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Research in Aveiro

Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Aveiro, Portugal. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Aveiro, Centro Hospitalar do Baixo Vouga and Instituto Superior de Ciências da Informação e da Administração.

Research institutions
8
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
32k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
681k
21.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Aveiro

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 Aveiro?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of AveiroUniversity 30,927 #725
2Centro Hospitalar do Baixo VougaHospital / health system 638 #14,685
3Instituto Superior de Ciências da Informação e da AdministraçãoUniversity 190 #20,439
4Hospital de São SebastiãoHospital / health system 163 #28,910 all time
5PT Inovação e Sistemas (Portugal)Company 85 not ranked
6Raiz - Instituto De Investigação Da Floresta E PapelNonprofit 29 not ranked
7Smallmatek (Portugal)Company 19 not ranked
8Ubiwhere (Portugal)Company 11 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.

University of Aveiro: 96.5%Centro Hospitalar do Baixo Vouga: 2.0%Instituto Superior de Ciências da Informação e da Administração: 0.6%Hospital de São Sebastião: 0.5%4 others listed: 0.4%96%largest
University of Aveiro31k · 96.5%Centro Hospitalar do Baixo Vouga638 · 2.0%Instituto Superior de Ciências da Informação e da Administração190 · 0.6%Hospital de São Sebastião163 · 0.5%4 others listed144 · 0.4%

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

Which fields of science does Aveiro work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research in Aveiro is in Physical Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (19%), Social Sciences (10%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4,235 fractional works · 53.5% of its workEngineering: 1,475 fractional works · 18.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 344 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 271 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 183 fractional works · 2.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 112 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 105 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 102 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 79 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 756 fractional works · 9.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 134 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPollution: 118 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 102 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 101 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 64 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 63 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 58 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 57 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 613 fractional works · 7.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 156 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 107 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 100 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 86 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 74 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 557 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 309 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiomaterials: 100 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 64 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 194 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOceanography: 59 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 172 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 63 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 166 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 138 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 88 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 81 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 77 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCatalysis: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFiltration and Separation: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,973 fractional works · 24.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 830 fractional works · 10.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 280 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEducation: 196 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 76 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 58 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 447 fractional works · 5.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 109 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMarketing: 79 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 70 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 68 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 249 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 72 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 59 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 206 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 139 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 106 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 101 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 974 fractional works · 12.3% of its workMedicine: 757 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 77 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 75 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 54 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 51 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 147 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 166 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 72 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 726 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 320 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 183 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 62 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 262 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPlant Science: 83 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 59 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAquatic Science: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 92 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 54 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAveiro7,908fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences54%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences25%

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. Engineering1,47518.6%
    2. Environmental Science7569.6%
    3. Computer Science6137.8%
    4. Materials Science5577.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1942.5%
    6. Chemistry1722.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy1662.1%
    8. Mathematics1381.7%
    9. Energy881.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering771.0%
  2. Social Sciences1,97324.9%
    1. Social Sciences83010.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting4475.7%
    3. Psychology2493.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities2062.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1391.8%
    6. Decision Sciences1011.3%
    1. Medicine7579.6%
    2. Health Professions1662.1%
    3. Nursing230.3%
    4. Dentistry200.3%
    5. Veterinary80.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3204.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2623.3%
    3. Neuroscience921.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology370.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics160.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Aveiro strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Aveiro is most concentrated in Human-Computer Interaction, Pollution and Earth-Surface Processes (4.7× the world share in Human-Computer Interaction).

  1. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 68.1 works4.7×
  2. PollutionSubfield · 108.1 works3.9×
  3. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 32.1 works3.8×
  4. CatalysisSubfield · 32.0 works3.1×
  5. Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield · 114.3 works3.1×
← 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: 0.69× its world share, 232 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 282 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 34 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.72× its world share, 82 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.58× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.78× its world share, 68 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.43× its world share, 158 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.00× its world share, 548 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 161 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.24× its world share, 80 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.26× its world share, 1,326 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.89× its world share, 659 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.05× its world share, 502 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.50× its world share, 124 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.96× its world share, 150 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.56× its world share, 19 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 148 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 675 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 21 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.64× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.89× its world share, 182 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.71× its world share, 387 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 89 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.87× its world share, 131 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.05× its world share, 225 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 730 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering2.78×68 works
  2. Materials Science2.05×502 works
  3. Environmental Science1.89×659 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.71×387 works
  5. Mathematics1.50×124 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.46×161 works
  7. Chemistry1.43×158 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.31×89 works
  9. Engineering1.26×1,326 works
  10. Energy1.24×80 works
  11. Psychology1.05×225 works
  12. Computer Science1.00×548 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.96×150 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.89×182 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.87×131 works
  16. Social Sciences0.82×730 works
  17. Health Professions0.80×148 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.75×282 works
  19. Neuroscience0.72×82 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.69×232 works
  21. Veterinary0.64×6 works
  22. Nursing0.62×21 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.58×14 works
  24. Dentistry0.56×19 works
  25. Medicine0.50×675 works
  26. Immunology and Microbiology0.48×34 works

Which keywords describe research in Aveiro?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Environmental Impact, Biomedical Applications, Climate Change, Recycling, Waste Management, Tissue Engineering and Marine Environment.

▲ 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. Sustainability358▲ 1.85×93 topics
  2. Environmental Impact304▲ 2.3×58 topics
  3. Climate Change253▲ 1.18×96 topics
  4. Machine Learning191▼ 0.72×82 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications189▲ 2.0×34 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress159▲ 1.22×57 topics
  7. Education154◆ 1.13×86 topics
  8. Nanoparticles144▲ 1.44×44 topics
  9. Nanomaterials141▲ 1.70×21 topics
  10. Nanocomposites133▲ 2.1×21 topics
  11. Renewable Energy129◆ 1.12×44 topics
  12. Supply Chain Management128▲ 1.80×21 topics
  13. Tissue Engineering126▲ 2.6×13 topics
  14. Big Data121▲ 1.60×25 topics
  15. Educational Technology119▲ 1.28×35 topics
  16. Catalysis119▲ 2.2×26 topics
  17. Waste Management116▲ 3.6×10 topics
  18. Recycling115▲ 3.8×10 topics
  19. Internet of Things111▲ 1.64×19 topics
  20. Mechanical Properties111▲ 1.43×35 topics
  21. Economic Growth108▲ 1.68×27 topics
  22. Health Effects103▲ 2.2×22 topics
  23. Drug Delivery96▲ 2.2×16 topics
  24. Applications84▲ 3.9×8 topics
  25. Toxicity82▲ 2.4×17 topics
  26. Ionic Liquids82▲ 3.7×10 topics
  27. Marine Environment77▲ 6.8×3 topics
  28. Learning Outcomes77▲ 2.4×7 topics
  29. Pollution74▲ 4.8×4 topics
  30. Circular Economy72▲ 3.3×8 topics
  31. Materials69▲ 3.7×6 topics
  32. Environmental Impacts66▲ 3.1×9 topics
  33. Lifelong Learning64▲ 3.9×10 topics
  34. COVID-19 Impact63▲ 4.7×6 topics
  35. Bioaccumulation62▲ 8.8×3 topics
  36. User Experience50▲ 7.6×3 topics
  37. Destination Image49▲ 7.3×2 topics
  38. Pesticides47▲ 8.3×3 topics
  39. Community Perceptions46▲ 8.2×1 topic
  40. Metal Toxicity46▲ 9.7×2 topics

What research is done in Aveiro?

Microplastics and Plasti…43Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 43 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Touri…41Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 41 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 36 fractional worksEnvironmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology: 35 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 33 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 32 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 30 fractional worksAugmented Reality Applic…30Augmented Reality Applications: 30 fractional worksEducational Games and Gamification: 29 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Optic Sensors: 27 fractional works
PollutionSociology and Political ScienceHuman-Computer InteractionHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis5 others

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

  1. 1 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 43 works
  2. 2 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 41 works
  3. 3 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 36 works
  4. 4 Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 35 works
  5. 5 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 33 works
  6. 6 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 32 works
  7. 7 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 30 works
  8. 8 Augmented Reality Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 30 works
  9. 9 Educational Games and Gamification Developmental and Educational Psychology 29 works
  10. 10 Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 27 works

Research output over time

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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%Aveiro20.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.3% in 2016.

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