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ISPA - Instituto Universitário

In research, ISPA - Instituto Universitário stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,810 of 10,521 worldwide), Psychology (#568 of 2,181 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,277 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology, Psychology and Social Psychology — Clinical Psychology is 16.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,192
of 28,054 · #10,277 all time
Rank in Portugal
#55
of 187
Research works
1.5k
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
16.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
75%
world 28%

What is ISPA - Instituto Universitário 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 #1,810 of 10,521 28.4%215 #2666
PsychologyField #568 of 2,181 22.2%119 #1018
Social SciencesField #2,277 of 6,365 34.8%77 #3637

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where ISPA - Instituto Universitário 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#2,666 #1,810
  2. Psychology#1,018 #568
  3. Social Sciences#3,637 #2,277
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 ISPA - Instituto Universitário specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 16.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 56.5 works16×
  2. PsychologyField · 119.3 works12×
  3. Social PsychologySubfield · 33.6 works11×
← 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: 0.44× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.46× its world share, 19 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.05× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.16× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.48× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.89× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 11.74× its world share, 119 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.82× its world share, 77 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 11.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at ISPA - Instituto Universitário?

Ranked on the composite score, Emanuel J. Gonçalves, Isabel Leal and Rui F. Oliveira lead among researchers whose main affiliation is ISPA - Instituto Universitário.

  1. 1 Emanuel J. Gonçalves Portugal · #340,157 worldwide 143 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Isabel Leal Portugal · #497,825 worldwide 173 citations · 95 works
  3. 3 Rui F. Oliveira Portugal · #516,268 worldwide 138 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Cristina Silva Portugal · #533,601 worldwide 58 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 João Marôco Portugal · #562,776 worldwide 244 citations · 103 works
  6. 6 Carlos Lopes Portugal · #695,603 worldwide 14 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Rui Miguel Costa Portugal · #878,922 worldwide 34 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Vítor C. Almada Portugal · #884,852 worldwide 31 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Andrea Costa Portugal · #886,726 worldwide 5 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Paulo Catry Portugal · #917,150 worldwide 114 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at ISPA - Instituto Universitário

Which keywords describe research at ISPA - Instituto Universitário?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Depression, Emotion Regulation, Adolescents, Social Support, Psychopathology, Parenting and Well-being.

▲ 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. Mental Health52▲ 11×34 topics
  2. Depression29▲ 9.9×16 topics
  3. Emotion Regulation27▲ 26×8 topics
  4. Adolescents24▲ 19×9 topics
  5. Social Support19▲ 10×15 topics
  6. Quality of Life17▲ 3.5×30 topics
  7. Psychopathology16▲ 27×4 topics
  8. Parenting15▲ 36×3 topics
  9. Well-being14▲ 11×12 topics
  10. Anxiety Disorders14▲ 38×2 topics
  11. Children14▲ 18×4 topics
  12. Resilience14▲ 8.6×11 topics
  13. Prevalence14▲ 10×11 topics
  14. Developmental Trajectories13▲ 33×3 topics
  15. Psychological Impact13▲ 12×8 topics
  16. Child Development12▲ 8.7×6 topics
  17. Risk Factors12▲ 3.2×12 topics
  18. Behavioral Problems12▲ 43×1 topic
  19. Self-Regulation12▲ 20×5 topics
  20. Meta-Analysis12▲ 5.9×12 topics
  21. Anxiety11▲ 7.2×9 topics
  22. Academic Achievement11▲ 19×7 topics
  23. Stress10▲ 8.5×7 topics
  24. Emotion10▲ 15×7 topics
  25. Psychological Distress10▲ 12×5 topics
  26. Psychological Interventions10▲ 23×4 topics
  27. Coping Strategies10▲ 12×8 topics
  28. Job Satisfaction9▲ 6.5×7 topics
  29. Mental Disorders9▲ 24×3 topics
  30. Social Cognition9▲ 16×7 topics
  31. Stigma9▲ 19×5 topics
  32. Attachment9▲ 29×4 topics
  33. Positive Emotions9▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Health Disparities8▲ 9.1×5 topics
  35. Subjective Well-Being8▲ 31×2 topics
  36. Early Childhood Education7▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Educational Interventions7▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Neural Mechanisms7▲ 22×4 topics
  39. School Engagement7▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Student-Teacher Relationships7▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does ISPA - Instituto Universitário publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Early Childhood Education and Development, Attachment and Relationship Dynamics and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies.

Child and Adolescent Psy…12Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 12 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 7 fractional worksAttachment and Relationship Dynamics: 6 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 5 fractional worksSexual function and dysfunction studies: 5 fractional worksResilience and Mental Health: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health4COVID-19 and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksBehavioral Health and In…4Behavioral Health and Interventions: 4 fractional worksAging and Gerontology Re…4Aging and Gerontology Research: 4 fractional worksPsychological Well-being…4Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction: 4 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyEducationSocial PsychologyCognitive Neuroscience3 others

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

  1. 1 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 12 works
  2. 2 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 7 works
  3. 3 Attachment and Relationship Dynamics Social Psychology 6 works
  4. 4 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 5 works
  5. 5 Sexual function and dysfunction studies Psychiatry and Mental health 5 works
  6. 6 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 5 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  8. 8 Behavioral Health and Interventions Applied Psychology 4 works
  9. 9 Aging and Gerontology Research Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 4 works
  10. 10 Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction Social Psychology 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 available75.0%not open25.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.6%domestic only65.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has ISPA - Instituto Universitário's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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