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Instituto Federal Catarinense

In research, Instituto Federal Catarinense stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,062 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,148 of 5,988 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,424 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Information Systems and Management and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (Information Systems and Management is 9.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,088
of 22,385 · #5,246 all time
Rank in Brazil
#229
of 684
Research works
2.4k
▼ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.2k
3.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
86%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Instituto Federal Catarinense

What is Instituto Federal Catarinense 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 #3,062 of 9,585 7.4%411 #3893
Social SciencesField #2,148 of 5,988 7.1%323 #3158
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,424 of 3,157 5.8%113 #1550
Environmental ScienceField #1,743 of 3,334 5.4%67 #2149
Life SciencesDomain #3,404 of 6,403 4.8%144 #3824
EducationSubfield #1,060 of 1,930 8.7%166 #978
Physical SciencesDomain #7,047 of 10,670 5.2%126 #6774
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,824 of 2,526 6.5%86 #2674

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto Federal Catarinense 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#3,893 #3,062
  2. Social Sciences#3,158 #2,148
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,550 #1,424
  4. Environmental Science#2,149 #1,743
  5. Life Sciences#3,824 #3,404
  6. Education#978 #1,060
  7. Physical Sciences#6,774 #7,047
  8. Sociology and Political Science#2,674 #1,824
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 Instituto Federal Catarinense work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Instituto Federal Catarinense is in Social Sciences, 20% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (44%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 442 fractional works · 56.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 346 fractional works · 44.0% of its workEducation: 176 fractional works · 22.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 90 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 26 fractional works · 3.3% of its workUrban Studies: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 44 fractional works · 5.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 17 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 27 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 20 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 154 fractional works · 19.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 120 fractional works · 15.2% of its workPlant Science: 41 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 17 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFood Science: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workForestry: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAquatic Science: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 138 fractional works · 17.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 70 fractional works · 9.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 38 fractional works · 4.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 26 fractional works · 3.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science: 23 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInformation Systems: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 53 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMedicine: 29 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmall Animals: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKInstituto FederalCatarinense786fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences56%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences34644.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities445.6%
    3. Decision Sciences273.4%
    4. Psychology111.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting81.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance60.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12015.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology212.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology101.3%
    4. Neuroscience10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Environmental Science709.0%
    2. Engineering263.4%
    3. Computer Science233.0%
    4. Materials Science50.6%
    5. Chemistry30.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy30.4%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.3%
    8. Mathematics20.3%
    9. Energy10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine293.6%
    2. Health Professions141.8%
    3. Veterinary81.0%
    4. Nursing20.3%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Instituto Federal Catarinense specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Information Systems and Management takes 9.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 20.2 works9.0×
  2. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 38.2 works8.3×
← 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: 3.20× its world share, 120 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.32× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 23 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.80× its world share, 70 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 29 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.47× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.93× its world share, 44 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.56× its world share, 27 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.48× its world share, 346 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary7.47×8 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.56×27 works
  3. Social Sciences3.48×346 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.20×120 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.93×44 works
  6. Environmental Science1.80×70 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.32×10 works
  8. Health Professions0.68×14 works
  9. Nursing0.60×2 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.50×21 works
  11. Psychology0.47×11 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.45×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.38×23 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.33×6 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.32×8 works
  16. Chemistry0.28×3 works
  17. Mathematics0.26×2 works
  18. Engineering0.22×26 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.21×3 works
  20. Medicine0.19×29 works
  21. Materials Science0.18×5 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.17×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.17×3 works
  24. Neuroscience0.11×1 works
  25. Energy0.08×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Federal Catarinense?

Ranked on the quality score, Caroline Heidemann, Paula Andrea Grawieski Civiero and Nei Fronza lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Federal Catarinense.

  1. 1 Caroline Heidemann Brazil · #105,397 worldwide 6.5k citations · 65 works
  2. 2 Paula Andrea Grawieski Civiero Brazil · #2,648,104 worldwide 138 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Nei Fronza Brazil · #2,867,270 worldwide 418 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Sheila Mello da Silveira Brazil · #3,128,883 worldwide 655 citations · 60 works
  5. 5 Larissa Stockhausen Brazil · #3,447,128 worldwide 50 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Adonis Rogério Fracaro Brazil · #3,449,306 worldwide 4 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Paula Andrea Grawieski Civiero Brazil · #3,521,258 worldwide 55 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Otávio Bocheco Brazil · #3,525,404 worldwide 88 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Matheus Trindade Velasques Brazil · #3,618,319 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Neila de Toledo e Toledo Brazil · #3,697,371 worldwide 30 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Federal Catarinense

What are the most cited papers from Instituto Federal Catarinense?

The most cited paper from Instituto Federal Catarinense is "Agroecological principles and elements and their implications for transitioning to sustainable food systems. A review" (Alexander Wezel, Barbara Herren, Rachel Bezner Kerr et al., 2020), with 910 citations. Next come "COVID ‐19 crisis and SMEs responses: The role of digital transformation" (399) and "A study of deep convolutional auto-encoders for anomaly detection in videos" (308).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Agroecological principles and elements and their implications for transitioning to sustainable food systems. A review Alexander Wezel, Barbara Herren, Rachel Bezner Kerr et al. · Agronomy for Sustainable Development Open access 27 Oct 2020 910
2 COVID ‐19 crisis and SMEs responses: The role of digital transformation Vinícius Barreto Klein, José Leomar Todesco · Knowledge and Process Management Open access 10 Mar 2021 399
3 A study of deep convolutional auto-encoders for anomaly detection in videos Manassés Ribeiro, André Eugênio Lazzaretti, Heitor Silvério Lopes · Pattern Recognition Letters Aug 2017 308
4 Current status and trends in enzymatic nanoimmobilization Eliane Pereira Cipolatti, María José A. Silva, Manuela Poletto Klein et al. · Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic Nov 2013 266
5 A Unique Late Triassic Dinosauromorph Assemblage Reveals Dinosaur Ancestral Anatomy and Diet Sérgio Furtado Cabreira, Alexander W. A. Kellner, Sérgio Dias‐da‐Silva et al. · Current Biology Open access Nov 2016 226
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Federal Catarinense?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Qualitative Research, Curriculum Development, Social Inequality, Inclusive Education, Educational Reform, Pedagogical Practices and Educational Policies.

▲ 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. Teacher Training158▲ 33×8 topics
  2. Qualitative Research98▲ 15×7 topics
  3. Curriculum Development98▲ 18×2 topics
  4. Social Inequality88▲ 42×4 topics
  5. Sustainability72▲ 3.8×42 topics
  6. Inclusive Education72▲ 25×5 topics
  7. Educational Reform70▲ 73×3 topics
  8. Pedagogical Practices70▲ 100×2 topics
  9. Educational Policies70▲ 82×2 topics
  10. Critical Pedagogy69▲ 106×1 topic
  11. Distance Learning69▲ 25×1 topic
  12. Educational Technology69▲ 7.4×14 topics
  13. Public Policy68▲ 18×12 topics
  14. Online Learning64▲ 9.8×7 topics
  15. Education44▲ 3.2×36 topics
  16. Globalization43▲ 2.8×41 topics
  17. Science Education40▲ 83×2 topics
  18. Sustainable Development39▲ 3.2×19 topics
  19. Digital Literacy39▲ 8.7×2 topics
  20. Social Network Analysis39▲ 42×1 topic
  21. WebQuests39▲ 96×1 topic
  22. Social Movements34▲ 15×8 topics
  23. Agroecology30▲ 27×3 topics
  24. Educational Games29▲ 38×2 topics
  25. Active Learning29▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Biodiversity29▲ 4.8×15 topics
  27. Health Education29▲ 8.4×2 topics
  28. Didactic Models28▲ 91×1 topic
  29. Teaching Methodologies28▲ 27×1 topic
  30. Waste Management28▲ 8.9×6 topics
  31. Environmental Education27▲ 23×4 topics
  32. Water Resources24▲ 13×4 topics
  33. Eco-friendly Practices24▲ 53×1 topic
  34. Social Participation24▲ 52×1 topic
  35. Brazil24▲ 33×5 topics
  36. Higher Education24▲ 5.7×6 topics
  37. Social Impact23▲ 7.5×8 topics
  38. Research Methods19▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Pedagogy of Alternation19▲ 101×1 topic
  40. Rural Education19▲ 72×1 topic

Which research topics does Instituto Federal Catarinense publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education Pedagogy and Practices, Education and Digital Technologies, Science and Education Research and Environmental Sustainability and Education.

Education Pedagogy and P…69Education Pedagogy and Practices: 69 fractional worksEducation and Digital Te…39Education and Digital Technologies: 39 fractional worksScience and Education Re…28Science and Education Research: 28 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 24 fractional worksRural and Ethnic Education: 19 fractional worksBusiness and Management …19Business and Management Studies: 19 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 16 fractional worksEducation during COVID-19 pandemic: 15 fractional worksEducation and Public Policy: 14 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Sciences: 12 fractional works
EducationSociology and Political ScienceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawInformation Systems and Management2 others

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

  1. 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 69 works
  2. 2 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 39 works
  3. 3 Science and Education Research Education 28 works
  4. 4 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 24 works
  5. 5 Rural and Ethnic Education Education 19 works
  6. 6 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 19 works
  7. 7 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 16 works
  8. 8 Education during COVID-19 pandemic Education 15 works
  9. 9 Education and Public Policy Political Science and International Relations 14 works
  10. 10 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 12 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 available85.5%not open14.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.0%domestic only92.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Federal Catarinense's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Instituto Federal Catarinense as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0031% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Instituto Federal Catarinense0.0030% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Instituto Federal Catarinense 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Instituto Federal Catarinense7.1% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.4% in 2019.

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