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Ministry of Defence

defesa.gov.brROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#37,006
of 42,892
Rank in Brazil
#679
of 870
Research works
125
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
845
6.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.53× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.72× its world share, 11 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.27× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.33× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Defence?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Latin America, Healthcare, Human Rights, Epidemiology, Heart Failure, Management, Geopolitics and Energetic Salts.

▲ 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 21 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology2▲ 1.98×23 topics
  2. Healthcare2▲ 4.7×6 topics
  3. Human Rights2▲ 4.9×10 topics
  4. Globalization1▲ 2.2×9 topics
  5. Latin America1▲ 23×4 topics
  6. Machine Learning1▲ 1.30×3 topics
  7. Management1▲ 5.2×4 topics
  8. Sustainability1▲ 1.50×6 topics
  9. Geopolitics1▲ 21×3 topics
  10. Heart Failure1▲ 8.0×3 topics
  11. Energetic Salts1▲ 128×1 topic
  12. Maintenance1▲ 37×1 topic
  13. Medical Equipment1▲ 136×1 topic
  14. Nuclear Graphite1▲ 142×1 topic
  15. Oxidation Behavior1▲ 50×1 topic
  16. Pathogenesis1▲ 6.2×5 topics
  17. ReaxFF1▲ 128×1 topic
  18. Student Veterans1▲ 516×1 topic
  19. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement1▲ 43×1 topic
  20. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement1▲ 43×1 topic
  21. Transition1▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Ministry of Defence publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Energetic Materials and Combustion, Education and Military Integration, Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies and Quality and Safety in Healthcare.

Energetic Materials and …1Energetic Materials and Combustion: 1 fractional worksEducation and Military I…1Education and Military Integration: 1 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear techno…1Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 1 fractional worksQuality and Safety in He…1Quality and Safety in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksInternational Relations in Latin America: 1 fractional worksMuscle activation and el…1Muscle activation and electromyography studies: 1 fractional worksDye analysis and toxicity: 0 fractional worksSemantic Web and Ontologies: 0 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 0 fractional works
Mechanics of MaterialsEducationMaterials ChemistryMedical Laboratory Technology6 others

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

  1. 1 Energetic Materials and Combustion Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  2. 2 Education and Military Integration Education 1 works
  3. 3 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 1 works
  4. 4 Quality and Safety in Healthcare Medical Laboratory Technology 1 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 International Relations in Latin America Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  7. 7 Muscle activation and electromyography studies Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Dye analysis and toxicity Analytical Chemistry 0 works
  9. 9 Semantic Web and Ontologies Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  10. 10 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 0 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 available67.8%not open32.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors46.5%domestic only53.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Defence's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% higher 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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