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Madeira Tecnopolo

In research, Madeira Tecnopolo stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,320 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,623
of 22,385 · #15,659 all time
Rank in Portugal
#109
of 168
Research works
342
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.1k
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
66%
world 40%
International
54%
world 18%
Madeira Tecnopolo

What is Madeira Tecnopolo known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #10,320 of 17,446 10.0%183

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Madeira Tecnopolo 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Madeira Tecnopolo work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Madeira Tecnopolo is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (29%), Social Sciences (12%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (12%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 65 fractional works · 54.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 34 fractional works · 28.5% of its workEcology: 13 fractional works · 10.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 7.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14 fractional works · 11.9% of its workOceanography: 10 fractional works · 8.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 7.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 22.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 12.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 11.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 7.3% of its workAquatic Science: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 10.7% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 8.3% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMadeira Tecnopolo119fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences55%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences23%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science3428.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1411.9%
    3. Engineering87.0%
    4. Computer Science65.0%
    5. Materials Science11.1%
    6. Mathematics10.4%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1412.1%
    2. Psychology54.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting43.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities11.0%
    6. Decision Sciences10.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences97.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.0%
    3. Neuroscience21.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine108.3%
    2. Health Professions32.1%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.55× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.57× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.47× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.74× its world share, 34 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.40× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 7.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences7.57×14 works
  2. Environmental Science5.74×34 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.55×9 works
  4. Psychology1.40×5 works
  5. Social Sciences0.96×14 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting0.95×4 works
  7. Neuroscience0.93×2 works
  8. Health Professions0.82×3 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.80×1 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.72×2 works
  11. Computer Science0.65×6 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.56×4 works
  13. Engineering0.47×8 works
  14. Medicine0.43×10 works
  15. Nursing0.38×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.36×0 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.36×1 works
  18. Veterinary0.34×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.32×1 works
  20. Chemistry0.21×0 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.16×0 works
  22. Energy0.15×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.11×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Madeira Tecnopolo?

Ranked on the quality score, João Gama Monteiro, Pedro Neves and Cláudia Ribeiro lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Madeira Tecnopolo.

  1. 1 João Gama Monteiro Portugal · #754,626 worldwide 1.2k citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Pedro Neves Portugal · #1,766,730 worldwide 285 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Cláudia Ribeiro Portugal · #2,076,839 worldwide 663 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Marc Fernández Portugal · #2,096,074 worldwide 2k citations · 93 works
  5. 5 Paola Parretti Portugal · #2,298,359 worldwide 309 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Francesca Gizzi Portugal · #2,569,462 worldwide 754 citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Susanne Schäfer Portugal · #2,611,143 worldwide 504 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Annalisa Sambolino Portugal · #2,678,580 worldwide 195 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Cátia Nicolau Portugal · #2,735,155 worldwide 399 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 James Yate Johnson Portugal · #2,787,435 worldwide 79 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Madeira Tecnopolo

What are the most cited papers from Madeira Tecnopolo?

The most cited paper from Madeira Tecnopolo is "Microplastics as vector for heavy metal contamination from the marine environment" (Dennis Brennecke, Bernardo Duarte, Filipa Paiva et al., 2016), with 1,617 citations. Next come "23 Ways to Nudge" (472) and "Particle Swarm Optimisation: A Historical Review Up to the Current Developments" (314).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Microplastics as vector for heavy metal contamination from the marine environment Dennis Brennecke, Bernardo Duarte, Filipa Paiva et al. · Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 4 Jan 2016 1,617
2 23 Ways to Nudge Ana Caraban, Evangelos Karapanos, Daniel Jorge Viegas Gonçalves et al. Conference paperOpen access 29 Apr 2019 472
3 Particle Swarm Optimisation: A Historical Review Up to the Current Developments Diogo Freitas, Luiz Guerreiro Lopes, Fernando Morgado‐Dias · Entropy Open access 21 Mar 2020 314
4 Drones for Conservation in Protected Areas: Present and Future Jesús Jiménez, Margarita Mulero‐Pázmány · Drones Open access 9 Jan 2019 303
5 Predator traits determine food-web architecture across ecosystems Ulrich Brose et al. · Nature Ecology & Evolution 20 May 2019 270
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Madeira Tecnopolo?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Ocean Acidification, Conservation, Population Dynamics, Environmental Impact, Benthic Communities, Marine Biodiversity and Marine Ecosystems.

▲ 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. Climate Change21▲ 6.4×37 topics
  2. Ocean Acidification10▲ 106×3 topics
  3. Environmental Impact9▲ 4.3×18 topics
  4. Conservation8▲ 15×11 topics
  5. Population Dynamics7▲ 24×8 topics
  6. Benthic Communities6▲ 86×2 topics
  7. Marine Biodiversity6▲ 86×2 topics
  8. Sustainability6▲ 2.1×22 topics
  9. Marine Ecosystems6▲ 85×2 topics
  10. Acoustic Communication5▲ 81×2 topics
  11. Coastal Protection5▲ 62×2 topics
  12. Climate Change Impacts5▲ 34×3 topics
  13. Marine Environment5▲ 28×3 topics
  14. Predator-Prey Interactions5▲ 50×2 topics
  15. Ecosystem Resilience4▲ 24×2 topics
  16. Anthropogenic Noise4▲ 128×1 topic
  17. Ecosystem Functioning4▲ 17×4 topics
  18. Kelp Forests4▲ 119×1 topic
  19. Marine Mammals4▲ 128×1 topic
  20. Seagrasses4▲ 119×1 topic
  21. Aquaculture4▲ 14×6 topics
  22. Invasive Species4▲ 8.3×12 topics
  23. Biodiversity4▲ 4.4×11 topics
  24. Bleaching4▲ 104×1 topic
  25. Coral Reefs4▲ 104×1 topic
  26. Fisheries Sustainability4▲ 37×2 topics
  27. COVID-19 Impact4▲ 18×3 topics
  28. Trophic Cascades3▲ 30×2 topics
  29. Recycling3▲ 6.8×3 topics
  30. Waste Management3▲ 6.5×3 topics
  31. Ecosystem Management3▲ 41×1 topic
  32. Ecosystem Services3▲ 6.2×5 topics
  33. Marine Fisheries3▲ 60×1 topic
  34. Biogeography2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  35. Fisheries2▲ 43×2 topics
  36. Pollution2▲ 9.6×2 topics
  37. Microplastics2▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Ocean Circulation2▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Terrestrial Ecosystems2▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Marine Invasions2▲ 105×1 topic

Which research topics does Madeira Tecnopolo publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Marine and coastal plant biology, Marine animal studies overview, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies and Marine and fisheries research.

Marine and coastal plant biology: 4 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 4 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosyst…4Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 4 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…3Marine and fisheries research: 3 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 2 fractional worksMarine Ecology and Invasive Species: 2 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecolo…2Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 2 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 2 fractional worksCruise Tourism Development and Management: 2 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 2 fractional works
OceanographyEcologyGlobal and Planetary ChangePollution3 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 4 works
  2. 2 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 4 works
  3. 3 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 4 works
  4. 4 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  5. 5 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 2 works
  6. 6 Marine Ecology and Invasive Species Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  7. 7 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 2 works
  8. 8 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Cruise Tourism Development and Management Transportation 2 works
  10. 10 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 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 available66.4%not open33.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors54.5%domestic only45.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Madeira Tecnopolo's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Madeira Tecnopolo as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00046% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Madeira Tecnopolo0.00039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Madeira Tecnopolo over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Madeira Tecnopolo16.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.2% in 2025.

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