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Universidade Lusófona do Porto

In research, Universidade Lusófona do Porto stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,292 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,583 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,666
of 22,385 · #12,637 all time
Rank in Portugal
#73
of 168
Research works
504
▲ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.1k
6.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
72%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Universidade Lusófona do Porto

What is Universidade Lusófona do Porto 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 #4,292 of 9,585 8.0%118 #5158
Social SciencesField #3,583 of 5,988 6.7%70 #3969

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade Lusófona do Porto 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 fields of science does Universidade Lusófona do Porto work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Universidade Lusófona do Porto is in Social Sciences, 18% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Medicine (12%), Psychology (12%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 133 fractional works · 61.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 78 fractional works · 36.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 24 fractional works · 11.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 4.8% of its workCommunication: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 25 fractional works · 11.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 13 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 38 fractional works · 17.7% of its workMedicine: 26 fractional works · 12.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 35 fractional works · 16.1% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 6.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 4.6% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadeLusófona do Porto215fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences62%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences7836.4%
    2. Psychology2511.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting125.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance83.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities62.9%
    6. Decision Sciences31.5%
    1. Medicine2612.1%
    2. Health Professions125.4%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Computer Science136.2%
    2. Engineering94.2%
    3. Environmental Science62.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences31.3%
    5. Mathematics20.9%
    6. Energy10.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Neuroscience52.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.30× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.05× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.00× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.71× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.72× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.82× its world share, 25 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.88× its world share, 78 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.82×25 works
  2. Social Sciences2.88×78 works
  3. Health Professions2.05×12 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.72×8 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.71×12 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.52×3 works
  7. Neuroscience1.30×5 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.00×6 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.81×3 works
  10. Computer Science0.80×13 works
  11. Mathematics0.79×2 works
  12. Medicine0.63×26 works
  13. Veterinary0.57×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.55×6 works
  15. Energy0.45×1 works
  16. Engineering0.28×9 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.27×3 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.21×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×2 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.15×0 works
  21. Dentistry0.11×0 works
  22. Nursing0.11×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidade Lusófona do Porto?

Ranked on the quality score, Ana Morais, Carla Marisa Rebelo de Magalhães and Ana Rita Conde lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade Lusófona do Porto.

  1. 1 Ana Morais Portugal · #2,099,639 worldwide 233 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Carla Marisa Rebelo de Magalhães Portugal · #2,197,168 worldwide 198 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Ana Rita Conde Portugal · #3,098,024 worldwide 506 citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Mónica Teixeira Portugal · #3,184,204 worldwide 9 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Jorge Sinde Monteiro Portugal · #3,577,188 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Isabel Babo Portugal · #3,841,335 worldwide 33 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Nuno Castro Marques Portugal · #3,933,801 worldwide 58 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Teresa Souto Portugal · #4,084,343 worldwide 287 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Célia Ferreira Portugal · #4,198,562 worldwide 147 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Ricardo Bessa Moreira Portugal · #4,318,590 worldwide 16 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade Lusófona do Porto

What are the most cited papers from Universidade Lusófona do Porto?

The most cited paper from Universidade Lusófona do Porto is "Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (Simon I Hay et al., 2025), with 762 citations. Next come "Modelling adhesive joints with cohesive zone models: effect of the cohesive law shape of the adhesive layer" (618) and "Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (500).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Simon I Hay et al. · The Lancet Open access2,780 authors Oct 2025 762
2 Modelling adhesive joints with cohesive zone models: effect of the cohesive law shape of the adhesive layer R.D.S.G. Campilho, Mariana Doina Banea, J.A.B.P. Neto et al. · International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives Open access 13 Feb 2013 618
3 Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Mohsen Naghavi et al. · The Lancet Open access2,463 authors Oct 2025 500
4 Strength prediction of single- and double-lap joints by standard and extended finite element modelling R.D.S.G. Campilho, Mariana Doina Banea, Arnaldo G. Pinto et al. · International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives Open access 16 Feb 2011 364
5 Parametric study of adhesive joints with composites J.A.B.P. Neto, R.D.S.G. Campilho, Lucas F. M. da Silva · International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives 31 Jan 2012 246
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidade Lusófona do Porto?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Globalization, Social Media, Resilience, Public Policy, Psychological Impact, Human Rights and Emotion Regulation.

▲ 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. Mental Health18▲ 5.9×25 topics
  2. Globalization12▲ 2.8×30 topics
  3. Epidemiology10◆ 1.12×24 topics
  4. Social Media9▲ 3.2×17 topics
  5. Sustainability8▲ 1.56×30 topics
  6. Education8▲ 2.1×25 topics
  7. Human Rights7▲ 3.4×15 topics
  8. COVID-197▲ 2.5×12 topics
  9. Resilience6▲ 5.9×11 topics
  10. Public Policy6▲ 6.0×8 topics
  11. Qualitative Research6▲ 3.2×5 topics
  12. Risk Factors6▲ 2.5×11 topics
  13. Educational Technology6▲ 2.2×12 topics
  14. Big Data5▲ 2.6×9 topics
  15. Psychological Impact5▲ 7.7×6 topics
  16. Social Support5▲ 4.4×11 topics
  17. Emotion Regulation5▲ 7.2×8 topics
  18. Prevalence5▲ 5.6×6 topics
  19. Digital Divide5▲ 8.5×5 topics
  20. Identity5▲ 3.0×12 topics
  21. Democracy4▲ 6.0×6 topics
  22. Cultural Studies4▲ 5.5×9 topics
  23. Neoliberalism4▲ 5.2×7 topics
  24. Social Inequality4▲ 7.0×5 topics
  25. Health Consequences4▲ 6.4×2 topics
  26. Gender Differences4▲ 4.8×9 topics
  27. Well-being4▲ 4.6×13 topics
  28. Community Development3▲ 8.8×5 topics
  29. Gender-based Violence3▲ 27×2 topics
  30. HIV Infection3▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Intimate Partner Violence3▲ 39×2 topics
  32. Adolescent Dating Violence3▲ 42×1 topic
  33. Domestic Violence3▲ 42×1 topic
  34. Cooperatives3▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Online Communication3▲ 9.4×2 topics
  36. Psychiatric Disorders3▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Solidarity Economy3▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Internet Access3▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Participatory Design3▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Reciprocity3▲ 29×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidade Lusófona do Porto publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Intimate Partner and Family Violence, Social and Economic Solidarity, Child Abuse and Trauma and Social Media and Politics.

Intimate Partner and Fam…3Intimate Partner and Family Violence: 3 fractional worksSocial and Economic Soli…3Social and Economic Solidarity: 3 fractional worksChild Abuse and Trauma: 3 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 2 fractional worksEducation during COVID-19 pandemic: 2 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 2 fractional worksInnovative Human-Technology Interaction: 2 fractional worksPolitical Theory and Inf…2Political Theory and Influence: 2 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 2 fractional worksMigration, Racism, and Human Rights: 2 fractional works
HealthSociology and Political ScienceClinical PsychologyCommunication5 others

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

  1. 1 Intimate Partner and Family Violence Health 3 works
  2. 2 Social and Economic Solidarity Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  3. 3 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 3 works
  4. 4 Social Media and Politics Communication 2 works
  5. 5 Education during COVID-19 pandemic Education 2 works
  6. 6 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 2 works
  7. 7 Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Human-Computer Interaction 2 works
  8. 8 Political Theory and Influence Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  9. 9 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 2 works
  10. 10 Migration, Racism, and Human Rights Health 2 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 available72.5%not open27.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.5%domestic only80.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidade Lusófona do Porto's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Universidade Lusófona do Porto as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00077% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Universidade Lusófona do Porto0.00082% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Universidade Lusófona do Porto 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 counting10%20%Universidade Lusófona do Porto13.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.6% in 2020.

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