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Research in Almada

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Almada, Portugal. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Câmara Municipal de Almada, Infraestruturas de Portugal (Portugal) and Escola Naval.

Research institutions
4
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.6k
▼ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
6.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Almada

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Almada?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Câmara Municipal de AlmadaInstitution 322 #14,628
2Escola NavalUniversity 298 #16,382
3Infraestruturas de Portugal (Portugal)Company 203 #15,954
4Associação Científica ProteomassInstitution 38 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Câmara Municipal de Almada: 37.4%Escola Naval: 34.6%Infraestruturas de Portugal (Portugal): 23.6%Associação Científica Proteomass: 4.4%37%largest
Câmara Municipal de Almada322 · 37.4%Escola Naval298 · 34.6%Infraestruturas de Portugal (Portugal)203 · 23.6%Associação Científica Proteomass38 · 4.4%

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

Which fields of science does Almada work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research in Almada is in Health Sciences, 16% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (54%), Social Sciences (8%), Engineering (7%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 443 fractional works · 59.6% of its workMedicine: 404 fractional works · 54.4% of its workSurgery: 61 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 39 fractional works · 5.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 36 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEpidemiology: 27 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 23 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 18 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeurology: 18 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 17 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRheumatology: 16 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOphthalmology: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDermatology: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 29 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 120 fractional works · 16.2% of its workEngineering: 54 fractional works · 7.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 25 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 113 fractional works · 15.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 60 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEducation: 18 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 67 fractional works · 9.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 31 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGenetics: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKAlmada743fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences60%Social Sciences15%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine40454.4%
    2. Health Professions293.9%
    3. Nursing40.5%
    4. Dentistry30.5%
    5. Veterinary20.3%
    1. Engineering547.3%
    2. Computer Science253.3%
    3. Environmental Science202.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences60.8%
    5. Materials Science60.8%
    6. Chemistry30.4%
    7. Energy20.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy20.3%
    9. Mathematics20.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences608.1%
    2. Psychology182.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting121.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities111.5%
    5. Decision Sciences60.8%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance50.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology314.2%
    2. Neuroscience121.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology121.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences111.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Almada strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Almada is most concentrated in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (4.5× the world share in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine).

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 29.2 works4.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.41× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.52× its world share, 48 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.02× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.55× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.77× its world share, 328 worksMedicineNursing: 1.17× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.59× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.56× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 52 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.77×328 works
  2. Health Professions1.55×25 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.41×9 works
  4. Veterinary1.32×1 works
  5. Nursing1.17×4 works
  6. Dentistry1.02×3 works
  7. Psychology0.92×17 works
  8. Neuroscience0.90×9 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.88×5 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.73×24 works
  11. Social Sciences0.66×52 works
  12. Environmental Science0.59×18 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.59×10 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.57×6 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.56×11 works
  16. Engineering0.52×48 works
  17. Computer Science0.41×20 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.38×1 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.31×4 works
  20. Energy0.30×2 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×8 works
  22. Chemistry0.27×3 works
  23. Materials Science0.23×5 works
  24. Mathematics0.21×2 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.14×0 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.10×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Almada?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Quality of Life, Echocardiography, Risk Factors, Autoantibodies and Complications.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology77▲ 2.6×116 topics
  2. Treatment41▲ 4.6×46 topics
  3. Diagnosis30▲ 4.3×35 topics
  4. Quality of Life28▲ 2.6×48 topics
  5. Risk Factors24▲ 2.9×26 topics
  6. Inflammation22▲ 1.42×44 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease22▲ 2.5×24 topics
  8. Public Health20▲ 1.82×41 topics
  9. Sustainability19◆ 1.05×37 topics
  10. Complications17▲ 4.7×16 topics
  11. Echocardiography16▲ 7.9×7 topics
  12. Mental Health15▲ 1.42×26 topics
  13. Management15▲ 2.5×25 topics
  14. Guidelines14▲ 4.2×11 topics
  15. Autoantibodies14▲ 7.9×8 topics
  16. Genetic Mutations14▲ 4.2×21 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders13▲ 3.0×18 topics
  18. Heart Failure12▲ 3.6×11 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines12▲ 2.9×14 topics
  20. Endothelial Dysfunction12▲ 6.9×6 topics
  21. Obesity12▲ 2.1×14 topics
  22. Chemotherapy11▲ 2.2×21 topics
  23. Genetics11▲ 2.1×19 topics
  24. Chronic Kidney Disease11▲ 5.8×9 topics
  25. Myocardial Infarction10▲ 5.8×7 topics
  26. Cardiovascular Risk10▲ 4.3×8 topics
  27. Global Burden10▲ 2.5×9 topics
  28. Neuroimaging9▲ 4.4×11 topics
  29. Surgical Management9▲ 3.0×17 topics
  30. Treatment Guidelines9▲ 5.5×6 topics
  31. Hypertension9▲ 4.0×8 topics
  32. Intraocular Pressure9▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Immunosuppressive Therapy8▲ 6.0×8 topics
  34. Pulmonary Hypertension8▲ 7.8×3 topics
  35. Stroke7▲ 5.5×6 topics
  36. Right Heart Assessment7▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Survival Prediction7▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Glaucoma7▲ 5.9×4 topics
  39. Corneal Biomechanics6▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Keratoconus6▲ 21×1 topic

What research is done in Almada?

Pulmonary Hypertension R…5Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 5 fractional worksHernia repair and manage…5Hernia repair and management: 5 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 4 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 4 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 4 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 3 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and Practices: 3 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…3Environmental Sustainability and Education: 3 fractional worksMaritime Navigation and Safety: 3 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 3 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryEducationInternal Medicine4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Hernia repair and management Surgery 5 works
  3. 3 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 4 works
  4. 4 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 4 works
  5. 5 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 3 works
  7. 7 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 3 works
  8. 8 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  9. 9 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Almada10.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.7% in 2005.

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