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Univates

In research, Univates stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,041 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,132 of 5,988 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,065 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Information Systems and Management, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Insect Science (Information Systems and Management is 11.4× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#3,830
of 22,385 · #3,552 all time
Rank in Brazil
#164
of 684
Research works
3.7k
▼ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
4.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.87×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
81%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%

What is Univates 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 #3,041 of 9,585 6.5%360 #2883
Social SciencesField #2,132 of 5,988 7.6%261 #2356
Life SciencesDomain #3,065 of 6,403 5.8%141 #3378
Health SciencesDomain #5,010 of 9,902 4.0%149 #6253
Physical SciencesDomain #5,553 of 10,670 5.8%172 #4535
EducationSubfield #1,138 of 1,930 8.0%126 #822
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,944 of 3,157 5.5%105 #1983
MedicineField #5,493 of 8,541 3.8%94 #7340
Environmental ScienceField #2,164 of 3,334 5.7%89 #2394
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,971 of 2,526 9.9%63 #2107

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Univates 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. Social Sciences#2,883 #3,041
  2. Social Sciences#2,356 #2,132
  3. Life Sciences#3,378 #3,065
  4. Health Sciences#6,253 #5,010
  5. Physical Sciences#4,535 #5,553
  6. Education#822 #1,138
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,983 #1,944
  8. Medicine#7,340 #5,493
  9. Environmental Science#2,394 #2,164
  10. Sociology and Political Science#2,107 #1,971
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 Univates work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Univates is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%), Medicine (12%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 398 fractional works · 44.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 288 fractional works · 32.0% of its workEducation: 138 fractional works · 15.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 69 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 20 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDemography: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrban Studies: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 41 fractional works · 4.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 30 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 29 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 23 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 184 fractional works · 20.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 94 fractional works · 10.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 51 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEcology: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 37 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInformation Systems: 28 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 23 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 164 fractional works · 18.2% of its workMedicine: 105 fractional works · 11.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 20 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 50 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 30 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 154 fractional works · 17.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 112 fractional works · 12.4% of its workFood Science: 28 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPlant Science: 28 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInsect Science: 20 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workForestry: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 31 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKUnivates901fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences44%

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. Social Sciences28832.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities414.5%
    3. Decision Sciences303.4%
    4. Psychology232.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting121.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.4%
    1. Environmental Science9410.5%
    2. Computer Science374.1%
    3. Engineering232.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences80.9%
    5. Materials Science80.8%
    6. Chemistry80.8%
    7. Energy40.4%
    8. Mathematics10.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Medicine10511.7%
    2. Health Professions505.5%
    3. Nursing70.8%
    4. Dentistry20.2%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11212.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology313.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology50.6%
    4. Neuroscience50.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Univates specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Information Systems and Management takes 11.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 29.3 works11×
  2. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 51.0 works9.7×
  3. Insect ScienceSubfield · 20.2 works7.9×
  4. EducationSubfield · 138.4 works5.0×
← 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: 2.61× its world share, 112 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.55× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.53× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 37 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.10× its world share, 94 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.11× its world share, 50 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.61× its world share, 105 worksMedicineNursing: 1.59× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.57× its world share, 41 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.49× its world share, 30 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 23 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.53× its world share, 288 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences3.49×30 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.61×112 works
  3. Social Sciences2.53×288 works
  4. Health Professions2.11×50 works
  5. Environmental Science2.10×94 works
  6. Nursing1.59×7 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.57×41 works
  8. Psychology0.84×23 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.66×32 works
  10. Medicine0.61×105 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.58×8 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.55×5 works
  13. Chemistry0.53×8 works
  14. Computer Science0.53×37 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.50×2 works
  16. Veterinary0.50×1 works
  17. Energy0.47×4 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.42×12 works
  19. Dentistry0.39×2 works
  20. Neuroscience0.33×5 works
  21. Materials Science0.24×8 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.23×1 works
  23. Engineering0.17×23 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.17×3 works
  25. Mathematics0.11×1 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.05×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Univates?

Ranked on the quality score, Geilson de Arruda Reis, Raul Antônio Sperotto and Daniel Neutzling Lehn lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Univates.

  1. 1 Geilson de Arruda Reis Brazil · #1,456,038 worldwide 93 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Raul Antônio Sperotto Brazil · #1,477,255 worldwide 3.4k citations · 131 works
  3. 3 Daniel Neutzling Lehn Brazil · #1,887,170 worldwide 798 citations · 74 works
  4. 4 Camille Eichelberger Granada Brazil · #2,048,924 worldwide 1.6k citations · 90 works
  5. 5 Guilherme Schwingel Henn Brazil · #2,346,964 worldwide 74 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Caroline Schmitz Brazil · #2,477,183 worldwide 358 citations · 46 works
  7. 7 Marlon Dalmoro Brazil · #2,691,283 worldwide 873 citations · 123 works
  8. 8 Luciana Weidlich Brazil · #2,815,847 worldwide 905 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Munique Marder Brazil · #2,925,946 worldwide 350 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Júlia Renata Schneider Brazil · #2,980,095 worldwide 218 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Univates

What are the most cited papers from Univates?

The most cited paper from Univates is "Depression Scores Associate With Chronotype and Social Jetlag in a Rural Population" (Rosa Maria Levandovski, Giovana Dantas, Luciana Carvalho Fernandes et al., 2011), with 541 citations. Next come "Os princípios das metodologias ativas de ensino: uma abordagem teórica" (388) and "Geo-Measures: A PyMOL plugin for protein structure ensembles analysis" (297).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Depression Scores Associate With Chronotype and Social Jetlag in a Rural Population Rosa Maria Levandovski, Giovana Dantas, Luciana Carvalho Fernandes et al. · Chronobiology International 6 Sep 2011 541
2 Os princípios das metodologias ativas de ensino: uma abordagem teórica Aline Diesel, Alda Leila Santos Baldez, Silvana Neumann Martins · Revista Thema Open access 23 Feb 2017 388
3 Geo-Measures: A PyMOL plugin for protein structure ensembles analysis Luciano Porto Kagami, Gustavo Machado das Neves, Luís Fernando Saraiva Macedo Timmers et al. · Computational Biology and Chemistry 24 Jun 2020 297
4 Restorations in primary teeth: a systematic review on survival and reasons for failures Luiz Alexandre Chisini, Kauê Collares, Mariana Gonzalez Cademartori et al. · International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry Review 10 Jan 2018 279
5 Economic Forecasting Graham Elliott, Allan Timmermann · Journal of Economic Literature Feb 2008 238
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Univates?

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

▲ 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 Training109▲ 20×8 topics
  2. Sustainability79▲ 3.6×33 topics
  3. Educational Technology76▲ 7.1×17 topics
  4. Public Policy73▲ 17×15 topics
  5. Qualitative Research71▲ 9.3×8 topics
  6. Online Learning66▲ 8.8×9 topics
  7. Curriculum Development61▲ 9.9×3 topics
  8. Social Inequality53▲ 22×4 topics
  9. Biodiversity52▲ 7.5×16 topics
  10. Public Health49▲ 3.7×25 topics
  11. Sustainable Development47▲ 3.4×20 topics
  12. Healthcare45▲ 4.4×12 topics
  13. Environmental Education39▲ 28×3 topics
  14. Waste Management38▲ 10×6 topics
  15. Educational Policies38▲ 39×2 topics
  16. Distance Learning37▲ 12×4 topics
  17. Information Society37▲ 77×2 topics
  18. Digital Literacy36▲ 7.1×2 topics
  19. Social Network Analysis36▲ 34×1 topic
  20. WebQuests36▲ 78×1 topic
  21. Inclusive Education36▲ 11×3 topics
  22. Pedagogical Practices36▲ 44×2 topics
  23. Critical Pedagogy35▲ 47×1 topic
  24. Educational Reform35▲ 32×2 topics
  25. Social Participation34▲ 65×2 topics
  26. Water Resources34▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Eco-friendly Practices34▲ 66×1 topic
  28. Science Education33▲ 59×2 topics
  29. Data Analysis29▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Marketing Strategies29▲ 35×2 topics
  31. Organizational Management29▲ 53×1 topic
  32. Research Methods29▲ 20×1 topic
  33. Healthcare Access26▲ 11×7 topics
  34. Active Learning25▲ 16×3 topics
  35. Agroecology25▲ 20×4 topics
  36. Educational Games25▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Research25▲ 22×4 topics
  38. Training25▲ 13×5 topics
  39. Didactic Models25▲ 70×1 topic
  40. Teaching Methodologies25▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does Univates publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education and Digital Technologies, Education Pedagogy and Practices, Environmental Sustainability and Education and Business and Management Studies.

  1. 1 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 36 works
  2. 2 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 35 works
  3. 3 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 34 works
  4. 4 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 29 works
  5. 5 Science and Education Research Education 25 works
  6. 6 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 24 works
  7. 7 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 19 works
  8. 8 Education during COVID-19 pandemic Education 14 works
  9. 9 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 13 works
  10. 10 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 12 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 available80.8%not open19.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.8%domestic only91.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Univates's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% 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 Univates as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0036% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Univates0.0032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Univates 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 2025Univates5.5% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.3% in 2008.

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