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Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais

In research, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,081 of 12,888 worldwide), Environmental Science (#1,115 of 3,551 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#704 of 1,209 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science — Astronomy and Astrophysics is 21.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,732
of 28,054 · #2,129 all time
Rank in Brazil
#51
of 714
Research works
8.3k
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
144k
17.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais 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
Physical SciencesDomain #3,081 of 12,888 13.4%746 #1451
Environmental ScienceField #1,115 of 3,551 14.9%286 #480
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #704 of 1,209 13.8%101 #533
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #344 of 535 17.2%112 #213
EngineeringField #4,532 of 6,636 13.4%143 #1305
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #306 of 443 14.0%98 #298
Social SciencesDomain #9,333 of 10,521 13.8%65 #8658
Physics and AstronomyField #1,580 of 1,646 13.8%123 #1845

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais 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. Physical Sciences#1,451 #3,081
  2. Environmental Science#480 #1,115
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences#533 #704
  4. Global and Planetary Change#213 #344
  5. Engineering#1,305 #4,532
  6. Astronomy and Astrophysics#298 #306
  7. Social Sciences#8,658 #9,333
  8. Physics and Astronomy#1,845 #1,580
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 Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 21.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 98.2 works21×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 112.0 works17×
  3. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 54.6 works14×
  4. OceanographySubfield · 25.4 works10×
  5. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 40.7 works8.9×
  6. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 100.5 works7.2×
  7. EcologySubfield · 49.8 works7.1×
← 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: 1.08× its world share, 46 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.11× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.39× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 48 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.22× its world share, 100 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.90× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.07× its world share, 143 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.48× its world share, 286 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.83× its world share, 26 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 6.21× its world share, 123 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 34 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais?

Ranked on the composite score, Carlos A. Nobre, C. A. Costa and O. D. Aguiar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais.

  1. 1 Carlos A. Nobre Brazil · #7,906 worldwide 1.3k citations · 54 works
  2. 2 C. A. Costa Brazil · #15,638 worldwide 1k citations · 59 works
  3. 3 O. D. Aguiar Brazil · #21,610 worldwide 964 citations · 60 works
  4. 4 M. Constancio Brazil · #98,430 worldwide 615 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Y. E. Shimabukuro Brazil · #104,410 worldwide 216 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Gilberto Câmara Brazil · #110,594 worldwide 308 citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Luiz E. O. C. Aragão Brazil · #115,041 worldwide 571 citations · 70 works
  8. 8 W. D. González Brazil · #117,492 worldwide 666 citations · 123 works
  9. 9 E. A. de Andrada e Silva Brazil · #136,255 worldwide 277 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Celso von Randow Brazil · #159,074 worldwide 258 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Global Warming, Biomass Estimation, Land Use Change, Ocean Circulation, Solar Wind and Hydrological Cycle.

▲ 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. Climate Change154▲ 6.4×68 topics
  2. Remote Sensing130▲ 12×33 topics
  3. Machine Learning58▲ 1.99×34 topics
  4. Global Warming52▲ 14×12 topics
  5. Sustainability50▲ 2.3×46 topics
  6. Sustainable Development45▲ 3.2×18 topics
  7. Biomass Estimation41▲ 30×3 topics
  8. Land Use Change40▲ 15×6 topics
  9. Ocean Circulation39▲ 33×3 topics
  10. Solar Wind38▲ 46×2 topics
  11. Hydrological Cycle37▲ 44×2 topics
  12. Climate36▲ 47×2 topics
  13. Global Change34▲ 15×6 topics
  14. Greenhouse Gas Emissions33▲ 14×7 topics
  15. Biodiversity Conservation32▲ 9.7×12 topics
  16. Renewable Energy31▲ 2.4×24 topics
  17. Hydrological Modeling30▲ 14×5 topics
  18. Extreme Events29▲ 38×2 topics
  19. Data Assimilation28▲ 20×4 topics
  20. Climate Modeling28▲ 44×1 topic
  21. Precipitation Extremes28▲ 44×1 topic
  22. Phenology27▲ 48×1 topic
  23. Vegetation Monitoring27▲ 48×1 topic
  24. Environmental Conservation26▲ 29×1 topic
  25. Erosion Control26▲ 70×2 topics
  26. Hydrographic Basins26▲ 131×1 topic
  27. Electron Acceleration23▲ 38×2 topics
  28. Ionosphere22▲ 45×1 topic
  29. Magnetosphere22▲ 45×1 topic
  30. Ecosystem Services20▲ 6.0×9 topics
  31. Ecosystem Resilience20▲ 16×5 topics
  32. Boundary Layer20▲ 18×3 topics
  33. Probabilistic Forecasting19▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Ensemble Kalman Filter19▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Satellite Observations19▲ 22×3 topics
  36. Convective Parameterization18▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Mesoscale Modeling18▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Sea Level Rise18▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Ecosystem Health18▲ 41×2 topics
  40. Water Resources17▲ 8.1×9 topics

Which research topics does Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Climate variability and models, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Geography and Environmental Studies and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics.

Climate variability and …28Climate variability and models: 28 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agricu…27Remote Sensing in Agriculture: 27 fractional worksGeography and Environmen…26Geography and Environmental Studies: 26 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…22Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 22 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 18 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 15 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem S…15Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 15 fractional worksEnvironmental and biological studies: 14 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 13 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 11 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEcologyWater Science and TechnologyAstronomy and Astrophysics1 others

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

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 28 works
  2. 2 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 27 works
  3. 3 Geography and Environmental Studies Water Science and Technology 26 works
  4. 4 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 22 works
  5. 5 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 18 works
  6. 6 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 15 works
  7. 7 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 15 works
  8. 8 Environmental and biological studies Ecology 14 works
  9. 9 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 13 works
  10. 10 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 11 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 available49.5%not open50.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.4%domestic only77.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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