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Universidade Santa Úrsula

In research, Universidade Santa Úrsula stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,600 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,212
of 22,385 · #12,069 all time
Rank in Brazil
#434
of 684
Research works
688
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.8k
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
63%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Universidade Santa Úrsula

What is Universidade Santa Úrsula 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 #6,600 of 9,585 9.2%87 #8613

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade Santa Úrsula 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 fields of science does Universidade Santa Úrsula work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Universidade Santa Úrsula is in Social Sciences, 22% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (35%), Medicine (12%), Health Professions (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 95 fractional works · 51.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 65 fractional works · 34.7% of its workEducation: 16 fractional works · 8.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 15 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 6.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 41 fractional works · 22.3% of its workMedicine: 22 fractional works · 11.6% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 16 fractional works · 8.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmall Animals: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 25 fractional works · 13.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 7.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 25 fractional works · 13.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 6.4% of its workAquatic Science: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadeSanta Úrsula186fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences51%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences6534.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities126.7%
    3. Psychology73.8%
    4. Decision Sciences52.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting42.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.2%
    1. Medicine2211.6%
    2. Health Professions168.4%
    3. Veterinary31.7%
    4. Dentistry10.5%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Environmental Science147.4%
    2. Computer Science63.1%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.2%
    4. Engineering21.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    7. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences126.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology94.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.1%
    4. Neuroscience10.8%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.35× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.92× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.49× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.18× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 12.58× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.31× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.65× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.70× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.25× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.74× its world share, 64 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 12.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary12.58×3 works
  2. Health Professions3.18×16 works
  3. Social Sciences2.74×64 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.70×5 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.31×12 works
  6. Environmental Science1.49×14 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.35×12 works
  8. Psychology1.25×7 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.07×2 works
  10. Dentistry0.95×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.92×9 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.79×2 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.65×4 works
  14. Medicine0.60×22 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.57×2 works
  16. Neuroscience0.48×1 works
  17. Computer Science0.39×6 works
  18. Nursing0.22×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.16×1 works
  20. Mathematics0.15×0 works
  21. Engineering0.08×2 works
  22. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidade Santa Úrsula?

Ranked on the quality score, Dirceu Teixeira, Regina Helena Potsch Andreata and Hudson Augusto Rodrigues Bonomo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade Santa Úrsula.

  1. 1 Dirceu Teixeira Brazil · #2,637,151 worldwide 535 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Regina Helena Potsch Andreata Brazil · #3,504,070 worldwide 2.3k citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Hudson Augusto Rodrigues Bonomo Brazil · #3,655,283 worldwide 2 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Márcia Teixeira Cavalcanti Brazil · #4,200,762 worldwide 43 citations · 43 works
  5. 5 Marcelle Rossi de Mello Brandão Brazil · #4,432,641 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Thiago Colmenero Cunha Brazil · #4,705,717 worldwide 16 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Carlos Henrique de Vasconcellos Ribeiro Brazil · #4,819,474 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Silvio Silva Fernandes Brazil · #4,917,284 worldwide 2 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Valdir Ramalho Brazil · #4,955,068 worldwide 27 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Alberto M. L. Caldeira Brazil · #5,055,473 worldwide 180 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade Santa Úrsula

What are the most cited papers from Universidade Santa Úrsula?

The most cited paper from Universidade Santa Úrsula is "Genetic markers in ribosomal DNA for the identification of members of the genus Anisakis (Nematoda: Ascaridoidea) defined by polymerase-chain-reaction-based restriction fragment length polymorphism" (Stefano D’Amelio, Kostas D. Mathiopoulos, Cláudia Portes Santos et al., 2000), with 331 citations. Next come "Motivations, emotions and satisfaction: The keys to a tourism destination choice" (238) and "Wheat quality in organic and conventional farming: results of a 21 year field experiment" (216).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Genetic markers in ribosomal DNA for the identification of members of the genus Anisakis (Nematoda: Ascaridoidea) defined by polymerase-chain-reaction-based restriction fragment length polymorphism Stefano D’Amelio, Kostas D. Mathiopoulos, Cláudia Portes Santos et al. · International Journal for Parasitology Feb 2000 331
2 Motivations, emotions and satisfaction: The keys to a tourism destination choice Maria Helena de Aguiar Pereira e Pestana, Artur Parreira, Luiz Moutinho · Journal of Destination Marketing & Management 14 Feb 2019 238
3 Wheat quality in organic and conventional farming: results of a 21 year field experiment Paul M. Mader, Diana Hahn, David Dubois et al. · Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 22 May 2007 216
4 2D and 3D-Organized Cardiac Cells Shows Differences in Cellular Morphology, Adhesion Junctions, Presence of Myofibrils and Protein Expression Carolina Pontes Soares, Victor do Valle Pereira Midlej, Maria Eduarda Weschollek de Oliveira et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 25 May 2012 191
5 Neuronal factors determining high intelligence Ursula Dicke, Gerhard Roth · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences Open access 23 Nov 2015 177
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidade Santa Úrsula?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Qualitative Research, Public Policy, Social Justice, Education, Identity, Teacher Training, Biodiversity and Social Determinants.

▲ 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. Qualitative Research14▲ 9.1×7 topics
  2. Epidemiology12▲ 1.64×33 topics
  3. Education12▲ 3.6×20 topics
  4. Quality of Life10▲ 3.6×17 topics
  5. Globalization10▲ 2.6×19 topics
  6. Public Policy10▲ 11×10 topics
  7. Mental Health9▲ 3.3×11 topics
  8. Identity9▲ 6.4×9 topics
  9. Sustainability9▲ 1.91×17 topics
  10. Social Justice8▲ 7.7×7 topics
  11. Biodiversity8▲ 5.9×14 topics
  12. Teacher Training8▲ 6.9×6 topics
  13. Human Rights8▲ 4.1×12 topics
  14. Healthcare7▲ 3.4×9 topics
  15. Social Determinants7▲ 18×5 topics
  16. Educational Technology7▲ 3.0×10 topics
  17. Environmental Law6▲ 16×5 topics
  18. Conservation6▲ 7.7×7 topics
  19. Community Empowerment6▲ 4.2×6 topics
  20. Food Security6▲ 5.7×6 topics
  21. Brazil6▲ 32×5 topics
  22. Cultural Identity5▲ 5.7×6 topics
  23. Legal Theory5▲ 42×2 topics
  24. Social Inequality5▲ 11×3 topics
  25. Colonialism5▲ 5.9×10 topics
  26. Constitutional Law5▲ 22×2 topics
  27. Culture5▲ 5.3×6 topics
  28. Agroecology5▲ 20×3 topics
  29. Local Governance5▲ 38×2 topics
  30. Civil Rights5▲ 37×1 topic
  31. Judicial Activism5▲ 55×1 topic
  32. Organizational Management5▲ 41×1 topic
  33. Public Administration5▲ 30×2 topics
  34. Research Methods5▲ 16×1 topic
  35. Legislation4▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Distance Learning4▲ 6.8×3 topics
  37. Educational Reform4▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Pedagogical Practices4▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Educational Policy4▲ 9.0×2 topics
  40. Critical Pedagogy4▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidade Santa Úrsula publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Brazilian Legal Issues, Business and Management Studies, Rural Development and Agriculture and Education Pedagogy and Practices.

Brazilian Legal Issues5Brazilian Legal Issues: 5 fractional worksBusiness and Management …5Business and Management Studies: 5 fractional worksRural Development and Ag…4Rural Development and Agriculture: 4 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and P…4Education Pedagogy and Practices: 4 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 4 fractional worksOccupational Health and Burnout: 3 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil2Public Health in Brazil: 2 fractional worksPsychology and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksUrban and sociocultural dynamics: 2 fractional worksPublic Administration in…2Public Administration in Developing Nations: 2 fractional works
LawInformation Systems and ManagementManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 5 works
  2. 2 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 5 works
  3. 3 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works
  4. 4 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 4 works
  5. 5 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 4 works
  6. 6 Occupational Health and Burnout Occupational Therapy 3 works
  7. 7 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Psychology and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 Urban and sociocultural dynamics Urban Studies 2 works
  10. 10 Public Administration in Developing Nations Political Science and International Relations 2 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 available62.9%not open37.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.5%domestic only86.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidade Santa Úrsula's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% 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 Santa Úrsula as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00083% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Universidade Santa Úrsula0.00054% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidade Santa Úrsula 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 Santa Úrsula8.1% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.1% in 2022.

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