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Ministério da Justiça

In research, Ministério da Justiça stands highest in Law (#224 of 431 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,394 of 6,365 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,713 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Law, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Social Sciences — Law is 48.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,673
of 28,054 · #31,303 all time
Rank in Portugal
#136
of 187
Research works
2.5k
▲ 40% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.6k
1.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is Ministério da Justiça 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
LawSubfield #224 of 431 7.1%172 #381
Social SciencesField #3,394 of 6,365 6.5%418 #4611
Social SciencesDomain #5,713 of 10,521 6.1%500 #8050
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,239 of 2,578 6.1%96 #3018
Physical SciencesDomain #12,753 of 12,888 1.7%66 #21362

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministério da Justiça 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. Law#381 #224
  2. Social Sciences#4,611 #3,394
  3. Social Sciences#8,050 #5,713
  4. Sociology and Political Science#3,018 #2,239
  5. Physical Sciences#21,362 #12,753
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 Ministério da Justiça specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Law takes 48.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. LawSubfield · 172.1 works48×
  2. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 20.0 works5.6×
  3. Social SciencesField · 418.3 works5.4×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 30 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.90× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.48× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.68× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.29× its world share, 25 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.87× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.12× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 5.42× its world share, 418 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ministério da Justiça?

Ranked on the composite score, Sérgio Pinto Martins, Brasil Tribunal de Contas da União and Edson Carvalho Vidigal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministério da Justiça.

  1. 1 Sérgio Pinto Martins Portugal · #377,620 worldwide 4 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Brasil Tribunal de Contas da União Portugal · #474,214 worldwide 8 citations · 75 works
  3. 3 Edson Carvalho Vidigal Portugal · #800,737 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Jessé Torres Pereira Portugal · #1,000,897 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Secretaria de Comunicação Portugal · #1,254,551 worldwide 0 citations · 68 works
All ranked researchers at Ministério da Justiça

Which keywords describe research at Ministério da Justiça?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Legal Theory, Legal Philosophy, Constitutional Law, Social Justice, Environmental Law, Public Administration and Civil Rights.

▲ 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. Human Rights173▲ 28×33 topics
  2. Legal Theory139▲ 322×3 topics
  3. Legal Philosophy137▲ 342×2 topics
  4. Constitutional Law137▲ 166×7 topics
  5. Social Justice134▲ 37×13 topics
  6. Environmental Law132▲ 106×6 topics
  7. Public Administration128▲ 244×2 topics
  8. Civil Rights126▲ 295×1 topic
  9. Judicial Activism126▲ 446×1 topic
  10. Public Policy47▲ 16×17 topics
  11. Globalization46▲ 3.8×32 topics
  12. Healthcare Access36▲ 21×8 topics
  13. Healthcare31▲ 4.5×9 topics
  14. Online Learning31▲ 6.1×6 topics
  15. Social Determinants31▲ 24×5 topics
  16. Inclusion28▲ 33×5 topics
  17. Economic Impact28▲ 8.0×4 topics
  18. Legislation28▲ 27×3 topics
  19. Equity28▲ 112×2 topics
  20. Research28▲ 38×3 topics
  21. Judicialization27▲ 154×1 topic
  22. Medication27▲ 154×1 topic
  23. E-Learning27▲ 4.4×3 topics
  24. Training27▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Distance Education27▲ 21×1 topic
  26. Educational Policy27▲ 17×1 topic
  27. Brazil25▲ 42×5 topics
  28. Criminal Justice25▲ 19×7 topics
  29. Risk Factors25▲ 3.7×10 topics
  30. Prevalence24▲ 9.6×6 topics
  31. Democracy20▲ 9.4×8 topics
  32. Neoliberalism19▲ 8.7×10 topics
  33. Latin America18▲ 16×11 topics
  34. Inequality18▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Political Economy18▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Social Work18▲ 41×2 topics
  37. Health18▲ 7.2×7 topics
  38. Social Rights18▲ 89×2 topics
  39. Judicial Review17▲ 31×5 topics
  40. Constitutionalism16▲ 28×5 topics

Which research topics does Ministério da Justiça publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Brazilian Legal Issues, Public Health in Brazil, Academic Research in Diverse Fields and Social and Political Issues.

Brazilian Legal Issues126Brazilian Legal Issues: 126 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil: 27 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…27Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 27 fractional worksSocial and Political Iss…16Social and Political Issues: 16 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence15Youth, Drugs, and Violence: 15 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Penology: 11 fractional worksComparative constitutional jurisprudence studies: 11 fractional worksLegal processes and jurisprudence: 10 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 9 fractional worksEducation and Public Policy: 8 fractional works
LawSociology and Political ScienceEducationDemography2 others

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

  1. 1 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 126 works
  2. 2 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 27 works
  3. 3 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 27 works
  4. 4 Social and Political Issues Sociology and Political Science 16 works
  5. 5 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 15 works
  6. 6 Criminal Justice and Penology Law 11 works
  7. 7 Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  8. 8 Legal processes and jurisprudence Law 10 works
  9. 9 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 9 works
  10. 10 Education and Public Policy Political Science and International Relations 8 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 available70.6%not open29.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.6%domestic only65.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministério da Justiça's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% higher 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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