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Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa

In research, Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,809 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,903 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 6.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,277
of 22,385 · #28,737 all time
Rank in Portugal
#127
of 168
Research works
581
▲ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
3.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.78×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
72%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa

What is Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,809 of 9,902 2.8%193 #13505
MedicineField #5,903 of 8,541 2.8%178 #11462

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa 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 Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (75%), Health Professions (5%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 212 fractional works · 82.5% of its workMedicine: 194 fractional works · 75.5% of its workSurgery: 39 fractional works · 15.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 23 fractional works · 9.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 17 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 4.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKCentro Hospitalardo Tâmega e Sousa257fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences8%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine19475.5%
    2. Health Professions145.3%
    3. Nursing31.1%
    4. Dentistry10.4%
    5. Veterinary10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology124.6%
    2. Neuroscience72.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Psychology114.3%
    2. Social Sciences41.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities20.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Computer Science20.9%
    2. Engineering10.4%
    3. Environmental Science00.1%
    4. Chemistry00.1%
    5. Mathematics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 39.3 works6.5×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.73× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.00× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.92× its world share, 194 worksMedicineNursing: 2.29× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.91× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.43× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.92×194 works
  2. Nursing2.29×3 works
  3. Health Professions2.00×14 works
  4. Veterinary1.91×1 works
  5. Neuroscience1.73×7 works
  6. Psychology1.43×11 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.87×12 works
  8. Dentistry0.76×1 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.50×1 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.38×2 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.32×0 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.30×2 works
  13. Computer Science0.12×2 works
  14. Social Sciences0.11×4 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.10×0 works
  16. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works
  18. Engineering0.03×1 works
  19. Environmental Science0.03×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa?

Ranked on the quality score, Isabel Perez Cruz, Margarida Nunes Coelho and Estevão Lafuente lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa.

  1. 1 Isabel Perez Cruz Portugal · #1,181,159 worldwide 1.2k citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Margarida Nunes Coelho Portugal · #1,538,491 worldwide 790 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Estevão Lafuente Portugal · #1,870,620 worldwide 2.2k citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Marlene Patrícia Ribeiro Portugal · #2,053,323 worldwide 63 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Nuno Moreno Portugal · #2,284,746 worldwide 2.1k citations · 75 works
  6. 6 Carlos Soares Portugal · #2,557,906 worldwide 219 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 João Barros da Silva Portugal · #3,208,522 worldwide 45 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Pedro Valente Portugal · #3,244,847 worldwide 734 citations · 61 works
  9. 9 Sara Domingues Portugal · #3,413,278 worldwide 91 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Vítor Barcelos Fagundes Portugal · #3,798,840 worldwide 110 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa

What are the most cited papers from Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa?

The most cited paper from Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa is "36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine" (R. M. Bateman et al., 2016), with 531 citations. Next come "Proceedings of the 3rd IPLeiria’s International Health Congress" (463) and "Burnout among Portuguese healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic" (257).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine R. M. Bateman et al. · Critical Care Open access2,440 authors Apr 2016 531
2 Proceedings of the 3rd IPLeiria’s International Health Congress Catarina Cardoso Tomás et al. · BMC Health Services Research Open access1,693 authors Jul 2016 463
3 Burnout among Portuguese healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic Ivone Duarte, Andréia Teixeira, Luísa Castro et al. · BMC Public Health Open access Dec 2020 257
4 Ambient Assisted Living Ricardo Costa, Davide Rua Carneiro, Paulo Nováis et al. · Advances in soft computing Book chapter 12 Sep 2008 191
5 The bipolarity of light and dark: A review on Bipolar Disorder and circadian cycles T. Abreu, M. Bragança · Journal of Affective Disorders 26 Jul 2015 138
All 65 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology30▲ 2.9×73 topics
  2. Treatment16▲ 5.0×32 topics
  3. Diagnosis14▲ 6.0×28 topics
  4. Quality of Life14▲ 3.6×34 topics
  5. Complications12▲ 9.1×16 topics
  6. Risk Factors12▲ 4.1×22 topics
  7. Guidelines10▲ 8.0×12 topics
  8. Surgical Management9▲ 8.5×16 topics
  9. Depression9▲ 3.9×16 topics
  10. Inflammation9▲ 1.57×30 topics
  11. Chemotherapy8▲ 4.7×18 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 6.0×11 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 2.8×18 topics
  14. Management8▲ 3.8×22 topics
  15. Heart Failure7▲ 6.2×9 topics
  16. Pain Management7▲ 11×8 topics
  17. Rehabilitation6▲ 5.8×10 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 2.8×12 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations6▲ 5.0×14 topics
  20. Echocardiography6▲ 7.7×7 topics
  21. Anxiety5▲ 4.4×8 topics
  22. Chronic Pain5▲ 9.6×5 topics
  23. Obesity5▲ 2.6×12 topics
  24. Postoperative Complications5▲ 15×4 topics
  25. Children5▲ 8.0×6 topics
  26. Mortality5▲ 3.2×10 topics
  27. Autoantibodies4▲ 7.5×8 topics
  28. Neuroimaging4▲ 6.4×6 topics
  29. Prevalence4▲ 4.0×8 topics
  30. Survival Analysis4▲ 5.9×5 topics
  31. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 5.5×8 topics
  32. Surgery4▲ 4.6×10 topics
  33. Biomechanics4▲ 5.1×7 topics
  34. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Endothelial Dysfunction4▲ 6.4×4 topics
  36. Surgical Treatment4▲ 7.5×6 topics
  37. Postoperative Pain4▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 9.8×6 topics
  39. Intensive Care Unit3▲ 11×3 topics
  40. CT Imaging3▲ 32×2 topics

Which research topics does Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Anesthesia and Pain Management, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Tracheal and airway disorders and Schizophrenia research and treatment.

Anesthesia and Pain Mana…3Anesthesia and Pain Management: 3 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …2Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 2 fractional worksSchizophrenia research and treatment: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksTeratomas and Epidermoid Cysts: 2 fractional worksTrauma Management and Di…2Trauma Management and Diagnosis: 2 fractional worksAirway Management and Intubation Techniques: 2 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional works
SurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePsychiatry and Mental health2 others

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

  1. 1 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 3 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  6. 6 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Trauma Management and Diagnosis Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Airway Management and Intubation Techniques Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available72.1%not open27.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.1%domestic only93.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa0.00090% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa 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 2025Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa5.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 5.5% in 2025.

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