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Universidade Franciscana

In research, Universidade Franciscana stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,751 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,250 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,246 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Information Systems and Management, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Education (Information Systems and Management is 14.0× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#3,615
of 22,385 · #4,944 all time
Rank in Brazil
#150
of 684
Research works
3k
▼ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
4.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
81%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%

What is Universidade Franciscana known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #2,751 of 9,585 4.5%392 #3718
Social SciencesField #2,250 of 5,988 4.6%269 #2977
Physical SciencesDomain #5,246 of 10,670 9.0%143 #7263
Health SciencesDomain #5,185 of 9,902 3.6%203 #8481
Health ProfessionsField #1,085 of 1,895 5.9%69 #1200
MedicineField #5,416 of 8,541 2.6%118 #9246
EducationSubfield #1,381 of 1,930 5.1%118 #1447
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,846 of 2,526 3.3%71 #2571

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade Franciscana 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.

  1. Social Sciences#3,718 #2,751
  2. Social Sciences#2,977 #2,250
  3. Physical Sciences#7,263 #5,246
  4. Health Sciences#8,481 #5,185
  5. Health Professions#1,200 #1,085
  6. Medicine#9,246 #5,416
  7. Education#1,447 #1,381
  8. Sociology and Political Science#2,571 #1,846
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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 Franciscana work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at Universidade Franciscana is in Social Sciences, 27% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Medicine (16%), Health Professions (9%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 415 fractional works · 49.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 287 fractional works · 33.8% of its workEducation: 126 fractional works · 14.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 73 fractional works · 8.6% of its workDemography: 23 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLaw: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workUrban Studies: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 40 fractional works · 4.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 34 fractional works · 4.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 39 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPhilosophy: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 28 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 18 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 229 fractional works · 27.1% of its workMedicine: 135 fractional works · 15.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 29 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 76 fractional works · 9.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 53 fractional works · 6.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOral Surgery: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 151 fractional works · 17.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 51 fractional works · 6.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 26 fractional works · 3.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 27 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 23 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 23 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 22 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 52 fractional works · 6.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 28 fractional works · 3.3% of its workFood Science: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workForestry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadeFranciscana848fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences49%

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
    1. Social Sciences28733.8%
    2. Decision Sciences404.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities394.6%
    4. Psychology283.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting151.8%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance60.7%
    1. Medicine13515.9%
    2. Health Professions769.0%
    3. Dentistry121.5%
    4. Nursing60.7%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Environmental Science516.0%
    2. Computer Science273.2%
    3. Engineering232.7%
    4. Materials Science222.6%
    5. Chemistry141.6%
    6. Energy70.8%
    7. Mathematics50.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences283.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology151.8%
    3. Neuroscience30.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology30.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Universidade Franciscana specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Information Systems and Management takes 14.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 33.9 works14×
  2. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 25.9 works5.2×
  3. EducationSubfield · 126.5 works4.9×
  4. Decision SciencesField · 39.8 works4.9×
← 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: 0.70× its world share, 28 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.34× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.96× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.03× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 27 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.84× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.22× its world share, 51 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.74× its world share, 22 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.00× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.40× its world share, 76 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.83× its world share, 134 worksMedicineNursing: 1.38× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.60× its world share, 39 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.86× its world share, 40 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.10× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.67× its world share, 287 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences4.86×40 works
  2. Health Professions3.40×76 works
  3. Dentistry3.00×12 works
  4. Social Sciences2.67×287 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.60×39 works
  6. Nursing1.38×6 works
  7. Environmental Science1.22×51 works
  8. Psychology1.10×28 works
  9. Chemistry1.03×14 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.96×3 works
  11. Energy0.84×6 works
  12. Medicine0.83×134 works
  13. Veterinary0.76×1 works
  14. Materials Science0.74×22 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.70×28 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.55×15 works
  17. Mathematics0.46×5 works
  18. Computer Science0.41×27 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.34×15 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.34×3 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.34×6 works
  22. Neuroscience0.22×3 works
  23. Engineering0.18×23 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.14×0 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×2 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.05×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidade Franciscana?

Ranked on the quality score, Maiara Callegaro Velho, Theodoro da Rosa Salles and Pâmela Cristine Ladwig Muraro lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade Franciscana.

  1. 1 Maiara Callegaro Velho Brazil · #1,067,908 worldwide 660 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Theodoro da Rosa Salles Brazil · #2,500,375 worldwide 732 citations · 53 works
  3. 3 Pâmela Cristine Ladwig Muraro Brazil · #2,723,305 worldwide 659 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Cayane Genro Santos Brazil · #2,848,363 worldwide 362 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Leandro Rodrigues Oviedo Brazil · #2,901,004 worldwide 628 citations · 56 works
  6. 6 Iuri Medeiros Jauris Brazil · #2,941,633 worldwide 686 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Solange Binotto Fagan Brazil · #2,957,932 worldwide 3.6k citations · 144 works
  8. 8 Robson Dias Wouters Brazil · #3,035,442 worldwide 341 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Marta Palma Alves Brazil · #3,185,296 worldwide 1.2k citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Lenise Menezes Seerig Brazil · #3,234,966 worldwide 433 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade Franciscana

What are the most cited papers from Universidade Franciscana?

The most cited paper from Universidade Franciscana is "The global prevalence of apical periodontitis: a systematic review and meta‐analysis" (Camilla dos Santos Tibúrcio‐Machado, Carina Michelon, Fabrício Batistin Zanatta et al., 2020), with 579 citations. Next come "Proceedings of the 3rd IPLeiria’s International Health Congress" (463) and "Sunlight damage to cellular DNA: Focus on oxidatively generated lesions" (441).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The global prevalence of apical periodontitis: a systematic review and meta‐analysis Camilla dos Santos Tibúrcio‐Machado, Carina Michelon, Fabrício Batistin Zanatta et al. · International Endodontic Journal ReviewOpen access 30 Dec 2020 579
2 Proceedings of the 3rd IPLeiria’s International Health Congress Catarina Cardoso Tomás et al. · BMC Health Services Research Open access1,693 authors Jul 2016 463
3 Sunlight damage to cellular DNA: Focus on oxidatively generated lesions André Passáglia Schuch, Natália Cestari Moreno, Natielen Jacques Schuch et al. · Free Radical Biology and Medicine Open access 18 Jan 2017 441
4 A simple and inexpensive automated technique for measurement of serum nitrite/nitrate Etiane Tatsch, Guilherme Vargas Bochi, Renata da Silva Pereira et al. · Clinical Biochemistry 24 Dec 2010 368
5 Adsorption of Reactive Red M-2BE dye from water solutions by multi-walled carbon nanotubes and activated carbon Fernando Machado Machado, Carlos Pérez Bergmann, Thaís Helena Maciel Fernandes et al. · Journal of Hazardous Materials 25 Jun 2011 364
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidade Franciscana?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Qualitative Research, Educational Technology, Online Learning, Public Health, Curriculum Development, Public Policy and Social Inequality.

▲ 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-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
  1. Teacher Training94▲ 18×7 topics
  2. Qualitative Research84▲ 12×12 topics
  3. Educational Technology76▲ 7.6×11 topics
  4. Public Health64▲ 5.2×22 topics
  5. Online Learning64▲ 9.1×3 topics
  6. Curriculum Development52▲ 9.0×2 topics
  7. Sustainability49▲ 2.4×23 topics
  8. Public Policy49▲ 12×10 topics
  9. Quality of Life48▲ 3.9×30 topics
  10. Social Inequality48▲ 21×8 topics
  11. Healthcare44▲ 4.5×14 topics
  12. Research Methods38▲ 29×2 topics
  13. Educational Reform37▲ 36×2 topics
  14. Healthcare Access37▲ 16×7 topics
  15. Pedagogical Practices35▲ 47×3 topics
  16. Digital Literacy35▲ 7.3×4 topics
  17. Social Network Analysis34▲ 34×1 topic
  18. WebQuests34▲ 78×1 topic
  19. Educational Policies34▲ 37×2 topics
  20. Inclusive Education34▲ 11×3 topics
  21. Data Analysis34▲ 15×3 topics
  22. Organizational Management33▲ 66×1 topic
  23. Quantitative Research33▲ 31×1 topic
  24. Distance Learning33▲ 11×2 topics
  25. Critical Pedagogy33▲ 47×1 topic
  26. Social Determinants33▲ 19×7 topics
  27. Primary Care28▲ 8.9×9 topics
  28. Science Education27▲ 52×2 topics
  29. Health Policy27▲ 21×2 topics
  30. Waste Management24▲ 7.1×5 topics
  31. Health24▲ 7.0×11 topics
  32. Inclusion24▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Training23▲ 13×5 topics
  34. Legislation23▲ 17×3 topics
  35. Educational Policy22▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Research22▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Digital Business22▲ 52×1 topic
  38. Distance Education22▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Social Determinants of Health22▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Chronic Diseases21▲ 9.8×6 topics

Which research topics does Universidade Franciscana publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education and Digital Technologies, Business and Management Studies, Education Pedagogy and Practices and Academic Research in Diverse Fields.

  1. 1 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 34 works
  2. 2 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 33 works
  3. 3 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 33 works
  4. 4 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 22 works
  5. 5 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 20 works
  6. 6 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 20 works
  7. 7 Science and Education Research Education 19 works
  8. 8 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 18 works
  9. 9 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 14 works
  10. 10 Education during COVID-19 pandemic Education 13 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 available81.3%not open18.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.9%domestic only89.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidade Franciscana's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020052010201520202025
grewheldshrank

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 Franciscana as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0035% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Universidade Franciscana0.0029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidade Franciscana 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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Universidade Franciscana6.3% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.3% in 2019.

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