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University of Lisbon

In research, University of Lisbon stands highest in Social Sciences (#49 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#105 of 10,521 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#298 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Architecture, Earth-Surface Processes and Anthropology — Architecture is 4.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#257
of 28,054 · #430 all time
Rank in Portugal
#1
of 187
Research works
57k
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.1M
19.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is University of Lisbon 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 SciencesField #49 of 6,365 22.2%1,836 #234
Social SciencesDomain #105 of 10,521 23.0%4,034 #269
Physical SciencesDomain #298 of 12,888 21.5%5,147 #466
Environmental ScienceField #91 of 3,551 24.1%973 #177
Business, Management and AccountingField #79 of 2,578 30.6%413 #162
Health SciencesDomain #374 of 11,982 20.4%1,870 #641
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #107 of 3,409 30.5%628 #223
Life SciencesDomain #294 of 7,800 25.8%1,531 #480
EngineeringField #261 of 6,636 21.0%1,736 #380
MedicineField #506 of 10,443 19.9%1,442 #815

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Lisbon 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#234 #49
  2. Social Sciences#269 #105
  3. Physical Sciences#466 #298
  4. Environmental Science#177 #91
  5. Business, Management and Accounting#162 #79
  6. Health Sciences#641 #374
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#223 #107
  8. Life Sciences#480 #294
  9. Engineering#380 #261
  10. Medicine#815 #506
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 Lisbon specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Architecture takes 4.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ArchitectureSubfield · 24.2 works4.9×
  2. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 56.6 works3.8×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 133.6 works3.8×
  4. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 123.7 works3.1×
← 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: 1.05× its world share, 628 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 561 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.79× its world share, 100 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.99× its world share, 201 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 40 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.33× its world share, 58 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.06× its world share, 209 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 788 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 323 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 110 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.92× its world share, 1,736 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.56× its world share, 973 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.65× its world share, 284 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.49× its world share, 221 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.59× its world share, 446 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.34× its world share, 82 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.84× its world share, 280 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 1,442 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 44 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.34× its world share, 23 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.10× its world share, 762 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.02× its world share, 413 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 140 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.45× its world share, 392 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.28× its world share, 491 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 1,836 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 Lisbon?

Ranked on the composite score, Cecília M. P. Rodrigues, Pedro J. Teixeira and Cecı́lia Sérgio lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Lisbon.

  1. 1 Cecília M. P. Rodrigues Portugal · #21,045 worldwide 833 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Pedro J. Teixeira Portugal · #26,564 worldwide 511 citations · 84 works
  3. 3 Cecı́lia Sérgio Portugal · #31,488 worldwide 376 citations · 49 works
  4. 4 M.F. Montemor Portugal · #37,118 worldwide 648 citations · 71 works
  5. 5 Fernando P. Carvalho Portugal · #39,185 worldwide 278 citations · 42 works
  6. 6 José Dinis Silvestre Portugal · #39,542 worldwide 417 citations · 50 works
  7. 7 L. S. Pereira Portugal · #42,422 worldwide 836 citations · 92 works
  8. 8 José N. Canongia Lopes Portugal · #45,104 worldwide 649 citations · 53 works
  9. 9 Vítor Cardoso Portugal · #47,556 worldwide 1.6k citations · 117 works
  10. 10 A.F.O. Falcão Portugal · #49,558 worldwide 620 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at University of Lisbon

Which keywords describe research at University of Lisbon?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Globalization, Sustainability, Colonialism, History, Identity, Epidemiology and Cultural Heritage.

▲ 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. Climate Change619▲ 1.83×106 topics
  2. Sustainability453▲ 1.48×104 topics
  3. Globalization435▲ 1.76×141 topics
  4. Epidemiology388▼ 0.78×137 topics
  5. Machine Learning289▼ 0.70×89 topics
  6. Education244◆ 1.13×111 topics
  7. Environmental Impact240◆ 1.12×60 topics
  8. Remote Sensing220▲ 1.42×38 topics
  9. Renewable Energy217▲ 1.20×46 topics
  10. History211▲ 2.4×56 topics
  11. Colonialism209▲ 3.5×43 topics
  12. Identity200▲ 2.2×66 topics
  13. Mental Health200◆ 1.08×44 topics
  14. Public Health187◆ 1.02×68 topics
  15. Quality of Life175◆ 0.96×57 topics
  16. Cultural Heritage174▲ 2.5×32 topics
  17. Public Policy167▲ 2.7×25 topics
  18. Human Rights160▲ 1.23×64 topics
  19. Economic Growth156▲ 1.46×30 topics
  20. Biodiversity151▲ 1.61×34 topics
  21. Innovation145◆ 1.10×62 topics
  22. Conservation134▲ 2.5×23 topics
  23. Literature132▲ 1.93×50 topics
  24. Culture127▲ 1.91×36 topics
  25. Cultural Studies127▲ 2.7×30 topics
  26. Teacher Training123▲ 1.56×21 topics
  27. Invasive Species117▲ 2.2×21 topics
  28. Cultural Identity110▲ 1.69×31 topics
  29. Physical Activity109▲ 1.76×13 topics
  30. Ecosystem Services104▲ 2.1×13 topics
  31. Global Warming104▲ 2.0×14 topics
  32. Urbanization100▲ 1.92×12 topics
  33. Social Movements91▲ 2.4×27 topics
  34. Brazil80▲ 6.5×5 topics
  35. Anthropology70▲ 5.7×9 topics
  36. Portuguese57▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Africa53▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Lusophone51▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Postcolonial51▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Historical Memory49▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does University of Lisbon publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Literature, Culture, and Criticism, History, Culture, and Society, Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories.

Literature, Culture, and…51Literature, Culture, and Criticism: 51 fractional worksHistory, Culture, and So…43History, Culture, and Society: 43 fractional worksCultural, Media, and Literary Studies: 37 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 37 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 34 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 34 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues: 32 fractional worksWave and Wind Energy Sys…31Wave and Wind Energy Systems: 31 fractional worksHistorical Education and Society: 31 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 30 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheorySpeech and HearingPhilosophyAstronomy and Astrophysics6 others

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

  1. 1 Literature, Culture, and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 51 works
  2. 2 History, Culture, and Society Speech and Hearing 43 works
  3. 3 Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies Philosophy 37 works
  4. 4 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 37 works
  5. 5 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 34 works
  6. 6 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 34 works
  7. 7 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 32 works
  8. 8 Wave and Wind Energy Systems Ocean Engineering 31 works
  9. 9 Historical Education and Society Education 31 works
  10. 10 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 30 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 available54.3%not open45.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.0%domestic only69.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Lisbon's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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 Lisbon

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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.