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Champalimaud Foundation

In research, Champalimaud Foundation stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,120 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#4,265 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,709 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroscience and Oncology — Cognitive Neuroscience is 11.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,591
of 28,054 · #4,737 all time
Rank in Portugal
#28
of 187
Research works
1k
▲ 132% vs 2013–17
Citations
34k
34.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Champalimaud Foundation 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
Life SciencesDomain #2,120 of 7,800 29.0%110 #1780
MedicineField #4,265 of 10,443 20.6%146 #6477
Health SciencesDomain #5,709 of 11,982 20.7%151 #8403

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 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. Life Sciences#1,780 #2,120
  2. Medicine#6,477 #4,265
  3. Health Sciences#8,403 #5,709
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 Champalimaud Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cognitive Neuroscience takes 11.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 26.7 works11×
  2. NeuroscienceField · 47.9 works9.1×
  3. OncologySubfield · 32.8 works9.0×
← 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: 0.50× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.52× its world share, 44 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.18× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 9.09× its world share, 48 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.35× its world share, 146 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.48× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 3 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.

Who are the top researchers at Champalimaud Foundation?

Ranked on the composite score, Fátima Cardoso, Albino J. Oliveira‐Maia and Maria João Cardoso lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Champalimaud Foundation.

  1. 1 Fátima Cardoso Portugal · #2,860 worldwide 1.3k citations · 127 works
  2. 2 Albino J. Oliveira‐Maia Portugal · #59,678 worldwide 375 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Maria João Cardoso Portugal · #78,286 worldwide 195 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Bruno Costa‐Silva Portugal · #167,018 worldwide 294 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Rui M. Costa Portugal · #182,034 worldwide 181 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Nickolas Papanikolaou Portugal · #304,367 worldwide 102 citations · 47 works
  7. 7 J. Stroom Portugal · #663,987 worldwide 29 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Andrada Ianuș Portugal · #702,686 worldwide 49 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Luzia Travado Portugal · #960,638 worldwide 21 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Noam Shemesh Portugal · #1,008,929 worldwide 77 citations · 55 works
All ranked researchers at Champalimaud Foundation

Which keywords describe research at Champalimaud Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Immunotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Neuronal Oscillations, Precision Medicine and Neuroscience.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy17▲ 7.6×20 topics
  2. Machine Learning15▲ 1.45×23 topics
  3. Epidemiology15▲ 1.19×55 topics
  4. Quality of Life14▲ 3.1×27 topics
  5. Neoadjuvant Therapy14▲ 19×5 topics
  6. Cancer13▲ 3.1×31 topics
  7. Immunotherapy13▲ 5.7×16 topics
  8. Tumor Microenvironment13▲ 8.8×7 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines12▲ 6.7×10 topics
  10. Neurological Disorders11▲ 5.9×12 topics
  11. Precision Medicine11▲ 7.1×7 topics
  12. Neuronal Oscillations10▲ 43×2 topics
  13. Neuroscience10▲ 10×8 topics
  14. Cognitive Functions10▲ 40×2 topics
  15. Cortical Networks10▲ 51×1 topic
  16. Synchronization10▲ 24×1 topic
  17. Breast Cancer9▲ 11×11 topics
  18. Anxiety9▲ 5.7×7 topics
  19. Radiotherapy9▲ 6.9×11 topics
  20. Medical Imaging8▲ 5.0×4 topics
  21. Neurobiology8▲ 9.4×7 topics
  22. Neuronal Circuits8▲ 31×2 topics
  23. Survival Analysis8▲ 8.6×7 topics
  24. Insulin Signaling7▲ 24×4 topics
  25. Olfactory System7▲ 32×2 topics
  26. Magnetic Resonance Imaging6▲ 7.6×6 topics
  27. Predictive Modeling6▲ 7.1×2 topics
  28. Laparoscopic Surgery6▲ 16×4 topics
  29. Texture Analysis6▲ 8.1×3 topics
  30. Quantitative Analysis6▲ 8.7×2 topics
  31. Radiomics6▲ 15×1 topic
  32. Tumor Heterogeneity6▲ 15×1 topic
  33. Metabolic Regulation6▲ 10×3 topics
  34. Perfusion Imaging6▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Pancreatic Cancer5▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Drosophila5▲ 39×2 topics
  37. Functional Connectivity5▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Gemcitabine5▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Molecular Subtypes5▲ 19×3 topics
  40. Surgical Complications5▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does Champalimaud Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neural dynamics and brain function, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research.

Neural dynamics and brain function: 10 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 6 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 5 fractional worksNeurobiology and Insect Physiology Research: 5 fractional worksZebrafish Biomedical Research Applications: 4 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 4 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgic…4Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 4 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 4 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 4 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuroph…3Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 3 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOncologyCellular and Molecular Neuroscience2 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 5 works
  4. 4 Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 5 works
  5. 5 Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications Cell Biology 4 works
  6. 6 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 4 works
  7. 7 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 4 works
  8. 8 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 4 works
  9. 9 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 4 works
  10. 10 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 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 available63.7%not open36.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Champalimaud Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 132% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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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