2021 tables: Institutions

The 2021 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020.

Table criteria

Request a badge Export CSV
# Institution Share 2019 Share 2020 Count 2020 Change in Adjusted Share* 2019–2020
1 University of Lisbon (ULISBOA), Portugal 41.02 42.15 240 -0.9%
2 University of Aveiro (UA), Portugal 20.22 18.99 69 -9.5%
3 University of Porto (UP), Portugal 13.05 13.80 117 2.0%
4 Champalimaud Foundation, Portugal 10.89 11.21 25 -0.8%
5 Gulbenkian Science Institute (IGC), Portugal 6.88 10.13 31 42.0%
6 University of Minho (UM), Portugal 7.05 8.83 82 20.7%
7 New University of Lisbon (UNL), Portugal 8.18 8.66 79 2.1%
8 University of Coimbra (UC), Portugal 10.06 8.33 100 -20.2%
9 International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Portugal 3.89 6.12 30 51.8%
10 Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics (LIP), Portugal 1.90 2.70 110 37.0%
11 University of Algarve (UAlg), Portugal 1.12 2.56 23 119.6%
12 Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM), Portugal 4.16 1.71 18 -60.3%
13 University of Beira Interior (UBI), Portugal 0.96 1.11 14 11.1%
14 ISCTE Lisbon University Institute (ISCTE-IUL), Portugal 0.64 1.09 13 63.3%
15 Portuguese Oncology Institute (IPO), Portugal 0.97 1.04 33 3.3%
16 Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon (IPL), Portugal 0.95 1.00 7 0.7%
17 Hospital of St. John (CHSJ), Portugal 0.94 0.92 24 -6.1%
18 Institute of Experimental and Technological Biology (iBET), Portugal 0.07 0.88 2 1081.2%
19 Centro Hospitalar do Porto (CH Porto), Portugal 0.86 0.82 24 -7.9%
20 University of Madeira (UMA), Portugal 0.22 0.78 4 244.5%
21 University of the Azores (UAç), Portugal 0.65 0.77 30 13.9%
22 ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal 0.01 0.77 5 5157.6%
23 University of Évora (UE), Portugal 0.58 0.66 28 9.3%
24 Institute for the Development of New Technologies (UNINOVA), Portugal 0.50 0.50 1 -3.6%
25 Catholic University of Portugal (UCP), Portugal 0.59 0.35 4 -42.5%
26 Águas de Portugal (AdP), S.A., Portugal – 0.33 1 N/A
27 Tropical Research Institute (IICT), Portugal 0.17 0.33 24 90.9%
28 INESC Microsystems and Nanotechnologies (INESC MN), Portugal 0.44 0.31 2 -32.6%
29 Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental (CHLO), Portugal – 0.21 1 N/A
30 Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA), Portugal 0.99 0.19 3 -81.6%
31 Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade (ISQ), Portugal – 0.13 1 N/A
32 Portugal Telecom Inovação, S.A. (PTIn), Portugal 0.46 0.12 5 -74.5%
32 Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (IPLeiria), Portugal 0.46 0.12 5 -74.7%
33 Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB), Portugal 0.18 0.11 1 -39.7%
33 SPAROS Lda., Portugal – 0.11 1 N/A
34 Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho (CHVNG/E), Portugal 0.11 0.09 24 -20.8%
34 Instituto Português do Sangue e da Transplantação (IPST), Portugal 0.11 0.09 24 -20.8%
34 Serviço de Utilização Comum dos Hospitais (SUCH), Portugal 0.11 0.09 24 -20.8%
34 Centro de Reabilitação Profissional de Gaia (CRPG), Portugal 0.11 0.09 24 -20.8%
34 Polytechnic Institute of Porto (IPP), Portugal 0.11 0.09 24 -21.4%
34 Artur Salgado - Ortopedia, Lda., Portugal 0.11 0.09 24 -20.8%
34 Comissão de Coordenação da Região Norte (CCDR-N), Portugal 0.11 0.09 24 -20.8%
35 Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave (IPCA), Portugal 0.04 0.09 2 107.9%
36 Egas Moniz Higher Institute of Health Sciences (ISCSEM), Portugal 0.00 0.08 2 8941.3%
37 University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Portugal 0.00 0.08 4 5196.3%
38 Institute for Systems Engineering and Computers (INESC), Portugal – 0.07 2 N/A
39 Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário (CESPU), CRL, Portugal 0.15 0.07 1 -54.4%
40 Mariculture Center of Calheta (CMC), Portugal – 0.06 1 N/A
41 Biocant - Biotechnology Innovation Center, Portugal – 0.05 1 N/A
42 Sociedade Torrejana de Espeleologia e Arqueologia (STEA), Portugal – 0.05 1 N/A
43 Archaeological Museum of São Miguel de Odrinhas, Portugal – 0.04 1 N/A
44 Ilidio Pinho Foundation, Portugal 0.04 0.04 1 -11.9%
45 Hospital de São Bernardo - Centro Hospitalar de Setúbal EPE, Portugal – 0.04 1 N/A
45 Hospital Garcia de Orta (HGO), Portugal – 0.04 1 N/A
46 Autonomous University of Lisbon (UAL), Portugal – 0.03 1 N/A
47 Archaeosciences Laboratory (LARC), Portugal – 0.03 1 N/A
48 Hospital de Braga, Portugal 0.05 0.03 1 -39.5%
49 Hospital Particular do Algarve-Gambelas, Portugal 0.08 0.03 1 -67.9%
50 Universidade Aberta, Portugal – 0.02 1 N/A
51 Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte (CHULN), Portugal 0.01 0.02 1 54.5%
52 National Health Institute Doutor Ricardo Jorge (INSA), Portugal 0.25 0.01 1 -94.3%
53 Centro Hospitalar De Trás-os-montes E Alto Douro Epe, Portugal – 0.01 2 N/A
54 GenoMed SA, Portugal – 0.01 1 N/A
55 OneVet Group, Portugal 0.01 0.01 1 -13.3%
56 Polytechnic Institute of Viseu (IPV), Portugal 0.00 0.01 1 568.9%
57 ALGAplus, Portugal – 0.00 1 N/A
58 Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies (ULHT), Portugal 0.00 0.00 1 25.4%
59 Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC), Portugal – 0.00 1 N/A

Footnote

Each year, the Nature Index publishes tables based on counts of high-quality research outputs in the previous calendar year. Users please note:

  1. The data behind the tables are based on a relatively small proportion of total research papers, they cover the natural sciences only and outputs are non-normalized (that is, they don’t reflect the size of the country or institution, or its overall research output).
  2. The Nature Index is one indicator of institutional research performance. The metrics of Count and Share used to order Nature Index listings are based on an institution’s or country’s publication output in 82 natural-science journals through 2022, in 2023 64 health-science journals were added to the Index. The 146 journals in the Nature Index were selected on reputation by an independent panel of leading scientists in their fields.
  3. Nature Index recognizes that many other factors must be taken into account when considering research quality and institutional performance; Nature Index metrics alone should not be used to assess institutions or individuals.
  4. Nature Index data and methods are transparent and available under a creative commons licence at nature.com/nature-index/.

The Nature Index database undergoes regular updating, corrections, adjustment of institutional hierarchies, and removal of retracted papers and thus the live website can differ from the frozen annual tables.

*The change in adjusted Share accounts for the small annual variation in the total number of articles in Nature Index journals. Share values have been adjusted to 2022 levels to calculate the percentage change. For more information on the adjustment, please see the Adjusted metric explainer.


Numerical information only is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.