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Faculdade da Serra Gaúcha

In research, Faculdade da Serra Gaúcha stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,226 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,680 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,359 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Law — Law is 15.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,541
of 28,054 · #34,718 all time
Rank in Brazil
#495
of 714
Research works
990
▼ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
2k
2.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Faculdade da Serra Gaúcha 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
Social SciencesDomain #9,226 of 10,521 9.3%113 #14531
Social SciencesField #5,680 of 6,365 11.2%78 #8804
Health SciencesDomain #11,359 of 11,982 2.3%93 #15213

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Faculdade da Serra Gaúcha 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. Social Sciences#14,531 #9,226
  2. Social Sciences#8,804 #5,680
  3. Health Sciences#15,213 #11,359
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 Faculdade da Serra Gaúcha specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Law takes 15.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. LawSubfield · 23.7 works16×
← 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: 1.00× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.07× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 12.36× its world share, 15 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.76× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.03× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.09× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.73× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.09× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.43× its world share, 78 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 12.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Faculdade da Serra Gaúcha?

Ranked on the composite score, Odir Berlatto and Vitor O. Becker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Faculdade da Serra Gaúcha.

  1. 1 Odir Berlatto Brazil · #709,260 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Vitor O. Becker Brazil · #1,478,558 worldwide 9 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Faculdade da Serra Gaúcha

Which keywords describe research at Faculdade da Serra Gaúcha?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Social Justice, Environmental Law, Constitutional Law, Legal Theory, Qualitative Research, Online Learning and Public Health.

▲ 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. Human Rights20▲ 7.8×4 topics
  2. Public Health20▲ 5.5×13 topics
  3. Social Justice20▲ 13×4 topics
  4. Environmental Law20▲ 38×2 topics
  5. Constitutional Law19▲ 56×1 topic
  6. Legal Theory19▲ 108×1 topic
  7. Quality of Life19▲ 5.2×22 topics
  8. Epidemiology19▲ 1.86×35 topics
  9. Qualitative Research18▲ 8.2×7 topics
  10. Healthcare18▲ 6.3×3 topics
  11. Online Learning18▲ 8.2×3 topics
  12. Organizational Management14▲ 82×1 topic
  13. Research Methods14▲ 33×1 topic
  14. Inclusion14▲ 37×3 topics
  15. Legislation13▲ 31×2 topics
  16. Research13▲ 42×2 topics
  17. Distance Education13▲ 25×1 topic
  18. Training13▲ 24×1 topic
  19. Healthcare Access13▲ 18×5 topics
  20. Social Determinants12▲ 22×4 topics
  21. Mental Health12▲ 3.1×16 topics
  22. Educational Technology10▲ 3.4×5 topics
  23. Risk Factors10▲ 3.4×11 topics
  24. Health Policy9▲ 23×2 topics
  25. Public Policy9▲ 6.8×8 topics
  26. Health8▲ 7.5×7 topics
  27. Teacher Training7▲ 4.3×6 topics
  28. Prevalence7▲ 6.4×6 topics
  29. Infection Control6▲ 29×3 topics
  30. Drug Resistance6▲ 8.6×4 topics
  31. Nursing6▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Information Technology6▲ 4.8×3 topics
  33. Patient Safety6▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Judicialization6▲ 77×1 topic
  35. Medication6▲ 77×1 topic
  36. Adolescents6▲ 5.9×6 topics
  37. Healthcare Regulation6▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Medical Devices6▲ 86×1 topic
  39. Communication5▲ 6.8×5 topics
  40. Maternal Health5▲ 7.7×2 topics

Which research topics does Faculdade da Serra Gaúcha publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Brazilian Legal Issues, Business and Management Studies, Academic Research in Diverse Fields and Public Health in Brazil.

Brazilian Legal Issues19Brazilian Legal Issues: 19 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 14 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 13 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil6Public Health in Brazil: 6 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation6Healthcare Regulation: 6 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-…5Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 5 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence: 4 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 4 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 4 fractional worksPalliative and Oncologic Care: 4 fractional works
LawInformation Systems and ManagementEducationSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 19 works
  2. 2 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 14 works
  3. 3 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 13 works
  4. 4 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 6 works
  6. 6 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 5 works
  7. 7 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 4 works
  8. 8 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  9. 9 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 4 works
  10. 10 Palliative and Oncologic Care Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available56.3%not open43.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.9%domestic only93.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Faculdade da Serra Gaúcha's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% 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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