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Universidade Sénior Contemporânea

In research, Universidade Sénior Contemporânea stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,721 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,315
of 22,385 · #20,016 all time
Rank in Portugal
#128
of 168
Research works
299
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.3k
4.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
76%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
Universidade Sénior Contemporânea

What is Universidade Sénior Contemporânea known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #9,721 of 14,833 8.1%162

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade Sénior Contemporânea 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 Sénior Contemporânea work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Universidade Sénior Contemporânea is in Social Sciences, 25% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (37%), Arts and Humanities (16%), Medicine (15%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 62 fractional works · 60.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 38 fractional works · 36.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 11.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 6.4% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 17 fractional works · 16.3% of its workHistory: 7 fractional works · 6.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 25 fractional works · 24.8% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 15.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnatomy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 8.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 11.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadeSénior…102fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences25%Social Sciences61%

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. Social Sciences3836.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities1716.3%
    3. Psychology54.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.8%
    5. Decision Sciences11.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    1. Medicine1615.3%
    2. Health Professions88.1%
    3. Nursing10.9%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Environmental Science43.6%
    2. Engineering33.4%
    3. Computer Science22.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy11.4%
    5. Mathematics10.9%
    6. Chemistry00.3%
    7. Energy00.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    9. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.9%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
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: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.09× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.80× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 1.94× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.63× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.45× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.91× its world share, 38 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.63×17 works
  2. Health Professions3.09×8 works
  3. Social Sciences2.91×38 works
  4. Nursing1.94×1 works
  5. Psychology1.45×4 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.20×1 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.82×2 works
  8. Medicine0.80×16 works
  9. Mathematics0.76×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.72×4 works
  11. Dentistry0.66×0 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.62×1 works
  13. Veterinary0.60×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.26×2 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.23×1 works
  16. Engineering0.23×4 works
  17. Chemistry0.21×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×1 works
  19. Energy0.18×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×0 works
  21. Neuroscience0.10×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidade Sénior Contemporânea?

Ranked on the quality score, David Rubio Márquez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade Sénior Contemporânea.

  1. 1 David Rubio Márquez Portugal · #4,797,378 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade Sénior Contemporânea

What are the most cited papers from Universidade Sénior Contemporânea?

The most cited paper from Universidade Sénior Contemporânea is "Clinical Virtual Simulation in Nursing Education: Randomized Controlled Trial" (José Miguel Padilha, Paulo Machado, Ana Ribeiro et al., 2019), with 562 citations. Next come "Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 2: clinical, biological and genotype/phenotype correlation study of a cohort of 90 patients" (250) and "Defining control strategies for analysing microgrids islanded operation" (167).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Clinical Virtual Simulation in Nursing Education: Randomized Controlled Trial José Miguel Padilha, Paulo Machado, Ana Ribeiro et al. · Journal of Medical Internet Research Open access 3 Jan 2019 562
2 Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 2: clinical, biological and genotype/phenotype correlation study of a cohort of 90 patients Mathieu Anheim et al. · Brain Open access 20 Aug 2009 250
3 Defining control strategies for analysing microgrids islanded operation João Peças Lopes, Carlos Moreira, André Madureira Conference paper Jun 2005 167
4 Nurses’ Mental Health During the Covid-19 Outbreak Francisco Leonardo de Araújo Sampaio, Carlos Alberto Da Cruz Sequeira, Laetitia Teixeira · Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 5 Aug 2020 157
5 Clinical Virtual Simulation in Nursing Education José Miguel Padilha, Paulo Machado, Ana Ribeiro et al. · Clinical Simulation in Nursing 8 Dec 2017 137
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidade Sénior Contemporânea?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Public Policy, Nationalism, Colonialism, Social Impact, Propaganda, History and Gender.

▲ 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. Education10▲ 5.7×25 topics
  2. Globalization7▲ 3.5×23 topics
  3. Public Policy7▲ 14×11 topics
  4. Nationalism7▲ 14×7 topics
  5. Colonialism6▲ 13×9 topics
  6. Sustainability6▲ 2.4×15 topics
  7. Social Impact6▲ 15×4 topics
  8. History5▲ 7.6×10 topics
  9. Propaganda5▲ 100×3 topics
  10. Gender5▲ 9.4×11 topics
  11. Quality of Life5▲ 3.5×19 topics
  12. Social Movements5▲ 17×9 topics
  13. Historiography5▲ 41×7 topics
  14. Identity5▲ 6.9×12 topics
  15. Cultural Heritage5▲ 8.6×8 topics
  16. Cultural Studies5▲ 12×7 topics
  17. Pedagogy4▲ 8.0×8 topics
  18. Brazilian Scientists4▲ 302×1 topic
  19. Science Funding4▲ 302×1 topic
  20. Teacher Training4▲ 5.9×7 topics
  21. Qualitative Research4▲ 4.2×6 topics
  22. Memory3▲ 13×6 topics
  23. Social Support3▲ 6.1×11 topics
  24. Religion3▲ 6.6×5 topics
  25. Spanish Civil War3▲ 180×2 topics
  26. Cultural Identity3▲ 5.3×7 topics
  27. Anthropology3▲ 27×4 topics
  28. Political Conflict3▲ 186×2 topics
  29. Catholicism2▲ 68×2 topics
  30. Community Participation2▲ 6.8×3 topics
  31. Historical Memory2▲ 81×2 topics
  32. Aging Population2▲ 27×4 topics
  33. Elderly Care2▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Francoist Regime2▲ 374×1 topic
  35. Post-war Spain2▲ 374×1 topic
  36. Spain2▲ 65×3 topics
  37. Media Studies2▲ 36×3 topics
  38. Science Education2▲ 36×2 topics
  39. Social Change2▲ 18×5 topics
  40. Healthcare Methodologies2▲ 212×1 topic

Which research topics does Universidade Sénior Contemporânea publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Science and Science Education, Spanish History and Politics, History, Culture, and Society and Chemistry Education and Research.

Science and Science Educ…4Science and Science Education: 4 fractional worksSpanish History and Politics: 2 fractional worksHistory, Culture, and So…2History, Culture, and Society: 2 fractional worksChemistry Education and …2Chemistry Education and Research: 2 fractional worksItalian Fascism and Post-war Society: 2 fractional worksCultural, Media, and Literary Studies: 2 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and P…1Education Pedagogy and Practices: 1 fractional worksAfrican history and culture studies: 1 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 1 fractional worksMedia, Journalism, and Communication History: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsHistorySpeech and HearingEducation3 others

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

  1. 1 Science and Science Education Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  2. 2 Spanish History and Politics History 2 works
  3. 3 History, Culture, and Society Speech and Hearing 2 works
  4. 4 Chemistry Education and Research Education 2 works
  5. 5 Italian Fascism and Post-war Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies Philosophy 2 works
  7. 7 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 1 works
  8. 8 African history and culture studies Anthropology 1 works
  9. 9 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Media, Journalism, and Communication History History 1 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 available75.5%not open24.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.2%domestic only61.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidade Sénior Contemporânea's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% 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 Sénior Contemporânea as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00043% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Universidade Sénior Contemporânea0.00038% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidade Sénior Contemporânea over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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