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Instituto Federal do Acre

In research, Instituto Federal do Acre stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,884 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,352 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education (Education is 6.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,373
of 22,385 · #15,677 all time
Rank in Brazil
#401
of 684
Research works
473
▼ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.3k
2.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
82%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Instituto Federal do Acre

What is Instituto Federal do Acre 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 #5,884 of 9,585 9.4%104 #8437
Social SciencesField #4,352 of 5,988 9.5%66 #5852

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto Federal do Acre 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 Federal do Acre work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Instituto Federal do Acre is in Social Sciences, 19% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (16%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 119 fractional works · 56.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 77 fractional works · 36.2% of its workEducation: 39 fractional works · 18.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 19 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 16 fractional works · 7.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 15 fractional works · 6.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 6.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 41 fractional works · 19.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 33 fractional works · 15.7% of its workPlant Science: 12 fractional works · 5.9% of its workForestry: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 35 fractional works · 16.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 9.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 10 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKInstituto Federaldo Acre212fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences8%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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences7736.2%
    2. Decision Sciences167.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities146.6%
    4. Psychology52.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting52.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3315.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology62.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Environmental Science209.2%
    2. Computer Science62.9%
    3. Engineering62.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    5. Materials Science10.4%
    6. Mathematics10.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    9. Chemistry00.2%
    1. Medicine83.7%
    2. Health Professions62.9%
    3. Nursing21.1%
    4. Veterinary10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Instituto Federal do Acre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 39.0 works6.0×
← 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: 3.30× its world share, 33 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.86× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 2.16× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.41× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.30× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.75× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 7.86× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.86× its world share, 77 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences7.86×16 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.30×33 works
  3. Social Sciences2.86×77 works
  4. Veterinary2.41×1 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.30×14 works
  6. Nursing2.16×2 works
  7. Environmental Science1.86×20 works
  8. Health Professions1.11×6 works
  9. Psychology0.84×5 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.75×5 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.59×1 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.58×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×6 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.45×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.40×2 works
  16. Computer Science0.37×6 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.31×1 works
  18. Mathematics0.22×1 works
  19. Medicine0.19×8 works
  20. Engineering0.18×6 works
  21. Materials Science0.11×1 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.11×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Federal do Acre?

Ranked on the quality score, Dion Alves de Oliveira, Rodrigo Duarte Soliani and Ricardo dos Santos Pereira lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Federal do Acre.

  1. 1 Dion Alves de Oliveira Brazil · #2,401,609 worldwide 98 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Rodrigo Duarte Soliani Brazil · #2,481,001 worldwide 272 citations · 84 works
  3. 3 Ricardo dos Santos Pereira Brazil · #2,690,303 worldwide 49 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Patrícia Nakayama Miranda Brazil · #2,824,388 worldwide 329 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Jefferson Henrique Tiago Barros Brazil · #2,996,718 worldwide 223 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Ageane Mota da Silva Brazil · #3,030,237 worldwide 482 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Diego Viana Melo Lima Brazil · #3,186,003 worldwide 174 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Cledir de Araújo Amaral Brazil · #3,209,507 worldwide 525 citations · 65 works
  9. 9 Josina Maria Pontes Ribeiro Brazil · #3,447,559 worldwide 20 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Renata Gomes de Abreu Freitas Brazil · #3,484,895 worldwide 16 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Federal do Acre

What are the most cited papers from Instituto Federal do Acre?

The most cited paper from Instituto Federal do Acre is "Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth’s tropical forests" (Martin J. P. Sullivan et al., 2020), with 380 citations. Next come "Drivers of decoupling and recoupling of crop and livestock systems at farm and territorial scales" (189) and "ACCIDENTS WITH POISONOUS ANIMALS IN BRAZIL BY AGE AND SEX" (157).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth’s tropical forests Martin J. P. Sullivan et al. · Science Open access226 authors 21 May 2020 380
2 Drivers of decoupling and recoupling of crop and livestock systems at farm and territorial scales Rachael Garrett, Julie Ryschawy, Lindsay W. Bell et al. · Ecology and Society Open access 2020 189
3 ACCIDENTS WITH POISONOUS ANIMALS IN BRAZIL BY AGE AND SEX Ageane Mota da Silva, Paulo Sérgio Bernarde, Luíz Carlos de Abreu · Journal of Human Growth and Development Open access 7 Apr 2015 157
4 Hand grip strength: Reference values for adults and elderly people of Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil Cledir de Araújo Amaral, Thatiana Lameira Maciel Amaral, Gina Torres Rego Monteiro et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 31 Jan 2019 132
5 The Expansion of Intensive Beef Farming to the Brazilian Amazon Petterson Molina Vale, Holly K. Gibbs, Ricardo Vale et al. · Global Environmental Change Open access Jun 2019 121
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Federal do Acre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Qualitative Research, Online Learning, Curriculum Development, Public Policy, Social Inequality, Data Analysis and Innovation Management.

▲ 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 Training36▲ 27×5 topics
  2. Qualitative Research30▲ 17×5 topics
  3. Sustainability19▲ 3.7×20 topics
  4. Online Learning19▲ 11×5 topics
  5. Curriculum Development18▲ 13×3 topics
  6. Public Policy17▲ 17×9 topics
  7. Social Inequality16▲ 27×3 topics
  8. Educational Technology15▲ 6.0×10 topics
  9. Data Analysis14▲ 26×2 topics
  10. Innovation Management14▲ 44×2 topics
  11. Agroecology14▲ 48×3 topics
  12. Organizational Management14▲ 112×1 topic
  13. Research Methods14▲ 43×1 topic
  14. Pedagogical Practices14▲ 74×2 topics
  15. Educational Policies13▲ 59×1 topic
  16. Inclusive Education13▲ 18×1 topic
  17. Higher Education11▲ 9.4×6 topics
  18. Globalization10▲ 2.4×13 topics
  19. Healthcare10▲ 4.1×3 topics
  20. Social Movements9▲ 15×3 topics
  21. Agriculture9▲ 11×2 topics
  22. Social Network Analysis9▲ 34×1 topic
  23. WebQuests9▲ 79×1 topic
  24. Innovation8▲ 3.9×9 topics
  25. Training8▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Biodiversity8▲ 4.7×11 topics
  27. Economic Analysis8▲ 26×3 topics
  28. Legislation8▲ 22×3 topics
  29. Educational Policy7▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Food Security7▲ 6.3×3 topics
  31. Research7▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Digital Business7▲ 66×1 topic
  33. Distance Education7▲ 17×1 topic
  34. Family Farming7▲ 101×1 topic
  35. Rural Policy7▲ 101×1 topic
  36. Pedagogy of Alternation7▲ 133×1 topic
  37. Rural Education7▲ 95×1 topic
  38. Social Impact6▲ 7.5×4 topics
  39. Science Education6▲ 47×2 topics
  40. Brazil6▲ 29×4 topics

Which research topics does Instituto Federal do Acre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Business and Management Studies, Education Pedagogy and Practices, Education and Digital Technologies and Rural Development and Agriculture.

Business and Management Studies: 14 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and Practices: 13 fractional worksEducation and Digital Te…9Education and Digital Technologies: 9 fractional worksRural Development and Ag…7Rural Development and Agriculture: 7 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 7 fractional worksRural and Ethnic Education: 7 fractional worksEducation and Public Pol…5Education and Public Policy: 5 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Sciences: 5 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 4 fractional worksSoil Management and Crop Yield: 4 fractional works
Information Systems and ManagementEducationSociology and Political ScienceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law3 others

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

  1. 1 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 14 works
  2. 2 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 13 works
  3. 3 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  4. 4 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 7 works
  5. 5 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 7 works
  6. 6 Rural and Ethnic Education Education 7 works
  7. 7 Education and Public Policy Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  8. 8 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 5 works
  9. 9 Science and Education Research Education 4 works
  10. 10 Soil Management and Crop Yield Soil Science 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 available82.2%not open17.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.7%domestic only93.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Federal do Acre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower 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 Instituto Federal do Acre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00087% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Instituto Federal do Acre0.00066% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Instituto Federal do Acre 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 do Acre8.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.1% in 2022.

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