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Research in Coimbra

Science Explorer records 29 research institutions in Coimbra, Portugal. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Coimbra, Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra and Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra.

Research institutions
29
9 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
56k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
867k
15.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record

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 Coimbra?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of CoimbraUniversity 49,621 #689
2Polytechnic Institute of CoimbraUniversity 2,563 #2,446
3Centro de Estudos em Geografia e Ordenamento do TerritorioResearch facility 1,074 #8,727
4Escola Superior de Enfermagem de CoimbraUniversity 1,044 #6,573
5Instituto Superior Miguel TorgaUniversity 640 #13,709
6Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de CoimbraUniversity 537 #12,817
7Research Center for Natural Resources, Environment and SocietyResearch facility 490 #8,577
8Association for Innovation and Biomedical Research on Light and ImageNonprofit 464 #18,629 all time
9Institute of Marine ResearchResearch facility 416 #17,854 all time
10Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de CoimbraUniversity 392 #17,312
11Escola Universitária Vasco da GamaUniversity 182 #24,921 all time
12Instituto Pedro NunesUniversity 127 #19,821
13Critical Software (Portugal)Company 114 not ranked
14Instituto Superior Bissaya BarretoUniversity 107 not ranked
15Tecnologia e Engenharia de Materiais (Portugal)Company 36 not ranked
16Intelligent Sensing Anywhere (Portugal)Company 25 not ranked
17OneSource (Portugal)Company 23 not ranked
18Take The Wind (Portugal)Company 19 not ranked
19Instituto Técnico Artístico e Profissional de CoimbraUniversity 17 not ranked
20Virtual Power Solutions (Portugal)Company 16 not ranked
21Luzitin (Portugal)Company 13 not ranked
22Portuguese Association of the Ceramics IndustryInstitution 12 not ranked
23Conservatório de Música de CoimbraUniversity 11 not ranked
24Escola Universitária das Artes de CoimbraUniversity 10 not ranked
25LaserLeap Technologies (Portugal)Company 7 not ranked
26Active Space Technologies (Portugal)Company 4 not ranked
27Dryas Arqueologia (Portugal)Company 2 not ranked
28Meticube (Portugal)Company 1 not ranked
29Administração Regional De Saude Do CentroGovernment institution 0 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 Coimbra: 85.6%Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra: 4.4%Centro de Estudos em Geografia e Ordenamento do Territorio: 1.9%Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra: 1.8%24 others listed: 6.3%86%largest
University of Coimbra50k · 85.6%Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra2,563 · 4.4%Centro de Estudos em Geografia e Ordenamento do Territorio1,074 · 1.9%Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra1,044 · 1.8%24 others listed3,665 · 6.3%

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

Which fields of science does Coimbra work in?

In 2022-now, 32% of research in Coimbra is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (20%), Social Sciences (15%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4,312 fractional works · 32.0% of its workEngineering: 1,437 fractional works · 10.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 234 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 199 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 181 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 166 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 129 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 102 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 78 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 77 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 71 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 865 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 144 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 127 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 116 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 94 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 89 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 81 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 75 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 847 fractional works · 6.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 217 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 191 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 113 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 108 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 60 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 54 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 341 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 163 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 84 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 196 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 61 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 191 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOceanography: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeophysics: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 183 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 83 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 129 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 101 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy: 85 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 78 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4,216 fractional works · 31.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,066 fractional works · 15.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 684 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEducation: 271 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 225 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLaw: 133 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 112 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 95 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 92 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 89 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 69 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 661 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPhilosophy: 122 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 119 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 119 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 94 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 58 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 122 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 630 fractional works · 4.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 255 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 166 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 96 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 73 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 454 fractional works · 3.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 122 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 74 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 72 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 64 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 258 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 201 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 147 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 65 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3,325 fractional works · 24.7% of its workMedicine: 2,674 fractional works · 19.8% of its workSurgery: 283 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 221 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 203 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 171 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 155 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 155 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 144 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 116 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 99 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 84 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 77 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 75 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 75 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 75 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 68 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 66 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 64 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 225 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 499 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 241 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 82 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 107 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 84 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,621 fractional works · 12.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 641 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 348 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 121 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 97 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 507 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPlant Science: 172 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 93 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 314 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 140 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 56 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 102 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 72 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 58 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCoimbra13kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences25%Social Sciences31%

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. Engineering1,43710.7%
    2. Environmental Science8656.4%
    3. Computer Science8476.3%
    4. Materials Science3412.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1961.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1911.4%
    7. Chemistry1831.4%
    8. Mathematics1291.0%
    9. Energy850.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering380.3%
  1. Social Sciences4,21631.3%
    1. Social Sciences2,06615.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities6614.9%
    3. Psychology6304.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting4543.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2581.9%
    6. Decision Sciences1471.1%
  2. Health Sciences3,32524.7%
    1. Medicine2,67419.8%
    2. Health Professions4993.7%
    3. Dentistry840.6%
    4. Nursing550.4%
    5. Veterinary130.1%
  3. Life Sciences1,62112.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6414.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5073.8%
    3. Neuroscience3142.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1020.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics580.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Coimbra strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Coimbra is most concentrated in Speech and Hearing, Archeology and Anthropology (3.3× the world share in Speech and Hearing).

  1. Speech and HearingSubfield · 73.5 works3.3×
  2. ArcheologySubfield · 109.6 works3.0×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 101.8 works3.0×
  4. Urban StudiesSubfield · 87.6 works2.6×
← 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 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: 0.79× its world share, 447 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 570 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.74× its world share, 89 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.45× its world share, 282 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.14× its world share, 48 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.83× its world share, 35 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.90× its world share, 169 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 747 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 169 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.70× its world share, 77 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.71× its world share, 1,275 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.29× its world share, 767 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.73× its world share, 306 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.83× its world share, 117 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.66× its world share, 177 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.24× its world share, 72 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.43× its world share, 451 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.01× its world share, 2,337 worksMedicineNursing: 0.84× its world share, 50 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.69× its world share, 11 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.71× its world share, 591 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.05× its world share, 408 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 128 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.95× its world share, 243 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.55× its world share, 567 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 1,856 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 1.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities1.71×591 works
  2. Psychology1.55×567 works
  3. Neuroscience1.45×282 works
  4. Health Professions1.43×451 works
  5. Environmental Science1.29×767 works
  6. Dentistry1.24×72 works
  7. Social Sciences1.22×1,856 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.14×48 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.10×128 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting1.05×408 works
  11. Medicine1.01×2,337 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.95×243 works
  13. Chemistry0.90×169 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.90×169 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.89×570 works
  16. Nursing0.84×50 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.83×35 works
  18. Mathematics0.83×117 works
  19. Computer Science0.80×747 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.79×447 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.74×89 works
  22. Materials Science0.73×306 works
  23. Engineering0.71×1,275 works
  24. Energy0.70×77 works
  25. Veterinary0.69×11 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.66×177 works

Which keywords describe research in Coimbra?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Public Policy, Globalization, Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Mental Health, Climate Change and Colonialism.

▲ 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. Epidemiology530◆ 0.99×139 topics
  2. Sustainability469▲ 1.42×113 topics
  3. Climate Change408◆ 1.11×112 topics
  4. Globalization398▲ 1.50×140 topics
  5. Quality of Life349▲ 1.79×61 topics
  6. Machine Learning333▼ 0.74×84 topics
  7. Mental Health324▲ 1.68×44 topics
  8. Public Health309▲ 1.58×72 topics
  9. Education300▲ 1.29×117 topics
  10. Deep Learning299▼ 0.64×79 topics
  11. Inflammation291◆ 1.02×82 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress275▲ 1.24×61 topics
  13. Environmental Impact261◆ 1.14×63 topics
  14. Public Policy237▲ 3.7×26 topics
  15. History209▲ 2.2×54 topics
  16. Colonialism206▲ 3.2×44 topics
  17. Depression204▲ 1.72×26 topics
  18. Human Rights195▲ 1.41×71 topics
  19. Treatment194▲ 1.18×52 topics
  20. Risk Factors192▲ 1.30×36 topics
  21. Identity189▲ 1.94×59 topics
  22. Mechanical Properties165▲ 1.25×37 topics
  23. Social Support141▲ 1.95×18 topics
  24. Social Justice140▲ 1.74×45 topics
  25. Social Movements136▲ 3.4×29 topics
  26. Cultural Heritage135▲ 1.88×37 topics
  27. Cultural Identity134▲ 2.0×28 topics
  28. Cultural Studies123▲ 2.5×33 topics
  29. Neoliberalism111▲ 2.3×26 topics
  30. Brazil111▲ 8.8×5 topics
  31. Emotion Regulation109▲ 2.5×9 topics
  32. Healthcare Access105▲ 2.9×11 topics
  33. Aging Population104▲ 8.7×5 topics
  34. Anthropology90▲ 7.1×9 topics
  35. Legal Theory75▲ 8.2×3 topics
  36. Legal Philosophy71▲ 8.5×2 topics
  37. Civil Rights70▲ 7.7×3 topics
  38. Public Administration67▲ 6.1×5 topics
  39. Constitutional Interpretation63▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Judicial Activism63▲ 11×1 topic

What research is done in Coimbra?

  1. 1 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 60 works
  2. 2 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 48 works
  3. 3 Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies Philosophy 44 works
  4. 4 Literature, Culture, and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 44 works
  5. 5 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 42 works
  6. 6 History, Culture, and Society Speech and Hearing 41 works
  7. 7 Historical Education and Society Education 38 works
  8. 8 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 34 works
  9. 9 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 32 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 32 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Coimbra17.7% 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 21.5% in 2009.

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