Universidade de Fortaleza
In research, Universidade de Fortaleza stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,231 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,560 of 5,988 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,755 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Law, Information Systems and Management and Occupational Therapy (Law is 11.9× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #3,455 of 22,385 · #2,848 all time
- Rank in Brazil
- #137 of 684
- Research works
- 7.9k ▼ 12% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 44k 5.6 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 5.6% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.74× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 74% world 40%
- International
- 15% world 18%
What is Universidade de Fortaleza 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 | #2,231 of 9,585 | 6.8% | 765 | #1740 | |
| Social SciencesField | #1,560 of 5,988 | 7.0% | 490 | #1232 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #3,755 of 9,902 | 3.9% | 606 | #4177 | |
| MedicineField | #3,657 of 8,541 | 3.3% | 412 | #4382 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #6,055 of 10,670 | 4.9% | 222 | #3469 | |
| Health ProfessionsField | #1,105 of 1,895 | 6.0% | 143 | #987 | |
| LawSubfield | #290 of 445 | 7.9% | 123 | #335 | |
| EducationSubfield | #1,333 of 1,930 | 7.9% | 114 | #1570 | |
| Computer ScienceField | #3,091 of 4,417 | 6.6% | 89 | #1711 | |
| Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield | #1,779 of 2,526 | 5.4% | 122 | #1643 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade de Fortaleza 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#1,740 #2,231
- Social Sciences#1,232 #1,560
- Health Sciences#4,177 #3,755
- Medicine#4,382 #3,657
- Physical Sciences#3,469 #6,055
- Health Professions#987 #1,105
- Law#335 #290
- Education#1,570 #1,333
- Computer Science#1,711 #3,091
- Sociology and Political Science#1,643 #1,779
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 de Fortaleza work in?
In 2022-now, 44% of research at Universidade de Fortaleza is in Social Sciences, 36% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Medicine (25%), Health Professions (8%). It does 1.8× 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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Social Sciences83344.3%
- Social Sciences53628.5%
- Psychology924.9%
- Business, Management and Accounting713.8%
- Decision Sciences703.7%
- Arts and Humanities341.8%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance301.6%
- Health Sciences67836.1%
- Medicine46324.6%
- Health Professions1598.5%
- Dentistry452.4%
- Nursing90.5%
- Veterinary20.1%
- Physical Sciences24413.0%
- Computer Science985.2%
- Environmental Science733.9%
- Engineering573.0%
- Materials Science50.2%
- Energy20.1%
- Physics and Astronomy20.1%
- Chemistry20.1%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences20.1%
- Mathematics20.1%
- Chemical Engineering10.1%
- Life Sciences1256.7%
What does Universidade de Fortaleza specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Law takes 11.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- LawSubfield · 130.1 works12×
- Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 59.1 works11×
- Occupational TherapySubfield · 20.3 works6.4×
- Oral SurgerySubfield · 23.1 works6.4×
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: Dentistry, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Dentistry4.96×45 works
- Decision Sciences3.86×70 works
- Health Professions3.21×159 works
- Social Sciences2.25×536 works
- Psychology1.60×92 works
- Medicine1.28×463 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.18×71 works
- Nursing0.95×9 works
- Veterinary0.93×2 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.79×15 works
- Environmental Science0.78×73 works
- Neuroscience0.74×22 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.73×30 works
- Computer Science0.67×98 works
- Arts and Humanities0.63×34 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.46×41 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.46×46 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.22×2 works
- Engineering0.20×57 works
- Chemical Engineering0.18×1 works
- Energy0.14×2 works
- Chemistry0.08×2 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×2 works
- Materials Science0.07×5 works
- Mathematics0.07×2 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.06×2 works
- Dentistry 5.0×
- Decision Sciences 3.9×
- Health Professions 3.2×
- Social Sciences 2.2×
- Psychology 1.6×
- Medicine 1.3×
- Business, Management and Accounting 1.2×
- Nursing 0.9×
- Veterinary 0.9×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.8×
- Environmental Science 0.8×
- Neuroscience 0.7×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.7×
- Computer Science 0.7×
- Arts and Humanities 0.6×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.5×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.5×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.2×
- Engineering 0.2×
- Chemical Engineering 0.2×
- Energy 0.1×
- Chemistry 0.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.1×
- Materials Science 0.1×
- Mathematics 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at Universidade de Fortaleza?
Ranked on the quality score, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Tiago Jessé Souza de Lima and José Milton de Sousa-Filho lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade de Fortaleza.
- 1
Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque
Brazil · #102,681 worldwide 24k citations · 490 works
- 2
Tiago Jessé Souza de Lima
Brazil · #839,549 worldwide 1.2k citations · 91 works
- 3
José Milton de Sousa-Filho
Brazil · #1,115,265 worldwide 2.3k citations · 107 works
- 4
Bruno de Souza Lessa
Brazil · #1,302,316 worldwide 446 citations · 47 works
- 5
Hygor P. M. Melo
Brazil · #1,398,813 worldwide 380 citations · 41 works
- 6
Antonio S. Lima Neto
Brazil · #1,684,259 worldwide 645 citations · 65 works
- 7
Marcelo Borges Cavalcante
Brazil · #2,017,472 worldwide 1.5k citations · 94 works
- 8
Vasco Furtado
Brazil · #2,128,125 worldwide 1.9k citations · 207 works
- 9
André Soares Lopes
Brazil · #2,196,503 worldwide 334 citations · 32 works
- 10
Antonio Roberto L. de Macedo
Brazil · #2,228,440 worldwide 336 citations · 15 works
Which keywords describe research at Universidade de Fortaleza?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Legal Theory, Legal Philosophy, Social Justice, Environmental Law, Constitutional Law, Public Administration and Civil Rights.
- Medication
- Equity
- Health Policy
- Quantitative Research
- Research Methods
- Data Analysis
- Educational Policy
- Training
- Research
- Inclusion
- Risk Factors
- Public Policy
- Mental Health
- Qualitative Research
- Civil Rights
- Healthcare
- Environmental Law
- Quality of Life
- Legal Theory
- Epidemiology
- Human Rights
- Public Health
- Legal Philosophy
- Social Justice
- Constitutional Law
- Public Administration
- Judicial Activism
- Healthcare Access
- Social Determinants
- Online Learning
- Educational Technology
- Legislation
- E-Learning
- Distance Education
- Digital Business
- Marketing Strategies
- Organizational Management
- Prevalence
- Primary Care
- Judicialization
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
- Human Rights138▲ 7.2×30 topics
- Epidemiology129▲ 1.72×119 topics
- Public Health120▲ 4.4×44 topics
- Legal Theory119▲ 93×3 topics
- Legal Philosophy117▲ 101×2 topics
- Quality of Life116▲ 4.3×52 topics
- Social Justice114▲ 10×17 topics
- Environmental Law112▲ 29×3 topics
- Constitutional Law109▲ 44×3 topics
- Healthcare108▲ 5.0×19 topics
- Public Administration108▲ 70×2 topics
- Civil Rights108▲ 86×1 topic
- Judicial Activism108▲ 129×1 topic
- Qualitative Research100▲ 6.3×13 topics
- Healthcare Access88▲ 17×8 topics
- Mental Health84▲ 3.1×35 topics
- Social Determinants82▲ 21×6 topics
- Public Policy73▲ 8.2×15 topics
- Online Learning73▲ 4.7×7 topics
- Risk Factors64▲ 3.1×29 topics
- Educational Technology62▲ 2.8×10 topics
- Inclusion62▲ 23×4 topics
- Legislation62▲ 21×3 topics
- Research61▲ 26×5 topics
- E-Learning61▲ 3.3×6 topics
- Training61▲ 15×4 topics
- Distance Education59▲ 16×2 topics
- Educational Policy59▲ 13×2 topics
- Digital Business59▲ 62×1 topic
- Data Analysis56▲ 11×5 topics
- Marketing Strategies56▲ 32×2 topics
- Research Methods55▲ 19×2 topics
- Organizational Management55▲ 49×1 topic
- Quantitative Research55▲ 23×1 topic
- Prevalence49▲ 6.3×14 topics
- Health Policy47▲ 16×5 topics
- Primary Care44▲ 6.3×8 topics
- Equity38▲ 52×2 topics
- Judicialization37▲ 74×1 topic
- Medication37▲ 74×1 topic
Which research topics does Universidade de Fortaleza publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Brazilian Legal Issues, Academic Research in Diverse Fields, Business and Management Studies and Public Health in Brazil.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 108 works
- 2 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 59 works
- 3 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 55 works
- 4 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 37 works
- 5 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 32 works
- 6 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 29 works
- 7 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 21 works
- 8 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 21 works
- 9 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 20 works
- 10 Psychology and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 18 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 de Fortaleza's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 12% lower 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 de Fortaleza as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0078% in 2024.
Fractional works of Universidade de Fortaleza 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 8.9% in 2017.
Other research institutions in Fortaleza
- Universidade Federal do Ceará
- Universidade Estadual do Ceará
- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará
- Unichristus
- Hospital Geral de Fortaleza
- Hospital Infantil Albert Sabin
- Fundação Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
- Hospital de Messejana
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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