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Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi

In research, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,744 of 6,403 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,231 of 3,157 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#2,026 of 3,334 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation (Paleontology is 37.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,162
of 22,385 · #5,710 all time
Rank in Brazil
#347
of 684
Research works
2.2k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
31k
13.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
68%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi

What is Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi 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
Life SciencesDomain #1,744 of 6,403 7.1%176 #2161
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,231 of 3,157 7.3%138 #1048
Environmental ScienceField #2,026 of 3,334 8.0%95 #1526
Social SciencesDomain #7,610 of 9,585 8.2%63 #5983
Physical SciencesDomain #9,362 of 10,670 7.0%131 #7730

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#2,161 #1,744
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,048 #1,231
  3. Environmental Science#1,526 #2,026
  4. Social Sciences#5,983 #7,610
  5. Physical Sciences#7,730 #9,362
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi is in Life Sciences, 34% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (34%), Environmental Science (24%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 196 fractional works · 44.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 151 fractional works · 34.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 67 fractional works · 15.2% of its workPlant Science: 39 fractional works · 8.8% of its workInsect Science: 12 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFood Science: 11 fractional works · 2.5% of its workForestry: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAquatic Science: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 38 fractional works · 8.5% of its workGenetics: 22 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 150 fractional works · 34.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 104 fractional works · 23.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 32 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEcology: 24 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 19 fractional works · 4.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 15 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 31 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPaleontology: 20 fractional works · 4.6% of its workOceanography: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 72 fractional works · 16.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 30 fractional works · 6.8% of its workHistory: 14 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMuseology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 24 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMuseu ParaenseEmílio Goeldi442fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences44%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences16%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences15134.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology388.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics41.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.4%
    5. Neuroscience10.1%
    1. Environmental Science10423.6%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences316.9%
    3. Computer Science40.9%
    4. Materials Science30.7%
    5. Mathematics30.6%
    6. Engineering20.6%
    7. Chemistry20.4%
    8. Energy10.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Arts and Humanities306.8%
    2. Social Sciences296.6%
    3. Psychology92.1%
    4. Decision Sciences20.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
    1. Medicine153.4%
    2. Health Professions61.4%
    3. Dentistry10.2%
    4. Veterinary10.2%
    5. Nursing10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Paleontology takes 37.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PaleontologySubfield · 20.2 works38×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 67.3 works32×
  3. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 32.4 works31×
← 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: 7.21× its world share, 151 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.59× its world share, 38 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.89× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.42× its world share, 31 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.76× its world share, 104 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.50× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.37× its world share, 30 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7.21×151 works
  2. Environmental Science4.76×104 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.42×31 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.89×4 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.37×30 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.59×38 works
  7. Veterinary1.50×1 works
  8. Psychology0.69×9 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.55×2 works
  10. Health Professions0.52×6 works
  11. Social Sciences0.52×29 works
  12. Mathematics0.49×2 works
  13. Dentistry0.49×1 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.40×2 works
  15. Nursing0.32×1 works
  16. Chemistry0.28×2 works
  17. Materials Science0.21×3 works
  18. Energy0.17×1 works
  19. Medicine0.17×15 works
  20. Computer Science0.12×4 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×1 works
  22. Neuroscience0.07×0 works
  23. Engineering0.04×2 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.03×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi?

Ranked on the quality score, Rafael P. Salomão, Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira and Leandro Valle Ferreira lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi.

  1. 1 Rafael P. Salomão Brazil · #22,675 worldwide 13k citations · 119 works
  2. 2 Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira Brazil · #23,374 worldwide 26k citations · 312 works
  3. 3 Leandro Valle Ferreira Brazil · #60,030 worldwide 15k citations · 193 works
  4. 4 Alexandre Luis Padovan Aleixo Brazil · #117,407 worldwide 12k citations · 1,072 works
  5. 5 Vitor H. F. Gomes Brazil · #213,161 worldwide 1.1k citations · 58 works
  6. 6 Nárgila Gomes de Moura Brazil · #294,031 worldwide 3k citations · 79 works
  7. 7 Dário Dantas do Amaral Brazil · #316,343 worldwide 1.6k citations · 63 works
  8. 8 Samuel Soares de Almeida Brazil · #384,157 worldwide 9.1k citations · 65 works
  9. 9 Anthony Β. Anderson Brazil · #458,397 worldwide 3.8k citations · 60 works
  10. 10 Glenn H. Shepard Brazil · #460,442 worldwide 4.4k citations · 135 works
All ranked researchers at Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi

What are the most cited papers from Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi?

The most cited paper from Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi is "TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access" (Jens Kattge et al., 2019), with 2,168 citations. Next come "Drought Sensitivity of the Amazon Rainforest" (1,928) and "The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates" (1,548).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access Jens Kattge et al. · Global Change Biology Open access729 authors 31 Dec 2019 2,168
2 Drought Sensitivity of the Amazon Rainforest Oliver Lawrence Phillips et al. · Science Open access 5 Mar 2009 1,928
3 The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates Michael P. Hoffmann et al. · Science Open access174 authors 26 Oct 2010 1,548
4 Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests Jingjing Liang et al. · Science Open access 13 Oct 2016 1,512
5 Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora Hans ter Steege et al. · Science Open access120 authors 17 Oct 2013 1,457
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Biogeography, Habitat Fragmentation, Invasive Species, Molecular Phylogeny, Conservation and Global Change.

▲ 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. Biodiversity73▲ 22×25 topics
  2. Climate Change70▲ 5.9×46 topics
  3. Biogeography60▲ 48×20 topics
  4. Habitat Fragmentation45▲ 47×5 topics
  5. Invasive Species45▲ 24×20 topics
  6. Molecular Phylogeny35▲ 48×9 topics
  7. Conservation34▲ 18×18 topics
  8. Global Change32▲ 27×5 topics
  9. Ecosystem Services29▲ 17×8 topics
  10. Phylogeny29▲ 39×16 topics
  11. Medicinal Plants28▲ 16×13 topics
  12. Phylogenetic Analysis28▲ 20×14 topics
  13. Population Dynamics25▲ 22×10 topics
  14. Plant-Animal Interactions23▲ 65×1 topic
  15. Pollinator Decline23▲ 65×1 topic
  16. Antioxidant Activity22▲ 8.1×14 topics
  17. Sustainability21▲ 1.96×20 topics
  18. Taxonomy20▲ 31×12 topics
  19. Evolution20▲ 17×14 topics
  20. Antioxidant17▲ 5.5×22 topics
  21. Amazonia16▲ 183×2 topics
  22. DNA Barcoding16▲ 21×9 topics
  23. Phylogenetics16▲ 73×3 topics
  24. Conservation Biology16▲ 33×4 topics
  25. Morphology15▲ 20×8 topics
  26. Adaptive Radiation15▲ 106×2 topics
  27. Fish Biodiversity15▲ 181×1 topic
  28. Freshwater Ecoregions15▲ 181×1 topic
  29. Public Policy14▲ 6.9×8 topics
  30. Diversification13▲ 66×2 topics
  31. Genetic Diversity12▲ 6.5×10 topics
  32. Evolutionary History12▲ 86×2 topics
  33. Symbiosis12▲ 30×3 topics
  34. Angiosperm Phylogeny12▲ 97×1 topic
  35. Flowering Plants12▲ 97×1 topic
  36. Historical Ecology11▲ 183×1 topic
  37. pre-Columbian11▲ 465×1 topic
  38. Biodiversity Conservation11▲ 6.6×10 topics
  39. Ecosystem Functioning11▲ 12×7 topics
  40. Ecology10▲ 14×8 topics

Which research topics does Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Plant and animal studies, Fish biology, ecology, and behavior, Plant Diversity and Evolution and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory.

Plant and animal studies23Plant and animal studies: 23 fractional worksFish biology, ecology, and behavior: 15 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evol…12Plant Diversity and Evolution: 12 fractional worksAmazonian Archaeology an…11Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory: 11 fractional worksPhytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications: 9 fractional worksEvolution and Paleontology Studies: 9 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…9Environmental Sustainability and Education: 9 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 8 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 8 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecol…8Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 8 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsNature and Landscape ConservationHistoryPlant Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 23 works
  2. 2 Fish biology, ecology, and behavior Nature and Landscape Conservation 15 works
  3. 3 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 12 works
  4. 4 Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory History 11 works
  5. 5 Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications Plant Science 9 works
  6. 6 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 9 works
  7. 7 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 9 works
  8. 8 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 8 works
  9. 9 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 8 works
  10. 10 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 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 available67.8%not open32.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.3%domestic only81.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% lower 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 Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0018% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi0.0019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi6.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.0% in 1991.

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