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Life Quality Research Centre

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,266
of 28,054 · #33,222 all time
Rank in Portugal
#116
of 187
Research works
194
▲ 353% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.5k
12.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
90%
world 28%

What does Life Quality Research Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychology takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PsychologyField · 23.1 works7.4×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 2.95× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.28× its world share, 45 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.13× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 7.44× its world share, 23 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Life Quality Research Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Mole lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Life Quality Research Centre.

  1. 1 Mole Portugal · #1,286,367 worldwide 0 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Life Quality Research Centre

Which keywords describe research at Life Quality Research Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 Epidemiology.

▲ 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. High-Intensity Interval Training13▲ 120×2 topics
  2. Physical Activity12▲ 25×12 topics
  3. Epidemiology12▲ 3.0×15 topics
  4. Resistance Training10▲ 103×2 topics
  5. Mental Health9▲ 6.3×18 topics
  6. Risk Factors9▲ 8.4×8 topics
  7. Performance Analysis9▲ 42×1 topic
  8. Training Load9▲ 141×1 topic
  9. Injury Prevention8▲ 61×4 topics
  10. Public Health7▲ 4.7×16 topics
  11. Athletic Training6▲ 67×2 topics
  12. Obesity6▲ 8.1×10 topics
  13. Prevention6▲ 15×2 topics
  14. Muscle Injuries6▲ 91×1 topic
  15. Sports Injury6▲ 91×1 topic
  16. Well-being6▲ 16×8 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 5.2×8 topics
  18. Chronic Diseases6▲ 21×5 topics
  19. Physical Fitness5▲ 37×3 topics
  20. Sport Psychology5▲ 52×2 topics
  21. Exercise5▲ 38×3 topics
  22. Health Benefits5▲ 14×5 topics
  23. Qualitative Research5▲ 5.2×3 topics
  24. Motor Imagery4▲ 34×2 topics
  25. Athlete Development4▲ 163×1 topic
  26. Expert Performance4▲ 163×1 topic
  27. Intervention Strategies4▲ 96×1 topic
  28. Intrinsic Motivation4▲ 33×2 topics
  29. Sedentary Behavior4▲ 96×1 topic
  30. Autonomy Support4▲ 114×1 topic
  31. Self-Determination Theory4▲ 114×1 topic
  32. Heart Failure4▲ 8.8×2 topics
  33. Cardiorespiratory Fitness4▲ 88×1 topic
  34. Exercise Capacity4▲ 88×1 topic
  35. Prevalence4▲ 8.7×9 topics
  36. Meta-Analysis4▲ 5.8×6 topics
  37. Psychological Factors4▲ 16×4 topics
  38. Adolescents3▲ 8.9×6 topics
  39. Muscle Mass3▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Self-Regulation3▲ 15×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports Performance and Training, Sports injuries and prevention, Sport Psychology and Performance and Physical Activity and Health.

Sports Performance and T…9Sports Performance and Training: 9 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 6 fractional worksSport Psychology and Per…4Sport Psychology and Performance: 4 fractional worksPhysical Activity and He…4Physical Activity and Health: 4 fractional worksMotivation and Self-Concept in Sports: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 4 fractional worksBehavioral Health and In…3Behavioral Health and Interventions: 3 fractional worksChildren's Physical and Motor Development: 3 fractional worksBody Composition Measurement Techniques: 2 fractional worksEating Disorders and Behaviors: 2 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyPhysiologySocial Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 9 works
  2. 2 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 4 works
  4. 4 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 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 Behavioral Health and Interventions Applied Psychology 3 works
  8. 8 Children's Physical and Motor Development Developmental and Educational 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 353% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.