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Centro Universitário do Rio Grande do Norte

In research, Centro Universitário do Rio Grande do Norte stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,070 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#10,337 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,308 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Law, Health Professions and General Health Professions — Law is 15.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,873
of 28,054 · #34,565 all time
Rank in Brazil
#478
of 714
Research works
636
▲ 206% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.9k
3.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
87%
world 28%

What is Centro Universitário do Rio Grande do Norte 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 #9,070 of 11,982 4.0%111 #16005
Social SciencesDomain #10,337 of 10,521 1.9%106 #16078
Social SciencesField #6,308 of 6,365 2.2%81 #9655

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centro Universitário do Rio Grande do Norte 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#16,005 #9,070
  2. Social Sciences#16,078 #10,337
  3. Social Sciences#9,655 #6,308
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 Rio Grande do Norte specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Law takes 15.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. LawSubfield · 23.4 works15×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 44.8 works6.4×
  3. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 23.4 works6.4×
← 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: 0.87× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 5.68× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 6.44× its world share, 45 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.12× its world share, 57 worksMedicineNursing: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.97× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.30× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.41× its world share, 81 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Centro Universitário do Rio Grande do Norte?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Quality of Life, Human Rights, Legal Theory, Healthcare Access, Legal Philosophy, Social Justice 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. Public Health35▲ 9.1×17 topics
  2. Epidemiology27▲ 2.6×49 topics
  3. Quality of Life27▲ 7.0×29 topics
  4. Human Rights23▲ 8.4×7 topics
  5. Legal Theory21▲ 115×3 topics
  6. Healthcare Access21▲ 29×4 topics
  7. Legal Philosophy21▲ 122×2 topics
  8. Social Justice21▲ 14×3 topics
  9. Constitutional Law20▲ 57×2 topics
  10. Civil Rights20▲ 110×1 topic
  11. Judicial Activism20▲ 167×1 topic
  12. Social Determinants20▲ 35×6 topics
  13. Healthcare16▲ 5.4×5 topics
  14. Health Policy16▲ 39×2 topics
  15. Risk Factors15▲ 5.3×20 topics
  16. Health15▲ 14×6 topics
  17. Educational Technology14▲ 4.5×8 topics
  18. Mental Health14▲ 3.5×21 topics
  19. Drug Resistance12▲ 16×6 topics
  20. Treatment12▲ 3.8×20 topics
  21. Prevalence12▲ 11×10 topics
  22. Infection Control11▲ 50×3 topics
  23. Economic Impact11▲ 7.2×4 topics
  24. Equity11▲ 99×2 topics
  25. Patient Safety10▲ 27×2 topics
  26. Judicialization10▲ 134×1 topic
  27. Medication10▲ 134×1 topic
  28. Qualitative Research10▲ 4.5×10 topics
  29. Healthcare Regulation10▲ 39×1 topic
  30. Medical Devices10▲ 153×1 topic
  31. Knowledge Management10▲ 6.9×3 topics
  32. Information Technology10▲ 7.7×2 topics
  33. Digital Innovation10▲ 61×1 topic
  34. Smart Library10▲ 89×1 topic
  35. Primary Care8▲ 8.6×3 topics
  36. Maternal Health8▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Adolescents8▲ 8.3×3 topics
  38. Chronic Diseases8▲ 11×6 topics
  39. Nursing8▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Psychological Impact7▲ 8.6×6 topics

Which research topics does Centro Universitário do Rio Grande do Norte publish most on?

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

Brazilian Legal Issues20Brazilian Legal Issues: 20 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil: 10 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation10Healthcare Regulation: 10 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-…10Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 10 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence: 6 fractional worksIndigenous Health and Education: 6 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…6Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 6 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 6 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 5 fractional worksWomen's cancer prevention and management: 5 fractional works
LawSociology and Political ScienceHealth Information ManagementInformation Systems4 others

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

  1. 1 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 20 works
  2. 2 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 10 works
  4. 4 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 10 works
  5. 5 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 6 works
  6. 6 Indigenous Health and Education General Health Professions 6 works
  7. 7 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 6 works
  8. 8 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 6 works
  9. 9 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 5 works
  10. 10 Women's cancer prevention and management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available86.8%not open13.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.5%domestic only86.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centro Universitário do Rio Grande do Norte's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 206% 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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