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Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa

In research, Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa stands highest in Social Sciences (#477 of 10,521 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#141 of 2,578 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#466 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Urban Studies, Marketing and Communication — Urban Studies is 8.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,994
of 28,054 · #4,029 all time
Rank in Portugal
#18
of 187
Research works
7.1k
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
98k
13.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

What is Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa 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 #477 of 10,521 31.2%1,267 #618
Business, Management and AccountingField #141 of 2,578 34.4%259 #322
Social SciencesField #466 of 6,365 30.9%664 #590
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #281 of 2,578 30.8%269 #366
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #209 of 1,201 43.5%86 #337
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #611 of 1,775 34.3%105 #909
Health SciencesDomain #4,314 of 11,982 22.6%135 #6928
Strategy and ManagementSubfield #233 of 635 31.6%64 #477
PsychologyField #884 of 2,181 29.1%128 #715
Physical SciencesDomain #5,569 of 12,888 23.4%368 #5994

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa 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#618 #477
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#322 #141
  3. Social Sciences#590 #466
  4. Sociology and Political Science#366 #281
  5. Political Science and International Relations#337 #209
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#909 #611
  7. Health Sciences#6,928 #4,314
  8. Strategy and Management#477 #233
  9. Psychology#715 #884
  10. Physical Sciences#5,994 #5,569
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 Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Urban Studies takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Urban StudiesSubfield · 41.0 works8.1×
  2. MarketingSubfield · 50.7 works6.6×
  3. CommunicationSubfield · 29.7 works5.9×
  4. AnthropologySubfield · 28.5 works5.5×
  5. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 41.3 works5.5×
← 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: 0.43× its world share, 38 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.05× its world share, 150 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 124 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 64 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.54× its world share, 74 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 55 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.18× its world share, 63 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.38× its world share, 259 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.72× its world share, 48 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.68× its world share, 105 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.28× its world share, 128 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.86× its world share, 664 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa?

Ranked on the composite score, Sérgio Moro, Manuela Aparício and Sandra María Correia Loureiro lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa.

  1. 1 Sérgio Moro Portugal · #73,695 worldwide 282 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Manuela Aparício Portugal · #132,925 worldwide 246 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Sandra María Correia Loureiro Portugal · #181,284 worldwide 703 citations · 128 works
  4. 4 Beatriz Padilla Portugal · #198,779 worldwide 42 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 João Guerreiro Portugal · #227,919 worldwide 173 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 António Caetano Portugal · #231,928 worldwide 202 citations · 64 works
  7. 7 Fernando Luís Machado Portugal · #235,564 worldwide 18 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Patrícia Ávila Portugal · #251,921 worldwide 25 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Susana Batel Portugal · #283,851 worldwide 136 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Maria Helena de Aguiar Pereira e Pestana Portugal · #285,372 worldwide 51 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa

Which keywords describe research at Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Sustainability, Social Capital, Mental Health, Social Media, Public Policy, Consumer Behavior and Neoliberalism.

▲ 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. Globalization146▲ 4.0×88 topics
  2. Sustainability119▲ 2.7×67 topics
  3. Mental Health89▲ 3.3×36 topics
  4. Social Media87▲ 3.3×28 topics
  5. Social Capital68▲ 7.0×14 topics
  6. Supply Chain Management59▲ 3.5×17 topics
  7. Consumer Behavior56▲ 4.8×15 topics
  8. Economic Growth56▲ 3.6×25 topics
  9. Public Policy55▲ 6.1×22 topics
  10. Education50▲ 1.59×57 topics
  11. Big Data48▲ 2.9×18 topics
  12. Sustainable Development48▲ 1.63×45 topics
  13. Healthcare44▲ 2.1×24 topics
  14. Neoliberalism44▲ 6.7×18 topics
  15. Innovation42▲ 2.2×44 topics
  16. Corporate Governance40▲ 3.0×16 topics
  17. Internet of Things39▲ 2.4×14 topics
  18. Identity39▲ 2.9×35 topics
  19. Leadership38▲ 4.4×18 topics
  20. Job Satisfaction38▲ 4.7×11 topics
  21. Labor Market35▲ 6.5×13 topics
  22. Social Support34▲ 3.3×17 topics
  23. Colonialism32▲ 3.7×27 topics
  24. Political Economy31▲ 6.6×15 topics
  25. Environmental Management31▲ 4.2×13 topics
  26. Community Engagement30▲ 5.0×13 topics
  27. Entrepreneurship28▲ 4.0×13 topics
  28. Urban Development28▲ 4.2×14 topics
  29. User-Generated Content28▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Firm Performance27▲ 7.8×4 topics
  31. Social Movements27▲ 4.9×19 topics
  32. Consumer Engagement26▲ 11×1 topic
  33. Electronic Word-of-Mouth26▲ 11×1 topic
  34. Income Inequality24▲ 9.0×5 topics
  35. Public Opinion23▲ 10.0×5 topics
  36. Work Engagement22▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Organizational Behavior22▲ 7.6×3 topics
  38. Predictive Analytics21▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Immigration20▲ 9.6×6 topics
  40. Psychological Capital20▲ 7.9×3 topics

Which research topics does Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Digital Marketing and Social Media, Big Data and Business Intelligence, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior and Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research.

Digital Marketing and So…26Digital Marketing and Social Media: 26 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…18Big Data and Business Intelligence: 18 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 18 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 16 fractional worksConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification: 16 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 15 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform Studies: 14 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare S…14Employment and Welfare Studies: 14 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 13 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 13 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceManagement Information SystemsOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementMarketing4 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 26 works
  2. 2 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 18 works
  3. 3 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 18 works
  4. 4 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 16 works
  5. 5 Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification Marketing 16 works
  6. 6 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 15 works
  7. 7 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 14 works
  8. 8 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 14 works
  9. 9 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 13 works
  10. 10 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 13 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 available66.8%not open33.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.1%domestic only77.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% 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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