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Centro de Investigação em Artes e Comunicação

In research, Centro de Investigação em Artes e Comunicação stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,224 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,547 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,434 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Urban Studies and Philosophy — Visual Arts and Performing Arts is 46.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,694
of 28,054 · #31,064 all time
Rank in Portugal
#109
of 187
Research works
1.8k
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.1k
1.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
86%
world 28%

What is Centro de Investigação em Artes e Comunicação 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 #6,224 of 10,521 6.9%284 #9270
Social SciencesField #4,547 of 6,365 5.2%152 #6399
Physical SciencesDomain #11,434 of 12,888 5.9%62 #19577
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,820 of 1,998 8.6%93 #2716

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centro de Investigação em Artes e Comunicação 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#9,270 #6,224
  2. Social Sciences#6,399 #4,547
  3. Physical Sciences#19,577 #11,434
  4. Arts and Humanities#2,716 #1,820
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 Centro de Investigação em Artes e Comunicação specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Visual Arts and Performing Arts takes 46.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 30.3 works46×
  2. Urban StudiesSubfield · 21.7 works20×
  3. PhilosophySubfield · 21.1 works12×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.89× its world share, 28 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.03× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.05× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 8.13× its world share, 93 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.54× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.19× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.02× its world share, 152 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centro de Investigação em Artes e Comunicação?

Ranked on the composite score, Leonice Aparecida de Fátima Alves Pereira Mourad and Escola de Artes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centro de Investigação em Artes e Comunicação.

  1. 1 Leonice Aparecida de Fátima Alves Pereira Mourad Portugal · #813,769 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Escola de Artes Portugal · #939,059 worldwide 1 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Centro de Investigação em Artes e Comunicação

Which keywords describe research at Centro de Investigação em Artes e Comunicação?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Education, Public Policy, Cultural Identity, Anthropology, Colonialism, Identity and Qualitative Research.

▲ 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. Globalization58▲ 7.4×40 topics
  2. Education42▲ 6.2×44 topics
  3. Public Policy36▲ 18×11 topics
  4. Cultural Identity35▲ 17×15 topics
  5. Anthropology34▲ 87×5 topics
  6. Colonialism31▲ 17×16 topics
  7. Identity29▲ 10×25 topics
  8. Qualitative Research27▲ 7.9×18 topics
  9. Sustainability27▲ 2.8×37 topics
  10. Teacher Training26▲ 10×12 topics
  11. Educational Technology25▲ 5.4×16 topics
  12. Cultural Studies25▲ 17×12 topics
  13. Cultural Heritage23▲ 10×25 topics
  14. Media Studies21▲ 79×4 topics
  15. Multiculturalism19▲ 25×3 topics
  16. Cultural Politics19▲ 74×3 topics
  17. Pedagogy19▲ 9.6×11 topics
  18. Social Inequality18▲ 17×8 topics
  19. Online Learning18▲ 5.5×11 topics
  20. Post-Modernity18▲ 129×1 topic
  21. Social Resilience18▲ 129×1 topic
  22. Art18▲ 52×6 topics
  23. Quality of Life18▲ 3.1×24 topics
  24. Innovation17▲ 4.0×23 topics
  25. History16▲ 5.8×19 topics
  26. Ethnography14▲ 21×6 topics
  27. Theatre14▲ 117×2 topics
  28. Brazil14▲ 35×5 topics
  29. Social Movements14▲ 11×9 topics
  30. Literature13▲ 6.2×18 topics
  31. Performance12▲ 32×2 topics
  32. Inclusive Education12▲ 8.5×6 topics
  33. Community Engagement12▲ 8.9×10 topics
  34. Ritual12▲ 101×1 topic
  35. Distance Learning11▲ 8.2×5 topics
  36. Discourse Analysis11▲ 11×5 topics
  37. Data Analysis11▲ 10.0×3 topics
  38. Social Dynamics11▲ 44×3 topics
  39. Organizational Management10▲ 40×1 topic
  40. Research Methods10▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does Centro de Investigação em Artes e Comunicação publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies, Arts and Performance Studies, Business and Management Studies and Urban and sociocultural dynamics.

Cultural, Media, and Lit…18Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies: 18 fractional worksArts and Performance Stu…12Arts and Performance Studies: 12 fractional worksBusiness and Management …10Business and Management Studies: 10 fractional worksUrban and sociocultural …10Urban and sociocultural dynamics: 10 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 9 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and Practices: 9 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…8Environmental Sustainability and Education: 8 fractional worksHistory, Culture, and Society: 8 fractional worksLinguistics and Education Research: 8 fractional worksArt, Politics, and Moder…6Art, Politics, and Modernism: 6 fractional works
PhilosophyVisual Arts and Performing ArtsInformation Systems and ManagementUrban Studies5 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies Philosophy 18 works
  2. 2 Arts and Performance Studies Visual Arts and Performing Arts 12 works
  3. 3 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 10 works
  4. 4 Urban and sociocultural dynamics Urban Studies 10 works
  5. 5 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  6. 6 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 9 works
  7. 7 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 8 works
  8. 8 History, Culture, and Society Speech and Hearing 8 works
  9. 9 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 8 works
  10. 10 Art, Politics, and Modernism Visual Arts and Performing Arts 6 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 available85.6%not open14.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors55.2%domestic only44.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centro de Investigação em Artes e Comunicação's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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