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Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Coimbra

In research, Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Coimbra stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,681 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting — Business, Management and Accounting is 12.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,982
of 28,054 · #30,196 all time
Rank in Portugal
#141
of 187
Research works
392
▲ 73% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.1k
8.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Coimbra 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 #6,681 of 10,521 17.8%71 #11291

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Coimbra 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).

What does Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Coimbra specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 12.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 36.8 works12×
← 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: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.85× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.46× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12.28× its world share, 37 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 7.53× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.15× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 12.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Coimbra?

Ranked on the composite score, Miguel Gonçalves, Isabel Pedrosa and Maria da Conceição da Costa Marques lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Coimbra.

  1. 1 Miguel Gonçalves Portugal · #910,614 worldwide 1 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Isabel Pedrosa Portugal · #977,145 worldwide 19 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Maria da Conceição da Costa Marques Portugal · #1,277,282 worldwide 5 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Coimbra

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Coimbra?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Supply Chain Management, Big Data, Firm Performance, Predictive Analytics, Sustainability, Analytics, Business Intelligence and Performance Measurement.

▲ 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. Supply Chain Management11▲ 13×11 topics
  2. Sustainability9▲ 4.0×19 topics
  3. Big Data8▲ 9.8×6 topics
  4. Firm Performance8▲ 46×2 topics
  5. Predictive Analytics8▲ 75×2 topics
  6. Analytics6▲ 71×1 topic
  7. Business Intelligence6▲ 71×1 topic
  8. Performance Measurement6▲ 23×5 topics
  9. Qualitative Research5▲ 5.9×5 topics
  10. Corporate Governance5▲ 6.7×9 topics
  11. Environmental Management4▲ 12×7 topics
  12. Financial Performance4▲ 8.1×7 topics
  13. Innovation4▲ 4.3×11 topics
  14. Economic Growth4▲ 5.1×8 topics
  15. Institutional Theory4▲ 44×3 topics
  16. Data Mining4▲ 5.5×5 topics
  17. Governance3▲ 11×4 topics
  18. Healthcare3▲ 3.3×8 topics
  19. Organizational Performance3▲ 14×6 topics
  20. Data Analysis3▲ 13×2 topics
  21. Innovation Management3▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Organizational Management3▲ 51×1 topic
  23. Research Methods3▲ 20×1 topic
  24. Consumer Behavior3▲ 5.1×8 topics
  25. Corporate Social Responsibility3▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Institutional Quality3▲ 27×3 topics
  27. Financial Constraints2▲ 25×2 topics
  28. Shareholder Value2▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Political Economy2▲ 10.0×4 topics
  30. Stakeholder Theory2▲ 50×1 topic
  31. Sustainability Reporting2▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Knowledge Economy2▲ 24×3 topics
  33. Cooperatives2▲ 30×2 topics
  34. Environmental Innovation2▲ 27×1 topic
  35. Green Consumption2▲ 27×1 topic
  36. Smart Specialization2▲ 65×2 topics
  37. Business Strategy2▲ 52×2 topics
  38. Knowledge Sharing2▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Management Control Systems2▲ 145×1 topic
  40. Territorial Capital2▲ 73×2 topics

Which research topics does Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Coimbra publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Big Data and Business Intelligence, Business and Management Studies, Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting and Environmental Sustainability in Business.

Big Data and Business In…6Big Data and Business Intelligence: 6 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 3 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 2 fractional worksAccounting and Organizational Management: 2 fractional worksQuality and Supply Management: 2 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…2Corporate Finance and Governance: 2 fractional worksCompetitive and Knowledge Intelligence: 2 fractional worksLocal Government Finance and Decentralization: 2 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 2 fractional works
Management Information SystemsInformation Systems and ManagementStrategy and ManagementMarketing2 others

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

  1. 1 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 6 works
  2. 2 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 3 works
  3. 3 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 2 works
  4. 4 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 2 works
  5. 5 Accounting and Organizational Management Management Information Systems 2 works
  6. 6 Quality and Supply Management Management Information Systems 2 works
  7. 7 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 2 works
  8. 8 Competitive and Knowledge Intelligence Strategy and Management 2 works
  9. 9 Local Government Finance and Decentralization Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  10. 10 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 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 available49.7%not open50.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.1%domestic only87.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Coimbra's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 73% 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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