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Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa

In research, Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,648 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,020 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education and Political Science and International Relations (Education is 7.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,323
of 22,385 · #12,708 all time
Research works
581
▲ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
3.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
88%
world 40%
International
49%
world 18%
Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa

What is Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa 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 #4,648 of 9,585 13.1%145 #5814
Social SciencesField #3,020 of 5,988 14.1%112 #3802

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa 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 Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa is in Social Sciences, 15% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (55%), Arts and Humanities (7%), Environmental Science (6%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 162 fractional works · 72.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 123 fractional works · 54.9% of its workEducation: 51 fractional works · 22.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 24 fractional works · 10.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 22 fractional works · 9.7% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 15 fractional works · 6.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 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 workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 33 fractional works · 14.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 6.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 4.7% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% 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 workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 21 fractional works · 9.4% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitutoNacional de…225fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences72%

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 Sciences12354.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities156.8%
    3. Decision Sciences93.9%
    4. Psychology62.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance42.0%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting41.8%
    1. Environmental Science146.1%
    2. Computer Science114.7%
    3. Engineering52.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy21.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.7%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
    7. Energy00.0%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
    9. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Medicine115.1%
    2. Health Professions93.9%
    3. Dentistry10.3%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences62.7%
    2. Neuroscience10.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 51.0 works7.4×
  2. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 21.8 works6.5×
← 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: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.23× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.49× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.35× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.01× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.92× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.88× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.34× its world share, 124 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences4.34×124 works
  2. Decision Sciences4.01×9 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.35×15 works
  4. Health Professions1.49×9 works
  5. Environmental Science1.23×14 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.92×4 works
  7. Psychology0.88×6 works
  8. Dentistry0.69×1 works
  9. Computer Science0.60×10 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.58×6 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.55×4 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.47×2 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.44×2 works
  14. Neuroscience0.29×1 works
  15. Medicine0.26×11 works
  16. Engineering0.14×5 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.13×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×1 works
  19. Mathematics0.08×0 works
  20. Nursing0.08×0 works
  21. Energy0.05×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.02×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa?

Ranked on the quality score, Adriano Souza Senkevics, Bucar Indjai and Luiz Carlos Zalaf Caseiro lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa.

  1. 1 Adriano Souza Senkevics Guinea-Bissau · #1,364,285 worldwide 335 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Bucar Indjai Guinea-Bissau · #2,414,645 worldwide 324 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Luiz Carlos Zalaf Caseiro Guinea-Bissau · #3,464,906 worldwide 92 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Armando Amorim Simões Guinea-Bissau · #3,858,097 worldwide 65 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Alvana Maria Bof Guinea-Bissau · #3,948,929 worldwide 74 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Aladje Baldé Guinea-Bissau · #3,998,244 worldwide 504 citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Fabiano Mezadre Pompermayer Guinea-Bissau · #4,042,266 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Márcio Alexandre Barbosa Lima Guinea-Bissau · #4,097,056 worldwide 7 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Erika Amorim Araújo Guinea-Bissau · #4,357,537 worldwide 78 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Ana Elizabeth M. de Albuquerque Guinea-Bissau · #4,387,460 worldwide 31 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa

What are the most cited papers from Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa?

The most cited paper from Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa is "The importance of sensitive detection of malaria parasites in the human and insect hosts in epidemiological studies, as shown by the analysis of field samples from Guinea Bissau" (Georges Snounou, Lucilia Pinheiro, Aldina C. Gonçalves et al., 1993), with 185 citations. Next come "9-year HIV-2-associated mortality in an urban community in Bissau, west Africa" (142) and "HIV and Infections of Similar Transmission Patterns in a Drug Injectors Community of Santos, Brazil" (125).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The importance of sensitive detection of malaria parasites in the human and insect hosts in epidemiological studies, as shown by the analysis of field samples from Guinea Bissau Georges Snounou, Lucilia Pinheiro, Aldina C. Gonçalves et al. · Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Nov 1993 185
2 9-year HIV-2-associated mortality in an urban community in Bissau, west Africa Anja Poulsen, Peter Aaby, Olav Larsen et al. · The Lancet Mar 1997 142
3 HIV and Infections of Similar Transmission Patterns in a Drug Injectors Community of Santos, Brazil Heráclito Barbosa Carvalho, Fábio Mesquita, Eduardo Massad et al. · Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes & Human Retrovirology May 1996 125
4 Fecal Carriage of ESBL-Producing E. coli and K. pneumoniae in Children in Guinea-Bissau: A Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study Joakim Isendahl, Agata Turlej-Rogacka, Cristovão Manjuba et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 20 Dec 2012 111
5 Cashew as a High Agricultural Commodity in West Africa: Insights towards Sustainable Production in Guinea-Bissau Filipa Monteiro, Luís Catarino, Dora Batista et al. · Sustainability Open access 19 Sep 2017 102
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa?

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

▲ 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. Qualitative Research35▲ 18×10 topics
  2. Public Policy30▲ 28×12 topics
  3. Teacher Training30▲ 22×7 topics
  4. Social Inequality27▲ 46×6 topics
  5. Curriculum Development23▲ 15×3 topics
  6. Higher Education21▲ 18×7 topics
  7. Educational Policies20▲ 81×2 topics
  8. Pedagogical Practices20▲ 97×2 topics
  9. Inclusive Education19▲ 24×3 topics
  10. Distance Learning19▲ 25×2 topics
  11. Critical Pedagogy19▲ 102×1 topic
  12. Educational Reform19▲ 69×1 topic
  13. Online Learning18▲ 9.5×4 topics
  14. Innovation18▲ 7.5×8 topics
  15. Social Impact17▲ 19×4 topics
  16. Healthcare16▲ 6.4×8 topics
  17. Educational Technology16▲ 6.2×8 topics
  18. Quality Assurance16▲ 41×4 topics
  19. Science Communication15▲ 82×2 topics
  20. Evaluation15▲ 129×1 topic
  21. SINAES15▲ 260×1 topic
  22. Globalization13▲ 3.0×29 topics
  23. Sustainability12▲ 2.2×17 topics
  24. Educational Policy11▲ 19×3 topics
  25. Inclusion10▲ 31×2 topics
  26. Education10▲ 2.6×27 topics
  27. E-Learning10▲ 4.6×3 topics
  28. COVID-1910▲ 3.3×9 topics
  29. Legislation10▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Distance Education10▲ 22×1 topic
  31. Research10▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Training10▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Organizational Management8▲ 56×1 topic
  34. Research Methods8▲ 22×1 topic
  35. Brazil8▲ 36×5 topics
  36. Agroecology7▲ 22×3 topics
  37. Digital Learning7▲ 6.1×1 topic
  38. Remote Education7▲ 98×1 topic
  39. Social Movements7▲ 10×7 topics
  40. Community Development6▲ 16×5 topics

Which research topics does Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education Pedagogy and Practices, Education and Public Policy, Academic Research in Diverse Fields and Business and Management Studies.

Education Pedagogy and P…19Education Pedagogy and Practices: 19 fractional worksEducation and Public Policy: 15 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 10 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 8 fractional worksEducation during COVID-19 pandemic: 7 fractional worksEvasion and Academic Suc…5Evasion and Academic Success Factors: 5 fractional worksSocial and Economic Solidarity: 4 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 4 fractional worksRural and Ethnic Education: 4 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 4 fractional works
EducationPolitical Science and International RelationsInformation Systems and ManagementDemography3 others

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

  1. 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 19 works
  2. 2 Education and Public Policy Political Science and International Relations 15 works
  3. 3 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 10 works
  4. 4 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 8 works
  5. 5 Education during COVID-19 pandemic Education 7 works
  6. 6 Evasion and Academic Success Factors Demography 5 works
  7. 7 Social and Economic Solidarity Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  8. 8 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 4 works
  9. 9 Rural and Ethnic Education Education 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 available88.2%not open11.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.3%domestic only50.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00067% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa0.00063% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa 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 counting20%40%all institutions10.0% in 2025Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa4.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 34.3% in 2018.

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