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Sport Lisboa e Benfica

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,076
of 22,385 · #17,133 all time
Rank in Portugal
#124
of 168
Research works
253
▲ 43% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.7k
18.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Which fields of science does Sport Lisboa e Benfica work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Sport Lisboa e Benfica is in Health Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (50%), Psychology (10%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 44 fractional works · 52.9% of its workMedicine: 42 fractional works · 50.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 25 fractional works · 30.1% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 26.4% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 9.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 8.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 14.6% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 7.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSport Lisboa eBenfica83fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences53%Social Sciences26%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4250.3%
    2. Health Professions22.3%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Psychology89.9%
    2. Social Sciences78.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.7%
    4. Decision Sciences22.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting21.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities11.1%
    1. Engineering67.1%
    2. Computer Science22.4%
    3. Environmental Science11.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.3%
    6. Materials Science10.8%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology33.4%
    2. Neuroscience11.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Sport Lisboa e Benfica specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 117.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 25.1 works117×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.47× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.61× its world share, 42 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.74× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.63× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.26× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.26× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.26×8 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.63×2 works
  3. Medicine2.61×42 works
  4. Veterinary1.74×0 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.26×2 works
  6. Health Professions0.87×2 works
  7. Neuroscience0.86×1 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.86×1 works
  9. Social Sciences0.66×7 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×3 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.60×1 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×2 works
  13. Engineering0.47×6 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.43×0 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.36×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.30×2 works
  17. Environmental Science0.29×1 works
  18. Materials Science0.24×1 works
  19. Nursing0.20×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×1 works
  21. Mathematics0.11×0 works
  22. Energy0.09×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sport Lisboa e Benfica?

Ranked on the quality score, Júlio A. Costa, João Amaury Francês Brito and Bruno de Almeida Camurça Mendes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sport Lisboa e Benfica.

  1. 1 Júlio A. Costa Portugal · #651,064 worldwide 949 citations · 60 works
  2. 2 João Amaury Francês Brito Portugal · #691,896 worldwide 4.8k citations · 206 works
  3. 3 Bruno de Almeida Camurça Mendes Portugal · #1,175,598 worldwide 1.9k citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Francisco Tavares Portugal · #1,308,572 worldwide 826 citations · 52 works
  5. 5 Nuno Loureiro Portugal · #1,484,124 worldwide 481 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 João Pedro Araújo Portugal · #3,019,606 worldwide 178 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Sport Lisboa e Benfica

What are the most cited papers from Sport Lisboa e Benfica?

The most cited paper from Sport Lisboa e Benfica is "Small sided games in soccer – a systematic review" (Hugo Sarmento, Filipe Manuel Clemente, Liam D. Harper et al., 2018), with 362 citations. Next come "High-speed running and sprinting as an injury risk factor in soccer: Can well-developed physical qualities reduce the risk?" (312) and "Physical activity, screen time and the COVID‐19 school closures in Europe – An observational study in 10 countries" (308).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Small sided games in soccer – a systematic review Hugo Sarmento, Filipe Manuel Clemente, Liam D. Harper et al. · International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport ReviewOpen access 3 Sep 2018 362
2 High-speed running and sprinting as an injury risk factor in soccer: Can well-developed physical qualities reduce the risk? Shane Malone, Adam Lee Owen, Bruno de Almeida Camurça Mendes et al. · Journal of science and medicine in sport 25 May 2017 312
3 Physical activity, screen time and the COVID‐19 school closures in Europe – An observational study in 10 countries Viktoria Anna Kovacs, Gregor Starc, Mirko Brandes et al. · European Journal of Sport Science Open access 27 Feb 2021 308
4 Evaluation of a Multiplex PCR Assay (Bruce-ladder) for Molecular Typing of All Brucella Species, Including the Vaccine Strains Ignacio López‐Goñi, David García-Yoldi, Clara M. Marín et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology Open access 21 Aug 2008 284
5 The acute:chonic workload ratio in relation to injury risk in professional soccer Shane Malone, Adam Lee Owen, Matt Newton et al. · Journal of science and medicine in sport Open access 9 Nov 2016 282
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sport Lisboa e Benfica?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: High-Intensity Interval Training, Resistance Training, Performance Analysis, Training Load, Injury Prevention, Risk Factors, Prevention and Athletic Training.

▲ 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. High-Intensity Interval Training16▲ 175×2 topics
  2. Epidemiology14▲ 4.3×24 topics
  3. Resistance Training14▲ 186×2 topics
  4. Performance Analysis13▲ 77×1 topic
  5. Training Load13▲ 247×1 topic
  6. Injury Prevention13▲ 124×4 topics
  7. Risk Factors12▲ 13×8 topics
  8. Prevention11▲ 31×3 topics
  9. Athletic Training11▲ 144×2 topics
  10. Muscle Injuries11▲ 201×1 topic
  11. Sports Injury11▲ 201×1 topic
  12. Qualitative Research6▲ 8.4×3 topics
  13. Motor Imagery5▲ 46×2 topics
  14. Sport Psychology5▲ 58×2 topics
  15. Athlete Development5▲ 192×1 topic
  16. Expert Performance5▲ 192×1 topic
  17. Physical Activity3▲ 8.4×8 topics
  18. Public Health3▲ 2.4×11 topics
  19. Cardiorespiratory Fitness2▲ 70×1 topic
  20. Exercise Capacity2▲ 70×1 topic
  21. Physical Education2▲ 22×5 topics
  22. Biomechanics2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  23. Exercise2▲ 19×3 topics
  24. Low Back Pain2▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Golf Biomechanics2▲ 169×1 topic
  26. Swing Kinematics2▲ 169×1 topic
  27. Muscle Strength2▲ 17×3 topics
  28. Competitive Balance2▲ 71×1 topic
  29. Prediction Markets2▲ 71×1 topic
  30. Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy1▲ 62×1 topic
  31. Gait Analysis1▲ 18×3 topics
  32. Genetic Variation1▲ 7.8×2 topics
  33. Leisure1▲ 66×1 topic
  34. Megaevents1▲ 138×1 topic
  35. Sport1▲ 44×2 topics
  36. Sudden Death1▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Foot Strike Patterns1▲ 41×1 topic
  38. Organizational Management1▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Research Methods1▲ 10×1 topic
  40. Running Injuries1▲ 41×1 topic

Which research topics does Sport Lisboa e Benfica publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sports Performance and Training, Sports injuries and prevention, Sport Psychology and Performance and Cardiovascular and exercise physiology.

Sports Performance and T…13Sports Performance and Training: 13 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…11Sports injuries and prevention: 11 fractional worksSport Psychology and Per…5Sport Psychology and Performance: 5 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 2 fractional worksSports Dynamics and Biomechanics: 2 fractional worksSports Analytics and Performance: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Effects of Exercise: 1 fractional worksPhysical Education and Sports Studies: 1 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 1 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 1 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyComplementary and alternative medicineBiomedical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 13 works
  2. 2 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 11 works
  3. 3 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 5 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Sports Analytics and Performance Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Physical Education and Sports Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 1 works
  10. 10 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 1 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 available58.4%not open41.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.5%domestic only58.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sport Lisboa e Benfica's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 43% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Sport Lisboa e Benfica as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00036% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Sport Lisboa e Benfica0.00029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sport Lisboa e Benfica over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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