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Universidade Portucalense

In research, Universidade Portucalense stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,062 of 9,585 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#561 of 2,581 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,004 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting (Business, Management and Accounting is 6.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,707
of 22,385 · #6,863 all time
Rank in Portugal
#41
of 168
Research works
989
▲ 37% vs 2018-21
Citations
7k
7.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
81%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Universidade Portucalense

What is Universidade Portucalense 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 #2,062 of 9,585 13.6%284 #2826
Business, Management and AccountingField #561 of 2,581 18.2%84 #1202
Social SciencesField #3,004 of 5,988 10.2%122 #3716
Physical SciencesDomain #6,771 of 10,670 17.0%77 #8149

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade Portucalense 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#2,826 #2,062
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#1,202 #561
  3. Social Sciences#3,716 #3,004
  4. Physical Sciences#8,149 #6,771
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 Portucalense work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Universidade Portucalense is in Social Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Business, Management and Accounting (20%), Computer Science (10%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 327 fractional works · 70.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 142 fractional works · 30.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 58 fractional works · 12.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 17 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEducation: 16 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLaw: 12 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 94 fractional works · 20.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 23 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMarketing: 20 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAccounting: 14 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 13 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness and International Management: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 38 fractional works · 8.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 29 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 20 fractional works · 4.3% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 86 fractional works · 18.5% of its workComputer Science: 47 fractional works · 10.0% of its workInformation Systems: 15 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 3.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 39 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMedicine: 21 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 18 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadePortucalense465fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences70%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences14230.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting9420.2%
    3. Psychology388.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance296.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities143.1%
    6. Decision Sciences102.1%
    1. Computer Science4710.0%
    2. Engineering173.6%
    3. Environmental Science143.0%
    4. Mathematics30.6%
    5. Energy20.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy20.4%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.4%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
    9. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Medicine214.5%
    2. Health Professions183.8%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Neuroscience71.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences51.2%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Universidade Portucalense specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 6.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 93.9 works6.3×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.92× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.29× its world share, 47 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.43× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.07× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6.26× its world share, 94 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.15× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.93× its world share, 29 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.66× its world share, 38 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.41× its world share, 142 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting6.26×94 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.93×29 works
  3. Psychology2.66×38 works
  4. Social Sciences2.41×142 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.15×10 works
  6. Health Professions1.43×18 works
  7. Computer Science1.29×47 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.07×14 works
  9. Neuroscience0.92×7 works
  10. Environmental Science0.61×14 works
  11. Mathematics0.52×3 works
  12. Energy0.42×2 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×6 works
  14. Engineering0.24×17 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×2 works
  16. Medicine0.23×21 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.17×2 works
  18. Nursing0.14×0 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.05×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×1 works
  21. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidade Portucalense?

Ranked on the quality score, Sofia Gomes, Elisabete Nogueira and Elizabeth Real de Oliveira lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade Portucalense.

  1. 1 Sofia Gomes Portugal · #16,518 worldwide 3.3k citations · 137 works
  2. 2 Elisabete Nogueira Portugal · #331,797 worldwide 455 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Elizabeth Real de Oliveira Portugal · #826,153 worldwide 300 citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Joana A. Quintela Portugal · #952,124 worldwide 351 citations · 52 works
  5. 5 Lénia Sofia de Almeida Carvalhais Portugal · #1,025,590 worldwide 282 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Sílvia M. P. S. Faria Portugal · #1,110,472 worldwide 254 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Micaela Moreira Pinho Portugal · #1,150,558 worldwide 604 citations · 80 works
  8. 8 Carla Santos Pereira Portugal · #1,424,093 worldwide 762 citations · 72 works
  9. 9 Helena Cláudia da Cruz Albuquerque Portugal · #1,495,305 worldwide 315 citations · 71 works
  10. 10 Isabel Barbosa Portugal · #1,549,850 worldwide 171 citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade Portucalense

What are the most cited papers from Universidade Portucalense?

The most cited paper from Universidade Portucalense is "Evidence-Based Guidelines and Secondary Meta-Analysis for the Use of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders" (Felipe Fregni et al., 2020), with 621 citations. Next come "Graduate Employability and Competence Development in Higher Education—A Systematic Literature Review Using PRISMA" (399) and "Willingness to pay more for green products: A critical challenge for Gen Z" (355).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Evidence-Based Guidelines and Secondary Meta-Analysis for the Use of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Felipe Fregni et al. · The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology Open access 22 Jul 2020 621
2 Graduate Employability and Competence Development in Higher Education—A Systematic Literature Review Using PRISMA Marta Abelha, Sandra Raquel Gonçalves Fernandes, Diana Mesquita et al. · Sustainability ReviewOpen access 22 Jul 2020 399
3 Willingness to pay more for green products: A critical challenge for Gen Z Sofia Gomes, João Morais Lopes, Sónia Nogueira · Journal of Cleaner Production Open access 17 Jan 2023 355
4 The impact of social responsibility on corporate financial performance: A systematic literature review Rui Coelho, Shital Jayantilal, João J. Ferreira · Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management ReviewOpen access 17 Jan 2023 306
5 Public views on plastic pollution: Knowledge, perceived impacts, and pro-environmental behaviours Joana Soares, Isabel Cerca Miguel, Cátia Venâncio et al. · Journal of Hazardous Materials Open access 27 Jan 2021 242
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidade Portucalense?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Consumer Behavior, COVID-19 Impact, Destination Image, Social Capital, Sustainable Tourism, Tourist Satisfaction and Community Perceptions.

▲ 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. Economic Growth27▲ 7.1×13 topics
  2. Sustainability27▲ 2.4×39 topics
  3. Consumer Behavior22▲ 7.5×11 topics
  4. COVID-19 Impact20▲ 25×4 topics
  5. Globalization20▲ 2.2×34 topics
  6. Mental Health19▲ 2.9×30 topics
  7. Destination Image18▲ 47×2 topics
  8. Innovation18▲ 3.7×23 topics
  9. Social Capital18▲ 7.4×12 topics
  10. Machine Learning18◆ 1.15×43 topics
  11. Sustainable Tourism17▲ 31×2 topics
  12. Tourist Satisfaction17▲ 36×2 topics
  13. Community Perceptions17▲ 51×1 topic
  14. Social Media17▲ 2.6×15 topics
  15. Tourism Development17▲ 27×1 topic
  16. Sustainable Development16▲ 2.2×24 topics
  17. Human Rights16▲ 3.4×24 topics
  18. Artificial Intelligence13▲ 1.98×26 topics
  19. Online Learning12▲ 3.0×12 topics
  20. Corporate Governance11▲ 3.2×14 topics
  21. Well-being11▲ 6.1×12 topics
  22. Environmental Management11▲ 5.8×7 topics
  23. Entrepreneurship11▲ 5.8×9 topics
  24. User-Generated Content10▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Consumer Engagement9▲ 16×1 topic
  26. Electronic Word-of-Mouth9▲ 16×1 topic
  27. Public Policy9▲ 4.0×12 topics
  28. Leadership9▲ 3.8×10 topics
  29. Labor Market8▲ 6.3×7 topics
  30. Customer Experience8▲ 11×3 topics
  31. European Union8▲ 7.9×10 topics
  32. Constitutional Law8▲ 13×5 topics
  33. Emotion Regulation8▲ 5.5×8 topics
  34. Environmental Law7▲ 7.4×4 topics
  35. Environmental Innovation7▲ 16×1 topic
  36. Green Consumption7▲ 16×1 topic
  37. Public Administration6▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Entrepreneurial Orientation6▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Legal Theory6▲ 20×3 topics
  40. Opportunity Recognition6▲ 17×1 topic

Which research topics does Universidade Portucalense publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research, Digital Marketing and Social Media, Environmental Sustainability in Business and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences.

Diverse Aspects of Touri…17Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 17 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 9 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 7 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 6 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues: 6 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 5 fractional worksConsumer Behavior in Bra…5Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification: 5 fractional worksInternational Business and FDI: 4 fractional worksCultural Heritage Management and Preservation: 4 fractional worksWine Industry and Tourism: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceMarketingManagement of Technology and InnovationLaw4 others

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

  1. 1 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 17 works
  2. 2 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  3. 3 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 7 works
  4. 4 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 6 works
  5. 5 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 6 works
  6. 6 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 5 works
  7. 7 Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification Marketing 5 works
  8. 8 International Business and FDI Strategy and Management 4 works
  9. 9 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Archeology 4 works
  10. 10 Wine Industry and Tourism Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 3 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 available80.6%not open19.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.4%domestic only73.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidade Portucalense's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% 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 Portucalense as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0017% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Universidade Portucalense0.0019% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidade Portucalense 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 Portucalense16.8% 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 16.8% in 2025.

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