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University of Coimbra

In research, University of Coimbra stands highest in Social Sciences (#369 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#425 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#423 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Anthropology, Archeology and Speech and Hearing — Anthropology is 3.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#442
of 28,054 · #679 all time
Rank in Portugal
#3
of 187
Research works
43k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
719k
16.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is University of Coimbra 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 #369 of 10,521 18.4%2,966 #586
Health SciencesDomain #425 of 11,982 17.5%1,601 #773
MedicineField #423 of 10,443 17.4%1,264 #831
Physical SciencesDomain #542 of 12,888 19.8%3,106 #766
Life SciencesDomain #373 of 7,800 25.9%1,057 #606
Social SciencesField #409 of 6,365 15.7%1,492 #644
Environmental ScienceField #272 of 3,551 22.1%545 #542
EngineeringField #568 of 6,636 18.4%1,051 #730
Computer ScienceField #491 of 4,667 18.4%583 #623
Business, Management and AccountingField #277 of 2,578 28.2%248 #403

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Coimbra 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#586 #369
  2. Health Sciences#773 #425
  3. Medicine#831 #423
  4. Physical Sciences#766 #542
  5. Life Sciences#606 #373
  6. Social Sciences#644 #409
  7. Environmental Science#542 #272
  8. Engineering#730 #568
  9. Computer Science#623 #491
  10. Business, Management and Accounting#403 #277
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 University of Coimbra specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Anthropology takes 3.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AnthropologySubfield · 95.9 works3.9×
  2. ArcheologySubfield · 98.3 works3.7×
  3. Speech and HearingSubfield · 57.0 works3.5×
  4. Pharmaceutical ScienceSubfield · 27.4 works2.9×
← 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: 0.75× its world share, 313 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 423 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.59× its world share, 52 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.61× its world share, 228 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.35× its world share, 41 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.01× its world share, 31 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.10× its world share, 151 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.86× its world share, 583 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 136 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.78× its world share, 63 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.80× its world share, 1,051 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.26× its world share, 545 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.89× its world share, 270 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.05× its world share, 108 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.86× its world share, 168 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.48× its world share, 63 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.06× its world share, 245 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.75× its world share, 1,264 worksMedicineNursing: 0.61× its world share, 26 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.12× its world share, 533 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.88× its world share, 248 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 86 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.04× its world share, 195 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.55× its world share, 412 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 1,492 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Coimbra?

Ranked on the composite score, Carlos Fiolhais, Boaventura de Sousa Santos and Paula I. Moreira lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Coimbra.

  1. 1 Carlos Fiolhais · #150 worldwide 3.9k citations · 117 works
  2. 2 Boaventura de Sousa Santos · #3,057 worldwide 404 citations · 102 works
  3. 3 Paula I. Moreira · #14,196 worldwide 631 citations · 55 works
  4. 4 Jorge Batista · #14,660 worldwide 2.1k citations · 43 works
  5. 5 A. Lindote · #25,555 worldwide 636 citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Jorge Cardoso · #26,973 worldwide 430 citations · 55 works
  7. 7 I. Lopes · #28,209 worldwide 670 citations · 68 works
  8. 8 Manuel J. Antunes · #31,775 worldwide 300 citations · 52 works
  9. 9 F. Neves · #36,031 worldwide 716 citations · 61 works
  10. 10 V. N. Solovov · #43,098 worldwide 613 citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at University of Coimbra

Which keywords describe research at University of Coimbra?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Colonialism, Public Policy, Sustainability, History, Mental Health, Brazil 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. Globalization300▲ 1.75×129 topics
  2. Sustainability292▲ 1.37×102 topics
  3. Epidemiology259▼ 0.75×132 topics
  4. Climate Change252◆ 1.07×100 topics
  5. Machine Learning225▼ 0.79×79 topics
  6. Education217▲ 1.45×100 topics
  7. Deep Learning213▼ 0.71×73 topics
  8. Mental Health208▲ 1.63×41 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress182▲ 1.28×60 topics
  10. Quality of Life181▲ 1.43×57 topics
  11. Colonialism174▲ 4.2×43 topics
  12. Public Policy174▲ 4.0×25 topics
  13. History171▲ 2.8×52 topics
  14. Human Rights168▲ 1.87×68 topics
  15. Environmental Impact167◆ 1.13×55 topics
  16. Identity151▲ 2.4×57 topics
  17. Public Health150▲ 1.18×67 topics
  18. Biomedical Applications131▲ 1.26×34 topics
  19. Depression127▲ 1.66×25 topics
  20. Mechanical Properties120▲ 1.41×36 topics
  21. Social Justice109▲ 2.1×44 topics
  22. Social Movements108▲ 4.1×27 topics
  23. Cultural Heritage106▲ 2.2×32 topics
  24. Cultural Identity104▲ 2.3×25 topics
  25. Literature102▲ 2.1×38 topics
  26. Cultural Studies101▲ 3.1×32 topics
  27. Teacher Training100▲ 1.83×20 topics
  28. Brazil91▲ 11×5 topics
  29. Neoliberalism91▲ 2.9×24 topics
  30. Emotion Regulation79▲ 2.9×9 topics
  31. Anthropology72▲ 8.5×9 topics
  32. Environmental Law68▲ 3.8×8 topics
  33. Legal Theory65▲ 10×3 topics
  34. Constitutional Law64▲ 5.4×8 topics
  35. Legal Philosophy62▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Civil Rights62▲ 10×3 topics
  37. Public Administration59▲ 7.8×5 topics
  38. Constitutional Interpretation56▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Judicial Activism56▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Aging Population54▲ 6.8×5 topics

Which research topics does University of Coimbra publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Brazilian Legal Issues, Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies, Literature, Culture, and Criticism and History, Culture, and Society.

Brazilian Legal Issues56Brazilian Legal Issues: 56 fractional worksCultural, Media, and Lit…40Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies: 40 fractional worksLiterature, Culture, and…40Literature, Culture, and Criticism: 40 fractional worksHistory, Culture, and So…37History, Culture, and Society: 37 fractional worksHistorical Education and Society: 36 fractional worksSocial and Economic Solidarity: 26 fractional worksUrban Development and So…26Urban Development and Societal Issues: 26 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 26 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 24 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing a…24Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 24 fractional works
LawPhilosophyLiterature and Literary TheorySpeech and Hearing6 others

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

  1. 1 Brazilian Legal IssuesLaw 56 works
  2. 2 Cultural, Media, and Literary StudiesPhilosophy 40 works
  3. 3 Literature, Culture, and CriticismLiterature and Literary Theory 40 works
  4. 4 History, Culture, and SocietySpeech and Hearing 37 works
  5. 5 Historical Education and SocietyEducation 36 works
  6. 6 Social and Economic SolidaritySociology and Political Science 26 works
  7. 7 Urban Development and Societal IssuesUrban Studies 26 works
  8. 8 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentClinical Psychology 26 works
  9. 9 Fire effects on ecosystemsGlobal and Planetary Change 24 works
  10. 10 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesAutomotive Engineering 24 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 available56.7%not open43.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.5%domestic only73.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Coimbra's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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.

Other research institutions in Coimbra

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.