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Ceres

In research, Ceres stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,839 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,140 of 5,988 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,073 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,950
of 22,385 · #4,626 all time
Rank in United States
#561
of 3,332
Research works
1.8k
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.1k
5.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
52%
world 18%
Ceres

What is Ceres 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
Social SciencesDomain #2,839 of 9,585 8.8%230 #4010
Social SciencesField #2,140 of 5,988 8.5%145 #3457
Health SciencesDomain #4,073 of 9,902 10.5%102 #5641
Life SciencesDomain #2,801 of 6,403 3.6%63 #3690
MedicineField #4,236 of 8,541 9.9%68 #5498
Physical SciencesDomain #7,798 of 10,670 7.8%78 #7679

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ceres 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#4,010 #2,839
  2. Social Sciences#3,457 #2,140
  3. Health Sciences#5,641 #4,073
  4. Life Sciences#3,690 #2,801
  5. Medicine#5,498 #4,236
  6. Physical Sciences#7,679 #7,798
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Ceres work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Ceres is in Social Sciences, 22% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Medicine (15%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 248 fractional works · 48.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 158 fractional works · 30.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 45 fractional works · 8.7% of its workEducation: 43 fractional works · 8.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 17 fractional works · 3.4% of its workLaw: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDemography: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workUrban Studies: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 39 fractional works · 7.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 20 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 13 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 114 fractional works · 22.0% of its workMedicine: 76 fractional works · 14.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 31 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 20 fractional works · 3.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 86 fractional works · 16.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 40 fractional works · 7.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 18 fractional works · 3.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 3.7% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 16 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 69 fractional works · 13.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 50 fractional works · 9.7% of its workPlant Science: 16 fractional works · 3.2% of its workForestry: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCeres516fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences48%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences15830.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities397.6%
    3. Psychology203.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting142.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance91.8%
    6. Decision Sciences81.6%
    1. Medicine7614.6%
    2. Health Professions316.1%
    3. Dentistry30.5%
    4. Nursing20.5%
    5. Veterinary20.3%
    1. Environmental Science407.7%
    2. Computer Science193.7%
    3. Engineering163.1%
    4. Materials Science30.6%
    5. Mathematics20.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.4%
    7. Chemistry20.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy20.3%
    9. Energy10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences509.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology102.0%
    3. Neuroscience61.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
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: 2.03× its world share, 50 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.67× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.55× its world share, 40 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.09× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.30× its world share, 31 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.76× its world share, 76 worksMedicineNursing: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.25× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.64× its world share, 39 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.81× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.83× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.25× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.41× its world share, 158 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.64×39 works
  2. Social Sciences2.41×158 works
  3. Health Professions2.30×31 works
  4. Veterinary2.25×2 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.03×50 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.64×8 works
  7. Environmental Science1.55×40 works
  8. Psychology1.25×20 works
  9. Dentistry1.09×3 works
  10. Nursing0.95×2 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.83×9 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.81×14 works
  13. Medicine0.76×76 works
  14. Neuroscience0.67×6 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.53×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.47×19 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.44×2 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.38×10 works
  19. Mathematics0.35×2 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×2 works
  21. Chemistry0.22×2 works
  22. Engineering0.21×16 works
  23. Materials Science0.17×3 works
  24. Energy0.16×1 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.14×2 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ceres?

Ranked on the quality score, Nickolai N. Alexandrov, Michel Charzat and Riccardo Di Giuseppe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ceres.

  1. 1 Nickolai N. Alexandrov United States · #418,846 worldwide 3.8k citations · 55 works
  2. 2 Michel Charzat United States · #4,438,788 worldwide 17 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Riccardo Di Giuseppe United States · #4,519,417 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Mairon Marques dos Santos United States · #4,590,219 worldwide 58 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Suelen Marçal Nogueira United States · #4,637,559 worldwide 22 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 R Weiner United States · #4,769,003 worldwide 186 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Luciano José Pereira United States · #4,907,774 worldwide 2 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Renata Sousa Nunes United States · #5,051,935 worldwide 8 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 G. Timothy Petito United States · #5,169,944 worldwide 119 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Philippe Dazet-Brun United States · #5,285,763 worldwide 1 citations · 60 works
All ranked researchers at Ceres

What are the most cited papers from Ceres?

The most cited paper from Ceres is "How biotech can transform biofuels" (Lee Rybeck Lynd, Mark S. Laser, David Bransby et al., 2008), with 1,129 citations. Next come "Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (762) and "A knock‐out mutation in allene oxide synthase results in male sterility and defective wound signal transduction in Arabidopsis due to a block in jasmonic acid biosynthesis" (682).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 How biotech can transform biofuels Lee Rybeck Lynd, Mark S. Laser, David Bransby et al. · Nature Biotechnology Feb 2008 1,129
2 Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Simon I Hay et al. · The Lancet Open access2,780 authors Oct 2025 762
3 A knock‐out mutation in allene oxide synthase results in male sterility and defective wound signal transduction in Arabidopsis due to a block in jasmonic acid biosynthesis Joon‐Hyun Park, Rayko Halitschke, Ho Bang Kim et al. · The Plant Journal Open access Jul 2002 682
4 Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs are present in ~4% of uninfected individuals over 70 years old and account for ~20% of COVID-19 deaths Paul Bastard et al. · Science Immunology Open access195 authors 10 Aug 2021 643
5 Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Mohsen Naghavi et al. · The Lancet Open access2,463 authors Oct 2025 500
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ceres?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Policy, Teacher Training, Public Health, Social Inequality, Qualitative Research, Sustainable Development, Online Learning and Sustainability.

▲ 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. Public Health30▲ 4.0×39 topics
  2. Public Policy28▲ 11×18 topics
  3. Sustainability28▲ 2.2×39 topics
  4. Epidemiology28▲ 1.35×82 topics
  5. Teacher Training28▲ 8.7×12 topics
  6. Sustainable Development24▲ 3.0×22 topics
  7. Qualitative Research23▲ 5.2×12 topics
  8. Social Inequality21▲ 15×11 topics
  9. Quality of Life20▲ 2.7×45 topics
  10. Online Learning19▲ 4.5×8 topics
  11. Mental Health19▲ 2.6×34 topics
  12. Healthcare19▲ 3.2×17 topics
  13. Educational Technology18▲ 3.0×16 topics
  14. Social Justice17▲ 5.5×9 topics
  15. Curriculum Development16▲ 4.5×5 topics
  16. Healthcare Access14▲ 9.7×10 topics
  17. Economic Analysis13▲ 18×2 topics
  18. Technological Innovation13▲ 33×2 topics
  19. Sustainable Production12▲ 41×2 topics
  20. Social Movements12▲ 8.1×16 topics
  21. Waste Utilization12▲ 43×2 topics
  22. Forest Biomass12▲ 73×1 topic
  23. Wood Residues12▲ 73×1 topic
  24. Legislation12▲ 15×3 topics
  25. Educational Policies12▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Research12▲ 19×5 topics
  27. Training12▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Waste Management12▲ 5.7×5 topics
  29. Inclusion12▲ 15×5 topics
  30. Distance Education11▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Educational Policy11▲ 8.7×2 topics
  32. Educational Reform11▲ 18×3 topics
  33. Digital Business11▲ 42×1 topic
  34. Distance Learning11▲ 6.2×4 topics
  35. Agroecology11▲ 15×5 topics
  36. Inclusive Education11▲ 5.9×7 topics
  37. Social Determinants10▲ 9.4×5 topics
  38. Constitutional Law10▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Critical Pedagogy10▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Pedagogical Practices10▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Ceres publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Agricultural and Food Sciences, Academic Research in Diverse Fields, Education Pedagogy and Practices and Brazilian Legal Issues.

Agricultural and Food Sc…12Agricultural and Food Sciences: 12 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…11Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 11 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and P…10Education Pedagogy and Practices: 10 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues9Brazilian Legal Issues: 9 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 9 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 7 fractional worksRural Development and Ag…6Rural Development and Agriculture: 6 fractional worksScience and Education Re…6Science and Education Research: 6 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social …6French Urban and Social Studies: 6 fractional worksEducation and Digital Te…5Education and Digital Technologies: 5 fractional works
ForestryEducationLawManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law2 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 12 works
  2. 2 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 11 works
  3. 3 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 10 works
  4. 4 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 9 works
  5. 5 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 9 works
  6. 6 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 7 works
  7. 7 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 6 works
  8. 8 Science and Education Research Education 6 works
  9. 9 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  10. 10 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 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 available61.5%not open38.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors52.5%domestic only47.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ceres's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Ceres as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0021% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Ceres0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ceres 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%Ceres11.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.7% in 2008.

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