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Agrupamento de Escolas Nuno Álvares

In research, Agrupamento de Escolas Nuno Álvares stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,154 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education (Education is 7.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,197
of 22,385 · #14,954 all time
Rank in Portugal
#112
of 168
Research works
467
▼ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
3.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
86%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
Agrupamento de Escolas Nuno Álvares

What is Agrupamento de Escolas Nuno Álvares known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #7,154 of 9,585 9.6%65 #6906

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Agrupamento de Escolas Nuno Álvares sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Agrupamento de Escolas Nuno Álvares work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Agrupamento de Escolas Nuno Álvares is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (43%), Computer Science (9%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 72 fractional works · 61.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 50 fractional works · 43.0% of its workEducation: 26 fractional works · 22.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 6.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 6.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 27 fractional works · 23.3% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 8.6% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 7.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 10.4% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAgrupamento deEscolas Nuno…117fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences61%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5043.0%
    2. Psychology86.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities76.3%
    4. Decision Sciences32.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting21.8%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.9%
    1. Computer Science108.6%
    2. Environmental Science97.8%
    3. Engineering43.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.8%
    5. Mathematics10.7%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.7%
    7. Materials Science10.6%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine65.2%
    2. Health Professions64.7%
    3. Dentistry10.5%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences43.3%
    2. Neuroscience11.0%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Agrupamento de Escolas Nuno Álvares specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 26.2 works7.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.11× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.57× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.79× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.17× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.63× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.22× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.40× its world share, 50 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.40×50 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.63×3 works
  3. Psychology2.22×8 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.17×7 works
  5. Health Professions1.79×6 works
  6. Environmental Science1.57×9 works
  7. Computer Science1.11×10 works
  8. Dentistry0.94×0 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.70×4 works
  10. Neuroscience0.61×1 works
  11. Mathematics0.61×1 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.55×2 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.53×1 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.41×1 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.32×1 works
  16. Medicine0.27×6 works
  17. Engineering0.25×4 works
  18. Nursing0.23×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.17×1 works
  20. Energy0.16×0 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.11×0 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.10×1 works
  23. Chemistry0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Agrupamento de Escolas Nuno Álvares?

Ranked on the quality score, Sofia Gonçalves lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Agrupamento de Escolas Nuno Álvares.

  1. 1 Sofia Gonçalves Portugal · #3,676,722 worldwide 29 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Agrupamento de Escolas Nuno Álvares

What are the most cited papers from Agrupamento de Escolas Nuno Álvares?

The most cited paper from Agrupamento de Escolas Nuno Álvares is "Proceedings of the 3rd IPLeiria’s International Health Congress" (Catarina Cardoso Tomás et al., 2016), with 463 citations. Next come "Range‐wide phylogeography and gene zones in Pinus pinaster Ait. revealed by chloroplast microsatellite markers" (143) and "Using Augmented Reality to Stimulate Students and Diffuse Escape Game Activities to Larger Audiences" (131).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Proceedings of the 3rd IPLeiria’s International Health Congress Catarina Cardoso Tomás et al. · BMC Health Services Research Open access1,693 authors Jul 2016 463
2 Range‐wide phylogeography and gene zones in Pinus pinaster Ait. revealed by chloroplast microsatellite markers Gabriele Bucci, Santiago C. González‐Martínez, Grégoire Le Provost et al. · Molecular Ecology Open access 21 Mar 2007 143
3 Using Augmented Reality to Stimulate Students and Diffuse Escape Game Activities to Larger Audiences Anabela Estudante, Nicolas Pascal Dietrich · Journal of Chemical Education 31 Mar 2020 131
4 Learning from differences: a strategy for teacher development in respect to student diversity Kyriaki Messiou, Mel Ainscow, Gerardo Echeita Sarrionandía et al. · School Effectiveness and School Improvement Open access 2 Jan 2016 130
5 Short and medium-term effects of two-phase olive mill waste application on olive grove production and soil properties under semiarid mediterranean conditions Antonio López‐Piñeiro, Ángel Albarrán, José Rato Nunes et al. · Bioresource Technology 7 May 2008 104
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Agrupamento de Escolas Nuno Álvares?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Educational Technology, Inclusive Education, Online Learning, Qualitative Research, Public Policy, Curriculum Development and Distance Learning.

▲ 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 institution'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. Teacher Training14▲ 19×10 topics
  2. Educational Technology13▲ 9.2×20 topics
  3. Inclusive Education9▲ 22×8 topics
  4. Online Learning9▲ 9.6×9 topics
  5. Qualitative Research9▲ 9.1×8 topics
  6. Education8▲ 4.2×22 topics
  7. Public Policy8▲ 14×8 topics
  8. Sustainability8▲ 2.7×19 topics
  9. Curriculum Development8▲ 9.4×5 topics
  10. Distance Learning7▲ 18×8 topics
  11. Social Inequality7▲ 22×3 topics
  12. E-Learning6▲ 5.6×11 topics
  13. Digital Literacy6▲ 8.6×5 topics
  14. Sustainable Development6▲ 3.1×9 topics
  15. Public Health5▲ 3.1×16 topics
  16. Critical Pedagogy5▲ 53×2 topics
  17. Educational Reform5▲ 35×2 topics
  18. Pedagogical Practices5▲ 49×2 topics
  19. Educational Policies5▲ 40×2 topics
  20. Social Network Analysis5▲ 34×1 topic
  21. WebQuests5▲ 79×1 topic
  22. Biodiversity4▲ 4.6×4 topics
  23. Healthcare4▲ 3.1×4 topics
  24. Waste Management4▲ 8.5×4 topics
  25. Environmental Education4▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Pedagogy4▲ 6.5×11 topics
  27. Active Learning4▲ 18×4 topics
  28. Higher Education4▲ 5.9×8 topics
  29. STEM Education4▲ 6.7×6 topics
  30. Water Resources4▲ 13×1 topic
  31. Distance Education4▲ 16×4 topics
  32. Social Justice4▲ 5.0×10 topics
  33. Professional Identity3▲ 34×2 topics
  34. Youth Development3▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Organizational Behavior3▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Social Pedagogy3▲ 202×1 topic
  37. Inclusion3▲ 18×4 topics
  38. Educational Policy3▲ 9.6×3 topics
  39. Virtual Learning Environments3▲ 25×3 topics
  40. Training2▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Agrupamento de Escolas Nuno Álvares publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education Pedagogy and Practices, Education and Digital Technologies, Environmental Sustainability and Education and Educational Practices and Policies.

Education Pedagogy and Practices: 5 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 5 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…4Environmental Sustainability and Education: 4 fractional worksEducational Practices an…3Educational Practices and Policies: 3 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 2 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 2 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues2Brazilian Legal Issues: 2 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 2 fractional worksEducation and Public Policy: 2 fractional worksEducation during COVID-19 pandemic: 2 fractional works
EducationSociology and Political ScienceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawLaw2 others

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

  1. 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 5 works
  2. 2 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  3. 3 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works
  4. 4 Educational Practices and Policies Education 3 works
  5. 5 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 2 works
  6. 6 Science and Education Research Education 2 works
  7. 7 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 2 works
  8. 8 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 2 works
  9. 9 Education and Public Policy Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  10. 10 Education during COVID-19 pandemic Education 2 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available85.9%not open14.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.0%domestic only65.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Agrupamento de Escolas Nuno Álvares's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% lower than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Agrupamento de Escolas Nuno Álvares as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00038% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Agrupamento de Escolas Nuno Álvares0.00033% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Agrupamento de Escolas Nuno Álvares over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%15%Agrupamento de Escolas Nuno Álvares14.2% in 2024all institutions10.0% in 20242020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.2% in 2024.

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