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Ministério Público

In research, Ministério Público stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,234 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#8,865 of 10,521 worldwide) and Law (#402 of 431 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Law and Social Sciences — Law is 55.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,122
of 28,054 · #40,653 all time
Rank in ??
#576
of 692
Research works
707
▲ 79% vs 2013–17
Citations
710
1.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
85%
world 28%

What is Ministério Público 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
Social SciencesField #5,234 of 6,365 5.3%170 #7664
Social SciencesDomain #8,865 of 10,521 5.1%192 #13657
LawSubfield #402 of 431 7.1%73 #794

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministério Público 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. Social Sciences#7,664 #5,234
  2. Social Sciences#13,657 #8,865
  3. Law#794 #402
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 Público specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Law takes 55.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. LawSubfield · 73.1 works56×
  2. Social SciencesField · 170.2 works6.0×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.50× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.31× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.70× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 5.96× its world share, 170 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ministério Público?

Ranked on the composite score, Hidemberg Alves da Frota lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministério Público.

  1. 1 Hidemberg Alves da Frota ?? · #749,405 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Ministério Público

Which keywords describe research at Ministério Público?

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

▲ 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 Rights67▲ 29×19 topics
  2. Legal Theory60▲ 377×3 topics
  3. Legal Philosophy59▲ 394×2 topics
  4. Social Justice58▲ 44×8 topics
  5. Constitutional Law56▲ 183×6 topics
  6. Environmental Law56▲ 121×5 topics
  7. Civil Rights54▲ 342×1 topic
  8. Judicial Activism54▲ 517×1 topic
  9. Public Policy25▲ 22×11 topics
  10. Globalization23▲ 5.1×22 topics
  11. Healthcare22▲ 8.6×6 topics
  12. Online Learning19▲ 10×2 topics
  13. Research19▲ 68×2 topics
  14. Inclusion19▲ 58×2 topics
  15. Distance Education18▲ 39×1 topic
  16. Training18▲ 36×1 topic
  17. Healthcare Access17▲ 27×4 topics
  18. Economic Impact14▲ 11×2 topics
  19. Social Determinants14▲ 30×4 topics
  20. Sustainability14▲ 2.6×9 topics
  21. Sustainable Development14▲ 3.9×10 topics
  22. Equity14▲ 147×2 topics
  23. Judicialization13▲ 201×1 topic
  24. Medication13▲ 201×1 topic
  25. Public Health13▲ 4.0×8 topics
  26. Criminal Justice12▲ 25×6 topics
  27. Qualitative Research12▲ 6.2×5 topics
  28. Risk Factors10▲ 4.2×4 topics
  29. Health10▲ 11×5 topics
  30. Prevalence10▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Brazil10▲ 43×4 topics
  32. Prison System10▲ 76×3 topics
  33. Penal System9▲ 222×1 topic
  34. Restorative Justice9▲ 28×2 topics
  35. Social Control9▲ 160×1 topic
  36. Democracy9▲ 11×6 topics
  37. Adolescents8▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Family8▲ 48×2 topics
  39. Cocaine8▲ 118×1 topic
  40. Crack8▲ 118×1 topic

Which research topics does Ministério Público publish most on?

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

Brazilian Legal Issues54Brazilian Legal Issues: 54 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 18 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil: 13 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Penology: 9 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence8Youth, Drugs, and Violence: 8 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 7 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 7 fractional worksSocial and Political Issues: 6 fractional worksEducation and Public Policy: 5 fractional worksComparative constitutional jurisprudence studies: 4 fractional works
LawEducationSociology and Political ScienceDemography3 others

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

  1. 1 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 54 works
  2. 2 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 18 works
  3. 3 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  4. 4 Criminal Justice and Penology Law 9 works
  5. 5 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 8 works
  6. 6 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 7 works
  7. 7 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 7 works
  8. 8 Social and Political Issues Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  9. 9 Education and Public Policy Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  10. 10 Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies Political Science and International Relations 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 available85.4%not open14.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.6%domestic only93.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministério Público's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 79% 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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