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Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina

In research, Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,118 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,702 of 5,988 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,215 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Information Systems and Management and Education (Information Systems and Management is 13.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,388
of 22,385 · #2,202 all time
Rank in Brazil
#128
of 684
Research works
6.7k
▼ 74% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
1.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina

What is Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina 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 #2,118 of 9,585 10.0%355 #1193
Social SciencesField #1,702 of 5,988 11.1%254 #1079
Health SciencesDomain #3,215 of 9,902 3.4%167 #2773
EducationSubfield #805 of 1,930 13.6%111 #478
MedicineField #3,580 of 8,541 3.9%113 #3459
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,730 of 2,526 7.0%63 #1316
Physical SciencesDomain #7,836 of 10,670 8.1%80 #3740

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina 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#1,193 #2,118
  2. Social Sciences#1,079 #1,702
  3. Health Sciences#2,773 #3,215
  4. Education#478 #805
  5. Medicine#3,459 #3,580
  6. Sociology and Political Science#1,316 #1,730
  7. Physical Sciences#3,740 #7,836
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 do Oeste de Santa Catarina work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina is in Social Sciences, 26% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (39%), Medicine (18%), Health Professions (7%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 388 fractional works · 54.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 278 fractional works · 38.8% of its workEducation: 126 fractional works · 17.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 64 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 24 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLaw: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDemography: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workUrban Studies: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 41 fractional works · 5.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 30 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 28 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 24 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 184 fractional works · 25.8% of its workMedicine: 126 fractional works · 17.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 27 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSurgery: 27 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 50 fractional works · 7.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 28 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 86 fractional works · 12.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 31 fractional works · 4.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 16 fractional works · 2.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 26 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 25 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems: 20 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 58 fractional works · 8.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 33 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workForestry: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidade doOeste de Santa…716fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences54%

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 Sciences27838.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting415.7%
    3. Decision Sciences304.1%
    4. Psychology243.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities101.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance60.8%
    1. Medicine12617.6%
    2. Health Professions507.0%
    3. Dentistry40.5%
    4. Nursing30.4%
    5. Veterinary20.3%
    1. Environmental Science314.3%
    2. Engineering263.7%
    3. Computer Science253.5%
    4. Chemistry20.3%
    5. Energy10.1%
    6. Materials Science10.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences334.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology152.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology50.7%
    4. Neuroscience30.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Information Systems and Management takes 13.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 28.3 works14×
  2. EducationSubfield · 126.3 works5.8×
← 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: 0.97× its world share, 33 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 25 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 31 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 1.12× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.65× its world share, 50 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.91× its world share, 126 worksMedicineNursing: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.11× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.50× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.76× its world share, 41 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.28× its world share, 30 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.08× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.07× its world share, 278 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences4.28×30 works
  2. Social Sciences3.07×278 works
  3. Health Professions2.65×50 works
  4. Veterinary2.11×2 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.76×41 works
  6. Dentistry1.12×4 works
  7. Psychology1.08×24 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.97×33 works
  9. Medicine0.91×126 works
  10. Environmental Science0.87×31 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.73×5 works
  12. Nursing0.72×2 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.57×1 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.50×10 works
  15. Computer Science0.45×25 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.39×15 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.37×6 works
  18. Neuroscience0.28×3 works
  19. Engineering0.24×26 works
  20. Chemistry0.16×2 works
  21. Energy0.14×1 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.03×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.03×1 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina?

Ranked on the quality score, Simone Sehnem, Dulcimar José Julkovski and Taís Provensi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina.

  1. 1 Simone Sehnem Brazil · #705,684 worldwide 3.8k citations · 289 works
  2. 2 Dulcimar José Julkovski Brazil · #1,230,464 worldwide 614 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Taís Provensi Brazil · #1,292,357 worldwide 177 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Aline Pertile Remor Brazil · #1,852,692 worldwide 1.3k citations · 64 works
  5. 5 Tiago Zonta Brazil · #2,147,507 worldwide 1.5k citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Ana Cláudia Lara Brazil · #2,273,916 worldwide 152 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Graciele Tonial Brazil · #2,516,686 worldwide 184 citations · 59 works
  8. 8 Abel Botelho Quaresma Brazil · #2,564,558 worldwide 866 citations · 75 works
  9. 9 Edson Luis Kuzma Brazil · #2,692,156 worldwide 647 citations · 42 works
  10. 10 Darlan José Roman Brazil · #2,725,295 worldwide 510 citations · 52 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina

What are the most cited papers from Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina?

The most cited paper from Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina is "Pathways towards sustainability in manufacturing organizations: Empirical evidence on the role of green human resource management" (Jing Yi Yong, Mohd‐Yusoff Yusliza, Thurasamy Ramayah et al., 2019), with 706 citations. Next come "Global evolution of inflammatory bowel disease across epidemiologic stages" (438) and "Management challenges for the 21st century" (329).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Pathways towards sustainability in manufacturing organizations: Empirical evidence on the role of green human resource management Jing Yi Yong, Mohd‐Yusoff Yusliza, Thurasamy Ramayah et al. · Business Strategy and the Environment Open access 19 Jul 2019 706
2 Global evolution of inflammatory bowel disease across epidemiologic stages Lindsay Hracs et al. · Nature Open access 30 Apr 2025 438
3 Management challenges for the 21st century Franck Renand · Revista de Administração de Empresas Open access Dec 2000 329
4 A clinical evaluation of posterior composite restorations: 17-year findings Paulo Antônio da Rosa Rodolpho, Maximiliano Sérgio Cenci, Tiago Aurélio Donassollo et al. · Journal of Dentistry 29 Nov 2005 301
5 Capacidade funcional e fatores associados em idosos do Sul do Brasil: um estudo de base populacional Mariarosa Mendes Fiedler, Karen Glazer Peres · Cadernos de Saúde Pública Open access Feb 2008 243
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Qualitative Research, Social Inequality, Public Policy, Online Learning, Curriculum Development, Educational Technology and Inclusive Education.

▲ 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. Teacher Training80▲ 18×9 topics
  2. Qualitative Research78▲ 13×14 topics
  3. Social Inequality58▲ 30×6 topics
  4. Epidemiology55▲ 1.94×78 topics
  5. Public Policy54▲ 16×11 topics
  6. Educational Technology54▲ 6.4×9 topics
  7. Online Learning51▲ 8.6×6 topics
  8. Curriculum Development50▲ 10×4 topics
  9. Public Health48▲ 4.6×21 topics
  10. Quality of Life47▲ 4.6×37 topics
  11. Healthcare44▲ 5.4×10 topics
  12. Inclusive Education44▲ 17×4 topics
  13. Educational Policies42▲ 55×2 topics
  14. Distance Learning42▲ 17×2 topics
  15. Pedagogical Practices41▲ 65×2 topics
  16. Critical Pedagogy41▲ 69×2 topics
  17. Educational Reform41▲ 47×2 topics
  18. Sustainability40▲ 2.3×25 topics
  19. E-Learning30▲ 4.3×8 topics
  20. Inclusion28▲ 27×4 topics
  21. Legislation28▲ 24×3 topics
  22. Educational Policy28▲ 15×3 topics
  23. Marketing Strategies28▲ 42×2 topics
  24. Research Methods28▲ 25×2 topics
  25. Research27▲ 31×4 topics
  26. Distance Education27▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Case Study27▲ 61×1 topic
  28. Organizational Management27▲ 63×1 topic
  29. Training27▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Digital Business27▲ 73×1 topic
  31. Healthcare Access26▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Social Impact26▲ 9.1×8 topics
  33. Higher Education24▲ 6.2×8 topics
  34. Brazil21▲ 32×4 topics
  35. Social Movements21▲ 9.8×6 topics
  36. Social Network Analysis19▲ 23×1 topic
  37. WebQuests19▲ 52×1 topic
  38. Quality Assurance18▲ 15×4 topics
  39. Social Determinants18▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Health Policy17▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education Pedagogy and Practices, Business and Management Studies, Academic Research in Diverse Fields and Education and Digital Technologies.

Education Pedagogy and P…41Education Pedagogy and Practices: 41 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 27 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…27Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 27 fractional worksEducation and Digital Te…19Education and Digital Technologies: 19 fractional worksEducation and Public Policy: 17 fractional worksEducation during COVID-19 pandemic: 14 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues14Brazilian Legal Issues: 14 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 14 fractional worksRural and Ethnic Education: 10 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 10 fractional works
EducationInformation Systems and ManagementSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations3 others

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

  1. 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 41 works
  2. 2 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 27 works
  3. 3 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 27 works
  4. 4 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 19 works
  5. 5 Education and Public Policy Political Science and International Relations 17 works
  6. 6 Education during COVID-19 pandemic Education 14 works
  7. 7 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 14 works
  8. 8 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 14 works
  9. 9 Rural and Ethnic Education Education 10 works
  10. 10 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 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 available34.6%not open65.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.8%domestic only96.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 74% 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 do Oeste de Santa Catarina as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0026% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina0.0029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina 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 do Oeste de Santa Catarina8.6% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.8% in 2007.

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