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Centro Universitário Lusíada

In research, Centro Universitário Lusíada stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,584 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,389 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,472
of 22,385 · #10,404 all time
Rank in Brazil
#374
of 684
Research works
846
▼ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.9k
4.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
81%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Centro Universitário Lusíada

What is Centro Universitário Lusíada known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #4,584 of 9,902 5.1%104 #7385
MedicineField #4,389 of 8,541 5.5%84 #7026

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centro Universitário Lusíada 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Centro Universitário Lusíada work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Centro Universitário Lusíada is in Health Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (44%), Social Sciences (19%), Health Professions (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 112 fractional works · 53.5% of its workMedicine: 91 fractional works · 43.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 13 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 8.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 55 fractional works · 26.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 39 fractional works · 18.6% of its workEducation: 18 fractional works · 8.5% of its workLaw: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 10.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 9.8% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCentroUniversitário…209fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences53%Social Sciences26%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine9143.8%
    2. Health Professions178.2%
    3. Nursing20.8%
    4. Dentistry10.6%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences3918.6%
    2. Psychology62.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting41.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities31.5%
    5. Decision Sciences31.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology105.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences52.5%
    3. Neuroscience31.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology21.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Computer Science84.1%
    2. Environmental Science73.3%
    3. Engineering41.9%
    4. Chemistry10.3%
    5. Materials Science00.2%
    6. Energy00.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.53× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.94× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.17× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.28× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.10× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.28× its world share, 91 worksMedicineNursing: 1.67× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.88× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.47× its world share, 39 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.10×17 works
  2. Medicine2.28×91 works
  3. Nursing1.67×2 works
  4. Social Sciences1.47×39 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.34×3 works
  6. Dentistry1.28×1 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.17×2 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.94×10 works
  9. Neuroscience0.89×3 works
  10. Psychology0.88×6 works
  11. Environmental Science0.66×7 works
  12. Veterinary0.59×0 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.58×4 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.53×5 works
  15. Computer Science0.52×8 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.52×3 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.30×0 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.25×1 works
  19. Chemistry0.21×1 works
  20. Engineering0.12×4 works
  21. Energy0.06×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Centro Universitário Lusíada?

Ranked on the quality score, Francisco Cardoso Brochado-Neto, Felipe Toyama Aires and Amanda Park lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centro Universitário Lusíada.

  1. 1 Francisco Cardoso Brochado-Neto Brazil · #1,456,878 worldwide 1.3k citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Felipe Toyama Aires Brazil · #2,248,048 worldwide 898 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Amanda Park Brazil · #2,249,968 worldwide 537 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Paulo Habice Moretti Brazil · #2,829,883 worldwide 0 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Matheus Budahazi Jardine Brazil · #3,677,147 worldwide 29 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Luca Schiliró Tristão Brazil · #3,748,599 worldwide 369 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Guilherme Tavares Brazil · #3,807,482 worldwide 261 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Vivian Macedo Gomes Marçal Brazil · #4,076,246 worldwide 664 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Marina Feliciano Orlandini Brazil · #4,302,759 worldwide 112 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Rômulo Paris Soares Brazil · #4,308,168 worldwide 28 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Centro Universitário Lusíada

What are the most cited papers from Centro Universitário Lusíada?

The most cited paper from Centro Universitário Lusíada is "Genomics and epidemiology of the P.1 SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Manaus, Brazil" (Nuno Rodrigues Faria et al., 2021), with 1,553 citations. Next come "The Agenda for Familial Hypercholesterolemia" (739) and "Meta-analysis of infrapopliteal angioplasty for chronic critical limb ischemia" (546).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Genomics and epidemiology of the P.1 SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Manaus, Brazil Nuno Rodrigues Faria et al. · Science Open access 14 Apr 2021 1,553
2 The Agenda for Familial Hypercholesterolemia Samuel S. Gidding, Mary Ann Champagne, Sarah D. de Ferranti et al. · Circulation Open access 28 Oct 2015 739
3 Meta-analysis of infrapopliteal angioplasty for chronic critical limb ischemia Marcello Romiti, Maximiano Tadeu Villa Albers, Francisco Cardoso Brochado-Neto et al. · Journal of Vascular Surgery ReviewOpen access 19 Apr 2008 546
4 Should Major Vascular Surgery Be Delayed Because of Preoperative Cardiac Testing in Intermediate-Risk Patients Receiving Beta-Blocker Therapy With Tight Heart Rate Control? Don Poldermans, Jeroen Joost Bax, Olaf Schouten et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access 18 Aug 2006 264
5 Meta-analysis of femoropopliteal bypass grafts for lower extremity arterial insufficiency Carlos Eduardo Pereira, Maximiano Tadeu Villa Albers, Marcello Romiti et al. · Journal of Vascular Surgery ReviewOpen access Sep 2006 245
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Centro Universitário Lusíada?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Healthcare, Quality of Life, Educational Technology, Treatment, Healthcare Access and Smart Library.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology31▲ 3.7×68 topics
  2. Public Health18▲ 6.0×22 topics
  3. Quality of Life15▲ 5.1×30 topics
  4. Healthcare15▲ 6.2×7 topics
  5. Educational Technology13▲ 5.3×4 topics
  6. Treatment11▲ 4.2×25 topics
  7. Internet of Things8▲ 4.5×2 topics
  8. Diagnosis8▲ 4.1×19 topics
  9. Healthcare Access8▲ 13×6 topics
  10. Online Learning8▲ 4.3×3 topics
  11. Information Technology7▲ 7.4×1 topic
  12. Smart Library7▲ 88×1 topic
  13. Oxidative Stress7▲ 2.1×19 topics
  14. Drug Resistance7▲ 12×6 topics
  15. Health Policy6▲ 20×3 topics
  16. Teacher Training6▲ 5.0×4 topics
  17. Human Rights6▲ 2.8×6 topics
  18. Training6▲ 13×3 topics
  19. Distance Education6▲ 14×1 topic
  20. Legislation6▲ 17×1 topic
  21. Social Determinants5▲ 12×5 topics
  22. Immune Response5▲ 4.4×8 topics
  23. Environmental Law5▲ 11×2 topics
  24. Maternal Health5▲ 8.6×2 topics
  25. Primary Care4▲ 5.6×5 topics
  26. Vaccine4▲ 5.1×5 topics
  27. Chronic Diseases4▲ 8.0×5 topics
  28. Science Education4▲ 31×2 topics
  29. Social Inequality4▲ 7.2×2 topics
  30. Constitutional Law4▲ 14×1 topic
  31. Legal Theory4▲ 27×1 topic
  32. Palliative Care4▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Breast Cancer4▲ 7.1×6 topics
  34. Educational Games4▲ 18×2 topics
  35. End-of-Life4▲ 20×3 topics
  36. Didactic Models4▲ 43×1 topic
  37. Maternal Mortality4▲ 7.7×5 topics
  38. Patient Safety4▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Teaching Methodologies4▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Infection Control4▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Centro Universitário Lusíada publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic, Academic Research in Diverse Fields, Brazilian Legal Issues and Science and Education Research.

Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 7 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 6 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues4Brazilian Legal Issues: 4 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 4 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation: 3 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 3 fractional worksEducation during COVID-1…3Education during COVID-19 pandemic: 3 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksWomen's cancer prevention and management: 3 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal He…3Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 3 fractional works
Information SystemsEducationLawHealth Information Management3 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 7 works
  2. 2 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 6 works
  3. 3 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 4 works
  4. 4 Science and Education Research Education 4 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 3 works
  6. 6 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 3 works
  7. 7 Education during COVID-19 pandemic Education 3 works
  8. 8 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 3 works
  9. 9 Women's cancer prevention and management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  10. 10 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 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 available81.0%not open19.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.4%domestic only88.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Centro Universitário Lusíada's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Centro Universitário Lusíada as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00095% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Centro Universitário Lusíada0.00062% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Centro Universitário Lusíada over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Centro Universitário Lusíada5.8% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.2% in 2017.

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