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Arcispedale Sant'Anna

In research, Arcispedale Sant'Anna stands highest in Medicine (#4,621 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,211 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 25.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,558
of 28,054 · #14,107 all time
Rank in Italy
#428
of 618
Research works
1.1k
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
15.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Arcispedale Sant'Anna known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #4,621 of 10,443 14.3%157 #4410
Health SciencesDomain #6,211 of 11,982 14.2%160 #5585

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Arcispedale Sant'Anna sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Arcispedale Sant'Anna specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 25.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 47.8 works25×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.88× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.33× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.47× its world share, 157 worksMedicineNursing: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Arcispedale Sant'Anna?

Ranked on the composite score, Gianluca Campo, Simone Biscaglia and Antonio Frassoldati lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Arcispedale Sant'Anna.

  1. 1 Gianluca Campo Italy · #145,372 worldwide 191 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Simone Biscaglia Italy · #369,408 worldwide 47 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Antonio Frassoldati Italy · #703,447 worldwide 90 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 Vincenzo De Sanctis Italy · #769,666 worldwide 40 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 C Vullo Italy · #784,227 worldwide 37 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Elisabetta Chiodi Italy · #904,208 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Donato Mele Italy · #927,763 worldwide 34 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Rita Pavasini Italy · #1,098,183 worldwide 12 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 C Orzincolo Italy · #1,127,847 worldwide 21 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Lucio Trevisani Italy · #1,211,580 worldwide 22 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Arcispedale Sant'Anna

Which keywords describe research at Arcispedale Sant'Anna?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Myocardial Infarction, Echocardiography, Heart Failure, Guidelines, Epidemiology, Cardiac Imaging, Atherosclerosis and Coronary Artery Disease.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology19▲ 2.7×68 topics
  2. Myocardial Infarction15▲ 34×5 topics
  3. Echocardiography14▲ 27×7 topics
  4. Heart Failure13▲ 16×13 topics
  5. Guidelines13▲ 15×10 topics
  6. Cardiac Imaging12▲ 52×3 topics
  7. Atherosclerosis11▲ 22×9 topics
  8. Inflammation11▲ 2.9×39 topics
  9. Coronary Artery Disease11▲ 52×3 topics
  10. Catheter Ablation11▲ 49×2 topics
  11. Magnetic Resonance Imaging10▲ 21×4 topics
  12. Arrhythmias10▲ 56×2 topics
  13. Atrial Fibrillation9▲ 50×2 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 4.4×20 topics
  15. Obesity8▲ 6.0×13 topics
  16. Computed Tomography Angiography8▲ 68×1 topic
  17. Myocardial Perfusion8▲ 68×1 topic
  18. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention8▲ 34×4 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations8▲ 10×19 topics
  20. Sudden Cardiac Death8▲ 50×2 topics
  21. Stroke Prevention7▲ 33×2 topics
  22. Diagnosis7▲ 4.0×24 topics
  23. Cardiovascular Risk6▲ 11×8 topics
  24. Pulmonary Hypertension6▲ 24×3 topics
  25. Anticoagulant Therapy6▲ 26×3 topics
  26. Risk Stratification6▲ 43×1 topic
  27. Thromboembolism6▲ 43×1 topic
  28. Coronary Stents5▲ 69×1 topic
  29. Myocardial Revascularization5▲ 69×1 topic
  30. Cardiomyopathy5▲ 32×3 topics
  31. Electroanatomic Mapping5▲ 58×1 topic
  32. Radiofrequency Ablation5▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Sickle-cell Disease5▲ 68×1 topic
  34. Thalassemia5▲ 68×1 topic
  35. Ventricular Tachycardia5▲ 58×1 topic
  36. Dilated Cardiomyopathy5▲ 38×2 topics
  37. Ion Channels5▲ 24×3 topics
  38. Genetic Testing4▲ 21×3 topics
  39. Calcium Signaling4▲ 33×3 topics
  40. Chamber Quantification4▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does Arcispedale Sant'Anna publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics and Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders.

Cardiac Imaging and Diag…8Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 8 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…6Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…5Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 5 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and R…5Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 5 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 5 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …4Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 4 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…3Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular Effects o…3Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise: 3 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anoma…3Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 3 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryGenetics

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 8 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 5 works
  4. 4 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 5 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  6. 6 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 3 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available39.1%not open60.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.4%domestic only85.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Arcispedale Sant'Anna's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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