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What We Research - Scientific Production

In line with its role as a Research University, U.Porto’s research ecosystem contributes to approximately one quarter of the scientific production in Portugal.

Between 2017 and 2021, according to data published in the Scientific Production of the University of Porto indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) 2017-2021 report (available in Portuguese), almost a quarter (23,1%) of the Portuguese scientific articles were published in collaboration with the research ecosystem of the U.Porto.

The increase in U.Porto’s scientific production over the last few years is evident, as is the growth in the number of citable documents considered Highly Cited Papers in their respective academic fields. In the period between 2017–2021, U.Porto published 22 208 citable documents (articles and reviews) – 1 573 more than in 2016-2020 – indexed in the WoS, 23,1% of the national total.

Most of U.Porto’s scientific production is in the fields of Exact and Natural Sciences (with 38% citable documents), followed by Medical and Health Sciences (with 29%) and Engineering Science and Technology (21%) (data from WoSo, 2017-2021).

The research produced by the U.Porto is also an important focus of cooperation with other entities in the region, the country and the world - 58% of scientific production (citable documents) at the U.Porto is developed in partnership with institutions from all over the world.

The affirmation of the U. Porto as the main producer of science in Portugal is also reflected in the position that the University has been assuming in the main international rankings, namely in the main scientific barometer of Higher Education, the Leiden Ranking, and in the latest editions of the prestigious National Taiwan University (NTU) Ranking and Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects.

The effort to build the capacity of U.Porto in terms of infrastructures and reinforcement of human resources has also been fundamental to ensure the competitiveness of our scientific production and the quality of our research.