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Azienda Ospedaliera G. Brotzu

In research, Azienda Ospedaliera G. Brotzu stands highest in Medicine (#7,014 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,080 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 13.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,555
of 28,054 · #24,061 all time
Rank in Italy
#546
of 618
Research works
511
▲ 90% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.3k
16.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Azienda Ospedaliera G. Brotzu 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 #7,014 of 10,443 12.4%115 #9676
Health SciencesDomain #8,080 of 11,982 12.7%119 #12024

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Azienda Ospedaliera G. Brotzu 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 Azienda Ospedaliera G. Brotzu specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 13.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 20.4 works14×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.32× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.68× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.24× its world share, 115 worksMedicineNursing: 2.10× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Azienda Ospedaliera G. Brotzu?

Ranked on the composite score, Antonello Pani, Maurizio Porcu and Roberta Murru lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Azienda Ospedaliera G. Brotzu.

  1. 1 Antonello Pani Italy · #353,253 worldwide 127 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Maurizio Porcu Italy · #903,345 worldwide 44 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Roberta Murru Italy · #1,088,094 worldwide 1 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Teresa Zolfino Italy · #1,465,276 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Azienda Ospedaliera G. Brotzu

Which keywords describe research at Azienda Ospedaliera G. Brotzu?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Genetic Mutations, Echocardiography, Inflammation, Prognostic Factors, Heart Failure and Chronic Kidney 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. Epidemiology14▲ 2.5×61 topics
  2. Inflammation10▲ 3.3×32 topics
  3. Chemotherapy8▲ 8.0×22 topics
  4. Genetic Mutations8▲ 13×13 topics
  5. Echocardiography7▲ 19×7 topics
  6. Treatment7▲ 3.8×22 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress6▲ 2.7×24 topics
  8. Quality of Life6▲ 3.0×21 topics
  9. Prognostic Factors6▲ 9.7×11 topics
  10. Heart Failure6▲ 9.6×11 topics
  11. Chronic Kidney Disease6▲ 17×7 topics
  12. Diagnosis6▲ 4.3×23 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 3.4×17 topics
  14. Risk Factors5▲ 3.4×18 topics
  15. Guidelines4▲ 6.7×10 topics
  16. Complications4▲ 6.0×14 topics
  17. Dilated Cardiomyopathy4▲ 41×2 topics
  18. Immunotherapy4▲ 4.1×14 topics
  19. Genetics4▲ 4.1×14 topics
  20. Mortality4▲ 4.9×8 topics
  21. Management4▲ 3.5×19 topics
  22. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 22×3 topics
  23. Atrial Fibrillation4▲ 26×2 topics
  24. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement4▲ 34×1 topic
  25. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement4▲ 34×1 topic
  26. Catheter Ablation3▲ 19×2 topics
  27. Global Burden3▲ 4.2×8 topics
  28. Rituximab3▲ 15×4 topics
  29. Sudden Cardiac Death3▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Mitochondrial Dysfunction3▲ 7.4×8 topics
  31. Molecular Characterization3▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 7.3×6 topics
  33. Hemodialysis3▲ 27×2 topics
  34. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 9.2×5 topics
  35. Prognosis3▲ 6.5×9 topics
  36. Inflammatory Bowel Disease3▲ 17×4 topics
  37. Endovascular Repair2▲ 21×3 topics
  38. Stroke Prevention2▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy2▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator2▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does Azienda Ospedaliera G. Brotzu publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…4Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…2Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 2 fractional worksCardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies: 2 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 2 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Effects of Exercise: 2 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 2 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treat…2Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineGeneticsNephrologySurgery2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 2 works
  5. 5 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 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 available49.5%not open50.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.8%domestic only83.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Azienda Ospedaliera G. Brotzu's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 90% 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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