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Research in Vila Nova de Gaia

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia and Instituto Superior Politécnico Gaya.

Research institutions
6
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.2k
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
5.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1978-2026
49 years on the record
Vila Nova de Gaia

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 Vila Nova de Gaia?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de GaiaHospital / health system 2,917 #11,253
2Instituto Superior Politécnico GayaUniversity 206 #15,453
3Escola de Negócios e AdministraçãoUniversity 97 not ranked
4ADIRA (Portugal)Company 9 not ranked
5Smd Informatic (Portugal)Company 3 not ranked
6Gaia Regional Conservatory FoundationUniversity 2 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.

Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia: 90.2%Instituto Superior Politécnico Gaya: 6.4%Escola de Negócios e Administração: 3.0%ADIRA (Portugal): 0.3%2 others listed: 0.2%90%largest
Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia2,917 · 90.2%Instituto Superior Politécnico Gaya206 · 6.4%Escola de Negócios e Administração97 · 3.0%ADIRA (Portugal)9 · 0.3%2 others listed5 · 0.2%

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

Which fields of science does Vila Nova de Gaia work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research in Vila Nova de Gaia is in Health Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (66%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%), Social Sciences (4%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 707 fractional works · 71.2% of its workMedicine: 658 fractional works · 66.4% of its workSurgery: 125 fractional works · 12.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 77 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 73 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEpidemiology: 34 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOncology: 27 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRheumatology: 26 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 23 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeurology: 22 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 20 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOphthalmology: 17 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 17 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 17 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDermatology: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGastroenterology: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 38 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 19 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 115 fractional works · 11.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 41 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEducation: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychology: 27 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 17 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 27 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 93 fractional works · 9.3% of its workComputer Science: 35 fractional works · 3.6% of its workInformation Systems: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 35 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 78 fractional works · 7.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 42 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGenetics: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKVila Nova de Gaia992fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences71%Social Sciences12%

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. Medicine65866.4%
    2. Health Professions383.9%
    3. Dentistry40.4%
    4. Nursing40.4%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Social Sciences414.1%
    2. Psychology272.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting272.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance101.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities90.9%
    6. Decision Sciences20.2%
    1. Computer Science353.6%
    2. Engineering353.5%
    3. Environmental Science131.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy40.4%
    5. Materials Science10.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    7. Energy10.1%
    8. Mathematics10.1%
    9. Chemistry10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology424.3%
    2. Neuroscience131.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology121.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences80.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Vila Nova de Gaia strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Vila Nova de Gaia is most concentrated in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Rheumatology (7.8× the world share in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine).

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 70.5 works7.8×
  2. RheumatologySubfield · 22.6 works5.7×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.19× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 27 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.96× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.54× its world share, 35 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.55× its world share, 588 worksMedicineNursing: 0.82× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.81× its world share, 22 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.91× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.55×588 works
  2. Health Professions1.54×35 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.19×10 works
  4. Dentistry0.96×4 works
  5. Psychology0.91×24 works
  6. Neuroscience0.85×12 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.82×2 works
  8. Nursing0.82×4 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.81×22 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.79×36 works
  11. Veterinary0.75×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.42×8 works
  13. Computer Science0.35×24 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.31×8 works
  15. Social Sciences0.30×33 works
  16. Environmental Science0.23×10 works
  17. Engineering0.21×27 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.19×2 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×6 works
  20. Energy0.13×1 works
  21. Mathematics0.09×1 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.09×2 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×1 works
  24. Chemistry0.06×1 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.03×0 works
  26. Materials Science0.03×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Vila Nova de Gaia?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology109▲ 2.8×123 topics
  2. Treatment55▲ 4.5×45 topics
  3. Diagnosis53▲ 5.8×39 topics
  4. Quality of Life49▲ 3.4×46 topics
  5. Inflammation39▲ 1.83×57 topics
  6. Management32▲ 4.1×30 topics
  7. Guidelines32▲ 6.7×12 topics
  8. Complications31▲ 6.3×16 topics
  9. Risk Factors30▲ 2.7×30 topics
  10. Chemotherapy28▲ 3.9×24 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease27▲ 2.4×27 topics
  12. Heart Failure25▲ 5.7×12 topics
  13. Echocardiography24▲ 8.8×8 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines24▲ 4.4×14 topics
  15. Surgical Management23▲ 5.7×19 topics
  16. Depression21▲ 2.4×21 topics
  17. Genetic Mutations20▲ 4.7×21 topics
  18. Myocardial Infarction20▲ 8.4×6 topics
  19. Mortality19▲ 3.3×12 topics
  20. Pathogenesis18▲ 3.6×24 topics
  21. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement17▲ 23×1 topic
  22. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement17▲ 23×1 topic
  23. Prevention15▲ 3.7×14 topics
  24. Surgery15▲ 4.4×10 topics
  25. Pain Management15▲ 6.5×9 topics
  26. Radiotherapy15▲ 3.8×12 topics
  27. Rehabilitation14▲ 3.5×9 topics
  28. Cardiovascular Risk13▲ 4.2×9 topics
  29. Catheter Ablation13▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Prognosis13▲ 3.9×9 topics
  31. Autoantibodies13▲ 5.4×8 topics
  32. Atherosclerosis12▲ 4.4×9 topics
  33. Cardiac Imaging12▲ 10×3 topics
  34. Children12▲ 5.5×7 topics
  35. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention12▲ 9.1×4 topics
  36. Prophylaxis10▲ 8.3×4 topics
  37. Mechanical Ventilation10▲ 8.9×2 topics
  38. Postoperative Pain10▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Anticoagulant Therapy10▲ 7.5×4 topics
  40. Perioperative Care10▲ 8.0×3 topics

What research is done in Vila Nova de Gaia?

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…16Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 16 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 7 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 6 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 6 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anoma…5Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 5 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 5 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 5 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…5Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 5 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryEpidemiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 16 works
  2. 2 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 7 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  4. 4 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 6 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 5 works
  8. 8 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  10. 10 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 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 2025Vila Nova de Gaia7.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.7% in 2010.

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