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Diverse scientific research topics

Diverse scientific research topics is a research topic within Management Science and Operations Research. Science Explorer counts 1.7k research works in it since 1955. 9.9% 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 data analysis, including the implications and applications of log transformation in biomedical research, effective teaching methods in higher education, statistical myths, and the use of technology-based instructional interventions. It also includes research on ethnobotanical surveys and the development of digital video libraries for educational purposes.

  • Log Transformation
  • Biomedical Research
  • Teaching Methods
  • Education
  • Statistical Methods
  • Scientific Inquiry
  • Technology-based Instruction
  • Mathematical Models
  • Ethnobotanical Survey
  • Digital Video Library
Research works
1.7k
fractional, since 1955
In the world top 10%
172
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+43%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Brazil
73% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Diverse scientific research topics

Which countries lead Diverse scientific research topics research?

By volume, Brazil and India publish the most (552 and 61 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Brazil 552 works
  2. 2 India 61 works
  3. 3 United States 31 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 29 works
  5. 5 Nigeria 25 works
  6. 6 Portugal 16 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 15 works
  8. 8 ?? 9 works
  9. 9 Mexico 8 works
  10. 10 Russia 8 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: 73.4%India: 8.1%United States: 4.1%Indonesia: 3.9%6 others listed: 10.6%73%largest
Brazil552 · 73.4%India61 · 8.1%United States31 · 4.1%Indonesia29 · 3.9%6 others listed79 · 10.6%

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

Which institutions lead Diverse scientific research topics research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidade do Estado do Pará publishes the most Diverse scientific research topics research, followed by Universidade Federal de Pernambuco and Universidade Federal do Pará.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidade do Estado do ParáBrazil 16 works
  2. 2 Universidade Federal de PernambucoBrazil 14 works
  3. 3 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 12 works
  4. 4 Universidade Tecnológica Federal do ParanáBrazil 12 works
  5. 5 Universidade Estadual do CearáBrazil 11 works
  6. 6 Secretaria da EducaçãoBrazil 11 works
  7. 7 Universidade Estadual do ParanáBrazil 10 works
  8. 8 Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do CearáBrazil 9 works
  9. 9 Integral Consulting (United States)United States 9 works
  10. 10 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Diverse scientific research topics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Diverse scientific research topics include Andrew Victor Schally.

  1. 1 Andrew Victor Schally United States 70k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Diverse scientific research topics?

The most cited paper in Diverse scientific research topics is "Comparison of five rules for determining the number of components to retain." (William R. Zwick, Wayne F. Velicer, 1986), with 3,052 citations. Next come "Log-transformation and its implications for data analysis." (616) and "Water resources and climate change: An Indian perspective" (359).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Comparison of five rules for determining the number of components to retain. William R. Zwick, Wayne F. Velicer · Psychological Bulletin May 1986 3,052
2 Log-transformation and its implications for data analysis. Changyong Feng, Hongyue Wang, Naiji Lu et al. · PubMed Open access Apr 2014 616
3 Water resources and climate change: An Indian perspective Rajesh Kumar Mall, Akhilesh Gupta, Ranjeet Singh et al. 2006 359
4 Explorations in statistics: the log transformation Douglas Curran‐Everett · AJP Advances in Physiology Education 15 May 2018 185
5 An Epidemiological Analysis of Overuse Injuries Among Recreational Cyclists Charles G. Wilber, George J. Holland, Roberta Madison et al. · International Journal of Sports Medicine Apr 1995 168
All 102 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Diverse scientific research topics research done?

The largest centres of Diverse scientific research topics research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Belém (Brazil), Fortaleza (Brazil) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Belém and Fortaleza.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 São PauloBrazil 57 works
  2. 2 BelémBrazil 30 works
  3. 3 FortalezaBrazil 29 works
  4. 4 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 22 works
  5. 5 RecifeBrazil 21 works
  6. 6 CuritibaBrazil 17 works
  7. 7 BrasíliaBrazil 16 works
  8. 8 SalvadorBrazil 14 works
  9. 9 MaceióBrazil 13 works
  10. 10 Santa MariaBrazil 13 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BelémBR · 30.4 works52×
  2. FortalezaBR · 29.0 works45×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Diverse scientific research topics than the world average.

See Diverse scientific research topics on the map

Where is the best place to study Diverse scientific research topics?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Universidade do Estado do Pará and Universidade Federal do ABC 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%10%20%mean 8.5875%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidade Estadua…Universidade Federal…Universidade Estadua…Universidade do Esta…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Universidade Estadual do CearáBrazil 61.715.6%89.2×11 +55.6%
2Universidade do Estado do ParáBrazil 57.57.3%181.5×16 +112.8%
3Universidade Federal do ABCBrazil 52.614.7%79.0×8 +100.0%
4Universidade Estadual do ParanáBrazil 36.98.5%237.6×10 +416.7%
5Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 32.64.6%41.5×12 +74.6%
6Universidade Tecnológica Federal do ParanáBrazil 27.95.4%64.2×12 -19.3%
7Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 27.98.4%14.7×9 +6.7%
8Universidade Federal de PernambucoBrazil 25.74.2%38.8×14 -33.4%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Diverse scientific research topics, country by country

Is Diverse scientific research topics research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 43% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Diverse scientific research topics.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Diverse scientific research topics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0019% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Diverse scientific research topics over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Diverse scientific research topics9.9% in 20252020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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