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Universidade La Salle

In research, Universidade La Salle stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,918 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,412 of 5,988 worldwide) and Education (#1,227 of 1,930 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Information Systems and Management, Law and Education (Information Systems and Management is 13.5× its share of world research).

unilasalle.edu.brROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#4,882
of 22,385 · #4,151 all time
Rank in Brazil
#213
of 684
Research works
2.2k
▼ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.8k
3.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
81%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Universidade La Salle

What is Universidade La Salle 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 #1,918 of 9,585 7.6%388 #2073
Social SciencesField #1,412 of 5,988 7.2%293 #1932
EducationSubfield #1,227 of 1,930 7.8%94 #1557
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,606 of 2,526 7.2%86 #1984
Physical SciencesDomain #8,734 of 10,670 5.4%68 #6212

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade La Salle 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#2,073 #1,918
  2. Social Sciences#1,932 #1,412
  3. Education#1,557 #1,227
  4. Sociology and Political Science#1,984 #1,606
  5. Physical Sciences#6,212 #8,734
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 La Salle work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Universidade La Salle is in Social Sciences, 13% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (54%), Arts and Humanities (6%), Medicine (6%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 414 fractional works · 71.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 315 fractional works · 54.1% of its workEducation: 101 fractional works · 17.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 91 fractional works · 15.6% of its workLaw: 31 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 27 fractional works · 4.6% of its workUrban Studies: 16 fractional works · 2.7% of its workDemography: 13 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 35 fractional works · 6.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 24 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 22 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 22 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 75 fractional works · 12.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 29 fractional works · 4.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 13 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 16 fractional works · 2.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 54 fractional works · 9.3% of its workMedicine: 32 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Professions: 19 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 40 fractional works · 6.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 23 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workForestry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidade LaSalle582fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences71%

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 Sciences31554.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities356.0%
    3. Decision Sciences244.0%
    4. Psychology223.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting111.8%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance81.4%
    1. Environmental Science294.9%
    2. Computer Science193.2%
    3. Engineering162.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences71.2%
    5. Energy10.2%
    6. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    7. Chemistry10.1%
    8. Materials Science10.1%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Medicine325.6%
    2. Health Professions193.2%
    3. Veterinary10.2%
    4. Nursing10.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences233.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology122.0%
    3. Neuroscience30.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Universidade La Salle specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Information Systems and Management takes 13.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 22.5 works14×
  2. LawSubfield · 31.1 works9.2×
  3. EducationSubfield · 100.8 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: 0.81× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.00× its world share, 29 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.06× its world share, 35 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.18× its world share, 24 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.25× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.27× its world share, 315 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences4.27×315 works
  2. Decision Sciences4.18×24 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.06×35 works
  4. Veterinary1.49×1 works
  5. Psychology1.25×22 works
  6. Health Professions1.23×19 works
  7. Environmental Science1.00×29 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.81×22 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.77×7 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.65×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.65×8 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×11 works
  13. Computer Science0.42×19 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.40×2 works
  15. Nursing0.39×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.37×12 works
  17. Medicine0.29×32 works
  18. Neuroscience0.28×3 works
  19. Energy0.25×1 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.24×0 works
  21. Engineering0.18×16 works
  22. Dentistry0.15×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.09×1 works
  24. Mathematics0.06×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.02×0 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidade La Salle?

Ranked on the quality score, Silvio R. Taffarel, Rubens Müller Kautzmann and Alessandra Marqueze lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade La Salle.

  1. 1 Silvio R. Taffarel Brazil · #191,262 worldwide 2.5k citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Rubens Müller Kautzmann Brazil · #757,450 worldwide 1.9k citations · 53 works
  3. 3 Alessandra Marqueze Brazil · #2,982,756 worldwide 494 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Lílian Soares Alves Branco Brazil · #3,339,588 worldwide 43 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Eduardo Dias Forneck Brazil · #3,341,750 worldwide 832 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Rute Henrique da Silva Ferreira Brazil · #3,492,910 worldwide 19 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Henrique Güths Brazil · #3,559,918 worldwide 501 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Daniel Achutti Brazil · #3,692,271 worldwide 66 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Anne Combaud Brazil · #3,698,034 worldwide 39 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Joice Marisa Görgen Junqueira Brazil · #3,699,955 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade La Salle

What are the most cited papers from Universidade La Salle?

The most cited paper from Universidade La Salle is "Sedentary behavior and physical activity levels in people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder: a global systematic review and meta‐analysis" (Davy Vancampfort, Joseph Firth, Felipe Barreto Schuch et al., 2017), with 980 citations. Next come "Physical activity and sedentary behavior in people with major depressive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis" (675) and "An examination of the anxiolytic effects of exercise for people with anxiety and stress-related disorders: A meta-analysis" (671).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Sedentary behavior and physical activity levels in people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder: a global systematic review and meta‐analysis Davy Vancampfort, Joseph Firth, Felipe Barreto Schuch et al. · World Psychiatry ReviewOpen access 21 Sep 2017 980
2 Physical activity and sedentary behavior in people with major depressive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis Felipe Barreto Schuch, Davy Vancampfort, Joseph Firth et al. · Journal of Affective Disorders ReviewOpen access 29 Nov 2016 675
3 An examination of the anxiolytic effects of exercise for people with anxiety and stress-related disorders: A meta-analysis Brendon Stubbs, Davy Vancampfort, Simon Rosenbaum et al. · Psychiatry Research Review 6 Jan 2017 671
4 Effect of aerobic exercise on hippocampal volume in humans: A systematic review and meta-analysis Joseph Firth, Brendon Stubbs, Davy Vancampfort et al. · NeuroImage ReviewOpen access 4 Nov 2017 528
5 Physical activity protects from incident anxiety: A meta‐analysis of prospective cohort studies Felipe Barreto Schuch, Brendon Stubbs, Jacob Daniel Meyer et al. · Depression and Anxiety Open access 17 Jun 2019 442
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidade La Salle?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Qualitative Research, Public Policy, Social Inequality, Curriculum Development, Inclusive Education, Pedagogical Practices and Educational Policies.

▲ 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 Training82▲ 23×11 topics
  2. Qualitative Research77▲ 16×11 topics
  3. Public Policy60▲ 22×15 topics
  4. Social Inequality58▲ 38×9 topics
  5. Globalization52▲ 4.5×49 topics
  6. Curriculum Development49▲ 12×2 topics
  7. Inclusive Education44▲ 21×4 topics
  8. Pedagogical Practices42▲ 81×3 topics
  9. Educational Policies42▲ 67×2 topics
  10. Distance Learning41▲ 20×4 topics
  11. Educational Reform40▲ 56×4 topics
  12. Critical Pedagogy40▲ 82×1 topic
  13. Education37▲ 3.7×36 topics
  14. Educational Technology37▲ 5.4×10 topics
  15. Human Rights36▲ 6.0×15 topics
  16. Online Learning36▲ 7.3×8 topics
  17. Social Justice35▲ 10×11 topics
  18. Sustainability34▲ 2.4×41 topics
  19. Brazil29▲ 53×5 topics
  20. Sustainable Development27▲ 3.0×25 topics
  21. Legal Theory27▲ 68×3 topics
  22. Legal Philosophy26▲ 73×2 topics
  23. Environmental Law26▲ 22×4 topics
  24. Cultural Identity25▲ 8.7×11 topics
  25. Constitutional Law24▲ 32×4 topics
  26. Public Administration24▲ 50×2 topics
  27. Civil Rights24▲ 61×1 topic
  28. Judicial Activism24▲ 92×1 topic
  29. Data Analysis23▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Marketing Strategies23▲ 42×2 topics
  31. Quantitative Research23▲ 31×2 topics
  32. Research Methods23▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Case Study22▲ 62×1 topic
  34. Organizational Management22▲ 64×1 topic
  35. Healthcare Access21▲ 13×6 topics
  36. Identity21▲ 4.9×16 topics
  37. Digital Literacy20▲ 6.1×4 topics
  38. Social Network Analysis19▲ 28×1 topic
  39. WebQuests19▲ 64×1 topic
  40. Social Movements17▲ 10×10 topics

Which research topics does Universidade La Salle publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education Pedagogy and Practices, Brazilian Legal Issues, Business and Management Studies and Education and Digital Technologies.

Education Pedagogy and P…40Education Pedagogy and Practices: 40 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues: 24 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 22 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 19 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 13 fractional worksEducation and Public Pol…12Education and Public Policy: 12 fractional worksGender, Sexuality, and Education: 10 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 9 fractional worksSocial and Political Issues: 9 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 9 fractional works
EducationLawInformation Systems and ManagementSociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 40 works
  2. 2 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 24 works
  3. 3 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 22 works
  4. 4 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 19 works
  5. 5 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 13 works
  6. 6 Education and Public Policy Political Science and International Relations 12 works
  7. 7 Gender, Sexuality, and Education Gender Studies 10 works
  8. 8 Science and Education Research Education 9 works
  9. 9 Social and Political Issues Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  10. 10 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 9 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 available81.2%not open18.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.3%domestic only83.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidade La Salle's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 La Salle as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0023% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Universidade La Salle0.0019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidade La Salle 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 La Salle7.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.7% in 2014.

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