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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.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll 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.

  1. Social Sciences#3,379 #2,665
  2. Social Sciences#2,428 #1,942
  3. Physical Sciences#6,080 #6,578
  4. Health Sciences#9,021 #6,123
  5. Sociology and Political Science#2,030 #1,701
  6. Arts and Humanities#2,288 #1,304
  7. Medicine#8,929 #5,969
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 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.

Social Sciences: 493 fractional works · 58.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 326 fractional works · 38.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 124 fractional works · 14.8% of its workEducation: 52 fractional works · 6.2% of its workLaw: 51 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 21 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDemography: 18 fractional works · 2.1% of its workUrban Studies: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 96 fractional works · 11.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 40 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPhilosophy: 17 fractional works · 2.0% of its workReligious studies: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 38 fractional works · 4.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 20 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 146 fractional works · 17.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 61 fractional works · 7.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 24 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPollution: 17 fractional works · 2.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 39 fractional works · 4.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science: 28 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInformation Systems: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 145 fractional works · 17.3% of its workMedicine: 103 fractional works · 12.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 17 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSurgery: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 38 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 22 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 55 fractional works · 6.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 22 fractional works · 2.6% of its workForestry: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiotechnology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadeCatólica de…839fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences59%

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
    1. Social Sciences32638.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities9611.5%
    3. Psychology384.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting121.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance121.4%
    6. Decision Sciences91.1%
    1. Environmental Science617.3%
    2. Engineering394.7%
    3. Computer Science283.3%
    4. Materials Science80.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.4%
    6. Chemistry30.3%
    7. Energy20.2%
    8. Mathematics20.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine10312.3%
    2. Health Professions384.5%
    3. Nursing20.3%
    4. Dentistry20.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences222.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology212.5%
    3. Neuroscience101.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

  1. LawSubfield · 50.9 works10×
  2. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 39.5 works8.8×
  3. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 24.5 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: 0.55× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 28 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 39 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.46× its world share, 61 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.71× its world share, 38 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.64× its world share, 103 worksMedicineNursing: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.98× its world share, 96 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.48× its world share, 38 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.07× its world share, 326 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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
  1. Arts and Humanities3.98×96 works
  2. Social Sciences3.07×326 works
  3. Health Professions1.71×38 works
  4. Psychology1.48×38 works
  5. Environmental Science1.46×61 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.10×9 works
  7. Neuroscience0.77×10 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.66×12 works
  9. Medicine0.64×103 works
  10. Nursing0.58×2 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.55×22 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.46×21 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.45×12 works
  14. Computer Science0.42×28 works
  15. Dentistry0.39×2 works
  16. Engineering0.31×39 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.28×1 works
  18. Energy0.27×2 works
  19. Materials Science0.27×8 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×3 works
  21. Chemistry0.19×2 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.15×1 works
  23. Mathematics0.15×2 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.05×1 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.02×0 works

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. 1 Káren Gercyane Oliveira Bezerra Brazil · #1,385,759 worldwide 790 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Raquel Diniz Rufino Brazil · #1,418,768 worldwide 7.4k citations · 146 works
  3. 3 Juliana Moura De Luna Brazil · #1,515,487 worldwide 7.8k citations · 156 works
  4. 4 Nathália Maria Padilha da Rocha e Silva Brazil · #1,697,410 worldwide 856 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Alexandre D’Lamare Maia de Medeiros Brazil · #1,818,068 worldwide 698 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Charles Bronzo Barbosa Farias Brazil · #1,895,331 worldwide 1.3k citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Leonie Asfora Sarubbo Brazil · #1,947,372 worldwide 14k citations · 357 works
  8. 8 Ivo Queiroz Brazil · #2,038,716 worldwide 131 citations · 58 works
  9. 9 F. C. G. Almeida Brazil · #2,063,295 worldwide 1.6k citations · 54 works
  10. 10 Rita de Cássia F. Soares da Silva Brazil · #2,247,424 worldwide 1.5k citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade Católica de Pernambuco

What are the most cited papers from Universidade Católica de Pernambuco?

The most cited paper from Universidade Católica de Pernambuco is "Biosurfactants: Multifunctional Biomolecules of the 21st Century" (Danyelle Santos, Raquel Diniz Rufino, Juliana Moura De Luna et al., 2016), with 1,086 citations. Next come "Biosurfactants: Production, properties, applications, trends, and general perspectives" (422) and "Applications of Biosurfactants in the Petroleum Industry and the Remediation of Oil Spills" (411).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Biosurfactants: Multifunctional Biomolecules of the 21st Century Danyelle Santos, Raquel Diniz Rufino, Juliana Moura De Luna et al. · International Journal of Molecular Sciences Open access 18 Mar 2016 1,086
2 Biosurfactants: Production, properties, applications, trends, and general perspectives Leonie Asfora Sarubbo, Maria da Glória C. Silva, Ítalo José Batista Durval et al. · Biochemical Engineering Journal Open access 17 Feb 2022 422
3 Applications of Biosurfactants in the Petroleum Industry and the Remediation of Oil Spills Rita da Silva, Darne Germano de Almeida, Raquel Diniz Rufino et al. · International Journal of Molecular Sciences Open access 15 Jul 2014 411
4 Seafood Waste as Attractive Source of Chitin and Chitosan Production and Their Applications Vanessa Santos, Nathália S. S. Marques, Patrícia C. S. V. Maia et al. · International Journal of Molecular Sciences Open access 16 Jun 2020 410
5 Plant and bacterial nanocellulose: production, properties and applications in medicine, food, cosmetics, electronics and engineering. A review Júlia Didier Pedrosa de Amorim, Karina Carvalho de Souza, Cybelle Rodrigues Duarte et al. · Environmental Chemistry Letters 23 Mar 2020 389
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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.

▲ 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. Religion56▲ 14×12 topics
  2. Human Rights56▲ 6.5×28 topics
  3. Brazil55▲ 71×5 topics
  4. Education54▲ 3.7×42 topics
  5. Catholicism52▲ 171×3 topics
  6. Social Justice52▲ 10×17 topics
  7. Public Policy50▲ 13×16 topics
  8. Legal Theory49▲ 86×3 topics
  9. Globalization47▲ 2.9×48 topics
  10. Legal Philosophy46▲ 88×2 topics
  11. Constitutional Law43▲ 39×4 topics
  12. Public Health43▲ 3.5×32 topics
  13. Environmental Law43▲ 25×4 topics
  14. Public Administration42▲ 61×2 topics
  15. Civil Rights42▲ 75×1 topic
  16. Judicial Activism42▲ 113×1 topic
  17. Qualitative Research38▲ 5.3×9 topics
  18. Ethics36▲ 8.4×24 topics
  19. Discourse Analysis35▲ 17×4 topics
  20. Philosophy32▲ 8.7×17 topics
  21. Online Learning32▲ 4.6×10 topics
  22. Politics32▲ 14×5 topics
  23. Pentecostalism31▲ 155×2 topics
  24. Teacher Training31▲ 6.0×13 topics
  25. Latin America31▲ 19×16 topics
  26. Pluralism31▲ 89×2 topics
  27. Public Sphere31▲ 66×2 topics
  28. Conservatism30▲ 212×1 topic
  29. Secularization30▲ 239×1 topic
  30. Social Determinants28▲ 16×4 topics
  31. Social Dynamics26▲ 53×4 topics
  32. Rhetoric26▲ 31×3 topics
  33. Language Education25▲ 28×3 topics
  34. Theology25▲ 33×5 topics
  35. Healthcare Access25▲ 11×5 topics
  36. Literacy25▲ 41×2 topics
  37. Social Discourse24▲ 74×2 topics
  38. Bakhtin Circle24▲ 88×1 topic
  39. Educational Practices24▲ 50×2 topics
  40. 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.

  1. 1 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 42 works
  2. 2 Religion and Society in Latin America Sociology and Political Science 30 works
  3. 3 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 24 works
  4. 4 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 21 works
  5. 5 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 16 works
  6. 6 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 14 works
  7. 7 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 14 works
  8. 8 Psychology and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 14 works
  9. 9 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  10. 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.

openly available73.8%not open26.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.0%domestic only83.0%

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.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

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.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Universidade Católica de Pernambuco0.0024% in 202519801990200020102020

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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Universidade Católica de Pernambuco7.0% in 202520102020

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.

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