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Universidade dos Açores

In research, Universidade dos Açores stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,330 of 9,585 worldwide), Life Sciences (#2,306 of 6,403 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#1,326 of 3,334 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography and Ecology (Nature and Landscape Conservation is 14.3× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#4,251
of 22,385 · #3,287 all time
Rank in Portugal
#36
of 168
Research works
3.4k
▼ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
52k
15.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
60%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%

What is Universidade dos Açores 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 #3,330 of 9,585 13.2%190 #2625
Life SciencesDomain #2,306 of 6,403 11.2%135 #2339
Environmental ScienceField #1,326 of 3,334 8.8%146 #1550
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,497 of 3,157 11.6%88 #1385
Social SciencesField #3,116 of 5,988 12.6%94 #1785
Physical SciencesDomain #6,112 of 10,670 8.9%256 #4658
Health SciencesDomain #7,952 of 9,902 12.5%64 #7251

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade dos Açores 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#2,625 #3,330
  2. Life Sciences#2,339 #2,306
  3. Environmental Science#1,550 #1,326
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,385 #1,497
  5. Social Sciences#1,785 #3,116
  6. Physical Sciences#4,658 #6,112
  7. Health Sciences#7,251 #7,952
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 dos Açores work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Universidade dos Açores is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (22%), Social Sciences (14%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (13%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 301 fractional works · 40.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 165 fractional works · 22.1% of its workEcology: 46 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 37 fractional works · 4.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 25 fractional works · 3.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 18 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 58 fractional works · 7.8% of its workOceanography: 24 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeophysics: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 26 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 23 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 224 fractional works · 29.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 108 fractional works · 14.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 39 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEducation: 18 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workTransportation: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 32 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMarketing: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 27 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 25 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 23 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 151 fractional works · 20.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 99 fractional works · 13.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 21 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPlant Science: 19 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInsect Science: 18 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFood Science: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAquatic Science: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 42 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 73 fractional works · 9.7% of its workMedicine: 44 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Professions: 22 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidade dosAçores749fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences30%

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. Environmental Science16522.1%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences587.8%
    3. Computer Science263.5%
    4. Engineering233.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy101.3%
    6. Materials Science70.9%
    7. Mathematics40.6%
    8. Energy40.5%
    9. Chemistry20.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Social Sciences10814.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting324.3%
    3. Psychology273.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities253.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance233.1%
    6. Decision Sciences91.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9913.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology425.6%
    3. Neuroscience50.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology40.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Medicine445.9%
    2. Health Professions222.9%
    3. Nursing50.7%
    4. Dentistry20.2%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Universidade dos Açores specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nature and Landscape Conservation takes 14.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 25.4 works14×
  2. OceanographySubfield · 24.1 works11×
  3. EcologySubfield · 46.4 works7.9×
  4. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 36.8 works6.5×
← 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: 2.78× its world share, 99 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.05× its world share, 42 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 26 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.98× its world share, 58 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.45× its world share, 166 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.57× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 44 worksMedicineNursing: 1.38× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.14× its world share, 25 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.33× its world share, 32 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.45× its world share, 23 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.16× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 108 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.98×58 works
  2. Environmental Science4.45×166 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.78×99 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.45×23 works
  5. Nursing1.38×5 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.33×32 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.25×9 works
  8. Psychology1.16×26 works
  9. Arts and Humanities1.14×25 works
  10. Social Sciences1.14×108 works
  11. Health Professions1.09×22 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.05×42 works
  13. Energy0.58×4 works
  14. Veterinary0.58×1 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.57×10 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.55×4 works
  17. Mathematics0.51×4 works
  18. Dentistry0.49×2 works
  19. Computer Science0.45×26 works
  20. Neuroscience0.40×5 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.40×1 works
  22. Medicine0.30×44 works
  23. Materials Science0.26×7 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.25×1 works
  25. Chemistry0.21×2 works
  26. Engineering0.21×24 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidade dos Açores?

Ranked on the quality score, Telmo Morato, María Teresa Borges Tiago and Frédèric Vandeperre lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade dos Açores.

  1. 1 Telmo Morato Portugal · #320,489 worldwide 9k citations · 190 works
  2. 2 María Teresa Borges Tiago Portugal · #392,439 worldwide 2.6k citations · 131 works
  3. 3 Frédèric Vandeperre Portugal · #445,461 worldwide 2.9k citations · 68 works
  4. 4 François Rigal Portugal · #451,956 worldwide 3.9k citations · 185 works
  5. 5 Flávio Tiago Portugal · #458,707 worldwide 1.5k citations · 89 works
  6. 6 Maria de Lurdes Enes Dapkevicius Portugal · #579,953 worldwide 2.8k citations · 51 works
  7. 7 Bruno C. L. Macena Portugal · #798,102 worldwide 1.2k citations · 61 works
  8. 8 Mónica A. Silva Portugal · #803,828 worldwide 6.7k citations · 178 works
  9. 9 Ana Colaço Portugal · #823,798 worldwide 5.8k citations · 178 works
  10. 10 María José Sá Portugal · #842,969 worldwide 1.8k citations · 141 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade dos Açores

What are the most cited papers from Universidade dos Açores?

The most cited paper from Universidade dos Açores is "Common polygenic variation contributes to risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder" (Shaun Purcell et al., 2009), with 5,082 citations. Next come "Microplastics as vector for heavy metal contamination from the marine environment" (1,617) and "Rare chromosomal deletions and duplications increase risk of schizophrenia" (1,516).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Common polygenic variation contributes to risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder Shaun Purcell et al. · Nature Open access Jul 2009 5,082
2 Microplastics as vector for heavy metal contamination from the marine environment Dennis Brennecke, Bernardo Duarte, Filipa Paiva et al. · Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 4 Jan 2016 1,617
3 Rare chromosomal deletions and duplications increase risk of schizophrenia Jennifer L. Stone et al. · Nature Open access 30 Jul 2008 1,516
4 AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds Joseph A. Tobias et al. · Ecology Letters Open access115 authors 24 Feb 2022 1,261
5 The seven impediments in invertebrate conservation and how to overcome them Pedro Cardoso, Terry L. Erwin, Paulo A. V. Borges et al. · Biological Conservation Open access 15 Aug 2011 1,085
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidade dos Açores?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Conservation, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Population Dynamics, Biogeography, Sustainability and Habitat Fragmentation.

▲ 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. Climate Change103▲ 5.1×77 topics
  2. Biodiversity40▲ 7.0×26 topics
  3. Sustainability40▲ 2.2×50 topics
  4. Conservation38▲ 12×21 topics
  5. Invasive Species38▲ 12×20 topics
  6. Environmental Impact26▲ 2.1×31 topics
  7. Population Dynamics26▲ 14×12 topics
  8. Biogeography22▲ 10×19 topics
  9. Globalization22▲ 1.47×45 topics
  10. Habitat Fragmentation20▲ 13×5 topics
  11. Ocean Acidification18▲ 33×3 topics
  12. Fisheries Sustainability18▲ 28×2 topics
  13. Global Change18▲ 9.2×6 topics
  14. Economic Growth18▲ 3.0×20 topics
  15. Ecosystem Services18▲ 6.2×8 topics
  16. Phylogeny18▲ 14×16 topics
  17. Marine Ecosystems17▲ 41×2 topics
  18. Ecosystem Functioning17▲ 11×7 topics
  19. COVID-19 Impact16▲ 12×5 topics
  20. Biological Invasions15▲ 22×3 topics
  21. Trophic Cascades14▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Global Warming14▲ 4.4×13 topics
  23. Benthic Communities14▲ 30×2 topics
  24. Marine Biodiversity14▲ 30×2 topics
  25. Ecosystem Management13▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Fish Population Dynamics13▲ 43×1 topic
  27. Marine Fisheries13▲ 43×1 topic
  28. Ecology12▲ 9.2×9 topics
  29. Biological Control11▲ 9.8×9 topics
  30. Ecosystem Resilience11▲ 9.5×5 topics
  31. Microbiota11▲ 6.6×5 topics
  32. Predator-Prey Interactions11▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Acoustic Communication10▲ 26×3 topics
  34. Fisheries10▲ 29×2 topics
  35. Bleaching9▲ 38×1 topic
  36. Coastal Protection9▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Coral Reefs9▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Climate Change Impacts9▲ 10×6 topics
  39. Anthropogenic Noise9▲ 42×1 topic
  40. Sustainable Tourism9▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidade dos Açores publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Marine and fisheries research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine animal studies overview and Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research.

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 13 works
  2. 2 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 9 works
  3. 3 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 9 works
  4. 4 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  5. 5 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 8 works
  6. 6 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 8 works
  7. 7 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 7 works
  8. 8 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 7 works
  9. 9 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 6 works
  10. 10 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 6 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 available59.8%not open40.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.1%domestic only61.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidade dos Açores's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% 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 dos Açores as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0027% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Universidade dos Açores0.0026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidade dos Açores 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 dos Açores9.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.2% in 2022.

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