2016 tables: Institutions - academic

The 2016 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015.

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# Institution Share 2015 Count 2015
1 University of Lisbon (ULISBOA), Portugal 32.02 193
2 University of Porto (UP), Portugal 23.27 111
3 University of Aveiro (UA), Portugal 14.90 48
4 New University of Lisbon (UNL), Portugal 14.12 92
5 University of Coimbra (UC), Portugal 13.24 121
6 University of Minho (UM), Portugal 8.38 101
7 University of Algarve (UAlg), Portugal 2.20 12
8 University of Beira Interior (UBI), Portugal 1.63 11
9 University of the Azores (UAç), Portugal 0.77 7
10 ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal 0.33 1
11 Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon (IPL), Portugal 0.31 3
12 ISCTE Lisbon University Institute (ISCTE-IUL), Portugal 0.29 6
13 Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (IPLeiria), Portugal 0.16 5
14 University Fernando Pessoa (UFP), Portugal 0.14 1
15 Polytechnic Institute of Porto (IPP), Portugal 0.12 12
16 University of Évora (UE), Portugal 0.07 4
17 University of Madeira (UMA), Portugal 0.06 2
18 Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário (CESPU), CRL, Portugal 0.03 1

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