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Instituto Politécnico de Santarém

In research, Instituto Politécnico de Santarém stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,551 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#8,164 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,825 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,512
of 28,054 · #20,115 all time
Rank in Portugal
#92
of 187
Research works
1k
▲ 59% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.2k
6.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is Instituto Politécnico de Santarém 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,551 of 10,521 25.3%83 #6171
Health SciencesDomain #8,164 of 11,982 12.0%124 #11353
MedicineField #8,825 of 10,443 10.5%103 #13534

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto Politécnico de Santarém 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. Social Sciences#6,171 #5,551
  2. Health Sciences#11,353 #8,164
  3. Medicine#13,534 #8,825
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.

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: 0.74× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.54× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.52× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.05× its world share, 103 worksMedicineNursing: 1.40× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.89× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.71× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.96× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.70× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 34 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Politécnico de Santarém?

Ranked on the composite score, Nuno Carlos Leitão, José Amendoeira and Bento Cavadas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Politécnico de Santarém.

  1. 1 Nuno Carlos Leitão Portugal · #471,866 worldwide 104 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 José Amendoeira Portugal · #562,635 worldwide 1 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Bento Cavadas Portugal · #963,719 worldwide 3 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Marco Branco Portugal · #994,200 worldwide 20 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Rita Santos‐Rocha Portugal · #1,001,154 worldwide 21 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Carlos Silva Portugal · #1,012,148 worldwide 12 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Susana Franco Portugal · #1,057,567 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Rafael Oliveira Portugal · #1,177,788 worldwide 16 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Ana Loureiro Portugal · #1,204,405 worldwide 14 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Maria Potes Barbas Portugal · #1,207,815 worldwide 15 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Politécnico de Santarém

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Politécnico de Santarém?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Physical Activity, Risk Factors, High-Intensity Interval Training, Public Health, Injury Prevention, Resistance Training and Performance Analysis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology24▲ 2.4×67 topics
  2. Public Health12▲ 3.2×26 topics
  3. Risk Factors11▲ 3.9×17 topics
  4. Physical Activity10▲ 7.9×12 topics
  5. Mental Health10▲ 2.6×25 topics
  6. Quality of Life10▲ 2.5×24 topics
  7. Diagnosis8▲ 3.4×22 topics
  8. High-Intensity Interval Training8▲ 29×2 topics
  9. Treatment8▲ 2.5×26 topics
  10. Injury Prevention7▲ 23×4 topics
  11. Prevention7▲ 6.6×6 topics
  12. Resistance Training7▲ 30×2 topics
  13. Performance Analysis7▲ 12×1 topic
  14. Training Load7▲ 40×1 topic
  15. Educational Technology7▲ 2.1×15 topics
  16. Athletic Training6▲ 27×2 topics
  17. Obesity6▲ 3.3×13 topics
  18. Heart Failure6▲ 5.4×8 topics
  19. Physical Education6▲ 18×5 topics
  20. Muscle Injuries6▲ 32×1 topic
  21. Sports Injury6▲ 32×1 topic
  22. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 1.85×17 topics
  23. Qualitative Research5▲ 2.2×7 topics
  24. Chronic Diseases5▲ 7.5×7 topics
  25. Echocardiography5▲ 6.7×6 topics
  26. Job Satisfaction5▲ 4.0×9 topics
  27. Well-being4▲ 4.5×8 topics
  28. Prevalence4▲ 3.8×9 topics
  29. Health Promotion4▲ 4.4×6 topics
  30. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 6.1×4 topics
  31. Aggression3▲ 25×3 topics
  32. Low Back Pain3▲ 7.3×4 topics
  33. Sport Psychology3▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Cognitive Function3▲ 6.8×5 topics
  35. Motor Imagery3▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Nursing3▲ 6.3×6 topics
  37. Athlete Development3▲ 45×1 topic
  38. Expert Performance3▲ 45×1 topic
  39. Patient Care3▲ 9.2×3 topics
  40. Intrinsic Motivation3▲ 8.7×3 topics

Which research topics does Instituto Politécnico de Santarém publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports Performance and Training, Sports injuries and prevention, Sport Psychology and Performance and Children's Physical and Motor Development.

Sports Performance and T…7Sports Performance and Training: 7 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 6 fractional worksSport Psychology and Performance: 3 fractional worksChildren's Physical and Motor Development: 2 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 2 fractional worksMotivation and Self-Concept in Sports: 2 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 2 fractional worksPhysical Education and Gymnastics: 2 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 2 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 2 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyGeneral Health ProfessionsSocial Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 7 works
  2. 2 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 3 works
  4. 4 Children's Physical and Motor Development Developmental and Educational Psychology 2 works
  5. 5 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 2 works
  6. 6 Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports Social Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 Physical Education and Gymnastics Education 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Science and Education Research Education 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 available78.3%not open21.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.0%domestic only78.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Politécnico de Santarém's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 59% 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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