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Polícia Judiciária

In research, Polícia Judiciária stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,913 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,710 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Law, Political Science and International Relations and Social Sciences (Law is 34.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,785
of 22,385 · #10,028 all time
Rank in Portugal
#76
of 168
Research works
997
▼ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4k
1.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
76%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
Polícia Judiciária

What is Polícia Judiciária 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 #3,913 of 9,585 7.9%174 #4163
Social SciencesField #2,710 of 5,988 8.0%143 #3657

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Polícia Judiciária 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 Polícia Judiciária work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Polícia Judiciária is in Social Sciences, 11% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (64%), Medicine (6%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 186 fractional works · 78.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 152 fractional works · 63.8% of its workLaw: 47 fractional works · 19.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 33 fractional works · 14.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 31 fractional works · 13.0% of its workEducation: 17 fractional works · 7.2% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 4.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 25 fractional works · 10.5% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 8.7% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPolíciaJudiciária238fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences78%

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. Social Sciences15263.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting104.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities83.3%
    4. Psychology73.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance52.0%
    6. Decision Sciences41.9%
    1. Medicine145.8%
    2. Health Professions104.3%
    3. Dentistry10.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Computer Science93.8%
    2. Environmental Science83.2%
    3. Engineering31.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Energy00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.9%
    3. Neuroscience10.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Polícia Judiciária specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Law takes 34.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. LawSubfield · 47.4 works34×
  2. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 30.9 works8.7×
  3. Social SciencesField · 151.6 works5.0×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.49× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.64× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.13× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.27× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.96× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.93× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.99× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 5.04× its world share, 152 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences5.04×152 works
  2. Decision Sciences1.96×4 works
  3. Health Professions1.64×10 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.27×10 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.13×8 works
  6. Psychology0.99×7 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.93×5 works
  8. Environmental Science0.64×8 works
  9. Dentistry0.51×1 works
  10. Computer Science0.49×9 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.31×0 works
  12. Medicine0.30×14 works
  13. Neuroscience0.28×1 works
  14. Nursing0.24×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.21×3 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.21×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×2 works
  18. Engineering0.09×3 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  20. Energy0.05×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Polícia Judiciária?

Ranked on the quality score, Hugo Enrique Mendoza Armijos, Diego Marcelo Bonilla-Morejón and Ildefonso Pereda Valdés lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Polícia Judiciária.

  1. 1 Hugo Enrique Mendoza Armijos Portugal · #1,335,726 worldwide 141 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Diego Marcelo Bonilla-Morejón Portugal · #1,491,350 worldwide 162 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Ildefonso Pereda Valdés Portugal · #2,504,534 worldwide 66 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 André Alegria Portugal · #3,118,079 worldwide 3 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Pablo Rafael Banchio Portugal · #3,329,903 worldwide 10 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Helen Darbishire Portugal · #3,814,716 worldwide 165 citations · 59 works
  7. 7 Marie Grenier-Pezé Portugal · #4,063,351 worldwide 63 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Guilherme Cunha Werner Portugal · #4,122,675 worldwide 8 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Eduardo Viegas Ferreira Portugal · #4,134,646 worldwide 22 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Manuel Martín Fernández Portugal · #4,453,035 worldwide 22 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Polícia Judiciária

What are the most cited papers from Polícia Judiciária?

The most cited paper from Polícia Judiciária is "The development of candidate composite disease activity and responder indices for psoriatic arthritis (GRACE project)" (Philip Helliwell et al., 2012), with 323 citations. Next come "Informe de la Comisión Nacional sobre Prisión Política y Tortura, y respuestas institucionales" (78) and "Development of a harmonised method for the profiling of amphetamines VI" (73).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The development of candidate composite disease activity and responder indices for psoriatic arthritis (GRACE project) Philip Helliwell et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 14 Jul 2012 323
2 Informe de la Comisión Nacional sobre Prisión Política y Tortura, y respuestas institucionales Comisión Nacional sobre Prisión Política y Tortura, Armada De Chile, Carabineros de Chile et al. · Estudios Públicos Open access 2005 78
3 Development of a harmonised method for the profiling of amphetamines VI Kjell Andersson, Eric Lock, Kaisa Jalava et al. · Forensic Science International 20 Dec 2006 73
4 Development of a harmonised method for the profiling of amphetamines Kjell Andersson, Kaisa Jalava, Eric Lock et al. · Forensic Science International 29 Nov 2006 64
5 Development of a harmonised method for the profiling of amphetamines Laura Aalberg, Kjell Andersson, Christina Bertler et al. · Forensic Science International 8 Sep 2004 49
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Polícia Judiciária?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Globalization, Social Justice, Constitutional Law, Legal Theory, Legal Philosophy, Environmental Law and Public Administration.

▲ 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. Human Rights54▲ 22×38 topics
  2. Globalization30▲ 6.4×33 topics
  3. Social Justice24▲ 17×11 topics
  4. Constitutional Law24▲ 77×7 topics
  5. Legal Theory24▲ 146×3 topics
  6. Legal Philosophy23▲ 158×2 topics
  7. Environmental Law22▲ 45×7 topics
  8. Public Administration18▲ 95×3 topics
  9. Criminal Justice17▲ 31×8 topics
  10. Education17▲ 4.1×24 topics
  11. Civil Rights16▲ 97×1 topic
  12. Judicial Activism16▲ 147×1 topic
  13. Judicial Review12▲ 61×5 topics
  14. Social Rights12▲ 174×2 topics
  15. Constitutionalism12▲ 56×5 topics
  16. Latin America12▲ 26×10 topics
  17. Inclusive Education11▲ 13×8 topics
  18. Public Policy11▲ 9.7×15 topics
  19. Research10▲ 35×4 topics
  20. Innovation10▲ 4.2×15 topics
  21. Public Health10▲ 3.0×17 topics
  22. Prison System10▲ 73×3 topics
  23. European Union10▲ 18×8 topics
  24. International Law10▲ 13×12 topics
  25. Delinquency9▲ 93×2 topics
  26. Restorative Justice9▲ 28×3 topics
  27. Social Movements9▲ 13×12 topics
  28. Penal System9▲ 224×1 topic
  29. Social Control9▲ 159×1 topic
  30. Healthcare Access8▲ 13×8 topics
  31. Legislation8▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Constitutional Rights8▲ 185×1 topic
  33. Inter-American Court8▲ 185×1 topic
  34. Social Impact8▲ 8.2×7 topics
  35. Ethics8▲ 6.3×9 topics
  36. Criminal Law7▲ 20×4 topics
  37. Knowledge Management7▲ 5.7×10 topics
  38. Prevalence7▲ 7.4×3 topics
  39. Health7▲ 7.2×7 topics
  40. Drug Policy6▲ 96×2 topics

Which research topics does Polícia Judiciária publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Brazilian Legal Issues, Criminal Justice and Penology, Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies and Social Issues and Policies in Latin America.

Brazilian Legal Issues16Brazilian Legal Issues: 16 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Penology: 9 fractional worksComparative constitution…8Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies: 8 fractional worksSocial Issues and Polici…6Social Issues and Policies in Latin America: 6 fractional worksLegal processes and jurisprudence: 6 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 6 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence4Youth, Drugs, and Violence: 4 fractional worksHuman Rights and Immigration: 4 fractional worksViolence, Education, and Gender Studies: 4 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil: 4 fractional works
LawPolitical Science and International RelationsEducationDemography1 others

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

  1. 1 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 16 works
  2. 2 Criminal Justice and Penology Law 9 works
  3. 3 Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  4. 4 Social Issues and Policies in Latin America Law 6 works
  5. 5 Legal processes and jurisprudence Law 6 works
  6. 6 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 6 works
  7. 7 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 4 works
  8. 8 Human Rights and Immigration Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  9. 9 Violence, Education, and Gender Studies Education 4 works
  10. 10 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 4 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 available76.3%not open23.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.5%domestic only62.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Polícia Judiciária's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% lower 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 Polícia Judiciária as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Polícia Judiciária0.00068% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Polícia Judiciária 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 2025Polícia Judiciária7.9% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.6% in 2013.

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