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Universidade São Francisco

In research, Universidade São Francisco stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,139 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#6,649 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,590 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology — Clinical Psychology is 6.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,301
of 28,054 · #12,999 all time
Rank in Brazil
#110
of 714
Research works
4k
▲ 47% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
7.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Universidade São Francisco 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 #4,139 of 10,521 7.7%439 #4480
Health SciencesDomain #6,649 of 11,982 7.1%288 #7405
Life SciencesDomain #4,590 of 7,800 14.6%105 #7466
PsychologyField #1,320 of 2,181 8.9%116 #1229
Social SciencesField #4,352 of 6,365 7.1%239 #4631
MedicineField #7,923 of 10,443 7.3%198 #10270
Physical SciencesDomain #11,027 of 12,888 7.3%81 #14841
EducationSubfield #1,709 of 1,892 7.0%88 #1642
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,341 of 2,578 5.7%65 #3198

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade São Francisco 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#4,480 #4,139
  2. Health Sciences#7,405 #6,649
  3. Life Sciences#7,466 #4,590
  4. Psychology#1,229 #1,320
  5. Social Sciences#4,631 #4,352
  6. Medicine#10,270 #7,923
  7. Physical Sciences#14,841 #11,027
  8. Education#1,642 #1,709
  9. Sociology and Political Science#3,198 #2,341
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 São Francisco specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 6.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 58.2 works6.1×
← 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: 0.80× its world share, 35 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.97× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.97× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.41× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 23 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.64× its world share, 25 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.39× its world share, 58 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.13× its world share, 198 worksMedicineNursing: 1.39× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.83× its world share, 48 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.05× its world share, 18 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.15× its world share, 116 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.07× its world share, 239 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidade São Francisco?

Ranked on the composite score, Adair Mendes Nacarato, Rodolfo Augusto Matteo Ambiel and Marcelo Lima Ribeiro lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade São Francisco.

  1. 1 Adair Mendes Nacarato Brazil · #170,611 worldwide 38 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Rodolfo Augusto Matteo Ambiel Brazil · #321,765 worldwide 48 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Marcelo Lima Ribeiro Brazil · #387,330 worldwide 67 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Makilim Nunes Baptista Brazil · #509,299 worldwide 77 citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Acácia Aparecida Angeli dos Santos Brazil · #548,359 worldwide 10 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Cláudio Garcia Capitão Brazil · #609,839 worldwide 30 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Ricardo Primi Brazil · #629,563 worldwide 128 citations · 61 works
  8. 8 Adriana Cristina Boulhoça Suehiro Brazil · #645,675 worldwide 25 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Adriana Munhoz Carneiro Brazil · #649,902 worldwide 19 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Luzia Bueno Brazil · #654,501 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade São Francisco

Which keywords describe research at Universidade São Francisco?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Qualitative Research, Mental Health, Social Inequality, Epidemiology, Educational Technology, Curriculum Development and Inclusive Education.

▲ 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. Epidemiology76▲ 2.1×104 topics
  2. Teacher Training67▲ 12×8 topics
  3. Mental Health61▲ 4.6×34 topics
  4. Qualitative Research60▲ 7.5×13 topics
  5. Educational Technology49▲ 4.5×9 topics
  6. Public Health49▲ 3.7×36 topics
  7. Social Inequality45▲ 19×5 topics
  8. Quality of Life42▲ 3.1×42 topics
  9. Curriculum Development40▲ 6.3×4 topics
  10. Inclusive Education36▲ 11×5 topics
  11. Educational Policies35▲ 33×2 topics
  12. Pedagogical Practices34▲ 41×3 topics
  13. Distance Learning34▲ 11×4 topics
  14. Public Policy33▲ 7.3×12 topics
  15. Educational Reform32▲ 28×3 topics
  16. Critical Pedagogy32▲ 41×2 topics
  17. Education32▲ 2.0×37 topics
  18. Online Learning31▲ 4.1×7 topics
  19. COVID-1929▲ 2.3×18 topics
  20. Depression27▲ 3.3×16 topics
  21. Discourse Analysis24▲ 10×4 topics
  22. Psychopathology23▲ 14×4 topics
  23. Adolescents22▲ 6.4×9 topics
  24. Digital Literacy22▲ 3.9×4 topics
  25. Social Determinants22▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Healthcare Access20▲ 7.9×6 topics
  27. Social Network Analysis20▲ 18×1 topic
  28. WebQuests20▲ 39×1 topic
  29. Health Policy19▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Rhetoric19▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Literacy19▲ 29×2 topics
  32. Well-being19▲ 5.4×11 topics
  33. Prevalence19▲ 5.0×13 topics
  34. Social Discourse19▲ 49×2 topics
  35. Bakhtin Circle18▲ 57×1 topic
  36. Educational Practices18▲ 33×2 topics
  37. Textual Production18▲ 57×1 topic
  38. Personality Traits18▲ 15×6 topics
  39. Psychological Distress16▲ 7.0×5 topics
  40. Infection Control15▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidade São Francisco publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education Pedagogy and Practices, Education and Digital Technologies, Linguistics and Education Research and Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic.

Education Pedagogy and P…32Education Pedagogy and Practices: 32 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 20 fractional worksLinguistics and Educatio…18Linguistics and Education Research: 18 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-…13Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 13 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 12 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation: 12 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues11Brazilian Legal Issues: 11 fractional worksEducation during COVID-19 pandemic: 11 fractional worksEducation and Public Policy: 9 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Sciences: 9 fractional works
EducationSociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryInformation Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 32 works
  2. 2 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 20 works
  3. 3 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 18 works
  4. 4 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 13 works
  5. 5 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 12 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 12 works
  7. 7 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 11 works
  8. 8 Education during COVID-19 pandemic Education 11 works
  9. 9 Education and Public Policy Political Science and International Relations 9 works
  10. 10 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 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 available70.5%not open29.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.1%domestic only89.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidade São Francisco's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.