Research at the University

The research produced at Unicamp accounts for 7,16% of the national academic production and is structured around 24 teaching and research units and 21 interdisciplinary research centers and nuclei, in addition to having 20 thematic research centers linked to Fapesp programs. and CNPq and dozens of state-of-the-art laboratories equipped for the development of research at the frontier of knowledge. Unicamp has 646 research groups registered in the CNPq database, working in 1.765 research lines, with 348 national and international partner institutions.

The University has 1.758 professors, 91 researchers, 1.007 collaborating researchers and 973 post-docs, in addition to a highly qualified technical staff. 99% of the professors have a doctorate or higher degree, and 124 professors and researchers are CNPq productivity fellows.

Funding for research produced at Unicamp is around R$ 355 million/year, raised from Brazilian funding agencies and other public and private institutions in the country and abroad.

The University's intellectual production increases consistently each year, having surpassed in 2021 the mark of 6.500 publications indexed in refereed specialized journals, 3.133 of which in open access.

In the period 2016-2021, Unicamp produced 33.645 scientific works, 36,8% in international collaboration and 3,3% in collaboration with industry. This production generated more than 325 thousand citations, with an average of 9,7 citations per publication and an impact above the world average. 13,2% of Unicamp's publications are among the top 10% most cited worldwide and 26,9% were published in the top 10% of international journals.

Below are the main institutional tools for managing and measuring research data at the University:

Research Yearbook

Comprehensive information for analyzing the performance of research produced at the University and positioning the institution in the national and international scenario.

Statistical Yearbook

Document prepared by AEPLAN that presents an overview of the physical and organizational structure of the institution, in addition to a set of indicators related to teaching, research and extension activities developed in the period.

FAEPEX reports

Annual documents that describe the activities financed by FAEPEX, reporting the sources and amounts of financial resources allocated to the Fund, and the types of support granted for each area and line.

Repository of Scientific and Intellectual Production at Unicamp

Instrument for collecting, organizing, disseminating and preserving the results of research produced by professors, researchers, undergraduate students, graduate students and technical-administrative employees of the University.

Unicamp Research Data Repository

REDU is the official tool for depositing, preserving, sharing, reusing and reproducing all research data generated at the University.

CNPq Research Groups

Researchers and students who organize themselves around one or more lines of research in an area of knowledge, with the aim of developing scientific research.