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Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências

In research, Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,941 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,569 of 6,365 worldwide) and Education (#1,182 of 1,892 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education — Education is 7.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,982
of 28,054 · #21,317 all time
Rank in Portugal
#103
of 187
Research works
1.3k
▲ 68% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.3k
4.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

What is Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências 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 #4,941 of 10,521 17.1%241 #5405
Social SciencesField #3,569 of 6,365 16.2%169 #3462
EducationSubfield #1,182 of 1,892 22.9%80 #1349
Physical SciencesDomain #12,147 of 12,888 14.6%70 #16474

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências 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#5,405 #4,941
  2. Social Sciences#3,462 #3,569
  3. Education#1,349 #1,182
  4. Physical Sciences#16,474 #12,147
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 Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 7.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 80.2 works7.2×
← 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: 0.45× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.68× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.10× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.12× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.62× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.99× its world share, 21 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.10× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.22× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.26× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.90× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.69× its world share, 169 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências?

Ranked on the composite score, Cristina Alvarez‐Peregrina and Rita Brito lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências.

  1. 1 Cristina Alvarez‐Peregrina Portugal · #1,061,187 worldwide 10 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Rita Brito Portugal · #1,465,865 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Education, Educational Technology, Inclusive Education, Qualitative Research, Public Policy, Social Inequality and Curriculum Development.

▲ 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. Teacher Training42▲ 19×19 topics
  2. Education38▲ 6.2×51 topics
  3. Educational Technology34▲ 7.9×21 topics
  4. Inclusive Education28▲ 22×10 topics
  5. Qualitative Research25▲ 8.1×17 topics
  6. Sustainability23▲ 2.6×39 topics
  7. Public Policy22▲ 12×14 topics
  8. Social Inequality21▲ 22×6 topics
  9. Curriculum Development21▲ 8.2×8 topics
  10. Innovation19▲ 5.0×18 topics
  11. Globalization18▲ 2.6×37 topics
  12. Distance Learning18▲ 15×6 topics
  13. Educational Reform17▲ 36×4 topics
  14. Pedagogical Practices16▲ 48×3 topics
  15. Online Learning16▲ 5.1×9 topics
  16. Critical Pedagogy15▲ 48×3 topics
  17. Educational Policies15▲ 35×2 topics
  18. Digital Literacy15▲ 6.7×7 topics
  19. Sustainable Development14▲ 2.3×17 topics
  20. Environmental Education13▲ 24×7 topics
  21. COVID-1912▲ 2.5×12 topics
  22. Higher Education11▲ 5.8×12 topics
  23. Social Impact11▲ 7.6×8 topics
  24. Social Network Analysis11▲ 24×1 topic
  25. WebQuests11▲ 52×1 topic
  26. Youth Development10▲ 29×3 topics
  27. Biodiversity9▲ 3.5×11 topics
  28. Social Movements9▲ 8.5×8 topics
  29. Organizational Behavior9▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Knowledge Management9▲ 4.5×11 topics
  31. Pedagogy8▲ 4.5×16 topics
  32. Professional Identity8▲ 27×1 topic
  33. Social Pedagogy8▲ 152×1 topic
  34. Waste Management8▲ 5.4×3 topics
  35. Social Participation8▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Water Resources8▲ 8.8×1 topic
  37. Teacher Professional Development8▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Lifelong Learning7▲ 9.5×6 topics
  39. Informal Learning7▲ 15×6 topics
  40. Science Communication7▲ 23×3 topics

Which research topics does Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education Pedagogy and Practices, Education and Digital Technologies, Educational Practices and Policies and Environmental Sustainability and Education.

Education Pedagogy and P…14Education Pedagogy and Practices: 14 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 11 fractional worksEducational Practices an…8Educational Practices and Policies: 8 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…8Environmental Sustainability and Education: 8 fractional worksEducation and Public Policy: 6 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 5 fractional worksEducation during COVID-1…4Education during COVID-19 pandemic: 4 fractional worksMathematics Education and Teaching Techniques: 4 fractional worksEnvironmental Education and Sustainability: 4 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 4 fractional works
EducationSociology and Political ScienceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawPolitical Science and International Relations1 others

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

  1. 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 14 works
  2. 2 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  3. 3 Educational Practices and Policies Education 8 works
  4. 4 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 8 works
  5. 5 Education and Public Policy Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  6. 6 Science and Education Research Education 5 works
  7. 7 Education during COVID-19 pandemic Education 4 works
  8. 8 Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques Education 4 works
  9. 9 Environmental Education and Sustainability Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works
  10. 10 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 4 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 available80.0%not open20.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.7%domestic only74.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 68% 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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