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Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte

Research output, impact, five-year growth, topic strengths and transparent benchmarking from open scholarly metadata.

ITS Research Score60.9
Global research rank#4,540
Country rank#128
Momentum rank#9,562

Research performance overview

Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte is an education institution in Brazil represented in the ITS Research Intelligence database through OpenAlex and ROR-linked identity data. Over the most recent five-year window available locally, the institution is associated with 3,642 research works and 4,298 citations. Its current h-index is 77, while the five-year trend shows a contraction in recent publication activity. It currently places #4,540 in the ITS global research-performance ranking. Within Brazil, its current research-performance position is #128.

Five-year research output and impact

Research works, 5 years3,642
Citations, 5 years4,298
H-index77
i10-index1,552
Publication growth-15.7%
Citation growth-88.5%

Recent citation volume is approximately 1.2 citations per five-year work when the two aggregate windows are divided. This is a descriptive ratio rather than a field-normalized citation indicator, because disciplines have very different citation practices. The h-index and i10-index add longer-run visibility context, while the growth metrics show direction of travel rather than historical accumulation alone.

Research trend by year

YearWorksCitations recordedOpen-access works
2010961,07471
2011136976108
20122161,482159
20132201,716154
20142321,612171
20153082,401221
20163672,440279
20173431,741268
20183912,205328
20194202,033367
20207432,946653
20217282,748662
20226301,840576
20238821,447825
2024855633809
2025809334732
202646644433

The yearly series runs from 2010 to 2026 in the current local snapshot. Annual research counts should be read as a pattern rather than as an audited financial-style total: scholarly metadata is continually corrected, affiliations can be re-resolved, and citations continue to accumulate after publication.

Research strengths and leading topics

Education Pedagogy and PracticesLinguistics and Education ResearchEducation and Digital TechnologiesHealth, Nursing, Elderly CareEnvironmental Sustainability and EducationBusiness and Management StudiesScience and Education ResearchAcademic Research in Diverse FieldsRural Development and AgricultureCultural, Media, and Literary Studies

The strongest topic signals currently associated with Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte include Education Pedagogy and Practices, Linguistics and Education Research and Education and Digital Technologies. Topic lists are useful for understanding where an institution is visibly active, but they are not equivalent to a complete departmental census because OpenAlex topics are inferred from the institution’s works rather than from its administrative structure.

National benchmark

Among the 420 index-ready universities currently available for Brazil, the average five-year output is about 3,466 works and the average five-year citation count is about 7,100. Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte is currently above that research-output average and below the citation average. Its own growth signal is -15.7%, compared with a country-set average of 12.2%.

Deep research intelligence

Deep enrichment is queued for this otherwise quality-gated institution. Base research metrics remain available while the collaboration and partner-country aggregates are being calculated.

How to interpret this university profile

ITS Research Solution treats this page as research intelligence rather than a prestige label. The score is designed to summarize measurable research activity using recent output, recent citations, h-index, i10-index and five-year publication growth. Size still matters, so the score should be interpreted together with the trend table and topic profile. A smaller institution with strong momentum can therefore look different from a large institution with a much longer publication history.

Rankings are recalculated from the local analytical database after OpenAlex synchronization. The public page is indexable only when the institution has enough recent research activity, at least five active years in the available trend window, and multiple topic signals. This quality gate prevents empty or minimally populated institution records from becoming search-engine pages.

Data sources and verification

The institution identity is linked to the Research Organization Registry (ROR) through the ROR identifier supplied by OpenAlex. Research counts, citation totals, yearly activity, h-index, i10-index and topic signals come from OpenAlex. OpenAlex institution records are themselves grounded in ROR for canonical institution identity. Data can change as scholarly records, affiliations and citation links are corrected, so the page records the latest local synchronization time rather than presenting the figures as permanent.

  • OpenAlex institution ID: I4210103065
  • ROR ID: 01ee0g236
  • Last synchronized: 2026-09-10 04:51:49

Frequently asked questions

What is the research score for Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte?

The current ITS Research Performance Score is 60.9 out of 100. It combines recent publication output, citations, h-index, i10-index and five-year publication growth.

How many research works are associated with Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte?

The current local five-year window contains 3,642 works associated with the institution in OpenAlex.

Is this an official university ranking?

No. This is an independent ITS Research Solution research-performance analysis built from open scholarly metadata. It does not represent an official government or accreditation ranking.