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FiberSensing (Portugal)

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Research works
26
▲ 80% vs 2018-21
Citations
251
9.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
FiberSensing (Portugal)

Not ranked overall: FiberSensing (Portugal) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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

In all years, 85% of research at FiberSensing (Portugal) is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (63%), Environmental Science (7%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (7%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 22 fractional works · 85.0% of its workEngineering: 16 fractional works · 62.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 41.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 6.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKFiberSensing(Portugal)26fractional works, all years
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences85%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1662.5%
    2. Environmental Science27.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences26.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy14.7%
    5. Computer Science01.9%
    6. Chemical Engineering01.7%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology01.3%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    1. Social Sciences13.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting01.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.6%
    1. Medicine01.7%
    2. Health Professions00.5%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
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: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.62× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 3.07× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.56× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 1.30× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.37× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Social Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 7.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences7.62×1 works
  2. Environmental Science3.56×1 works
  3. Engineering3.07×4 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.37×0 works
  5. Dentistry1.30×0 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.67×0 works
  7. Health Professions0.67×0 works
  8. Computer Science0.38×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.33×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.30×0 works
  11. Medicine0.30×0 works
  12. Materials Science0.21×0 works

Who are the top researchers at FiberSensing (Portugal)?

Ranked on the quality score, Luís Alberto de Almeida Ferreira lead among researchers whose main affiliation is FiberSensing (Portugal).

  1. 1 Luís Alberto de Almeida Ferreira Portugal · #3,997,368 worldwide 403 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at FiberSensing (Portugal)

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

The most cited paper from FiberSensing (Portugal) is "Highly sensitive fiber optic temperature and strain sensor based on an intrinsic Fabry–Perot interferometer fabricated by a femtosecond laser" (Tiago Paixão, Francisco Manuel Moita Araujo, Paulo Fernando da Costa Antunes, 2019), with 134 citations. Next come "Intrinsic Fabry–Pérot Cavity Sensor Based on Etched Multimode Graded Index Fiber for Strain and Temperature Measurement" (70) and "Simultaneous Measurement of Humidity and Temperature Based on an SiO$_{2}$-Nanospheres Film Deposited on a Long-Period Grating In-Line With a Fiber Bragg Grating" (55).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Highly sensitive fiber optic temperature and strain sensor based on an intrinsic Fabry–Perot interferometer fabricated by a femtosecond laser Tiago Paixão, Francisco Manuel Moita Araujo, Paulo Fernando da Costa Antunes · Optics Letters 23 Sep 2019 134
2 Intrinsic Fabry–Pérot Cavity Sensor Based on Etched Multimode Graded Index Fiber for Strain and Temperature Measurement Paula A. R. Tafulo, Pedro A. S. Jorge, José Luís Santos et al. · IEEE Sensors Journal 21 Jan 2011 70
3 Simultaneous Measurement of Humidity and Temperature Based on an SiO$_{2}$-Nanospheres Film Deposited on a Long-Period Grating In-Line With a Fiber Bragg Grating D. Viegas, Miguel Hernáez, Javier Goicoechea et al. · IEEE Sensors Journal 22 Sep 2010 55
4 Serologic Survey for Canine Distemper Virus and Canine Parvovirus in Free-ranging Wild Carnivores from Portugal Nuno Santos, Cláudia Almendra, Luís M. Tavares · Journal of Wildlife Diseases Open access 2009 54
5 Fiber Optic Sensing in Spacecraft Engineering: An Historical Perspective From the European Space Agency Iain A. McKenzie, Selwan K. Ibrahim, Emile I. Haddad et al. · Frontiers in Physics Open access 15 Nov 2021 52
All 68 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at FiberSensing (Portugal)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Fiber Optic Sensors, Optical Fiber, Biosensors, Silicon Photonics, Microcavities, Optical Modulators, Fiber Lasers and Nonlinear Optics.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 15 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 15 words, with their numbers
  1. Fiber Optic Sensors5▲ 341×1 topic
  2. Optical Fiber5▲ 155×1 topic
  3. Biosensors3▲ 22×2 topics
  4. Silicon Photonics3▲ 75×2 topics
  5. Microcavities3▲ 69×1 topic
  6. Optical Modulators3▲ 52×1 topic
  7. Fiber Lasers2▲ 44×3 topics
  8. Nonlinear Optics2▲ 35×2 topics
  9. Microresonators2▲ 44×2 topics
  10. Microwave Photonics2▲ 47×2 topics
  11. Acoustic Techniques1▲ 129×1 topic
  12. Seafloor Mapping1▲ 129×1 topic
  13. Optical Frequency Combs1▲ 61×1 topic
  14. Ultrafast Lasers1▲ 61×1 topic
  15. Wireless Sensor Networks1▲ 10.0×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Underwater Acoustics Research, Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis, Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems and Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies.

Underwater Acoustics Res…1Underwater Acoustics Research: 1 fractional worksStructural Engineering and Vibration Analysis: 1 fractional worksUnderwater Vehicles and Communication Systems: 0 fractional worksIndoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies: 0 fractional worksIcing and De-icing Technologies: 0 fractional worksAerospace Engineering and Energy Systems: 0 fractional worksWind Energy Research and Development: 0 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 0 fractional worksStructural Health Monitoring Techniques: 0 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 0 fractional works
OceanographyCivil and Structural EngineeringOcean EngineeringElectrical and Electronic Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 1 works
  2. 2 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems Ocean Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Icing and De-icing Technologies Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Wind Energy Research and Development Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 0 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 available34.8%not open65.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.3%domestic only74.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 80% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 FiberSensing (Portugal) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000039% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%FiberSensing (Portugal)0.000044% in 202520102020

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

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