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INESC TEC

In research, INESC TEC stands highest in Computer Science (#651 of 4,667 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,656 of 10,521 worldwide) and Engineering (#1,189 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. 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 9.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,279
of 28,054 · #4,415 all time
Rank in Portugal
#20
of 187
Research works
4.6k
▲ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
67k
14.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is INESC TEC 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
Computer ScienceField #651 of 4,667 20.5%387 #655
Social SciencesDomain #1,656 of 10,521 31.6%270 #2518
EngineeringField #1,189 of 6,636 17.5%506 #1430
Business, Management and AccountingField #617 of 2,578 32.5%99 #1134
Physical SciencesDomain #3,159 of 12,888 19.2%1,031 #3420
Social SciencesField #1,606 of 6,365 34.3%76 #2270
Health SciencesDomain #4,224 of 11,982 19.6%120 #6774
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,065 of 2,318 12.3%171 #1257
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #886 of 1,884 20.0%123 #753
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield #533 of 941 20.8%75 #613

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 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. Computer Science#655 #651
  2. Social Sciences#2,518 #1,656
  3. Engineering#1,430 #1,189
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#1,134 #617
  5. Physical Sciences#3,420 #3,159
  6. Social Sciences#2,270 #1,606
  7. Health Sciences#6,774 #4,224
  8. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,257 #1,065
  9. Artificial Intelligence#753 #886
  10. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition#613 #533
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 INESC TEC specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering takes 9.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 71.1 works9.2×
  2. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 21.0 works6.8×
  3. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 56.4 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, 34 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.33× its world share, 387 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.50× its world share, 21 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.26× its world share, 506 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 56 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.62× its world share, 21 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 102 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.05× its world share, 99 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.25× its world share, 32 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 21 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 76 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.

Who are the top researchers at INESC TEC?

Ranked on the composite score, Ricardo J. Bessa, Filipe Soares and João P. S. Catalào lead among researchers whose main affiliation is INESC TEC.

  1. 1 Ricardo J. Bessa · #47,606 worldwide 643 citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Filipe Soares · #126,040 worldwide 431 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 João P. S. Catalào · #141,091 worldwide 2.1k citations · 317 works
  4. 4 Miguel Melo · #149,829 worldwide 141 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Mohammad Sadegh Javadi · #150,028 worldwide 446 citations · 63 works
  6. 6 Carlos Moreira · #193,857 worldwide 220 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Miadreza Shafie‐khah · #221,517 worldwide 1.1k citations · 171 works
  8. 8 Patrícia Ramos · #364,655 worldwide 145 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Ana Cristina Barros · #386,048 worldwide 96 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Hélder P. Oliveira · #389,839 worldwide 48 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at INESC TEC

Which keywords describe research at INESC TEC?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Sustainability, Neural Networks, Big Data and Renewable Energy Integration.

▲ 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. Deep Learning179▲ 3.5×75 topics
  2. Machine Learning138▲ 2.8×73 topics
  3. Renewable Energy93▲ 4.3×34 topics
  4. Sustainability89▲ 2.4×42 topics
  5. Neural Networks70▲ 3.0×33 topics
  6. Smart Grid60▲ 11×9 topics
  7. Big Data54▲ 4.0×22 topics
  8. Supply Chain Management47▲ 3.4×22 topics
  9. Internet of Things44▲ 3.4×18 topics
  10. Convolutional Neural Networks43▲ 3.9×14 topics
  11. Renewable Energy Integration40▲ 7.9×5 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence39▲ 1.89×30 topics
  13. Game Theory37▲ 15×6 topics
  14. Smart Home36▲ 14×5 topics
  15. Energy Management34▲ 13×3 topics
  16. Remote Sensing33▲ 1.81×23 topics
  17. Demand Response33▲ 24×1 topic
  18. Electricity Markets33▲ 24×1 topic
  19. Feature Extraction33▲ 4.8×10 topics
  20. Wireless Sensor Networks32▲ 4.7×15 topics
  21. Energy Efficiency30▲ 2.2×29 topics
  22. Cyber-Physical Systems29▲ 7.4×6 topics
  23. Security28▲ 2.9×17 topics
  24. Medical Imaging27▲ 3.6×8 topics
  25. Electric Vehicles27▲ 6.1×4 topics
  26. Anomaly Detection24▲ 5.5×5 topics
  27. Optimization23▲ 3.4×17 topics
  28. Classification23▲ 3.3×10 topics
  29. Texture Analysis21▲ 6.1×3 topics
  30. Distributed Systems20▲ 8.2×6 topics
  31. Digital Twin20▲ 9.8×2 topics
  32. Time Series20▲ 7.3×3 topics
  33. Cloud Manufacturing19▲ 14×1 topic
  34. Smart Manufacturing19▲ 14×1 topic
  35. Path Planning19▲ 9.8×3 topics
  36. Collision Avoidance18▲ 6.8×4 topics
  37. Smart Grid Applications18▲ 9.4×2 topics
  38. Energy Storage Systems18▲ 8.4×2 topics
  39. Distributed Generation17▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Multi-Agent Systems17▲ 6.0×6 topics

Which research topics does INESC TEC publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Smart Grid Energy Management, Digital Transformation in Industry, Microgrid Control and Optimization and Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems.

Smart Grid Energy Manage…33Smart Grid Energy Management: 33 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 19 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Optimization: 14 fractional worksUnderwater Vehicles and Communication Systems: 14 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 12 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 12 fractional worksAdvanced Manufacturing a…12Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization: 12 fractional worksRobotics and Sensor-Based Localization: 12 fractional worksOptimal Power Flow Distribution: 11 fractional worksAI in cancer detection11AI in cancer detection: 11 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringOcean Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Smart Grid Energy ManagementElectrical and Electronic Engineering 33 works
  2. 2 Digital Transformation in IndustryIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering 19 works
  3. 3 Microgrid Control and OptimizationControl and Systems Engineering 14 works
  4. 4 Underwater Vehicles and Communication SystemsOcean Engineering 14 works
  5. 5 Electric Vehicles and InfrastructureElectrical and Electronic Engineering 12 works
  6. 6 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 12 works
  7. 7 Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics OptimizationIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering 12 works
  8. 8 Robotics and Sensor-Based LocalizationAerospace Engineering 12 works
  9. 9 Optimal Power Flow DistributionElectrical and Electronic Engineering 11 works
  10. 10 AI in cancer detectionArtificial Intelligence 11 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has INESC TEC's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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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