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Faculdade Única

In research, Faculdade Única stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,940 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,502 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education (Education is 5.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,990
of 22,385 · #9,428 all time
Rank in Brazil
#338
of 684
Research works
804
▲ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.3k
1.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
83%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Faculdade Única

What is Faculdade Única 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 #3,940 of 9,585 6.5%167 #4465
Social SciencesField #2,502 of 5,988 7.3%129 #3001

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Faculdade Única 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 Faculdade Única work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Faculdade Única is in Social Sciences, 21% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (47%), Medicine (12%), Health Professions (8%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 184 fractional works · 62.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 140 fractional works · 47.2% of its workEducation: 50 fractional works · 16.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 45 fractional works · 15.2% of its workLaw: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workDemography: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 20 fractional works · 6.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhilosophy: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 3.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 63 fractional works · 21.4% of its workMedicine: 36 fractional works · 12.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 23 fractional works · 7.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOral Surgery: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 34 fractional works · 11.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 6.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 15 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFaculdade Única296fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences62%

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. Social Sciences14047.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities206.6%
    3. Decision Sciences113.7%
    4. Psychology92.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.0%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting20.7%
    1. Medicine3612.1%
    2. Health Professions237.9%
    3. Dentistry41.3%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Environmental Science206.7%
    2. Computer Science103.2%
    3. Engineering30.9%
    4. Materials Science10.3%
    5. Chemistry00.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    8. Energy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences93.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.9%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    4. Neuroscience10.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Faculdade Única specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 5.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 49.7 works5.5×
← 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: 0.67× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.35× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.70× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.99× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 36 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.30× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.79× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.95× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.73× its world share, 140 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences3.79×11 works
  2. Social Sciences3.73×140 works
  3. Health Professions2.99×23 works
  4. Dentistry2.70×4 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.30×20 works
  6. Environmental Science1.35×20 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.23×1 works
  8. Psychology0.95×9 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.67×9 works
  10. Medicine0.63×36 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.46×3 works
  12. Computer Science0.41×10 works
  13. Nursing0.24×0 works
  14. Neuroscience0.22×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.22×2 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.17×3 works
  17. Chemistry0.11×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.08×0 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.07×1 works
  21. Engineering0.06×3 works
  22. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  23. Energy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Faculdade Única?

Ranked on the quality score, Raul Guilherme Macedo SILVA, Arilton Januário Bacelar Júnior and Edgard Gonçalves da Costa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Faculdade Única.

  1. 1 Raul Guilherme Macedo SILVA Brazil · #4,371,150 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Arilton Januário Bacelar Júnior Brazil · #4,599,301 worldwide 22 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Edgard Gonçalves da Costa Brazil · #4,650,102 worldwide 7 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Faculdade Única

What are the most cited papers from Faculdade Única?

The most cited paper from Faculdade Única is "Application of continuous H2O2/UV advanced oxidative process as an option to reduce the consumption of inputs, costs and environmental impacts of textile effluents" (Jorge Marcos Rosa, Elias Basile Tambourgi, Rosângela Maria Vanalle et al., 2019), with 87 citations. Next come "Inteligência Artificial na Educação: Survey" (81) and "Effect of Hydrofluoric Acid Concentration and Etching Time on Bond Strength to Lithium Disilicate Glass Ceramic" (79).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Application of continuous H2O2/UV advanced oxidative process as an option to reduce the consumption of inputs, costs and environmental impacts of textile effluents Jorge Marcos Rosa, Elias Basile Tambourgi, Rosângela Maria Vanalle et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production 23 Oct 2019 87
2 Inteligência Artificial na Educação: Survey Luís Antônio Tavares, Matheus Carvalho Meira, Sérgio Ferreira do Amaral · Brazilian Journal of Development Open access 2020 81
3 Effect of Hydrofluoric Acid Concentration and Etching Time on Bond Strength to Lithium Disilicate Glass Ceramic J. Puppin-Rontani, Daniel Sundfeld, Ana Rosa Costa et al. · Operative Dentistry 14 Jul 2017 79
4 Unusual outbreak of post-weaning porcine diarrhea caused by single and mixed infections of rotavirus groups A, B, C, and H Bruna Letícia Domingues Molinari, Flávia Possatti, Elis Lorenzetti et al. · Veterinary Microbiology 24 Aug 2016 66
5 In vivo susceptibility to benznidazole of T rypanosoma cruzi strains from the western B razilian A mazon Ana Paula Margioto Teston, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Daniele Ribeiro de Lima Reis Faza et al. · Tropical Medicine & International Health Open access 6 Nov 2012 64
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Faculdade Única?

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

▲ 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. Teacher Training37▲ 21×8 topics
  2. Qualitative Research35▲ 14×7 topics
  3. Public Policy32▲ 23×11 topics
  4. Public Health23▲ 5.4×13 topics
  5. Curriculum Development22▲ 11×2 topics
  6. Online Learning22▲ 8.7×4 topics
  7. Social Inequality21▲ 27×4 topics
  8. Educational Technology20▲ 5.8×9 topics
  9. Inclusive Education18▲ 17×4 topics
  10. Healthcare18▲ 5.3×5 topics
  11. Educational Policies17▲ 55×2 topics
  12. Sustainability17▲ 2.4×14 topics
  13. Brazil17▲ 63×5 topics
  14. Pedagogical Practices17▲ 64×2 topics
  15. Educational Reform17▲ 46×3 topics
  16. Distance Learning17▲ 16×2 topics
  17. Critical Pedagogy16▲ 67×1 topic
  18. Globalization16▲ 2.7×17 topics
  19. Quality of Life15▲ 3.5×21 topics
  20. Mental Health14▲ 3.4×12 topics
  21. Healthcare Access13▲ 16×4 topics
  22. Inclusion13▲ 30×4 topics
  23. Research12▲ 32×4 topics
  24. Social Determinants12▲ 19×4 topics
  25. Agroecology12▲ 28×3 topics
  26. Legislation12▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Cultural Studies12▲ 10×5 topics
  28. Distance Education11▲ 19×1 topic
  29. Training11▲ 18×1 topic
  30. Health11▲ 9.3×7 topics
  31. Organizational Management10▲ 57×1 topic
  32. Research Methods10▲ 22×1 topic
  33. Cultural Identity10▲ 6.9×11 topics
  34. Legal Theory10▲ 50×3 topics
  35. Legal Philosophy10▲ 52×2 topics
  36. Environmental Education10▲ 21×3 topics
  37. Social Network Analysis10▲ 27×1 topic
  38. WebQuests10▲ 62×1 topic
  39. Health Policy9▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Constitutional Law9▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Faculdade Única publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education Pedagogy and Practices, Academic Research in Diverse Fields, Business and Management Studies and Education and Digital Technologies.

Education Pedagogy and P…16Education Pedagogy and Practices: 16 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…11Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 11 fractional worksBusiness and Management …10Business and Management Studies: 10 fractional worksEducation and Digital Te…10Education and Digital Technologies: 10 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues: 9 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 8 fractional worksReligion and Society in …7Religion and Society in Latin America: 7 fractional worksSocial and Political Issues: 7 fractional worksRural Development and Agriculture: 6 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation6Healthcare Regulation: 6 fractional works
EducationInformation Systems and ManagementSociology and Political ScienceLaw2 others

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

  1. 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 16 works
  2. 2 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 11 works
  3. 3 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 10 works
  4. 4 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  5. 5 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 9 works
  6. 6 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 8 works
  7. 7 Religion and Society in Latin America Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  8. 8 Social and Political Issues Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  9. 9 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 6 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 6 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 available83.4%not open16.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.8%domestic only92.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Faculdade Única's research output changed?

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

still counting200020102020
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 Faculdade Única as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Faculdade Única0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Faculdade Única 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 2025Faculdade Única7.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.0% in 2012.

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