⚡ Science and Research in Portugal

Science and research platforms help scholars find academic papers, share their work, track citations, manage research profiles, and access preprints, patents, and data from a wide range of disciplines.

Portugal is a Southern European country with a population of around 10.3 million people.

According to our data, science and research platforms are detected on 0.1% of websites from Portugal.

Statistics based on 16K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top science and research platforms in Portugal in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is ResearchGate with an impressive share of 39.1%, followed by Academia with 30.4% and Google Scholar with 30.4%.

ResearchGate 39.1%
Academia 30.4%
Google Scholar 30.4%
ORCID 13%
arXiv 8.7%
Scribd 4.3%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top platforms that are more popular in Portugal than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

1. ResearchGate ^(-1)
2. Academia ^(-3)

✨ Best Science and Research Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of 6 science and research platforms used on sites from Portugal, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	ResearchGate Berlin, Germany A social networking platform for scientists and researchers that enables them to share publications, collaborate with peers, and engage in academic discussions online. Free	39.1%
2	Academia San Francisco, California, United States A social networking platform for academics that enables users to share research papers, build professional profiles, and connect with other researchers worldwide. Free$$$	30.4%
3	Google Scholar Mountain View, California, United States A free academic search engine that indexes peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, and court cases from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, and universities. Free	30.4%
4	ORCID Bethesda, Maryland, United States An open, non-proprietary registry that provides unique persistent identifiers for researchers and scholars, enabling them to distinguish their identity and connect their work across systems. Free	13%
5	arXiv Ithaca, New York, United States An open-access repository operated by Cornell University that provides free access to scholarly articles across fields such as physics, mathematics, computer science, and economics. Free	8.7%
6	Scribd San Francisco, California, United States A digital document library and reading subscription service that provides access to millions of e-books, audiobooks, magazines, and user-uploaded documents. Free$9.99/month	4.3%

👉 See Also

🌎 Science and Research in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 16,440 websites from Portugal.
We currently track the presence of 9 science and research platforms across the web.
Of these, 6 were detected on websites from Portugal.
Statistics were last calculated on September 18, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.