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Uninter

In research, Uninter stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,124 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,284 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education (Education is 5.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,123
of 22,385 · #11,037 all time
Rank in Brazil
#429
of 684
Research works
683
▼ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
3.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
68%
world 40%
International
56%
world 18%
Uninter

What is Uninter 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,124 of 9,585 8.1%120 #5003
Social SciencesField #3,284 of 5,988 8.8%88 #3445

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Uninter 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 fields of science does Uninter work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Uninter is in Social Sciences, 15% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (49%), Medicine (8%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 154 fractional works · 65.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 114 fractional works · 48.5% of its workEducation: 39 fractional works · 16.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 32 fractional works · 13.7% of its workLaw: 12 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 13 fractional works · 5.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 35 fractional works · 14.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 18 fractional works · 7.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 13 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 28 fractional works · 12.0% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 7.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 4.9% of its workForestry: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUninter235fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences66%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences11448.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities135.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting93.8%
    4. Decision Sciences83.5%
    5. Psychology83.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.1%
    1. Environmental Science187.6%
    2. Computer Science83.4%
    3. Engineering62.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy21.0%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Medicine187.6%
    2. Health Professions83.4%
    3. Dentistry10.6%
    4. Veterinary10.2%
    5. Nursing00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences124.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.5%
    3. Neuroscience20.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Uninter specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 5.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 38.6 works5.4×
← 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: 1.04× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.52× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.24× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.27× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.60× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.94× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.18× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.57× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.83× its world share, 114 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.83×114 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.57×8 works
  3. Arts and Humanities1.94×13 works
  4. Veterinary1.60×0 works
  5. Environmental Science1.52×18 works
  6. Health Professions1.27×8 works
  7. Dentistry1.24×1 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.18×9 works
  9. Psychology1.06×8 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.04×12 works
  11. Neuroscience0.50×2 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.50×2 works
  13. Computer Science0.44×8 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.43×2 works
  15. Nursing0.43×0 works
  16. Medicine0.40×18 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.29×4 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.27×0 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.19×0 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.17×0 works
  21. Engineering0.17×6 works
  22. Mathematics0.08×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Uninter?

Ranked on the quality score, Rivaldo Pereira da Costa, Nívea Canalli Bona and Mirian Roberta dos Santos Fujiyoshi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Uninter.

  1. 1 Rivaldo Pereira da Costa Brazil · #2,857,160 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Nívea Canalli Bona Brazil · #3,457,970 worldwide 26 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Mirian Roberta dos Santos Fujiyoshi Brazil · #3,459,666 worldwide 17 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Alexsandro Teixeira Ribeiro Brazil · #3,622,630 worldwide 15 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Edna Márcia Grahl Brandalize Slob Brazil · #3,641,106 worldwide 240 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Mona Liza Silva Cruz Brazil · #3,669,252 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Elton Ivan Schneider Brazil · #3,681,527 worldwide 114 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Guilherme Carvalho Brazil · #3,717,484 worldwide 1.9k citations · 45 works
  9. 9 André Martini Brazil · #3,816,307 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Ricardo Alexandre Deckmann Zanardini Brazil · #4,083,592 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Uninter

What are the most cited papers from Uninter?

The most cited paper from Uninter is "Entre o passado e o futuro" (Guilherme Carvalho, Mauri König, 2017), with 1,814 citations. Next come "Quality of life related to oral health and its impact in adults" (221) and "Constructivism and connectivism in education technology: Active, situated, authentic, experiential, and anchored learning" (221).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Entre o passado e o futuro Guilherme Carvalho, Mauri König · Alceu Open access 10 Jun 2017 1,814
2 Quality of life related to oral health and its impact in adults Juliana Cassol Spanemberg, Judite Cardoso, Edna Márcia Grahl Brandalize Slob et al. · Journal of Stomatology Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 11 Feb 2019 221
3 Constructivism and connectivism in education technology: Active, situated, authentic, experiential, and anchored learning Joao A. Mattar · RIED Revista Iberoamericana de Educación a Distancia Open access 29 Jan 2018 221
4 Desafios no uso da sala de aula invertida no ensino superior Inge Renate Fröse Suhr · Revista Transmutare Open access 30 Jul 2016 124
5 Pseudomonas Aeruginosa: Virulence Factors and Antibiotic Resistance Genes Antônio José Rocha, Mario Ramos de Oliveira Barsottini, Renan Rhonalty Rocha et al. · Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology Open access 2019 99
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Uninter?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Online Learning, Educational Technology, Public Policy, Qualitative Research, Social Inequality, Healthcare and Digital Literacy.

▲ 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. Teacher Training29▲ 20×11 topics
  2. Online Learning24▲ 12×7 topics
  3. Educational Technology22▲ 8.1×11 topics
  4. Public Policy20▲ 18×12 topics
  5. Qualitative Research20▲ 10×9 topics
  6. Education16▲ 4.0×32 topics
  7. Sustainability16▲ 2.8×18 topics
  8. Healthcare16▲ 5.9×9 topics
  9. Social Inequality15▲ 24×5 topics
  10. Sustainable Development14▲ 3.8×20 topics
  11. Digital Literacy12▲ 9.0×2 topics
  12. Human Rights12▲ 5.0×11 topics
  13. Social Network Analysis12▲ 43×1 topic
  14. WebQuests12▲ 98×1 topic
  15. Curriculum Development11▲ 7.2×5 topics
  16. E-Learning11▲ 4.8×6 topics
  17. Social Justice10▲ 7.4×7 topics
  18. Educational Policy10▲ 17×3 topics
  19. Inclusion10▲ 30×2 topics
  20. Environmental Law10▲ 21×4 topics
  21. Research10▲ 35×4 topics
  22. Training10▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Distance Education10▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Inclusive Education10▲ 12×7 topics
  25. Digital Business10▲ 82×1 topic
  26. Legislation10▲ 26×1 topic
  27. Legal Philosophy10▲ 67×2 topics
  28. Legal Theory10▲ 61×2 topics
  29. Environmental Education10▲ 27×4 topics
  30. Constitutional Law9▲ 30×2 topics
  31. Civil Rights9▲ 57×1 topic
  32. Judicial Activism9▲ 86×1 topic
  33. Educational Reform8▲ 30×3 topics
  34. Educational Policies8▲ 32×2 topics
  35. Pedagogical Practices8▲ 38×2 topics
  36. Distance Learning8▲ 9.6×3 topics
  37. Critical Pedagogy8▲ 39×2 topics
  38. Data Analysis8▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Quantitative Research7▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Research Methods7▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Uninter publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education and Digital Technologies, Academic Research in Diverse Fields, Brazilian Legal Issues and Education Pedagogy and Practices.

Education and Digital Technologies: 12 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 10 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues9Brazilian Legal Issues: 9 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and P…8Education Pedagogy and Practices: 8 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 7 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 7 fractional worksEducation during COVID-1…5Education during COVID-19 pandemic: 5 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Sciences: 4 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil: 4 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 4 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEducationLawInformation Systems and Management3 others

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

  1. 1 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  2. 2 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 10 works
  3. 3 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 9 works
  4. 4 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 8 works
  5. 5 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 7 works
  6. 6 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 7 works
  7. 7 Education during COVID-19 pandemic Education 5 works
  8. 8 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 4 works
  9. 9 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  10. 10 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 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 available68.3%not open31.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors55.6%domestic only44.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Uninter's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Uninter as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00074% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Uninter0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Uninter 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Uninter6.9% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.9% in 2022.

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