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Universidade Potiguar

In research, Universidade Potiguar stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,608 of 9,902 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,902 of 9,585 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,547 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Information Systems and Management and Decision Sciences (Information Systems and Management is 16.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,912
of 22,385 · #5,957 all time
Rank in Brazil
#216
of 684
Research works
1.9k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.1k
3.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
75%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Universidade Potiguar

What is Universidade Potiguar 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,608 of 9,902 2.7%239 #6658
Social SciencesDomain #3,902 of 9,585 6.8%170 #4238
MedicineField #3,547 of 8,541 1.5%173 #6557
Social SciencesField #2,769 of 5,988 8.1%102 #3268

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade Potiguar 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. Health Sciences#6,658 #3,608
  2. Social Sciences#4,238 #3,902
  3. Medicine#6,557 #3,547
  4. Social Sciences#3,268 #2,769
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 Potiguar work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research at Universidade Potiguar is in Health Sciences, 35% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (33%), Social Sciences (21%), Health Professions (11%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 256 fractional works · 46.6% of its workMedicine: 183 fractional works · 33.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 30 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSurgery: 21 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDermatology: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 62 fractional works · 11.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 26 fractional works · 4.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 15 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPeriodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 190 fractional works · 34.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 114 fractional works · 20.8% of its workEducation: 36 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 25 fractional works · 4.6% of its workLaw: 17 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDemography: 14 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrban Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 27 fractional works · 4.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 25 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 21 fractional works · 3.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 51 fractional works · 9.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 51 fractional works · 9.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 21 fractional works · 3.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems: 18 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadePotiguar548fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences47%Social Sciences35%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine18333.4%
    2. Health Professions6211.2%
    3. Dentistry61.2%
    4. Nursing40.8%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences11420.8%
    2. Decision Sciences274.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting213.8%
    4. Psychology183.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities61.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology173.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences142.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology112.0%
    4. Neuroscience91.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Environmental Science213.8%
    2. Computer Science193.5%
    3. Engineering81.4%
    4. Chemistry10.2%
    5. Energy10.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Universidade Potiguar specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Information Systems and Management takes 16.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 25.4 works16×
  2. Decision SciencesField · 26.5 works5.0×
← 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: 0.52× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.96× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.03× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.77× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 2.44× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.27× its world share, 62 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.74× its world share, 183 worksMedicineNursing: 1.56× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.19× its world share, 21 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.01× its world share, 26 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.08× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 114 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences5.01×26 works
  2. Health Professions4.27×62 works
  3. Dentistry2.44×6 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.96×11 works
  5. Medicine1.74×183 works
  6. Social Sciences1.64×114 works
  7. Nursing1.56×4 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.19×21 works
  9. Psychology1.08×18 works
  10. Neuroscience1.03×9 works
  11. Environmental Science0.77×21 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.58×17 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.52×14 works
  14. Veterinary0.46×0 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.45×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.45×19 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.38×4 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.37×6 works
  19. Chemistry0.16×1 works
  20. Energy0.12×1 works
  21. Engineering0.10×8 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidade Potiguar?

Ranked on the quality score, Luandson Luis da Silva, Eduardo Pereira de Azevedo and Ana Izabel Oliveira Lima lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade Potiguar.

  1. 1 Luandson Luis da Silva Brazil · #2,307,682 worldwide 6 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Eduardo Pereira de Azevedo Brazil · #3,011,436 worldwide 1.3k citations · 61 works
  3. 3 Ana Izabel Oliveira Lima Brazil · #3,125,990 worldwide 100 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 VICTORIA NATALIA OLIVEIRA ARTUZO Brazil · #3,364,090 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Lígia Moreno de Moura Brazil · #3,367,420 worldwide 218 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Daniele De Souza Paulino Brazil · #3,419,074 worldwide 20 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 ANA KARINA DA CRUZ MACHADO Brazil · #3,468,560 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Francisco Irochima Pinheiro Brazil · #3,509,892 worldwide 606 citations · 55 works
  9. 9 Ionara Dantas Estevam Brazil · #3,629,719 worldwide 66 citations · 51 works
  10. 10 Marcelo Augusto de Araújo Faustino Brazil · #3,813,917 worldwide 0 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade Potiguar

What are the most cited papers from Universidade Potiguar?

The most cited paper from Universidade Potiguar is "Improvements from a Flipped Classroom May Simply Be the Fruits of Active Learning" (Jamie L. Jensen, Tyler A. Kummer, Patricia D. d. M. Godoy, 2015), with 734 citations. Next come "Establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas" (676) and "Burnout syndrome among medical residents: A systematic review and meta-analysis" (622).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Improvements from a Flipped Classroom May Simply Be the Fruits of Active Learning Jamie L. Jensen, Tyler A. Kummer, Patricia D. d. M. Godoy · CBE—Life Sciences Education Open access 2 Mar 2015 734
2 Establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas Nuno Rodrigues Faria et al. · Nature Open access 23 May 2017 676
3 Burnout syndrome among medical residents: A systematic review and meta-analysis H. Rodrigues, Ricardo Ney Cobucci, António Gouveia Oliveira et al. · PLoS ONE ReviewOpen access 12 Nov 2018 622
4 Governance and quality of life in smart cities: Towards sustainable development goals Júlio César Ferro de Guimarães, Eliana Andréa Severo, Luiz Antônio Félix Júnior et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production 30 Dec 2019 403
5 Selenium in Human Health and Gut Microflora: Bioavailability of Selenocompounds and Relationship With Diseases Rannapaula Lawrynhuk Urbano Ferreira, Karine Cavalcanti Maurício Sena‐Evangelista, Eduardo Pereira de Azevedo et al. · Frontiers in Nutrition Open access 4 Jun 2021 230
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidade Potiguar?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Qualitative Research, Healthcare, Marketing Strategies, Healthcare Access and Organizational Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology68▲ 3.1×96 topics
  2. Public Health52▲ 6.5×24 topics
  3. Quality of Life42▲ 5.3×35 topics
  4. Healthcare35▲ 5.5×10 topics
  5. Qualitative Research34▲ 7.2×8 topics
  6. Educational Technology27▲ 4.2×7 topics
  7. Marketing Strategies26▲ 50×2 topics
  8. Healthcare Access25▲ 17×5 topics
  9. Organizational Management25▲ 76×1 topic
  10. Research Methods25▲ 30×1 topic
  11. Treatment25▲ 3.8×37 topics
  12. Health Policy24▲ 29×4 topics
  13. Mental Health23▲ 3.0×19 topics
  14. Social Determinants23▲ 20×5 topics
  15. Knowledge Management18▲ 6.0×4 topics
  16. Information Technology18▲ 7.1×4 topics
  17. Internet of Things18▲ 3.8×3 topics
  18. Drug Resistance18▲ 11×8 topics
  19. Digital Innovation18▲ 56×1 topic
  20. Smart Library18▲ 80×1 topic
  21. Nursing17▲ 16×3 topics
  22. Public Policy17▲ 6.4×10 topics
  23. Infection Control16▲ 35×3 topics
  24. Legal Theory16▲ 43×3 topics
  25. Patient Safety16▲ 19×4 topics
  26. Healthcare Regulation15▲ 27×1 topic
  27. Inclusion15▲ 19×4 topics
  28. Medical Devices15▲ 110×1 topic
  29. Legislation15▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Training15▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Distance Education15▲ 14×1 topic
  32. Research15▲ 22×1 topic
  33. Legal Philosophy15▲ 43×2 topics
  34. Constitutional Law14▲ 20×3 topics
  35. Public Administration14▲ 32×3 topics
  36. Environmental Law14▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Civil Rights14▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Judicial Activism14▲ 56×1 topic
  39. Healthcare Workers13▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Psychological Distress13▲ 9.6×4 topics

Which research topics does Universidade Potiguar publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Business and Management Studies, Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic, Healthcare Regulation and Academic Research in Diverse Fields.

Business and Management Studies: 25 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 18 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation15Healthcare Regulation: 15 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…15Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 15 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues: 14 fractional worksOccupational Health and Burnout: 11 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal He…9Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 9 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 9 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence: 9 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil8Public Health in Brazil: 8 fractional works
Information Systems and ManagementInformation SystemsHealth Information ManagementEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 25 works
  2. 2 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 18 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 15 works
  4. 4 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 15 works
  5. 5 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 14 works
  6. 6 Occupational Health and Burnout Occupational Therapy 11 works
  7. 7 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 9 works
  8. 8 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 9 works
  9. 9 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 9 works
  10. 10 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 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 available75.1%not open24.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.1%domestic only86.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidade Potiguar's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 Potiguar as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0026% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Universidade Potiguar0.0023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidade Potiguar 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 Potiguar5.4% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.3% in 2019.

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