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IPO Porto

In research, IPO Porto stands highest in Medicine (#2,701 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,554 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,130 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Oncology is 10.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,324
of 28,054 · #15,582 all time
Rank in Portugal
#70
of 187
Research works
1.4k
▲ 84% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is IPO Porto 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
MedicineField #2,701 of 10,443 9.5%292 #4904
Health SciencesDomain #3,554 of 11,982 9.7%304 #6173
Life SciencesDomain #6,130 of 7,800 18.4%63 #9155

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where IPO Porto 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. Medicine#4,904 #2,701
  2. Health Sciences#6,173 #3,554
  3. Life Sciences#9,155 #6,130
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 IPO Porto specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 10.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 45.5 works10×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 46.6 works7.6×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.32× its world share, 49 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.70× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.20× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.80× its world share, 292 worksMedicineNursing: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at IPO Porto?

Ranked on the composite score, Deolinda Pereira, María José Bento and Alexandra Borges lead among researchers whose main affiliation is IPO Porto.

  1. 1 Deolinda Pereira Portugal · #197,482 worldwide 195 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 María José Bento Portugal · #447,690 worldwide 36 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Alexandra Borges Portugal · #650,980 worldwide 6 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Cecília Monteiro Portugal · #821,517 worldwide 22 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Júlio Oliveira Portugal · #879,007 worldwide 14 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Joana Moleiro Portugal · #1,092,918 worldwide 19 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Susana Sousa Portugal · #1,142,725 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Ana Paula Santos Portugal · #1,142,740 worldwide 8 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 João Santos Portugal · #1,311,524 worldwide 36 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Cláudia Vieira Portugal · #1,317,857 worldwide 8 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at IPO Porto

Which keywords describe research at IPO Porto?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Immunotherapy, Radiotherapy, Survival Analysis, Neoadjuvant Therapy and Breast Cancer.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy44▲ 16×24 topics
  2. Epidemiology30▲ 1.93×83 topics
  3. Prognostic Factors28▲ 16×14 topics
  4. Clinical Practice Guidelines27▲ 12×12 topics
  5. Immunotherapy27▲ 9.4×19 topics
  6. Radiotherapy25▲ 16×12 topics
  7. Survival Analysis22▲ 21×6 topics
  8. Cancer20▲ 3.7×39 topics
  9. Quality of Life20▲ 3.4×29 topics
  10. Treatment19▲ 3.9×39 topics
  11. Biomarkers17▲ 6.2×16 topics
  12. Neoadjuvant Therapy17▲ 18×5 topics
  13. Breast Cancer16▲ 17×11 topics
  14. Clinical Trials16▲ 6.1×13 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations16▲ 9.1×19 topics
  16. Molecular Characterization15▲ 22×6 topics
  17. Metastasis15▲ 11×12 topics
  18. Diagnosis14▲ 3.8×31 topics
  19. Targeted Therapy13▲ 14×5 topics
  20. Molecular Profiling12▲ 31×3 topics
  21. Gene Expression11▲ 4.5×12 topics
  22. Prognosis10▲ 8.0×8 topics
  23. Guidelines10▲ 5.5×10 topics
  24. Endoscopic Resection10▲ 25×2 topics
  25. Tumor Microenvironment10▲ 5.5×8 topics
  26. PET Imaging10▲ 14×4 topics
  27. Gastric Cancer10▲ 21×3 topics
  28. Surgery10▲ 6.8×9 topics
  29. Prognostic Markers9▲ 22×3 topics
  30. Gene Expression Profiling9▲ 28×2 topics
  31. Immunohistochemistry9▲ 31×4 topics
  32. Surgical Management9▲ 5.6×15 topics
  33. Molecular Classification9▲ 15×4 topics
  34. Molecular Subtypes9▲ 26×3 topics
  35. Radiation Therapy9▲ 17×6 topics
  36. Adjuvant Therapy9▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Lymphoma9▲ 13×4 topics
  38. Rituximab8▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Palliative Care8▲ 12×4 topics
  40. End-of-Life8▲ 21×3 topics

Which research topics does IPO Porto publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Breast Cancer Treatment Studies, Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.

Gastric Cancer Managemen…6Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment …6Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 6 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksHematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: 5 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 5 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 5 fractional worksNeuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances: 4 fractional worksPalliative and Oncologic…4Palliative and Oncologic Care: 4 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksCancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer ResearchPathology and Forensic MedicineHematology4 others

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

  1. 1 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 6 works
  3. 3 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Hematology 5 works
  5. 5 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 5 works
  6. 6 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances Epidemiology 4 works
  8. 8 Palliative and Oncologic Care Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  9. 9 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Oncology 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 available57.1%not open42.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.7%domestic only81.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has IPO Porto's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 84% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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