Research in Porto
Science Explorer records 50 research institutions in Porto, Portugal. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidade do Porto, Polytechnic Institute of Porto and INESC TEC.
- Research institutions
- 50 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 100k ▲ 4% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 1.9M 18.7 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 19.5% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 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 Porto?
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Porto work in?
In 2022-now, 34% of research in Porto is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (26%), Engineering (14%), Social Sciences (9%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.
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
- Physical Sciences9,38834.5%
- Engineering3,84514.1%
- Computer Science1,8066.6%
- Environmental Science1,5145.6%
- Materials Science5852.1%
- Chemistry4001.5%
- Physics and Astronomy3871.4%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences2991.1%
- Energy2320.9%
- Mathematics1750.6%
- Chemical Engineering1440.5%
- Health Sciences8,44831.0%
- Medicine7,12626.2%
- Health Professions9533.5%
- Nursing1790.7%
- Dentistry1460.5%
- Veterinary440.2%
- Social Sciences5,90021.7%
- Social Sciences2,5559.4%
- Psychology1,0643.9%
- Business, Management and Accounting9203.4%
- Arts and Humanities6472.4%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance3931.4%
- Decision Sciences3221.2%
- Life Sciences3,49612.8%
What is Porto strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Porto is most concentrated in Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management, Biochemistry and Architecture (4.2× the world share in Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management).
- Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementSubfield · 23.4 works4.2×
- BiochemistrySubfield · 94.0 works3.1×
- ArchitectureSubfield · 28.5 works3.0×
- Medical Laboratory TechnologySubfield · 20.4 works2.7×
- Immunology and AllergySubfield · 46.1 works2.4×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 1.5×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Chemical Engineering1.49×127 works
- Health Professions1.35×871 works
- Medicine1.35×6,358 works
- Nursing1.35×162 works
- Psychology1.29×960 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.28×110 works
- Decision Sciences1.25×295 works
- Veterinary1.14×38 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.12×1,464 works
- Environmental Science1.10×1,336 works
- Dentistry1.06×126 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.06×835 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.03×254 works
- Neuroscience1.01×402 works
- Chemistry0.96×368 works
- Energy0.95×214 works
- Engineering0.95×3,491 works
- Computer Science0.86×1,643 works
- Arts and Humanities0.81×572 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.77×890 works
- Social Sciences0.74×2,286 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.70×364 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.67×258 works
- Materials Science0.61×522 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.61×333 works
- Mathematics0.54×157 works
Which keywords describe research in Porto?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Sustainability, Inflammation, Treatment, Machine Learning, Oxidative Stress and Deep Learning.
- Fracture Mechanics
- Phenolic Compounds
- Adolescents
- Prevention
- Physical Activity
- Prevalence
- Management
- Big Data
- Obesity
- Cancer
- Healthcare
- Globalization
- Education
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Mental Health
- Treatment
- Oxidative Stress
- Inflammation
- Machine Learning
- Sustainability
- Epidemiology
- Deep Learning
- Quality of Life
- Climate Change
- Environmental Impact
- Public Health
- Renewable Energy
- Risk Factors
- Diagnosis
- Depression
- Nanoparticles
- COVID-19
- Chemotherapy
- Health Effects
- Genetics
- Public Policy
- Anxiety
- Waste Management
- Finite Element Analysis
- Polyphenols
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
- Epidemiology1,422▲ 1.31×139 topics
- Sustainability813▲ 1.22×116 topics
- Deep Learning766▼ 0.82×81 topics
- Machine Learning764▼ 0.84×87 topics
- Quality of Life733▲ 1.87×60 topics
- Inflammation691▲ 1.19×83 topics
- Climate Change593▼ 0.80×106 topics
- Oxidative Stress566▲ 1.26×62 topics
- Environmental Impact531◆ 1.14×67 topics
- Treatment519▲ 1.57×52 topics
- Public Health506▲ 1.27×71 topics
- Mental Health495▲ 1.27×47 topics
- Renewable Energy456▲ 1.16×53 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease453▲ 1.46×39 topics
- Risk Factors440▲ 1.47×37 topics
- Education422◆ 0.90×124 topics
- Diagnosis398▲ 1.57×41 topics
- Globalization394▼ 0.74×148 topics
- Depression369▲ 1.54×26 topics
- Healthcare344◆ 1.11×37 topics
- Nanoparticles340◆ 0.99×44 topics
- Cancer331◆ 0.90×59 topics
- COVID-19329◆ 0.93×32 topics
- Obesity306▲ 1.46×28 topics
- Chemotherapy306▲ 1.58×25 topics
- Big Data283◆ 1.09×30 topics
- Health Effects279▲ 1.69×24 topics
- Management273▲ 1.25×38 topics
- Genetics253▲ 1.32×27 topics
- Prevalence225▲ 2.0×15 topics
- Public Policy222▲ 1.72×30 topics
- Physical Activity221▲ 1.67×13 topics
- Anxiety217▲ 1.67×12 topics
- Prevention211▲ 1.84×16 topics
- Waste Management200▲ 1.83×12 topics
- Adolescents192▲ 1.93×11 topics
- Finite Element Analysis176▲ 2.8×9 topics
- Phenolic Compounds153▲ 3.1×9 topics
- Polyphenols148▲ 3.1×6 topics
- Fracture Mechanics109▲ 6.4×3 topics
What research is done in Porto?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 89 works
- 2 Mechanical Behavior of Composites Mechanics of Materials 81 works
- 3 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 76 works
- 4 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 71 works
- 5 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 64 works
- 6 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 62 works
- 7 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 62 works
- 8 Algal biology and biofuel production Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 62 works
- 9 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 60 works
- 10 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 57 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.9% in 2016.
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