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In research, National Archaeology Museum stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,566 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities (Arts and Humanities is 14.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,665
of 22,385 · #14,402 all time
Rank in Portugal
#158
of 168
Research works
537
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.4k
6.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
82%
world 40%
International
65%
world 18%
National Archaeology Museum

What is National Archaeology Museum known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #8,566 of 9,585 7.5%60 #6859

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Archaeology Museum 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 National Archaeology Museum work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at National Archaeology Museum is in Social Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (42%), Social Sciences (24%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 63 fractional works · 70.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 38 fractional works · 42.5% of its workArcheology: 15 fractional works · 16.6% of its workHistory: 11 fractional works · 11.9% of its workMuseology: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 24.0% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 5.5% of its workUrban Studies: 5 fractional works · 5.2% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 16.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 8.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNationalArchaeology…89fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences71%

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. Arts and Humanities3842.5%
    2. Social Sciences2124.0%
    3. Psychology33.8%
    4. Decision Sciences00.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Environmental Science78.1%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences55.3%
    3. Engineering11.3%
    4. Materials Science10.9%
    5. Computer Science10.8%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    7. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences66.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.9%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Health Professions22.7%
    2. Medicine11.5%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does National Archaeology Museum specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 14.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 37.8 works15×
← 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: 1.44× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.38× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.63× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 14.70× its world share, 38 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.26× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.90× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 14.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities14.70×38 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.38×5 works
  3. Social Sciences1.90×21 works
  4. Environmental Science1.63×7 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.44×6 works
  6. Psychology1.26×3 works
  7. Health Professions1.04×2 works
  8. Veterinary0.83×0 works
  9. Materials Science0.25×1 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.17×1 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.17×0 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.17×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.15×0 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.13×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.11×1 works
  16. Engineering0.08×1 works
  17. Medicine0.08×1 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.05×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Archaeology Museum?

Ranked on the quality score, Luís Raposo, Maurício André da Silva and Joaquim Pais de Brito lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Archaeology Museum.

  1. 1 Luís Raposo Portugal · #3,117,011 worldwide 467 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Maurício André da Silva Portugal · #3,716,100 worldwide 36 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Joaquim Pais de Brito Portugal · #3,782,586 worldwide 53 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Carla Gibertoni Carneiro Portugal · #3,841,121 worldwide 14 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Jean-Yves Blot Portugal · #3,886,470 worldwide 21 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Maria do Carmo Teixeira Rainho Portugal · #3,912,571 worldwide 29 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Josep Antón Remolà Vallverdú Portugal · #3,933,320 worldwide 204 citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Ana Ávila de Melo Portugal · #4,245,085 worldwide 30 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Fernando Cotino Villa Portugal · #4,436,584 worldwide 41 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Sílvia Cristina Piedade Portugal · #4,518,741 worldwide 18 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at National Archaeology Museum

What are the most cited papers from National Archaeology Museum?

The most cited paper from National Archaeology Museum is "Specimen collection: An essential tool" (Luiz Alves Rocha et al., 2014), with 257 citations. Next come "Evolution in action through hybridisation and polyploidy in an Iberian freshwater fish: a genetic review" (232) and "Brief communication: The collection of identified human skeletons housed at the Bocage Museum (National Museum of Natural History), Lisbon, Portugal" (227).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Specimen collection: An essential tool Luiz Alves Rocha et al. · Science Open access123 authors 23 May 2014 257
2 Evolution in action through hybridisation and polyploidy in an Iberian freshwater fish: a genetic review Maria Judite Alves, Maria M. Coelho, Maria João Collares‐Pereira · Genetica 2001 232
3 Brief communication: The collection of identified human skeletons housed at the Bocage Museum (National Museum of Natural History), Lisbon, Portugal Hugo F.V. Cardoso · American Journal of Physical Anthropology Dec 2005 227
4 Environmental effects on skeletal versus dental development: Using a documented subadult skeletal sample to test a basic assumption in human osteological research Hugo F.V. Cardoso · American Journal of Physical Anthropology Open access 31 Oct 2006 208
5 Breaking the routine: individual Cory's shearwaters shift winter destinations between hemispheres and across ocean basins Maria Peixe Dias, José P. Granadeiro, Richard A. Phillips et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences Open access 24 Nov 2010 180
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Archaeology Museum?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Amazonia, Cultural Landscapes, Historical Ecology, pre-Columbian, Cultural Heritage, Archaeology, Cultural Identity and Colonialism.

▲ 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. Amazonia11▲ 607×2 topics
  2. Cultural Landscapes9▲ 492×2 topics
  3. Historical Ecology9▲ 727×1 topic
  4. pre-Columbian9▲ 1845×1 topic
  5. Cultural Heritage9▲ 18×9 topics
  6. Archaeology8▲ 71×7 topics
  7. Globalization8▲ 4.3×8 topics
  8. Cultural Identity7▲ 17×6 topics
  9. Colonialism7▲ 16×7 topics
  10. Iberian Peninsula6▲ 251×3 topics
  11. Cultural Exchange6▲ 56×3 topics
  12. History6▲ 9.9×8 topics
  13. Climate Change5▲ 2.2×16 topics
  14. Anthropology5▲ 59×5 topics
  15. Education5▲ 3.0×11 topics
  16. Identity5▲ 7.2×5 topics
  17. Settlement Patterns5▲ 287×2 topics
  18. Bronze Age5▲ 129×3 topics
  19. Literature4▲ 8.8×4 topics
  20. Cultural Sustainability4▲ 86×2 topics
  21. Religious Practices4▲ 110×2 topics
  22. Social Dynamics4▲ 78×2 topics
  23. Conservation4▲ 11×10 topics
  24. Mediterranean4▲ 49×3 topics
  25. Community Engagement4▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Urbanization4▲ 11×2 topics
  27. Memory4▲ 17×3 topics
  28. Social Justice4▲ 6.9×4 topics
  29. Iron Age3▲ 214×2 topics
  30. Tourism3▲ 40×2 topics
  31. Brazil3▲ 38×3 topics
  32. Informal Education3▲ 195×1 topic
  33. Museum Learning3▲ 195×1 topic
  34. Urban Ethnography3▲ 173×1 topic
  35. Youth Culture3▲ 173×1 topic
  36. Celtic culture3▲ 312×1 topic
  37. Romanization3▲ 312×1 topic
  38. Urban Development3▲ 9.4×6 topics
  39. Gestión3▲ 369×1 topic
  40. Patrimonio Cultural3▲ 369×1 topic

Which research topics does National Archaeology Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory, Urban and sociocultural dynamics, Museums and Cultural Heritage and Archaeological and Historical Studies.

Amazonian Archaeology an…9Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory: 9 fractional worksUrban and sociocultural dynamics: 3 fractional worksMuseums and Cultural Heritage: 3 fractional worksArchaeological and Historical Studies: 3 fractional worksArchaeology and Cultural Heritage: 3 fractional worksAncient Mediterranean Archaeology and History: 3 fractional worksConservation Techniques …2Conservation Techniques and Studies: 2 fractional worksIndigenous Health and Education: 2 fractional worksMemory, Trauma, and Testimony: 2 fractional worksLiterature, Culture, and Criticism: 2 fractional works
HistoryUrban StudiesMuseologyArcheology5 others

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

  1. 1 Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory History 9 works
  2. 2 Urban and sociocultural dynamics Urban Studies 3 works
  3. 3 Museums and Cultural Heritage Museology 3 works
  4. 4 Archaeological and Historical Studies Archeology 3 works
  5. 5 Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Cultural Studies 3 works
  6. 6 Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History Archeology 3 works
  7. 7 Conservation Techniques and Studies Conservation 2 works
  8. 8 Indigenous Health and Education General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 Memory, Trauma, and Testimony Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Literature, Culture, and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 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 available82.4%not open17.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors64.6%domestic only35.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Archaeology Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 National Archaeology Museum as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00041% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%National Archaeology Museum0.00035% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Archaeology Museum 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025National Archaeology Museum4.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.3% in 2016.

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