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Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico "Paolo Giaccone" di Palermo

In research, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico "Paolo Giaccone" di Palermo stands highest in Medicine (#1,947 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,615 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 7.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,901
of 28,054 · #11,371 all time
Rank in Italy
#167
of 618
Research works
1k
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
14.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico "Paolo Giaccone" di Palermo 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 #1,947 of 10,443 22.6%221 #3108
Health SciencesDomain #2,615 of 11,982 22.8%231 #4052

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico "Paolo Giaccone" di Palermo 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 Universitaria Policlinico "Paolo Giaccone" di Palermo specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 7.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 23.2 works7.6×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.26× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.42× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.51× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.82× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.95× its world share, 221 worksMedicineNursing: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico "Paolo Giaccone" di Palermo?

Ranked on the composite score, E Orlando lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico "Paolo Giaccone" di Palermo.

  1. 1 E Orlando Italy · #1,560,904 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico "Paolo Giaccone" di Palermo

Which keywords describe research at Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico "Paolo Giaccone" di Palermo?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Inflammation, Treatment, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cardiovascular Disease, Immune Response and Heart Failure.

▲ 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. Epidemiology44▲ 3.8×95 topics
  2. Inflammation19▲ 3.2×57 topics
  3. Diagnosis16▲ 5.9×34 topics
  4. Treatment16▲ 4.5×39 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 4.0×30 topics
  6. Magnetic Resonance Imaging12▲ 16×7 topics
  7. Quality of Life10▲ 2.5×34 topics
  8. Risk Factors10▲ 3.2×21 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome10▲ 4.3×18 topics
  10. Management10▲ 4.3×25 topics
  11. Immune Response9▲ 5.5×16 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress9▲ 1.93×27 topics
  13. Chemotherapy9▲ 4.4×21 topics
  14. Obesity9▲ 3.9×17 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 5.3×14 topics
  16. Heart Failure8▲ 6.7×12 topics
  17. Guidelines8▲ 5.9×12 topics
  18. Biomarkers8▲ 3.8×13 topics
  19. Global Burden7▲ 4.8×12 topics
  20. Atherosclerosis7▲ 8.9×7 topics
  21. Myocardial Infarction7▲ 11×7 topics
  22. Insulin Resistance7▲ 5.4×9 topics
  23. SARS-CoV-27▲ 7.2×6 topics
  24. Pathogenesis6▲ 4.1×18 topics
  25. Complications6▲ 4.1×15 topics
  26. Echocardiography6▲ 7.5×8 topics
  27. Diabetes6▲ 3.9×12 topics
  28. Pathophysiology6▲ 6.5×8 topics
  29. Surgical Management6▲ 4.7×15 topics
  30. Genetic Mutations5▲ 4.3×18 topics
  31. Neurodegeneration5▲ 6.2×7 topics
  32. Antibiotic Resistance5▲ 4.7×11 topics
  33. Prognosis5▲ 5.6×9 topics
  34. Vaccine5▲ 4.4×10 topics
  35. Perfusion Imaging5▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention5▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Thrombosis5▲ 5.9×7 topics
  38. Neuroinflammation5▲ 5.7×6 topics
  39. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 9.6×6 topics
  40. Cardiomyopathy4▲ 16×4 topics

Which research topics does Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico "Paolo Giaccone" di Palermo publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…3Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…3Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksAdvanced MRI Techniques and Applications: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 2 fractional worksMRI in cancer diagnosis: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …2Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 2 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingInfectious DiseasesEpidemiology1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  3. 3 Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 MRI in cancer diagnosis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  10. 10 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics 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 available54.5%not open45.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.6%domestic only82.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico "Paolo Giaccone" di Palermo's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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