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Federal Police of Brazil

In research, Federal Police of Brazil stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,654 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#8,488 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,484 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Law — Law is 16.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,726
of 28,054 · #20,070 all time
Rank in Brazil
#183
of 714
Research works
903
▲ 85% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.7k
8.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Federal Police of Brazil 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
Physical SciencesDomain #9,654 of 12,888 13.4%78 #16677
Social SciencesDomain #8,488 of 10,521 7.2%182 #12978
Social SciencesField #5,484 of 6,365 5.3%136 #8627

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Federal Police of Brazil 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. Physical Sciences#16,677 #9,654
  2. Social Sciences#12,978 #8,488
  3. Social Sciences#8,627 #5,484
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 Federal Police of Brazil specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Law takes 16.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. LawSubfield · 34.8 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: 0.78× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.42× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.64× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.66× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 23 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.09× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.24× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.53× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.13× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.77× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.43× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.87× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.88× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.94× its world share, 136 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Federal Police of Brazil?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Legal Theory, Social Justice, Environmental Law, Legal Philosophy, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law and Constitutional Interpretation.

▲ 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 Rights33▲ 8.8×19 topics
  2. Legal Theory27▲ 106×3 topics
  3. Social Justice27▲ 13×4 topics
  4. Environmental Law27▲ 36×6 topics
  5. Legal Philosophy26▲ 110×2 topics
  6. Civil Rights26▲ 103×2 topics
  7. Constitutional Law26▲ 53×2 topics
  8. Constitutional Interpretation26▲ 153×1 topic
  9. Judicial Activism26▲ 153×1 topic
  10. Globalization24▲ 3.4×29 topics
  11. Public Health22▲ 4.2×22 topics
  12. Risk Factors21▲ 5.3×14 topics
  13. Mass Spectrometry17▲ 30×5 topics
  14. Prevalence17▲ 11×9 topics
  15. Treatment15▲ 3.5×9 topics
  16. Genomic Analysis14▲ 16×4 topics
  17. Health14▲ 9.8×5 topics
  18. Ancient DNA14▲ 74×3 topics
  19. Chemical Imaging14▲ 95×2 topics
  20. Adolescents14▲ 10×4 topics
  21. Fluorescent Materials14▲ 56×2 topics
  22. Human Evolution14▲ 179×2 topics
  23. Law Enforcement14▲ 66×3 topics
  24. Nanoparticles14▲ 3.0×7 topics
  25. Amino Acids13▲ 39×2 topics
  26. Drug Detection13▲ 591×1 topic
  27. Fingermark Residue13▲ 591×1 topic
  28. Forensic Genetics13▲ 266×1 topic
  29. Population History13▲ 266×1 topic
  30. Cocaine12▲ 110×1 topic
  31. Crack12▲ 110×1 topic
  32. Drug Trafficking11▲ 52×3 topics
  33. Public Policy10▲ 5.5×10 topics
  34. Violence10▲ 18×4 topics
  35. Social Determinants9▲ 12×5 topics
  36. Healthcare Access9▲ 8.9×4 topics
  37. Data Analysis9▲ 9.1×5 topics
  38. Delinquency8▲ 48×2 topics
  39. Forensic Toxicology8▲ 79×2 topics
  40. Inclusion8▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Federal Police of Brazil publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Brazilian Legal Issues, Forensic Fingerprint Detection Methods, Forensic and Genetic Research and Youth, Drugs, and Violence.

Brazilian Legal Issues26Brazilian Legal Issues: 26 fractional worksForensic Fingerprint Detection Methods: 13 fractional worksForensic and Genetic Res…13Forensic and Genetic Research: 13 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence12Youth, Drugs, and Violence: 12 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…7Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 7 fractional worksCrime, Illicit Activitie…7Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance: 7 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil7Public Health in Brazil: 7 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 7 fractional worksForensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis: 7 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Penology: 6 fractional works
LawSafety ResearchGeneticsDemography4 others

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

  1. 1 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 26 works
  2. 2 Forensic Fingerprint Detection Methods Safety Research 13 works
  3. 3 Forensic and Genetic Research Genetics 13 works
  4. 4 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 12 works
  5. 5 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 7 works
  6. 6 Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  7. 7 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  8. 8 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 7 works
  9. 9 Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis Toxicology 7 works
  10. 10 Criminal Justice and Penology Law 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 available66.0%not open34.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.1%domestic only78.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Federal Police of Brazil's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 85% 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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