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Universidade Católica de Santos

In research, Universidade Católica de Santos stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,200 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,177 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Law (Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law is 12.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,284
of 22,385 · #6,090 all time
Rank in Brazil
#289
of 684
Research works
1.6k
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.7k
5.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
71%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Universidade Católica de Santos

What is Universidade Católica de Santos 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 #3,200 of 9,585 6.5%232 #3835
Social SciencesField #2,177 of 5,988 6.5%176 #2628

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade Católica de Santos 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 Santos work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Universidade Católica de Santos is in Social Sciences, 16% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (50%), Environmental Science (10%), Medicine (9%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 245 fractional works · 66.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 185 fractional works · 49.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 52 fractional works · 14.2% of its workEducation: 41 fractional works · 11.2% of its workLaw: 26 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 19 fractional works · 5.1% of its workUrban Studies: 16 fractional works · 4.4% of its workHealth: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopment: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 26 fractional works · 7.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 4.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 59 fractional works · 16.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 37 fractional works · 10.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 28 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 50 fractional works · 13.6% of its workMedicine: 33 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadeCatólica de…370fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences66%

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 Sciences18549.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities267.1%
    3. Psychology174.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance71.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting61.5%
    6. Decision Sciences51.4%
    1. Environmental Science3710.1%
    2. Computer Science92.3%
    3. Engineering82.3%
    4. Materials Science20.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    6. Chemistry10.3%
    7. Mathematics10.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
    1. Medicine339.0%
    2. Health Professions143.8%
    3. Dentistry20.6%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences72.0%
    2. Neuroscience30.9%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Universidade Católica de Santos specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law takes 12.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 27.9 works13×
  2. LawSubfield · 26.3 works12×
← 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: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.03× its world share, 37 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 33 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.46× its world share, 26 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.52× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.95× its world share, 185 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.95×185 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.46×26 works
  3. Environmental Science2.03×37 works
  4. Psychology1.52×17 works
  5. Health Professions1.44×14 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.42×5 works
  7. Dentistry1.18×2 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.84×7 works
  9. Veterinary0.55×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.53×3 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.48×2 works
  12. Medicine0.47×33 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.46×6 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.42×7 works
  15. Computer Science0.30×9 works
  16. Nursing0.26×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.17×1 works
  18. Engineering0.15×8 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.14×3 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.14×1 works
  21. Mathematics0.13×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.12×2 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.04×0 works
  25. Energy0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidade Católica de Santos?

Ranked on the quality score, Eliana Miura Zucchi, Carolina Luísa Alves Barbieri and Maria Amélia Santoro Franco lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade Católica de Santos.

  1. 1 Eliana Miura Zucchi Brazil · #2,503,286 worldwide 745 citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Carolina Luísa Alves Barbieri Brazil · #2,548,745 worldwide 422 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Maria Amélia Santoro Franco Brazil · #3,083,217 worldwide 816 citations · 61 works
  4. 4 Flávio de Miranda Ribeiro Brazil · #3,161,624 worldwide 338 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Gilberto Passos de Freitas Brazil · #3,205,574 worldwide 102 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Kátia Maria Gomes Machado Brazil · #3,303,762 worldwide 1k citations · 37 works
  7. 7 William K. Miller Brazil · #3,484,968 worldwide 273 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Kamyla Borges da Cunha Brazil · #3,555,811 worldwide 319 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Liliana Lyra Jubilut Brazil · #3,711,221 worldwide 337 citations · 65 works
  10. 10 Mateus Catalani Pirani Brazil · #3,764,302 worldwide 37 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade Católica de Santos

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

The most cited paper from Universidade Católica de Santos is "The Impact of Sugar Cane–Burning Emissions on the Respiratory System of Children and the Elderly" (José Eduardo Delfini Cançado, Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva, Luiz Alberto Amador Pereira et al., 2006), with 361 citations. Next come "A fuzzy extension of the silhouette width criterion for cluster analysis" (326) and "Fundamentals of natural computing: an overview" (301).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Impact of Sugar Cane–Burning Emissions on the Respiratory System of Children and the Elderly José Eduardo Delfini Cançado, Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva, Luiz Alberto Amador Pereira et al. · Environmental Health Perspectives Open access 13 Jan 2006 361
2 A fuzzy extension of the silhouette width criterion for cluster analysis Ricardo J. G. B. Campello, Eduardo R. Hruschka · Fuzzy Sets and Systems 15 Aug 2006 326
3 Fundamentals of natural computing: an overview L DECASTRO · Physics of Life Reviews 5 Dec 2006 301
4 Phylogeography of endemic toads and post-Pliocene persistence of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Maria Tereza C. Thomé, Kelly Raquel Zamudio, João Gabriel Ribeiro Giovanelli et al. · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 9 Feb 2010 271
5 Pedagogia da pesquisa-ação Maria Amélia Santoro Franco · Educação e Pesquisa Open access Dec 2005 250
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidade Católica de Santos?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Policy, Globalization, Qualitative Research, Human Rights, Teacher Training, Sustainability, Social Inequality and Environmental 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. Public Policy54▲ 31×10 topics
  2. Globalization42▲ 5.7×30 topics
  3. Sustainability39▲ 4.4×25 topics
  4. Qualitative Research35▲ 11×8 topics
  5. Human Rights34▲ 9.0×17 topics
  6. Teacher Training33▲ 15×9 topics
  7. Social Inequality26▲ 26×5 topics
  8. Environmental Law24▲ 31×3 topics
  9. Legal Theory23▲ 92×3 topics
  10. Legal Philosophy23▲ 99×2 topics
  11. Constitutional Law22▲ 45×2 topics
  12. Social Justice22▲ 9.9×6 topics
  13. Curriculum Development22▲ 8.7×2 topics
  14. Sustainable Development22▲ 3.7×15 topics
  15. Civil Rights22▲ 87×2 topics
  16. Constitutional Interpretation21▲ 129×1 topic
  17. Judicial Activism21▲ 129×1 topic
  18. Mental Health21▲ 3.9×19 topics
  19. Brazil20▲ 59×5 topics
  20. Educational Policies19▲ 48×2 topics
  21. Inclusive Education19▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Pedagogical Practices18▲ 56×2 topics
  23. Distance Learning18▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Waste Management17▲ 12×6 topics
  25. Critical Pedagogy17▲ 56×1 topic
  26. Educational Reform17▲ 38×1 topic
  27. Online Learning16▲ 5.4×6 topics
  28. Environmental Justice16▲ 33×4 topics
  29. Environmental Education16▲ 28×3 topics
  30. Biodiversity16▲ 5.5×10 topics
  31. Social Movements15▲ 14×4 topics
  32. Eco-friendly Practices15▲ 69×2 topics
  33. Social Participation14▲ 66×1 topic
  34. Water Resources14▲ 16×1 topic
  35. Healthcare Access13▲ 13×5 topics
  36. Cultural Identity12▲ 6.8×7 topics
  37. Rural Development12▲ 9.8×5 topics
  38. Social Determinants12▲ 16×5 topics
  39. Urbanization12▲ 8.0×3 topics
  40. Segregation11▲ 40×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Brazilian Legal Issues, Education Pedagogy and Practices, Environmental Sustainability and Education and Urban Development and Societal Issues.

Brazilian Legal Issues21Brazilian Legal Issues: 21 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and Practices: 17 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 14 fractional worksUrban Development and Societal Issues: 11 fractional worksSocial and Political Issues: 9 fractional worksEducation and Digital Te…7Education and Digital Technologies: 7 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 7 fractional worksPsychology and Mental Health: 6 fractional worksMigration, Racism, and Human Rights: 6 fractional worksCultural, Media, and Literary Studies: 6 fractional works
LawEducationManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawUrban Studies4 others

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

  1. 1 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 21 works
  2. 2 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 17 works
  3. 3 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 14 works
  4. 4 Urban Development and Societal Issues Urban Studies 11 works
  5. 5 Social and Political Issues Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  6. 6 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  7. 7 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 7 works
  8. 8 Psychology and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 6 works
  9. 9 Migration, Racism, and Human Rights Health 6 works
  10. 10 Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies Philosophy 6 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 available70.7%not open29.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Santos as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Universidade Católica de Santos0.0016% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidade Católica de Santos 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Universidade Católica de Santos3.9% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.2% in 2008.

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