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Universidade Salvador

In research, Universidade Salvador stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,692 of 9,585 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,018 of 9,902 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,884 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Urban Studies, Health Information Management and Information Systems and Management (Urban Studies is 9.5× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#3,088
of 22,385 · #3,345 all time
Rank in Brazil
#103
of 684
Research works
2.9k
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
4.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
81%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%

What is Universidade Salvador 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 #2,692 of 9,585 7.8%440 #3297
Health SciencesDomain #3,018 of 9,902 5.2%289 #3369
Social SciencesField #1,884 of 5,988 8.4%321 #2664
MedicineField #3,195 of 8,541 4.1%200 #3522
EducationSubfield #1,082 of 1,930 11.4%122 #1217
Health ProfessionsField #1,082 of 1,895 8.1%80 #1677
Physical SciencesDomain #6,264 of 10,670 4.8%158 #5090
Life SciencesDomain #3,828 of 6,403 3.4%83 #5101
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,773 of 2,526 8.2%91 #1767

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade Salvador 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#3,297 #2,692
  2. Health Sciences#3,369 #3,018
  3. Social Sciences#2,664 #1,884
  4. Medicine#3,522 #3,195
  5. Education#1,217 #1,082
  6. Health Professions#1,677 #1,082
  7. Physical Sciences#5,090 #6,264
  8. Life Sciences#5,101 #3,828
  9. Sociology and Political Science#1,767 #1,773
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 Salvador work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research at Universidade Salvador is in Social Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (33%), Medicine (21%), Health Professions (8%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 478 fractional works · 45.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 348 fractional works · 32.8% of its workEducation: 133 fractional works · 12.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 97 fractional works · 9.1% of its workUrban Studies: 28 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 19 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLaw: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 48 fractional works · 4.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 22 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 27 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 25 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 26 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 314 fractional works · 29.6% of its workMedicine: 218 fractional works · 20.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 42 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEpidemiology: 19 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurgery: 17 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 85 fractional works · 8.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 41 fractional works · 3.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 23 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 177 fractional works · 16.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 67 fractional works · 6.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 40 fractional works · 3.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 52 fractional works · 4.9% of its workInformation Systems: 35 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 34 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 91 fractional works · 8.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 54 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPlant Science: 19 fractional works · 1.8% of its workForestry: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadeSalvador1,060fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences30%Social Sciences45%

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 Sciences34832.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities484.6%
    3. Decision Sciences272.6%
    4. Psychology262.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting181.7%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance111.0%
    1. Medicine21820.6%
    2. Health Professions858.0%
    3. Nursing50.5%
    4. Dentistry30.3%
    5. Veterinary20.2%
    1. Environmental Science676.3%
    2. Computer Science524.9%
    3. Engineering343.2%
    4. Chemistry60.6%
    5. Materials Science50.5%
    6. Energy40.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.3%
    8. Mathematics30.3%
    9. Physics and Astronomy30.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences545.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology222.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology90.8%
    4. Neuroscience40.4%
    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 Salvador specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Urban Studies takes 9.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Urban StudiesSubfield · 27.8 works9.5×
  2. Health Information ManagementSubfield · 22.8 works8.4×
  3. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 24.6 works8.1×
  4. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 39.5 works6.4×
  5. EducationSubfield · 133.0 works4.1×
← 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: 1.07× its world share, 54 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.80× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.72× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.63× its world share, 52 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 34 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.27× its world share, 67 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.04× its world share, 85 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.07× its world share, 218 worksMedicineNursing: 1.01× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.58× its world share, 48 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.54× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.64× its world share, 27 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.80× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.59× its world share, 348 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.04×85 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.64×27 works
  3. Social Sciences2.59×348 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.58×48 works
  5. Environmental Science1.27×67 works
  6. Veterinary1.19×2 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.07×54 works
  8. Medicine1.07×218 works
  9. Nursing1.01×5 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.80×8 works
  11. Psychology0.80×26 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.72×3 works
  13. Dentistry0.67×3 works
  14. Computer Science0.63×52 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.54×18 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.47×11 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.38×22 works
  18. Energy0.37×4 works
  19. Chemistry0.36×6 works
  20. Neuroscience0.26×4 works
  21. Mathematics0.25×3 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.23×1 works
  23. Engineering0.21×34 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.20×3 works
  25. Materials Science0.13×5 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.11×3 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidade Salvador?

Ranked on the quality score, Luiz Fernando Quintanilha, Miguel Angel Rivera Castro and Kátia de Miranda Avena lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade Salvador.

  1. 1 Luiz Fernando Quintanilha Brazil · #1,385,212 worldwide 958 citations · 74 works
  2. 2 Miguel Angel Rivera Castro Brazil · #1,454,759 worldwide 2k citations · 59 works
  3. 3 Kátia de Miranda Avena Brazil · #1,803,706 worldwide 402 citations · 90 works
  4. 4 Jefferson Heber Marques Fontes Brazil · #2,265,369 worldwide 310 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Paulo R.B. Guimarães Brazil · #2,276,133 worldwide 383 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Ana Paula Amaral de Brito Brazil · #2,565,302 worldwide 92 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Renato Barbosa Reis Brazil · #2,768,930 worldwide 1.5k citations · 84 works
  8. 8 Thiago Araújo de Melo Brazil · #2,846,261 worldwide 357 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Rosemarie Freeney Harding Brazil · #2,977,545 worldwide 7 citations · 53 works
  10. 10 Sérgio Maravilhas Brazil · #3,069,670 worldwide 285 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade Salvador

What are the most cited papers from Universidade Salvador?

The most cited paper from Universidade Salvador is "Box-Behnken design: An alternative for the optimization of analytical methods" (Sérgio L.C. Ferreira, Roy E. Bruns, Hilda Silva Ferreira et al., 2007), with 3,195 citations. Next come "Wavelet-based test of co-movement and causality between oil and renewable energy stock prices" (505) and "A major role for ferroptosis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis –induced cell death and tissue necrosis" (478).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Box-Behnken design: An alternative for the optimization of analytical methods Sérgio L.C. Ferreira, Roy E. Bruns, Hilda Silva Ferreira et al. · Analytica Chimica Acta 12 Jul 2007 3,195
2 Wavelet-based test of co-movement and causality between oil and renewable energy stock prices Juan C. Reboredo, Miguel Angel Rivera Castro, Andrea Ugolini · Energy Economics 27 Oct 2016 505
3 A major role for ferroptosis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis –induced cell death and tissue necrosis Eduardo P. Amaral, Diego Luís Costa, Sivaranjani Namasivayam et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine Open access 20 Feb 2019 478
4 Identification and management of technical debt: A systematic mapping study Nicolli S.R. Alves, Thiago Souto Mendes, Manoel Mendonça et al. · Information and Software Technology Open access Nov 2015 336
5 A Visual Text Mining approach for Systematic Reviews Viviane Malheiros, Erika Nina Höhn, Roberto de Pinho et al. Review Sep 2007 332
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidade Salvador?

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

▲ 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 Training92▲ 14×16 topics
  2. Epidemiology88▲ 2.1×101 topics
  3. Public Health76▲ 4.9×35 topics
  4. Qualitative Research73▲ 8.1×12 topics
  5. Sustainability70▲ 2.7×35 topics
  6. Public Policy68▲ 14×12 topics
  7. Educational Technology68▲ 5.4×15 topics
  8. Globalization58▲ 2.8×56 topics
  9. Healthcare58▲ 4.8×18 topics
  10. Healthcare Access57▲ 20×5 topics
  11. Social Inequality56▲ 20×9 topics
  12. Curriculum Development54▲ 7.6×5 topics
  13. Quality of Life52▲ 3.4×42 topics
  14. Online Learning48▲ 5.4×6 topics
  15. Social Determinants43▲ 20×6 topics
  16. Social Movements42▲ 13×11 topics
  17. Health Policy40▲ 25×4 topics
  18. Inclusive Education36▲ 9.3×10 topics
  19. Pedagogical Practices35▲ 37×2 topics
  20. Distance Learning34▲ 9.1×4 topics
  21. Educational Policies33▲ 29×3 topics
  22. Educational Reform33▲ 25×2 topics
  23. Agroecology32▲ 22×5 topics
  24. Critical Pedagogy32▲ 37×2 topics
  25. Drug Resistance30▲ 9.9×8 topics
  26. Cultural Identity29▲ 5.6×11 topics
  27. Brazil27▲ 27×5 topics
  28. Digital Innovation26▲ 43×2 topics
  29. Judicialization25▲ 90×1 topic
  30. Medication25▲ 90×1 topic
  31. Inclusion25▲ 16×4 topics
  32. Patient Safety25▲ 15×6 topics
  33. Training25▲ 11×5 topics
  34. Research Networks25▲ 59×1 topic
  35. Smart Library25▲ 59×1 topic
  36. Infection Control24▲ 27×3 topics
  37. Legislation24▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Educational Policy24▲ 9.1×3 topics
  39. Research24▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Innovation Management23▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidade Salvador publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education Pedagogy and Practices, Public Health in Brazil, Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic and Academic Research in Diverse Fields.

  1. 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 32 works
  2. 2 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 25 works
  3. 3 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 25 works
  4. 4 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 23 works
  5. 5 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 23 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 23 works
  7. 7 Science and Education Research Education 21 works
  8. 8 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 20 works
  9. 9 Urban Development and Societal Issues Urban Studies 19 works
  10. 10 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 18 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 available80.8%not open19.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.4%domestic only83.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidade Salvador's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher 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 Salvador as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0039% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Universidade Salvador0.0037% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidade Salvador 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 Salvador7.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.8% in 2010.

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