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CeNTI (Portugal)

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World rank, all time
#31,078
of 34,923
Rank in Portugal
#201
of 209
Research works
142
▼ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.8k
26.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
57%
world 18%
CeNTI (Portugal)

Which fields of science does CeNTI (Portugal) work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research at CeNTI (Portugal) is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (38%), Materials Science (25%), Environmental Science (6%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 35 fractional works · 78.6% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 37.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 8.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 11 fractional works · 24.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 8.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCeNTI (Portugal)45fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences79%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences6%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1737.7%
    2. Materials Science1124.9%
    3. Environmental Science35.9%
    4. Chemistry23.7%
    5. Computer Science12.5%
    6. Energy12.2%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.8%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences24.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.6%
    3. Neuroscience11.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    1. Medicine25.4%
    2. Health Professions11.8%
    3. Dentistry00.4%
    1. Psychology12.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities11.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.2%
    4. Social Sciences00.7%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.37× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.41× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.51× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.19× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 7.12× its world share, 11 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science7.12×11 works
  2. Engineering2.51×17 works
  3. Energy2.41×1 works
  4. Chemistry2.37×2 works
  5. Chemical Engineering2.14×0 works
  6. Environmental Science1.19×3 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.05×0 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.03×2 works
  9. Dentistry0.89×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.78×1 works
  11. Psychology0.76×1 works
  12. Health Professions0.67×1 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.47×1 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.38×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.32×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×1 works
  17. Medicine0.28×2 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.24×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.24×0 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.09×0 works
  21. Social Sciences0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at CeNTI (Portugal)?

Ranked on the quality score, Nelson F. Durães, Catarina Costa and David Seixas Esteves lead among researchers whose main affiliation is CeNTI (Portugal).

  1. 1 Nelson F. Durães Portugal · #1,772,305 worldwide 511 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Catarina Costa Portugal · #2,422,017 worldwide 264 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 David Seixas Esteves Portugal · #3,367,145 worldwide 101 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Amanda Ramos Aragão Melo Portugal · #3,620,211 worldwide 117 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Ricardo Silva Portugal · #3,691,997 worldwide 166 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 I. I. S. Sá Portugal · #4,345,690 worldwide 11 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at CeNTI (Portugal)

What are the most cited papers from CeNTI (Portugal)?

The most cited paper from CeNTI (Portugal) is "Influence of the β-phase content and degree of crystallinity on the piezo- and ferroelectric properties of poly(vinylidene fluoride)" (João Gomes, J. Serrado Nunes, Vítor Sencadas et al., 2010), with 496 citations. Next come "Phosphorene as an anode material for Na-ion batteries: a first-principles study" (429) and "The formation and degradation of active species during methanol conversion over protonated zeotype catalysts" (408).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Influence of the β-phase content and degree of crystallinity on the piezo- and ferroelectric properties of poly(vinylidene fluoride) João Gomes, J. Serrado Nunes, Vítor Sencadas et al. · Smart Materials and Structures Open access 30 Apr 2010 496
2 Phosphorene as an anode material for Na-ion batteries: a first-principles study Vadym V. Kulish, Oleksandr I. Malyi, Clas Persson et al. · Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2015 429
3 The formation and degradation of active species during methanol conversion over protonated zeotype catalysts Unni Olsbye, Stian Svelle, Karl Petter Lillerud et al. · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2015 408
4 Adsorption of metal adatoms on single-layer phosphorene Vadym V. Kulish, Oleksandr I. Malyi, Clas Persson et al. · Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 19 Nov 2014 322
5 Cu-CHA – a model system for applied selective redox catalysis Elisa Borfecchia, Pablo Beato, Stian Svelle et al. · Chemical Society Reviews ReviewOpen access 2018 307
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Which keywords describe research at CeNTI (Portugal)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomedical Applications, Environmental Impact, Sustainability, Ionic Liquids, Energy Harvesting, Flexible Electronics, Nanogenerators and Wearable.

▲ 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 33 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 33 words, with their numbers
  1. Biomedical Applications4▲ 7.5×13 topics
  2. Sustainability4▲ 3.4×14 topics
  3. Environmental Impact3▲ 4.3×10 topics
  4. Energy Harvesting2▲ 28×2 topics
  5. Flexible Electronics2▲ 29×2 topics
  6. Ionic Liquids2▲ 18×4 topics
  7. Nanomaterials2▲ 4.7×10 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence2▲ 3.3×2 topics
  9. Nanogenerators2▲ 36×1 topic
  10. Wearable2▲ 36×1 topic
  11. Moisture Management2▲ 154×1 topic
  12. Thermal Properties2▲ 36×1 topic
  13. Nanocomposites2▲ 5.1×9 topics
  14. Mechanical Properties2▲ 3.9×5 topics
  15. Nanoparticles2▲ 2.9×11 topics
  16. Antimicrobial2▲ 11×2 topics
  17. Big Data1▲ 3.3×4 topics
  18. Natural Fibers1▲ 46×2 topics
  19. Composites1▲ 39×2 topics
  20. Energy Storage1▲ 4.5×5 topics
  21. Internet of Things1▲ 3.4×2 topics
  22. Metal-Organic Frameworks1▲ 6.9×4 topics
  23. Supply Chain Management1▲ 3.3×2 topics
  24. Graphene1▲ 4.0×6 topics
  25. Applications1▲ 9.3×3 topics
  26. Catalysis1▲ 3.5×8 topics
  27. Cellulose Nanocrystals1▲ 54×1 topic
  28. Energy Conversion1▲ 12×3 topics
  29. Nanocellulose1▲ 54×1 topic
  30. Sustainable Production1▲ 43×2 topics
  31. Dyeing1▲ 113×1 topic
  32. Textiles1▲ 113×1 topic
  33. Transition Metal Complexes1▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does CeNTI (Portugal) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Textile materials and evaluations, Advanced Cellulose Research Studies and Digital Transformation in Industry.

Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 2 fractional worksTextile materials and evaluations: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Cellulose Research Studies: 1 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 1 fractional worksDyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers: 1 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 1 fractional worksInnovative Energy Harves…1Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies: 1 fractional worksNatural Fiber Reinforced Composites: 1 fractional worksOccupational Health and Performance: 1 fractional worksOrganic Light-Emitting Diodes Research: 1 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringPolymers and PlasticsBiomaterialsIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Textile materials and evaluations Polymers and Plastics 2 works
  3. 3 Advanced Cellulose Research Studies Biomaterials 1 works
  4. 4 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers Building and Construction 1 works
  6. 6 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 1 works
  7. 7 Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites Polymers and Plastics 1 works
  9. 9 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 1 works
  10. 10 Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 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 available52.6%not open47.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.8%domestic only43.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has CeNTI (Portugal)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is CeNTI (Portugal) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%CeNTI (Portugal)0.00016% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of CeNTI (Portugal) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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