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Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Brasília

In research, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Brasília stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,738 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,034 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,647 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Information Systems and Management, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Decision Sciences — Information Systems and Management is 16.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,389
of 28,054 · #26,290 all time
Rank in Brazil
#302
of 714
Research works
1.3k
▲ 149% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.2k
3.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Brasília known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #5,738 of 10,521 7.8%282 #9408
Social SciencesField #5,034 of 6,365 6.4%193 #7502
Physical SciencesDomain #11,647 of 12,888 6.6%101 #19673
EducationSubfield #1,834 of 1,892 4.2%73 #2760

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Brasília 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#9,408 #5,738
  2. Social Sciences#7,502 #5,034
  3. Physical Sciences#19,673 #11,647
  4. Education#2,760 #1,834
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Brasília specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Information Systems and Management takes 16.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 22.0 works17×
  2. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 20.3 works7.6×
  3. Decision SciencesField · 26.8 works6.0×
  4. EducationSubfield · 73.5 works5.2×
← 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: 1.59× its world share, 35 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.71× its world share, 25 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.51× its world share, 34 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.49× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.44× its world share, 32 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.73× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 6.05× its world share, 27 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.93× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.33× its world share, 193 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Brasília?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Qualitative Research, Public Policy, Curriculum Development, Online Learning, Social Inequality, Educational Technology and Inclusive Education.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 Training68▲ 24×10 topics
  2. Qualitative Research56▲ 14×8 topics
  3. Public Policy47▲ 21×10 topics
  4. Curriculum Development40▲ 12×4 topics
  5. Online Learning39▲ 10×9 topics
  6. Social Inequality38▲ 31×4 topics
  7. Educational Technology38▲ 7.0×15 topics
  8. Sustainability32▲ 2.9×29 topics
  9. Inclusive Education28▲ 18×5 topics
  10. Education28▲ 3.6×32 topics
  11. Distance Learning28▲ 18×4 topics
  12. Educational Policies28▲ 52×2 topics
  13. Educational Reform28▲ 47×3 topics
  14. Critical Pedagogy27▲ 69×1 topic
  15. Pedagogical Practices27▲ 65×1 topic
  16. Higher Education26▲ 10×7 topics
  17. Globalization25▲ 2.8×31 topics
  18. Innovation Management22▲ 28×2 topics
  19. Research Methods22▲ 29×3 topics
  20. Data Analysis22▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Marketing Strategies22▲ 47×2 topics
  22. Organizational Management21▲ 71×1 topic
  23. Quantitative Research21▲ 33×1 topic
  24. Innovation20▲ 4.2×20 topics
  25. Social Impact20▲ 11×8 topics
  26. Social Network Analysis19▲ 34×3 topics
  27. Digital Literacy19▲ 6.8×4 topics
  28. Media Education18▲ 71×1 topic
  29. WebQuests18▲ 71×1 topic
  30. Biodiversity18▲ 5.2×9 topics
  31. Social Movements18▲ 13×8 topics
  32. Environmental Education15▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Brazil15▲ 33×5 topics
  34. Waste Management15▲ 7.8×5 topics
  35. Science Education14▲ 51×2 topics
  36. Water Resources14▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Social Participation14▲ 48×2 topics
  38. Eco-friendly Practices14▲ 50×1 topic
  39. Educational Games13▲ 30×2 topics
  40. Agroecology13▲ 20×3 topics

Which research topics does Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Brasília publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education Pedagogy and Practices, Business and Management Studies, Education and Digital Technologies and Environmental Sustainability and Education.

Education Pedagogy and Practices: 27 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 21 fractional worksEducation and Digital Te…18Education and Digital Technologies: 18 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…14Environmental Sustainability and Education: 14 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 13 fractional worksEducation and Public Policy: 12 fractional worksEvasion and Academic Suc…11Evasion and Academic Success Factors: 11 fractional worksEducation during COVID-19 pandemic: 9 fractional worksRural and Ethnic Education: 8 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 7 fractional works
EducationInformation Systems and ManagementSociology and Political ScienceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law2 others

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

  1. 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 27 works
  2. 2 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 21 works
  3. 3 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 18 works
  4. 4 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 14 works
  5. 5 Science and Education Research Education 13 works
  6. 6 Education and Public Policy Political Science and International Relations 12 works
  7. 7 Evasion and Academic Success Factors Demography 11 works
  8. 8 Education during COVID-19 pandemic Education 9 works
  9. 9 Rural and Ethnic Education Education 8 works
  10. 10 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 7 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 available77.7%not open22.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.2%domestic only88.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Brasília's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 149% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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