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Instituto Superior Politécnico Gaya

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,453
of 22,385 · #25,639 all time
Rank in Portugal
#118
of 168
Research works
206
▲ 39% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.9k
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Instituto Superior Politécnico Gaya

Which fields of science does Instituto Superior Politécnico Gaya work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Instituto Superior Politécnico Gaya is in Physical Sciences, 44% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (24%), Business, Management and Accounting (18%), Social Sciences (17%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 59 fractional works · 49.5% of its workComputer Science: 28 fractional works · 23.5% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 9.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 19 fractional works · 16.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 5.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 7.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 53 fractional works · 44.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 21 fractional works · 18.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 16.9% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitutoSuperior…119fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences50%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences44%

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. Computer Science2823.5%
    2. Engineering1916.0%
    3. Environmental Science87.0%
    4. Energy10.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    7. Mathematics10.4%
    8. Materials Science00.4%
    9. Chemistry00.2%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting2118.0%
    2. Social Sciences2016.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance54.6%
    4. Psychology43.0%
    5. Decision Sciences11.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.8%
    1. Medicine32.5%
    2. Health Professions21.9%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Instituto Superior Politécnico Gaya specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 5.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 21.4 works5.6×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.03× its world share, 28 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.07× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.41× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.59× its world share, 21 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.16× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.99× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting5.59×21 works
  2. Computer Science3.03×28 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.16×6 works
  4. Environmental Science1.41×8 works
  5. Social Sciences1.34×20 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.13×1 works
  7. Engineering1.07×19 works
  8. Psychology0.99×4 works
  9. Energy0.76×1 works
  10. Health Professions0.73×2 works
  11. Nursing0.38×0 works
  12. Mathematics0.37×0 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.36×1 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.32×1 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.27×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×1 works
  17. Medicine0.13×3 works
  18. Chemistry0.11×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.11×0 works
  20. Dentistry0.08×0 works
  21. Neuroscience0.07×0 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Superior Politécnico Gaya?

Ranked on the quality score, Fernando Luís Almeida, Jorge Manuel de Azevedo Pereira Simões and Sergio Francisco Sargo Ferreira Lopes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Superior Politécnico Gaya.

  1. 1 Fernando Luís Almeida Portugal · #1,078,614 worldwide 5.4k citations · 311 works
  2. 2 Jorge Manuel de Azevedo Pereira Simões Portugal · #1,389,110 worldwide 1.3k citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Sergio Francisco Sargo Ferreira Lopes Portugal · #1,993,607 worldwide 128 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 José Monteiro Portugal · #2,766,987 worldwide 620 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Óscar Silva Portugal · #2,781,785 worldwide 71 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Carlos Miguel Oliveira Portugal · #3,176,543 worldwide 117 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 José Carlos Pereira de Morais Portugal · #3,227,833 worldwide 315 citations · 82 works
  8. 8 Mário Lousã Portugal · #3,278,526 worldwide 33 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Nelson Castro Neves Portugal · #4,381,864 worldwide 29 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Justino Lourenço Portugal · #4,551,078 worldwide 109 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Superior Politécnico Gaya

What are the most cited papers from Instituto Superior Politécnico Gaya?

The most cited paper from Instituto Superior Politécnico Gaya is "A social gamification framework for a K-6 learning platform" (Jorge Manuel de Azevedo Pereira Simões, Rebeca P. Dı́az Redondo, Ana Fernández Vilas, 2012), with 853 citations. Next come "STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS OF QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS" (627) and "The Challenges and Opportunities in the Digitalization of Companies in a Post-COVID-19 World" (525).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A social gamification framework for a K-6 learning platform Jorge Manuel de Azevedo Pereira Simões, Rebeca P. Dı́az Redondo, Ana Fernández Vilas · Computers in Human Behavior 6 Jul 2012 853
2 STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS OF QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS André Queirós, Daniel Faria, Fernando Luís Almeida · Open Access Publishing Group - European Journal of Education Studies Open access 7 Sep 2017 627
3 The Challenges and Opportunities in the Digitalization of Companies in a Post-COVID-19 World Fernando Luís Almeida, José Duarte Santos, José Monteiro · IEEE Engineering Management Review Open access 30 Jul 2020 525
4 The Role of Serious Games, Gamification and Industry 4.0 Tools in the Education 4.0 Paradigm Fernando Luís Almeida, Jorge Manuel de Azevedo Pereira Simões · Contemporary Educational Technology Open access 16 Apr 2019 302
5 How to Improve the Validity and Reliability of a Case Study Approach? Cátia Cardoso Abdo Quintão, Pedro Henrique Pereira de Andrade, Fernando Luís Almeida · Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education Open access 27 Aug 2020 109
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Superior Politécnico Gaya?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Social Capital, Big Data, Cybersecurity, Environmental Management and IoT Security.

▲ 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. Machine Learning11▲ 2.7×22 topics
  2. Sustainability11▲ 3.7×23 topics
  3. Deep Learning8▲ 2.0×21 topics
  4. Internet of Things7▲ 7.1×8 topics
  5. Big Data7▲ 6.0×9 topics
  6. Social Capital6▲ 10×8 topics
  7. Cybersecurity5▲ 18×4 topics
  8. Innovation5▲ 4.2×17 topics
  9. Supply Chain Management5▲ 4.9×9 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence5▲ 3.0×13 topics
  11. Healthcare5▲ 3.7×6 topics
  12. Environmental Management5▲ 10×5 topics
  13. Economic Growth5▲ 5.1×9 topics
  14. Educational Technology5▲ 3.5×13 topics
  15. IoT Security4▲ 12×3 topics
  16. Security4▲ 5.6×8 topics
  17. Higher Education4▲ 6.5×6 topics
  18. Renewable Energy4▲ 2.4×15 topics
  19. Risk Management4▲ 6.7×4 topics
  20. Smart Cities4▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Information Security3▲ 29×3 topics
  22. Game Theory3▲ 16×2 topics
  23. Cyber-Physical Systems3▲ 9.7×4 topics
  24. Policy Compliance3▲ 63×1 topic
  25. Security Awareness3▲ 63×1 topic
  26. Social Entrepreneurship3▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Entrepreneurial Orientation3▲ 29×1 topic
  28. Opportunity Recognition3▲ 29×1 topic
  29. Anomaly Detection3▲ 7.8×4 topics
  30. Entrepreneurship3▲ 5.8×8 topics
  31. Leadership3▲ 4.4×6 topics
  32. Student Engagement2▲ 5.2×5 topics
  33. IoT2▲ 5.2×7 topics
  34. Privacy2▲ 6.6×3 topics
  35. 5G Networks2▲ 8.8×2 topics
  36. Environmental Education2▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Ethical Consumption2▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Informal Learning2▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Open Innovation2▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Thermal Analysis2▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Instituto Superior Politécnico Gaya publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Information and Cyber Security, Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Environmental Sustainability in Business and IoT and Edge/Fog Computing.

Information and Cyber Se…3Information and Cyber Security: 3 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies…3Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 3 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 2 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental Education and Sustainability: 2 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 2 fractional worksReligious Tourism and Sp…2Religious Tourism and Spaces: 2 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 2 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 2 fractional worksInnovation and Socioecon…2Innovation and Socioeconomic Development: 2 fractional works
Information SystemsManagement of Technology and InnovationMarketingComputer Networks and Communications5 others

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

  1. 1 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 3 works
  2. 2 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 3 works
  3. 3 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 2 works
  4. 4 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  5. 5 Environmental Education and Sustainability Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  6. 6 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Religious Tourism and Spaces Geography, Planning and Development 2 works
  8. 8 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  9. 9 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 2 works
  10. 10 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International 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 available42.3%not open57.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.0%domestic only84.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Superior Politécnico Gaya's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 39% 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 Superior Politécnico Gaya as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00032% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Instituto Superior Politécnico Gaya0.00036% in 20251990200020102020

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