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Universidade Federal de Lavras

In research, Universidade Federal de Lavras stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#207 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#287 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,132 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Forestry, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Plant Science — Forestry is 19.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,905
of 28,054 · #3,708 all time
Rank in Brazil
#38
of 714
Research works
15k
▲ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
196k
12.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is Universidade Federal de Lavras 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #207 of 3,409 13.4%1,084 #144
Plant ScienceSubfield #287 of 1,395 14.1%507 #574
Life SciencesDomain #2,132 of 7,800 12.9%1,344 #1823
Social SciencesDomain #3,087 of 10,521 7.9%664 #4488
Physical SciencesDomain #3,794 of 12,888 11.2%1,067 #4591
ForestrySubfield #13 of 44 12.6%69 #11
Environmental ScienceField #1,096 of 3,551 11.8%403 #1247
Social SciencesField #2,283 of 6,365 6.2%369 #2920
Food ScienceSubfield #242 of 492 14.9%145 #235
Health SciencesDomain #5,984 of 11,982 11.1%352 #7236

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade Federal de Lavras 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#144 #207
  2. Plant Science#574 #287
  3. Life Sciences#1,823 #2,132
  4. Social Sciences#4,488 #3,087
  5. Physical Sciences#4,591 #3,794
  6. Forestry#11 #13
  7. Environmental Science#1,247 #1,096
  8. Social Sciences#2,920 #2,283
  9. Food Science#235 #242
  10. Health Sciences#7,236 #5,984
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 Federal de Lavras specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Forestry takes 19.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ForestrySubfield · 69.1 works19×
  2. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 71.3 works8.7×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 506.7 works8.5×
  4. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 62.3 works8.3×
  5. Insect ScienceSubfield · 71.9 works7.4×
  6. PaleontologySubfield · 30.3 works7.3×
  7. Soil ScienceSubfield · 72.5 works7.1×
← 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: 6.66× its world share, 1,084 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.19× its world share, 217 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.57× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.95× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.27× its world share, 68 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 101 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 62 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.67× its world share, 21 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 248 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.37× its world share, 403 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.82× its world share, 98 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.48× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 40 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 42 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 237 worksMedicineNursing: 2.76× its world share, 46 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.59× its world share, 21 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.88× its world share, 87 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.63× its world share, 70 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.05× its world share, 68 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 27 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 43 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 369 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidade Federal de Lavras?

Ranked on the composite score, André Pimenta Freire, Mário César Guerreiro and Rosane Freitas Schwan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade Federal de Lavras.

  1. 1 André Pimenta Freire Brazil · #77,437 worldwide 151 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Mário César Guerreiro Brazil · #176,956 worldwide 213 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Rosane Freitas Schwan Brazil · #193,563 worldwide 401 citations · 71 works
  4. 4 José Oswaldo Siqueira Brazil · #255,560 worldwide 183 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Mônica Carvalho Alves Cappelle Brazil · #261,938 worldwide 22 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Ricardo Terra Brazil · #262,776 worldwide 83 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Ludwig H. Pfenning Brazil · #276,457 worldwide 117 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 C. R. de Souza Brazil · #298,658 worldwide 105 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Antônio Cláudio Davide Brazil · #301,877 worldwide 60 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Denilson Ferreira de Oliveira Brazil · #318,345 worldwide 77 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade Federal de Lavras

Which keywords describe research at Universidade Federal de Lavras?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Genetic Diversity, Biodiversity, Antioxidant Activity, Environmental Impact, Soil Fertility, Climate Change, Qualitative Research and Plant Nutrition.

▲ 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. Climate Change186▲ 2.0×74 topics
  2. Environmental Impact164▲ 2.8×43 topics
  3. Biodiversity134▲ 5.3×28 topics
  4. Sustainability129▲ 1.55×60 topics
  5. Antioxidant Activity119▲ 5.5×28 topics
  6. Genetic Diversity118▲ 7.8×19 topics
  7. Qualitative Research110▲ 3.7×12 topics
  8. Soil Fertility94▲ 12×8 topics
  9. Teacher Training93▲ 4.4×7 topics
  10. Metabolism88▲ 5.0×20 topics
  11. Antioxidant86▲ 3.7×41 topics
  12. Health Effects81▲ 3.9×19 topics
  13. Invasive Species79▲ 5.4×20 topics
  14. Public Policy78▲ 4.6×17 topics
  15. Plant Nutrition75▲ 22×3 topics
  16. Drought Tolerance66▲ 14×8 topics
  17. Crop Yield66▲ 40×3 topics
  18. Technological Innovation63▲ 23×3 topics
  19. Economic Analysis62▲ 12×4 topics
  20. Morphological Parameters62▲ 87×1 topic
  21. Substrates62▲ 87×1 topic
  22. Waste Utilization61▲ 30×3 topics
  23. Value-Added Products61▲ 26×2 topics
  24. Sustainable Production61▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Forest Biomass61▲ 50×1 topic
  26. Wood Residues61▲ 50×1 topic
  27. Global Change60▲ 6.7×6 topics
  28. Habitat Fragmentation60▲ 7.9×5 topics
  29. Social Inequality57▲ 6.3×6 topics
  30. Biogeography56▲ 6.3×20 topics
  31. Consumer Perception52▲ 6.9×8 topics
  32. Type 2 Diabetes50▲ 6.6×6 topics
  33. Biological Control50▲ 9.7×9 topics
  34. Cognitive Performance48▲ 14×4 topics
  35. Caffeine47▲ 85×1 topic
  36. Coffee47▲ 85×1 topic
  37. Genetic Regulation46▲ 8.3×5 topics
  38. Biomass Estimation46▲ 8.7×3 topics
  39. Research Methods45▲ 8.0×2 topics
  40. Marketing Strategies45▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidade Federal de Lavras publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Growth and nutrition in plants, Agricultural and Food Sciences, Coffee research and impacts and Business and Management Studies.

Growth and nutrition in …62Growth and nutrition in plants: 62 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Sc…61Agricultural and Food Sciences: 61 fractional worksCoffee research and impa…47Coffee research and impacts: 47 fractional worksBusiness and Management …45Business and Management Studies: 45 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and Practices: 37 fractional worksPlant tissue culture and regeneration: 35 fractional worksSoil Management and Crop…33Soil Management and Crop Yield: 33 fractional worksEducation and Digital Te…30Education and Digital Technologies: 30 fractional worksRural Development and Ag…29Rural Development and Agriculture: 29 fractional worksSeed Germination and Phy…26Seed Germination and Physiology: 26 fractional works
Plant ScienceForestryPharmacologyInformation Systems and Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Growth and nutrition in plants Plant Science 62 works
  2. 2 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 61 works
  3. 3 Coffee research and impacts Pharmacology 47 works
  4. 4 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 45 works
  5. 5 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 37 works
  6. 6 Plant tissue culture and regeneration Molecular Biology 35 works
  7. 7 Soil Management and Crop Yield Soil Science 33 works
  8. 8 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 30 works
  9. 9 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 29 works
  10. 10 Seed Germination and Physiology Plant Science 26 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 available71.9%not open28.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.1%domestic only86.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidade Federal de Lavras's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.