Universidade Federal do Ceará
In research, Universidade Federal do Ceará stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,819 of 10,670 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,164 of 9,585 worldwide) and Education (#696 of 1,930 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Forestry, Information Systems and Management and Urban Studies (Forestry is 9.7× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #1,971 of 22,385 · #1,761 all time
- Rank in Brazil
- #35 of 684
- Research works
- 37k ▼ 2% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 337k 9.1 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 6.2% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.67× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 69% world 40%
- International
- 12% world 18%
What is Universidade Federal do Ceará known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical SciencesDomain | #1,819 of 10,670 | 5.7% | 2,663 | #1690 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #2,164 of 9,585 | 8.1% | 3,169 | #1533 | |
| EducationSubfield | #696 of 1,930 | 9.7% | 620 | #666 | |
| Social SciencesField | #2,195 of 5,988 | 9.1% | 1,939 | #1411 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #3,689 of 9,902 | 4.0% | 2,130 | #3045 | |
| MedicineField | #3,593 of 8,541 | 3.4% | 1,491 | #3085 | |
| Agricultural and Biological SciencesField | #1,413 of 3,157 | 5.3% | 652 | #931 | |
| Environmental ScienceField | #1,510 of 3,334 | 6.5% | 788 | #1143 | |
| Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield | #1,234 of 2,526 | 9.2% | 575 | #1093 | |
| Information Systems and ManagementSubfield | #47 of 96 | 10.7% | 178 | - |
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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Physical Sciences#1,690 #1,819
- Social Sciences#1,533 #2,164
- Education#666 #696
- Social Sciences#1,411 #2,195
- Health Sciences#3,045 #3,689
- Medicine#3,085 #3,593
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences#931 #1,413
- Environmental Science#1,143 #1,510
- Sociology and Political Science#1,093 #1,234
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Universidade Federal do Ceará work in?
In 2022-now, 34% of research at Universidade Federal do Ceará is in Social Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (21%), Medicine (17%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.
Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.
Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
- Social Sciences3,44834.4%
- Social Sciences2,11721.1%
- Arts and Humanities5305.3%
- Psychology2832.8%
- Decision Sciences2352.3%
- Business, Management and Accounting1671.7%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1151.2%
- Physical Sciences2,94329.3%
- Environmental Science8588.6%
- Engineering8018.0%
- Computer Science6076.1%
- Materials Science1701.7%
- Physics and Astronomy1611.6%
- Mathematics961.0%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences940.9%
- Chemistry890.9%
- Energy430.4%
- Chemical Engineering250.3%
- Health Sciences2,35723.5%
- Medicine1,66116.6%
- Health Professions4814.8%
- Dentistry1321.3%
- Nursing740.7%
- Veterinary90.1%
- Life Sciences1,28012.8%
What does Universidade Federal do Ceará specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Forestry takes 9.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- ForestrySubfield · 101.5 works9.7×
- Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 184.3 works6.4×
- Urban StudiesSubfield · 154.5 works5.6×
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 278.5 works4.8×
- PhilosophySubfield · 147.3 works3.4×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Dentistry2.71×132 works
- Decision Sciences2.43×235 works
- Arts and Humanities1.83×530 works
- Health Professions1.82×481 works
- Environmental Science1.72×858 works
- Social Sciences1.67×2,117 works
- Nursing1.51×74 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.49×710 works
- Psychology0.93×283 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.88×89 works
- Medicine0.86×1,661 works
- Mathematics0.81×96 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.79×28 works
- Computer Science0.78×607 works
- Chemical Engineering0.72×25 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.72×161 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.67×359 works
- Veterinary0.62×8 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.60×94 works
- Neuroscience0.58×95 works
- Chemistry0.56×89 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.54×115 works
- Engineering0.53×801 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.52×167 works
- Materials Science0.48×170 works
- Energy0.47×43 works
- Dentistry 2.7×
- Decision Sciences 2.4×
- Arts and Humanities 1.8×
- Health Professions 1.8×
- Environmental Science 1.7×
- Social Sciences 1.7×
- Nursing 1.5×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1.5×
- Psychology 0.9×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.9×
- Medicine 0.9×
- Mathematics 0.8×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.8×
- Computer Science 0.8×
- Chemical Engineering 0.7×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.7×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.7×
- Veterinary 0.6×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.6×
- Neuroscience 0.6×
- Chemistry 0.6×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.5×
- Engineering 0.5×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.5×
- Materials Science 0.5×
- Energy 0.5×
Who are the top researchers at Universidade Federal do Ceará?
Ranked on the quality score, Andre Ferrer Carvalho, Aldo Â. M. Lima and Hans Jürgen Herrmann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade Federal do Ceará.
- 1
Andre Ferrer Carvalho
Brazil · #37,294 worldwide 32k citations · 373 works
- 2
Aldo Â. M. Lima
Brazil · #202,824 worldwide 19k citations · 363 works
- 3
Hans Jürgen Herrmann
Brazil · #215,655 worldwide 24k citations · 759 works
- 4
Cristiano André Köhler
Brazil · #231,462 worldwide 10k citations · 122 works
- 5
A. G. Souza Filho
Brazil · #327,276 worldwide 18k citations · 391 works
- 6
Patrícia Charvet
Brazil · #535,993 worldwide 3.2k citations · 120 works
- 7
Miguel Castro
Brazil · #603,161 worldwide 19k citations · 168 works
- 8
Ila F.N. Lima
Brazil · #605,880 worldwide 2k citations · 28 works
- 9
Breno Magalhães Freitas
Brazil · #804,524 worldwide 11k citations · 218 works
- 10 Alberto Melo Soares #810,609 worldwide 4k citations · 78 works
Which keywords describe research at Universidade Federal do Ceará?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Public Policy, Qualitative Research, Sustainability, Social Inequality, Educational Technology, Globalization and Public Health.
- Science Education
- WebQuests
- Health Policy
- Critical Pedagogy
- Educational Reform
- Pedagogical Practices
- Agroecology
- Organizational Management
- Innovation Management
- Research Methods
- Anthropology
- Social Movements
- Healthcare Access
- Curriculum Development
- Social Inequality
- Education
- Public Health
- Globalization
- Qualitative Research
- Sustainability
- Epidemiology
- Teacher Training
- Public Policy
- Educational Technology
- Quality of Life
- Online Learning
- Healthcare
- Cultural Identity
- Social Determinants
- Data Analysis
- Brazil
- Quantitative Research
- Case Study
- Cultural Studies
- Discourse Analysis
- Educational Policies
- Water Resources
- Social Network Analysis
- Media Education
- Environmental Education
Size is fractional works in 2022-now 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
- Epidemiology534▲ 1.34×136 topics
- Sustainability529▲ 2.2×86 topics
- Teacher Training467▲ 7.6×18 topics
- Qualitative Research461▲ 5.4×23 topics
- Public Policy428▲ 9.0×21 topics
- Globalization425▲ 2.1×105 topics
- Educational Technology386▲ 3.3×30 topics
- Public Health375▲ 2.6×57 topics
- Quality of Life357▲ 2.5×56 topics
- Education306▲ 1.77×87 topics
- Online Learning299▲ 3.6×18 topics
- Social Inequality275▲ 10×14 topics
- Healthcare269▲ 2.4×24 topics
- Curriculum Development258▲ 3.8×9 topics
- Cultural Identity236▲ 4.7×24 topics
- Healthcare Access215▲ 7.9×9 topics
- Social Determinants199▲ 9.7×7 topics
- Social Movements183▲ 6.2×18 topics
- Data Analysis178▲ 6.8×7 topics
- Anthropology177▲ 19×9 topics
- Brazil177▲ 19×5 topics
- Research Methods174▲ 11×3 topics
- Quantitative Research172▲ 14×2 topics
- Innovation Management172▲ 11×3 topics
- Case Study172▲ 27×1 topic
- Organizational Management172▲ 28×1 topic
- Cultural Studies170▲ 4.6×26 topics
- Agroecology166▲ 12×6 topics
- Discourse Analysis161▲ 6.6×11 topics
- Pedagogical Practices157▲ 18×3 topics
- Educational Policies155▲ 14×2 topics
- Educational Reform153▲ 12×4 topics
- Water Resources151▲ 6.2×9 topics
- Critical Pedagogy149▲ 18×3 topics
- Social Network Analysis148▲ 12×6 topics
- Health Policy144▲ 9.3×7 topics
- Media Education144▲ 28×1 topic
- WebQuests144▲ 28×1 topic
- Environmental Education142▲ 9.2×8 topics
- Science Education132▲ 21×3 topics
Which research topics does Universidade Federal do Ceará publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Business and Management Studies, Education Pedagogy and Practices, Education and Digital Technologies and Environmental Sustainability and Education.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 172 works
- 2 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 148 works
- 3 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 144 works
- 4 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 122 works
- 5 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 109 works
- 6 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 107 works
- 7 Science and Education Research Education 106 works
- 8 Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies Philosophy 93 works
- 9 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 91 works
- 10 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 89 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Universidade Federal do Ceará's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021.
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Universidade Federal do Ceará as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.043% in 2024.
Fractional works of Universidade Federal do Ceará over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.5% in 2007.
Other research institutions in Fortaleza
- Universidade Estadual do Ceará
- Universidade de Fortaleza
- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará
- Unichristus
- Hospital Geral de Fortaleza
- Hospital Infantil Albert Sabin
- Fundação Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
- Hospital de Messejana
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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