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Universidade Iguaçu

In research, Universidade Iguaçu stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,932 of 11,982 worldwide), Health Professions (#1,264 of 1,928 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,308 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health Information Management, Health Professions and General Health Professions — Health Information Management is 25.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,974
of 28,054 · #22,289 all time
Rank in Brazil
#231
of 714
Research works
1.6k
▲ 368% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.1k
2.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
82%
world 28%

What is Universidade Iguaçu 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 #5,932 of 11,982 2.9%451 #9752
Health ProfessionsField #1,264 of 1,928 2.6%142 #2557
MedicineField #8,308 of 10,443 1.9%282 #13785
Social SciencesField #5,187 of 6,365 4.9%180 #8406
Social SciencesDomain #8,694 of 10,521 4.7%219 #14410
Life SciencesDomain #6,690 of 7,800 4.1%83 #11866
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #867 of 916 1.6%64 —
Physical SciencesDomain #12,665 of 12,888 3.1%89 #20837
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,560 of 2,578 1.8%72 #4226
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #825 of 828 1.7%60 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade Iguaçu 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#9,752 #5,932
  2. Health Professions#2,557 #1,264
  3. Medicine#13,785 #8,308
  4. Social Sciences#8,406 #5,187
  5. Social Sciences#14,410 #8,694
  6. Life Sciences#11,866 #6,690
  7. Physical Sciences#20,837 #12,665
  8. Sociology and Political Science#4,226 #2,560
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 Iguaçu specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health Information Management takes 25.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health Information ManagementSubfield · 55.1 works26×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 142.1 works6.4×
  3. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 64.0 works5.5×
  4. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 60.1 works5.4×
← 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: 0.81× its world share, 32 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.13× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.71× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.63× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.43× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.73× its world share, 48 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.34× its world share, 22 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 6.41× its world share, 142 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.75× its world share, 282 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.16× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.69× its world share, 180 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidade Iguaçu?

Ranked on the composite score, Leonardo Guimarães de Andrade, Hildeliza Lacerda Tinoco Boechat Cabral and Keila do Carmo Neves lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade Iguaçu.

  1. 1 Leonardo Guimarães de Andrade Brazil · #491,347 worldwide 6 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Hildeliza Lacerda Tinoco Boechat Cabral Brazil · #578,878 worldwide 1 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Keila do Carmo Neves Brazil · #688,466 worldwide 3 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Bruna Porath Azevedo Fassarella Brazil · #769,745 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Lucas Capita Quarto Brazil · #850,240 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Larissa Christiny Amorim dos Santos Brazil · #850,258 worldwide 2 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Adalgiza Mafra Moreno Brazil · #883,374 worldwide 14 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Wanderson Alves Ribeiro Brazil · #1,053,826 worldwide 12 citations · 76 works
  9. 9 Enimar de Paula Brazil · #1,124,623 worldwide 8 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Antônio Neres Norberg Brazil · #1,185,363 worldwide 2 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade Iguaçu

Which keywords describe research at Universidade Iguaçu?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Healthcare Access, Social Determinants, Health Policy, Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Healthcare and Drug Resistance.

▲ 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. Public Health149▲ 12×29 topics
  2. Epidemiology112▲ 3.4×93 topics
  3. Healthcare Access98▲ 42×6 topics
  4. Social Determinants84▲ 47×6 topics
  5. Health Policy80▲ 61×5 topics
  6. Quality of Life78▲ 6.4×37 topics
  7. Healthcare70▲ 7.4×9 topics
  8. Drug Resistance62▲ 26×8 topics
  9. Educational Technology61▲ 6.1×12 topics
  10. Infection Control57▲ 81×3 topics
  11. Economic Impact55▲ 11×2 topics
  12. Patient Safety55▲ 45×2 topics
  13. Healthcare Regulation55▲ 66×1 topic
  14. Medical Devices55▲ 257×1 topic
  15. Judicialization55▲ 224×1 topic
  16. Medication55▲ 224×1 topic
  17. Information Technology45▲ 11×2 topics
  18. Digital Innovation45▲ 91×1 topic
  19. Internet of Things45▲ 6.2×2 topics
  20. Knowledge Management45▲ 9.7×3 topics
  21. Smart Library45▲ 131×1 topic
  22. Treatment43▲ 4.2×31 topics
  23. Risk Factors35▲ 3.8×25 topics
  24. Prevalence34▲ 9.9×14 topics
  25. Primary Care33▲ 10×6 topics
  26. Maternal Health30▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Chronic Diseases28▲ 13×6 topics
  28. Aging Population26▲ 34×4 topics
  29. Health Inequalities25▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Social Determinants of Health25▲ 13×4 topics
  31. Health25▲ 7.4×6 topics
  32. Adolescents25▲ 7.8×8 topics
  33. Brazilian Health System24▲ 67×1 topic
  34. Community-Based Care24▲ 67×1 topic
  35. Child Health23▲ 48×1 topic
  36. Prenatal Care23▲ 98×1 topic
  37. Psychological Impact21▲ 7.8×8 topics
  38. Family19▲ 31×3 topics
  39. Cocaine19▲ 75×1 topic
  40. Crack19▲ 75×1 topic

Which research topics does Universidade Iguaçu publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Healthcare Regulation, Public Health in Brazil, Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic and Health, Nursing, Elderly Care.

Healthcare Regulation55Healthcare Regulation: 55 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil55Public Health in Brazil: 55 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 45 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 24 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 23 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence19Youth, Drugs, and Violence: 19 fractional worksWomen's cancer prevention and management: 16 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 14 fractional worksPalliative and Oncologic Care: 12 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 11 fractional works
Health Information ManagementSociology and Political ScienceInformation SystemsGeneral Health Professions3 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 55 works
  2. 2 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 55 works
  3. 3 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 45 works
  4. 4 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 24 works
  5. 5 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 23 works
  6. 6 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 19 works
  7. 7 Women's cancer prevention and management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 16 works
  8. 8 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 14 works
  9. 9 Palliative and Oncologic Care Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  10. 10 Science and Education Research Education 11 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 available81.8%not open18.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidade Iguaçu's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 368% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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.