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Research in Arouca

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Arouca, Portugal. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Unidade Local de Saúde de Entre Douro e Vouga.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
611
▲ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.6k
4.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
4.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1974-2026
53 years on the record
Arouca

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 Arouca?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Unidade Local de Saúde de Entre Douro e VougaHospital / health system 611 #15,285

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.

Which fields of science does Arouca work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research in Arouca is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (78%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 224 fractional works · 83.7% of its workMedicine: 210 fractional works · 78.5% of its workSurgery: 43 fractional works · 16.1% of its workOphthalmology: 18 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 17 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRheumatology: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 8.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKArouca267fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences84%Social Sciences6%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine21078.5%
    2. Health Professions93.5%
    3. Nursing20.9%
    4. Dentistry10.5%
    5. Veterinary10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology124.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology51.7%
    3. Neuroscience31.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences93.2%
    2. Psychology62.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    5. Decision Sciences10.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.2%
    1. Engineering20.8%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    3. Computer Science10.3%
    4. Environmental Science10.2%
    5. Mathematics10.2%
    6. Energy00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Arouca strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Arouca is most concentrated in Surgery (7.6× the world share in Surgery).

  1. SurgerySubfield · 40.6 works7.6×
← 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 22 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.74× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.05× its world share, 177 worksMedicineNursing: 1.90× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.38× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.05×177 works
  2. Veterinary2.38×1 works
  3. Nursing1.90×2 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.74×4 works
  5. Health Professions1.44×9 works
  6. Dentistry1.01×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.89×11 works
  8. Neuroscience0.80×3 works
  9. Psychology0.75×5 works
  10. Social Sciences0.26×8 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.25×0 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×1 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×1 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.16×1 works
  15. Energy0.08×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.07×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×1 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.05×0 works
  19. Environmental Science0.05×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.04×1 works
  21. Engineering0.04×2 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Arouca?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Complications, Treatment, Management, Rehabilitation, Chronic Pain and Glaucoma.

▲ 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. Epidemiology42▲ 3.9×83 topics
  2. Diagnosis15▲ 6.0×26 topics
  3. Inflammation13▲ 2.2×32 topics
  4. Complications13▲ 9.6×15 topics
  5. Treatment12▲ 3.8×28 topics
  6. Quality of Life11▲ 2.9×33 topics
  7. Risk Factors10▲ 3.5×20 topics
  8. Management10▲ 4.8×16 topics
  9. Rehabilitation8▲ 7.7×11 topics
  10. Chronic Pain8▲ 13×5 topics
  11. Surgical Management8▲ 7.1×18 topics
  12. Glaucoma8▲ 19×4 topics
  13. Guidelines7▲ 5.9×10 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 4.9×13 topics
  15. Obesity7▲ 3.5×12 topics
  16. Intraocular Pressure7▲ 29×2 topics
  17. Pain Management7▲ 11×9 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Risk6▲ 7.3×8 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations6▲ 4.9×16 topics
  20. Optical Coherence Tomography6▲ 20×3 topics
  21. Pathogenesis6▲ 4.0×11 topics
  22. Diabetes5▲ 4.0×10 topics
  23. Intravitreal Injection5▲ 27×2 topics
  24. Surgery5▲ 5.4×6 topics
  25. Laparoscopic Repair5▲ 46×2 topics
  26. Immunosuppressive Therapy5▲ 9.2×7 topics
  27. Optic Nerve5▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Macular Degeneration5▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Neurodegeneration4▲ 5.4×7 topics
  30. Radiation Therapy4▲ 12×6 topics
  31. Weight Loss4▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Diabetic Retinopathy4▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Hernia Repair4▲ 59×1 topic
  34. Mesh Techniques4▲ 59×1 topic
  35. Retinal Ganglion Cells4▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Ocular Hypertension4▲ 27×1 topic
  37. Postoperative Complications4▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor4▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Visual Field Progression4▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Virulence Factors4▲ 9.5×4 topics

What research is done in Arouca?

Hernia repair and manage…4Hernia repair and management: 4 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Ou…3Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Tre…3Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal dis…3Glaucoma and retinal disorders: 3 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 2 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…2Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional worksNausea and vomiting mana…2Nausea and vomiting management: 2 fractional works
SurgeryOphthalmologyCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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

  1. 1 Hernia repair and management Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  3. 3 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 3 works
  4. 4 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 3 works
  5. 5 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 2 works
  7. 7 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Nausea and vomiting management Surgery 2 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Arouca6.6% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.5% in 2014.

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