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Universidade Politecnica

In research, Universidade Politecnica stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,846 of 10,670 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,688 of 9,585 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,587 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,595
of 22,385 · #7,758 all time
Rank in Mozambique
#4
of 9
Research works
1.2k
▲ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.8k
4.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
67%
world 18%
Universidade Politecnica

What is Universidade Politecnica 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
Physical SciencesDomain #4,846 of 10,670 4.5%134 #5108
Social SciencesDomain #5,688 of 9,585 5.9%98 #5605
EngineeringField #3,587 of 5,901 3.9%74 #4335

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade Politecnica 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. Physical Sciences#5,108 #4,846
  2. Social Sciences#5,605 #5,688
  3. Engineering#4,335 #3,587
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 Politecnica work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Universidade Politecnica is in Physical Sciences, 39% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (28%), Social Sciences (21%), Computer Science (7%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 173 fractional works · 51.2% of its workEngineering: 94 fractional works · 27.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 12 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 3.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 3.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 11 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 24 fractional works · 7.1% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 24 fractional works · 7.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 11 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCatalysis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 131 fractional works · 38.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 71 fractional works · 21.1% of its workEducation: 22 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 19 fractional works · 5.5% of its workUrban Studies: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 21 fractional works · 6.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 16 fractional works · 4.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 15 fractional works · 4.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workForestry: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadePolitecnica339fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences51%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences39%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering9427.8%
    2. Computer Science247.1%
    3. Environmental Science247.0%
    4. Materials Science113.2%
    5. Chemical Engineering51.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences41.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy41.1%
    8. Energy30.9%
    9. Mathematics30.9%
    10. Chemistry20.7%
    1. Social Sciences7121.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities216.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting164.6%
    4. Decision Sciences154.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance61.6%
    6. Psychology31.0%
    1. Medicine113.3%
    2. Health Professions51.6%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences123.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.8%
    3. Neuroscience20.6%
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: 0.75× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 4.07× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.91× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.85× its world share, 94 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.40× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.91× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.72× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.10× its world share, 21 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.42× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.56× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.76× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.67× its world share, 71 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences4.56×15 works
  2. Chemical Engineering4.07×5 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.10×21 works
  4. Engineering1.85×94 works
  5. Social Sciences1.67×71 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.42×16 works
  7. Environmental Science1.40×24 works
  8. Energy0.99×3 works
  9. Computer Science0.91×24 works
  10. Materials Science0.91×11 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.77×4 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.76×6 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.75×12 works
  14. Mathematics0.72×3 works
  15. Health Professions0.60×5 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.48×4 works
  17. Chemistry0.43×2 works
  18. Neuroscience0.37×2 works
  19. Psychology0.31×3 works
  20. Dentistry0.22×0 works
  21. Nursing0.21×0 works
  22. Veterinary0.18×0 works
  23. Medicine0.17×11 works
  24. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×3 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidade Politecnica?

Ranked on the quality score, Antonio Vieira da Silva Neto, Edilson Hiroshi Tamai and Luís Guilherme Anselmi de [UNESP] Oliveira lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade Politecnica.

  1. 1 Antonio Vieira da Silva Neto Mozambique · #3,332,667 worldwide 104 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Edilson Hiroshi Tamai Mozambique · #4,093,329 worldwide 17 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Luís Guilherme Anselmi de [UNESP] Oliveira Mozambique · #4,142,353 worldwide 0 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Bianca Foggiatto Mozambique · #4,571,072 worldwide 19 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade Politecnica

What are the most cited papers from Universidade Politecnica?

The most cited paper from Universidade Politecnica is "MDPC-McEliece: New McEliece variants from Moderate Density Parity-Check codes" (Rafael Misoczki, Jean–Pierre Tillich, Nicolas Sendrier et al., 2013), with 414 citations. Next come "Ethanol Production in Brazil: The Industrial Process and Its Impact on Yeast Fermentation" (225) and "Semi-supervised learning of mixture models" (195).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 MDPC-McEliece: New McEliece variants from Moderate Density Parity-Check codes Rafael Misoczki, Jean–Pierre Tillich, Nicolas Sendrier et al. Conference paper Jul 2013 414
2 Ethanol Production in Brazil: The Industrial Process and Its Impact on Yeast Fermentation Luiz Cláudio S. Carlos, Thiago Olitta, Saul Nitsche · InTech eBooks Book chapterOpen access 15 Sep 2011 225
3 Semi-supervised learning of mixture models Fábio Gagliardi Cozman, Ira L. Cohen, Marcelo César Cirelo 21 Aug 2003 195
4 Spontaneous Effort During Mechanical Ventilation: Maximal Injury With Less Positive End-Expiratory Pressure* Takeshi Yoshida, Rollin Roldán, Marcelo A. Beraldo et al. · Critical Care Medicine 22 Mar 2016 191
5 Techno-economic analysis of the industrial production of a low-cost enzyme using E. coli: the case of recombinant β-glucosidase Rafael G. Ferreira, Adriano Rodrigues Azzoni, Sindélia Freitas · Biotechnology for Biofuels Open access 29 Mar 2018 190
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidade Politecnica?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Public Policy, Colonialism, Globalization, Qualitative Research, Brazil, Rural Development and Marketing Strategies.

▲ 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. Sustainability25▲ 3.0×39 topics
  2. Globalization19▲ 2.8×27 topics
  3. Public Policy14▲ 8.6×11 topics
  4. Education14▲ 2.3×29 topics
  5. Environmental Impact13▲ 2.3×32 topics
  6. Qualitative Research13▲ 4.6×7 topics
  7. Colonialism12▲ 7.6×9 topics
  8. Renewable Energy12▲ 2.5×25 topics
  9. Healthcare11▲ 2.8×13 topics
  10. Brazil10▲ 33×5 topics
  11. Online Learning9▲ 3.3×8 topics
  12. Rural Development9▲ 8.0×7 topics
  13. History9▲ 3.6×12 topics
  14. Marketing Strategies9▲ 27×2 topics
  15. Data Analysis8▲ 9.7×3 topics
  16. Identity8▲ 3.5×14 topics
  17. Mechanical Properties8▲ 2.5×23 topics
  18. Innovation Management8▲ 15×2 topics
  19. Organizational Management8▲ 39×1 topic
  20. Research Methods8▲ 15×1 topic
  21. Educational Policy8▲ 9.2×2 topics
  22. Urbanization8▲ 5.6×5 topics
  23. Cultural Identity7▲ 4.2×10 topics
  24. Legislation7▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Social Movements7▲ 7.1×6 topics
  26. Research7▲ 16×4 topics
  27. Cultural Studies7▲ 5.4×7 topics
  28. Environmental Justice6▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Territoriality6▲ 40×2 topics
  30. Training6▲ 8.8×3 topics
  31. Anthropology6▲ 19×4 topics
  32. Inclusion6▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Spatial Planning6▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Segregation6▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Digital Business6▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Distance Education6▲ 8.8×1 topic
  37. Multiculturalism6▲ 9.3×5 topics
  38. Portuguese5▲ 41×2 topics
  39. Media Studies5▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Post-Modernity5▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does Universidade Politecnica publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Business and Management Studies, Urban Development and Societal Issues, Academic Research in Diverse Fields and Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies.

Business and Management Studies: 8 fractional worksUrban Development and Societal Issues: 6 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…6Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 6 fractional worksCultural, Media, and Lit…5Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies: 5 fractional worksLiterature, Culture, and Criticism: 5 fractional worksSocial and Economic Solidarity: 4 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…3Environmental Sustainability and Education: 3 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 3 fractional worksGeography and Environmental Studies: 2 fractional worksLogistics and Infrastructure Analysis: 2 fractional works
Information Systems and ManagementUrban StudiesEducationPhilosophy6 others

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

  1. 1 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 8 works
  2. 2 Urban Development and Societal Issues Urban Studies 6 works
  3. 3 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 6 works
  4. 4 Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies Philosophy 5 works
  5. 5 Literature, Culture, and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 5 works
  6. 6 Social and Economic Solidarity Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  7. 7 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  8. 8 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 3 works
  9. 9 Geography and Environmental Studies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  10. 10 Logistics and Infrastructure Analysis Forestry 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 available64.0%not open36.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors67.3%domestic only32.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidade Politecnica's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Politecnica as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Universidade Politecnica0.0016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidade Politecnica 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 Politecnica6.4% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 6.4% in 2025.

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