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Demography research in Brazil

Ação Educativa ranks first in Brazil for Demography research in 2022-now (#223 worldwide), followed by Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte and Universidade de São Paulo.

Brazil's world rank
#15
of 55 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
8.9k
Top-10% rate
9.0%
Ranked institutions
32

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Demography in Brazil?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Ação EducativaSão Paulo #22311.013.4%95
2Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteNatal #3254.810.9%87
3Universidade de São PauloSão Paulo #3334.411.2%251
4Universidade Federal FluminenseNiterói #3374.28.3%116
5Universidade Federal de PernambucoRecife #3453.810.0%103
6Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro #3533.49.6%131
7Universidade Federal da ParaíbaJoão Pessoa #3632.99.2%108
8Universidade Estadual do CearáFortaleza #3732.59.2%86
9Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do SulCampo Grande #3772.310.2%69
10Universidade Federal de São CarlosSão Carlos #3812.111.6%74
11Universidade Federal do PiauíTeresina #3842.011.7%67
12Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaFlorianópolis #3852.09.9%151
13Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBelo Horizonte #3871.912.5%148
14Fundação Oswaldo CruzRio de Janeiro #3881.818.4%97
15Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)São Paulo #3901.88.2%141
16Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro #3911.77.0%110
17Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São PauloSão Paulo #3921.75.8%62
18Universidade Federal do CearáFortaleza #3931.612.4%114
19Universidade de BrasíliaBrasília #3941.69.1%135
20Universidade Federal de AlagoasMaceió #3961.511.0%66
21Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulPorto Alegre #398143.010.1%168
22Universidade Federal da BahiaSalvador #401130.011.1%64
23Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Campinas #404118.09.8%91
24Universidade Federal do ParáBelém #407106.07.0%93
25Universidade Federal do AmazonasManaus #408102.06.2%71
26Universidade Federal do Espírito SantoVitória #41190.07.5%78
27Universidade Federal de São PauloSão Paulo #41382.018.4%94
28Universidade Federal do ParanáCuritiba #41574.010.2%102
29Universidade Federal de Santa MariaSanta Maria #41766.07.9%96
30Universidade Estadual de MaringáMaringá #41958.07.6%78
31Universidade Federal de Juiz de ForaJuiz de Fora #42054.07.4%65
32Universidade Federal de GoiásGoiânia #42246.07.5%60

Institutions in Brazil above the floor of 40 fractional works in Demography, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Demography researchers in Brazil?

Déborah Carvalho Malta, Giancarlo Lucchetti and Zila M. Sanchez rank highest among researchers based in Brazil, on their papers in Demography that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Déborah Carvalho Malta#21,643 worldwide overall30.7 of 71 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Giancarlo Lucchetti#46,253 worldwide overall8.8 of 11 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Zila M. Sanchez#3,020,243 worldwide overall13.8 of 44 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Yuan‐Pang Wang#44,466 worldwide overall5.2 of 8 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Isabela M. Benseñor#96,385 worldwide overall5.2 of 9 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6María Inês Schmidt#39,798 worldwide overall4.8 of 7 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Paulo A. Lotufo#299,838 worldwide overall5.0 of 10 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Bruce Bartholow Duncan#32,729 worldwide overall4.5 of 8 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 8Sandhi Maria Barreto#473,342 worldwide overall4.8 of 11 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Marcos Roberto Tovani‐Palone#5,134 worldwide overall3.8 of 4 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11André Faro#96,829 worldwide overall4.9 of 15 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Bruno Ramos Nascimento#70,031 worldwide overall4.0 of 4 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Maria Cecí­lia de Souza Minayo#2,558,170 worldwide overall11.8 of 61 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Alessandra Carvalho Goulart#253,080 worldwide overall4.2 of 5 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Cláudia Kimie Suemoto#479,783 worldwide overall4.2 of 10 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Brazil on their work in Demography alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Brazil compares with other countries in Demography