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Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul

In research, Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,537 of 5,988 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,670 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,697
of 22,385 · #12,659 all time
Rank in Brazil
#411
of 684
Research works
640
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
3.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
85%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul

What is Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul 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 SciencesField #3,537 of 5,988 10.3%80 #3884
Social SciencesDomain #5,670 of 9,585 9.8%106 #6067

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul 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 Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul is in Social Sciences, 17% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (44%), Environmental Science (9%), Medicine (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 116 fractional works · 57.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 89 fractional works · 43.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 27 fractional works · 13.6% of its workEducation: 21 fractional works · 10.1% of its workLaw: 12 fractional works · 5.8% of its workUrban Studies: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 35 fractional works · 17.1% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 9.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 7.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 14.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 18 fractional works · 9.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 10.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKGoverno do Estadodo Rio Grande do…202fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences57%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences8943.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities84.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance63.2%
    4. Decision Sciences62.8%
    5. Psychology41.9%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting31.7%
    1. Medicine189.1%
    2. Health Professions147.1%
    3. Dentistry10.6%
    4. Nursing10.4%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Environmental Science189.1%
    2. Computer Science42.2%
    3. Engineering42.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    5. Chemistry10.3%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    7. Energy00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences157.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Neuroscience00.2%
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: 1.52× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.84× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.69× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.42× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.87× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.49× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.45× its world share, 88 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.45×88 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.87×6 works
  3. Health Professions2.69×14 works
  4. Environmental Science1.84×18 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.52×15 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.49×6 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.42×8 works
  8. Dentistry1.15×1 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.07×2 works
  10. Nursing0.83×1 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.82×1 works
  12. Psychology0.63×4 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.54×4 works
  14. Medicine0.47×18 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.43×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.36×4 works
  17. Veterinary0.30×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.28×4 works
  19. Chemistry0.17×1 works
  20. Mathematics0.17×0 works
  21. Engineering0.14×4 works
  22. Neuroscience0.12×0 works
  23. Energy0.09×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul?

Ranked on the quality score, Eurípedes Simões de Paula lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul.

  1. 1 Eurípedes Simões de Paula Brazil · #5,344,175 worldwide 0 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul

What are the most cited papers from Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul?

The most cited paper from Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul is "Rapid spread of an invasive snail in South America: the giant African snail, Achatina fulica, in Brasil" (Silvana Carvalho Thiengo, Fábio André Faraco, Norma Campos Salgado et al., 2006), with 232 citations. Next come "Can Apical Periodontitis Modify Systemic Levels of Inflammatory Markers? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis" (227) and "Violência doméstica e suas diferentes manifestações" (182).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Rapid spread of an invasive snail in South America: the giant African snail, Achatina fulica, in Brasil Silvana Carvalho Thiengo, Fábio André Faraco, Norma Campos Salgado et al. · Biological Invasions 28 Nov 2006 232
2 Can Apical Periodontitis Modify Systemic Levels of Inflammatory Markers? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Maximiliano Schünke Gomes, Trevor Charles Blattner, Manoel Sant’Ana Filho et al. · Journal of Endodontics Review 15 Aug 2013 227
3 Violência doméstica e suas diferentes manifestações Vivian Peres Day, Lisieux Elaine de Borba Telles, Pedro Henrique Zoratto et al. · Revista de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul Open access Apr 2003 182
4 Yellow Fever Virus inHaemagogus leucocelaenusandAedes serratusMosquitoes, Southern Brazil, 2008 Jáder da Cruz Cardoso, Marco Antônio Barreto de Almeida, Edmilson dos Santos et al. · Emerging infectious diseases Open access 29 Nov 2010 161
5 Serological screening and toxoplasmosis exposure factors among pregnant women in South of Brazil Sílvia Maria Spalding, Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira, Carlos Henrique Klein et al. · Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Open access Apr 2005 155
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Policy, Teacher Training, Qualitative Research, Social Justice, Human Rights, Sustainability, Constitutional Law and Brazil.

▲ 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 Policy22▲ 23×12 topics
  2. Sustainability16▲ 3.3×22 topics
  3. Globalization14▲ 3.5×24 topics
  4. Teacher Training14▲ 11×9 topics
  5. Qualitative Research14▲ 7.8×9 topics
  6. Public Health13▲ 4.5×17 topics
  7. Human Rights12▲ 6.0×8 topics
  8. Social Justice12▲ 9.7×7 topics
  9. Constitutional Law10▲ 39×3 topics
  10. Brazil10▲ 55×5 topics
  11. Legal Theory10▲ 75×3 topics
  12. Legal Philosophy10▲ 82×2 topics
  13. Environmental Law10▲ 24×3 topics
  14. Civil Rights10▲ 72×1 topic
  15. Judicial Activism10▲ 109×1 topic
  16. Online Learning10▲ 5.6×3 topics
  17. Education9▲ 2.7×20 topics
  18. Sustainable Development9▲ 2.8×14 topics
  19. Healthcare Access9▲ 16×5 topics
  20. Healthcare9▲ 3.7×9 topics
  21. Curriculum Development8▲ 6.2×4 topics
  22. Educational Technology8▲ 3.5×7 topics
  23. Democracy8▲ 11×7 topics
  24. Inequality7▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Social Movements7▲ 11×4 topics
  26. Social Inequality7▲ 12×5 topics
  27. Social Work7▲ 50×2 topics
  28. Neoliberalism6▲ 8.7×6 topics
  29. Political Economy6▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Prevalence6▲ 7.4×7 topics
  31. Social Determinants6▲ 15×5 topics
  32. Assistance Programs6▲ 122×1 topic
  33. Health6▲ 7.3×7 topics
  34. Legislation6▲ 18×4 topics
  35. Social Welfare6▲ 31×1 topic
  36. Environmental Education6▲ 18×6 topics
  37. Health Policy6▲ 18×3 topics
  38. Inclusion6▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Distance Education5▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Research5▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Brazilian Legal Issues, Social and Political Issues, Academic Research in Diverse Fields and Education Pedagogy and Practices.

Brazilian Legal Issues10Brazilian Legal Issues: 10 fractional worksSocial and Political Issues: 6 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 5 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and Practices: 5 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 4 fractional worksUrban Development and Societal Issues: 4 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…4Environmental Sustainability and Education: 4 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil: 4 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 4 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence4Youth, Drugs, and Violence: 4 fractional works
LawSociology and Political ScienceEducationInformation Systems and Management3 others

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

  1. 1 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 10 works
  2. 2 Social and Political Issues Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  3. 3 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 5 works
  4. 4 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 5 works
  5. 5 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 4 works
  6. 6 Urban Development and Societal Issues Urban Studies 4 works
  7. 7 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works
  8. 8 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  9. 9 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  10. 10 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 4 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 available85.3%not open14.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.0%domestic only71.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% 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 Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00077% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul0.00063% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul 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%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul5.3% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.7% in 2013.

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