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Research in Penafiel

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Penafiel, Portugal. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
717
▲ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
3.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
3.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1975-2026
52 years on the record
Penafiel

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 Penafiel?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e SousaHospital / health system 581 #16,277
2Hospital Padre AméricoHospital / health system 136 #33,039 all time

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 Penafiel work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research in Penafiel is in Health Sciences, 8% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (75%), Health Professions (5%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 233 fractional works · 81.8% of its workMedicine: 213 fractional works · 74.7% of its workSurgery: 43 fractional works · 15.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 24 fractional works · 8.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 20 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workResearch and Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 4.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 23 fractional works · 8.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKPenafiel285fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences8%

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. Medicine21374.7%
    2. Health Professions155.3%
    3. Nursing31.1%
    4. Dentistry10.4%
    5. Veterinary10.2%
    1. Psychology124.3%
    2. Social Sciences41.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities31.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology134.5%
    2. Neuroscience72.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Computer Science31.2%
    2. Engineering10.5%
    3. Environmental Science10.3%
    4. Chemistry00.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    6. Mathematics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Penafiel strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Penafiel is most concentrated in Surgery (6.5× the world share in Surgery).

  1. SurgerySubfield · 39.1 works6.5×
← 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 23 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: 0.78× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.74× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.90× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.90× its world share, 193 worksMedicineNursing: 1.56× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.91× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.47× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.90×193 works
  2. Veterinary1.91×1 works
  3. Health Professions1.90×13 works
  4. Neuroscience1.74×7 works
  5. Nursing1.56×2 works
  6. Psychology1.47×12 works
  7. Dentistry0.99×1 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×11 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.46×1 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.40×2 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.39×3 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.21×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.16×3 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.13×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.13×4 works
  16. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×1 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×1 works
  19. Environmental Science0.06×1 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works
  21. Engineering0.04×1 works
  22. Mathematics0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Penafiel?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 3.0×80 topics
  2. Treatment16▲ 4.8×33 topics
  3. Diagnosis15▲ 5.7×30 topics
  4. Quality of Life15▲ 3.5×36 topics
  5. Risk Factors13▲ 4.1×24 topics
  6. Complications12▲ 8.8×16 topics
  7. Surgical Management10▲ 8.9×17 topics
  8. Guidelines10▲ 7.6×12 topics
  9. Inflammation10▲ 1.63×31 topics
  10. Depression9▲ 3.7×16 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 2.8×19 topics
  12. Chemotherapy9▲ 4.5×18 topics
  13. Management9▲ 4.0×24 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 5.5×11 topics
  15. Heart Failure8▲ 6.0×9 topics
  16. Pain Management7▲ 10×8 topics
  17. Rehabilitation7▲ 5.9×10 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 2.8×13 topics
  19. Echocardiography6▲ 8.0×7 topics
  20. Obesity6▲ 2.9×15 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations6▲ 4.9×14 topics
  22. Anxiety6▲ 4.3×8 topics
  23. Prenatal Diagnosis6▲ 14×7 topics
  24. Genetics6▲ 2.8×10 topics
  25. Chronic Pain6▲ 8.7×5 topics
  26. Mortality5▲ 3.2×10 topics
  27. Neuroimaging5▲ 6.2×6 topics
  28. Postoperative Complications5▲ 13×4 topics
  29. Autoantibodies5▲ 7.0×8 topics
  30. Children5▲ 7.2×6 topics
  31. Surgery5▲ 4.7×10 topics
  32. Surgical Treatment4▲ 8.2×6 topics
  33. Biomechanics4▲ 5.0×7 topics
  34. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 5.2×9 topics
  35. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 6.5×4 topics
  36. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Endothelial Dysfunction4▲ 6.6×4 topics
  38. Survival Analysis4▲ 5.5×5 topics
  39. Postoperative Pain4▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Intensive Care Unit4▲ 10×3 topics

What research is done in Penafiel?

Anesthesia and Pain Mana…3Anesthesia and Pain Management: 3 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …2Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 2 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksSchizophrenia research and treatment: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksTeratomas and Epidermoid…2Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts: 2 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 2 fractional worksAirway Management and Intubation Techniques: 2 fractional works
SurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineInformation SystemsPsychiatry and Mental health3 others

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

  1. 1 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 3 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 2 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  7. 7 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Airway Management and Intubation Techniques Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 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 2025Penafiel5.6% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.2% in 2012.

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