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Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência

In research, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência stands highest in Life Sciences (#885 of 6,403 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#774 of 2,964 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology (Molecular Biology is 7.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,878
of 22,385 · #1,959 all time
Rank in Portugal
#32
of 168
Research works
1.7k
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
78k
45.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.11×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência

What is Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência 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
Life SciencesDomain #885 of 6,403 15.2%98 #671
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #774 of 2,964 14.3%62 #577

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência 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 Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência is in Life Sciences, 25% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (35%), Medicine (24%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%). It does 4.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 113 fractional works · 56.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 69 fractional works · 34.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 43 fractional works · 21.6% of its workCell Biology: 10 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStructural Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 19 fractional works · 9.8% of its workPlant Science: 11 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 16 fractional works · 8.3% of its workImmunology: 13 fractional works · 6.7% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 50 fractional works · 25.2% of its workMedicine: 48 fractional works · 24.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 11.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitutoGulbenkian de…198fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences57%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences25%Social Sciences7%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6934.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences199.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology168.3%
    4. Neuroscience73.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Medicine4824.1%
    2. Health Professions10.5%
    3. Veterinary10.3%
    4. Nursing10.3%
    1. Environmental Science73.7%
    2. Engineering42.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy21.2%
    4. Computer Science21.2%
    5. Materials Science21.1%
    6. Chemistry10.7%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    8. Mathematics10.5%
    9. Energy00.2%
    1. Social Sciences62.9%
    2. Psychology52.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    5. Decision Sciences10.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 7.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 42.7 works7.1×
← 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: 2.05× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.54× its world share, 69 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.21× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.28× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.25× its world share, 48 worksMedicineNursing: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.39× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology8.21×16 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.54×69 works
  3. Veterinary2.39×1 works
  4. Neuroscience2.28×7 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.05×19 works
  6. Medicine1.25×48 works
  7. Psychology0.84×5 works
  8. Environmental Science0.75×7 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.74×0 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.55×2 works
  11. Nursing0.54×0 works
  12. Chemistry0.45×1 works
  13. Mathematics0.44×1 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.38×1 works
  15. Materials Science0.32×2 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.30×1 works
  17. Social Sciences0.23×6 works
  18. Health Professions0.19×1 works
  19. Energy0.17×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.15×2 works
  21. Engineering0.15×4 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.13×1 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×1 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência?

Ranked on the quality score, Miguel Parreira Soares, José Alberto Feijó and Luís F. Moita lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência.

  1. 1 Miguel Parreira Soares Portugal · #34,219 worldwide 24k citations · 223 works
  2. 2 José Alberto Feijó Portugal · #54,785 worldwide 12k citations · 130 works
  3. 3 Luís F. Moita Portugal · #74,333 worldwide 20k citations · 136 works
  4. 4 Elena Baena Gonzalez Portugal · #82,646 worldwide 8.8k citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Karina B. Xavier Portugal · #116,316 worldwide 7.7k citations · 98 works
  6. 6 José B. Pereira‐Leal Portugal · #127,173 worldwide 7.6k citations · 94 works
  7. 7 Paula Duque Portugal · #143,917 worldwide 3.5k citations · 76 works
  8. 8 Mónica Bettencourt‐Dias Portugal · #149,893 worldwide 7k citations · 122 works
  9. 9 Jörg Dieter Becker Portugal · #168,086 worldwide 11k citations · 160 works
  10. 10 Lars E.T. Jansen Portugal · #179,388 worldwide 6.3k citations · 84 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência

What are the most cited papers from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência?

The most cited paper from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência is "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)" (Daniel J. Klionsky et al., 2016), with 6,023 citations. Next come "Rab27a and Rab27b control different steps of the exosome secretion pathway" (2,805) and "Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs" (2,374).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
2 Rab27a and Rab27b control different steps of the exosome secretion pathway Matías Ostrowski, Nuno Carmo, Sophie Krumeich et al. · Nature Cell Biology Open access 6 Dec 2009 2,805
3 Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs S Hong Lee et al. · Nature Genetics Open access370 authors 11 Aug 2013 2,374
4 Functional impact of global rare copy number variation in autism spectrum disorders Dalila Pinto et al. · Nature Open access177 authors 8 Jun 2010 2,073
5 Disordered Microbial Communities in Asthmatic Airways Markus Hilty, Conor M. Burke, Helder Pedro et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 4 Jan 2010 1,873
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Stem Cells, Epidemiology, Gene Expression, Development, Gene Regulation, Innate Immunity, Vaccine Development and Epigenetic Regulation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology19▲ 2.4×52 topics
  2. Stem Cells11▲ 21×12 topics
  3. Gene Expression9▲ 7.0×16 topics
  4. Inflammation8▲ 2.0×43 topics
  5. Development7▲ 10×4 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress7▲ 2.3×24 topics
  7. Cancer7▲ 2.7×25 topics
  8. Gene Regulation6▲ 31×5 topics
  9. Innate Immunity6▲ 9.3×10 topics
  10. Epigenetic Regulation6▲ 14×6 topics
  11. Vaccine Development6▲ 12×8 topics
  12. Microbial Communities6▲ 6.8×4 topics
  13. Cancer Therapy6▲ 4.9×11 topics
  14. Immune Response5▲ 4.8×16 topics
  15. Evolution5▲ 9.7×7 topics
  16. Gut Microbiota5▲ 7.5×3 topics
  17. Genomics5▲ 8.6×8 topics
  18. Natural Selection5▲ 46×2 topics
  19. Zebrafish5▲ 101×2 topics
  20. Transcription Factors5▲ 19×4 topics
  21. Adaptation5▲ 7.8×6 topics
  22. Inflammatory Diseases4▲ 12×4 topics
  23. Immune Responses4▲ 15×3 topics
  24. Metabolic Health4▲ 11×2 topics
  25. Vector Control4▲ 18×3 topics
  26. Genome Evolution4▲ 49×2 topics
  27. Metagenomic Analysis4▲ 17×1 topic
  28. Short-Chain Fatty Acids4▲ 17×1 topic
  29. Extracellular Matrix4▲ 11×6 topics
  30. Mechanotransduction4▲ 30×3 topics
  31. Autoimmunity4▲ 13×3 topics
  32. Cancer Progression4▲ 10×6 topics
  33. Metabolic Regulation4▲ 11×5 topics
  34. Mutation4▲ 10×4 topics
  35. Notch Signaling4▲ 86×2 topics
  36. Tumorigenesis4▲ 42×2 topics
  37. Cell Fate4▲ 163×1 topic
  38. Evolutionary Biology4▲ 48×2 topics
  39. Population Genetics4▲ 13×3 topics
  40. TGF-ß4▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Gut microbiota and health, Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, T-cell and B-cell Immunology and Plant Molecular Biology Research.

Gut microbiota and health4Gut microbiota and health: 4 fractional worksDevelopmental Biology an…4Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation: 4 fractional worksT-cell and B-cell Immunology: 3 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology …3Plant Molecular Biology Research: 3 fractional worksMicrotubule and mitosis …3Microtubule and mitosis dynamics: 3 fractional worksEvolution and Genetic Dynamics: 3 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 3 fractional worksCellular Mechanics and I…2Cellular Mechanics and Interactions: 2 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Reproduction: 2 fractional worksInsect symbiosis and bacterial influences: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologyImmunologyPlant ScienceCell Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 4 works
  2. 2 Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation Molecular Biology 4 works
  3. 3 T-cell and B-cell Immunology Immunology 3 works
  4. 4 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 3 works
  5. 5 Microtubule and mitosis dynamics Cell Biology 3 works
  6. 6 Evolution and Genetic Dynamics Genetics 3 works
  7. 7 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 3 works
  8. 8 Cellular Mechanics and Interactions Cell Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  10. 10 Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences Insect Science 2 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 available55.9%not open44.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.5%domestic only61.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower 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 Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00051% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência0.00097% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência 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 counting10%20%30%Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência18.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.2% in 2017.

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