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History of Education Research in Brazil

History of Education Research in Brazil is a research topic within History. Science Explorer counts 8.3k research works in it since 1950. 10.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the history of education, cultural practices, and the intersection of memory, schooling, and material culture. It delves into the evolution of educational systems, the role of textbooks, and the preservation of heritage. Additionally, it examines the influence of cultural practices on educational development and the methodologies of historiography within the context of social sciences.

  • History
  • Education
  • Cultural Practices
  • Memory
  • Schooling
  • Textbooks
  • Heritage
  • Material Culture
  • Historiography
  • Social Sciences
Research works
8.3k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
901
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+6%
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Which countries lead History of Education Research in Brazil research?

By volume, Brazil and Portugal publish the most (1.4k and 47 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 1.4k works
  2. 2 Portugal 47 works
  3. 3 France 26 works
  4. 4 United States 24 works
  5. 5 Spain 22 works
  6. 6 Mexico 10 works
  7. 7 Italy 7 works
  8. 8 ?? 6 works
  9. 9 Argentina 6 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 5 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: 90.4%Portugal: 2.9%France: 1.6%United States: 1.5%6 others listed: 3.5%90%largest
Brazil1,442 · 90.4%Portugal47 · 2.9%France26 · 1.6%United States24 · 1.5%6 others listed56 · 3.5%

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

Which institutions lead History of Education Research in Brazil research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most History of Education Research in Brazil research, followed by Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) and Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

Where is History of Education Research in Brazil research done?

The largest centres of History of Education Research in Brazil research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Florianópolis (Brazil) and Belo Horizonte (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Pelotas and Natal.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 252 works
  2. 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 126 works
  3. 3 Florianópolis Brazil 54 works
  4. 4 Belo Horizonte Brazil 50 works
  5. 5 Brasília Brazil 47 works
  6. 6 Curitiba Brazil 46 works
  7. 7 Belém Brazil 45 works
  8. 8 Fortaleza Brazil 36 works
  9. 9 Natal Brazil 35 works
  10. 10 Pelotas Brazil 32 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PelotasBR · 32.4 works71×
  2. NatalBR · 34.9 works48×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in History of Education Research in Brazil than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study History of Education Research in Brazil?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte and Universidade de Brasília 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 16.71%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidade Federal de São Paulo: 36, 22.3%Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte: 29, 18.5%Universidade de Brasília: 32, 16.5%Universidade Nova de Lisboa: 9, 14.5%Universidade de São Paulo: 67, 10.0%Universidade Estadual do Ceará: 24, 19.4%Universidade Federal do Pará: 36, 14.0%Universidade Brasil: 8, 19.7%Universidade Estadual do Paraná: 12, 15.2%Universidade Federal do Paraná: 27, 17.0%Universidade Federal…Universidade Federal…Universidade de Bras…Universidade Nova de…
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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 Federal de São PauloBrazil 61.522.3%56.7×36 +175.1%
2 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteBrazil 51.218.5%50.3×29 +145.1%
3 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 44.916.5%36.7×32 +67.1%
4 Universidade Nova de LisboaPortugal 44.514.5%19.3×9 +195.5%
5 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 44.110.0%25.1×67 +34.4%
6 Universidade Estadual do CearáBrazil 43.119.4%89.8×24 +55.5%
7 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 42.814.0%58.8×36 +79.1%
8 Universidade BrasilBrazil 41.419.7%50.2×8 +156.5%
9 Universidade Estadual do ParanáBrazil 39.515.2%128.6×12 +522.9%
10 Universidade Federal do ParanáBrazil 39.017.0%34.9×27 -12.5%

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 History of Education Research in Brazil research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are History of Education Research in Brazil.

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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.