Question 1

What is Universidade do Porto known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Universidade do Porto stands highest in Physical Sciences (#447 of 10,670 worldwide), Health Sciences (#560 of 9,902 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#616 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Architecture, Ecological Modeling and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (Architecture is 4.3× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Universidade do Porto rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Universidade do Porto ranks #407 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#350 all time), and #2 of 168 in Portugal.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Universidade do Porto?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Natália Alves Martins, Bruno Filipe Carmelino Cardoso Sarmento and José das Neves lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade do Porto.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Universidade do Porto?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Universidade do Porto is "Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines" (Clotilde Théry et al., 2018), with 11,535 citations. Next come "Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015" (7,829) and "The Gaia mission" (7,118).

Question 5

Which research topics does Universidade do Porto publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Sports Performance and Training, Algal biology and biofuel production, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts and IoT and Edge/Fog Computing.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Universidade do Porto?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Deep Learning, Climate Change, Sustainability, Environmental Impact, Machine Learning, Inflammation and Quality of Life.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Universidade do Porto work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Universidade do Porto is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (20%), Engineering (17%), Social Sciences (9%).

Question 8

Is Universidade do Porto's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021.