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Research in Viseu

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Viseu, Portugal. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Polytechnic Institute of Viseu and Instituto Piaget.

Research institutions
3
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.1k
▲ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
36k
11.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1959-2026
68 years on the record
Viseu

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Which research institutions are in Viseu?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Polytechnic Institute of ViseuUniversity 2,167 #3,061
2Instituto PiagetUniversity 662 #8,088
3Hospital São TeotónioHospital / health system 228 #31,594 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 Viseu work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research in Viseu is in Social Sciences, 26% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (18%), Social Sciences (17%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 387 fractional works · 40.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 165 fractional works · 17.1% of its workEducation: 52 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 52 fractional works · 5.4% of its workDemography: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 78 fractional works · 8.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMarketing: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 64 fractional works · 6.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 21 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 19 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 37 fractional works · 3.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 24 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 21 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 248 fractional works · 25.6% of its workMedicine: 174 fractional works · 17.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 25 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSurgery: 17 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 64 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 27 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 239 fractional works · 24.6% of its workEngineering: 91 fractional works · 9.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 15 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 82 fractional works · 8.4% of its workInformation Systems: 27 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 45 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 95 fractional works · 9.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 60 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPlant Science: 20 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFood Science: 16 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKViseu969fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences40%

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. Social Sciences16517.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting788.1%
    3. Psychology646.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities373.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance242.5%
    6. Decision Sciences181.8%
    1. Medicine17417.9%
    2. Health Professions646.6%
    3. Nursing70.7%
    4. Dentistry20.3%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Engineering919.4%
    2. Computer Science828.4%
    3. Environmental Science454.7%
    4. Materials Science60.6%
    5. Chemistry50.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.3%
    7. Energy30.3%
    8. Mathematics20.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    10. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences606.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology222.3%
    3. Neuroscience80.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology40.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Viseu?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Educational Technology, Quality of Life, Public Health, Epidemiology, Mental Health, Big Data and Internet of Things.

▲ 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. Sustainability58▲ 2.5×62 topics
  2. Epidemiology50▲ 1.31×84 topics
  3. Quality of Life40▲ 2.9×43 topics
  4. Public Health39▲ 2.8×40 topics
  5. Educational Technology38▲ 3.3×28 topics
  6. Mental Health32▲ 2.3×37 topics
  7. Environmental Impact30▲ 1.83×30 topics
  8. Social Media25▲ 1.87×26 topics
  9. Big Data25▲ 2.7×16 topics
  10. Internet of Things24▲ 2.9×13 topics
  11. Qualitative Research22▲ 2.7×21 topics
  12. Sustainable Development22▲ 1.42×38 topics
  13. Healthcare21▲ 1.93×18 topics
  14. Supply Chain Management21▲ 2.4×16 topics
  15. Risk Factors20▲ 1.89×29 topics
  16. Social Support20▲ 3.8×19 topics
  17. Consumer Behavior20▲ 3.3×13 topics
  18. Teacher Training19▲ 3.2×16 topics
  19. Economic Growth18▲ 2.3×16 topics
  20. Knowledge Management16▲ 3.0×17 topics
  21. Physical Activity16▲ 3.5×13 topics
  22. Chronic Diseases16▲ 6.4×7 topics
  23. Pedagogy14▲ 2.9×14 topics
  24. Prevalence14▲ 3.5×13 topics
  25. Cultural Studies13▲ 3.7×15 topics
  26. Prevention13▲ 3.2×12 topics
  27. Health Policy12▲ 8.2×6 topics
  28. COVID-19 Impact12▲ 7.2×5 topics
  29. Physical Education11▲ 9.3×5 topics
  30. Aging Population10▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Nursing10▲ 5.4×7 topics
  32. User-Generated Content10▲ 7.5×2 topics
  33. Customer Relationship Management9▲ 7.0×2 topics
  34. Consumer Engagement9▲ 7.9×1 topic
  35. Electronic Word-of-Mouth9▲ 7.9×1 topic
  36. Injury Prevention9▲ 7.7×4 topics
  37. Destination Image9▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Sustainable Tourism9▲ 7.9×2 topics
  39. Tourist Satisfaction9▲ 8.9×2 topics
  40. Community Perceptions9▲ 13×1 topic

What research is done in Viseu?

Digital Marketing and So…9Digital Marketing and Social Media: 9 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Touri…7Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 7 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 6 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and Practices: 6 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 6 fractional worksSustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis: 6 fractional worksConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification: 5 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…5Sports injuries and prevention: 5 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 5 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 5 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringEducationGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  2. 2 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  3. 3 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 6 works
  5. 5 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 6 works
  6. 6 Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis Environmental Chemistry 6 works
  7. 7 Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification Marketing 5 works
  8. 8 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 5 works
  9. 9 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 5 works
  10. 10 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 5 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%Viseu16.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.8% in 2007.

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