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Athens Medical Center

In research, Athens Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#2,720 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,277 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 7.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,419
of 22,385 · #12,411 all time
Rank in Greece
#42
of 111
Research works
1.6k
▲ 33% vs 2018-21
Citations
33k
20.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
Athens Medical Center

What is Athens Medical Center known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #2,720 of 8,541 8.2%206 #3892
Health SciencesDomain #3,277 of 9,902 8.3%217 #4907

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Athens Medical Center 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Athens Medical Center work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Athens Medical Center is in Health Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (74%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Immunology and Microbiology (4%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 239 fractional works · 78.0% of its workMedicine: 226 fractional works · 74.0% of its workSurgery: 52 fractional works · 16.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 21 fractional works · 6.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 19 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEpidemiology: 19 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransplantation: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 44 fractional works · 14.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 7.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMicrobiology: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAthens MedicalCenter306fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences78%Social Sciences4%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine22674.0%
    2. Health Professions92.8%
    3. Dentistry20.7%
    4. Nursing10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology237.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology123.9%
    3. Neuroscience62.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Psychology41.3%
    2. Social Sciences31.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering62.0%
    2. Computer Science20.7%
    3. Environmental Science20.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.0%
    8. Energy00.0%
    9. Chemistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Athens Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 51.8 works7.2×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.41× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.85× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.24× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.45× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.08× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.85× its world share, 226 worksMedicineNursing: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology3.85×12 works
  2. Medicine3.85×226 works
  3. Dentistry1.45×2 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.41×23 works
  5. Neuroscience1.24×6 works
  6. Health Professions1.08×9 works
  7. Veterinary0.89×0 works
  8. Nursing0.68×1 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.54×1 works
  10. Psychology0.44×4 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.32×2 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×2 works
  13. Engineering0.13×6 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×1 works
  15. Environmental Science0.12×2 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.10×1 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.10×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.09×2 works
  19. Social Sciences0.09×3 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  22. Energy0.04×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.04×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  25. Chemistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Athens Medical Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Achilles Ploumidis, Dimitris P. Lapatsanis and Athanasios G. Pantelis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Athens Medical Center.

  1. 1 Achilles Ploumidis Greece · #1,304,273 worldwide 1.6k citations · 93 works
  2. 2 Dimitris P. Lapatsanis Greece · #1,723,918 worldwide 303 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Athanasios G. Pantelis Greece · #1,836,540 worldwide 478 citations · 53 works
  4. 4 Eleftherios Thireos Greece · #3,084,057 worldwide 815 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Petros Hirides Greece · #3,454,380 worldwide 231 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 PJ Papagelopoulos Greece · #3,576,711 worldwide 828 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Jubrail Dahabreh Greece · #3,724,972 worldwide 1.4k citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Paraskevi Grecka Greece · #4,042,161 worldwide 803 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Nicholas Angelopoulos Greece · #4,191,791 worldwide 718 citations · 85 works
  10. 10 Konstantinos M. Konstantinidis Greece · #4,405,855 worldwide 1.3k citations · 71 works
All ranked researchers at Athens Medical Center

What are the most cited papers from Athens Medical Center?

The most cited paper from Athens Medical Center is "Classification criteria for Sjögren's syndrome: a revised version of the European criteria proposed by the American-European Consensus Group" (Claudio Vitali, S Bombardieri, R Jonsson et al., 2002), with 5,366 citations. Next come "Assessment of Global Incidence and Mortality of Hospital-treated Sepsis: Current Estimates and Limitations" (3,667) and "Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, neuroendocrine factors and stress" (2,854).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Classification criteria for Sjögren's syndrome: a revised version of the European criteria proposed by the American-European Consensus Group Claudio Vitali, S Bombardieri, R Jonsson et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Open access Jun 2002 5,366
2 Assessment of Global Incidence and Mortality of Hospital-treated Sepsis: Current Estimates and Limitations Carolin Fleischmann-Struzek, André Scherag, Neill K. J. Adhikari et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 28 Sep 2015 3,667
3 Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, neuroendocrine factors and stress Constantine Tsigos, George Panagiotis Chrousos · Journal of Psychosomatic Research Oct 2002 2,854
4 mTOR- and HIF-1α–mediated aerobic glycolysis as metabolic basis for trained immunity Shih‐Chin Cheng et al. · Science Open access 25 Sep 2014 2,266
5 Insulin Resistance and the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Revisited: An Update on Mechanisms and Implications Evanthia Diamanti‐Kandarakis, Andrea Elizabeth Dunaif · Endocrine Reviews Open access 12 Oct 2012 1,959
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Athens Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Surgical Management, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Guidelines, Quality of Life, Risk Factors and Inflammation.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology42▲ 3.5×95 topics
  2. Inflammation14▲ 2.1×53 topics
  3. Quality of Life14▲ 3.1×35 topics
  4. Complications14▲ 8.9×16 topics
  5. Risk Factors11▲ 3.4×25 topics
  6. Treatment11▲ 3.0×31 topics
  7. Surgical Management10▲ 8.0×17 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 2.8×31 topics
  9. Guidelines10▲ 6.7×11 topics
  10. Diagnosis10▲ 3.4×26 topics
  11. Sexually Transmitted Infections9▲ 59×2 topics
  12. Public Health9▲ 1.98×25 topics
  13. Obesity8▲ 3.5×21 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 4.7×14 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 3.0×19 topics
  16. Diabetes7▲ 4.8×13 topics
  17. Clinical Outcomes7▲ 11×6 topics
  18. Chemotherapy7▲ 3.2×20 topics
  19. HIV Transmission7▲ 30×2 topics
  20. Clinical Trials7▲ 3.3×13 topics
  21. Bacterial Vaginosis7▲ 80×1 topic
  22. Vaginal Microbiome7▲ 80×1 topic
  23. Immune Response7▲ 3.8×14 topics
  24. Human Papillomavirus6▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Endovascular Repair6▲ 22×3 topics
  26. Biomechanics6▲ 6.0×7 topics
  27. Breast Reconstruction6▲ 30×2 topics
  28. Catheter Ablation6▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Radiotherapy6▲ 4.6×11 topics
  30. Atherosclerosis5▲ 6.2×10 topics
  31. Echocardiography5▲ 6.1×7 topics
  32. Free Flap5▲ 42×1 topic
  33. Microsurgical Reconstruction5▲ 42×1 topic
  34. Cardiovascular Risk5▲ 5.1×8 topics
  35. Stroke Prevention5▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Surgical Treatment4▲ 7.7×6 topics
  37. Degenerative Disc Disease4▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Spinal Fusion4▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Postoperative Complications4▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Transplantation4▲ 13×4 topics

Which research topics does Athens Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Reproductive tract infections research, Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research.

Reproductive tract infections research: 7 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 5 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksOrgan and Tissue Transplantation Research: 3 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 3 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair treatments: 3 fractional worksSyphilis Diagnosis and T…3Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 3 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 2 fractional worksGenital Health and Disease2Genital Health and Disease: 2 fractional works
MicrobiologySurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineTransplantation4 others

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

  1. 1 Reproductive tract infections research Microbiology 7 works
  2. 2 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 5 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research Transplantation 3 works
  5. 5 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment Physiology 3 works
  8. 8 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 3 works
  9. 9 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Genital Health and Disease Surgery 2 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 available35.5%not open64.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.6%domestic only65.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Athens Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Athens Medical Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Athens Medical Center0.0019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Athens Medical Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Athens Medical Center4.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.0% in 2001.

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