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Unichristus

In research, Unichristus stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,528 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#6,319 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,231 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Law and Dentistry — Law is 11.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,036
of 28,054 · #22,610 all time
Rank in Brazil
#164
of 714
Research works
1.7k
▲ 168% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.5k
3.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
82%
world 28%

What is Unichristus 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,528 of 11,982 4.2%376 #7459
MedicineField #6,319 of 10,443 4.1%257 #13048
Social SciencesDomain #8,231 of 10,521 4.4%303 #12580
Social SciencesField #5,183 of 6,365 4.1%235 #7659
Life SciencesDomain #6,418 of 7,800 5.9%72 #12892
Health ProfessionsField #1,723 of 1,928 4.2%73 #3207
EducationSubfield #1,836 of 1,892 3.5%78 #2845
Physical SciencesDomain #12,853 of 12,888 2.0%62 #21211

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Unichristus 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. Health Sciences#7,459 #3,528
  2. Medicine#13,048 #6,319
  3. Social Sciences#12,580 #8,231
  4. Social Sciences#7,659 #5,183
  5. Life Sciences#12,892 #6,418
  6. Health Professions#3,207 #1,723
  7. Education#2,845 #1,836
  8. Physical Sciences#21,211 #12,853
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 Unichristus specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Law takes 11.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. LawSubfield · 53.4 works11×
  2. DentistryField · 43.0 works11×
← 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: 0.47× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 29 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.16× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.12× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 10.92× its world share, 43 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.39× its world share, 73 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.64× its world share, 257 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.08× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.29× its world share, 235 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 10.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Unichristus?

Ranked on the composite score, Marcos Kubrusly and Anamaria Cavalcante e Silva lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Unichristus.

  1. 1 Marcos Kubrusly Brazil · #577,513 worldwide 22 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Anamaria Cavalcante e Silva Brazil · #835,912 worldwide 13 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Unichristus

Which keywords describe research at Unichristus?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology86▲ 2.7×106 topics
  2. Public Health56▲ 4.8×27 topics
  3. Human Rights54▲ 6.4×16 topics
  4. Educational Technology52▲ 5.4×7 topics
  5. Quality of Life51▲ 4.4×43 topics
  6. Legal Theory48▲ 83×3 topics
  7. Legal Philosophy46▲ 87×2 topics
  8. Environmental Law45▲ 27×3 topics
  9. Healthcare45▲ 4.9×12 topics
  10. Constitutional Law44▲ 40×3 topics
  11. Social Justice44▲ 9.2×4 topics
  12. Civil Rights43▲ 76×1 topic
  13. Judicial Activism43▲ 115×1 topic
  14. Healthcare Access35▲ 15×5 topics
  15. Social Determinants34▲ 19×6 topics
  16. Public Policy33▲ 8.2×14 topics
  17. Treatment32▲ 3.3×37 topics
  18. Qualitative Research31▲ 4.5×9 topics
  19. Teacher Training29▲ 5.8×7 topics
  20. Risk Factors29▲ 3.3×28 topics
  21. Online Learning28▲ 4.1×3 topics
  22. Health Policy27▲ 21×4 topics
  23. Curriculum Development23▲ 4.1×3 topics
  24. Drug Resistance23▲ 10.0×9 topics
  25. Infection Control20▲ 30×3 topics
  26. Training20▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Prevalence20▲ 6.0×13 topics
  28. Inclusion20▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Legislation20▲ 14×3 topics
  30. Educational Policy19▲ 9.0×2 topics
  31. Research19▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Digital Business18▲ 44×1 topic
  33. Distance Education18▲ 11×1 topic
  34. Patient Safety18▲ 16×6 topics
  35. Social Inequality18▲ 8.4×5 topics
  36. Leadership Styles18▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Digital Innovation18▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Smart Library18▲ 54×1 topic
  39. Patient Care17▲ 18×3 topics
  40. Judicialization17▲ 70×1 topic

Which research topics does Unichristus publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Brazilian Legal Issues, Academic Research in Diverse Fields, Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic and Public Health in Brazil.

Brazilian Legal Issues43Brazilian Legal Issues: 43 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 18 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 18 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil17Public Health in Brazil: 17 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation: 16 fractional worksHealth Education and Validation: 16 fractional worksScience and Education Re…12Science and Education Research: 12 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 11 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence: 11 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 11 fractional works
LawEducationInformation SystemsSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 43 works
  2. 2 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 18 works
  3. 3 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 18 works
  4. 4 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 17 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 16 works
  6. 6 Health Education and Validation Education 16 works
  7. 7 Science and Education Research Education 12 works
  8. 8 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 11 works
  9. 9 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 11 works
  10. 10 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 11 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 available81.9%not open18.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Unichristus's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 168% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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