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Universidade Católica de Pernambuco

In research, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,464 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#8,379 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,996 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. 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.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,857
of 28,054 · #20,784 all time
Rank in Brazil
#229
of 714
Research works
2.5k
▲ 86% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
4.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is Universidade Católica de Pernambuco 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
Social SciencesDomain #6,464 of 10,521 5.1%447 #9165
Physical SciencesDomain #8,379 of 12,888 7.0%134 #14184
Social SciencesField #4,996 of 6,365 4.1%290 #7000
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,673 of 1,998 8.9%93 #2495
Health SciencesDomain #11,520 of 11,982 2.6%130 #10926
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,483 of 2,578 2.1%112 #3545
MedicineField #10,209 of 10,443 3.0%92 #9559

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 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. Social Sciences#9,165 #6,464
  2. Physical Sciences#14,184 #8,379
  3. Social Sciences#7,000 #4,996
  4. Arts and Humanities#2,495 #1,673
  5. Health Sciences#10,926 #11,520
  6. Sociology and Political Science#3,545 #2,483
  7. Medicine#9,559 #10,209
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.

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 · 46.1 works10×
  2. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 38.6 works9.6×
  3. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 22.5 works5.1×
← 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, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.73× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 26 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.48× its world share, 56 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.68× its world share, 34 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 92 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 4.24× its world share, 93 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.48× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.02× its world share, 290 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidade Católica de Pernambuco?

Ranked on the composite score, Juliana M. Luna, Raquel D. Rufino and Leonie Asfora Sarubbo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade Católica de Pernambuco.

  1. 1 Juliana M. Luna Brazil · #94,899 worldwide 208 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Raquel D. Rufino Brazil · #206,857 worldwide 99 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Leonie Asfora Sarubbo Brazil · #223,824 worldwide 324 citations · 83 works
  4. 4 Valdemir Alexandre dos Santos Brazil · #287,032 worldwide 140 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Andréa Fernanda de Santana Costa Brazil · #442,965 worldwide 83 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 F. C. G. Almeida Brazil · #477,969 worldwide 121 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Galba Maria de Campos‐Takaki Brazil · #565,626 worldwide 196 citations · 90 works
  8. 8 Eduardo Antônio Maia Lins Brazil · #599,587 worldwide 1 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Glória Maria Monteiro de Carvalho Brazil · #769,549 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Cristina Maria de Souza Brito Dias Brazil · #850,566 worldwide 8 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade Católica de Pernambuco

Which keywords describe research at Universidade Católica de Pernambuco?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Brazil, Religion, 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 2022–2025 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. Brazil52▲ 70×5 topics
  2. Religion52▲ 14×12 topics
  3. Human Rights51▲ 6.5×27 topics
  4. Education49▲ 3.7×36 topics
  5. Catholicism48▲ 167×3 topics
  6. Social Justice47▲ 11×15 topics
  7. Public Policy45▲ 12×15 topics
  8. Legal Theory44▲ 82×3 topics
  9. Globalization43▲ 2.9×43 topics
  10. Legal Philosophy41▲ 83×2 topics
  11. Public Health40▲ 3.6×31 topics
  12. Constitutional Law39▲ 38×4 topics
  13. Environmental Law38▲ 25×4 topics
  14. Civil Rights38▲ 71×1 topic
  15. Judicial Activism38▲ 107×1 topic
  16. Public Administration38▲ 58×2 topics
  17. Qualitative Research35▲ 5.4×7 topics
  18. Discourse Analysis34▲ 18×4 topics
  19. Ethics33▲ 9.1×22 topics
  20. Philosophy30▲ 9.1×16 topics
  21. Pentecostalism29▲ 160×2 topics
  22. Politics29▲ 14×4 topics
  23. Latin America28▲ 19×14 topics
  24. Pluralism28▲ 86×2 topics
  25. Public Sphere28▲ 65×2 topics
  26. Conservatism28▲ 205×1 topic
  27. Secularization28▲ 230×1 topic
  28. Teacher Training27▲ 5.7×9 topics
  29. Social Determinants26▲ 16×4 topics
  30. Rhetoric26▲ 31×3 topics
  31. Language Education25▲ 29×3 topics
  32. Literacy24▲ 45×2 topics
  33. Social Dynamics24▲ 51×4 topics
  34. Social Discourse24▲ 75×2 topics
  35. Theology24▲ 32×5 topics
  36. Educational Practices23▲ 50×2 topics
  37. Bakhtin Circle23▲ 88×1 topic
  38. Textual Production23▲ 88×1 topic
  39. Healthcare Access23▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Sociology22▲ 21×5 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Brazilian Legal Issues, Religion and Society in Latin America, Linguistics and Education Research and Religious and Theological Studies.

Brazilian Legal Issues38Brazilian Legal Issues: 38 fractional worksReligion and Society in Latin America: 28 fractional worksLinguistics and Educatio…23Linguistics and Education Research: 23 fractional worksReligious and Theologica…19Religious and Theological Studies: 19 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence: 14 fractional worksPsychology and Mental Health: 13 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…13Environmental Sustainability and Education: 13 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 13 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 9 fractional worksSocial and Political Issues: 9 fractional works
LawSociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryDemography3 others

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

  1. 1 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 38 works
  2. 2 Religion and Society in Latin America Sociology and Political Science 28 works
  3. 3 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 23 works
  4. 4 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 19 works
  5. 5 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 14 works
  6. 6 Psychology and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 13 works
  7. 7 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 13 works
  8. 8 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 13 works
  9. 9 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  10. 10 Social and Political Issues Sociology and Political Science 9 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 86% 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.

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