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Law research in Portugal

Ministério da Justiça ranks first in Portugal for Law research in 2022-now (#86 worldwide), followed by University of Coimbra and University of Lisbon.

Portugal's world rank
#25
of 46 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
889
Top-10% rate
9.4%
Ranked institutions
4

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Law in Portugal?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Ministério da JustiçaLisbon #8627.07.7%172
2University of CoimbraCoimbra #2897.17.2%120
3University of LisbonLisbon #3474.18.6%118
4University of MinhoBraga #4001.87.8%61

Institutions in Portugal above the floor of 40 fractional works in Law, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Law researchers in Portugal?

Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Pedro C. Magalhães and Vera Lúcia Raposo rank highest among researchers based in Portugal, on their papers in Law that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Boaventura de Sousa Santos#1,422,265 worldwide overall7.0 of 22 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Pedro C. Magalhães#140,242 worldwide overall3.9 of 6 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Vera Lúcia Raposo#4,114,002 worldwide overall3.2 of 5 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Luís de Sousa#1,143,643 worldwide overall1.7 of 2 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Veronica Corcodel#2,080,032 worldwide overall1.5 of 2 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Fabrizio Macagno#798,640 worldwide overall2.5 of 7 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Fernando Bação#79,809 worldwide overall1.3 of 2 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 7Diego Marcelo Bonilla-Morejón#1,491,350 worldwide overall1.6 of 4 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Ana Paula Dourado#2,498,313 worldwide overall1.8 of 6 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10David Duarte#2,432,990 worldwide overall1.5 of 4 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Nuno António#803,470 worldwide overall1.6 of 2 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 11Hugo Enrique Mendoza Armijos#1,335,726 worldwide overall1.4 of 3 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Orlando Gomes#6,142,578 worldwide overall1.8 of 6 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Paula Espírito Santo#2,178,365 worldwide overall1.2 of 2 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Enrico Borghetto#932,093 worldwide overall1.3 of 1 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Portugal on their work in Law alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Portugal compares with other countries in Law