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Insper

In research, Insper stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,087 of 9,585 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#1,210 of 2,581 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,761 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Strategy and Management (Strategy and Management is 8.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,420
of 22,385 · #6,527 all time
Rank in Brazil
#250
of 684
Research works
1.2k
▲ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
10.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
63%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Insper

What is Insper 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 #4,087 of 9,585 9.1%240 #4017
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,210 of 2,581 7.6%72 #1304
Health SciencesDomain #5,761 of 9,902 8.0%64 #7017
Social SciencesField #3,701 of 5,988 11.7%93 #4032
Physical SciencesDomain #6,912 of 10,670 7.3%73 #8190

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Insper 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#4,017 #4,087
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#1,304 #1,210
  3. Health Sciences#7,017 #5,761
  4. Social Sciences#4,032 #3,701
  5. Physical Sciences#8,190 #6,912
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Insper work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Insper is in Social Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Business, Management and Accounting (17%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (12%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 267 fractional works · 60.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 110 fractional works · 25.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 36 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEducation: 16 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 fractional works · 3.4% of its workLaw: 12 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Administration: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 76 fractional works · 17.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 31 fractional works · 7.0% of its workAccounting: 14 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 13 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness and International Management: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 53 fractional works · 12.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 35 fractional works · 8.0% of its workFinance: 11 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 15 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 11 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 79 fractional works · 18.0% of its workComputer Science: 29 fractional works · 6.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 26 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 70 fractional works · 15.9% of its workMedicine: 52 fractional works · 11.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 24 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKInsper439fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences61%

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. Social Sciences11025.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting7617.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5312.0%
    4. Decision Sciences153.4%
    5. Psychology102.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities30.7%
    1. Computer Science296.6%
    2. Engineering265.9%
    3. Environmental Science122.7%
    4. Mathematics71.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy20.4%
    6. Energy10.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    8. Materials Science10.2%
    9. Chemistry00.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine5211.9%
    2. Health Professions153.4%
    3. Dentistry10.3%
    4. Nursing10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology81.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences81.8%
    3. Neuroscience51.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology30.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Insper specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Strategy and Management takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 30.7 works8.1×
← 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: 0.37× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.85× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.37× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.29× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 52 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.37× its world share, 76 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.56× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.60× its world share, 53 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.98× its world share, 110 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.60×53 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting5.37×76 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.56×15 works
  4. Social Sciences1.98×110 works
  5. Mathematics1.37×7 works
  6. Health Professions1.29×15 works
  7. Computer Science0.85×29 works
  8. Psychology0.74×10 works
  9. Neuroscience0.66×5 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.63×3 works
  11. Medicine0.62×52 works
  12. Dentistry0.60×1 works
  13. Nursing0.57×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.55×12 works
  15. Engineering0.39×26 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.37×8 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.35×8 works
  18. Energy0.31×1 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.26×3 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.17×2 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.12×1 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.05×0 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.05×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.05×1 works
  25. Chemistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Insper?

Ranked on the quality score, Sérgio G. Lazzarini, Vinícius Picanço Rodrigues and Ilze Kivleniece lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Insper.

  1. 1 Sérgio G. Lazzarini Brazil · #412,963 worldwide 6.5k citations · 279 works
  2. 2 Vinícius Picanço Rodrigues Brazil · #591,447 worldwide 1.3k citations · 96 works
  3. 3 Ilze Kivleniece Brazil · #689,788 worldwide 875 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Ahmed Sewaid Brazil · #759,106 worldwide 225 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 SERGIO PINHEIRO FIRPO Brazil · #1,181,516 worldwide 5.7k citations · 115 works
  6. 6 Sandro Cabral Brazil · #1,246,847 worldwide 1.5k citations · 161 works
  7. 7 Gustavo Moreira Tavares Brazil · #1,259,627 worldwide 277 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Carla Ramos Brazil · #1,313,458 worldwide 1.1k citations · 66 works
  9. 9 Leandro Pongeluppe Brazil · #1,320,329 worldwide 306 citations · 57 works
  10. 10 Maria Cristina N. Gramani Brazil · #1,515,908 worldwide 377 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Insper

What are the most cited papers from Insper?

The most cited paper from Insper is "Long non-coding RNAs: definitions, functions, challenges and recommendations" (John S. Mattick et al., 2023), with 2,438 citations. Next come "Brazil's unified health system: the first 30 years and prospects for the future" (1,090) and "Decomposing Wage Distributions Using Recentered Influence Function Regressions" (656).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Long non-coding RNAs: definitions, functions, challenges and recommendations John S. Mattick et al. · Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology ReviewOpen access 3 Jan 2023 2,438
2 Brazil's unified health system: the first 30 years and prospects for the future Márcia C. Castro, Adriano Massuda, Gisele Lara de Almeida et al. · The Lancet Open access Jul 2019 1,090
3 Decomposing Wage Distributions Using Recentered Influence Function Regressions SERGIO PINHEIRO FIRPO, Nicole M. Fortin, Thomas Lemieux · Econometrics Open access 25 May 2018 656
4 36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine R. M. Bateman et al. · Critical Care Open access2,440 authors Apr 2016 531
5 New Varieties of State Capitalism: Strategic and Governance Implications Aldo Musacchio, Sérgio G. Lazzarini, Ruth V. Aguilera · Academy of Management Perspectives 18 Dec 2014 518
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Insper?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Innovation, Regulation, Corporate Governance, Globalization, Institutional Theory, Social Capital and Marketing Strategies.

▲ 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. Innovation21▲ 4.6×22 topics
  2. Globalization21▲ 2.4×40 topics
  3. Economic Growth19▲ 5.4×19 topics
  4. Sustainability18▲ 1.70×27 topics
  5. Corporate Governance15▲ 4.6×13 topics
  6. Regulation14▲ 5.9×12 topics
  7. Qualitative Research14▲ 3.6×7 topics
  8. Education13▲ 1.67×26 topics
  9. Social Capital12▲ 5.3×11 topics
  10. Human Rights12▲ 2.6×19 topics
  11. Institutional Theory11▲ 24×3 topics
  12. Economic Development11▲ 3.0×12 topics
  13. Public Policy10▲ 4.9×13 topics
  14. Marketing Strategies10▲ 24×2 topics
  15. Data Analysis10▲ 8.4×3 topics
  16. Organizational Management10▲ 36×1 topic
  17. Research Methods10▲ 14×1 topic
  18. Leadership9▲ 4.4×8 topics
  19. Financial Performance9▲ 3.6×5 topics
  20. Entrepreneurship9▲ 5.1×7 topics
  21. Fiscal Policy9▲ 9.8×5 topics
  22. Property Rights9▲ 30×5 topics
  23. Monetary Policy8▲ 8.0×6 topics
  24. Political Economy8▲ 7.4×10 topics
  25. Financial Constraints8▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Neoliberalism8▲ 5.0×10 topics
  27. Democracy8▲ 4.9×10 topics
  28. Performance Measurement7▲ 6.3×5 topics
  29. Governance7▲ 5.1×7 topics
  30. Labor Market7▲ 5.9×5 topics
  31. Firm Performance7▲ 9.1×3 topics
  32. Gender Inequality7▲ 11×5 topics
  33. Public-Private Partnerships6▲ 19×3 topics
  34. Constitutional Law6▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Income Tax6▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Enforcement6▲ 49×2 topics
  37. Income Inequality6▲ 9.4×5 topics
  38. Profitability6▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Shareholder Value6▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Investor Protection6▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does Insper publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Business and Management Studies, Corporate Finance and Governance, Public-Private Partnership Projects and Brazilian Legal Issues.

Business and Management Studies: 10 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 6 fractional worksPublic-Private Partnership Projects: 5 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues5Brazilian Legal Issues: 5 fractional worksLaw, Economics, and Judicial Systems: 4 fractional worksPublic Policy and Administration Research: 4 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Org…4Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 4 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 4 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 4 fractional worksInnovation and Socioecon…3Innovation and Socioeconomic Development: 3 fractional works
Information Systems and ManagementAccountingStrategy and ManagementLaw4 others

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

  1. 1 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 10 works
  2. 2 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 6 works
  3. 3 Public-Private Partnership Projects Strategy and Management 5 works
  4. 4 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 5 works
  5. 5 Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  6. 6 Public Policy and Administration Research Public Administration 4 works
  7. 7 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 4 works
  8. 8 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 4 works
  9. 9 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  10. 10 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 3 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 available62.8%not open37.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.8%domestic only76.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Insper's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Insper as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0021% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Insper0.0015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Insper 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 2025Insper8.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.0% in 2018.

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