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Instituto Florestal

In research, Instituto Florestal stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,453 of 3,409 worldwide), Life Sciences (#6,233 of 7,800 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,678 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Forestry — Forestry is 121.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,598
of 28,054 · #13,427 all time
Rank in Brazil
#281
of 714
Research works
1.7k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
8.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
87%
world 28%

What is Instituto Florestal 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,453 of 3,409 8.2%79 #703
Life SciencesDomain #6,233 of 7,800 8.2%87 #5508
Physical SciencesDomain #11,678 of 12,888 5.7%85 #17276
Environmental ScienceField #3,439 of 3,551 4.7%62 #3116

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto Florestal 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#703 #1,453
  2. Life Sciences#5,508 #6,233
  3. Physical Sciences#17,276 #11,678
  4. Environmental Science#3,116 #3,439
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 Florestal specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Forestry takes 121.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ForestrySubfield · 26.0 works122×
← 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: 8.06× its world share, 79 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.43× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.08× its world share, 62 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.89× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Florestal?

Ranked on the composite score, Giselda Durigan, Paulo Yoshio Kageyama and Alexandre Magno Sebbenn lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Florestal.

  1. 1 Giselda Durigan Brazil · #109,624 worldwide 282 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Paulo Yoshio Kageyama Brazil · #825,820 worldwide 61 citations · 57 works
  3. 3 Alexandre Magno Sebbenn Brazil · #837,419 worldwide 87 citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Israel Luiz de Lima Brazil · #842,791 worldwide 15 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Marilda Rapp de Eston Brazil · #986,685 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Léo Zimback Brazil · #1,106,453 worldwide 9 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Antonio Carlos Scatena Zanatto Brazil · #1,116,550 worldwide 11 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Eduardo Luiz Longui Brazil · #1,159,997 worldwide 23 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Miguel Luiz Menezes Freitas Brazil · #1,209,192 worldwide 31 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Florestal

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Florestal?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Economic Analysis, Forest Biomass, Wood Residues, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Soil Fertility and Sustainable Development.

▲ 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. Environmental Impact26▲ 7.4×20 topics
  2. Economic Analysis21▲ 69×2 topics
  3. Forest Biomass21▲ 289×1 topic
  4. Wood Residues21▲ 289×1 topic
  5. Climate Change19▲ 3.4×35 topics
  6. Biodiversity17▲ 11×17 topics
  7. Sustainability16▲ 3.1×20 topics
  8. Sustainable Development14▲ 4.3×8 topics
  9. Soil Fertility11▲ 25×6 topics
  10. Remote Sensing11▲ 4.4×10 topics
  11. Biodiversity Conservation10▲ 13×9 topics
  12. Biomass Estimation10▲ 31×3 topics
  13. Aboveground Biomass10▲ 52×2 topics
  14. Ecosystem Services9▲ 12×9 topics
  15. Environmental Conservation9▲ 44×2 topics
  16. Allometric Models9▲ 87×2 topics
  17. Geospatial Analysis9▲ 142×2 topics
  18. Tropical Forests9▲ 118×2 topics
  19. Carbon Stocks8▲ 147×1 topic
  20. Climatology8▲ 182×1 topic
  21. Hydrographic Basins8▲ 182×1 topic
  22. Soil Degradation8▲ 76×2 topics
  23. Tree Allometry8▲ 147×1 topic
  24. Agroecology8▲ 28×4 topics
  25. Invasive Species8▲ 9.1×16 topics
  26. Land Use Change7▲ 12×6 topics
  27. Sustainable Agriculture7▲ 11×6 topics
  28. Genetic Diversity7▲ 7.7×10 topics
  29. Biogeography7▲ 13×12 topics
  30. No-till Crop Production7▲ 208×1 topic
  31. Soil Compaction7▲ 208×1 topic
  32. Habitat Fragmentation6▲ 14×4 topics
  33. Phylogenetic Analysis6▲ 10×13 topics
  34. Agriculture6▲ 7.2×5 topics
  35. Climate Change Impacts6▲ 24×3 topics
  36. Ecosystem Health6▲ 59×2 topics
  37. Forest Restoration6▲ 154×2 topics
  38. Nutrient Cycling6▲ 40×2 topics
  39. Global Change5▲ 10×5 topics
  40. Litter Production5▲ 229×1 topic

Which research topics does Instituto Florestal publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural and Food Sciences, Forest ecology and management, Geography and Environmental Studies and Soil Management and Crop Yield.

Agricultural and Food Sc…21Agricultural and Food Sciences: 21 fractional worksForest ecology and manag…8Forest ecology and management: 8 fractional worksGeography and Environmen…8Geography and Environmental Studies: 8 fractional worksSoil Management and Crop Yield: 7 fractional worksEnvironmental and biological studies: 5 fractional worksRural Development and Ag…5Rural Development and Agriculture: 5 fractional worksGrowth and nutrition in plants: 5 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 4 fractional worksAgroforestry and silvopastoral systems: 4 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 4 fractional works
ForestryNature and Landscape ConservationWater Science and TechnologySoil Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 21 works
  2. 2 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 8 works
  3. 3 Geography and Environmental Studies Water Science and Technology 8 works
  4. 4 Soil Management and Crop Yield Soil Science 7 works
  5. 5 Environmental and biological studies Ecology 5 works
  6. 6 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 5 works
  7. 7 Growth and nutrition in plants Plant Science 5 works
  8. 8 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  9. 9 Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems Forestry 4 works
  10. 10 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 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 available86.6%not open13.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.5%domestic only80.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Florestal's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% lower 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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