Portugal's Top 2% Scientists 2022

Portugal has 770 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 9.5% from 703 in 2021. That places Portugal 34th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. Universidade do Porto has the most listed scientists (121), followed by Instituto Superior Técnico (66).

Single Year

770

+67 (+9.5%) vs 2021

Career Data

515

+34 (+7.1%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#34

up 1 place vs 2021

Institutes

128

+14 (+12.3%) vs 2021

Scientists in Portugal on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 39% since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+27.4%

2022+9.5%

2023+2.7%

2024+12.4%

2025+10.7%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	552		385
2021	703	+27.4%	481	+24.9%
2022	770	+9.5%	515	+7.1%
2023	791	+2.7%	572	+11.1%
2024	889	+12.4%	633	+10.7%
2025	984	+10.7%	711	+12.3%

Top 10 institutes in Portugal

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Rank in Portugal	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	2,308	PD Paulo Davim, J.	Universidade de Aveiro	Materials	Rank 39
2	2,929	BJ Bioucas-Dias, José M.	Instituto Superior Técnico	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 19
3	3,118	GS Guedes Soares, C.	Instituto Superior Técnico	Civil Engineering	Rank 5
4	3,275	TM Tenreiro Machado, José	Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 28
5	4,257	MJ Mano, João F.	CICECO – Instituto de Materiais de Aveiro	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 21
6	4,446	DB de Brito, Jorge	Instituto Superior Técnico	Building & Construction	Rank 22
7	4,831	RT Rocha-Santos, Teresa	Universidade de Aveiro	Environmental Sciences	Rank 50
8	5,881	PF Pacheco-Torgal, Fernando	Universidade do Minho	Building & Construction	Rank 27
9	6,593	LF Lobo, Francisco S.N.	Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 64
10	6,638	MM Montemor, M. F.	Instituto Superior Técnico	Energy	Rank 126
11	6,979	Prata, Joana C.	Universidade de Aveiro	Environmental Sciences	Rank 72
12	6,980	LA Liddle, A. R.	Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 72
13	7,155	Rodrigues, Joel J.P.C.	Universidade Federal do Piauí	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 56
14	7,397	LS Loureiro, Sandra Maria Correia	Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa	Marketing	Rank 35
15	7,463	FI Ferreira, Isabel C.F.R.	Instituto Politecnico de Braganca	Food Science	Rank 43
16	7,832	CJ Catalão, João P.S.	Universidade do Porto	Energy	Rank 150
17	7,986	GJ Gama, João	Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 269
18	8,177	LP Lourenço, Paulo B.	Universidade do Minho	Building & Construction	Rank 43
19	8,453	PN Peres, N. M.R.	Universidade do Minho	Applied Physics	Rank 178
20	8,476	MC Manaia, Célia M.	Escola Superior de Biotecnologia da Universidade Católica Portuguesa	Microbiology	Rank 182
21	8,568	FJ Ferro, José M.	Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 536
22	8,611	FA Ferreira, A. J.M.	Universidade do Porto	Materials	Rank 120
23	9,156	FJ Figueiredo, J. L.	Universidade do Porto	Physical Chemistry	Rank 35
24	9,167	CM Chaves, M. M.	Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 123
25	9,970	CF Cardoso, Fatima	Champalimaud Clinical Centre	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 386
26	10,114	FA Falcão, António F.O.	Instituto Superior Técnico	Energy	Rank 194
27	10,393	CR Cunha, Rodrigo A.	University of Coimbra, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 642
28	10,852	VM Veldhoen, Marc	Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes	Immunology	Rank 316
29	11,497	RR Reis, Rui L.	Universidade do Minho	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 46
30	11,879	SB Sarmento, Bruno	i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 55
31	11,899	AR Almeida, Ricardo	Centro de Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Matemática e Aplicações	General Mathematics	Rank 36
32	12,591	BL Barros, Lillian	Instituto Politecnico de Braganca	Food Science	Rank 71
33	12,638	CJ Coutinho, João A.P.	CICECO – Instituto de Materiais de Aveiro	Chemical Engineering	Rank 62
34	12,798	RL Rodrigues, Lígia R.	Universidade do Minho	Biotechnology	Rank 38
35	12,936	MM Miguel, Maria Graça	Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 160
36	13,114	PH Pereira, Helena	Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa	Forestry	Rank 7
37	13,718	SE Souto, Eliana B.	Universidade do Porto	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 67
38	13,801	FM Figueiredo, Mário A.T.	Instituto de Telecomunicacoes	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 446
39	13,831	OT Oliveira, T.	NOVA Information Management School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa	Information Systems	Rank 40
40	13,882	HR Heald, Richard J.	Champalimaud Foundation	Surgery	Rank 39
41	14,423	CV Cardoso, Vitor	Instituto Superior Técnico	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 154
42	14,895	BC Barros, C. P.	Universidade de Lisboa	Economics	Rank 227
43	15,251	SM Simões, Manuel	Universidade do Porto	Microbiology	Rank 364
44	15,797	MP Moreira, Paula I.	Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Medicina	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 932
45	15,993	SN Sousa, Nuno	Universidade do Minho	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 946
46	16,080	SM Sohel Murshed, S. M.	Instituto Superior Técnico	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 438
47	17,036	FP Flores, Paulo	Universidade do Minho	Design Practice & Management	Rank 9
48	17,670	CF Carvalho, Fernando P.	Instituto Superior Técnico	Environmental Sciences	Rank 208
49	18,059	SM Silveirinha, Mário G.	Instituto Superior Técnico	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 151
50	18,242	MR Marques, Rui Cunha	Instituto Superior Técnico	Environmental Engineering	Rank 87
51	18,567	LP Leitão, P.	Instituto Politecnico de Braganca	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 169
52	18,591	Oliva-Teles, Aires	CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research	Fisheries	Rank 31
53	18,796	PL Pereira, Luis S.	Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 115
54	19,164	DR Dinis-Oliveira, Ricardo Jorge	Universidade do Porto	Toxicology	Rank 79
55	19,663	KS Kundu, Subhas C.	Universidade do Minho	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 85
56	20,393	DC da Costa, João Pinto	Universidade de Aveiro	Environmental Sciences	Rank 250
57	20,448	CS Carabineiro, Sónia A.C.	Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa	Physical Chemistry	Rank 93
58	20,473	DS da Silva, Lucas F.M.	Universidade do Porto	Polymers	Rank 160
59	20,808	RA Rodrigues, Alírio	Universidade do Porto	Chemical Engineering	Rank 109
60	21,441	DS de Sousa Santos, Boaventura	Universidade de Coimbra	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 137
61	22,666	FP Fernandes, Paulo M.	Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agroambientais e Biológicas	Forestry	Rank 22
62	22,727	BJ Brilha, José	Universidade do Minho	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 393
63	23,359	DN Das Neves, José	INEB-Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 118
64	23,400	SE Schellenberg, E. Glenn	Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa	Experimental Psychology	Rank 345
65	23,443	PL Pereira, Leonel	University of Coimbra, Marine and Environmental Sciences Center	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 140
66	23,649	BC Brett, Christopher M.A.	University of Coimbra, Centre for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 103
67	24,071	FM Flores, Maria Assunção	Universidade do Minho	Education	Rank 191
68	24,730	DC de Carvalho, Carla C.C.R.	Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences	Biotechnology	Rank 78
69	24,894	Kamel Boulos, Maged N.	Universidade de Lisboa	Public Health	Rank 245
70	25,923	FE Fortunato, Elvira	Centro de Excelência em Microelectrónica e Processos Optoelectrónicos	Applied Physics	Rank 536
71	26,338	CP Camanho, Pedro P.	Universidade do Porto	Materials	Rank 424
72	26,502	FJ Ferreira, João J.	Universidade da Beira Interior	Business & Management	Rank 559
73	27,280	SF Santos, Filipe	UCP - Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics	Business & Management	Rank 574
74	27,905	CP Costa, Paulo	Universidade do Porto	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 138
75	28,972	KE Kastenholz, Elisabeth	Universidade de Aveiro	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 119
76	29,013	PA Phillips, Alan J.L.	Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 34
77	29,669	RP Ravasco, Paula	Universidade Católica Portuguesa	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 214
78	30,165	FL Fonseca, Luís	Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto	Business & Management	Rank 633
79	30,355	CN Cruz-Martins, Natália	i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 737
80	30,377	PR Paterson, R. Russell M.	Universidade do Minho	Microbiology	Rank 727
81	30,983	CP Cortez, Paulo	Universidade do Minho	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 878
82	31,351	RJ Rodriguez, Jonathan	Instituto de Telecomunicacoes	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 259
83	32,653	PJ Pires, José C.	Universidade do Porto	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 606
84	33,700	SN Silvestre, N.	Instituto Superior Técnico	Civil Engineering	Rank 111
85	34,653	AD Araújo, Duarte	Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa	Sport Sciences	Rank 136
86	34,827	LL Liu, Lifeng	International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,010
87	35,363	GL Guilhermino, Lúcia	Universidade do Porto	Environmental Sciences	Rank 435
88	35,877	AH Alves, Helena	Universidade da Beira Interior	Marketing	Rank 184
89	36,078	OR Oliveira, Rui F.	Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 80
90	36,401	RJ Rocha, João	CICECO – Instituto de Materiais de Aveiro	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 128
91	36,614	SS Samko, Stefan	Universidade do Algarve	General Mathematics	Rank 160
92	37,282	Afonso, António	ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management	Economics	Rank 489
93	37,471	FJ Fernandes, João C.	Escola Superior de Biotecnologia da Universidade Católica Portuguesa	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 543
94	37,474	DF de Freitas, Victor	Universidade do Porto	Food Science	Rank 271
95	37,514	PL Peças Lopes, João Abel	Universidade do Porto	Energy	Rank 780
96	37,600	TR Trigo, Ricardo M.	Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 711
97	37,745	VV Vasconcelos, Vitor	Universidade do Porto	Microbiology	Rank 906
98	38,008	AG Assaker, Guy	Universidade do Algarve	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 145
99	38,060	DC de Carvalho, Mamede	Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,145
100	38,800	AJ Azeredo, Joana	Universidade do Minho	Microbiology	Rank 926
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Portugal are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

770 scientists affiliated with Portugal are on the 2022 single-year list, and 515 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in Portugal has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2022 single-year list, Universidade do Porto has the most listed scientists from Portugal, with 121. It is followed by Instituto Superior Técnico with 66.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Portugal changed since 2020?

On the single-year list, Portugal went from 552 scientists in 2020 to 770 in 2022, a change of +39.5%.

What is the difference between the single-year and career-long lists?

The single-year list ranks scientists on the citations their work received in one year. The career-long list ranks them on citations across their whole career. Both lists are published every year, and a scientist can be on one, both or neither.

What is the official source of this data?

The rankings come from the science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by Ioannidis et al. in the Elsevier Data Repository, updated every year. TOPSCINET, an independent platform, organises that data by country, year, institute and field, so you can compare and explore it.