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Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

In research, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,370 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,122 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#2,810 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Urban Studies, Religious studies and Philosophy — Urban Studies is 9.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,341
of 28,054 · #2,540 all time
Rank in Brazil
#32
of 714
Research works
20k
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
192k
9.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro 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 SciencesDomain #1,370 of 10,521 9.0%1,936 #1402
Social SciencesField #1,122 of 6,365 7.7%1,109 #1350
Physical SciencesDomain #2,810 of 12,888 11.0%1,460 #1848
Arts and HumanitiesField #505 of 1,998 8.1%379 #713
EngineeringField #1,843 of 6,636 9.5%647 #1418
Computer ScienceField #1,354 of 4,667 14.2%341 #513
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #948 of 2,578 5.4%437 #805
Health SciencesDomain #5,807 of 11,982 10.1%197 #5431
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #700 of 1,201 12.1%110 #843
MedicineField #6,333 of 10,443 11.9%127 #7433

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro 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#1,402 #1,370
  2. Social Sciences#1,350 #1,122
  3. Physical Sciences#1,848 #2,810
  4. Arts and Humanities#713 #505
  5. Engineering#1,418 #1,843
  6. Computer Science#513 #1,354
  7. Sociology and Political Science#805 #948
  8. Health Sciences#5,431 #5,807
  9. Political Science and International Relations#843 #700
  10. Medicine#7,433 #6,333
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 Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Urban Studies takes 9.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Urban StudiesSubfield · 91.6 works9.0×
  2. Religious studiesSubfield · 45.2 works7.3×
  3. PhilosophySubfield · 112.1 works7.1×
  4. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 100.6 works5.1×
  5. Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 29.9 works4.9×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 46 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.91× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.55× its world share, 32 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.19× its world share, 341 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 38 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.51× its world share, 17 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.17× its world share, 647 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 180 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.50× its world share, 65 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.25× its world share, 54 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.91× its world share, 75 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 65 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 127 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.55× its world share, 379 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.09× its world share, 130 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.51× its world share, 90 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.92× its world share, 73 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.39× its world share, 157 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.37× its world share, 1,109 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro?

Ranked on the composite score, Daniel Schwabe, Reinaldo Castro Souza and Carlos E. Pedreira lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro.

  1. 1 Daniel Schwabe Brazil · #23,839 worldwide 422 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Reinaldo Castro Souza Brazil · #27,525 worldwide 555 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Carlos E. Pedreira Brazil · #57,689 worldwide 531 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Fernando Luiz Cyrino Oliveira Brazil · #98,729 worldwide 248 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Raimundo Sampaio‐Neto Brazil · #100,271 worldwide 361 citations · 65 works
  6. 6 N. Zagury Brazil · #118,018 worldwide 463 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Ivo Pitanguy Brazil · #120,357 worldwide 153 citations · 72 works
  8. 8 Marta Fernández Brazil · #196,839 worldwide 14 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Hiroshi Nunokawa Brazil · #198,399 worldwide 198 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Antônio Márcio Tavares Thomé Brazil · #206,531 worldwide 125 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

Which keywords describe research at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Public Policy, Brazil, Education, Cultural Identity, Colonialism, Identity and Qualitative Research.

▲ 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. Globalization302▲ 4.2×103 topics
  2. Education223▲ 3.5×76 topics
  3. Public Policy221▲ 12×23 topics
  4. Sustainability213▲ 2.4×71 topics
  5. Brazil181▲ 50×5 topics
  6. Qualitative Research162▲ 5.0×20 topics
  7. Identity156▲ 5.8×50 topics
  8. Cultural Identity151▲ 7.9×25 topics
  9. Colonialism149▲ 8.5×27 topics
  10. Mental Health124▲ 2.3×32 topics
  11. Anthropology118▲ 33×7 topics
  12. Social Movements117▲ 11×23 topics
  13. Religion117▲ 6.7×22 topics
  14. Ethics110▲ 6.2×43 topics
  15. History107▲ 4.1×42 topics
  16. Latin America106▲ 15×20 topics
  17. Cultural Studies101▲ 7.2×27 topics
  18. Catholicism100▲ 71×4 topics
  19. Social Dynamics96▲ 42×4 topics
  20. Teacher Training94▲ 4.1×15 topics
  21. Philosophy92▲ 5.6×30 topics
  22. Literature87▲ 4.4×30 topics
  23. Social Inequality84▲ 8.5×13 topics
  24. Social Justice78▲ 3.6×32 topics
  25. Theology78▲ 22×5 topics
  26. Culture73▲ 3.7×23 topics
  27. Discourse Analysis72▲ 7.7×7 topics
  28. Media Studies72▲ 28×5 topics
  29. Multiculturalism70▲ 9.9×8 topics
  30. Sociology69▲ 14×12 topics
  31. Neoliberalism69▲ 5.2×23 topics
  32. Democracy66▲ 5.0×18 topics
  33. Identity Politics64▲ 34×2 topics
  34. Post-Modernity64▲ 49×1 topic
  35. Social Resilience64▲ 49×1 topic
  36. Politics60▲ 5.9×17 topics
  37. Environmental Justice56▲ 11×6 topics
  38. Liberation54▲ 88×2 topics
  39. Legal Theory52▲ 20×3 topics
  40. Segregation52▲ 17×3 topics

Which research topics does Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies, Religious and Theological Studies, Urban Development and Societal Issues and Literature, Culture, and Criticism.

Cultural, Media, and Lit…64Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies: 64 fractional worksReligious and Theologica…54Religious and Theological Studies: 54 fractional worksUrban Development and Societal Issues: 48 fractional worksLiterature, Culture, and Criticism: 47 fractional worksReligion and Society in Latin America: 45 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues: 43 fractional worksPsychology and Mental Health: 42 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and P…38Education Pedagogy and Practices: 38 fractional worksSocial and Political Issues: 38 fractional worksSocial and Economic Solidarity: 37 fractional works
PhilosophySociology and Political ScienceUrban StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory3 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies Philosophy 64 works
  2. 2 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 54 works
  3. 3 Urban Development and Societal Issues Urban Studies 48 works
  4. 4 Literature, Culture, and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 47 works
  5. 5 Religion and Society in Latin America Sociology and Political Science 45 works
  6. 6 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 43 works
  7. 7 Psychology and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 42 works
  8. 8 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 38 works
  9. 9 Social and Political Issues Sociology and Political Science 38 works
  10. 10 Social and Economic Solidarity Sociology and Political Science 37 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 available52.1%not open47.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.2%domestic only84.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% 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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