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Universidade Federal do Ceará

In research, Universidade Federal do Ceará stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#316 of 3,409 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,147 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,965 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Forestry, Information Systems and Management and Urban Studies — Forestry is 10.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,211
of 28,054 · #2,124 all time
Rank in Brazil
#19
of 714
Research works
36k
▲ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
334k
9.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
world 28%

What is Universidade Federal do Ceará 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 #316 of 3,409 11.1%651 #353
Health SciencesDomain #1,147 of 11,982 6.7%2,002 #1087
Physical SciencesDomain #1,965 of 12,888 9.0%2,654 #2067
MedicineField #1,714 of 10,443 6.9%1,378 #2409
Social SciencesDomain #1,987 of 10,521 6.6%3,151 #2423
Life SciencesDomain #1,625 of 7,800 11.1%1,142 #1857
Social SciencesField #1,381 of 6,365 6.3%1,927 #1844
Environmental ScienceField #958 of 3,551 6.3%786 #1292
EngineeringField #1,991 of 6,636 7.8%734 #1781
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #787 of 2,578 5.7%570 #1086

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade Federal do Ceará 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#353 #316
  2. Health Sciences#1,087 #1,147
  3. Physical Sciences#2,067 #1,965
  4. Medicine#2,409 #1,714
  5. Social Sciences#2,423 #1,987
  6. Life Sciences#1,857 #1,625
  7. Social Sciences#1,844 #1,381
  8. Environmental Science#1,292 #958
  9. Engineering#1,781 #1,991
  10. Sociology and Political Science#1,086 #787
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 do Ceará specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Forestry takes 10.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ForestrySubfield · 95.5 works10×
  2. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 178.0 works7.0×
  3. Urban StudiesSubfield · 144.4 works5.8×
  4. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 259.3 works5.0×
  5. PhilosophySubfield · 139.7 works3.6×
← 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: 1.53× its world share, 651 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 309 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.84× its world share, 76 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 81 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 25 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.69× its world share, 22 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.58× its world share, 81 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.79× its world share, 552 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 84 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 39 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 734 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.77× its world share, 786 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.48× its world share, 150 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.78× its world share, 82 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.62× its world share, 124 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.78× its world share, 120 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.83× its world share, 432 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.80× its world share, 1,378 worksMedicineNursing: 1.48× its world share, 65 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.90× its world share, 490 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 153 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.58× its world share, 223 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 105 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.93× its world share, 253 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.70× its world share, 1,927 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidade Federal do Ceará?

Ranked on the composite score, Miguel Castro, Aldo Â. M. Lima and Jörg Heukelbach lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade Federal do Ceará.

  1. 1 Miguel Castro Brazil · #12,124 worldwide 1.2k citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Aldo Â. M. Lima Brazil · #41,533 worldwide 396 citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Jörg Heukelbach Brazil · #132,312 worldwide 151 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Maria Josefina da Silva Brazil · #163,182 worldwide 36 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Suelí Rodrigues Brazil · #189,581 worldwide 291 citations · 52 works
  6. 6 Manoel Odorico de Moraes Brazil · #195,847 worldwide 291 citations · 82 works
  7. 7 Andrey Chaves Brazil · #197,989 worldwide 310 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Thelma Leite de Araújo Brazil · #228,245 worldwide 96 citations · 106 works
  9. 9 Alexandre Havt Brazil · #230,730 worldwide 138 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Paulo Bonavides Brazil · #242,716 worldwide 99 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade Federal do Ceará

Which keywords describe research at Universidade Federal do Ceará?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Public Policy, Qualitative Research, Sustainability, Social Inequality, Educational Technology, Globalization and Online Learning.

▲ 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. Sustainability490▲ 2.2×76 topics
  2. Epidemiology462▲ 1.31×135 topics
  3. Qualitative Research439▲ 5.6×22 topics
  4. Teacher Training437▲ 7.8×18 topics
  5. Public Policy392▲ 8.9×20 topics
  6. Globalization389▲ 2.2×92 topics
  7. Educational Technology360▲ 3.4×30 topics
  8. Public Health334▲ 2.6×54 topics
  9. Quality of Life318▲ 2.5×54 topics
  10. Online Learning278▲ 3.7×17 topics
  11. Education266▲ 1.73×78 topics
  12. Social Inequality256▲ 11×14 topics
  13. Curriculum Development245▲ 3.9×8 topics
  14. Healthcare242▲ 2.4×24 topics
  15. Cultural Identity218▲ 4.7×21 topics
  16. Healthcare Access196▲ 7.8×8 topics
  17. Social Determinants180▲ 9.4×7 topics
  18. Data Analysis172▲ 7.1×7 topics
  19. Research Methods169▲ 11×3 topics
  20. Quantitative Research168▲ 13×2 topics
  21. Innovation Management167▲ 11×2 topics
  22. Case Study167▲ 28×1 topic
  23. Organizational Management167▲ 28×1 topic
  24. Anthropology166▲ 19×7 topics
  25. Social Movements164▲ 6.1×18 topics
  26. Brazil163▲ 19×5 topics
  27. Cultural Studies159▲ 4.7×23 topics
  28. Agroecology153▲ 12×6 topics
  29. Discourse Analysis151▲ 6.7×11 topics
  30. Pedagogical Practices148▲ 18×3 topics
  31. Educational Policies148▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Educational Reform145▲ 13×4 topics
  33. Social Network Analysis143▲ 13×6 topics
  34. Critical Pedagogy142▲ 18×1 topic
  35. Water Resources140▲ 6.5×7 topics
  36. Media Education139▲ 28×1 topic
  37. WebQuests139▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Health Policy130▲ 9.2×7 topics
  39. Environmental Education128▲ 9.4×7 topics
  40. Science Education122▲ 22×3 topics

Which research topics does Universidade Federal do Ceará publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Business and Management Studies, Education Pedagogy and Practices, Education and Digital Technologies and Environmental Sustainability and Education.

Business and Management …167Business and Management Studies: 167 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and P…142Education Pedagogy and Practices: 142 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 139 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 113 fractional worksRural Development and Agriculture: 102 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 101 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 100 fractional worksCultural, Media, and Lit…91Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies: 91 fractional worksLinguistics and Education Research: 88 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 83 fractional works
Information Systems and ManagementEducationSociology and Political ScienceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law3 others

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

  1. 1 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 167 works
  2. 2 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 142 works
  3. 3 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 139 works
  4. 4 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 113 works
  5. 5 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 102 works
  6. 6 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 101 works
  7. 7 Science and Education Research Education 100 works
  8. 8 Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies Philosophy 91 works
  9. 9 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 88 works
  10. 10 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 83 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 available69.0%not open31.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.6%domestic only87.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidade Federal do Ceará's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% 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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