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Universidade Federal de São Paulo

In research, Universidade Federal de São Paulo stands highest in Health Sciences (#408 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#554 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#755 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Urban Studies and Ophthalmology — Endocrine and Autonomic Systems is 4.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,340
of 28,054 · #1,591 all time
Rank in Brazil
#8
of 714
Research works
40k
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
592k
14.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Universidade Federal de São Paulo 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
Health SciencesDomain #408 of 11,982 9.8%3,778 #444
MedicineField #554 of 10,443 9.8%3,113 #599
Life SciencesDomain #755 of 7,800 11.4%1,119 #909
Social SciencesDomain #1,488 of 10,521 10.3%2,440 #1600
Computer ScienceField #751 of 4,667 12.1%187 #1833
NursingField #36 of 213 15.5%84 #95
Physical SciencesDomain #2,309 of 12,888 10.7%1,176 #3695
Health ProfessionsField #366 of 1,928 9.2%532 #363
Social SciencesField #1,340 of 6,365 10.2%1,346 #1543
SurgerySubfield #397 of 1,816 8.5%334 #577

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade Federal de São Paulo 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. Health Sciences#444 #408
  2. Medicine#599 #554
  3. Life Sciences#909 #755
  4. Social Sciences#1,600 #1,488
  5. Computer Science#1,833 #751
  6. Nursing#95 #36
  7. Physical Sciences#3,695 #2,309
  8. Health Professions#363 #366
  9. Social Sciences#1,543 #1,340
  10. Surgery#577 #397
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 Paulo specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Endocrine and Autonomic Systems takes 4.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Endocrine and Autonomic SystemsSubfield · 33.7 works4.7×
  2. Urban StudiesSubfield · 102.1 works4.3×
  3. OphthalmologySubfield · 91.6 works4.0×
← 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: 0.52× its world share, 212 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.11× its world share, 505 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.31× its world share, 113 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.93× its world share, 266 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 24 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.52× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 66 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 187 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 49 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 22 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 254 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.85× its world share, 359 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.50× its world share, 147 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 34 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 43 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.95× its world share, 39 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.37× its world share, 532 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.90× its world share, 3,112 worksMedicineNursing: 2.01× its world share, 84 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.92× its world share, 11 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.68× its world share, 414 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 102 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 93 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 90 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.52× its world share, 394 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 1,346 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Francisco Antônio Helfenstein Fonseca, Cleusa P. Ferri and Marcos Bosi Ferraz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade Federal de São Paulo.

  1. 1 Francisco Antônio Helfenstein Fonseca Brazil · #10,080 worldwide 676 citations · 73 works
  2. 2 Cleusa P. Ferri Brazil · #20,542 worldwide 553 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Marcos Bosi Ferraz Brazil · #28,432 worldwide 369 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Flávia Ribeiro Machado Brazil · #35,721 worldwide 321 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Arnaldo Lopes Colombo Brazil · #38,251 worldwide 329 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Jair de Jesus Mari Brazil · #42,180 worldwide 404 citations · 73 works
  7. 7 Luíz Eduardo Nery Brazil · #46,113 worldwide 247 citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Elisa Brietzke Brazil · #47,865 worldwide 371 citations · 44 works
  9. 9 Rozana Mesquita Ciconelli Brazil · #52,933 worldwide 293 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Lucas Petri Damiani Brazil · #66,592 worldwide 302 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Which keywords describe research at Universidade Federal de São Paulo?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Public Health, Public Policy, Healthcare Access, Inflammation, Qualitative Research and Teacher Training.

▲ 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. Epidemiology793▲ 2.4×132 topics
  2. Quality of Life432▲ 3.5×57 topics
  3. Public Health411▲ 3.3×62 topics
  4. Inflammation354▲ 1.99×83 topics
  5. Globalization297▲ 1.78×101 topics
  6. Public Policy275▲ 6.6×19 topics
  7. Treatment271▲ 2.6×49 topics
  8. Qualitative Research255▲ 3.4×22 topics
  9. Mental Health251▲ 2.0×43 topics
  10. Risk Factors250▲ 2.7×37 topics
  11. Education248▲ 1.69×79 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease235▲ 2.5×37 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress228▲ 1.63×60 topics
  14. Teacher Training223▲ 4.2×17 topics
  15. Healthcare Access215▲ 9.0×11 topics
  16. Educational Technology202▲ 2.0×26 topics
  17. Depression176▲ 2.4×26 topics
  18. Cultural Identity169▲ 3.8×21 topics
  19. Health Policy166▲ 12×7 topics
  20. Chronic Diseases166▲ 7.6×9 topics
  21. Metabolic Syndrome163▲ 2.4×24 topics
  22. Identity156▲ 2.5×45 topics
  23. Prevalence154▲ 4.5×15 topics
  24. Social Inequality152▲ 6.7×15 topics
  25. Primary Care148▲ 4.6×15 topics
  26. Brazil147▲ 18×5 topics
  27. Adolescents144▲ 4.5×11 topics
  28. Colonialism143▲ 3.5×28 topics
  29. Social Determinants141▲ 7.8×8 topics
  30. Health139▲ 4.1×21 topics
  31. Aging Population131▲ 17×4 topics
  32. Social Movements129▲ 5.1×27 topics
  33. Social Determinants of Health128▲ 6.6×8 topics
  34. Brazilian Health System115▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Community-Based Care115▲ 31×1 topic
  36. Anthropology107▲ 13×8 topics
  37. Pedagogical Practices94▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Educational Policies92▲ 9.4×3 topics
  39. Educational Reform92▲ 8.5×5 topics
  40. Critical Pedagogy88▲ 12×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Health, Nursing, Elderly Care, Education Pedagogy and Practices, Environmental Sustainability and Education and Youth, Drugs, and Violence.

Health, Nursing, Elderly…115Health, Nursing, Elderly Care: 115 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and P…88Education Pedagogy and Practices: 88 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 70 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence: 64 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 62 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 59 fractional worksCultural, Media, and Lit…56Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies: 56 fractional worksLinguistics and Education Research: 54 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 49 fractional worksUrban Development and So…48Urban Development and Societal Issues: 48 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEducationManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawDemography6 others

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

  1. 1 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 115 works
  2. 2 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 88 works
  3. 3 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 70 works
  4. 4 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 64 works
  5. 5 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 62 works
  6. 6 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 59 works
  7. 7 Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies Philosophy 56 works
  8. 8 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 54 works
  9. 9 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 49 works
  10. 10 Urban Development and Societal Issues Urban Studies 48 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 available65.9%not open34.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.5%domestic only84.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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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.