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Brazilian History and Foreign Policy

Brazilian History and Foreign Policy is a research topic within Economics and Econometrics. Science Explorer counts 5.2k research works in it since 1950. 6.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to development economics and policy in Latin America. It includes discussions on innovation, bureaucracy, globalization, sustainability, infrastructure, foreign investment, and social security. The papers provide insights into the historical, political, and economic factors influencing development in the region.

  • Development Economics
  • Latin America
  • Policy
  • Innovation
  • Bureaucracy
  • Globalization
  • Sustainability
  • Infrastructure
  • Foreign Investment
  • Social Security
Research works
5.2k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
346
per year above
Top-10% rate
6.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-3%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Brazilian History and Foreign Policy research?

By volume, Brazil and the United States publish the most (597 and 35 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 597 works
  2. 2 United States 35 works
  3. 3 Portugal 29 works
  4. 4 Spain 23 works
  5. 5 Argentina 16 works
  6. 6 Mexico 13 works
  7. 7 Chile 13 works
  8. 8 Russia 12 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 9 works
  10. 10 France 7 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Brazil: 79.2%United States: 4.6%Portugal: 3.8%Spain: 3.1%6 others listed: 9.3%79%largest
Brazil597 · 79.2%United States35 · 4.6%Portugal29 · 3.8%Spain23 · 3.1%6 others listed70 · 9.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Brazilian History and Foreign Policy research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Brazilian History and Foreign Policy research, followed by Universidade Federal Fluminense and Universidade de Brasília.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 36 works
  2. 2 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 24 works
  3. 3 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 20 works
  4. 4 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 19 works
  5. 5 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 17 works
  6. 6 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 17 works
  7. 7 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 15 works
  8. 8 Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 15 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 14 works
  10. 10 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 13 works

Where is Brazilian History and Foreign Policy research done?

The largest centres of Brazilian History and Foreign Policy research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Brasília (Brazil) and Niterói (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Niterói, Brasília and Rio de Janeiro.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 112 works
  2. 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 81 works
  3. 3 Brasília Brazil 36 works
  4. 4 Niterói Brazil 24 works
  5. 5 Porto Alegre Brazil 23 works
  6. 6 Belo Horizonte Brazil 21 works
  7. 7 Lisbon Portugal 19 works
  8. 8 Florianópolis Brazil 19 works
  9. 9 Curitiba Brazil 15 works
  10. 10 Campinas Brazil 15 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NiteróiBR · 23.9 works62×
  2. BrasíliaBR · 35.8 works34×
  3. Rio de JaneiroBR · 81.4 works33×
  4. Porto AlegreBR · 23.2 works27×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Brazilian History and Foreign Policy than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Brazilian History and Foreign Policy?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade de Brasília, Universidade de São Paulo and Universidade Federal de São Paulo score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%5%10%15%mean 4.56%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidade de Brasília: 20, 12.3%Universidade de São Paulo: 36, 4.4%Universidade Federal de São Paulo: 10, 4.8%Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp): 15, 7.1%Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul: 19, 4.2%Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro: 17, 4.3%Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro: 14, 3.1%Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: 17, 2.6%Fundação Getulio Vargas: 12, 2.8%Universidade Federal Fluminense: 24, 0.0%Universidade de Bras…Universidade Estadua…Universidade Federal…Universidade de São …
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 46.112.3%44.3×20 -39.2%
2 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 45.64.4%26.4×36 +23.8%
3 Universidade Federal de São PauloBrazil 36.14.8%32.4×10 +156.4%
4 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 34.57.1%23.5×15 -12.0%
5 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 33.64.2%33.0×19 +47.3%
6 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 30.54.3%48.4×17 +61.6%
7 Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 28.53.1%135.1×14 +123.9%
8 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 27.92.6%29.0×17 +45.4%
9 Fundação Getulio VargasBrazil 26.62.8%153.3×12 +60.6%
10 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 24.80.0%63.3×24 +70.4%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Brazilian History and Foreign Policy research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2017. The fastest-growing topics are Brazilian History and Foreign Policy.

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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.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.