Portugal's Top 2% Scientists 2024

Portugal has 889 scientists on the 2024 single-year Top 2% list, up 12.4% from 791 in 2023. That places Portugal 35th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universidade do Porto has the most listed scientists (151), followed by Universidade de Coimbra (78).

Single Year

889

+98 (+12.4%) vs 2023

Career Data

633

+61 (+10.7%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#35

No change vs 2023

Institutes

104

-28 (-21.2%) vs 2023

Scientists in Portugal on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 61% 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	1,080	DJ Davim, J. P.	Universidade de Aveiro	Materials	Rank 22
2	1,459	Prata, Joana C.	Universidade do Porto	Environmental Sciences	Rank 30
3	2,223	GS Guedes Soares, C.	Instituto Superior Técnico	Civil Engineering	Rank 7
4	2,542	LS Loureiro, Sandra Maria Correia	Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa	Marketing	Rank 21
5	2,702	RT Rocha-Santos, Teresa	Universidade de Aveiro	Environmental Sciences	Rank 52
6	3,449	DB de Brito, Jorge	Instituto Superior Técnico	Building & Construction	Rank 28
7	3,758	BJ Bioucas-Dias, José M.	Instituto Superior Técnico	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 34
8	3,991	TM Tenreiro Machado, J. A.	Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 193
9	3,995	LF Lobo, Francisco S.N.	Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 40
10	5,011	MJ Mano, João F.	CICECO – Instituto de Materiais de Aveiro	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 17
11	6,104	LP Lourenço, Paulo B.	Universidade do Minho	Building & Construction	Rank 42
12	6,515	CJ Catalão, João P.S.	Universidade do Porto	Energy	Rank 153
13	6,658	Rodrigues, Joel J.P.C.	Lusófona University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 62
14	6,688	MM Montemor, M. F.	Instituto Superior Técnico	Energy	Rank 159
15	6,772	PF Pacheco-Torgal, Fernando	Universidade do Minho	Building & Construction	Rank 46
16	6,842	RR Reis, Rui L.	Universidade do Minho	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 24
17	7,171	FI Ferreira, Isabel C.F.R.	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança	Food Science	Rank 45
18	7,703	LA Liddle, Andrew R.	Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 83
19	7,821	FJ Ferro, José M.	Universidade de Lisboa	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 424
20	8,710	CV Cardoso, Vitor	Instituto Superior Técnico	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 98
21	8,738	GJ Gama, João	Universidade do Porto	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 406
22	8,862	OT Oliveira, Tiago	Universidade Nova de Lisboa	Information Systems	Rank 37
23	9,079	SE Souto, Eliana B.	Universidade do Porto	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 50
24	10,045	PL Pereira, Luis S.	Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 60
25	10,206	MM Miguel, Maria Graça	Universidade do Algarve	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 127
26	10,286	MC Manaia, Célia M.	Universidade Católica Portuguesa	Microbiology	Rank 192
27	10,361	BL Barros, Lillian	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança	Food Science	Rank 70
28	10,392	AR Almeida, Ricardo	Universidade de Aveiro	General Mathematics	Rank 36
29	10,427	DS de Sousa Santos, Boaventura	Universidade de Coimbra	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 72
30	10,476	DC da Costa, João Pinto	Universidade de Aveiro	Environmental Sciences	Rank 196
31	11,110	CM Chaves, Maria Manuela	Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 137
32	11,233	FJ Ferreira, João J.	Universidade da Beira Interior	Business & Management	Rank 344
33	11,418	BG Barzegar Gerdroodbary, M.	Universidade da Beira Interior	Energy	Rank 284
34	11,748	CN Cruz-Martins, Natália	Universidade do Porto	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 208
35	11,951	DR Dinis-Oliveira, Ricardo Jorge	Universidade do Porto	Toxicology	Rank 43
36	11,988	BM Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.	ISPA - Instituto Universitário	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 117
37	12,083	FA Falcão, António F.O.	Instituto Superior Técnico	Energy	Rank 292
38	12,129	FM Flores, Maria Assunção	Universidade do Minho	Education	Rank 138
39	12,483	CJ Coutinho, João A.P.	CICECO – Instituto de Materiais de Aveiro	Chemical Engineering	Rank 64
40	12,601	FA Ferreira, A. J.M.	Universidade do Porto	Materials	Rank 222
41	13,049	CF Cardoso, Fatima	Champalimaud Foundation	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 417
42	13,444	CR Cunha, Rodrigo A.	Universidade de Coimbra	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 699
43	13,525	SM Simões, Manuel	Universidade do Porto	Microbiology	Rank 263
44	13,535	RL Rodrigues, Lígia R.	Universidade do Minho	Biotechnology	Rank 41
45	13,834	OJ Oliveira, J. P.	Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa	Materials	Rank 248
46	14,277	PL Pereira, Leonel	Universidade de Coimbra	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 67
47	14,336	CF Carvalho, F. P.	Universidade de Lisboa	Environmental Sciences	Rank 274
48	14,389	CF Clemente, Filipe	Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo	Sport Sciences	Rank 49
49	14,843	RA Rodrigues, Alírio E.	Universidade do Porto	Chemical Engineering	Rank 83
50	15,117	PH Pereira, Helena	Centro de Estudos Florestais, Universidade de Lisboa	Forestry	Rank 11
51	15,296	MR Marques, Rui Cunha	Lusófona University	Environmental Engineering	Rank 70
52	15,310	BC Brett, Christopher M.A.	Universidade de Coimbra	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 65
53	15,575	FJ Figueiredo, José L.	Universidade do Porto	Physical Chemistry	Rank 56
54	15,692	FM Figueiredo, Mário A.T.	Instituto de Telecomunicações	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 670
55	16,139	BJ Brilha, José	Universidade do Minho	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 224
56	16,717	SB Sarmento, Bruno	Universidade do Porto	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 82
57	16,744	BC Barros, Carlos	Universidade de Lisboa	Economics	Rank 285
58	16,774	SM Sohel Murshed, S. M.	Instituto Superior Técnico	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 162
59	17,156	FP Flores, Paulo	Universidade do Minho	Design Practice & Management	Rank 11
60	17,900	FP Fernandes, Paulo M.	University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro	Forestry	Rank 13
61	17,903	MP Moreira, Paula I.	Universidade de Coimbra	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 893
62	18,444	DS da Silva, L. F.M.	Universidade do Porto	Polymers	Rank 131
63	18,566	VM Veldhoen, Marc	Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes	Immunology	Rank 402
64	19,174	HR Heald, Richard J.	Champalimaud Foundation	Surgery	Rank 53
65	20,372	SM Silveirinha, Mário G.	Instituto Superior Técnico	Applied Physics	Rank 398
66	20,567	PH Pereira, Henrique M.	Universidade do Porto	Ecology	Rank 445
67	21,615	Oliva-Teles, Aires	Universidade do Porto	Fisheries	Rank 26
68	21,932	DC de Carvalho, Carla C.C.R.	Instituto Superior Técnico	Biotechnology	Rank 78
69	22,395	Kamel Boulos, Maged N.	Universidade de Lisboa	Public Health	Rank 224
70	23,185	MR Martins, Rodrigo	Centro de Investigação em Materiais	Applied Physics	Rank 450
71	23,314	KS Kundu, Subhas C.	Universidade do Minho	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 89
72	23,445	FE Fortunato, Elvira	Centro de Investigação em Materiais	Applied Physics	Rank 455
73	23,688	Herdeiro, Carlos A.R.	Universidade de Aveiro	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 269
74	23,708	PR Paterson, Robert Russell Monteith	Universidade do Minho	Microbiology	Rank 491
75	23,945	BA Barbosa-Póvoa, Ana Paula	Universidade de Lisboa	Chemical Engineering	Rank 148
76	24,167	CS Carabineiro, Sónia A.C.	Universidade Nova de Lisboa	Physical Chemistry	Rank 97
77	24,665	BM Banea, M. D.	CICECO – Instituto de Materiais de Aveiro	Polymers	Rank 200
78	24,853	CM Cerqueira, Miguel A.	International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory	Food Science	Rank 211
79	25,033	CM Cunha, Miguel Pina e.	Nova School of Business and Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa	Business & Management	Rank 692
80	25,066	SF Santos, Filipe	Universidade Católica Portuguesa	Business & Management	Rank 693
81	25,403	GR Guiné, Raquel P.F.	Instituto Politécnico de Viseu	Food Science	Rank 215
82	25,437	CP Camanho, P. P.	Universidade do Porto	Materials	Rank 446
83	25,694	PA Phillips, Alan J.L.	Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 29
84	25,853	SN Sousa, Nuno	Universidade do Minho	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,260
85	26,110	Kuriqi, Alban	Universidade de Lisboa	Environmental Engineering	Rank 130
86	26,594	LP Leitão, Paulo	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 276
87	27,253	SL Sardinha, Luís B.	Universidade de Lisboa	Sport Sciences	Rank 102
88	27,337	BJ Brinchmann, J.	Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 252
89	27,746	KE Kastenholz, Elisabeth	Universidade de Aveiro	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 144
90	27,787	AH Alves, Helena	Universidade da Beira Interior	Marketing	Rank 170
91	28,037	CR Campilho, Raul D.S.G.	Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto	Materials	Rank 499
92	28,067	RP Rita, Paulo	Universidade Nova de Lisboa	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 145
93	28,174	Ciravegna-Martins-da-fonseca, Luis Miguel	Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto	Business & Management	Rank 763
94	28,416	CL Carlos, L. D.	CICECO – Instituto de Materiais de Aveiro	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 909
95	29,182	RJ Rodriguez, Jonathan	Instituto de Telecomunicações	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 280
96	29,348	FJ Ferreira, João Pedro	Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FMUP)	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 875
97	29,767	CP Cortez, Paulo	Universidade do Minho	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,200
98	30,312	NL Nunes, Leonel J.R.	Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo	Energy	Rank 775
99	30,417	Afonso, António	Universidade de Lisboa	Economics	Rank 466
100	30,504	PA Paço, Arminda	Universidade da Beira Interior	Environmental Sciences	Rank 590
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Portugal are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?

889 scientists affiliated with Portugal are on the 2024 single-year list, and 633 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2024 single-year list, Universidade do Porto has the most listed scientists from Portugal, with 151. It is followed by Universidade de Coimbra with 78.

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 889 in 2024, a change of +61.1%.

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.