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Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto

In research, Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,046 of 11,982 worldwide), Health Professions (#1,421 of 1,928 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,122 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions and Health Professions — General Health Professions is 11.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,119
of 28,054 · #18,038 all time
Rank in Portugal
#74
of 187
Research works
705
▲ 56% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.3k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
86%
world 28%

What is Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,046 of 11,982 8.2%137 #4486
Health ProfessionsField #1,421 of 1,928 9.9%65 #2853
Social SciencesDomain #8,122 of 10,521 12.2%70 #12556
MedicineField #9,113 of 10,443 5.6%62 #16385

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto 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. Health Sciences#4,486 #3,046
  2. Health Professions#2,853 #1,421
  3. Social Sciences#12,556 #8,122
  4. Medicine#16,385 #9,113
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 Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 11.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 38.5 works12×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 65.0 works11×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.71× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 10.54× its world share, 65 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.39× its world share, 62 worksMedicineNursing: 8.53× its world share, 10 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.84× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 43 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 10.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto?

Ranked on the composite score, Carlos Sequeira, Célia Santos and Elisabete Borges lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto.

  1. 1 Carlos Sequeira Portugal · #271,122 worldwide 39 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Célia Santos Portugal · #602,496 worldwide 29 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Elisabete Borges Portugal · #603,537 worldwide 14 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Maria do Céu Barbieri‐Figueiredo Portugal · #737,769 worldwide 14 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Margarida Reis Santos Portugal · #819,779 worldwide 11 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Maria José Peixoto Portugal · #937,112 worldwide 16 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 José Carlos Carvalho Portugal · #969,977 worldwide 14 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 María Manuela Martins Portugal · #1,001,323 worldwide 37 citations · 66 works
  9. 9 Regina Pires Portugal · #1,041,889 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Carla Sílvia Fernandes Portugal · #1,135,156 worldwide 14 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto

Which keywords describe research at Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Public Health, Educational Technology, Healthcare Access, Primary Care, Mental Health, Health Policy and Aging Population.

▲ 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. Quality of Life40▲ 12×30 topics
  2. Public Health32▲ 9.3×18 topics
  3. Educational Technology23▲ 8.3×9 topics
  4. Healthcare Access22▲ 34×6 topics
  5. Mental Health22▲ 6.5×27 topics
  6. Primary Care22▲ 25×8 topics
  7. Health Policy20▲ 56×4 topics
  8. Aging Population20▲ 93×4 topics
  9. Social Determinants of Health20▲ 37×3 topics
  10. Chronic Diseases18▲ 30×5 topics
  11. Brazilian Health System18▲ 176×1 topic
  12. Community-Based Care18▲ 176×1 topic
  13. Nursing17▲ 39×6 topics
  14. Patient Care14▲ 49×3 topics
  15. Palliative Care13▲ 35×4 topics
  16. End-of-Life13▲ 61×3 topics
  17. Healthcare Workers13▲ 22×5 topics
  18. Psychological Distress12▲ 20×6 topics
  19. Healthcare12▲ 4.5×13 topics
  20. Depression12▲ 5.7×12 topics
  21. Nursing Education12▲ 36×2 topics
  22. Psychometric Properties11▲ 79×3 topics
  23. Content Validity11▲ 193×1 topic
  24. Health Research11▲ 46×1 topic
  25. Communication10▲ 14×9 topics
  26. Knowledge Management10▲ 7.5×5 topics
  27. Digital Innovation9▲ 66×2 topics
  28. Internet of Things9▲ 4.5×2 topics
  29. Information Technology9▲ 8.0×1 topic
  30. Smart Library9▲ 95×1 topic
  31. Patient Outcomes9▲ 66×2 topics
  32. Spirituality9▲ 38×2 topics
  33. Bioethics8▲ 96×1 topic
  34. Grief8▲ 218×1 topic
  35. Quality Improvement8▲ 19×6 topics
  36. Anxiety8▲ 7.5×6 topics
  37. Social Support8▲ 6.4×15 topics
  38. Psychological Impact8▲ 11×6 topics
  39. Clinical Reasoning7▲ 89×2 topics
  40. Education Professionals7▲ 184×1 topic

Which research topics does Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health, Nursing, Elderly Care, Health Education and Validation, Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic and Palliative and Oncologic Care.

Health, Nursing, Elderly…18Health, Nursing, Elderly Care: 18 fractional worksHealth Education and Validation: 11 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 9 fractional worksPalliative and Oncologic Care: 8 fractional worksOccupational Health and Burnout: 7 fractional worksNursing Diagnosis and Do…7Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation: 7 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 4 fractional worksFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 3 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEducationInformation SystemsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 18 works
  2. 2 Health Education and Validation Education 11 works
  3. 3 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 9 works
  4. 4 Palliative and Oncologic Care Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  5. 5 Occupational Health and Burnout Occupational Therapy 7 works
  6. 6 Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation Issues, ethics and legal aspects 7 works
  7. 7 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  8. 8 Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 4 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  10. 10 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 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 available85.7%not open14.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.5%domestic only66.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 56% 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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