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INESC TEC

In research, INESC TEC stands highest in Computer Science (#884 of 4,417 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#2,160 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#1,231 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction and Computer Networks and Communications (Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering is 9.1× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#2,502
of 22,385 · #2,950 all time
Rank in Portugal
#21
of 168
Research works
4.6k
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
67k
14.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%

What is INESC TEC 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
Computer ScienceField #884 of 4,417 10.2%387 #833
Physical SciencesDomain #2,160 of 10,670 9.9%1,031 #2408
EngineeringField #1,231 of 5,901 9.8%506 #1317
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,061 of 2,581 15.2%99 #1537
Social SciencesDomain #3,948 of 9,585 14.3%270 #5137
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #999 of 2,176 7.9%171 #1058
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #910 of 1,862 8.5%123 #972
Health SciencesDomain #4,840 of 9,902 9.1%120 #6018
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield #157 of 316 15.6%71 #352
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield #553 of 963 10.0%75 #668

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where INESC TEC 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. Computer Science#833 #884
  2. Physical Sciences#2,408 #2,160
  3. Engineering#1,317 #1,231
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#1,537 #1,061
  5. Social Sciences#5,137 #3,948
  6. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,058 #999
  7. Artificial Intelligence#972 #910
  8. Health Sciences#6,018 #4,840
  9. Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering#352 #157
  10. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition#668 #553
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 INESC TEC work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at INESC TEC is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (34%), Computer Science (26%), Medicine (7%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,133 fractional works · 69.1% of its workEngineering: 552 fractional works · 33.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 186 fractional works · 11.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 77 fractional works · 4.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 64 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 41 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 36 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 34 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 28 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 422 fractional works · 25.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 135 fractional works · 8.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 80 fractional works · 4.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 61 fractional works · 3.7% of its workInformation Systems: 51 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 23 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSignal Processing: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoftware: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 65 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 25 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 291 fractional works · 17.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 104 fractional works · 6.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 28 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 24 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMarketing: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 83 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 27 fractional works · 1.7% of its workTransportation: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 37 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 35 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 22 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 134 fractional works · 8.2% of its workMedicine: 114 fractional works · 6.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 32 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 80 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 37 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 24 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 22 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKINESC TEC1,639fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences69%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences18%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering55233.7%
    2. Computer Science42225.7%
    3. Environmental Science654.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy251.6%
    5. Energy221.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences201.2%
    7. Chemistry100.6%
    8. Materials Science80.5%
    9. Mathematics60.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering50.3%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting1046.3%
    2. Social Sciences835.1%
    3. Psychology372.3%
    4. Decision Sciences352.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance221.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities110.6%
    1. Medicine1146.9%
    2. Health Professions171.0%
    3. Veterinary20.1%
    4. Nursing10.1%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences372.3%
    2. Neuroscience221.4%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology191.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.0%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does INESC TEC specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering takes 9.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 76.8 works9.1×
  2. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 23.3 works6.9×
  3. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 61.1 works4.2×
← 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: 0.48× its world share, 37 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 22 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.82× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.31× its world share, 422 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.43× its world share, 22 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.25× its world share, 552 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.80× its world share, 65 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.70× its world share, 25 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.39× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 114 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.97× its world share, 104 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.20× its world share, 35 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.63× its world share, 22 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 37 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 83 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science3.31×422 works
  2. Engineering2.25×552 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.20×35 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.97×104 works
  5. Energy1.43×22 works
  6. Neuroscience0.84×22 works
  7. Chemical Engineering0.82×5 works
  8. Environmental Science0.80×65 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.76×20 works
  10. Psychology0.74×37 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.70×25 works
  12. Veterinary0.67×2 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.63×22 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.48×37 works
  15. Social Sciences0.40×83 works
  16. Health Professions0.39×17 works
  17. Chemistry0.37×10 works
  18. Medicine0.36×114 works
  19. Mathematics0.30×6 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.22×19 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.22×11 works
  22. Nursing0.18×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.14×8 works
  24. Dentistry0.13×1 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.12×1 works
  26. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at INESC TEC?

Ranked on the quality score, João P. S. Catalào, Mohammad Sadegh Javadi and Ricardo Jorge Bessa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is INESC TEC.

  1. 1 João P. S. Catalào Portugal · #76,374 worldwide 39k citations · 1,144 works
  2. 2 Mohammad Sadegh Javadi Portugal · #203,903 worldwide 6k citations · 226 works
  3. 3 Ricardo Jorge Bessa Portugal · #256,070 worldwide 8.8k citations · 263 works
  4. 4 Sérgio Fernando Ferreira Santos Portugal · #414,369 worldwide 3k citations · 111 works
  5. 5 Matthew B. Gough Portugal · #574,402 worldwide 1.7k citations · 62 works
  6. 6 Filipe Joel Soares Portugal · #756,940 worldwide 4.7k citations · 142 works
  7. 7 José Iria Portugal · #849,473 worldwide 2.3k citations · 88 works
  8. 8 Mohamed Lotfi Portugal · #912,932 worldwide 2.3k citations · 87 works
  9. 9 Saber Talari Portugal · #963,854 worldwide 1.6k citations · 43 works
  10. 10 Fabien Gouyon Portugal · #970,201 worldwide 3.5k citations · 114 works
All ranked researchers at INESC TEC

What are the most cited papers from INESC TEC?

The most cited paper from INESC TEC is "Machine Learning Interpretability: A Survey on Methods and Metrics" (Diogo V. Carvalho, Eduardo M. Pereira, Jaime S. Cardoso, 2019), with 1,837 citations. Next come "A systematic literature review of machine learning methods applied to predictive maintenance" (1,544) and "Service Research Priorities in a Rapidly Changing Context" (1,467).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Machine Learning Interpretability: A Survey on Methods and Metrics Diogo V. Carvalho, Eduardo M. Pereira, Jaime S. Cardoso · Electronics Open access 26 Jul 2019 1,837
2 A systematic literature review of machine learning methods applied to predictive maintenance Thyago Peres Carvalho, Fabrizzio Alphonsus Alves de Melo Nunes Soares, Roberto Oliveira Vita et al. · Computers & Industrial Engineering Review 5 Sep 2019 1,544
3 Service Research Priorities in a Rapidly Changing Context Amy L. Ostrom, Anitha Parasuraman, David E. Bowen et al. · Journal of Service Research 13 Apr 2015 1,467
4 Hyperspectral Imaging: A Review on UAV-Based Sensors, Data Processing and Applications for Agriculture and Forestry Telmo Adão, Jonáš Hruška, Luís Pádua et al. · Remote Sensing Open access 30 Oct 2017 1,318
5 A Survey on Automatic Detection of Hate Speech in Text Paula Fortuna, Sérgio Nunes · ACM Computing Surveys Open access 31 Jul 2018 1,229
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at INESC TEC?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Sustainability, Neural Networks, Renewable Energy Integration and Big Data.

▲ 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. Deep Learning196▲ 3.5×75 topics
  2. Machine Learning153▲ 2.8×75 topics
  3. Renewable Energy101▲ 4.2×35 topics
  4. Sustainability94▲ 2.4×43 topics
  5. Neural Networks77▲ 3.1×33 topics
  6. Smart Grid62▲ 11×9 topics
  7. Big Data58▲ 3.7×22 topics
  8. Supply Chain Management50▲ 3.4×22 topics
  9. Convolutional Neural Networks47▲ 3.9×14 topics
  10. Internet of Things46▲ 3.3×18 topics
  11. Artificial Intelligence43▲ 1.85×31 topics
  12. Renewable Energy Integration42▲ 7.8×5 topics
  13. Game Theory39▲ 14×6 topics
  14. Remote Sensing37▲ 1.84×26 topics
  15. Smart Home37▲ 14×5 topics
  16. Energy Management36▲ 13×3 topics
  17. Feature Extraction34▲ 4.6×10 topics
  18. Wireless Sensor Networks34▲ 4.7×15 topics
  19. Demand Response34▲ 23×1 topic
  20. Electricity Markets34▲ 23×1 topic
  21. Energy Efficiency33▲ 2.2×29 topics
  22. Cyber-Physical Systems31▲ 7.1×6 topics
  23. Medical Imaging30▲ 3.5×8 topics
  24. Security30▲ 2.7×17 topics
  25. Electric Vehicles28▲ 5.9×4 topics
  26. Anomaly Detection25▲ 5.4×5 topics
  27. Optimization25▲ 3.4×17 topics
  28. Classification25▲ 3.3×10 topics
  29. Distributed Systems22▲ 7.9×6 topics
  30. Texture Analysis22▲ 6.1×3 topics
  31. Digital Twin21▲ 9.2×2 topics
  32. Collision Avoidance21▲ 6.9×4 topics
  33. Time Series20▲ 7.2×3 topics
  34. Cloud Manufacturing20▲ 13×1 topic
  35. Smart Manufacturing20▲ 13×1 topic
  36. Path Planning20▲ 9.6×3 topics
  37. Smart Grid Applications19▲ 9.2×2 topics
  38. Distributed Generation19▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Energy Storage Systems18▲ 8.0×2 topics
  40. Mobile Robots16▲ 10.0×3 topics

Which research topics does INESC TEC publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Smart Grid Energy Management, Digital Transformation in Industry, Microgrid Control and Optimization and Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems.

  1. 1 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 34 works
  2. 2 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 20 works
  3. 3 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 15 works
  4. 4 Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems Ocean Engineering 14 works
  5. 5 Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization Aerospace Engineering 13 works
  6. 6 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 13 works
  7. 7 Optimal Power Flow Distribution Electrical and Electronic Engineering 13 works
  8. 8 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 13 works
  9. 9 Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 12 works
  10. 10 Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 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 available50.9%not open49.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.5%domestic only72.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has INESC TEC's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% 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 INESC TEC as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0071% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%INESC TEC0.0065% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of INESC TEC 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025INESC TEC9.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.8% in 2010.

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