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National Laboratory for Civil Engineering

In research, National Laboratory for Civil Engineering stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,828 of 10,670 worldwide), Civil and Structural Engineering (#544 of 908 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,948 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth-Surface Processes, Civil and Structural Engineering and Building and Construction (Earth-Surface Processes is 51.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,238
of 22,385 · #6,549 all time
Rank in Portugal
#69
of 168
Research works
1.6k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
26k
16.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
National Laboratory for Civil Engineering

What is National Laboratory for Civil Engineering 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
Physical SciencesDomain #3,828 of 10,670 5.9%265 #3259
Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield #544 of 908 4.8%84 #432
EngineeringField #3,948 of 5,901 4.6%165 #2267

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Laboratory for Civil Engineering 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#3,259 #3,828
  2. Civil and Structural Engineering#432 #544
  3. Engineering#2,267 #3,948
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does National Laboratory for Civil Engineering work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research at National Laboratory for Civil Engineering is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (54%), Environmental Science (16%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (10%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 284 fractional works · 85.8% of its workEngineering: 177 fractional works · 53.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 90 fractional works · 27.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 32 fractional works · 9.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 13 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 54 fractional works · 16.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 11 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 32 fractional works · 9.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 20 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 38 fractional works · 11.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workTransportation: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 4.1% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workConservation: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNationalLaboratory for…330fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences86%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences11%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering17753.5%
    2. Environmental Science5416.4%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences329.8%
    4. Computer Science123.7%
    5. Materials Science51.6%
    6. Chemistry10.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    8. Energy10.2%
    9. Mathematics10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences185.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities144.1%
    3. Decision Sciences30.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting30.8%
    5. Psychology00.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    4. Neuroscience00.0%
    1. Health Professions20.6%
    2. Medicine10.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does National Laboratory for Civil Engineering specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth-Surface Processes takes 51.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 20.3 works52×
  2. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 89.9 works23×
  3. Building and ConstructionSubfield · 32.4 works16×
← 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: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.22× its world share, 32 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.57× its world share, 177 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.29× its world share, 54 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.42× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences6.22×32 works
  2. Engineering3.57×177 works
  3. Environmental Science3.29×54 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.42×14 works
  5. Decision Sciences0.98×3 works
  6. Computer Science0.47×12 works
  7. Materials Science0.45×5 works
  8. Social Sciences0.42×18 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.29×0 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×4 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.26×3 works
  12. Health Professions0.23×2 works
  13. Energy0.20×1 works
  14. Chemistry0.16×1 works
  15. Mathematics0.15×1 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.10×1 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×1 works
  18. Psychology0.05×0 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×0 works
  20. Medicine0.02×1 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.02×0 works
  22. Neuroscience0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Laboratory for Civil Engineering?

Ranked on the quality score, Rosário Veiga, André Paixão and José Vieira de Lemos lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Laboratory for Civil Engineering.

  1. 1 Rosário Veiga Portugal · #776,273 worldwide 6.8k citations · 333 works
  2. 2 André Paixão Portugal · #826,770 worldwide 1.3k citations · 65 works
  3. 3 José Vieira de Lemos Portugal · #1,054,792 worldwide 4.6k citations · 186 works
  4. 4 Eduardo Fortunato Portugal · #1,332,245 worldwide 2.5k citations · 156 works
  5. 5 Vítor Antunes Portugal · #1,429,600 worldwide 743 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Maria João Falcão Silva Portugal · #1,535,965 worldwide 332 citations · 60 works
  7. 7 Elisabete Arsénio Portugal · #1,580,901 worldwide 860 citations · 90 works
  8. 8 Pedro Marcelino Portugal · #1,632,502 worldwide 559 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Teresa Diaz Gonçalves Portugal · #1,647,782 worldwide 1.1k citations · 60 works
  10. 10 Catarina Brazão Farinha Portugal · #1,698,031 worldwide 505 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at National Laboratory for Civil Engineering

What are the most cited papers from National Laboratory for Civil Engineering?

The most cited paper from National Laboratory for Civil Engineering is "Key issues for sustainable urban stormwater management" (A. E. Barbosa, João Nuno Fernandes, Luís Mesquita David, 2012), with 588 citations. Next come "Discrete Element Modeling of Masonry Structures" (561) and "Overview of eutrophication indicators to assess environmental status within the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive" (501).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Key issues for sustainable urban stormwater management A. E. Barbosa, João Nuno Fernandes, Luís Mesquita David · Water Research 26 May 2012 588
2 Discrete Element Modeling of Masonry Structures José Vieira de Lemos · International Journal of Architectural Heritage 31 May 2007 561
3 Overview of eutrophication indicators to assess environmental status within the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive João Gomes Ferreira, Jesper H. Andersen, Ángel Borja et al. · Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science Open access 18 Apr 2011 501
4 Monitoring historical masonry structures with operational modal analysis: Two case studies Luís F. Ramos, Luis S. A. Marques, Paulo Barbosa Lourenço et al. · Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 5 Feb 2010 446
5 Organic–inorganic hybrid sol–gel coatings for metal corrosion protection: a review of recent progress Rita B. Figueira, Carlos J. R. Silva, E. V. Pereira · Journal of Coatings Technology and Research Open access 18 Aug 2014 395
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Which keywords describe research at National Laboratory for Civil Engineering?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Cultural Heritage, Seismic Analysis, Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Conservation, Sediment Transport and Biodeterioration.

▲ 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 Change26▲ 2.9×29 topics
  2. Remote Sensing25▲ 6.3×14 topics
  3. Environmental Impact22▲ 3.9×18 topics
  4. Cultural Heritage21▲ 12×9 topics
  5. Sustainability18▲ 2.2×25 topics
  6. Seismic Analysis17▲ 138×2 topics
  7. Conservation16▲ 11×5 topics
  8. Mechanical Properties12▲ 3.8×12 topics
  9. Sediment Transport12▲ 23×4 topics
  10. Biodeterioration12▲ 130×1 topic
  11. Geomycology12▲ 130×1 topic
  12. Sea-Level Rise12▲ 30×3 topics
  13. Risk Assessment11▲ 5.0×7 topics
  14. Construction10▲ 23×3 topics
  15. Geopolymer10▲ 21×2 topics
  16. Nonlinear Dynamics10▲ 13×2 topics
  17. Defect Detection10▲ 23×3 topics
  18. Sensor Networks10▲ 12×3 topics
  19. Artificial Neural Networks9▲ 6.2×6 topics
  20. Environmental Effects9▲ 28×2 topics
  21. Finite Element Analysis9▲ 12×6 topics
  22. Historic Constructions9▲ 147×1 topic
  23. Masonry Strengthening9▲ 147×1 topic
  24. Image Processing9▲ 6.4×5 topics
  25. Vibration-based Damage Identification9▲ 43×1 topic
  26. Wireless Sensors9▲ 43×1 topic
  27. Life Cycle Assessment9▲ 9.8×5 topics
  28. Hydrological Modeling9▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Crack Detection8▲ 36×1 topic
  30. Pavement8▲ 36×1 topic
  31. Rheology8▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Durability Performance8▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Embankment Dams8▲ 129×1 topic
  34. Internal Erosion8▲ 129×1 topic
  35. CO2 Sequestration8▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Sustainable Construction8▲ 29×4 topics
  37. Wave Modeling7▲ 43×2 topics
  38. Liquefaction7▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Tunnel7▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Natural Fibers7▲ 31×2 topics

Which research topics does National Laboratory for Civil Engineering publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Building materials and conservation, Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis, Structural Health Monitoring Techniques and Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring.

Building materials and c…12Building materials and conservation: 12 fractional worksMasonry and Concrete Str…9Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis: 9 fractional worksStructural Health Monito…9Structural Health Monitoring Techniques: 9 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenan…8Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 8 fractional worksDam Engineering and Safety: 8 fractional worksConcrete and Cement Materials Research: 7 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Dynam…6Coastal and Marine Dynamics: 6 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…6Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 6 fractional worksHygrothermal properties …5Hygrothermal properties of building materials: 5 fractional worksSeismic Performance and …5Seismic Performance and Analysis: 5 fractional works
Earth-Surface ProcessesCivil and Structural EngineeringGlobal and Planetary ChangeBuilding and Construction

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

  1. 1 Building materials and conservation Earth-Surface Processes 12 works
  2. 2 Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 9 works
  3. 3 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 9 works
  4. 4 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 8 works
  5. 5 Dam Engineering and Safety Civil and Structural Engineering 8 works
  6. 6 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 7 works
  7. 7 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 6 works
  8. 8 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  9. 9 Hygrothermal properties of building materials Building and Construction 5 works
  10. 10 Seismic Performance and Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 5 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 available47.0%not open53.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.4%domestic only79.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Laboratory for Civil Engineering's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% 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 Laboratory for Civil Engineering as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%National Laboratory for Civil Engineering0.00081% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Laboratory for Civil Engineering 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025National Laboratory for Civil Engineering6.9% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.6% in 2013.

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