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Champalimaud Foundation

In research, Champalimaud Foundation stands highest in Life Sciences (#481 of 6,403 worldwide), Health Sciences (#900 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#868 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cognitive Neuroscience, Oncology and Neuroscience (Cognitive Neuroscience is 11.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,551
of 22,385 · #761 all time
Rank in Portugal
#11
of 168
Research works
1k
▼ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
34k
34.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.17×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
51%
world 18%
Champalimaud Foundation

What is Champalimaud Foundation 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
Life SciencesDomain #481 of 6,403 16.0%110 #209
Health SciencesDomain #900 of 9,902 14.5%151 #611
MedicineField #868 of 8,541 14.5%146 #594

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Champalimaud Foundation 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Life Sciences#209 #481
  2. Health Sciences#611 #900
  3. Medicine#594 #868
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Champalimaud Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Champalimaud Foundation is in Health Sciences, 34% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (45%), Neuroscience (15%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 174 fractional works · 46.4% of its workMedicine: 168 fractional works · 44.9% of its workOncology: 40 fractional works · 10.6% of its workSurgery: 23 fractional works · 6.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 22 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 20 fractional works · 5.2% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 126 fractional works · 33.6% of its workNeuroscience: 55 fractional works · 14.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 30 fractional works · 8.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 14 fractional works · 3.7% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSensory Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 51 fractional works · 13.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 5.6% of its workCancer Research: 13 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCell Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workImmunology: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 49 fractional works · 13.2% of its workComputer Science: 18 fractional works · 4.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPsychology: 16 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKChampalimaudFoundation374fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences34%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences46%Social Sciences7%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine16844.9%
    2. Health Professions40.9%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Neuroscience5514.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5113.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology113.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences82.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Computer Science184.9%
    2. Engineering133.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy51.3%
    4. Environmental Science41.1%
    5. Chemistry30.9%
    6. Materials Science30.8%
    7. Mathematics10.3%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Psychology164.4%
    2. Social Sciences41.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities20.4%
    5. Decision Sciences10.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Champalimaud Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cognitive Neuroscience takes 11.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 30.2 works11×
  2. OncologySubfield · 39.7 works9.4×
  3. NeuroscienceField · 55.4 works9.1×
  4. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 21.9 works6.5×
← 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: 0.44× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.53× its world share, 51 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.02× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 9.12× its world share, 55 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.63× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.57× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.34× its world share, 168 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.44× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 9.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience9.12×55 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.02×11 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.53×51 works
  4. Medicine2.34×168 works
  5. Psychology1.44×16 works
  6. Veterinary0.72×0 works
  7. Chemical Engineering0.70×1 works
  8. Nursing0.69×1 works
  9. Computer Science0.63×18 works
  10. Chemistry0.58×3 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.57×5 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.44×8 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.38×0 works
  14. Health Professions0.35×4 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.33×3 works
  16. Mathematics0.27×1 works
  17. Engineering0.24×13 works
  18. Dentistry0.23×0 works
  19. Environmental Science0.22×4 works
  20. Materials Science0.22×3 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.21×1 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.14×2 works
  23. Social Sciences0.09×4 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Champalimaud Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Zachary F. Mainen, Rui M. Costa and Fátima Cardoso lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Champalimaud Foundation.

  1. 1 Zachary F. Mainen Portugal · #11,337 worldwide 18k citations · 163 works
  2. 2 Rui M. Costa Portugal · #29,924 worldwide 17k citations · 193 works
  3. 3 Fátima Cardoso Portugal · #53,087 worldwide 65k citations · 826 works
  4. 4 Henrique Veiga‐Fernandes Portugal · #65,475 worldwide 8.4k citations · 87 works
  5. 5 Michael B. Orger Portugal · #94,519 worldwide 16k citations · 65 works
  6. 6 Leopoldo Petreanu Portugal · #117,190 worldwide 9.5k citations · 44 works
  7. 7 Christian K. Machens Portugal · #145,273 worldwide 6.7k citations · 103 works
  8. 8 Joseph J. Paton Portugal · #201,070 worldwide 4.9k citations · 38 works
  9. 9 Carlos Ribeiro Portugal · #222,507 worldwide 6.9k citations · 108 works
  10. 10 Maria João Cardoso Portugal · #227,965 worldwide 16k citations · 266 works
All ranked researchers at Champalimaud Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Champalimaud Foundation?

The most cited paper from Champalimaud Foundation is "Ultrasensitive fluorescent proteins for imaging neuronal activity" (Tsai‐Wen Chen, Trevor J. Wardill, Yi Sun et al., 2013), with 7,242 citations. Next come "Melanoma exosomes educate bone marrow progenitor cells toward a pro-metastatic phenotype through MET" (3,771) and "Current and future burden of breast cancer: Global statistics for 2020 and 2040" (3,413).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Ultrasensitive fluorescent proteins for imaging neuronal activity Tsai‐Wen Chen, Trevor J. Wardill, Yi Sun et al. · Nature Open access 16 Jul 2013 7,242
2 Melanoma exosomes educate bone marrow progenitor cells toward a pro-metastatic phenotype through MET Héctor Peinado et al. · Nature Medicine Open access 27 May 2012 3,771
3 Current and future burden of breast cancer: Global statistics for 2020 and 2040 Melina Arnold, Eileen Morgan, Harriet Rumgay et al. · The Breast Open access 2 Sep 2022 3,413
4 Pembrolizumab for Early Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Peter Schmid et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 26 Feb 2020 3,298
5 Breast cancer Nadia Harbeck, Frederique Madeleine Penault-Llorca, Javier Cortés et al. · Nature Reviews Disease Primers ReviewOpen access 23 Sep 2019 3,056
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Champalimaud Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Tumor Microenvironment, Immunotherapy, Breast Cancer, Neuronal Oscillations and Survival Analysis.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy20▲ 7.6×20 topics
  2. Machine Learning19▲ 1.53×25 topics
  3. Epidemiology17◆ 1.14×58 topics
  4. Neoadjuvant Therapy16▲ 18×5 topics
  5. Quality of Life16▲ 3.0×29 topics
  6. Cancer15▲ 3.0×32 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines15▲ 7.4×10 topics
  8. Immunotherapy15▲ 5.5×17 topics
  9. Tumor Microenvironment14▲ 8.3×7 topics
  10. Neurological Disorders12▲ 5.8×13 topics
  11. Breast Cancer12▲ 12×11 topics
  12. Precision Medicine12▲ 6.3×7 topics
  13. Neuronal Oscillations11▲ 41×2 topics
  14. Survival Analysis11▲ 11×7 topics
  15. Cognitive Functions10▲ 39×2 topics
  16. Neuroscience10▲ 9.1×9 topics
  17. Cortical Networks10▲ 50×1 topic
  18. Radiotherapy10▲ 7.1×11 topics
  19. Synchronization10▲ 23×1 topic
  20. Anxiety10▲ 5.7×7 topics
  21. Gene Expression9▲ 4.0×13 topics
  22. Medical Imaging9▲ 4.7×4 topics
  23. Neurobiology9▲ 9.0×7 topics
  24. Biomarkers9▲ 3.4×14 topics
  25. Neuronal Circuits8▲ 29×2 topics
  26. Insulin Signaling7▲ 22×4 topics
  27. Magnetic Resonance Imaging7▲ 7.4×6 topics
  28. Functional Connectivity7▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Olfactory System7▲ 30×2 topics
  30. Molecular Subtypes7▲ 20×3 topics
  31. Predictive Modeling7▲ 6.4×2 topics
  32. Texture Analysis7▲ 8.0×3 topics
  33. Laparoscopic Surgery6▲ 14×5 topics
  34. Prognostic Markers6▲ 15×3 topics
  35. Perfusion Imaging6▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Quantitative Analysis6▲ 7.7×2 topics
  37. Radiomics6▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Tumor Heterogeneity6▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Metabolic Regulation6▲ 9.5×3 topics
  40. Pancreatic Cancer6▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Champalimaud Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Neural dynamics and brain function, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research and Breast Cancer Treatment Studies.

Neural dynamics and brai…10Neural dynamics and brain function: 10 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…6Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 6 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…6Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 6 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment …6Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 6 fractional worksNeurobiology and Insect Physiology Research: 5 fractional worksZebrafish Biomedical Research Applications: 5 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…4Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 4 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 4 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 4 fractional worksCancer Cells and Metasta…4Cancer Cells and Metastasis: 4 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOncologyCancer Research2 others

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

  1. 1 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 10 works
  2. 2 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  3. 3 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 6 works
  4. 4 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 6 works
  5. 5 Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 5 works
  6. 6 Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications Cell Biology 5 works
  7. 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 4 works
  8. 8 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 4 works
  9. 9 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 4 works
  10. 10 Cancer Cells and Metastasis Oncology 4 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 available63.7%not open36.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.0%domestic only49.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Champalimaud Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting2010201520202025
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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 Champalimaud Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Champalimaud Foundation0.0016% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Champalimaud Foundation 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.

still counting10%20%30%Champalimaud Foundation10.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.5% in 2014.

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