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Universidade Metodista de São Paulo

In research, Universidade Metodista de São Paulo stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,927 of 10,521 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#1,086 of 1,998 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,912 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Philosophy — Philosophy is 13.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,769
of 28,054 · #19,836 all time
Rank in Brazil
#313
of 714
Research works
4k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
3.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Universidade Metodista de São Paulo 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
Social SciencesDomain #4,927 of 10,521 4.2%386 #5517
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,086 of 1,998 5.4%96 #1343
Social SciencesField #4,912 of 6,365 3.8%246 #5621
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,487 of 2,578 1.7%122 #2741

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade Metodista de São Paulo 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. Social Sciences#5,517 #4,927
  2. Arts and Humanities#1,343 #1,086
  3. Social Sciences#5,621 #4,912
  4. Sociology and Political Science#2,741 #2,487
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 Metodista de São Paulo specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Philosophy takes 13.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PhilosophySubfield · 29.0 works14×
← 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: 0.74× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.72× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.43× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.32× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 6.67× its world share, 96 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.30× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.59× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.92× its world share, 246 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidade Metodista de São Paulo?

Ranked on the composite score, José Marques de Melo, Helmut Renders and José Tolentino Rosa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade Metodista de São Paulo.

  1. 1 José Marques de Melo Brazil · #344,713 worldwide 8 citations · 55 works
  2. 2 Helmut Renders Brazil · #382,951 worldwide 2 citations · 55 works
  3. 3 José Tolentino Rosa Brazil · #448,506 worldwide 2 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Cicília M. Krohling Peruzzo Brazil · #474,914 worldwide 3 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Elizabeth Moraes Gonçalves Brazil · #506,973 worldwide 2 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Wilson da Costa Bueno Brazil · #570,338 worldwide 8 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 D Furtado Brazil · #593,962 worldwide 8 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Claudia Patricia Bock Brazil · #801,785 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Jung Mo Sung Brazil · #920,791 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Marco Antônio Scanavini Brazil · #1,220,739 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade Metodista de São Paulo

Which keywords describe research at Universidade Metodista de São Paulo?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Brazil, Catholicism, Politics, Globalization, Pentecostalism, Public Sphere and Pluralism.

▲ 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. Religion72▲ 31×16 topics
  2. Brazil66▲ 136×5 topics
  3. Catholicism58▲ 307×2 topics
  4. Globalization58▲ 5.9×41 topics
  5. Politics51▲ 38×9 topics
  6. Pentecostalism50▲ 421×2 topics
  7. Public Sphere50▲ 175×3 topics
  8. Pluralism50▲ 232×3 topics
  9. Conservatism48▲ 546×1 topic
  10. Secularization48▲ 612×1 topic
  11. Qualitative Research42▲ 9.8×9 topics
  12. Education39▲ 4.6×34 topics
  13. Public Policy39▲ 16×12 topics
  14. Cultural Identity38▲ 15×11 topics
  15. Anthropology33▲ 68×7 topics
  16. Teacher Training30▲ 9.6×6 topics
  17. Colonialism27▲ 11×9 topics
  18. Cultural Studies27▲ 14×15 topics
  19. Mental Health26▲ 3.6×23 topics
  20. Sustainability25▲ 2.1×28 topics
  21. Media Studies22▲ 64×4 topics
  22. Multiculturalism20▲ 21×3 topics
  23. Identity Politics20▲ 80×2 topics
  24. Social Inequality20▲ 15×5 topics
  25. Philosophy20▲ 9.1×16 topics
  26. Post-Modernity20▲ 112×1 topic
  27. Social Resilience20▲ 112×1 topic
  28. Educational Technology20▲ 3.3×10 topics
  29. Online Learning19▲ 4.6×6 topics
  30. Social Dynamics19▲ 61×4 topics
  31. Identity18▲ 5.0×17 topics
  32. Theology18▲ 38×3 topics
  33. Ethics16▲ 6.8×11 topics
  34. Latin America16▲ 16×10 topics
  35. Healthcare Access14▲ 9.9×7 topics
  36. Social Movements14▲ 9.2×8 topics
  37. Health13▲ 6.7×10 topics
  38. Sociology13▲ 19×6 topics
  39. Pedagogical Practices13▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Educational Reform12▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidade Metodista de São Paulo publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Religion and Society in Latin America, Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies, Education Pedagogy and Practices and Business and Management Studies.

Religion and Society in …48Religion and Society in Latin America: 48 fractional worksCultural, Media, and Lit…20Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies: 20 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and P…12Education Pedagogy and Practices: 12 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 11 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 10 fractional worksReligious and Theological Studies: 10 fractional worksSocial and Economic Solidarity: 9 fractional worksPsychology and Mental Health: 9 fractional worksMigration, Racism, and Human Rights: 8 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 8 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePhilosophyEducationInformation Systems and Management3 others

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

  1. 1 Religion and Society in Latin America Sociology and Political Science 48 works
  2. 2 Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies Philosophy 20 works
  3. 3 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 12 works
  4. 4 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 11 works
  5. 5 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  6. 6 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  7. 7 Social and Economic Solidarity Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  8. 8 Psychology and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 9 works
  9. 9 Migration, Racism, and Human Rights Health 8 works
  10. 10 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 8 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 available60.1%not open39.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.0%domestic only93.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidade Metodista de São Paulo's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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.

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