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Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon ranked 10th in Portugal, 1354th in the global 2024 rating, and scored in the TOP 50% across 132 research topics. Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 18,377 academic publications and 318,595 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of 13 notable alumni.

Ranking Category
#1354 of 14,131 In the World
#495 of 2,785 In Europe
#10 of 95 In Portugal
#5 of 27 In Lisbon
#125 of 1,019 For Marine Engineering
#293 of 2,119 For Theoretical Physics
#309 of 1,039 For Information Technology
#1987 of 7,738 For Alumni Impact
#2793 of 14,131 For Non-academic Prominence
Top50% For 129 other topics

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Engineering rankings

Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon ranked 7th for Engineering in Portugal and 774th in the World with 12,813 publications made and 237,943 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering.

Engineering ranking Location
#7 of 29 In Portugal
#277 of 1,453 In Europe
#774 of 6,684 In the World

Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon
Engineering Publications & Citations

Year Engineering publications Engineering citations
1991 73 172
1992 68 199
1993 88 223
1994 82 293
1995 72 367
1996 116 492
1997 100 456
1998 104 568
1999 137 721
2000 118 742
2001 161 910
2002 355 1490
2003 249 1493
2004 263 1740
2005 307 2332
2006 350 2882
2007 380 3426
2008 460 3974
2009 395 4729
2010 420 5676
2011 523 6683
2012 622 7870
2013 669 9519
2014 679 11159
2015 574 12162
2016 567 13613
2017 570 14131
2018 560 15814
2019 664 17659
2020 654 19994
2021 732 23060
2022 670 23577
2023 701 23128

The following table provides academic rankings for Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon in various areas of Engineering.

Engineering subfield Portugal ranking Europe ranking World rank
Marine Engineering 2 44 125
Construction Management 6 123 337
Renewable Energy Engineering 8 113 345
Firefighting and Fire Science 8 99 347
Reliability and Quality Engineering 4 114 369
Structural Engineering 5 132 384
Architectural Engineering 6 151 408
Operations Research 5 136 414
Industrial Engineering 8 173 438
Technical Drawing 6 156 448
Transportation Engineering 6 165 455
Remote Sensing 4 181 467
Civil Engineering 6 170 483
Electronic Engineering 4 165 488
Automation and Control engineering 4 167 497
Architecture 8 232 515
Nuclear Engineering 3 177 525
Computer Engineering 6 189 535
Automotive Engineering 5 178 576
Biochemical Engineering 9 262 595
Electrical Engineering 7 220 613
Mechanical Engineering 6 239 625
Aerospace Engineering 5 245 642
Aviation 5 252 661
Geotechnical Engineering 6 224 669
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 7 273 670
Product and Industrial Design 8 254 676
Engineering Management 8 243 701
Robotics 8 249 713
Systems Engineering 8 302 724
Telecommunications 7 273 741
Computer Networking 7 274 743
Metallurgical Engineering 7 264 757
Materials Science 7 282 784
Environmental Engineering 8 271 785
Acoustical Engineering 7 322 841
Nanotechnology 7 285 851
Human-Computer Interaction 11 375 871
Landscape Architecture 8 340 880
Optical Engineering 7 332 881
Applied/Engineering Physics 7 333 918
Chemical Engineering 7 303 940
Petroleum Engineering 7 316 983
Mining Engineering 10 286 1011
Biomedical Engineering 11 385 1108
Biotechnology 12 435 1475

Physics rankings

Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon ranked 7th for Physics in Portugal and 706th in the World with 12,248 publications made and 237,255 citations received. Main research topics: Quantum and Particle physics, Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Astrophysics and Astronomy, Nuclear Physics.

Physics ranking Location
#7 of 29 In Portugal
#264 of 1,446 In Europe
#706 of 6,603 In the World

Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon
Physics Publications & Citations

Year Physics publications Physics citations
1991 68 163
1992 63 186
1993 85 208
1994 69 280
1995 74 361
1996 116 500
1997 109 454
1998 97 582
1999 139 734
2000 123 798
2001 160 938
2002 329 1515
2003 257 1575
2004 258 1859
2005 308 2459
2006 360 3015
2007 358 3540
2008 452 4075
2009 396 4858
2010 414 5756
2011 515 6743
2012 606 7947
2013 646 9457
2014 638 10912
2015 534 12150
2016 546 13362
2017 560 13841
2018 519 15409
2019 604 16986
2020 596 19283
2021 658 21878
2022 604 22188
2023 659 21774

The following table provides academic rankings for Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon in various areas of Physics.

Physics subfield Portugal ranking Europe ranking World rank
Theoretical Physics 3 143 293
Nuclear Physics 3 217 514
Astrophysics and Astronomy 5 258 629
Atomic and Molecular physics 4 283 655
Quantum and Particle physics 7 258 676
Materials Science 7 282 784
Medical Physics 7 314 805
Acoustical Engineering 7 322 841
Nanotechnology 7 285 851
Optical Engineering 7 332 881
Condensed Matter Physics 7 317 881
Applied/Engineering Physics 7 333 918
Astrobiology 7 366 997
Biophysics 9 436 1357

Chemistry rankings

Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon ranked 7th for Chemistry in Portugal and 1067th in the World with 9,450 publications made and 198,054 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physical chemistry, Chemical Engineering.

Chemistry ranking Location
#7 of 29 In Portugal
#364 of 1,401 In Europe
#1067 of 6,447 In the World

Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon
Chemistry Publications & Citations

Year Chemistry publications Chemistry citations
1991 64 152
1992 63 174
1993 80 233
1994 68 300
1995 73 349
1996 103 489
1997 98 446
1998 88 523
1999 103 666
2000 90 749
2001 126 847
2002 218 1189
2003 187 1209
2004 196 1453
2005 224 1960
2006 235 2295
2007 244 2810
2008 313 3106
2009 262 3742
2010 275 4403
2011 385 5065
2012 437 6014
2013 518 7431
2014 451 8576
2015 413 9642
2016 450 10791
2017 469 11474
2018 410 13053
2019 502 14544
2020 495 17100
2021 544 19622
2022 468 20173
2023 520 19528

The following table provides academic rankings for Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon in various areas of Chemistry.

Chemistry subfield Portugal ranking Europe ranking World rank
Biochemical Engineering 9 262 595
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 7 273 670
Computational Chemistry 6 305 774
Materials Science 7 282 784
Physical chemistry 7 284 804
Nanotechnology 7 285 851
Petrology and Geochemistry 9 329 877
Inorganic Chemistry 7 308 912
Chemical Engineering 7 303 940
Pharmacy 7 362 1030
Organic Chemistry 7 355 1045
Environmental Chemistry 8 398 1177
Nutrition and Food Science 10 374 1212
Radiochemistry 7 320 1262
Biochemistry 8 419 1335

Environmental Science rankings

Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon ranked 8th for Environmental Science in Portugal and 1029th in the World with 8,019 publications made and 154,559 citations received. Main research topics: Geology, Geography and Cartography, Ecology, Paleontology, Oceanography.

Environmental Science ranking Location
#8 of 29 In Portugal
#370 of 1,458 In Europe
#1029 of 6,798 In the World

Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon
Environmental Science Publications & Citations

Year Environmental Science publications Environmental Science citations
1991 35 79
1992 41 90
1993 46 119
1994 50 162
1995 38 198
1996 69 265
1997 65 275
1998 79 295
1999 79 413
2000 58 477
2001 78 551
2002 151 736
2003 116 834
2004 153 984
2005 164 1271
2006 179 1583
2007 225 1962
2008 248 2306
2009 249 2979
2010 251 3551
2011 311 4217
2012 364 5042
2013 441 6047
2014 458 7244
2015 360 8062
2016 359 8961
2017 350 9400
2018 372 10389
2019 423 12184
2020 426 13913
2021 535 16678
2022 547 17566
2023 527 16914

The following table provides academic rankings for Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon in various areas of Environmental Science.

Environmental Science subfield Portugal ranking Europe ranking World rank
Geotechnical Engineering 6 224 669
Environmental Management 8 244 688
Hydrology and Water resources management 8 201 711
Oceanography 8 264 712
Environmental Engineering 8 271 785
Meteorology and Atmospheric Science 7 302 804
Geography and Cartography 7 329 849
Petrology and Geochemistry 9 329 877
Earth science and Geophysics 9 322 942
Geology 8 347 954
Mining Engineering 10 286 1011
Urban and Regional planning 12 479 1025
Ecology 10 384 1073
Environmental Chemistry 8 398 1177
Paleontology 12 411 1190
Forestry 10 409 1337
Agricultural Science 11 427 1440
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 12 445 1602

Computer Science rankings

Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon ranked 7th for Computer Science in Portugal and 912th in the World with 7,975 publications made and 127,088 citations received. Main research topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Telecommunications, Machine Learning, Computer Networking, Computer Vision.

Computer Science ranking Location
#7 of 29 In Portugal
#345 of 1,459 In Europe
#912 of 6,752 In the World

Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon
Computer Science Publications & Citations

Year Computer Science publications Computer Science citations
1991 34 110
1992 36 111
1993 29 117
1994 40 133
1995 21 163
1996 41 214
1997 46 206
1998 34 212
1999 58 275
2000 64 276
2001 85 364
2002 248 935
2003 152 794
2004 151 889
2005 204 1242
2006 216 1539
2007 239 1870
2008 270 2196
2009 254 2713
2010 284 3178
2011 355 3771
2012 401 4510
2013 399 5137
2014 397 5905
2015 358 6408
2016 343 6940
2017 362 7007
2018 322 7688
2019 404 8792
2020 439 9858
2021 543 11604
2022 482 12363
2023 490 12209

The following table provides academic rankings for Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon in various areas of Computer Science.

Computer Science subfield Portugal ranking Europe ranking World rank
Information Technology 3 83 309
Computer Engineering 6 189 535
Web Design and Development 7 227 581
Management Information Systems 10 293 661
Software Engineering 7 309 684
Computer Graphics 6 285 692
Animation 6 276 712
Robotics 8 249 713
Telecommunications 7 273 741
Computer Networking 7 274 743
Artificial Intelligence (AI) 7 289 746
Computer Vision 6 284 757
Machine Learning 7 293 819
Multimedia 11 348 869
Human-Computer Interaction 11 375 871
UX/UI Desgin 11 355 884
Blockchain and Cryptography 9 325 945
Computational Linguistics 7 361 988
Cyber Security 8 365 1003
Cognitive Science 7 352 1019
Data Science 11 435 1083
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 9 410 1224
Library and Information science 8 483 1441
Neuroscience 13 555 1817

Biology rankings

Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon ranked 9th for Biology in Portugal and 1344th in the World with 7,915 publications made and 157,230 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Genetics, Paleontology, Nanotechnology, Botany.

Biology ranking Location
#9 of 29 In Portugal
#427 of 1,445 In Europe
#1344 of 6,770 In the World

Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon
Biology Publications & Citations

Year Biology publications Biology citations
1991 39 100
1992 35 106
1993 47 165
1994 54 225
1995 46 217
1996 63 315
1997 56 282
1998 59 348
1999 66 443
2000 62 556
2001 104 653
2002 157 827
2003 125 933
2004 150 1109
2005 168 1548
2006 209 1871
2007 198 2287
2008 202 2597
2009 209 3124
2010 234 3664
2011 307 4026
2012 355 4695
2013 400 5991
2014 374 7085
2015 379 8029
2016 372 8738
2017 400 9326
2018 364 10635
2019 473 12200
2020 472 14345
2021 532 16670
2022 508 17324
2023 511 16904

The following table provides academic rankings for Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon in various areas of Biology.

Biology subfield Portugal ranking Europe ranking World rank
Nanotechnology 7 285 851
Toxicology 9 286 898
Astrobiology 7 366 997
Paleontology 12 411 1190
Nutrition and Food Science 10 374 1212
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 9 410 1224
Evolutionary Biology 8 441 1229
Microbiology 11 390 1246
Biochemistry 8 419 1335
Forestry 10 409 1337
Biophysics 9 436 1357
Botany 12 421 1380
Agricultural Science 11 427 1440
Genetics 10 449 1463
Biotechnology 12 435 1475
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 12 445 1602
Oncology and Cancer research 11 474 1722
Molecular Biology 10 493 1795
Neuroscience 13 555 1817
Zoology 12 512 1875
Immunology 11 528 2015
Horticulture 16 492 2023
Pharmacology 14 536 2179
Virology 14 567 2263

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences rankings

Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon ranked 9th for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Portugal and 1123rd in the World with 6,926 publications made and 105,868 citations received. Main research topics: Philosophy, History, Political Science, Archaeology, Law.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences ranking Location
#9 of 32 In Portugal
#433 of 1,492 In Europe
#1123 of 7,020 In the World

Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Publications & Citations

Year Liberal Arts & Social Sciences publications Liberal Arts & Social Sciences citations
1991 21 71
1992 19 65
1993 22 68
1994 20 73
1995 19 102
1996 41 108
1997 35 142
1998 42 153
1999 44 209
2000 46 193
2001 59 306
2002 121 548
2003 86 557
2004 97 585
2005 140 869
2006 158 1113
2007 154 1280
2008 190 1668
2009 217 2099
2010 217 2436
2011 296 2980
2012 340 3463
2013 371 4149
2014 372 4863
2015 327 5390
2016 322 5769
2017 319 6089
2018 351 6564
2019 382 7763
2020 426 9218
2021 529 11256
2022 489 11747
2023 530 11655

The following table provides academic rankings for Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon in various areas of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences subfield Portugal ranking Europe ranking World rank
Archaeology 7 338 846
History 7 356 903
Philosophy 9 399 971
Linguistics 7 386 1015
Urban and Regional planning 12 479 1025
Aesthetics 10 437 1119
Art History 9 465 1244
Law 12 493 1369
Political Science 12 528 1392
Journalism and Digital Media 11 472 1427
Library and Information science 8 483 1441
Education Majors 11 451 1445
Communications and Public Relations 13 519 1493
Anthropology 12 523 1503
Sociology 14 522 1586
Classics and Ancient History 11 570 1733
Demography 14 540 1828
Theology / Divinity / Religious studies 12 637 1987

Mathematics rankings

Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon ranked 7th for Mathematics in Portugal and 827th in the World with 4,623 publications made and 77,515 citations received. Main research topics: Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Operations Research, Blockchain and Cryptography.

Mathematics ranking Location
#7 of 29 In Portugal
#313 of 1,388 In Europe
#827 of 6,305 In the World

Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon
Mathematics Publications & Citations

Year Mathematics publications Mathematics citations
1991 20 43
1992 18 46
1993 22 45
1994 17 56
1995 8 80
1996 31 117
1997 33 112
1998 19 119
1999 44 182
2000 42 165
2001 54 227
2002 108 450
2003 77 471
2004 82 476
2005 114 684
2006 127 911
2007 135 1099
2008 154 1250
2009 156 1604
2010 154 1753
2011 197 2221
2012 236 2548
2013 256 3125
2014 229 3430
2015 219 3925
2016 198 4195
2017 193 4116
2018 203 4522
2019 219 5121
2020 257 5854
2021 322 6842
2022 296 7228
2023 289 6997

The following table provides academic rankings for Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon in various areas of Mathematics.

Mathematics subfield Portugal ranking Europe ranking World rank
Operations Research 5 136 414
Applied Mathematics 5 248 590
Statistics 7 301 796
Blockchain and Cryptography 9 325 945
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 10 384 947
Math Teachers 10 451 1524

Business rankings

Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon ranked 8th for Business in Portugal and 824th in the World with 3,824 publications made and 58,095 citations received. Main research topics: Management, Finance, Marketing, Management Information Systems, Project Management.

Business ranking Location
#8 of 30 In Portugal
#327 of 1,414 In Europe
#824 of 6,187 In the World

Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon
Business Publications & Citations

Year Business publications Business citations
1991 6 22
1992 15 32
1993 9 36
1994 14 33
1995 11 32
1996 13 49
1997 21 49
1998 17 63
1999 29 79
2000 28 107
2001 37 146
2002 94 372
2003 65 378
2004 59 365
2005 96 465
2006 100 645
2007 120 703
2008 141 913
2009 131 1069
2010 130 1340
2011 151 1614
2012 181 1835
2013 198 2187
2014 203 2531
2015 172 2766
2016 161 3087
2017 178 3223
2018 177 3549
2019 207 4087
2020 212 4568
2021 287 5515
2022 248 5833
2023 252 5700

The following table provides academic rankings for Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon in various areas of Business.

Business subfield Portugal ranking Europe ranking World rank
Construction Management 6 123 337
Operations Research 5 136 414
Supply Chain Management 5 176 564
Project Management 8 246 573
Entrepreneurship 11 281 583
Risk Management 7 281 656
Management Information Systems 10 293 661
Management 7 258 697
Engineering Management 8 243 701
International Trade 11 405 712
International Business 12 436 829
Entertainment Industry Business 13 329 870
Finance 9 360 873
Marketing 11 372 943
Investment Banking and Stock trading 10 356 956
Accounting 9 409 1093
Advertising 11 459 1248

Economics rankings

Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon ranked 9th for Economics in Portugal and 1000th in the World with 2,037 publications made and 35,908 citations received. Main research topics: Finance, Development Studies, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Environmental Economics, International Trade.

Economics ranking Location
#9 of 29 In Portugal
#389 of 1,366 In Europe
#1000 of 5,995 In the World

Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon
Economics Publications & Citations

Year Economics publications Economics citations
1991 2 10
1992 4 7
1993 7 22
1994 11 18
1995 4 19
1996 9 31
1997 13 31
1998 10 37
1999 13 40
2000 14 67
2001 18 122
2002 33 135
2003 21 162
2004 27 191
2005 38 244
2006 50 302
2007 64 364
2008 64 424
2009 68 563
2010 62 643
2011 81 850
2012 93 925
2013 116 1146
2014 106 1347
2015 90 1504
2016 82 1670
2017 84 1791
2018 97 2082
2019 105 2334
2020 126 2602
2021 176 3297
2022 153 3685
2023 168 3611

The following table provides academic rankings for Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon in various areas of Economics.

Economics subfield Portugal ranking Europe ranking World rank
Environmental Economics 7 129 315
International Trade 11 405 712
International Economics 11 436 768
Finance 9 360 873
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 10 384 947
Investment Banking and Stock trading 10 356 956
Development Studies 9 420 1248

Art & Design rankings

Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon ranked 8th for Art & Design in Portugal and 1044th in the World with 1,544 publications made and 17,881 citations received. Main research topics: Fashion Design, Literature, Computer Graphics, Aesthetics, Architecture.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

Art & Design ranking Location
#8 of 28 In Portugal
#415 of 1,349 In Europe
#1044 of 5,720 In the World

Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon
Art & Design Publications & Citations

Year Art & Design publications Art & Design citations
1991 4 18
1992 5 18
1993 3 16
1994 10 20
1995 5 20
1996 13 32
1997 4 23
1998 10 36
1999 8 35
2000 10 43
2001 14 56
2002 32 120
2003 28 90
2004 28 134
2005 24 181
2006 36 198
2007 44 281
2008 57 313
2009 51 368
2010 60 447
2011 55 516
2012 73 665
2013 94 729
2014 74 854
2015 62 882
2016 65 987
2017 62 1024
2018 70 1029
2019 98 1155
2020 97 1468
2021 113 1680
2022 103 1782
2023 101 1853

The following table provides academic rankings for Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon in various areas of Art & Design.

Art & Design subfield Portugal ranking Europe ranking World rank
Architecture 8 232 515
Graphic Design 7 238 585
Illustration and Concept Art 7 267 611
Computer Graphics 6 285 692
Painting and Drawing 8 297 708
Sculpture 8 297 708
Animation 6 276 712
Cinematography 11 297 739
Multimedia 11 348 869
Entertainment Industry Business 13 329 870
Landscape Architecture 8 340 880
UX/UI Desgin 11 355 884
Interior Design 7 323 899
Fashion Design 10 369 899
Aesthetics 10 437 1119
Literature 8 451 1193
Art History 9 465 1244

Other rankings

Non-core subjects for Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon

Speciality Portugal Europe World Rank
Optometry 6 323 997
Orthodontics 8 391 1140
Dentistry 9 391 1183
Dermatology 8 361 1210
Radiology and Nuclear medicine 7 413 1269
Sports Medicine 11 449 1283
Veterinary 9 333 1304
Social Psychology 9 459 1317
Paramedicine and Emergency medicine 7 413 1373
Ophthalmology 8 435 1393
Radiation Therapy 10 411 1440
Cardiology 8 454 1463
Anatomy and Physiology 10 469 1496
Surgery 9 457 1552
Gastroenterology and Hepatology 8 426 1555
Psychology 9 499 1559
Physical Therapy 13 502 1575
Healthcare Management (MHA) 13 493 1586
Public Health 14 482 1591
Critical Care Nursing 13 511 1633
Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN) 10 545 1677
Gerontology 17 508 1690
Medicine 11 523 1730
Child Psychology 14 523 1737
Pathology 11 520 1803
Pediatrics 12 530 1904
Anesthesiology 10 537 1946
Nursing 18 572 2057
Psychiatry 14 580 2062
Family medicine 20 608 2490
Clinical Psychology 22 660 2529
Health Science 20 637 2553