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Research in Ponta Delgada

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Ponta Delgada, Portugal. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Universidade dos Açores and Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo.

Research institutions
4
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4k
▲ 59% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
17.5%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Ponta Delgada?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidade dos AçoresUniversity 3,361 #4,857
2Hospital do Divino Espírito SantoHospital / health system 549 #25,462
3Electricidade dos Açores (Portugal)Company 47 not ranked
4Regional Secretariat for the Sea, Science and TechnologyGovernment institution 1 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.

Universidade dos Açores: 84.9%Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo: 13.9%Electricidade dos Açores (Portugal): 1.2%Regional Secretariat for the Sea, Science and Technology: 0.0%85%largest
Universidade dos Açores3,361 · 84.9%Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo549 · 13.9%Electricidade dos Açores (Portugal)47 · 1.2%Regional Secretariat for the Sea, Science and Technology1 · 0.0%

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

What is Ponta Delgada strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ponta Delgada is most concentrated in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change (11.1× the world share in Nature and Landscape Conservation).

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 22.4 works11×
  2. EcologySubfield · 41.2 works6.2×
  3. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 33.7 works5.2×
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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.

Which keywords describe research in Ponta Delgada?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Conservation, Biodiversity, Population Dynamics, Biogeography, Habitat Fragmentation and Sustainability.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Climate Change92▲ 4.0×70 topics
  2. Sustainability37▲ 1.78×46 topics
  3. Biodiversity36▲ 5.7×23 topics
  4. Invasive Species35▲ 9.7×19 topics
  5. Conservation32▲ 8.8×20 topics
  6. Epidemiology31◆ 0.92×89 topics
  7. Environmental Impact25▲ 1.72×29 topics
  8. Population Dynamics22▲ 11×11 topics
  9. Treatment20▲ 1.99×38 topics
  10. Biogeography19▲ 8.7×18 topics
  11. Habitat Fragmentation18▲ 9.8×5 topics
  12. Fisheries Sustainability16▲ 22×2 topics
  13. Economic Growth16▲ 2.3×18 topics
  14. Ocean Acidification16▲ 26×3 topics
  15. Ecosystem Services16▲ 4.8×7 topics
  16. Phylogeny16▲ 12×15 topics
  17. Marine Ecosystems15▲ 34×2 topics
  18. Global Change15▲ 7.0×6 topics
  19. Ecosystem Functioning15▲ 9.2×7 topics
  20. COVID-19 Impact14▲ 9.7×5 topics
  21. Biological Invasions13▲ 18×3 topics
  22. Trophic Cascades13▲ 16×2 topics
  23. Benthic Communities12▲ 25×2 topics
  24. Marine Biodiversity12▲ 25×2 topics
  25. Global Warming12▲ 3.4×12 topics
  26. Ecosystem Management12▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Fish Population Dynamics12▲ 33×1 topic
  28. Marine Fisheries12▲ 33×1 topic
  29. Microbiota11▲ 5.8×7 topics
  30. Ecology10▲ 8.0×9 topics
  31. Biological Control10▲ 8.3×9 topics
  32. Echocardiography10▲ 4.5×8 topics
  33. Ecosystem Resilience10▲ 7.9×5 topics
  34. Bleaching9▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Coral Reefs9▲ 32×1 topic
  36. Predator-Prey Interactions9▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Taxonomy9▲ 7.9×13 topics
  38. Acoustic Communication8▲ 20×3 topics
  39. Fisheries8▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Climate Change Impacts8▲ 7.9×6 topics

What research is done in Ponta Delgada?

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 12 works
  2. 2 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 9 works
  3. 3 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 7 works
  4. 4 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  5. 5 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 6 works
  6. 6 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 6 works
  7. 7 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 6 works
  8. 8 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 6 works
  9. 9 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 6 works
  10. 10 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 6 works

Research output over time

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