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Instituto Federal do Amapá

In research, Instituto Federal do Amapá stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,816 of 5,988 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,318 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law is 17.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,934
of 22,385 · #16,888 all time
Rank in Brazil
#456
of 684
Research works
395
▲ 52% vs 2018-21
Citations
855
2.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
89%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Instituto Federal do Amapá

What is Instituto Federal do Amapá 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 SciencesField #3,816 of 5,988 11.0%65 #5552
Social SciencesDomain #6,318 of 9,585 10.9%90 #8842

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

In 2022-now, 49% of research at Instituto Federal do Amapá is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Environmental Science (17%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (16%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 101 fractional works · 48.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 74 fractional works · 35.5% of its workEducation: 31 fractional works · 15.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 21 fractional works · 9.9% of its workUrban Studies: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 17 fractional works · 8.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 57 fractional works · 27.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 35 fractional works · 17.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 21 fractional works · 10.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 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 workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 38 fractional works · 18.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 33 fractional works · 16.1% of its workPlant Science: 15 fractional works · 7.3% of its workForestry: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKInstituto Federaldo Amapá208fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences49%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences7435.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities178.1%
    3. Decision Sciences52.5%
    4. Psychology41.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Environmental Science3517.0%
    2. Computer Science73.5%
    3. Engineering73.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy21.0%
    5. Materials Science21.0%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    7. Chemistry10.4%
    8. Energy10.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3316.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    4. Neuroscience10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Medicine73.3%
    2. Health Professions42.0%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    4. Nursing00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Instituto Federal do Amapá specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law takes 17.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 21.1 works17×
← 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: 3.38× its world share, 33 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.43× its world share, 36 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.75× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.79× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.59× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.81× its world share, 74 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science3.43×36 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.38×33 works
  3. Social Sciences2.81×74 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.79×17 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.59×5 works
  6. Veterinary1.75×0 works
  7. Health Professions0.76×4 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.61×0 works
  9. Psychology0.61×4 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.53×1 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.47×2 works
  12. Computer Science0.45×7 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.39×1 works
  14. Chemistry0.29×1 works
  15. Materials Science0.29×2 works
  16. Energy0.28×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.24×3 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.23×0 works
  19. Engineering0.22×7 works
  20. Neuroscience0.19×1 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.18×1 works
  22. Medicine0.17×7 works
  23. Nursing0.08×0 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Federal do Amapá?

Ranked on the quality score, José Ronaldo da Silva Bezerra, Sílvia Gomes Correia and Diego Saimon de Souza Abrantes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Federal do Amapá.

  1. 1 José Ronaldo da Silva Bezerra Brazil · #2,768,940 worldwide 25 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Sílvia Gomes Correia Brazil · #3,520,720 worldwide 7 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Diego Saimon de Souza Abrantes Brazil · #3,594,701 worldwide 10 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Lauana Natasha da Gama Pantoja Brazil · #3,676,778 worldwide 2 citations · 14 works
  5. 5 Nayara França Alves Brazil · #3,775,177 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Moacir Medeiros Veras Brazil · #3,855,963 worldwide 101 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Karla Samylle de Queiroz Costa Brazil · #4,014,558 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Maicon Lemos Sathler Brazil · #4,057,821 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Tiago Teixeira da Silva Brazil · #4,083,466 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Aldinei Borges de Almeida Brazil · #4,090,536 worldwide 1 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Federal do Amapá

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

The most cited paper from Instituto Federal do Amapá is "Estimating the global conservation status of more than 15,000 Amazonian tree species" (Hans ter Steege et al., 2015), with 208 citations. Next come "Temperature and precipitation effects on wheat yield across a European transect: a crop model ensemble analysis using impact response surfaces" (170) and "Mercury Exposure through Fish Consumption in Traditional Communities in the Brazilian Northern Amazon" (122).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Estimating the global conservation status of more than 15,000 Amazonian tree species Hans ter Steege et al. · Science Advances Open access158 authors 6 Nov 2015 208
2 Temperature and precipitation effects on wheat yield across a European transect: a crop model ensemble analysis using impact response surfaces Nina Pirttioja et al. · Climate Research Open access 25 Jun 2015 170
3 Mercury Exposure through Fish Consumption in Traditional Communities in the Brazilian Northern Amazon Sandra de Souza Hacon, Marcelo Oliveira‐da‐Costa, Cecile de Souza Gama et al. · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Open access 22 Jul 2020 122
4 Detection of two quantitative trait loci for resistance to ascochyta blight in an intra-specific cross of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.): development of SCAR markers associated with resistance M. Iruela, Josefa Rubio, Francisco Barro et al. · Theoretical and Applied Genetics 17 Nov 2005 111
5 Eixos de ação do Programa Saúde na Escola e Promoção da Saúde: revisão integrativa Iraneide Etelvina Lopes, Júlia Aparecida Devidé Nogueira, Dais Gonçalves Rocha · Saúde em Debate Open access Sep 2018 102
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Federal do Amapá?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Public Policy, Sustainability, Biodiversity, Qualitative Research, Sustainable Development, Online Learning and Environmental 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-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. Sustainability28▲ 5.6×14 topics
  2. Teacher Training28▲ 22×8 topics
  3. Public Policy24▲ 25×9 topics
  4. Sustainable Development18▲ 5.6×6 topics
  5. Biodiversity16▲ 10×9 topics
  6. Qualitative Research16▲ 9.0×8 topics
  7. Educational Technology16▲ 6.3×4 topics
  8. Online Learning15▲ 8.7×3 topics
  9. Renewable Energy14▲ 4.7×6 topics
  10. Environmental Education14▲ 44×3 topics
  11. Agroecology14▲ 47×3 topics
  12. Education14▲ 3.9×21 topics
  13. Globalization13▲ 3.3×13 topics
  14. Curriculum Development13▲ 9.3×2 topics
  15. Waste Management13▲ 16×2 topics
  16. Water Resources13▲ 26×2 topics
  17. Eco-friendly Practices13▲ 110×1 topic
  18. Social Participation13▲ 107×2 topics
  19. Social Inequality12▲ 21×4 topics
  20. Social Movements11▲ 19×4 topics
  21. Environmental Impact11▲ 3.1×17 topics
  22. Digital Literacy9▲ 7.8×2 topics
  23. Social Network Analysis9▲ 37×1 topic
  24. WebQuests9▲ 84×1 topic
  25. Healthcare9▲ 3.7×5 topics
  26. Inclusive Education9▲ 12×5 topics
  27. Agriculture8▲ 10×3 topics
  28. Food Security8▲ 7.2×5 topics
  29. Distance Learning8▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Educational Reform8▲ 30×2 topics
  31. Pedagogical Practices8▲ 41×2 topics
  32. Critical Pedagogy8▲ 44×1 topic
  33. Educational Policies8▲ 34×1 topic
  34. Family Farming8▲ 110×1 topic
  35. Rural Policy8▲ 110×1 topic
  36. Science Education7▲ 57×3 topics
  37. Anthropology7▲ 36×4 topics
  38. Social Impact7▲ 8.3×4 topics
  39. Economic Analysis7▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Sustainable Production6▲ 49×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Environmental Sustainability and Education, Education and Digital Technologies, Education Pedagogy and Practices and Rural Development and Agriculture.

Environmental Sustainability and Education: 13 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 9 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and P…8Education Pedagogy and Practices: 8 fractional worksRural Development and Ag…8Rural Development and Agriculture: 8 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Sciences: 6 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 6 fractional worksRural and Ethnic Education5Rural and Ethnic Education: 5 fractional worksBusiness and Management …5Business and Management Studies: 5 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…5Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 5 fractional worksLinguistics and Educatio…4Linguistics and Education Research: 4 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSociology and Political ScienceEducationForestry2 others

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

  1. 1 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 13 works
  2. 2 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  3. 3 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 8 works
  4. 4 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 8 works
  5. 5 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 6 works
  6. 6 Science and Education Research Education 6 works
  7. 7 Rural and Ethnic Education Education 5 works
  8. 8 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 5 works
  9. 9 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 5 works
  10. 10 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 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 available89.3%not open10.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.3%domestic only89.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 52% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020052010201520202025
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 Amapá as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Instituto Federal do Amapá0.00068% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Instituto Federal do Amapá 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%Instituto Federal do Amapá10.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.0% in 2022.

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