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Freelancer (Portugal)

In research, Freelancer (Portugal) stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,371 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,368
of 22,385 · #27,171 all time
Rank in Portugal
#130
of 168
Research works
225
▲ 51% vs 2018-21
Citations
936
4.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
84%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Freelancer (Portugal)

What is Freelancer (Portugal) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #12,371 of 14,833 3.7%121

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Freelancer (Portugal) 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 fields of science does Freelancer (Portugal) work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at Freelancer (Portugal) is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Computer Science (14%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (9%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 63 fractional works · 53.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 25.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 9.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 7.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 6.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 40 fractional works · 34.6% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 14.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 7.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 8.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFreelancer(Portugal)117fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences54%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3025.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance119.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities87.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting86.8%
    5. Psychology43.2%
    6. Decision Sciences22.0%
    1. Computer Science1714.3%
    2. Engineering108.9%
    3. Environmental Science65.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy54.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.9%
    6. Energy00.3%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    1. Medicine76.2%
    2. Health Professions11.0%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
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: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.83× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.59× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.06× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 2.08× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.42× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.10× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.09× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.33× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.04× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.03× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.33×11 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.42×8 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.10×8 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.09×2 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy2.08×5 works
  6. Social Sciences2.03×30 works
  7. Computer Science1.83×17 works
  8. Environmental Science1.06×6 works
  9. Psychology1.04×4 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.61×1 works
  11. Engineering0.59×10 works
  12. Dentistry0.59×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.54×3 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.51×1 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.40×0 works
  16. Health Professions0.40×1 works
  17. Energy0.36×0 works
  18. Medicine0.32×7 works
  19. Chemistry0.18×0 works
  20. Nursing0.15×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.10×1 works
  22. Neuroscience0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Freelancer (Portugal)?

Ranked on the quality score, Alfonso De Miguel Bueno, SungGil Lee and Vladimir Shedyakov lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Freelancer (Portugal).

  1. 1 Alfonso De Miguel Bueno Portugal · #2,470,399 worldwide 1 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 SungGil Lee Portugal · #2,728,481 worldwide 8 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Vladimir Shedyakov Portugal · #4,783,603 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Vladimir Shedyakov Portugal · #4,796,459 worldwide 1 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Dean Gurden Portugal · #5,003,518 worldwide 2 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Freelancer (Portugal)

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

The most cited paper from Freelancer (Portugal) is "Soil Salinity: Historical Perspectives and a World Overview of the Problem" (Shabbir Ahmad Shahid, Mohammad Zaman, Lee Kheng Heng, 2018), with 571 citations. Next come "Irrigation Water Quality" (215) and "Introduction to Soil Salinity, Sodicity and Diagnostics Techniques" (151).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Soil Salinity: Historical Perspectives and a World Overview of the Problem Shabbir Ahmad Shahid, Mohammad Zaman, Lee Kheng Heng Book chapterOpen access 2018 571
2 Irrigation Water Quality Mohammad Zaman, Shabbir Ahmad Shahid, Lee Kheng Heng Book chapterOpen access 2018 215
3 Introduction to Soil Salinity, Sodicity and Diagnostics Techniques Shabbir Ahmad Shahid, Mohammad Zaman, Lee Kheng Heng Book chapterOpen access 2018 151
4 Deepfacelab: Integrated, flexible and extensible face-swapping framework Kunlin Liu, Ivan Perov, Daiheng Gao et al. · Pattern Recognition Open access 28 Apr 2023 136
5 Design, Architecture, and Real-Time Distributed Coordination DMPPT Algorithm for PV Systems Jayanta Biswas, Aniruddha M. Kamath, Anjana K. Gopi et al. · IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics 25 Sep 2017 51
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Which keywords describe research at Freelancer (Portugal)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Economic Development, Sustainable Development, Digital Transformation, Industrial Policy, Modeling, Identity and Decision Support.

▲ 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. Globalization16▲ 7.0×26 topics
  2. Sustainable Development9▲ 4.8×18 topics
  3. Economic Development8▲ 9.1×11 topics
  4. Sustainability7▲ 2.6×17 topics
  5. Digital Transformation6▲ 9.5×8 topics
  6. Education6▲ 2.8×17 topics
  7. Identity6▲ 6.5×9 topics
  8. Industrial Policy6▲ 44×3 topics
  9. Modeling5▲ 18×2 topics
  10. Climate Change5▲ 1.58×14 topics
  11. Decision Support5▲ 146×1 topic
  12. Fuzzy Cognitive Maps5▲ 306×1 topic
  13. Innovation5▲ 3.9×11 topics
  14. Ethnicity4▲ 9.2×6 topics
  15. History4▲ 4.9×5 topics
  16. Nationalism4▲ 6.7×7 topics
  17. Financial Security3▲ 27×3 topics
  18. Innovation Policy3▲ 28×2 topics
  19. Literature3▲ 5.0×5 topics
  20. Human Capital Theory3▲ 110×1 topic
  21. Technological Revolutions3▲ 123×1 topic
  22. Environmental Management3▲ 6.0×5 topics
  23. Economic Security3▲ 11×3 topics
  24. Pedagogy3▲ 4.5×6 topics
  25. Religion3▲ 4.9×4 topics
  26. Gender2▲ 4.0×4 topics
  27. Urbanization2▲ 5.3×3 topics
  28. Language Teaching2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  29. Conflict2▲ 11×5 topics
  30. Fiscal Risks2▲ 52×1 topic
  31. Public Finance2▲ 42×1 topic
  32. Backpropagation Learning2▲ 23×1 topic
  33. Modernization2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  34. Reservoir Operation2▲ 53×1 topic
  35. Self-Organizing Maps2▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Vocational Education2▲ 20×3 topics
  37. Water Demand2▲ 53×1 topic
  38. Water Resources2▲ 7.1×2 topics
  39. Civic Participation2▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Youth2▲ 10×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Cognitive Science and Mapping, Economic Development and Digital Transformation, Economic Issues in Ukraine and Neural Networks and Applications.

Cognitive Science and Ma…5Cognitive Science and Mapping: 5 fractional worksEconomic Development and Digital Transformation: 3 fractional worksEconomic Issues in Ukraine: 2 fractional worksNeural Networks and Appl…2Neural Networks and Applications: 2 fractional worksWater resources management and optimization: 2 fractional worksSociopolitical Dynamics in Russia: 2 fractional worksJudicial and Constitutio…1Judicial and Constitutional Studies: 1 fractional worksEconomic and Business Development Strategies: 1 fractional worksIndian and Buddhist Studies: 1 fractional worksWorld Systems and Global Transformations: 1 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceGeneral Economics, Econometrics and FinanceOcean EngineeringSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Cognitive Science and Mapping Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  2. 2 Economic Development and Digital Transformation General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 3 works
  3. 3 Economic Issues in Ukraine General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 works
  4. 4 Neural Networks and Applications Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  5. 5 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 Judicial and Constitutional Studies Law 1 works
  8. 8 Economic and Business Development Strategies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  9. 9 Indian and Buddhist Studies Religious studies 1 works
  10. 10 World Systems and Global Transformations Political Science and International Relations 1 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 available84.0%not open16.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.6%domestic only72.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 51% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Freelancer (Portugal) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00050% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Freelancer (Portugal)0.00032% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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