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Ecology research in Brazil

Universidade de São Paulo ranks first in Brazil for Ecology research in 2022-now (#358 worldwide), followed by Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia and Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation.

Brazil's world rank
#25
of 68 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
7k
Top-10% rate
6.8%
Ranked institutions
28

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

What is the best university for Ecology in Brazil?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Universidade de São PauloSão Paulo #3588.15.9%390
2Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da AmazôniaManaus #3856.96.2%93
3Brazilian Agricultural Research CorporationBrasília #4285.311.0%98
4Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Campinas #4384.98.4%106
5Universidade Federal de PernambucoRecife #4474.66.2%126
6Universidade Federal da ParaíbaJoão Pessoa #4574.38.6%86
7Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteNatal #4683.99.0%80
8Universidade Federal de ViçosaViçosa #4693.88.0%109
9Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro #4723.86.6%164
10Universidade Federal do ParáBelém #4743.78.1%144
11Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)São Paulo #4753.76.6%280
12Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaFlorianópolis #4883.29.1%91
13Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBelo Horizonte #4923.17.3%130
14Universidade Federal de LavrasLavras #5022.86.4%64
15Universidade Federal do Rio GrandeRio Grande #5032.87.8%69
16Universidade Federal de São CarlosSão Carlos #5042.77.3%87
17Universidade Federal FluminenseNiterói #5052.77.0%69
18Universidade Federal de GoiásGoiânia #5062.76.8%87
19Universidade Federal Rural de PernambucoRecife #5182.39.6%92
20Universidade de BrasíliaBrasília #5212.26.3%123
21Universidade Federal do Espírito SantoVitória #5242.15.5%71
22Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro #5272.04.2%91
23Universidade Federal do ParanáCuritiba #5282.06.9%131
24Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do SulCampo Grande #5292.07.2%84
25Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulPorto Alegre #5301.96.0%144
26Fundação Oswaldo CruzRio de Janeiro #549139.05.7%81
27Universidade Federal do CearáFortaleza #552130.06.9%88
28Universidade Federal de Santa MariaSanta Maria #57080.07.8%82

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

Who are the top Ecology researchers in Brazil?

Mauro Galetti, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão and Sergio R. Floeter rank highest among researchers based in Brazil, on their papers in Ecology that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Mauro Galetti#37,821 worldwide overall22.0 of 79 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Luiz E. O. C. Aragão#8,477 worldwide overall17.8 of 52 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Sergio R. Floeter#207,577 worldwide overall17.4 of 53 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Jean Paul Metzger#24,286 worldwide overall13.1 of 31 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Milton Cézar Ribeiro#373,303 worldwide overall18.0 of 58 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Ane A. C. Alencar#13,042 worldwide overall9.1 of 12 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Siu Mui Tsai#381,216 worldwide overall11.9 of 40 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Marcos Callisto#385,430 worldwide overall16.5 of 88 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Bruce Nelson#50,242 worldwide overall8.8 of 21 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Paulo Monteiro Brando#18,640 worldwide overall8.1 of 15 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Kátia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz#485,611 worldwide overall12.7 of 45 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Carlos Moreira de Souza Júnior#101,582 worldwide overall8.0 of 18 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Luís Mauricio Bini#755,376 worldwide overall16.7 of 63 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Ronaldo Gonçalves Morato#360,127 worldwide overall10.2 of 42 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Angelo Fraga Bernardino#261,072 worldwide overall9.4 of 31 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Brazil on their work in Ecology 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 Ecology