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Águas de Portugal (Portugal)

In research, Águas de Portugal (Portugal) stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,279 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#12,206 of 12,888 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#3,378 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Water Science and Technology — Water Science and Technology is 17.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,203
of 28,054 · #21,636 all time
Rank in Portugal
#144
of 187
Research works
1k
▲ 37% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.2k
7.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
81%
world 28%

What is Águas de Portugal (Portugal) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #9,279 of 10,521 11.9%83 #14081
Physical SciencesDomain #12,206 of 12,888 4.9%117 #15496
Environmental ScienceField #3,378 of 3,551 4.6%70 #5391

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Águas de Portugal (Portugal) 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#14,081 #9,279
  2. Physical Sciences#15,496 #12,206
  3. Environmental Science#5,391 #3,378
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Águas de Portugal (Portugal) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Water Science and Technology takes 17.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 24.6 works17×
← 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: 2.40× its world share, 32 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.06× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.57× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.10× its world share, 70 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.23× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.22× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.87× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.05× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 45 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Águas de Portugal (Portugal)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Public Policy, Environmental Impact, Waste Management, Water Resources, Biodiversity and Environmental Education.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Sustainability30▲ 4.4×41 topics
  2. Sustainable Development22▲ 5.0×23 topics
  3. Environmental Impact20▲ 4.3×29 topics
  4. Climate Change18▲ 2.4×45 topics
  5. Public Policy17▲ 12×12 topics
  6. Waste Management14▲ 13×6 topics
  7. Biodiversity14▲ 6.6×14 topics
  8. Water Resources13▲ 19×6 topics
  9. Remote Sensing13▲ 3.8×15 topics
  10. Renewable Energy13▲ 3.2×17 topics
  11. Environmental Education10▲ 24×5 topics
  12. Eco-friendly Practices10▲ 61×2 topics
  13. Social Participation10▲ 56×2 topics
  14. Public Health8▲ 2.1×21 topics
  15. Qualitative Research8▲ 3.2×7 topics
  16. Human Rights8▲ 2.6×11 topics
  17. Principal Component Analysis7▲ 18×3 topics
  18. Multivariate Statistical Techniques7▲ 58×1 topic
  19. Water Quality Index7▲ 58×1 topic
  20. Environmental Conservation6▲ 23×3 topics
  21. Geospatial Analysis6▲ 76×1 topic
  22. Hydrographic Basins6▲ 100×1 topic
  23. Water Scarcity6▲ 28×3 topics
  24. Legislation6▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Life Cycle Assessment5▲ 7.0×6 topics
  26. Community Participation5▲ 5.1×7 topics
  27. Environmental Monitoring5▲ 4.9×5 topics
  28. Water Quality5▲ 4.7×10 topics
  29. Resource Management5▲ 10×2 topics
  30. Sustainability Assessment5▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Educational Policy4▲ 6.3×2 topics
  32. Latin America4▲ 8.5×9 topics
  33. Public Perception4▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Resource Recovery4▲ 64×2 topics
  35. Decentralized Treatment4▲ 77×1 topic
  36. Economic Analysis4▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Wastewater Reuse4▲ 77×1 topic
  38. Agroecology4▲ 10×5 topics
  39. Technological Innovation4▲ 19×3 topics
  40. Marketing Strategies4▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Águas de Portugal (Portugal) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Environmental Sustainability and Education, Water Quality and Pollution Assessment, Geography and Environmental Studies and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse.

Environmental Sustainability and Education: 10 fractional worksWater Quality and Pollution Assessment: 7 fractional worksGeography and Environmen…6Geography and Environmental Studies: 6 fractional worksWastewater Treatment and…4Wastewater Treatment and Reuse: 4 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Sciences: 4 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 4 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…4Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 4 fractional worksWater Resource Management and Quality: 3 fractional worksWater Quality Monitoring Technologies: 3 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues3Brazilian Legal Issues: 3 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawWater Science and TechnologyIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringForestry3 others

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

  1. 1 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 10 works
  2. 2 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 7 works
  3. 3 Geography and Environmental Studies Water Science and Technology 6 works
  4. 4 Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 4 works
  6. 6 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 4 works
  7. 7 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 4 works
  8. 8 Water Resource Management and Quality Water Science and Technology 3 works
  9. 9 Water Quality Monitoring Technologies Water Science and Technology 3 works
  10. 10 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 3 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 available80.8%not open19.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors60.8%domestic only39.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Águas de Portugal (Portugal)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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