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SilicoLife (Portugal)

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Research works
19
▼ 45% vs 2018-21
Citations
549
29.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
74%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
SilicoLife (Portugal)

Not ranked overall: SilicoLife (Portugal) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does SilicoLife (Portugal) work in?

In all years, 60% of research at SilicoLife (Portugal) is in Life Sciences, 36% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (58%), Engineering (21%), Computer Science (7%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 11 fractional works · 60.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 58.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 56.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 35.7% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 21.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 10.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 7.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSilicoLife(Portugal)19fractional works, all years
Life Sciences60%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1158.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology01.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.4%
    1. Engineering421.2%
    2. Computer Science17.5%
    3. Energy02.6%
    4. Environmental Science02.3%
    5. Materials Science01.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    1. Medicine02.4%
    2. Health Professions00.3%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting01.2%
    2. Decision Sciences00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.26× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.99× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 15.80× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.94× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksMaterials Science1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 15.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy15.80×0 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.26×1 works
  3. Neuroscience1.99×0 works
  4. Engineering1.94×1 works
  5. Computer Science1.24×0 works
  6. Environmental Science0.65×0 works
  7. Materials Science0.46×0 works

What are the most cited papers from SilicoLife (Portugal)?

The most cited paper from SilicoLife (Portugal) is "Big data in healthcare: management, analysis and future prospects" (Sabyasachi Dash, Sushil Kumar Shakyawar, Mohit Sharma et al., 2019), with 1,770 citations. Next come "MEMOTE for standardized genome-scale metabolic model testing" (572) and "National Food, Nutrition, and Physical Activity Survey of the Portuguese General Population (2015-2016): Protocol for Design and Development" (132).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Big data in healthcare: management, analysis and future prospects Sabyasachi Dash, Sushil Kumar Shakyawar, Mohit Sharma et al. · Journal Of Big Data Open access 19 Jun 2019 1,770
2 MEMOTE for standardized genome-scale metabolic model testing Christian Lieven et al. · Nature Biotechnology Open access Mar 2020 572
3 National Food, Nutrition, and Physical Activity Survey of the Portuguese General Population (2015-2016): Protocol for Design and Development Carla Maria Moura Lopes, Duarte P.M. Torres, Andréia Oliveira et al. · JMIR Research Protocols Open access 15 Feb 2018 132
4 In Silico Constraint-Based Strain Optimization Methods: the Quest for Optimal Cell Factories Paulo Maia, Miguel Rocha, Isabel Rocha · Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews ReviewOpen access 25 Nov 2015 130
5 A Review of Dynamic Modeling Approaches and Their Application in Computational Strain Optimization for Metabolic Engineering Osvaldo D. Kim, Miguel Rocha, Paulo Maia · Frontiers in Microbiology Open access 31 Jul 2018 110
All 50 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does SilicoLife (Portugal) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Algal biology and biofuel production, BIM and Construction Integration and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization.

Microbial Metabolic Engi…1Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction: 1 fractional worksAlgal biology and biofuel production: 0 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 0 fractional worksEnzyme Catalysis and Immobilization: 0 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 0 fractional worksPhotosynthetic Processes…0Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 0 fractional worksVLSI and FPGA Design Techniques: 0 fractional worksAnalog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Memory and Neural Computing: 0 fractional worksRecycled Aggregate Concrete Performance: 0 fractional works
Molecular BiologyRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentBuilding and ConstructionComputational Theory and Mathematics2 others

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

  1. 1 Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction Molecular Biology 1 works
  2. 2 Algal biology and biofuel production Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 0 works
  3. 3 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 0 works
  4. 4 Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization Molecular Biology 0 works
  5. 5 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 0 works
  6. 6 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 0 works
  7. 7 VLSI and FPGA Design Techniques Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance Building and Construction 0 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 available74.4%not open25.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.1%domestic only80.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has SilicoLife (Portugal)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 45% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 SilicoLife (Portugal) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000024% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%SilicoLife (Portugal)0.000015% in 20252020

Fractional works of SilicoLife (Portugal) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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