×3 topics
  39. Palliative Care5▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Child Health5▲ 38×2 topics

Which research topics does Centro Universitário do Distrito Federal publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Brazilian Legal Issues, Health, Nursing, Elderly Care, Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare and Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic.

Brazilian Legal Issues10Brazilian Legal Issues: 10 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 6 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 4 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 4 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 4 fractional worksOccupational Health and Burnout: 4 fractional worksPalliative and Oncologic…3Palliative and Oncologic Care: 3 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence: 3 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil: 3 fractional worksPsychology and Mental He…3Psychology and Mental Health: 3 fractional works
LawGeneral Health ProfessionsInformation SystemsEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 10 works
  2. 2 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 6 works
  3. 3 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 4 works
  4. 4 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 4 works
  5. 5 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 4 works
  6. 6 Occupational Health and Burnout Occupational Therapy 4 works
  7. 7 Palliative and Oncologic Care Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  8. 8 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 3 works
  9. 9 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  10. 10 Psychology and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 3 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 available86.6%not open13.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.0%domestic only86.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centro Universitário do Distrito Federal's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 149% higher 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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