research team
CICECO is the largest Portuguese institute in the field of materials science and engineering (Table 1). The Research Team number has increased 200% over the past 17 years.
table 1| ciceco research team, 2013 - 18
| Research Team | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Professor and Lecturers | 46 | 44 | 46 | 46 | 46 |
| Full Time Researchers | 29 | 27 | 37 | 40 | 54 |
| Post-Docs | 86 | 83 | 89 | 113 | 111 |
| PhD Students | 120 | 116 | 108 | 124 | 166 |
| MSc Students and Other Grantees | 78 | 67 | 81 | 59 | 88 |
| Laboratory Technicians | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Administrative Personnel | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| TOTAL | 371 | 348 | 373 | 395 | 481 |
CICECO's research team is truly international, with over 20% non-Portuguese members (from 19 different nationalities). The ratio of male to female members is close to 1.
chart 1| ciceco research team statistics, 2017
scientific output
CICECO is one of the most productive research institutes in the country in all scientific areas (table 2).
table 2| ciceco scientific output, 2014 - 18
| Sientific Activity | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2002-18 |
| PhD Theses | 24 | 21 | 22 | 35 | 16 | 322 |
| MSc Theses | 81 | 85 | 92 | 102 | 106 | 1037 |
| SCI Papers, FI >=5 | 54 | 76 | 94 | 92 | 100 | 702 |
| SCI Papers, FI[2-5[ | 317 | 277 | 262 | 279 | 266 | 5645 |
| SCI Papers, FI[0,6-2[ | 66 | 43 | 56 | 45 | 46 | |
| SCI Papers, FI[0-0,6[ | 5 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | |
| SCI Papers, Without IF | 13 | 35 | 35 | 41 | 14 | |
| Books | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 33 |
| Book Chapters | 18 | 16 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 320 |
| National Patents | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 92 |
| International Patents | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 60 |
CICECO operate on a worldwide network. In the last 5 years (2014-2018), CICECO recorded 81% of total article production in cooperation with other institutions, 70% of which with international institutions (over 1100 institutions from 70 countries).
chart 2| Collaborations network map established with ciceco from 2014 to 2018
