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Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra

In research, Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,402 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#5,212 of 12,888 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,863 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,005
of 28,054 · #8,528 all time
Rank in Portugal
#30
of 187
Research works
2.6k
▲ 51% vs 2013–17
Citations
32k
12.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra 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
Social SciencesDomain #3,402 of 10,521 25.7%225 #4292
Physical SciencesDomain #5,212 of 12,888 20.9%311 #7526
Health SciencesDomain #4,863 of 11,982 22.1%140 #9370
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,142 of 2,578 32.5%65 #1509
MedicineField #5,052 of 10,443 22.6%104 #10505
Life SciencesDomain #3,885 of 7,800 29.3%81 #7620
EngineeringField #3,306 of 6,636 18.2%120 #3827
Computer ScienceField #2,771 of 4,667 25.9%91 #2922
Social SciencesField #4,186 of 6,365 25.0%76 #4726
Environmental ScienceField #2,533 of 3,551 22.2%61 #3773

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra 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. Social Sciences#4,292 #3,402
  2. Physical Sciences#7,526 #5,212
  3. Health Sciences#9,370 #4,863
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#1,509 #1,142
  5. Medicine#10,505 #5,052
  6. Life Sciences#7,620 #3,885
  7. Engineering#3,827 #3,306
  8. Computer Science#2,922 #2,771
  9. Social Sciences#4,726 #4,186
  10. Environmental Science#3,773 #2,533
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.

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: 1.17× its world share, 42 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.64× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.92× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.54× its world share, 91 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.06× its world share, 120 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.62× its world share, 61 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.44× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.41× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.71× its world share, 104 worksMedicineNursing: 1.35× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.59× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.68× its world share, 65 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.65× its world share, 19 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.98× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.57× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 76 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra?

Ranked on the composite score, António Trigo, N. M. Fonseca Ferreira and Jorge Bernardino lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra.

  1. 1 António Trigo Portugal · #489,673 worldwide 53 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 N. M. Fonseca Ferreira Portugal · #514,829 worldwide 74 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Jorge Bernardino Portugal · #551,210 worldwide 148 citations · 79 works
  4. 4 Francisco Campos Portugal · #600,232 worldwide 3 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Fernando José Sadio-Ramos Portugal · #643,871 worldwide 2 citations · 53 works
  6. 6 Hugo Costa Portugal · #801,815 worldwide 146 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Paulo G. Pereirinha Portugal · #823,376 worldwide 97 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 João Paulo Figueiredo Portugal · #824,332 worldwide 66 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Ana Santiago Portugal · #852,235 worldwide 6 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 José Torres Farinha Portugal · #858,508 worldwide 45 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra

Which keywords describe research at Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Machine Learning, Environmental Impact, Cardiovascular Disease, Electric Vehicles, Deep Learning, Climate Change and Consumer Behavior.

▲ 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. Sustainability43▲ 2.3×61 topics
  2. Machine Learning39▲ 1.58×59 topics
  3. Deep Learning28◆ 1.09×54 topics
  4. Climate Change25▲ 1.23×49 topics
  5. Environmental Impact23▲ 1.77×37 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease19▲ 2.3×25 topics
  7. Public Health17▲ 1.52×29 topics
  8. Inflammation17◆ 1.06×41 topics
  9. Social Media17▲ 1.54×25 topics
  10. Education16▲ 1.25×40 topics
  11. Mental Health16▲ 1.41×22 topics
  12. Big Data15▲ 2.2×18 topics
  13. Consumer Behavior14▲ 3.0×12 topics
  14. Energy Efficiency14▲ 2.0×21 topics
  15. Healthcare14▲ 1.66×14 topics
  16. Quality of Life14▲ 1.27×33 topics
  17. Supply Chain Management14▲ 1.96×14 topics
  18. Health Effects13▲ 2.8×14 topics
  19. Obesity13▲ 2.2×20 topics
  20. Electric Vehicles12▲ 5.3×4 topics
  21. Internet of Things12▲ 1.77×12 topics
  22. Physical Activity11▲ 3.1×12 topics
  23. IoT10▲ 3.7×11 topics
  24. STEM Education10▲ 3.0×6 topics
  25. Life Cycle Assessment10▲ 4.7×8 topics
  26. Environmental Management9▲ 3.0×7 topics
  27. Student Engagement9▲ 2.9×10 topics
  28. Learning Analytics9▲ 9.3×2 topics
  29. Particulate Matter8▲ 7.1×2 topics
  30. Chronic Diseases8▲ 4.0×7 topics
  31. Engineering Education8▲ 11×4 topics
  32. User-Generated Content7▲ 6.7×2 topics
  33. Firm Performance7▲ 4.7×2 topics
  34. High-Intensity Interval Training6▲ 8.1×2 topics
  35. Distributed Systems6▲ 5.1×6 topics
  36. Consumer Engagement6▲ 6.3×1 topic
  37. Electronic Word-of-Mouth6▲ 6.3×1 topic
  38. Resistance Training6▲ 8.8×2 topics
  39. Computational Thinking5▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Programming Education5▲ 21×1 topic

Which research topics does Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Digital Marketing and Social Media, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Teaching and Learning Programming and Sports Performance and Training.

Digital Marketing and So…6Digital Marketing and Social Media: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…6Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 6 fractional worksTeaching and Learning Programming: 5 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 5 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 4 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 4 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 4 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…4Air Quality and Health Impacts: 4 fractional worksAir Quality Monitoring and Forecasting: 4 fractional worksCustomer Service Quality and Loyalty: 4 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceAutomotive EngineeringComputer Science ApplicationsOrthopedics and Sports Medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 6 works
  3. 3 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 5 works
  4. 4 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 4 works
  6. 6 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 4 works
  7. 7 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 4 works
  8. 8 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  9. 9 Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting Environmental Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Customer Service Quality and Loyalty Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 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 available53.7%not open46.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.2%domestic only76.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 51% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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.

Other research institutions in Coimbra

All research institutions in Coimbra

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.