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Fundação João Pinheiro

In research, Fundação João Pinheiro stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,745 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,154 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations (Political Science and International Relations is 5.7× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#10,135
of 22,385 · #12,207 all time
Rank in Brazil
#396
of 684
Research works
678
▲ 52% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
3.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
84%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%

What is Fundação João Pinheiro 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 #4,745 of 9,585 7.3%169 #5313
Social SciencesField #3,154 of 5,988 9.0%120 #3565

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

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Fundação João Pinheiro is in Social Sciences, 13% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (50%), Medicine (8%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (7%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 173 fractional works · 70.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 122 fractional works · 49.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 34 fractional works · 13.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 21 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEducation: 20 fractional works · 8.2% of its workLaw: 19 fractional works · 7.6% of its workUrban Studies: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 18 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 14 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13 fractional works · 5.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 12 fractional works · 5.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 12 fractional works · 4.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 32 fractional works · 12.9% of its workMedicine: 19 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 11.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 5.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workForestry: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFundação JoãoPinheiro246fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences70%

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 Sciences12249.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance187.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting135.2%
    4. Decision Sciences125.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities51.9%
    6. Psychology41.5%
    1. Medicine197.8%
    2. Health Professions104.1%
    3. Nursing20.8%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Environmental Science145.7%
    2. Computer Science62.6%
    3. Engineering52.0%
    4. Mathematics10.6%
    5. Materials Science10.4%
    6. Energy00.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences83.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    4. Neuroscience10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Fundação João Pinheiro specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 21.0 works5.7×
← 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: 0.68× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.15× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.57× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 1.57× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.67× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.62× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.21× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.33× its world share, 18 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.91× its world share, 122 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences5.21×12 works
  2. Social Sciences3.91×122 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.33×18 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.62×13 works
  5. Health Professions1.57×10 works
  6. Nursing1.57×2 works
  7. Environmental Science1.15×14 works
  8. Veterinary0.75×0 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.68×8 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.67×5 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.57×1 works
  12. Mathematics0.51×2 works
  13. Psychology0.50×4 works
  14. Medicine0.40×19 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.38×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.33×6 works
  17. Neuroscience0.30×1 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.17×2 works
  19. Dentistry0.16×0 works
  20. Engineering0.13×5 works
  21. Materials Science0.12×1 works
  22. Energy0.11×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fundação João Pinheiro?

Ranked on the quality score, Diego Roger Ramos Freitas, Bruno Dias Magalhães and Denise Helena França Marques lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fundação João Pinheiro.

  1. 1 Diego Roger Ramos Freitas Brazil · #2,661,994 worldwide 99 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Bruno Dias Magalhães Brazil · #2,811,615 worldwide 30 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Denise Helena França Marques Brazil · #3,371,478 worldwide 168 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Raquel de Mattos Viana Brazil · #3,785,423 worldwide 20 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Eduardo de Oliveira Leite Brazil · #3,788,788 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Karina Rabelo Leite Marinho Brazil · #3,958,304 worldwide 10 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Ricardo Carneiro Brazil · #4,082,216 worldwide 200 citations · 58 works
  8. 8 Carla Bronzo Brazil · #4,106,561 worldwide 79 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Jane Noronha Carvalhais Brazil · #4,118,278 worldwide 11 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Carneiro, Ricardo José, 1955- Brazil · #4,161,769 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Fundação João Pinheiro

What are the most cited papers from Fundação João Pinheiro?

The most cited paper from Fundação João Pinheiro is "Cut-off point for WHOQOL-bref as a measure of quality of life of older adults" (Patrícia Aparecida Barbosa Silva, Sônia Maria Soares, Joseph Fabiano Guimarães Santos et al., 2014), with 240 citations. Next come "Vertically and horizontally directed muscle power exercises: Relationships with top-level sprint performance" (128) and "Increased plasma levels of soluble TNF receptor I in patients with bipolar disorder" (108).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cut-off point for WHOQOL-bref as a measure of quality of life of older adults Patrícia Aparecida Barbosa Silva, Sônia Maria Soares, Joseph Fabiano Guimarães Santos et al. · Revista de Saúde Pública Open access Jun 2014 240
2 Vertically and horizontally directed muscle power exercises: Relationships with top-level sprint performance Irineu Loturco, Bret M. Contreras, Ronaldo Kobal et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 26 Jul 2018 128
3 Increased plasma levels of soluble TNF receptor I in patients with bipolar disorder Izabela Guimarães Barbosa, Rodrigo Barreto Huguet, Vanessa Amaral Mendonça et al. · European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 5 May 2010 108
4 A Placebo-Controlled Double-Blind Randomized Study of Venlafaxine in the Treatment of Depression in Dementia Ulisses Gabriel de Vasconcelos Cunha, Fábio Lopes Rocha, Rodrigo Ávila de Melo et al. · Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 2007 73
5 Predictive Factors of Elite Sprint Performance: Influences of Muscle Mechanical Properties and Functional Parameters Irineu Loturco, Ronaldo Kobal, Kátia Kitamura et al. · The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research 22 Aug 2017 69
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fundação João Pinheiro?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Policy, Qualitative Research, Human Rights, Innovation, Social Justice, Legal Theory, Legal Philosophy and Civil Rights.

▲ 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. Public Policy32▲ 27×9 topics
  2. Qualitative Research24▲ 11×6 topics
  3. Human Rights21▲ 8.5×16 topics
  4. Innovation19▲ 7.5×12 topics
  5. Globalization18▲ 3.8×26 topics
  6. Sustainability18▲ 2.9×14 topics
  7. Social Justice16▲ 11×3 topics
  8. Legal Theory15▲ 90×3 topics
  9. Legal Philosophy15▲ 97×2 topics
  10. Civil Rights14▲ 85×2 topics
  11. Environmental Law14▲ 27×3 topics
  12. Constitutional Law14▲ 43×2 topics
  13. Healthcare14▲ 4.9×8 topics
  14. Constitutional Interpretation14▲ 124×1 topic
  15. Judicial Activism14▲ 124×1 topic
  16. Social Impact14▲ 14×3 topics
  17. Public Health13▲ 3.7×12 topics
  18. Higher Education13▲ 10.0×3 topics
  19. Science Communication13▲ 64×2 topics
  20. Evaluation13▲ 98×1 topic
  21. SINAES13▲ 197×1 topic
  22. Organizational Management11▲ 77×1 topic
  23. Research Methods11▲ 30×1 topic
  24. Democracy11▲ 12×5 topics
  25. Healthcare Access10▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Political Economy10▲ 17×8 topics
  27. Social Determinants10▲ 20×4 topics
  28. Online Learning9▲ 4.6×3 topics
  29. Educational Policy9▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Brazil9▲ 40×3 topics
  31. Inequality9▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Training9▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Distance Education8▲ 18×1 topic
  34. Legislation8▲ 22×1 topic
  35. Neoliberalism8▲ 9.6×5 topics
  36. Social Inequality8▲ 13×4 topics
  37. Social Movements8▲ 11×4 topics
  38. R&D8▲ 42×3 topics
  39. Social Work8▲ 47×2 topics
  40. Rural Development7▲ 8.6×3 topics

Which research topics does Fundação João Pinheiro publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Brazilian Legal Issues, Education and Public Policy, Business and Management Studies and Academic Research in Diverse Fields.

  1. 1 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 14 works
  2. 2 Education and Public Policy Political Science and International Relations 13 works
  3. 3 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 11 works
  4. 4 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 8 works
  5. 5 Social and Political Issues Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  6. 6 Merger and Competition Analysis Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  7. 7 Urban Development and Societal Issues Urban Studies 7 works
  8. 8 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  9. 9 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 6 works
  10. 10 Social and Economic Solidarity Sociology and Political Science 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 available83.6%not open16.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fundação João Pinheiro's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 52% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 João Pinheiro as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Fundação João Pinheiro0.00071% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fundação João Pinheiro 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 João Pinheiro4.8% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.4% in 2021.

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