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Social Sciences research in Portugal

University of Lisbon ranks first in Portugal for Social Sciences research in 2022-now (#250 worldwide), followed by Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa and Universidade do Porto.

Portugal's world rank
#25
of 148 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
18k
Top-10% rate
10.4%
Ranked institutions
47

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Social Sciences in Portugal?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of LisbonLisbon #25036.511.8%2,300
2Iscte – Instituto Universitário de LisboaLisbon #52028.114.9%664
3Universidade do PortoPorto #59426.612.1%1,184
4University of MinhoBraga #65525.410.8%1,188
5University of CoimbraCoimbra #69124.88.8%1,643
6Universidade Católica PortuguesaLisbon #73124.29.9%504
7University of AveiroAveiro #76823.610.5%695
8Universidade Nova de LisboaLisbon #95821.110.7%967
9Ministério da JustiçaLisbon #1,00520.56.7%418
10Universidade LusófonaLisbon #1,44016.411.4%373
11University of AlgarveFaro #1,65914.811.5%434
12Instituto Superior de Educação e CiênciasLisbon #1,67214.710.2%169
13Ordem dos MédicosLisbon #1,69714.56.1%208
14Polytechnic Institute of PortoPorto #1,81013.87.8%314
15Universidade AbertaLisbon #1,89913.29.2%237
16University of ÉvoraEvora #1,91913.112.3%272
17Instituto Politécnico de LeiriaLeiria #1,95612.911.9%180
18University of Beira InteriorCovilha #2,09812.115.2%263
19Autonomous University of LisbonLisbon #2,30111.09.9%125
20Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and AveBarcelos #2,51910.08.9%101
21Instituto Politécnico da GuardaGuarda #2,6579.37.5%139
22Polícia JudiciáriaLisbon #2,7109.18.0%143
23Polytechnic Institute of BragançaBragança #2,7538.96.1%197
24Lusíada University of LisbonLisbon #2,7838.813.1%104
25ISPA - Instituto UniversitárioLisbon #2,8298.616.4%77
26Polytechnic Institute of ViseuViseu #2,8578.510.5%100
27Instituto Politécnico de LisboaLisbon #2,9258.212.6%110
28Direção Geral do Património CulturalLisbon #2,9698.14.4%130
29Universidade PortucalensePorto #3,0047.910.3%122
30Universidade EuropeiaLisbon #3,0297.812.0%88
31Universidade dos AçoresPonta Delgada #3,1167.512.6%94
32University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto DouroVila Real #3,1467.413.8%223
33Universidade da MadeiraFunchal #3,3506.78.3%114
34Polytechnic Institute of Viana do CasteloViana do Castelo #3,4186.413.6%80
35Centro de Estudos em Geografia e Ordenamento do TerritorioCoimbra #3,4266.49.0%109
36Instituto Superior da MaiaMaia #3,4616.38.4%151
37Instituto Superior de GestãoLisbon #3,4956.212.6%94
38Universidade Lusófona do PortoPorto #3,5835.96.7%70
39Fernando Pessoa UniversityPorto #3,7475.48.0%107
40Ciência VivaLisbon #3,7695.36.1%89
41Polytechnic Institute of Castelo BrancoCastelo Branco #4,1684.28.8%76
42Polytechnic Institute of CoimbraCoimbra #4,3303.711.1%76
43Instituto Politecnico de SetubalSetúbal #4,5063.38.8%66
44Institute for Systems Engineering and ComputersLisbon #4,5383.212.7%73
45Campo Arqueologico de MertolaMértola #4,8472.47.1%63
46INESC TECPorto #4,9102.314.6%76
47Administração Regional de Saúde de Lisboa e Vale do TejoLisbon #5,58680.05.4%108

Institutions in Portugal above the floor of 40 fractional works in Social Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Social Sciences researchers in Portugal?

María Assunção Flores, Tiago Oliveira and Francisco Carlos Barbosa dos Santos rank highest among researchers based in Portugal, on their papers in Social Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1María Assunção Flores#72,092 worldwide overall54.1 of 183 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Tiago Oliveira#12,660 worldwide overall32.3 of 64 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Francisco Carlos Barbosa dos Santos#145,753 worldwide overall30.8 of 97 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Pedro C. Magalhães#140,242 worldwide overall30.3 of 64 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Eduardo Medeiros#121,748 worldwide overall26.2 of 64 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Alberto Amaral#171,277 worldwide overall28.6 of 89 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Sandra María Correia Loureiro#171,588 worldwide overall35.8 of 156 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Jorge M. Pacheco#189,839 worldwide overall23.3 of 58 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Álvaro Dias#858,926 worldwide overall26.8 of 75 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Pedro José Sales Luís Fonseca Rosário#875,087 worldwide overall37.8 of 133 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Teresa Carvalho#356,786 worldwide overall20.1 of 61 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Christin‐Melanie Vauclair#101,241 worldwide overall18.2 of 43 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Elisabeth Kastenholz#322,256 worldwide overall25.0 of 78 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Cristina Sin#349,059 worldwide overall21.2 of 58 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15João J. Ferreira#54,370 worldwide overall22.1 of 67 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Portugal on their work in Social Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Portugal compares with other countries in Social Sciences