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Life Quality Research Centre

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,308
of 22,385 · #21,502 all time
Rank in Portugal
#115
of 168
Research works
194
▲ 100% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.5k
12.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
90%
world 40%
International
44%
world 18%
Life Quality Research Centre

Which fields of science does Life Quality Research Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Life Quality Research Centre is in Health Sciences, 36% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (42%), Psychology (22%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 57 fractional works · 49.6% of its workMedicine: 48 fractional works · 41.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 17 fractional works · 15.2% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% 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 · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 42 fractional works · 36.1% of its workPsychology: 25 fractional works · 21.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 5.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 7.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLife QualityResearch Centre115fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences50%Social Sciences36%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4841.8%
    2. Health Professions97.5%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Psychology2521.7%
    2. Social Sciences97.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting32.4%
    5. Decision Sciences11.0%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    1. Engineering43.3%
    2. Computer Science32.8%
    3. Environmental Science22.1%
    4. Mathematics00.1%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    6. Energy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.0%
    3. Neuroscience11.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Life Quality Research Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychology takes 7.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PsychologyField · 25.0 works7.1×
← 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: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.86× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.17× its world share, 48 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.33× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 7.13× its world share, 25 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology7.13×25 works
  2. Health Professions2.86×9 works
  3. Medicine2.17×48 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.33×3 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.03×1 works
  6. Neuroscience0.79×2 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.74×3 works
  8. Social Sciences0.61×9 works
  9. Nursing0.53×0 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.47×3 works
  11. Environmental Science0.43×2 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.38×2 works
  13. Computer Science0.36×3 works
  14. Veterinary0.36×0 works
  15. Engineering0.22×4 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.17×1 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.12×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.12×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  20. Energy0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Life Quality Research Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Teresa Bento, Anabela Vitorino and Eduardo Teixeira lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Life Quality Research Centre.

  1. 1 Teresa Bento Portugal · #1,012,760 worldwide 1.5k citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Anabela Vitorino Portugal · #2,182,185 worldwide 412 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Eduardo Teixeira Portugal · #2,375,773 worldwide 239 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Susana Alves Portugal · #3,389,409 worldwide 227 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Ana Paula Seabra Portugal · #3,997,002 worldwide 142 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Marta Martins Portugal · #5,356,091 worldwide 60 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Life Quality Research Centre

What are the most cited papers from Life Quality Research Centre?

The most cited paper from Life Quality Research Centre is "Conceptualization of sustainable higher education institutions, roles, barriers, and challenges for sustainability: An exploratory study in Portugal" (Ana Marta Aleixo, Susana Cristina Henriques Leal, Ulisses M. Azeiteiro, 2016), with 481 citations. Next come "Proceedings of the 3rd IPLeiria’s International Health Congress" (463) and "A Review on Aging, Sarcopenia, Falls, and Resistance Training in Community-Dwelling Older Adults" (301).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Conceptualization of sustainable higher education institutions, roles, barriers, and challenges for sustainability: An exploratory study in Portugal Ana Marta Aleixo, Susana Cristina Henriques Leal, Ulisses M. Azeiteiro · Journal of Cleaner Production 2 Nov 2016 481
2 Proceedings of the 3rd IPLeiria’s International Health Congress Catarina Cardoso Tomás et al. · BMC Health Services Research Open access1,693 authors Jul 2016 463
3 A Review on Aging, Sarcopenia, Falls, and Resistance Training in Community-Dwelling Older Adults Filipe Rodrigues, Christophe Domingos, Diogo Monteiro et al. · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Open access 13 Jan 2022 301
4 Exploring the Validity of the 14-Item Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener (MEDAS): A Cross-National Study in Seven European Countries around the Mediterranean Region María‐Teresa García‐Conesa, Elena Philippou, Christos Pafilas et al. · Nutrients Open access 27 Sep 2020 244
5 Exploring Lifestyle Habits, Physical Activity, Anxiety and Basic Psychological Needs in a Sample of Portuguese Adults during COVID-19 Raúl Antunes, Roberta Frontini, Nuno Amaro et al. · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Open access 18 Jun 2020 230
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Which keywords describe research at Life Quality Research Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: High-Intensity Interval Training, Physical Activity, Resistance Training, Risk Factors, Performance Analysis, Training Load, Mental Health and Injury Prevention.

▲ 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. High-Intensity Interval Training14▲ 113×2 topics
  2. Physical Activity14▲ 25×12 topics
  3. Epidemiology13▲ 2.9×15 topics
  4. Resistance Training10▲ 99×2 topics
  5. Risk Factors10▲ 8.1×9 topics
  6. Mental Health10▲ 6.1×20 topics
  7. Performance Analysis10▲ 42×1 topic
  8. Training Load10▲ 135×1 topic
  9. Injury Prevention8▲ 58×4 topics
  10. Public Health8▲ 4.5×17 topics
  11. Athletic Training7▲ 67×2 topics
  12. Prevention7▲ 14×2 topics
  13. Muscle Injuries7▲ 89×1 topic
  14. Sports Injury7▲ 89×1 topic
  15. Obesity7▲ 7.4×10 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 4.8×8 topics
  17. Well-being6▲ 14×9 topics
  18. Chronic Diseases6▲ 20×5 topics
  19. Physical Fitness6▲ 35×4 topics
  20. Sport Psychology6▲ 49×2 topics
  21. Health Benefits5▲ 14×6 topics
  22. Exercise5▲ 37×3 topics
  23. Qualitative Research5▲ 5.1×4 topics
  24. Intervention Strategies4▲ 88×1 topic
  25. Sedentary Behavior4▲ 88×1 topic
  26. Athlete Development4▲ 134×1 topic
  27. Expert Performance4▲ 134×1 topic
  28. Motor Imagery4▲ 31×2 topics
  29. Intrinsic Motivation4▲ 31×3 topics
  30. Autonomy Support4▲ 104×1 topic
  31. Heart Failure4▲ 8.2×2 topics
  32. Self-Determination Theory4▲ 104×1 topic
  33. Cardiorespiratory Fitness4▲ 81×1 topic
  34. Exercise Capacity4▲ 81×1 topic
  35. Prevalence4▲ 8.3×9 topics
  36. Adolescents4▲ 8.8×6 topics
  37. Meta-Analysis4▲ 5.4×6 topics
  38. Psychological Factors4▲ 15×4 topics
  39. Developmental Coordination Disorder3▲ 76×1 topic
  40. Motor Skill Competence3▲ 76×1 topic

Which research topics does Life Quality Research Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sports Performance and Training, Sports injuries and prevention, Physical Activity and Health and Sport Psychology and Performance.

Sports Performance and T…10Sports Performance and Training: 10 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 7 fractional worksPhysical Activity and He…4Physical Activity and Health: 4 fractional worksSport Psychology and Per…4Sport Psychology and Performance: 4 fractional worksMotivation and Self-Concept in Sports: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 4 fractional worksChildren's Physical and …3Children's Physical and Motor Development: 3 fractional worksBehavioral Health and Interventions: 3 fractional worksBody Composition Measurement Techniques: 2 fractional worksEating Disorders and Behaviors: 2 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicinePhysiologyDevelopmental and Educational PsychologySocial Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 10 works
  2. 2 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 4 works
  4. 4 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 4 works
  5. 5 Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports Social Psychology 4 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Children's Physical and Motor Development Developmental and Educational Psychology 3 works
  8. 8 Behavioral Health and Interventions Applied Psychology 3 works
  9. 9 Body Composition Measurement Techniques Physiology 2 works
  10. 10 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 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 available89.8%not open10.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.2%domestic only55.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Life Quality Research Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 100% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Life Quality Research Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00033% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Life Quality Research Centre0.00041% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Life Quality Research Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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