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Universidade Lusófona

In research, Universidade Lusófona stands highest in Social Sciences (#833 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#615 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,422 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Communication and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine — Museology is 12.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,926
of 28,054 · #5,577 all time
Rank in Portugal
#17
of 187
Research works
4.2k
▲ 64% vs 2013–17
Citations
39k
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Universidade Lusófona 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 #833 of 10,521 23.1%765 #1829
Social SciencesField #615 of 6,365 25.2%373 #1484
Health SciencesDomain #2,422 of 11,982 20.6%280 #5375
Business, Management and AccountingField #700 of 2,578 28.8%109 #1525
MedicineField #2,876 of 10,443 21.3%197 #6855
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #820 of 2,578 25.6%111 #1578
Life SciencesDomain #3,098 of 7,800 20.8%124 #5835
Physical SciencesDomain #5,867 of 12,888 21.3%266 #5807
PsychologyField #1,002 of 2,181 21.6%140 #1530
Computer ScienceField #2,355 of 4,667 23.7%95 #4002

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade Lusófona 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#1,829 #833
  2. Social Sciences#1,484 #615
  3. Health Sciences#5,375 #2,422
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#1,525 #700
  5. Medicine#6,855 #2,876
  6. Sociology and Political Science#1,578 #820
  7. Life Sciences#5,835 #3,098
  8. Physical Sciences#5,807 #5,867
  9. Psychology#1,530 #1,002
  10. Computer Science#4,002 #2,355
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 Lusófona specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 12.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 21.4 works12×
  2. CommunicationSubfield · 26.0 works6.6×
  3. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 21.5 works5.8×
  4. Urban StudiesSubfield · 21.2 works5.3×
← 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: 0.74× its world share, 50 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 39 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.67× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.94× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.85× its world share, 95 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 91 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 44 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.69× its world share, 64 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.71× its world share, 197 worksMedicineNursing: 1.12× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.12× its world share, 10 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.80× its world share, 74 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.35× its world share, 109 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.82× its world share, 25 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.42× its world share, 44 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.20× its world share, 140 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.05× its world share, 373 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidade Lusófona?

Ranked on the composite score, Marlene N. Silva, Eliana V. Carraça and Elói Figueiredo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade Lusófona.

  1. 1 Marlene N. Silva Portugal · #25,040 worldwide 369 citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Eliana V. Carraça Portugal · #197,021 worldwide 417 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Elói Figueiredo Portugal · #229,221 worldwide 213 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 António Raposo Portugal · #266,271 worldwide 63 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Mariana Alves‐Pereira Portugal · #363,570 worldwide 43 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Maria Neves Gonçalves Portugal · #504,639 worldwide 2 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 António Teodoro Portugal · #512,687 worldwide 13 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Manuel José Damásio Portugal · #589,693 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Carlos Smaniotto Costa Portugal · #634,842 worldwide 15 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Alfredo Margarido Portugal · #636,817 worldwide 5 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade Lusófona

Which keywords describe research at Universidade Lusófona?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Globalization, Social Media, Sustainability, Public Health, Cultural Studies, Physical Activity and Education.

▲ 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. Globalization87▲ 3.1×76 topics
  2. Mental Health80▲ 3.8×37 topics
  3. Sustainability63▲ 1.81×68 topics
  4. Epidemiology60◆ 1.06×89 topics
  5. Social Media54▲ 2.6×26 topics
  6. Public Health51▲ 2.5×48 topics
  7. Education49▲ 2.0×64 topics
  8. Risk Factors38▲ 2.4×26 topics
  9. Innovation37▲ 2.5×38 topics
  10. Quality of Life35▲ 1.67×43 topics
  11. Physical Activity34▲ 4.8×12 topics
  12. Cultural Studies32▲ 5.8×20 topics
  13. Public Policy30▲ 4.2×16 topics
  14. Social Capital30▲ 4.0×13 topics
  15. Obesity30▲ 2.7×21 topics
  16. Educational Technology29▲ 1.73×31 topics
  17. Prevalence29▲ 4.9×15 topics
  18. Identity27▲ 2.6×27 topics
  19. Neoliberalism27▲ 5.2×15 topics
  20. Qualitative Research26▲ 2.1×18 topics
  21. Social Support26▲ 3.2×18 topics
  22. Supply Chain Management26▲ 1.92×17 topics
  23. Adolescents25▲ 4.6×10 topics
  24. Well-being25▲ 4.5×14 topics
  25. Cultural Identity23▲ 3.1×13 topics
  26. Entrepreneurship22▲ 4.0×14 topics
  27. Resilience21▲ 3.0×13 topics
  28. Chronic Diseases20▲ 5.5×6 topics
  29. Emotion Regulation20▲ 4.5×9 topics
  30. Leadership20▲ 2.9×16 topics
  31. Digital Divide20▲ 5.3×6 topics
  32. Urban Development19▲ 3.7×10 topics
  33. Psychological Impact19▲ 4.0×7 topics
  34. Social Inequality18▲ 4.6×8 topics
  35. Lifelong Learning17▲ 5.8×9 topics
  36. Intrinsic Motivation16▲ 9.5×4 topics
  37. Online Communication16▲ 7.3×3 topics
  38. High-Intensity Interval Training15▲ 9.8×2 topics
  39. Brazil14▲ 9.8×5 topics
  40. Resistance Training13▲ 9.7×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidade Lusófona publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports Performance and Training, Cultural Industries and Urban Development, Educational Games and Gamification and Cinema and Media Studies.

Sports Performance and T…11Sports Performance and Training: 11 fractional worksCultural Industries and …10Cultural Industries and Urban Development: 10 fractional worksEducational Games and Gamification: 10 fractional worksCinema and Media Studies10Cinema and Media Studies: 10 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics10Social Media and Politics: 10 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 9 fractional worksFashion and Cultural Textiles: 8 fractional worksIntimate Partner and Fam…8Intimate Partner and Family Violence: 8 fractional worksCultural, Media, and Literary Studies: 8 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 8 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineUrban StudiesDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 11 works
  2. 2 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 10 works
  3. 3 Educational Games and Gamification Developmental and Educational Psychology 10 works
  4. 4 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 10 works
  5. 5 Social Media and Politics Communication 10 works
  6. 6 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 9 works
  7. 7 Fashion and Cultural Textiles Museology 8 works
  8. 8 Intimate Partner and Family Violence Health 8 works
  9. 9 Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies Philosophy 8 works
  10. 10 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 8 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 available67.9%not open32.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.2%domestic only75.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidade Lusófona's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 64% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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