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2023

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D-Index
63
Citations
102783
World Ranking
1130
National Ranking
10

Paulo Freire publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paulo Freire sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 214 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Paulo Freire D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paulo Freire sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Paulo Freire was affiliated with the Federal University of Pernambuco in Brazil. Their research contributions were primarily situated within the broad field of Materials Science, encompassing over 200 publications in this domain. The subfields that featured prominently in their work included Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's research topics covered several areas with significant publication counts. These included:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Nonlinear Optical Materials Research
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions
  • Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
  • Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications

Paulo Freire's recent papers span a variety of subjects and were published in multiple reputable journals. Notable publications included:

  • NMR and Raman Scattering Studies of Temperature- and Pressure-Driven Phase Transitions in CH3NH2NH2PbCl3 Perovskite (2020) in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Co-doped α-MoO3 hierarchical microrods: Synthesis, structure and phonon properties (2021) in Ceramics International
  • Aminophenyl chalcones potentiating antibiotic activity and inhibiting bacterial efflux pump (2020) in European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Chemical and mineral comparison of fossil insect cuticles from Crato Konservat Lagerstätte, Lower Cretaceous of Brazil (2020) in Journal of Iberian Geology
  • Removal of contaminants from water using Moringa oleifera Lam. as biosorbent: An overview of the last decade (2022) in Journal of Water Process Engineering

The scientist collaborated frequently with several coauthors, with whom they published multiple works. Frequent coauthors included:

  • Daniel M. L. Vasconcelos
  • Alexandre Magno Rodrigues Teixeira
  • Emanuele Priola
  • Nadia Curetti
  • Domenica Marabello

Paulo Freire's work appeared repeatedly in key publication venues known for materials and spectroscopy research. These venues were:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Molecular Structure
  • Vibrational Spectroscopy

In addition to articles, Paulo Freire contributed to book publications. These included titles published by Bloomsbury Academic eBooks and Springer Nature, such as:

  • Pedagogy in Process (2021)
  • Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (2021)

Best Publications

  • Education for critical consciousness

    Paulo Freire

  • Educação e mudança

    Paulo Freire

  • Literacy: Reading the Word and the World

    Paulo Freire;Donaldo Macedo

  • Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage

    Paulo Freire

  • The Politics of Education: Culture, Power, and Liberation

    Paulo Freire

  • Pedagogy of Hope: Reliving Pedagogy of the Oppressed

    Paulo Freire;Robert R. Barr;Ana Maria Araújo Freire

  • Pedagogia da esperança: um reencontro com a pedagogia do oprimido

    Paulo Freire

  • Teachers as Intellectuals: Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Learning

    Henry A. Giroux;Paulo Freire;Peter McLaren

  • Pedagogia da autonomia : saberes necessários à pratica educativa

    Paulo Freire

  • Pedagogía de la indignación

    Paulo Freire

  • Teachers As Cultural Workers: Letters To Those Who Dare Teach

    Paulo Freire

  • Pedagogy of the Heart

    Paulo Freire;Ana Maria Araújo Freire

  • Pedagogía del oprimido

    Paulo Freire

  • Cultural action for freedom

    Paulo Freire

  • Theory and resistance in education : towards a pedagogy for the opposition

    Henry A. Giroux;Paulo Freire;Stanley Aronowitz

  • A Pedagogy for Liberation: Dialogues on Transforming Education

    Paulo Freire;Ira Shor

  • La naturaleza política de la educación: ; cultura, poder y liberación

    Paulo Freire;Henry A. Giroux

  • Pedagogy of hope

    Paulo Freire

  • The Politics of Education

    Paulo Freire

  • Pedagogy in Process: The Letters to Guinea-Bissau

    Paulo Freire

  • Literacy: Reading the Word and the World.

    Wendy Luttrell;Paulo Freire;Donaldo Macedo

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry A. Giroux
Henry A. Giroux McMaster University
Peter McLaren
Peter McLaren Chapman University
Carlos Alberto Torres
Carlos Alberto Torres University of California, Los Angeles
Allan Luke
Allan Luke Queensland University of Technology
Manuel Castells
Manuel Castells University of Southern California

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