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Universidade Federal de Viçosa

In research, Universidade Federal de Viçosa stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#78 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#160 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,171 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Forestry, Insect Science and Animal Science and Zoology — Forestry is 16.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,244
of 28,054 · #2,462 all time
Rank in Brazil
#20
of 714
Research works
26k
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
336k
12.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Universidade Federal de Viçosa 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 #78 of 3,409 16.4%1,418 #91
Plant ScienceSubfield #160 of 1,395 17.5%625 #272
Life SciencesDomain #1,171 of 7,800 15.7%1,870 #1260
Health SciencesDomain #2,265 of 11,982 13.5%640 #3054
Insect ScienceSubfield #20 of 102 21.1%120 #67
Physical SciencesDomain #2,558 of 12,888 9.9%1,522 #3017
ForestrySubfield #9 of 44 11.0%91 #10
Environmental ScienceField #968 of 3,551 9.2%613 #917
Social SciencesDomain #2,900 of 10,521 7.0%1,238 #4174
MedicineField #2,953 of 10,443 14.9%405 #5341

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade Federal de Viçosa 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#91 #78
  2. Plant Science#272 #160
  3. Life Sciences#1,260 #1,171
  4. Health Sciences#3,054 #2,265
  5. Insect Science#67 #20
  6. Physical Sciences#3,017 #2,558
  7. Forestry#10 #9
  8. Environmental Science#917 #968
  9. Social Sciences#4,174 #2,900
  10. Medicine#5,341 #2,953
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 Viçosa specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Forestry takes 16.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ForestrySubfield · 91.5 works17×
  2. Insect ScienceSubfield · 120.5 works8.1×
  3. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 83.2 works7.2×
  4. Plant ScienceSubfield · 624.8 works6.8×
  5. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 79.8 works6.4×
  6. Soil ScienceSubfield · 90.7 works5.7×
← 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: 5.66× its world share, 1,418 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.39× its world share, 392 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 34 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.72× its world share, 13 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.91× its world share, 75 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 133 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 55 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.91× its world share, 44 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.52× its world share, 411 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.34× its world share, 613 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 94 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 35 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 49 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 136 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 405 worksMedicineNursing: 2.49× its world share, 64 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.19× its world share, 30 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.90× its world share, 137 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 76 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.94× its world share, 99 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 68 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 66 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 792 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidade Federal de Viçosa?

Ranked on the composite score, Horácio Santiago Rostagno, Olinto Liparini Pereira and Rosângela Minardi Mitre Cotta lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade Federal de Viçosa.

  1. 1 Horácio Santiago Rostagno Brazil · #30,682 worldwide 341 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Olinto Liparini Pereira Brazil · #58,108 worldwide 262 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Rosângela Minardi Mitre Cotta Brazil · #90,979 worldwide 84 citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Wagner L. Araújo Brazil · #96,802 worldwide 401 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 F. Murilo Zerbini Brazil · #146,732 worldwide 233 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Sebastião Venâncio Martins Brazil · #160,852 worldwide 161 citations · 53 works
  7. 7 José Cambraia Brazil · #161,699 worldwide 142 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Hugo Alberto Ruíz Brazil · #180,570 worldwide 127 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Fábio M. DaMatta Brazil · #200,177 worldwide 261 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Hércia Stampini Duarte Martino Brazil · #204,060 worldwide 190 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Which keywords describe research at Universidade Federal de Viçosa?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Policy, Genetic Diversity, Sustainability, Climate Change, Biodiversity, Qualitative Research, Environmental Impact and Agroecology.

▲ 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 Change291▲ 2.0×87 topics
  2. Sustainability286▲ 2.2×74 topics
  3. Environmental Impact222▲ 2.5×47 topics
  4. Public Policy207▲ 8.0×18 topics
  5. Qualitative Research177▲ 3.9×11 topics
  6. Biodiversity176▲ 4.5×32 topics
  7. Genetic Diversity173▲ 7.4×20 topics
  8. Globalization170▲ 1.64×65 topics
  9. Food Security129▲ 4.4×18 topics
  10. Invasive Species124▲ 5.5×21 topics
  11. Teacher Training124▲ 3.8×14 topics
  12. Agroecology118▲ 15×6 topics
  13. Drought Tolerance107▲ 14×9 topics
  14. Soil Fertility100▲ 8.4×9 topics
  15. Gut Microbiota96▲ 5.2×7 topics
  16. Agriculture95▲ 4.5×11 topics
  17. Phylogenetic Analysis94▲ 5.9×14 topics
  18. Social Development88▲ 21×3 topics
  19. Value-Added Products85▲ 24×2 topics
  20. Brazil85▲ 16×5 topics
  21. Global Change85▲ 6.2×5 topics
  22. Rural Sociology85▲ 41×2 topics
  23. Family Farming85▲ 45×1 topic
  24. Rural Policy85▲ 45×1 topic
  25. Data Analysis84▲ 5.9×8 topics
  26. Habitat Fragmentation82▲ 7.1×5 topics
  27. Marketing Strategies82▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Economic Analysis81▲ 10×7 topics
  29. Research Methods81▲ 9.3×2 topics
  30. Organizational Management81▲ 23×1 topic
  31. Quantitative Research81▲ 11×1 topic
  32. Plant Breeding80▲ 16×4 topics
  33. Social Inequality80▲ 5.7×11 topics
  34. Technological Innovation77▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Waste Utilization76▲ 24×3 topics
  36. Sustainable Production76▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Biological Control75▲ 9.6×9 topics
  38. Forest Biomass75▲ 40×1 topic
  39. Wood Residues75▲ 40×1 topic
  40. Plant Nutrition67▲ 13×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Rural Development and Agriculture, Business and Management Studies, Agricultural and Food Sciences and Growth and nutrition in plants.

Rural Development and Ag…85Rural Development and Agriculture: 85 fractional worksBusiness and Management …81Business and Management Studies: 81 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Sc…75Agricultural and Food Sciences: 75 fractional worksGrowth and nutrition in …58Growth and nutrition in plants: 58 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 53 fractional worksEducation and Public Policy: 45 fractional worksSoil Management and Crop…45Soil Management and Crop Yield: 45 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and Practices: 44 fractional worksUrban Development and Societal Issues: 43 fractional worksSocial and Economic Soli…41Social and Economic Solidarity: 41 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawInformation Systems and ManagementForestryPlant Science6 others

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

  1. 1 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 85 works
  2. 2 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 81 works
  3. 3 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 75 works
  4. 4 Growth and nutrition in plants Plant Science 58 works
  5. 5 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 53 works
  6. 6 Education and Public Policy Political Science and International Relations 45 works
  7. 7 Soil Management and Crop Yield Soil Science 45 works
  8. 8 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 44 works
  9. 9 Urban Development and Societal Issues Urban Studies 43 works
  10. 10 Social and Economic Solidarity Sociology and Political Science 41 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 available69.6%not open30.4%

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 Viçosa's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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.