Universidade Católica de Pernambuco
In research, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,665 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,942 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,578 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Law, Literature and Literary Theory and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (Law is 10.4× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #4,361 of 22,385 · #4,926 all time
- Rank in Brazil
- #192 of 684
- Research works
- 2.5k ◆ 2% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 11k 4.4 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 4.8% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.84× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 74% world 40%
- International
- 17% world 18%
What is Universidade Católica de Pernambuco known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #2,665 of 9,585 | 5.0% | 447 | #3379 | |
| Social SciencesField | #1,942 of 5,988 | 4.7% | 290 | #2428 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #6,578 of 10,670 | 5.9% | 134 | #6080 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #6,123 of 9,902 | 2.7% | 130 | #9021 | |
| Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield | #1,701 of 2,526 | 3.5% | 112 | #2030 | |
| Arts and HumanitiesField | #1,304 of 1,896 | 7.6% | 93 | #2288 | |
| MedicineField | #5,969 of 8,541 | 2.2% | 92 | #8929 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade Católica de Pernambuco 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.
- Social Sciences#3,379 #2,665
- Social Sciences#2,428 #1,942
- Physical Sciences#6,080 #6,578
- Health Sciences#9,021 #6,123
- Sociology and Political Science#2,030 #1,701
- Arts and Humanities#2,288 #1,304
- Medicine#8,929 #5,969
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 Universidade Católica de Pernambuco work in?
In 2022-now, 59% of research at Universidade Católica de Pernambuco is in Social Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (39%), Medicine (12%), Arts and Humanities (11%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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 25 fields, with their numbers
- Social Sciences49358.8%
- Social Sciences32638.8%
- Arts and Humanities9611.5%
- Psychology384.5%
- Business, Management and Accounting121.5%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance121.4%
- Decision Sciences91.1%
- Physical Sciences14617.4%
- Environmental Science617.3%
- Engineering394.7%
- Computer Science283.3%
- Materials Science80.9%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences30.4%
- Chemistry30.3%
- Energy20.2%
- Mathematics20.2%
- Physics and Astronomy10.1%
- Chemical Engineering00.0%
- Health Sciences14517.3%
- Medicine10312.3%
- Health Professions384.5%
- Nursing20.3%
- Dentistry20.2%
- Life Sciences556.6%
What does Universidade Católica de Pernambuco specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Law takes 10.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- LawSubfield · 50.9 works10×
- Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 39.5 works8.8×
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 24.5 works5.0×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 25 fields, with their numbers
- Arts and Humanities3.98×96 works
- Social Sciences3.07×326 works
- Health Professions1.71×38 works
- Psychology1.48×38 works
- Environmental Science1.46×61 works
- Decision Sciences1.10×9 works
- Neuroscience0.77×10 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.66×12 works
- Medicine0.64×103 works
- Nursing0.58×2 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.55×22 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.46×21 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.45×12 works
- Computer Science0.42×28 works
- Dentistry0.39×2 works
- Engineering0.31×39 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.28×1 works
- Energy0.27×2 works
- Materials Science0.27×8 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×3 works
- Chemistry0.19×2 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.15×1 works
- Mathematics0.15×2 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.05×1 works
- Chemical Engineering0.02×0 works
- Arts and Humanities 4.0×
- Social Sciences 3.1×
- Health Professions 1.7×
- Psychology 1.5×
- Environmental Science 1.5×
- Decision Sciences 1.1×
- Neuroscience 0.8×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.7×
- Medicine 0.6×
- Nursing 0.6×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.6×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.5×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.5×
- Computer Science 0.4×
- Dentistry 0.4×
- Engineering 0.3×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.3×
- Energy 0.3×
- Materials Science 0.3×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.2×
- Chemistry 0.2×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.1×
- Mathematics 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.1×
- Chemical Engineering 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Universidade Católica de Pernambuco?
Ranked on the quality score, Káren Gercyane Oliveira Bezerra, Raquel Diniz Rufino and Juliana Moura De Luna lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade Católica de Pernambuco.
- 1
Káren Gercyane Oliveira Bezerra
Brazil · #1,385,759 worldwide 790 citations · 17 works
- 2
Raquel Diniz Rufino
Brazil · #1,418,768 worldwide 7.4k citations · 146 works
- 3
Juliana Moura De Luna
Brazil · #1,515,487 worldwide 7.8k citations · 156 works
- 4
Nathália Maria Padilha da Rocha e Silva
Brazil · #1,697,410 worldwide 856 citations · 19 works
- 5
Alexandre D’Lamare Maia de Medeiros
Brazil · #1,818,068 worldwide 698 citations · 27 works
- 6
Charles Bronzo Barbosa Farias
Brazil · #1,895,331 worldwide 1.3k citations · 22 works
- 7
Leonie Asfora Sarubbo
Brazil · #1,947,372 worldwide 14k citations · 357 works
- 8
Ivo Queiroz
Brazil · #2,038,716 worldwide 131 citations · 58 works
- 9
F. C. G. Almeida
Brazil · #2,063,295 worldwide 1.6k citations · 54 works
- 10
Rita de Cássia F. Soares da Silva
Brazil · #2,247,424 worldwide 1.5k citations · 47 works
Which keywords describe research at Universidade Católica de Pernambuco?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Brazil, Catholicism, Social Justice, Human Rights, Public Policy, Legal Theory and Legal Philosophy.
- Sociology
- Bakhtin Circle
- Literacy
- Theology
- Rhetoric
- Social Determinants
- Conservatism
- Pluralism
- Teacher Training
- Politics
- Philosophy
- Ethics
- Judicial Activism
- Public Administration
- Public Health
- Legal Philosophy
- Legal Theory
- Social Justice
- Education
- Human Rights
- Religion
- Brazil
- Catholicism
- Public Policy
- Globalization
- Constitutional Law
- Environmental Law
- Civil Rights
- Qualitative Research
- Discourse Analysis
- Online Learning
- Pentecostalism
- Latin America
- Public Sphere
- Secularization
- Social Dynamics
- Language Education
- Healthcare Access
- Social Discourse
- Educational Practices
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
- Religion56▲ 14×12 topics
- Human Rights56▲ 6.5×28 topics
- Brazil55▲ 71×5 topics
- Education54▲ 3.7×42 topics
- Catholicism52▲ 171×3 topics
- Social Justice52▲ 10×17 topics
- Public Policy50▲ 13×16 topics
- Legal Theory49▲ 86×3 topics
- Globalization47▲ 2.9×48 topics
- Legal Philosophy46▲ 88×2 topics
- Constitutional Law43▲ 39×4 topics
- Public Health43▲ 3.5×32 topics
- Environmental Law43▲ 25×4 topics
- Public Administration42▲ 61×2 topics
- Civil Rights42▲ 75×1 topic
- Judicial Activism42▲ 113×1 topic
- Qualitative Research38▲ 5.3×9 topics
- Ethics36▲ 8.4×24 topics
- Discourse Analysis35▲ 17×4 topics
- Philosophy32▲ 8.7×17 topics
- Online Learning32▲ 4.6×10 topics
- Politics32▲ 14×5 topics
- Pentecostalism31▲ 155×2 topics
- Teacher Training31▲ 6.0×13 topics
- Latin America31▲ 19×16 topics
- Pluralism31▲ 89×2 topics
- Public Sphere31▲ 66×2 topics
- Conservatism30▲ 212×1 topic
- Secularization30▲ 239×1 topic
- Social Determinants28▲ 16×4 topics
- Social Dynamics26▲ 53×4 topics
- Rhetoric26▲ 31×3 topics
- Language Education25▲ 28×3 topics
- Theology25▲ 33×5 topics
- Healthcare Access25▲ 11×5 topics
- Literacy25▲ 41×2 topics
- Social Discourse24▲ 74×2 topics
- Bakhtin Circle24▲ 88×1 topic
- Educational Practices24▲ 50×2 topics
- Sociology24▲ 20×6 topics
Which research topics does Universidade Católica de Pernambuco publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Brazilian Legal Issues, Religion and Society in Latin America, Linguistics and Education Research and Religious and Theological Studies.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 42 works
- 2 Religion and Society in Latin America Sociology and Political Science 30 works
- 3 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 24 works
- 4 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 21 works
- 5 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 16 works
- 6 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 14 works
- 7 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 14 works
- 8 Psychology and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 14 works
- 9 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 10 works
- 10 Social and Political Issues Sociology and Political Science 10 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Universidade Católica de Pernambuco's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Universidade Católica de Pernambuco as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0035% in 2024.
Fractional works of Universidade Católica de Pernambuco 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.4% in 2006.
Other research institutions in Recife
- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
- Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
- Universidade de Pernambuco
- Centro Universitário Maurício de Nassau
- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Pernambuco
- Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira
- Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
- Secretaria de Educação de Pernambuco
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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