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Universidade Federal de São Carlos

In research, Universidade Federal de São Carlos stands highest in Occupational Therapy (#2 of 63 worldwide), Health Sciences (#964 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,104 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Occupational Therapy, Forestry and Urban Studies — Occupational Therapy is 7.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,455
of 28,054 · #1,344 all time
Rank in Brazil
#10
of 714
Research works
39k
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
469k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Universidade Federal de São Carlos 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
Occupational TherapySubfield #2 of 63 12.6%100 #34
Health SciencesDomain #964 of 11,982 10.6%1,281 #1880
Physical SciencesDomain #1,104 of 12,888 9.7%3,134 #973
MedicineField #1,147 of 10,443 11.0%818 #3066
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #391 of 3,409 14.2%472 #461
Social SciencesDomain #1,688 of 10,521 7.3%2,823 #1686
EngineeringField #1,228 of 6,636 10.7%1,030 #1107
Materials ScienceField #500 of 2,468 10.6%438 #561
Health ProfessionsField #401 of 1,928 9.3%407 #579
Life SciencesDomain #1,863 of 7,800 13.8%805 #2584

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade Federal de São Carlos 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. Occupational Therapy#34 #2
  2. Health Sciences#1,880 #964
  3. Physical Sciences#973 #1,104
  4. Medicine#3,066 #1,147
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#461 #391
  6. Social Sciences#1,686 #1,688
  7. Engineering#1,107 #1,228
  8. Materials Science#561 #500
  9. Health Professions#579 #401
  10. Life Sciences#2,584 #1,863
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 São Carlos specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Occupational Therapy takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Occupational TherapySubfield · 99.8 works7.4×
  2. ForestrySubfield · 54.0 works6.5×
  3. Urban StudiesSubfield · 124.5 works5.6×
  4. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 122.1 works5.3×
  5. Ceramics and CompositesSubfield · 24.7 works4.4×
  6. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 197.1 works4.2×
  7. ElectrochemistrySubfield · 20.1 works3.4×
← 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: 1.24× its world share, 472 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 231 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 68 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.64× its world share, 46 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.29× its world share, 163 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 402 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 72 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.12× its world share, 83 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.85× its world share, 1,030 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.67× its world share, 669 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.56× its world share, 438 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.30× its world share, 123 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 108 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.66× its world share, 26 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.92× its world share, 408 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 818 worksMedicineNursing: 0.67× its world share, 26 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.61× its world share, 374 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 149 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.02× its world share, 157 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 80 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.33× its world share, 326 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.70× its world share, 1,735 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidade Federal de São Carlos?

Ranked on the composite score, Moacir Godinho Filho, Márcia R. Cominetti and Glauco Henrique de Sousa Mendes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade Federal de São Carlos.

  1. 1 Moacir Godinho Filho Brazil · #59,024 worldwide 370 citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Márcia R. Cominetti Brazil · #73,765 worldwide 309 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Glauco Henrique de Sousa Mendes Brazil · #109,749 worldwide 233 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Vladimir M. Fokin Brazil · #128,383 worldwide 214 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Roseli Esquerdo Lopes Brazil · #152,726 worldwide 43 citations · 43 works
  6. 6 Orlando Fatibello‐Filho Brazil · #168,372 worldwide 511 citations · 97 works
  7. 7 José Galízia Tundisi Brazil · #175,862 worldwide 174 citations · 56 works
  8. 8 Ana Paula Serrata Malfitano Brazil · #185,435 worldwide 37 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Enicéia Gonçalves Mendes Brazil · #206,281 worldwide 23 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Edgar Dutra Zanotto Brazil · #209,799 worldwide 556 citations · 109 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade Federal de São Carlos

Which keywords describe research at Universidade Federal de São Carlos?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Public Policy, Qualitative Research, Social Inequality, Sustainability, Curriculum Development, Educational Policies 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 2022–2025 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. Sustainability442▲ 2.3×81 topics
  2. Teacher Training442▲ 8.8×16 topics
  3. Qualitative Research421▲ 6.0×21 topics
  4. Public Policy389▲ 9.8×19 topics
  5. Globalization326▲ 2.1×93 topics
  6. Quality of Life299▲ 2.6×55 topics
  7. Education286▲ 2.1×73 topics
  8. Social Inequality274▲ 13×13 topics
  9. Curriculum Development266▲ 4.7×9 topics
  10. Public Health247▲ 2.1×51 topics
  11. Educational Technology242▲ 2.5×25 topics
  12. Mental Health236▲ 2.0×38 topics
  13. Online Learning214▲ 3.2×13 topics
  14. Inclusive Education199▲ 7.0×13 topics
  15. Biodiversity193▲ 3.2×31 topics
  16. Educational Policies191▲ 20×3 topics
  17. Distance Learning189▲ 7.0×7 topics
  18. Educational Reform188▲ 18×6 topics
  19. Brazil186▲ 24×5 topics
  20. Pedagogical Practices186▲ 25×3 topics
  21. Critical Pedagogy182▲ 26×4 topics
  22. Social Movements162▲ 6.7×17 topics
  23. Cultural Identity162▲ 3.9×17 topics
  24. Healthcare Access155▲ 6.9×10 topics
  25. Discourse Analysis152▲ 7.4×8 topics
  26. Agroecology147▲ 13×5 topics
  27. Data Analysis120▲ 5.5×8 topics
  28. Research Methods115▲ 8.7×2 topics
  29. Innovation Management112▲ 8.4×2 topics
  30. Marketing Strategies112▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Organizational Management112▲ 21×1 topic
  32. Quantitative Research112▲ 9.9×1 topic
  33. Anthropology111▲ 14×6 topics
  34. Health Policy111▲ 8.8×7 topics
  35. Social Network Analysis110▲ 11×7 topics
  36. Aging Population108▲ 15×4 topics
  37. Media Education107▲ 24×1 topic
  38. WebQuests107▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Environmental Education107▲ 8.7×9 topics
  40. Science Education105▲ 21×3 topics

Which research topics does Universidade Federal de São Carlos publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education Pedagogy and Practices, Business and Management Studies, Education and Digital Technologies and Health, Nursing, Elderly Care.

Education Pedagogy and P…181Education Pedagogy and Practices: 181 fractional worksBusiness and Management …112Business and Management Studies: 112 fractional worksEducation and Digital Te…107Education and Digital Technologies: 107 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly…92Health, Nursing, Elderly Care: 92 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 90 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 83 fractional worksLinguistics and Educatio…80Linguistics and Education Research: 80 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 79 fractional worksRural Development and Agriculture: 79 fractional worksEducation and Public Pol…68Education and Public Policy: 68 fractional works
EducationInformation Systems and ManagementSociology and Political ScienceGeneral Health Professions3 others

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

  1. 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 181 works
  2. 2 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 112 works
  3. 3 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 107 works
  4. 4 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 92 works
  5. 5 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 90 works
  6. 6 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 83 works
  7. 7 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 80 works
  8. 8 Science and Education Research Education 79 works
  9. 9 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 79 works
  10. 10 Education and Public Policy Political Science and International Relations 68 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 available61.7%not open38.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.6%domestic only85.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidade Federal de São Carlos's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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.

Other research institutions in São Carlos

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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.