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Universidade Aberta

In research, Universidade Aberta stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,802 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,899 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,857 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Literature and Literary Theory (Literature and Literary Theory is 7.2× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#3,972
of 22,385 · #5,610 all time
Rank in Portugal
#33
of 168
Research works
2.9k
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
6.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
68%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%

What is Universidade Aberta 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 #1,802 of 9,585 9.2%416 #2680
Social SciencesField #1,899 of 5,988 9.2%237 #2654
Physical SciencesDomain #4,857 of 10,670 8.2%149 #6716
Arts and HumanitiesField #879 of 1,896 8.7%86 #1583
Computer ScienceField #2,299 of 4,417 8.0%79 #3089
EducationSubfield #1,103 of 1,930 12.9%76 #1045
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,752 of 2,526 9.7%69 #2077

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade Aberta 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. Social Sciences#2,680 #1,802
  2. Social Sciences#2,654 #1,899
  3. Physical Sciences#6,716 #4,857
  4. Arts and Humanities#1,583 #879
  5. Computer Science#3,089 #2,299
  6. Education#1,045 #1,103
  7. Sociology and Political Science#2,077 #1,752
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 Universidade Aberta work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Universidade Aberta is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (38%), Arts and Humanities (13%), Computer Science (12%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 481 fractional works · 64.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 283 fractional works · 38.0% of its workEducation: 92 fractional works · 12.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 81 fractional works · 10.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 24 fractional works · 3.3% of its workDemography: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 94 fractional works · 12.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 28 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPhilosophy: 18 fractional works · 2.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClassics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 40 fractional works · 5.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 30 fractional works · 4.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 22 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 165 fractional works · 22.2% of its workComputer Science: 87 fractional works · 11.7% of its workInformation Systems: 35 fractional works · 4.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 20 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 31 fractional works · 4.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 25 fractional works · 3.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArchitecture: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 68 fractional works · 9.1% of its workMedicine: 35 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 29 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 30 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadeAberta743fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences65%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences28338.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities9412.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting405.4%
    4. Psychology304.1%
    5. Decision Sciences222.9%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance121.6%
    1. Computer Science8711.7%
    2. Environmental Science314.2%
    3. Engineering253.3%
    4. Mathematics81.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences50.7%
    6. Physics and Astronomy40.6%
    7. Chemistry10.2%
    8. Materials Science10.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    10. Energy10.1%
    1. Medicine354.7%
    2. Health Professions293.9%
    3. Nursing20.3%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences152.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology70.9%
    3. Neuroscience50.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.2%
    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 Universidade Aberta specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Literature and Literary Theory takes 7.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 28.4 works7.2×
← 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: 0.43× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.50× its world share, 87 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 31 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.94× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.49× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 35 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.37× its world share, 94 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.69× its world share, 40 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.01× its world share, 22 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.76× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.34× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.00× its world share, 282 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.37×94 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.01×22 works
  3. Social Sciences3.00×282 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.69×40 works
  5. Computer Science1.50×87 works
  6. Health Professions1.49×29 works
  7. Psychology1.34×30 works
  8. Mathematics0.94×8 works
  9. Environmental Science0.84×31 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.76×12 works
  11. Nursing0.57×2 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.46×5 works
  13. Neuroscience0.45×5 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.43×15 works
  15. Dentistry0.37×1 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.28×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.27×4 works
  18. Medicine0.24×35 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.23×2 works
  20. Engineering0.22×25 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.18×0 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.17×7 works
  23. Chemistry0.13×2 works
  24. Energy0.10×1 works
  25. Materials Science0.05×1 works
  26. Veterinary0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidade Aberta?

Ranked on the quality score, Sandra Caeiro, Jacinto Jardim and Paula Bacelar Nicolau lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade Aberta.

  1. 1 Sandra Caeiro Portugal · #178,196 worldwide 8.4k citations · 253 works
  2. 2 Jacinto Jardim Portugal · #520,604 worldwide 1.6k citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Paula Bacelar Nicolau Portugal · #717,918 worldwide 1.2k citations · 84 works
  4. 4 Henrique São Mamede Portugal · #849,565 worldwide 1.3k citations · 135 works
  5. 5 Fátima Alvés Portugal · #1,125,061 worldwide 2.2k citations · 146 works
  6. 6 José Coelho Portugal · #1,223,608 worldwide 1.3k citations · 90 works
  7. 7 Mahsa Mapar Portugal · #1,646,874 worldwide 278 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Tiago Carrilho Portugal · #1,688,098 worldwide 936 citations · 60 works
  9. 9 José António Porfírio Portugal · #1,744,693 worldwide 932 citations · 75 works
  10. 10 Diogo Casanova Portugal · #1,971,915 worldwide 399 citations · 67 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade Aberta

What are the most cited papers from Universidade Aberta?

The most cited paper from Universidade Aberta is "Sustainable Development Goals and sustainability teaching at universities: Falling behind or getting ahead of the pack?" (Walter Leal Filho, Chris Shiel, Arminda Maria Finisterra Do Paço et al., 2019), with 887 citations. Next come "The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe" (787) and "Microcystin-producing blooms—a serious global public health issue" (593).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Sustainable Development Goals and sustainability teaching at universities: Falling behind or getting ahead of the pack? Walter Leal Filho, Chris Shiel, Arminda Maria Finisterra Do Paço et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production Open access 28 May 2019 887
2 The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe Íñigo Olalde et al. · Nature Open access144 authors 21 Feb 2018 787
3 Microcystin-producing blooms—a serious global public health issue Daniela R. de Figueiredo, Ulisses M. Azeiteiro, Sónia M. Esteves et al. · Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 26 Aug 2004 593
4 Conceptualization of sustainable higher education institutions, roles, barriers, and challenges for sustainability: An exploratory study in Portugal Ana Marta Aleixo, Susana Cristina Henriques Leal, Ulisses M. Azeiteiro · Journal of Cleaner Production 2 Nov 2016 481
5 Ceria-based materials for solid oxide fuel cells Vladislav V. Kharton, Filipe M. Figueiredo, L. M. Navarro et al. · Journal of Materials Science Mar 2001 458
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidade Aberta?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Educational Technology, Teacher Training, Education, Public Policy, Online Learning, Globalization, Qualitative Research and Digital Literacy.

▲ 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. Education62▲ 4.9×59 topics
  2. Educational Technology62▲ 7.1×28 topics
  3. Teacher Training52▲ 11×18 topics
  4. Globalization50▲ 3.4×61 topics
  5. Online Learning41▲ 6.7×13 topics
  6. Public Policy40▲ 11×18 topics
  7. Qualitative Research36▲ 5.8×19 topics
  8. Sustainability36▲ 1.97×54 topics
  9. Innovation28▲ 3.7×28 topics
  10. Digital Literacy28▲ 6.5×7 topics
  11. History28▲ 5.3×31 topics
  12. E-Learning27▲ 3.8×15 topics
  13. Colonialism25▲ 7.1×23 topics
  14. Social Inequality24▲ 12×10 topics
  15. Cultural Studies24▲ 8.6×21 topics
  16. Cultural Identity23▲ 6.2×19 topics
  17. Inclusive Education22▲ 8.4×11 topics
  18. Social Movements22▲ 10×14 topics
  19. Identity21▲ 3.9×34 topics
  20. Literature20▲ 4.9×29 topics
  21. Knowledge Management20▲ 4.8×12 topics
  22. Social Network Analysis19▲ 22×5 topics
  23. Distance Learning19▲ 7.3×9 topics
  24. Cultural Heritage19▲ 4.8×22 topics
  25. Information Society18▲ 47×2 topics
  26. Media Education18▲ 48×1 topic
  27. WebQuests18▲ 48×1 topic
  28. Higher Education17▲ 4.4×16 topics
  29. Technology17▲ 4.5×15 topics
  30. Anthropology17▲ 24×6 topics
  31. Discourse Analysis17▲ 9.4×5 topics
  32. Social Impact16▲ 5.6×12 topics
  33. Pedagogical Practices15▲ 23×3 topics
  34. Brazil15▲ 22×5 topics
  35. Rhetoric15▲ 19×5 topics
  36. Healthcare Access14▲ 7.1×10 topics
  37. Educational Reform14▲ 16×3 topics
  38. Virtual Learning Environments14▲ 21×3 topics
  39. Lifelong Learning14▲ 8.8×10 topics
  40. Educational Policies13▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidade Aberta publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education and Digital Technologies, Education Pedagogy and Practices, Business and Management Studies and Linguistics and Education Research.

  1. 1 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 18 works
  2. 2 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 13 works
  3. 3 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 11 works
  4. 4 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 11 works
  5. 5 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 9 works
  6. 6 Education during COVID-19 pandemic Education 9 works
  7. 7 Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies Philosophy 9 works
  8. 8 Migration, Racism, and Human Rights Health 7 works
  9. 9 History, Culture, and Society Speech and Hearing 7 works
  10. 10 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 7 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 available68.2%not open31.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.5%domestic only71.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidade Aberta's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% lower 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 Universidade Aberta as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0028% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Universidade Aberta0.0027% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidade Aberta 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Universidade Aberta6.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.9% in 2021.

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