research team
CICECO is the largest Portuguese institute in the field of materials science and engineering (Table 1). The Research Team number has increased over 150% in the past 20 years.
table 1| ciceco research team, 2017 - 2021
| Research Team | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Professor and Lecturers | 46 | 46 | 47 | 47 | 49 |
| Full Time Researchers | 40 | 54 | 122 | 122 | 125 |
| Post-Docs | 113 | 111 | 48 | 31 | 13 |
| PhD Students | 124 | 166 | 180 | 203 | 212 |
| MSc Students and Other Grantees | 59 | 88 | 96 | 52 | 27 |
| Laboratory Technicians | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Administrative Personnel | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 |
| TOTAL | 395 | 481 | 510 | 470 | 445 |
CICECO's research team is truly international, with 28% foreign-born PhD members (from 21 different countries). The ratio of male to female members is close to 1.
chart 1| ciceco research team statistics, 2020
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, 2017 - 2021
| Actividade Científica | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2002-20 |
| PhD Theses | 35 | 16 | 34 | 17 | 26 | 399 |
| MSc Theses | 102 | 106 | 95 | 43 | 141 | 1316 |
| SCI Papers, FI >=5 | 92 | 100 | 138 | 208 | 284 | 1332 |
| SCI Papers, FI[2-5[ | 279 | 266 | 306 | 351 | 264 | 6743 |
| SCI Papers, FI[0,6-2[ | 45 | 46 | 41 | 48 | 19 | |
| SCI Papers, FI[0-0,6[ | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| SCI Papers without IF reported | 41 | 14 | 31 | 18 | 15 | |
| Books | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 |
| Book Chapters | 30 | 30 | 23 | 17 | 19 | 379 |
| National Patents | 4 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 123 |
| International Patents | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 85 |
CICECO operate on a worldwide network. In the last 5 years (2016-2020), CICECO recorded 81% of total article production in cooperation with other institutions, 74% of which with international institutions (more than 1200 institutions from 74 countries).
chart 2| Collaborations network map established with ciceco from 2016 to 2020
