Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Institution · São Paulo · Brazil

Fundação de Apoio à Universidade Federal de São Paulo

In research, Fundação de Apoio à Universidade Federal de São Paulo stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,896 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,165 of 6,365 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#1,790 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Urban Studies and Literature and Literary Theory — Urban Studies is 13.9× its share of world research.

fapunifesp.edu.brROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022–2025
#16,265
of 28,054 · #15,173 all time
Rank in Brazil
#297
of 714
Research works
3.6k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
26k
7.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
77%
world 28%

What is Fundação de Apoio à Universidade Federal de São Paulo 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 #6,896 of 10,521 4.9%299 #9238
Social SciencesField #5,165 of 6,365 4.6%192 #6327
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,790 of 1,998 7.1%60 #3062
Health SciencesDomain #10,796 of 11,982 3.7%157 #3472
Physical SciencesDomain #11,731 of 12,888 5.9%81 #18576
MedicineField #9,663 of 10,443 3.6%121 #6583

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fundação de Apoio à Universidade Federal de São Paulo 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#9,238 #6,896
  2. Social Sciences#6,327 #5,165
  3. Arts and Humanities#3,062 #1,790
  4. Health Sciences#3,472 #10,796
  5. Physical Sciences#18,576 #11,731
  6. Medicine#6,583 #9,663
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 Fundação de Apoio à Universidade Federal de São Paulo specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Urban Studies takes 13.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Urban StudiesSubfield · 22.3 works14×
  2. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 22.9 works7.4×
← 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: 0.43× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.69× its world share, 31 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.97× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.09× its world share, 121 worksMedicineNursing: 1.09× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.59× its world share, 60 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.41× its world share, 25 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.62× its world share, 192 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fundação de Apoio à Universidade Federal de São Paulo?

Ranked on the composite score, Abel L. Packer, Viviane Cristina Cândido and Tiago de Oliveira lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fundação de Apoio à Universidade Federal de São Paulo.

  1. 1 Abel L. Packer Brazil · #670,825 worldwide 13 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Viviane Cristina Cândido Brazil · #886,052 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Tiago de Oliveira Brazil · #1,248,051 worldwide 10 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Shirley Shizue Nagata Pignatari Brazil · #1,287,599 worldwide 13 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Fundação de Apoio à Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Which keywords describe research at Fundação de Apoio à Universidade Federal de São Paulo?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Policy, Qualitative Research, Teacher Training, Globalization, Social Movements, Brazil, History and 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 2022–2025 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. Globalization44▲ 3.9×33 topics
  2. Public Policy40▲ 14×14 topics
  3. Qualitative Research38▲ 7.6×13 topics
  4. Education36▲ 3.6×29 topics
  5. Teacher Training35▲ 9.8×6 topics
  6. Public Health33▲ 3.9×35 topics
  7. Sustainability32▲ 2.3×26 topics
  8. Epidemiology30▲ 1.31×78 topics
  9. History27▲ 6.7×19 topics
  10. Identity26▲ 6.1×17 topics
  11. Social Movements26▲ 15×12 topics
  12. Brazil25▲ 45×5 topics
  13. Quality of Life25▲ 3.0×31 topics
  14. Colonialism25▲ 9.0×13 topics
  15. Educational Technology23▲ 3.4×6 topics
  16. Cultural Identity22▲ 7.3×11 topics
  17. Social Inequality21▲ 14×5 topics
  18. Curriculum Development19▲ 4.6×3 topics
  19. Culture18▲ 5.8×13 topics
  20. Discourse Analysis18▲ 12×3 topics
  21. Social Determinants17▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Online Learning17▲ 3.5×6 topics
  23. Healthcare Access17▲ 10×7 topics
  24. Literature16▲ 5.2×13 topics
  25. Cultural Studies16▲ 7.3×14 topics
  26. Educational Policies16▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Distance Learning15▲ 7.5×3 topics
  28. Inclusive Education15▲ 7.2×3 topics
  29. Anthropology14▲ 26×7 topics
  30. Pedagogical Practices14▲ 27×2 topics
  31. Memory14▲ 9.6×11 topics
  32. Critical Pedagogy14▲ 27×1 topic
  33. Educational Reform14▲ 18×1 topic
  34. Chronic Diseases13▲ 8.8×7 topics
  35. Rural Development13▲ 6.5×5 topics
  36. Historiography13▲ 18×8 topics
  37. Segregation13▲ 27×3 topics
  38. Social Sciences12▲ 15×7 topics
  39. Environmental Justice12▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Spatial Planning11▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does Fundação de Apoio à Universidade Federal de São Paulo publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education Pedagogy and Practices, Urban Development and Societal Issues, Education and Digital Technologies and Linguistics and Education Research.

Education Pedagogy and P…14Education Pedagogy and Practices: 14 fractional worksUrban Development and So…11Urban Development and Societal Issues: 11 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 11 fractional worksLinguistics and Educatio…10Linguistics and Education Research: 10 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…10Environmental Sustainability and Education: 10 fractional worksPsychology and Mental Health: 9 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 8 fractional worksLiterature, Culture, and…8Literature, Culture, and Criticism: 8 fractional worksSocial and Economic Solidarity: 8 fractional worksGender, Sexuality, and Education: 7 fractional works
EducationUrban StudiesSociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary Theory4 others

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

  1. 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 14 works
  2. 2 Urban Development and Societal Issues Urban Studies 11 works
  3. 3 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  4. 4 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 10 works
  5. 5 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 10 works
  6. 6 Psychology and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 9 works
  7. 7 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 8 works
  8. 8 Literature, Culture, and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 8 works
  9. 9 Social and Economic Solidarity Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  10. 10 Gender, Sexuality, and Education Gender Studies 7 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 available77.4%not open22.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.5%domestic only87.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fundação de Apoio à Universidade Federal de São Paulo's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Other research institutions in São Paulo

All research institutions in São Paulo

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.