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Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia

In research, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia stands highest in Medicine (#2,484 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,995 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,581 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Rheumatology — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 9.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,987
of 28,054 · #17,387 all time
Rank in Portugal
#60
of 187
Research works
2.9k
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
4.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia 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 #2,484 of 10,443 5.1%572 #4424
Health SciencesDomain #2,995 of 11,982 5.1%608 #5574
Life SciencesDomain #5,581 of 7,800 6.2%62 #10074
SurgerySubfield #1,408 of 1,816 5.7%112 #2798
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #689 of 738 6.0%70 #1605
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #1,089 of 1,144 4.0%66 #2152

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#4,424 #2,484
  2. Health Sciences#5,574 #2,995
  3. Life Sciences#10,074 #5,581
  4. Surgery#2,798 #1,408
  5. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#1,605 #689
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#2,152 #1,089
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 9.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 70.0 works9.1×
  2. RheumatologySubfield · 22.0 works6.6×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.92× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.37× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.11× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.49× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.06× its world share, 572 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia?

Ranked on the composite score, Raquel Duarte, Ricardo Fontes‐Carvalho and Vasco Gama Ribeiro lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia.

  1. 1 Raquel Duarte Portugal · #88,617 worldwide 246 citations · 89 works
  2. 2 Ricardo Fontes‐Carvalho Portugal · #142,844 worldwide 208 citations · 53 works
  3. 3 Vasco Gama Ribeiro Portugal · #198,637 worldwide 104 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Madalena Teixeira Portugal · #436,876 worldwide 33 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Carla Nogueira Portugal · #501,022 worldwide 72 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 João Rocha Portugal · #520,872 worldwide 45 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Nuno Bettencourt Portugal · #612,903 worldwide 58 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Ana Oliveira Portugal · #633,389 worldwide 7 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 João Moura e Sá Portugal · #689,659 worldwide 13 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Francisco Valente Portugal · #693,797 worldwide 21 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia

Which keywords describe research at Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Quality of Life, Guidelines, Complications, Management and Echocardiography.

▲ 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. Epidemiology92▲ 3.2×115 topics
  2. Treatment48▲ 5.4×44 topics
  3. Diagnosis48▲ 7.1×37 topics
  4. Quality of Life41▲ 3.8×43 topics
  5. Inflammation33▲ 2.1×49 topics
  6. Guidelines29▲ 8.4×12 topics
  7. Complications28▲ 7.8×16 topics
  8. Management28▲ 4.9×27 topics
  9. Risk Factors26▲ 3.2×29 topics
  10. Chemotherapy24▲ 4.7×23 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease23▲ 2.8×25 topics
  12. Echocardiography22▲ 11×8 topics
  13. Heart Failure22▲ 6.9×12 topics
  14. Surgical Management22▲ 7.2×19 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines22▲ 5.4×14 topics
  16. Genetic Mutations19▲ 5.9×21 topics
  17. Mortality17▲ 4.0×12 topics
  18. Myocardial Infarction16▲ 9.6×6 topics
  19. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement16▲ 30×1 topic
  20. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement16▲ 30×1 topic
  21. Pathogenesis15▲ 4.0×23 topics
  22. Pain Management14▲ 8.4×7 topics
  23. Surgery13▲ 5.2×9 topics
  24. Prevention13▲ 4.3×14 topics
  25. Radiotherapy13▲ 4.5×11 topics
  26. Catheter Ablation13▲ 14×2 topics
  27. Rehabilitation12▲ 4.3×9 topics
  28. Children12▲ 7.0×7 topics
  29. Cardiovascular Risk12▲ 5.1×9 topics
  30. Prognosis12▲ 4.8×9 topics
  31. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention11▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Cardiac Imaging11▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Autoantibodies10▲ 6.1×8 topics
  34. Chronic Pain10▲ 6.3×5 topics
  35. Prophylaxis10▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Postoperative Pain10▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Perioperative Care9▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Anticoagulant Therapy9▲ 9.9×4 topics
  39. Mechanical Ventilation9▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Stroke Prevention9▲ 9.9×2 topics

Which research topics does Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Anesthesia and Pain Management, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…16Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 16 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 7 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 6 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 6 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…5Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 5 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 5 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 5 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…5Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 5 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryEpidemiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 16 works
  2. 2 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 7 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  4. 4 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 6 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  7. 7 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 5 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  10. 10 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 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 available61.9%not open38.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.6%domestic only91.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% 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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