The 1st edition of Research.com ranking of the best universities in Brazil is based on information collected from Microsoft Academic Graph on 06-12-2021. Position in our global university ranking is based on a sum of H-index values of every leading scientist affiliated with that university. A leading scientist is a scholar with a D-index (discipline H-index) above a specific threshold (in most cases 30 or 40) for their fields of study. Research.com’s ranking of top universities in Brazil only lists 1000 universities with the highest H-index total. Show more
The ranking process involved careful examination of 166,880 scientists on Google Scholar as well as Microsoft Academic Graph.
An indepth definition of our research process can be found on our methodology page .
Please take into consideration that the scientific institution or university for a scientist is typically set based on the affiliation information featured on their Google Scholar profile.
In comparison to other global university rankings our objevtive is to focus predominantly on scientific work of leading researchers affiliated with each institution. We wish to inspire scholars, executives, and govermnents worldwide to learn where top experts are heading and to offer an opportunity for the entire scientific community to discover who the leading experts in popular fields of research, in different geographies, or even within scientific institutions are.
The ranking process involved a detailed examination of 166,880 researchers’ profiles from Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic Graph. Over 132,836 profiles were examined. Scientists from more than 2,814 institutions and affiliations were analyzed.
