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Ministry of Education

In research, Ministry of Education stands highest in Physical Sciences (#949 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#1,363 of 6,636 worldwide) and Materials Science (#732 of 2,468 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Organic Chemistry — Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment is 7.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,643
of 28,054 · #4,108 all time
Rank in Portugal
#9
of 187
Research works
1.1k
▲ 95% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
19.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Ministry of Education 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
Physical SciencesDomain #949 of 12,888 27.3%408 #2543
EngineeringField #1,363 of 6,636 26.5%173 #3104
Materials ScienceField #732 of 2,468 28.7%88 #1846
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #777 of 2,318 32.5%73 #1853
Materials ChemistrySubfield #605 of 1,556 29.5%61 #1518

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministry of Education 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. Physical Sciences#2,543 #949
  2. Engineering#3,104 #1,363
  3. Materials Science#1,846 #732
  4. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,853 #777
  5. Materials Chemistry#1,518 #605
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 Ministry of Education specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSubfield · 28.5 works7.7×
  2. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 26.1 works7.2×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.88× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.50× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 9.13× its world share, 15 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 6.77× its world share, 51 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.79× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 6.82× its world share, 30 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.41× its world share, 173 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.24× its world share, 88 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.76× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 9.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Education?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Nanomaterials, Energy Storage, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Nanoparticles, Cathode Materials, Graphene and Water Splitting.

▲ 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. Catalysis44▲ 14×24 topics
  2. Nanomaterials40▲ 7.8×14 topics
  3. Energy Storage31▲ 10.0×11 topics
  4. Nanoparticles31▲ 5.1×32 topics
  5. Metal-Organic Frameworks31▲ 15×6 topics
  6. Cathode Materials25▲ 13×3 topics
  7. Graphene24▲ 7.4×10 topics
  8. Water Splitting23▲ 13×4 topics
  9. Electrocatalysis22▲ 16×5 topics
  10. Biomedical Applications20▲ 3.6×22 topics
  11. Nanocomposites18▲ 4.8×17 topics
  12. Rechargeable Batteries18▲ 14×2 topics
  13. Chemical Sensors16▲ 14×3 topics
  14. Catalysts16▲ 17×3 topics
  15. Hydrogenation14▲ 17×5 topics
  16. Fuel Cells14▲ 18×3 topics
  17. Methane Storage13▲ 22×2 topics
  18. CO2 Reduction13▲ 13×2 topics
  19. Heterogeneous Catalysis13▲ 15×5 topics
  20. Lithium-ion Batteries13▲ 6.4×3 topics
  21. Drug Delivery13▲ 5.0×11 topics
  22. Selective Oxidation12▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Semiconductor12▲ 7.5×6 topics
  24. Energy Conversion12▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Oxidation12▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Hydrogen Evolution12▲ 18×1 topic
  27. Oxygen Reduction12▲ 18×1 topic
  28. Nanostructures11▲ 6.0×12 topics
  29. Hydrogen Production11▲ 8.8×5 topics
  30. Visible Light11▲ 9.8×2 topics
  31. Nanocrystals11▲ 8.2×5 topics
  32. Semiconductors11▲ 7.3×4 topics
  33. Solar Energy11▲ 7.0×3 topics
  34. Ceria10▲ 18×1 topic
  35. Gold10▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Photocatalyst10▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Plasmonic10▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Bioimaging10▲ 9.1×5 topics
  39. Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries10▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Zinc Anode10▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does Ministry of Education publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques and Advanced battery technologies research.

Electrocatalysts for Ene…12Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 12 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in M…10Catalytic Processes in Materials Science: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis …10Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 10 fractional worksAdvanced battery technol…10Advanced battery technologies research: 10 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 8 fractional worksMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materia…7Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 7 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and …6Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 6 fractional worksCovalent Organic Framewo…6Covalent Organic Framework Applications: 6 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and…6Perovskite Materials and Applications: 6 fractional works
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentMaterials ChemistryElectrical and Electronic EngineeringInorganic Chemistry1 others

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

  1. 1 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 12 works
  2. 2 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 10 works
  3. 3 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 10 works
  4. 4 Advanced battery technologies research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10 works
  5. 5 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  6. 6 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications Inorganic Chemistry 8 works
  7. 7 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 7 works
  8. 8 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 6 works
  9. 9 Covalent Organic Framework Applications Materials Chemistry 6 works
  10. 10 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 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 available25.3%not open74.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors80.9%domestic only19.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Education's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 95% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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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.