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Universidade Veiga de Almeida

In research, Universidade Veiga de Almeida stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,018 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#8,746 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,222 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry and Law — Dentistry is 12.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,478
of 28,054 · #26,092 all time
Rank in Brazil
#416
of 714
Research works
1.3k
▲ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.8k
5.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
76%
world 28%

What is Universidade Veiga de Almeida 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
Health SciencesDomain #9,018 of 11,982 4.7%100 #11794
Social SciencesDomain #8,746 of 10,521 3.1%179 #12884
Social SciencesField #6,222 of 6,365 1.8%125 #8670

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade Veiga de Almeida 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. Health Sciences#11,794 #9,018
  2. Social Sciences#12,884 #8,746
  3. Social Sciences#8,670 #6,222
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 Veiga de Almeida specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 12.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 20.7 works12×
  2. LawSubfield · 24.9 works12×
← 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: 0.46× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 4 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.35× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 12.34× its world share, 21 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.11× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.71× its world share, 48 worksMedicineNursing: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.84× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.52× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.72× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.89× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.85× its world share, 125 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 12.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidade Veiga de Almeida?

Ranked on the composite score, Betty Bernardo Fuks, Fátima Cristina Santoro Gerstenberger and Patrícia Nivoloni Tannure lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade Veiga de Almeida.

  1. 1 Betty Bernardo Fuks Brazil · #457,927 worldwide 4 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Fátima Cristina Santoro Gerstenberger Brazil · #1,081,927 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Patrícia Nivoloni Tannure Brazil · #1,343,687 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade Veiga de Almeida

Which keywords describe research at Universidade Veiga de Almeida?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Qualitative Research, Human Rights, Legal Theory, Legal Philosophy, Social Justice, Environmental Law, Quality of Life and Constitutional Law.

▲ 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. Human Rights26▲ 7.4×12 topics
  2. Qualitative Research26▲ 8.5×9 topics
  3. Quality of Life26▲ 5.1×32 topics
  4. Legal Theory23▲ 95×3 topics
  5. Public Health23▲ 4.6×14 topics
  6. Legal Philosophy22▲ 97×2 topics
  7. Social Justice22▲ 11×5 topics
  8. Environmental Law21▲ 30×4 topics
  9. Constitutional Law21▲ 45×3 topics
  10. Civil Rights20▲ 84×2 topics
  11. Public Policy20▲ 12×11 topics
  12. Mental Health20▲ 4.0×16 topics
  13. Constitutional Interpretation20▲ 125×1 topic
  14. Judicial Activism20▲ 125×1 topic
  15. Social Determinants20▲ 27×5 topics
  16. Epidemiology20▲ 1.45×51 topics
  17. Sustainability18▲ 2.2×26 topics
  18. Healthcare16▲ 4.2×10 topics
  19. Globalization16▲ 2.4×19 topics
  20. Healthcare Access16▲ 16×5 topics
  21. Education15▲ 2.5×25 topics
  22. Online Learning15▲ 5.1×4 topics
  23. Risk Factors13▲ 3.3×15 topics
  24. Brazil12▲ 36×5 topics
  25. Prevalence11▲ 7.8×11 topics
  26. Legislation11▲ 19×3 topics
  27. Psychoanalysis11▲ 38×3 topics
  28. Training11▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Clinical Practice11▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Adolescence10▲ 66×2 topics
  31. Inclusion10▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Distance Education10▲ 14×1 topic
  33. Research10▲ 24×1 topic
  34. Teacher Training10▲ 4.8×6 topics
  35. Diagnostic Labels10▲ 100×1 topic
  36. Parenting10▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Health Policy9▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Social Inequality8▲ 9.2×5 topics
  39. Discourse Analysis8▲ 9.3×2 topics
  40. Organizational Management8▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Universidade Veiga de Almeida publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Brazilian Legal Issues, Academic Research in Diverse Fields, Psychology and Mental Health and Business and Management Studies.

Brazilian Legal Issues20Brazilian Legal Issues: 20 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…10Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 10 fractional worksPsychology and Mental He…10Psychology and Mental Health: 10 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 8 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 6 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence: 6 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil: 5 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 5 fractional worksGender, Sexuality, and Education: 5 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 4 fractional works
LawEducationClinical PsychologyInformation Systems and Management6 others

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

  1. 1 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 20 works
  2. 2 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 10 works
  3. 3 Psychology and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 10 works
  4. 4 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 8 works
  5. 5 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 6 works
  6. 6 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 6 works
  7. 7 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  8. 8 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 5 works
  9. 9 Gender, Sexuality, and Education Gender Studies 5 works
  10. 10 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 4 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 available75.9%not open24.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidade Veiga de Almeida's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% 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.

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.