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Instituto Pedro Nunes

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,821
of 22,385 · #25,936 all time
Rank in Portugal
#159
of 168
Research works
127
▲ 53% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.2k
17.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Instituto Pedro Nunes

Which fields of science does Instituto Pedro Nunes work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at Instituto Pedro Nunes is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (26%), Materials Science (17%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 44 fractional works · 68.2% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 26.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 8.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 11 fractional works · 17.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 9.6% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 9.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 5.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 17.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstituto PedroNunes65fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences68%Health Sciences7%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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1726.0%
    2. Materials Science1117.0%
    3. Computer Science69.4%
    4. Chemistry45.8%
    5. Environmental Science35.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.8%
    7. Energy11.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy11.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology58.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences57.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.0%
    4. Neuroscience10.8%
    1. Arts and Humanities22.8%
    2. Social Sciences11.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.3%
    4. Psychology11.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Medicine45.7%
    2. Health Professions11.1%
    3. Veterinary00.3%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
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: 1.47× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.55× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 3.68× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.21× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.80× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.24× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.74× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.03× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.88× its world share, 11 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.90× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science4.88×11 works
  2. Chemistry3.68×4 works
  3. Veterinary1.90×0 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.80×2 works
  5. Engineering1.74×17 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.55×5 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.47×4 works
  8. Energy1.24×1 works
  9. Computer Science1.21×6 works
  10. Environmental Science1.03×3 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology1.02×1 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.96×2 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.62×1 works
  14. Neuroscience0.52×0 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.43×1 works
  16. Psychology0.42×1 works
  17. Health Professions0.41×1 works
  18. Medicine0.30×4 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.27×0 works
  20. Dentistry0.15×0 works
  21. Social Sciences0.13×1 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Pedro Nunes?

Ranked on the quality score, João M. Quintas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Pedro Nunes.

  1. 1 João M. Quintas Portugal · #2,277,498 worldwide 979 citations · 79 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Pedro Nunes

What are the most cited papers from Instituto Pedro Nunes?

The most cited paper from Instituto Pedro Nunes is "Question Answering For Toxicological Information Extraction" (Ferreira, Bruno Carlos Luís, Gonçalo Oliveira, Hugo, Amaro, Hugo et al., 2022), with 1,569 citations. Next come "ELECTRA: Pre-training Text Encoders as Discriminators Rather Than Generators" (540) and "Additive manufacturing technology and its implementation in construction as an eco-innovative solution" (358).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Question Answering For Toxicological Information Extraction Ferreira, Bruno Carlos Luís, Gonçalo Oliveira, Hugo, Amaro, Hugo et al. · DROPS (Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics) Open access 2022 1,569
2 ELECTRA: Pre-training Text Encoders as Discriminators Rather Than Generators Bruno Carlos Luís Ferreira, Hugo Gonçalo Oliveira, Hugo Amaro et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) PreprintOpen access 23 Mar 2020 540
3 Additive manufacturing technology and its implementation in construction as an eco-innovative solution Seyed Hamidreza Ghaffar, Jorge Corker, Mizi Fan · Automation in Construction Open access 12 May 2018 358
4 Industrial Hemp Fibers: An Overview João P. Manaia, A. Manaia, Lúcia Rodriges · Fibers Open access 2 Dec 2019 317
5 Explainable AI for Intrusion Detection Systems: LIME and SHAP Applicability on Multi-Layer Perceptron Diogo Gaspar, Paulo Victor Santos Silva, Catarina Silva · IEEE Access Open access 2024 218
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Which keywords describe research at Instituto Pedro Nunes?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanocomposites, Biomedical Applications, Mechanical Properties, Nanoparticles, Raman Spectroscopy, Thin Films, Coatings and Nanodiamonds.

▲ 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. Nanocomposites8▲ 16×12 topics
  2. Biomedical Applications8▲ 10×12 topics
  3. Mechanical Properties6▲ 9.4×7 topics
  4. Nanoparticles5▲ 6.0×13 topics
  5. Raman Spectroscopy4▲ 31×3 topics
  6. Thin Films4▲ 30×3 topics
  7. Coatings4▲ 94×2 topics
  8. Cultural Heritage4▲ 10×4 topics
  9. Nanodiamonds4▲ 159×1 topic
  10. Quantum Sensing4▲ 159×1 topic
  11. Nanoindentation3▲ 94×1 topic
  12. Sputtering3▲ 94×1 topic
  13. Conservation3▲ 11×3 topics
  14. Self-Assembly3▲ 14×7 topics
  15. Graphene3▲ 6.1×6 topics
  16. Ionic Liquids2▲ 13×4 topics
  17. Polymer Composites2▲ 14×3 topics
  18. Tissue Engineering2▲ 5.6×8 topics
  19. Drug Delivery2▲ 5.8×6 topics
  20. Renewable Resources2▲ 19×3 topics
  21. Tribology2▲ 96×2 topics
  22. Biodegradable2▲ 41×2 topics
  23. Friction2▲ 53×2 topics
  24. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 10×2 topics
  25. Tribological Performance2▲ 52×2 topics
  26. Additives2▲ 128×1 topic
  27. Biodeterioration2▲ 100×1 topic
  28. Geomycology2▲ 100×1 topic
  29. Lubricants2▲ 128×1 topic
  30. Biosensors2▲ 4.9×5 topics
  31. Environmental Monitoring2▲ 6.5×3 topics
  32. Polymer Tribology2▲ 89×1 topic
  33. Wear Behavior2▲ 76×1 topic
  34. Host Specificity1▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Indoor Air Quality1▲ 55×2 topics
  36. Biodegradable Polymers1▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Block Copolymers1▲ 75×2 topics
  38. Endophytic Fungi1▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Regenerative Medicine1▲ 8.1×3 topics
  40. Vesicles1▲ 57×2 topics

Which research topics does Instituto Pedro Nunes publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research, Metal and Thin Film Mechanics, Building materials and conservation and Lubricants and Their Additives.

Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research: 4 fractional worksMetal and Thin Film Mechanics: 3 fractional worksBuilding materials and conservation: 2 fractional worksLubricants and Their Additives: 2 fractional worksTribology and Wear Analysis: 2 fractional worksConservation Techniques …1Conservation Techniques and Studies: 1 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization: 1 fractional worksbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties: 1 fractional worksLichen and fungal ecology: 1 fractional works
Materials ChemistryMechanics of MaterialsEarth-Surface ProcessesMechanical Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research Materials Chemistry 4 works
  2. 2 Metal and Thin Film Mechanics Mechanics of Materials 3 works
  3. 3 Building materials and conservation Earth-Surface Processes 2 works
  4. 4 Lubricants and Their Additives Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Tribology and Wear Analysis Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  6. 6 Conservation Techniques and Studies Conservation 1 works
  7. 7 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 1 works
  8. 8 Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization Organic Chemistry 1 works
  9. 9 biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties Biomaterials 1 works
  10. 10 Lichen and fungal ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 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 available61.3%not open38.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.3%domestic only73.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Pedro Nunes's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 53% 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 Instituto Pedro Nunes as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00027% in 2024.

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