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Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria

In research, Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria stands highest in Physical Sciences (#16,225 of 17,446 worldwide), Health Sciences (#16,119 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#14,383 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,958
of 22,385 · #27,027 all time
Rank in Brazil
#672
of 684
Research works
538
▼ 47% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.5k
8.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria

What is Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #16,225 of 17,446 6.1%296
Health SciencesDomain #16,119 of 16,688 2.2%183
MedicineField #14,383 of 14,558 1.5%121

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria 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 Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Physics and Astronomy (17%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 37 fractional works · 52.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 fractional works · 17.3% of its workRadiation: 11 fractional works · 16.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 10.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 10.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 6.7% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 23 fractional works · 32.1% of its workMedicine: 17 fractional works · 23.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 12.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 8.1% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 6 fractional works · 7.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 10.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKInstituto deRadioproteção e…71fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences52%Health Sciences32%Social Sciences11%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy1217.3%
    2. Engineering810.7%
    3. Environmental Science710.5%
    4. Materials Science56.9%
    5. Computer Science22.3%
    6. Chemistry22.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.0%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.9%
    9. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Medicine1723.3%
    2. Health Professions68.1%
    3. Dentistry10.8%
    1. Social Sciences45.0%
    2. Decision Sciences34.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.6%
    4. Psychology00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.8%
    3. 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: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.68× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.39× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.72× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.12× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.99× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 7.78× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.61× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.07× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.21× its world share, 16 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 4.76× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy7.78×12 works
  2. Decision Sciences4.76×3 works
  3. Health Professions3.07×6 works
  4. Chemical Engineering2.68×1 works
  5. Environmental Science2.12×8 works
  6. Materials Science1.99×5 works
  7. Dentistry1.61×1 works
  8. Chemistry1.39×2 works
  9. Medicine1.21×16 works
  10. Engineering0.72×8 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.69×2 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.63×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.40×4 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.33×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.29×2 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.21×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.20×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.10×0 works
  19. Psychology0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria?

Ranked on the quality score, Lene H.S. Veiga, Joyce L. Lipsztein and C.C. Conti lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria.

  1. 1 Lene H.S. Veiga Brazil · #831,851 worldwide 1.5k citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Joyce L. Lipsztein Brazil · #2,958,306 worldwide 1.6k citations · 58 works
  3. 3 C.C. Conti Brazil · #3,139,177 worldwide 688 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 J Hunt Brazil · #3,202,676 worldwide 1.1k citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Dunstana R. Melo Brazil · #3,353,703 worldwide 1.6k citations · 79 works
  6. 6 D.C. Lauria Brazil · #3,733,853 worldwide 1.2k citations · 50 works
  7. 7 Marco E. Espinoza Brazil · #3,980,150 worldwide 288 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Adriana T. Ramalho Brazil · #4,060,248 worldwide 791 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 E.C.S. Amaral Brazil · #4,395,245 worldwide 603 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Maria Godoy Brazil · #4,550,646 worldwide 238 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria

What are the most cited papers from Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria?

The most cited paper from Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria is "Sustainable Biofuels Redux" (G. Philip Robertson et al., 2008), with 436 citations. Next come "Intensification of the Amazon hydrological cycle over the last two decades" (432) and "Assessment of daily intake of trace elements due to consumption of foodstuffs by adult inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro city" (263).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Sustainable Biofuels Redux G. Philip Robertson et al. · Science 2 Oct 2008 436
2 Intensification of the Amazon hydrological cycle over the last two decades Manuel U. Gloor, Roel Brienen, David Roberto Galbraith et al. · Geophysical Research Letters Open access 20 Mar 2013 432
3 Assessment of daily intake of trace elements due to consumption of foodstuffs by adult inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro city Eliane Eugênia dos Santos, D.C. Lauria, Carmem Lúcia P. da Silveira · The Science of The Total Environment 22 Apr 2004 263
4 Organic carbon burial in a mangrove forest, margin and intertidal mud flat Christian J. Sanders, Joseph McDonald Smoak, A. Sathy Naidu et al. · Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science Open access 3 Sep 2010 186
5 Uranium determination using atomic spectrometric techniques: An overview Juracir Silva Santos, Leonardo S.G. Teixeira, Walter Nei Lopes dos Santos et al. · Analytica Chimica Acta 18 Jun 2010 175
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ionizing Radiation, Health Effects, Radionuclides, Quality Assurance, Toxicity, Lung Cancer, Radon and Environmental Impact.

▲ 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. Ionizing Radiation10▲ 209×2 topics
  2. Health Effects8▲ 18×3 topics
  3. Radionuclides8▲ 276×2 topics
  4. Environmental Impact6▲ 5.1×7 topics
  5. Quality Assurance6▲ 45×3 topics
  6. Toxicity5▲ 17×3 topics
  7. Lung Cancer5▲ 43×1 topic
  8. Radon5▲ 324×1 topic
  9. Computed Tomography5▲ 157×1 topic
  10. Radiation Exposure5▲ 71×1 topic
  11. Nuclear Graphite5▲ 314×1 topic
  12. Oxidation Behavior5▲ 107×1 topic
  13. Dosimetry4▲ 84×2 topics
  14. Monte Carlo Simulation4▲ 26×2 topics
  15. Data Analysis4▲ 20×2 topics
  16. Image-Guided Radiotherapy4▲ 122×1 topic
  17. Radiotherapy Physics4▲ 122×1 topic
  18. Neutron Imaging3▲ 147×1 topic
  19. Small-Angle Scattering3▲ 93×1 topic
  20. Particle Therapy3▲ 168×1 topic
  21. Proton Therapy3▲ 168×1 topic
  22. Solar Influence3▲ 61×2 topics
  23. Environmental Impacts3▲ 15×4 topics
  24. Decay Rates3▲ 926×1 topic
  25. Radionuclide Metrology3▲ 926×1 topic
  26. Sustainable Development3▲ 2.5×7 topics
  27. Fukushima Daiichi2▲ 209×1 topic
  28. nuclear accident2▲ 209×1 topic
  29. Medical Imaging2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  30. Nuclear Fuel2▲ 176×1 topic
  31. Radiation Protection2▲ 176×1 topic
  32. Radiotherapy2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  33. Radiation Detection2▲ 56×2 topics
  34. Inorganic Scintillators2▲ 72×1 topic
  35. Measurement Uncertainty2▲ 230×1 topic
  36. Redefinition of SI Units2▲ 230×1 topic
  37. Scintillation Detectors2▲ 72×1 topic
  38. Food Safety2▲ 7.6×3 topics
  39. Environmental Education1▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Bayesian Networks1▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Radioactivity and Radon Measurements, Radiation Dose and Imaging, Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies and Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques.

Radioactivity and Radon …5Radioactivity and Radon Measurements: 5 fractional worksRadiation Dose and Imaging5Radiation Dose and Imaging: 5 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear techno…5Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Te…4Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 4 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 3 fractional worksRadiation Therapy and Dosimetry: 3 fractional worksRadioactive Decay and Me…3Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques: 3 fractional worksRadioactive contamination and transfer: 2 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivity studies: 2 fractional worksScientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation: 2 fractional works
Radiological and Ultrasound TechnologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingMaterials ChemistryRadiation4 others

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

  1. 1 Radioactivity and Radon Measurements Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 5 works
  2. 2 Radiation Dose and Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 works
  3. 3 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 5 works
  4. 4 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 4 works
  5. 5 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 3 works
  6. 6 Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques Radiation 3 works
  8. 8 Radioactive contamination and transfer Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  9. 9 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 2 works
  10. 10 Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 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 available45.2%not open54.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.3%domestic only87.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 47% lower 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 Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00022% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria0.00029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria 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.

5%10%all institutions10.0% in 2023Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria1.6% in 20232020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 3.3% in 2019.

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