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Universidade Católica de Pelotas

In research, Universidade Católica de Pelotas stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,068 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#6,824 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#9,140 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,940
of 28,054 · #15,789 all time
Rank in Brazil
#317
of 714
Research works
2.1k
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
26k
12.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
world 28%

What is Universidade Católica de Pelotas 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 #7,068 of 11,982 9.5%148 #6881
MedicineField #6,824 of 10,443 9.1%100 #7479
Social SciencesDomain #9,140 of 10,521 7.6%113 #8950
Social SciencesField #5,719 of 6,365 7.4%82 #6278
Physical SciencesDomain #12,340 of 12,888 5.2%84 #18124

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade Católica de Pelotas 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#6,881 #7,068
  2. Medicine#7,479 #6,824
  3. Social Sciences#8,950 #9,140
  4. Social Sciences#6,278 #5,719
  5. Physical Sciences#18,124 #12,340
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.

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: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.98× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.49× its world share, 42 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.72× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 6.55× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.37× its world share, 32 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.43× its world share, 100 worksMedicineNursing: 1.78× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.67× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 82 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidade Católica de Pelotas?

Ranked on the composite score, Marı́a Cristina González, Ricardo Tavares Pinheiro and Raquel Recuero lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade Católica de Pelotas.

  1. 1 Marı́a Cristina González Brazil · #39,034 worldwide 243 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Ricardo Tavares Pinheiro Brazil · #190,650 worldwide 146 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Raquel Recuero Brazil · #275,384 worldwide 59 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Luciana de Ávila Quevedo Brazil · #387,748 worldwide 112 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Vera Maria Ribeiro Nogueira Brazil · #390,017 worldwide 3 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Vilson J. Leffa Brazil · #480,480 worldwide 17 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Vini Rabassa da Silva Brazil · #494,696 worldwide 1 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 César Augusto Soares da Costa Brazil · #520,947 worldwide 1 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Raquel Fabiana Lopes Sparemberger Brazil · #628,896 worldwide 10 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Hiram Larangeira de Almeida Brazil · #645,947 worldwide 25 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade Católica de Pelotas

Which keywords describe research at Universidade Católica de Pelotas?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Quality of Life, Social Determinants, Healthcare Access, Public Policy, Healthcare, Epidemiology and Health Policy.

▲ 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. Public Health29▲ 5.4×21 topics
  2. Epidemiology26▲ 1.80×64 topics
  3. Quality of Life24▲ 4.5×33 topics
  4. Deep Learning19▲ 1.53×37 topics
  5. Healthcare18▲ 4.4×10 topics
  6. Mental Health17▲ 3.3×26 topics
  7. Social Determinants17▲ 22×6 topics
  8. Healthcare Access16▲ 16×6 topics
  9. Public Policy16▲ 9.1×9 topics
  10. Inflammation14▲ 1.91×33 topics
  11. Globalization14▲ 2.0×23 topics
  12. Risk Factors12▲ 3.1×17 topics
  13. Health Policy12▲ 21×3 topics
  14. Prevalence11▲ 7.2×10 topics
  15. Human Rights11▲ 2.8×8 topics
  16. Social Justice10▲ 4.9×4 topics
  17. Legal Theory10▲ 40×3 topics
  18. Depression10▲ 3.1×14 topics
  19. Internet of Things10▲ 3.1×4 topics
  20. Qualitative Research10▲ 3.1×7 topics
  21. Aging Population10▲ 29×3 topics
  22. Teacher Training10▲ 4.2×4 topics
  23. Primary Care10▲ 6.9×5 topics
  24. Chronic Diseases9▲ 10×4 topics
  25. Legal Philosophy9▲ 39×2 topics
  26. Social Determinants of Health9▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Social Inequality9▲ 9.4×5 topics
  28. Adolescents9▲ 6.7×7 topics
  29. Maternal Health9▲ 9.1×3 topics
  30. Child Development9▲ 5.9×4 topics
  31. Civil Rights9▲ 35×1 topic
  32. Constitutional Law9▲ 18×1 topic
  33. Brazilian Health System9▲ 55×1 topic
  34. Community-Based Care9▲ 55×1 topic
  35. Health Inequalities8▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Social Movements7▲ 6.6×6 topics
  37. Brazil7▲ 20×5 topics
  38. Child Health6▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Prenatal Care6▲ 62×1 topic
  40. Muscle Mass6▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidade Católica de Pelotas publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Brazilian Legal Issues, Health, Nursing, Elderly Care, Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare and Environmental Sustainability and Education.

Brazilian Legal Issues9Brazilian Legal Issues: 9 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly…9Health, Nursing, Elderly Care: 9 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 6 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 5 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 5 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 5 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence5Youth, Drugs, and Violence: 5 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 5 fractional worksLow-power high-performance VLSI design: 4 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing4IoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 4 fractional works
LawGeneral Health ProfessionsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 9 works
  2. 2 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 9 works
  3. 3 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 6 works
  4. 4 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 5 works
  5. 5 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 5 works
  6. 6 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  7. 7 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 5 works
  8. 8 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 5 works
  9. 9 Low-power high-performance VLSI design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 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 available69.1%not open30.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.0%domestic only87.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidade Católica de Pelotas's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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.

Other research institutions in Pelotas

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.