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Universidade dos Açores

In research, Universidade dos Açores stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,635 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,853 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,534 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change — Nature and Landscape Conservation is 14.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,857
of 28,054 · #7,308 all time
Rank in Portugal
#29
of 187
Research works
3.4k
▲ 52% vs 2013–17
Citations
52k
15.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Universidade dos Açores known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #3,635 of 10,521 27.4%190 #3325
Health SciencesDomain #4,853 of 11,982 19.9%64 #9740
Physical SciencesDomain #5,534 of 12,888 18.8%256 #6944
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,553 of 3,409 22.8%88 #2259
Life SciencesDomain #3,666 of 7,800 22.2%135 #5978
Environmental ScienceField #1,773 of 3,551 19.8%146 #1498
Social SciencesField #3,424 of 6,365 28.8%94 #2934

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#3,325 #3,635
  2. Health Sciences#9,740 #4,853
  3. Physical Sciences#6,944 #5,534
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,259 #1,553
  5. Life Sciences#5,978 #3,666
  6. Environmental Science#1,498 #1,773
  7. Social Sciences#2,934 #3,424
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Universidade dos Açores specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nature and Landscape Conservation takes 14.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 22.4 works15×
  2. EcologySubfield · 40.7 works8.0×
  3. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 33.4 works6.8×
← 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: 2.88× its world share, 88 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.14× its world share, 39 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.37× its world share, 44 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.56× its world share, 146 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.61× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.14× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 38 worksMedicineNursing: 1.49× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.08× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.21× its world share, 25 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.55× its world share, 21 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.08× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 94 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidade dos Açores?

Ranked on the composite score, Telmo Morato, Rosalina Gabriel and Mónica A. Silva lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade dos Açores.

  1. 1 Telmo Morato Portugal · #93,542 worldwide 250 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Rosalina Gabriel Portugal · #161,578 worldwide 213 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Mónica A. Silva Portugal · #214,462 worldwide 143 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Sandro Serpa Portugal · #220,991 worldwide 55 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 María José Sá Portugal · #289,436 worldwide 50 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Ana Colaço Portugal · #290,189 worldwide 164 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Vítor Gonçalves Portugal · #308,880 worldwide 98 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Pedro M. Raposeiro Portugal · #344,694 worldwide 103 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Ricardo S. Santos Portugal · #431,648 worldwide 228 citations · 69 works
  10. 10 Pedro Afonso Portugal · #439,625 worldwide 141 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade dos Açores

Which keywords describe research at Universidade dos Açores?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Conservation, 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 2022–2025 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 Change90▲ 5.2×68 topics
  2. Sustainability35▲ 2.2×45 topics
  3. Biodiversity35▲ 7.2×23 topics
  4. Invasive Species35▲ 13×19 topics
  5. Conservation32▲ 11×20 topics
  6. Environmental Impact24▲ 2.2×29 topics
  7. Population Dynamics22▲ 14×11 topics
  8. Biogeography19▲ 11×18 topics
  9. Globalization18▲ 1.46×41 topics
  10. Habitat Fragmentation18▲ 13×5 topics
  11. Fisheries Sustainability16▲ 29×2 topics
  12. Economic Growth16▲ 2.9×18 topics
  13. Ecosystem Services16▲ 6.3×7 topics
  14. Ocean Acidification16▲ 33×3 topics
  15. Phylogeny16▲ 16×15 topics
  16. Global Change15▲ 9.1×6 topics
  17. Marine Ecosystems15▲ 45×2 topics
  18. Ecosystem Functioning14▲ 12×7 topics
  19. COVID-19 Impact13▲ 12×5 topics
  20. Biological Invasions13▲ 23×3 topics
  21. Trophic Cascades13▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Benthic Communities12▲ 31×2 topics
  23. Marine Biodiversity12▲ 31×2 topics
  24. Ecosystem Management12▲ 30×2 topics
  25. Fish Population Dynamics12▲ 43×1 topic
  26. Marine Fisheries12▲ 43×1 topic
  27. Global Warming11▲ 4.2×12 topics
  28. Ecology10▲ 11×9 topics
  29. Biological Control10▲ 11×9 topics
  30. Microbiota10▲ 7.2×5 topics
  31. Ecosystem Resilience10▲ 10×5 topics
  32. Bleaching9▲ 41×1 topic
  33. Coral Reefs9▲ 41×1 topic
  34. Predator-Prey Interactions9▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Fisheries8▲ 33×2 topics
  36. Acoustic Communication8▲ 25×3 topics
  37. DNA Barcoding8▲ 7.8×9 topics
  38. Taxonomy8▲ 9.9×12 topics
  39. Marine Environment8▲ 8.5×3 topics
  40. Coastal Protection8▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidade dos Açores publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Marine and fisheries research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine animal studies overview and Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research.

Marine and fisheries res…12Marine and fisheries research: 12 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosyst…9Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 9 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 7 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 7 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 6 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 6 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 6 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and D…6Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 6 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 6 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 6 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEcologySociology and Political ScienceNature and Landscape Conservation3 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 12 works
  2. 2 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 9 works
  3. 3 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 7 works
  4. 4 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  5. 5 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 6 works
  6. 6 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 6 works
  7. 7 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 6 works
  8. 8 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 6 works
  9. 9 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 6 works
  10. 10 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidade dos Açores's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 52% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.