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Universidade Católica de Petrópolis

In research, Universidade Católica de Petrópolis stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,981 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,770 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Law and Education (Law is 16.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,719
of 22,385 · #12,457 all time
Rank in Brazil
#383
of 684
Research works
818
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
2.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
72%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Universidade Católica de Petrópolis

What is Universidade Católica de Petrópolis 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 #3,981 of 9,585 7.3%154 #5173
Social SciencesField #2,770 of 5,988 7.5%106 #3212

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade Católica de Petrópolis 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 fields of science does Universidade Católica de Petrópolis work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Universidade Católica de Petrópolis is in Social Sciences, 16% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (48%), Medicine (11%), Arts and Humanities (8%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 170 fractional works · 70.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 115 fractional works · 47.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 36 fractional works · 14.9% of its workEducation: 31 fractional works · 13.0% of its workLaw: 23 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workUrban Studies: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 20 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 5.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 4.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 39 fractional works · 16.1% of its workMedicine: 27 fractional works · 11.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 26 fractional works · 10.9% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 4.3% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadeCatólica de…241fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences71%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences11547.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities208.1%
    3. Psychology135.4%
    4. Decision Sciences104.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting104.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.1%
    1. Medicine2711.4%
    2. Health Professions104.2%
    3. Dentistry10.4%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Computer Science104.3%
    2. Engineering93.8%
    3. Environmental Science41.8%
    4. Materials Science10.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.8%
    2. Neuroscience20.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Universidade Católica de Petrópolis specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Law takes 16.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. LawSubfield · 23.2 works17×
  2. EducationSubfield · 31.3 works4.3×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.61× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.59× its world share, 27 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.81× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.26× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.20× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.76× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.79× its world share, 115 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences4.20×10 works
  2. Social Sciences3.79×115 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.81×20 works
  4. Psychology1.76×13 works
  5. Health Professions1.61×10 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.26×10 works
  7. Dentistry0.90×1 works
  8. Medicine0.59×27 works
  9. Computer Science0.55×10 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.51×3 works
  11. Neuroscience0.43×2 works
  12. Environmental Science0.37×4 works
  13. Engineering0.25×9 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.24×0 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.19×0 works
  16. Nursing0.16×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×2 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×1 works
  19. Chemistry0.12×0 works
  20. Mathematics0.12×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.09×1 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  24. Energy0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidade Católica de Petrópolis?

Ranked on the quality score, Dominiek Beckers, Mozar Baptista da Silva and Ana Carolina Carius lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade Católica de Petrópolis.

  1. 1 Dominiek Beckers Brazil · #2,745,425 worldwide 122 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Mozar Baptista da Silva Brazil · #3,248,947 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Ana Carolina Carius Brazil · #3,752,578 worldwide 193 citations · 59 works
  4. 4 E. Klausner Brazil · #3,887,753 worldwide 68 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Clemente Brazil · #4,043,699 worldwide 203 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Luís Antônio Monteiro Campos Brazil · #4,313,423 worldwide 404 citations · 86 works
  7. 7 Cléia Zanatta Brazil · #4,504,269 worldwide 74 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Cristiano Queiroz de Oliveira Brazil · #4,521,524 worldwide 120 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Antônio Flávio Barbosa Moreira Brazil · #4,577,911 worldwide 708 citations · 73 works
  10. 10 Bruno Freitas de Azevedo Brazil · #4,610,454 worldwide 70 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade Católica de Petrópolis

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

The most cited paper from Universidade Católica de Petrópolis is "A rapid assessment methodology for the evaluation of primary care organization and performance in Brazil" (James A. Macinko, C.M.V.B. Almeida, Prabir De, 2007), with 132 citations. Next come "Educação escolar e cultura(s): construindo caminhos" (129) and "Magnetic moment generation from non-minimal couplings in a scenario with Lorentz-symmetry violation" (122).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A rapid assessment methodology for the evaluation of primary care organization and performance in Brazil James A. Macinko, C.M.V.B. Almeida, Prabir De · Health Policy and Planning Open access 31 Mar 2007 132
2 Educação escolar e cultura(s): construindo caminhos Antônio Flávio Barbosa Moreira, Vera María Candau · Revista Brasileira de Educação Open access Aug 2003 129
3 Magnetic moment generation from non-minimal couplings in a scenario with Lorentz-symmetry violation H. Belich, L. P. Colatto, T. Costa-Soares et al. · The European Physical Journal C Open access 4 May 2009 122
4 Contribution to a macromycete survey of the states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina in Brazil Georg Sobestiansky · Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology Open access May 2005 112
5 The South American Monsoon System and the 1970s climate transition Leila M. V. Carvalho, Charles Jones, Ana E. Silva et al. · International Journal of Climatology Open access 14 Apr 2010 104
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidade Católica de Petrópolis?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Teacher Training, Qualitative Research, Social Justice, Environmental Law, Legal Philosophy, Legal Theory and Constitutional Law.

▲ 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. Human Rights26▲ 11×14 topics
  2. Teacher Training25▲ 17×9 topics
  3. Qualitative Research22▲ 11×7 topics
  4. Social Justice22▲ 15×9 topics
  5. Environmental Law19▲ 39×5 topics
  6. Legal Philosophy18▲ 124×2 topics
  7. Legal Theory18▲ 114×2 topics
  8. Constitutional Law18▲ 57×2 topics
  9. Civil Rights18▲ 109×1 topic
  10. Judicial Activism18▲ 166×1 topic
  11. Social Inequality17▲ 27×4 topics
  12. Educational Technology15▲ 5.4×9 topics
  13. Globalization15▲ 3.2×21 topics
  14. Curriculum Development14▲ 8.6×2 topics
  15. Education14▲ 3.4×26 topics
  16. Public Policy14▲ 12×10 topics
  17. Online Learning12▲ 5.9×3 topics
  18. Brazil12▲ 52×5 topics
  19. Pedagogical Practices11▲ 53×3 topics
  20. Distance Learning11▲ 14×3 topics
  21. Healthcare11▲ 4.1×10 topics
  22. Critical Pedagogy11▲ 55×2 topics
  23. Inclusive Education11▲ 13×3 topics
  24. Educational Reform11▲ 36×2 topics
  25. Educational Policies11▲ 41×1 topic
  26. Mental Health10▲ 2.9×19 topics
  27. Social Movements8▲ 11×6 topics
  28. Cultural Identity8▲ 6.6×4 topics
  29. Digital Literacy8▲ 5.7×4 topics
  30. History8▲ 4.6×10 topics
  31. Health7▲ 7.4×7 topics
  32. Prevalence7▲ 7.1×5 topics
  33. Colonialism7▲ 6.0×7 topics
  34. ICT in Education7▲ 54×2 topics
  35. Social Network Analysis7▲ 24×1 topic
  36. WebQuests7▲ 55×1 topic
  37. Social Determinants7▲ 13×5 topics
  38. Philosophy7▲ 6.2×11 topics
  39. Inclusion6▲ 18×3 topics
  40. Inequality6▲ 11×5 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Brazilian Legal Issues, Education Pedagogy and Practices, Education and Digital Technologies and Business and Management Studies.

Brazilian Legal Issues18Brazilian Legal Issues: 18 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and P…11Education Pedagogy and Practices: 11 fractional worksEducation and Digital Te…7Education and Digital Technologies: 7 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 5 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 5 fractional worksEducation during COVID-19 pandemic: 5 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence: 4 fractional worksSocial and Political Issues: 4 fractional worksUrban and sociocultural dynamics: 4 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 3 fractional works
LawEducationSociology and Political ScienceInformation Systems and Management2 others

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

  1. 1 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 18 works
  2. 2 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 11 works
  3. 3 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  4. 4 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 5 works
  5. 5 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 5 works
  6. 6 Education during COVID-19 pandemic Education 5 works
  7. 7 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 4 works
  8. 8 Social and Political Issues Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  9. 9 Urban and sociocultural dynamics Urban Studies 4 works
  10. 10 Science and Education Research Education 3 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 available71.7%not open28.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Petrópolis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00062% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Universidade Católica de Petrópolis0.00078% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidade Católica de Petrópolis 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 Petrópolis5.1% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.8% in 2012.

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