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Uninova

In research, Uninova stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,251 of 10,670 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,409 of 9,902 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,365 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry (Dentistry is 11.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,314
of 22,385 · #9,432 all time
Rank in Portugal
#54
of 168
Research works
1.3k
▲ 41% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
11.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
Uninova

What is Uninova 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 #5,251 of 10,670 8.7%147 #7642
Health SciencesDomain #5,409 of 9,902 3.1%105 #11434
EngineeringField #3,365 of 5,901 8.4%80 #3890

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Uninova 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#7,642 #5,251
  2. Health Sciences#11,434 #5,409
  3. Engineering#3,890 #3,365
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 Uninova work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Uninova is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (26%), Medicine (16%), Computer Science (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 166 fractional works · 47.6% of its workEngineering: 90 fractional works · 25.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 40 fractional works · 11.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 40 fractional works · 11.5% of its workInformation Systems: 12 fractional works · 3.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 112 fractional works · 32.1% of its workMedicine: 55 fractional works · 15.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 13 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 37 fractional works · 10.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacy: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 20 fractional works · 5.8% of its workOral Surgery: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOrthodontics: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPeriodontics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 57 fractional works · 16.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 8.4% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUninova349fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences32%Social Sciences16%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering9025.8%
    2. Computer Science4011.5%
    3. Environmental Science144.0%
    4. Materials Science72.1%
    5. Energy51.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy41.1%
    7. Mathematics20.6%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    9. Chemistry10.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    1. Medicine5515.6%
    2. Health Professions3710.6%
    3. Dentistry205.8%
    4. Nursing10.2%
    1. Social Sciences298.4%
    2. Psychology102.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting92.7%
    4. Decision Sciences51.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities20.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology71.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.0%
    3. Neuroscience20.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    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 Uninova specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 11.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 20.1 works12×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.48× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.56× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.72× its world share, 90 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.60× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 11.85× its world share, 20 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.01× its world share, 37 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.81× its world share, 54 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.82× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.53× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.95× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 11.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry11.85×20 works
  2. Health Professions4.01×37 works
  3. Engineering1.72×90 works
  4. Energy1.56×5 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.53×5 works
  6. Computer Science1.48×40 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.00×1 works
  8. Psychology0.95×10 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.82×9 works
  10. Environmental Science0.81×14 works
  11. Medicine0.81×54 works
  12. Social Sciences0.67×29 works
  13. Materials Science0.60×7 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.49×4 works
  15. Mathematics0.48×2 works
  16. Neuroscience0.42×2 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.38×1 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.36×7 works
  19. Nursing0.36×1 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.26×1 works
  21. Chemistry0.23×1 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.21×4 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.17×1 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.15×0 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.15×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Uninova?

Ranked on the quality score, Terrin Babu Pulikottil, António J. Falcão and Carlos Agostinho lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Uninova.

  1. 1 Terrin Babu Pulikottil Portugal · #2,189,788 worldwide 322 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 António J. Falcão Portugal · #4,041,468 worldwide 199 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Carlos Agostinho Portugal · #4,285,945 worldwide 1.5k citations · 162 works
  4. 4 Bruno Vaz Portugal · #4,628,508 worldwide 275 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Gonçalo Galvão Portugal · #5,148,028 worldwide 112 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Luis Lourenço Portugal · #5,189,758 worldwide 26 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Hugo Alexandre de Andrade Serra Portugal · #5,262,830 worldwide 169 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Dário Pedro Portugal · #5,282,833 worldwide 240 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Ana Rita Campos Portugal · #5,431,107 worldwide 569 citations · 48 works
  10. 10 Ricardo Raminhos Portugal · #5,468,682 worldwide 34 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Uninova

What are the most cited papers from Uninova?

The most cited paper from Uninova is "Gaia Data Release 2" (A. G. A. Brown et al., 2018), with 8,734 citations. Next come "The Gaia mission" (7,118) and "Gaia Data Release 1" (2,113).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Gaia Data Release 2 A. G. A. Brown et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access453 authors 24 Apr 2018 8,734
2 The Gaia mission T. Prusti et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access625 authors 15 Sep 2016 7,118
3 Gaia Data Release 1 A. G. A. Brown et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access591 authors 15 Sep 2016 2,113
4 Gaia Data Release 2 C. Babusiaux et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access452 authors 24 Apr 2018 885
5 Fully Transparent ZnO Thin‐Film Transistor Produced at Room Temperature Elvira M. C. Fortunato, Pedro Miguel Cândido Barquinha, Ana Pimentel et al. · Advanced Materials 3 Mar 2005 841
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Uninova?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Quality of Life, Internet of Things, Epidemiology, Health Policy, Infection Control, Social Determinants and Drug Resistance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology29▲ 2.1×71 topics
  2. Public Health25▲ 4.9×19 topics
  3. Quality of Life22▲ 4.4×27 topics
  4. Internet of Things18▲ 5.9×12 topics
  5. Deep Learning15▲ 1.22×48 topics
  6. Sustainability14▲ 1.69×26 topics
  7. Healthcare14▲ 3.5×10 topics
  8. Educational Technology14▲ 3.3×8 topics
  9. Health Policy14▲ 25×4 topics
  10. Infection Control12▲ 40×3 topics
  11. Social Determinants12▲ 16×5 topics
  12. Drug Resistance11▲ 11×7 topics
  13. Healthcare Access11▲ 11×5 topics
  14. Big Data10▲ 3.1×11 topics
  15. Knowledge Management10▲ 5.2×8 topics
  16. Patient Safety10▲ 18×2 topics
  17. Healthcare Regulation10▲ 27×1 topic
  18. Medical Devices10▲ 108×1 topic
  19. Information Technology10▲ 5.8×5 topics
  20. Supply Chain Management10▲ 3.0×7 topics
  21. Power Electronics9▲ 8.2×6 topics
  22. Renewable Energy Integration9▲ 8.0×4 topics
  23. Risk Factors9▲ 2.3×19 topics
  24. Digital Innovation8▲ 43×1 topic
  25. Smart Library8▲ 61×1 topic
  26. Energy Efficiency8▲ 2.4×17 topics
  27. Cyber-Physical Systems6▲ 7.0×5 topics
  28. Maternal Health6▲ 6.7×2 topics
  29. Prevalence6▲ 4.2×8 topics
  30. Primary Care6▲ 4.6×3 topics
  31. Digital Twin6▲ 12×1 topic
  32. Smart Manufacturing6▲ 18×1 topic
  33. Nursing6▲ 8.7×2 topics
  34. Solar Cells5▲ 7.4×7 topics
  35. Electric Vehicle Charging4▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Health Inequalities4▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Psychological Factors4▲ 6.0×4 topics
  38. Child Health4▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Prenatal Care4▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Aging Population4▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Uninova publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Healthcare Regulation, Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic, Digital Transformation in Industry and Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare.

Healthcare Regulation10Healthcare Regulation: 10 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 8 fractional worksDigital Transformation i…6Digital Transformation in Industry: 6 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal He…4Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 4 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 4 fractional worksOccupational Health and Burnout: 4 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters4Advanced DC-DC Converters: 4 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence: 4 fractional worksMedical Malpractice and Liability Issues: 3 fractional worksDental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques: 3 fractional works
Health Information ManagementInformation SystemsIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringGeneral Health Professions5 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 10 works
  2. 2 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 8 works
  3. 3 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 4 works
  5. 5 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 4 works
  6. 6 Occupational Health and Burnout Occupational Therapy 4 works
  7. 7 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 4 works
  9. 9 Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues Pharmacy 3 works
  10. 10 Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques Oral Surgery 3 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 available47.3%not open52.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.2%domestic only60.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Uninova's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 41% higher 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 Uninova as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0018% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Uninova0.0012% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Uninova 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 2025Uninova7.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.9% in 2007.

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