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Fundação Carlos Chagas

In research, Fundação Carlos Chagas stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,743 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,390 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,390
of 22,385 · #9,314 all time
Rank in Brazil
#441
of 684
Research works
1.1k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
16.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
71%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Fundação Carlos Chagas

What is Fundação Carlos Chagas 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 #5,743 of 9,902 10.2%84 #7569
MedicineField #5,390 of 8,541 10.3%78 #7154

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fundação Carlos Chagas 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 Fundação Carlos Chagas work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Fundação Carlos Chagas is in Health Sciences, 25% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (38%), Social Sciences (18%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (16%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 100 fractional works · 40.4% of its workMedicine: 93 fractional works · 37.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 19 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEpidemiology: 16 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSurgery: 14 fractional works · 5.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 12 fractional works · 4.9% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 62 fractional works · 25.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 39 fractional works · 15.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 26 fractional works · 10.4% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 14 fractional works · 5.5% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workParasitology: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 56 fractional works · 22.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 44 fractional works · 17.7% of its workEducation: 26 fractional works · 10.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 12.0% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKFundação CarlosChagas248fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences25%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences40%Social Sciences23%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine9337.6%
    2. Health Professions41.7%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Veterinary10.4%
    5. Dentistry10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3915.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology145.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences72.9%
    4. Neuroscience20.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Social Sciences4417.7%
    2. Psychology52.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities41.5%
    4. Decision Sciences20.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Engineering83.4%
    2. Environmental Science73.0%
    3. Chemistry52.0%
    4. Computer Science31.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy20.9%
    6. Materials Science10.6%
    7. Mathematics10.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    9. Energy00.0%
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: 0.60× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.92× its world share, 39 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.50× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.30× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.60× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.95× its world share, 93 worksMedicineNursing: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.22× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.67× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 44 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology5.50×14 works
  2. Veterinary3.22×1 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.92×39 works
  4. Medicine1.95×93 works
  5. Social Sciences1.40×44 works
  6. Chemistry1.30×5 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.94×2 works
  8. Nursing0.92×1 works
  9. Psychology0.67×5 works
  10. Health Professions0.64×4 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.60×7 works
  12. Environmental Science0.60×7 works
  13. Neuroscience0.58×2 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.54×4 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.52×0 works
  16. Dentistry0.44×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.39×2 works
  18. Mathematics0.37×1 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.25×1 works
  20. Engineering0.22×8 works
  21. Materials Science0.17×2 works
  22. Computer Science0.16×3 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.06×0 works
  25. Energy0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fundação Carlos Chagas?

Ranked on the quality score, Alexandre Dias Tavares Costa, Camila Zanluca and Claudia Nunes Duarte dos Santos lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fundação Carlos Chagas.

  1. 1 Alexandre Dias Tavares Costa Brazil · #471,564 worldwide 4.6k citations · 96 works
  2. 2 Camila Zanluca Brazil · #510,776 worldwide 2.5k citations · 53 works
  3. 3 Claudia Nunes Duarte dos Santos Brazil · #1,021,777 worldwide 5k citations · 145 works
  4. 4 Bernardete Angelina Gatti Brazil · #1,279,915 worldwide 2.4k citations · 116 works
  5. 5 Addeli Bez Batti Angulski Brazil · #1,401,104 worldwide 538 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Diogo Borges Lima Brazil · #1,650,230 worldwide 1.2k citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Lysangela R. Alves Brazil · #1,721,525 worldwide 2.4k citations · 102 works
  8. 8 Lyris Martins Franco de Godoy Brazil · #1,880,864 worldwide 3.1k citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Juliana S. G. Fischer Brazil · #1,935,835 worldwide 948 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Diogo Kuczera Brazil · #2,224,439 worldwide 770 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Fundação Carlos Chagas

What are the most cited papers from Fundação Carlos Chagas?

The most cited paper from Fundação Carlos Chagas is "Professores do Brasil: impasses e desafios" (Marina Muniz Rossa Nunes, 2010), with 1,440 citations. Next come "Current epidemiological trends for Chagas disease in Latin America and future challenges in epidemiology, surveillance and health policy" (516) and "Methylprednisolone as Adjunctive Therapy for Patients Hospitalized With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19; Metcovid): A Randomized, Double-blind, Phase IIb, Placebo-controlled Trial" (473).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Professores do Brasil: impasses e desafios Marina Muniz Rossa Nunes · Cadernos de Pesquisa Open access Apr 2010 1,440
2 Current epidemiological trends for Chagas disease in Latin America and future challenges in epidemiology, surveillance and health policy Álvaro Moncayo, Antônio Carlos Silveira · Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Open access Jul 2009 516
3 Methylprednisolone as Adjunctive Therapy for Patients Hospitalized With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19; Metcovid): A Randomized, Double-blind, Phase IIb, Placebo-controlled Trial Christiane Maria Prado Jerônimo et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Open access122 authors 6 Aug 2020 473
4 DNA repair pathways and cisplatin resistance: an intimate relationship Clarissa Ribeiro Reily Rocha, Matheus Molina Silva, Annabel Quinet et al. · Clinics Open access 2018 463
5 Construindo o conceito de competência Maria Tereza Leme Fleury, Afonso Fleury · Revista de Administração Contemporânea Open access 2001 434
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fundação Carlos Chagas?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Drug Resistance, Teacher Training, Diagnosis, Vaccine Development, Curriculum Development, Social Inequality and Immunity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology49▲ 4.9×61 topics
  2. Drug Resistance19▲ 27×8 topics
  3. Diagnosis18▲ 7.6×20 topics
  4. Teacher Training18▲ 12×9 topics
  5. Vaccine Development16▲ 25×10 topics
  6. Treatment14▲ 4.8×22 topics
  7. Curriculum Development14▲ 8.3×4 topics
  8. Qualitative Research13▲ 6.3×4 topics
  9. Social Inequality13▲ 20×3 topics
  10. Immunity13▲ 13×8 topics
  11. Inclusive Education13▲ 15×5 topics
  12. Cancer12▲ 3.6×29 topics
  13. Vector Control12▲ 41×4 topics
  14. Distance Learning12▲ 14×3 topics
  15. Educational Reform12▲ 38×2 topics
  16. Educational Policies11▲ 43×1 topic
  17. Pedagogical Practices11▲ 51×1 topic
  18. Public Policy10▲ 8.2×11 topics
  19. Inflammation9▲ 1.74×41 topics
  20. Chemotherapy9▲ 5.2×6 topics
  21. Leishmaniasis9▲ 190×1 topic
  22. Parasite9▲ 161×1 topic
  23. Biomarkers9▲ 5.1×12 topics
  24. Genome Sequence9▲ 42×2 topics
  25. Public Health9▲ 2.4×19 topics
  26. Immune Response8▲ 5.7×17 topics
  27. Cardiomyopathy7▲ 32×2 topics
  28. Chagas Disease7▲ 173×1 topic
  29. Complications7▲ 5.8×11 topics
  30. Trypanosoma cruzi7▲ 173×1 topic
  31. Biogenesis7▲ 17×3 topics
  32. Pandemic7▲ 2.8×8 topics
  33. Pathogenesis6▲ 4.9×13 topics
  34. Antifungal Therapy6▲ 27×3 topics
  35. Vaccine6▲ 6.0×11 topics
  36. Genetic Diversity6▲ 5.3×6 topics
  37. Virulence Factors6▲ 15×6 topics
  38. SARS-CoV-25▲ 6.4×5 topics
  39. Exosomes4▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Extracellular Vesicles4▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does Fundação Carlos Chagas publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education Pedagogy and Practices, Research on Leishmaniasis Studies, Trypanosoma species research and implications and Extracellular vesicles in disease.

Education Pedagogy and P…11Education Pedagogy and Practices: 11 fractional worksResearch on Leishmaniasis Studies: 9 fractional worksTrypanosoma species research and implications: 7 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles in disease: 4 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 4 fractional worksFungal Infections and St…3Fungal Infections and Studies: 3 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 3 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 3 fractional worksSocial and Political Issues: 2 fractional worksBody Contouring and Surgery: 2 fractional works
EducationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEpidemiologyMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 11 works
  2. 2 Research on Leishmaniasis Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  3. 3 Trypanosoma species research and implications Epidemiology 7 works
  4. 4 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 4 works
  5. 5 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  6. 6 Fungal Infections and Studies Epidemiology 3 works
  7. 7 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 3 works
  8. 8 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 3 works
  9. 9 Social and Political Issues Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Body Contouring and Surgery Surgery 2 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 available71.4%not open28.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.9%domestic only81.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fundação Carlos Chagas's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Fundação Carlos Chagas as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Fundação Carlos Chagas0.00094% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fundação Carlos Chagas 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Fundação Carlos Chagas9.6% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.6% in 2010.

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