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Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa

In research, Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,042 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,858 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,407
of 28,054 · #32,753 all time
Rank in Portugal
#124
of 187
Research works
581
▲ 103% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8k
3.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,042 of 11,982 3.8%193 #12319
MedicineField #7,858 of 10,443 3.7%178 #12839

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 36.2 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.86× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× 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: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.85× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.96× its world share, 178 worksMedicineNursing: 1.66× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.10× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.46× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× 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, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, João Ribeiro lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa.

  1. 1 João Ribeiro Portugal · #1,457,822 worldwide 7 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology27▲ 3.0×69 topics
  2. Treatment14▲ 5.1×30 topics
  3. Diagnosis13▲ 6.2×27 topics
  4. Quality of Life12▲ 3.5×33 topics
  5. Complications11▲ 9.4×16 topics
  6. Risk Factors10▲ 4.1×20 topics
  7. Guidelines9▲ 8.7×11 topics
  8. Surgical Management8▲ 8.2×14 topics
  9. Chemotherapy8▲ 4.8×18 topics
  10. Depression8▲ 3.8×15 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 3.0×15 topics
  12. Management8▲ 4.1×20 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 5.6×11 topics
  14. Pain Management6▲ 11×7 topics
  15. Rehabilitation6▲ 6.1×9 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 3.0×11 topics
  17. Genetic Mutations5▲ 5.3×13 topics
  18. Heart Failure5▲ 5.2×8 topics
  19. Anxiety5▲ 4.5×8 topics
  20. Chronic Pain5▲ 9.8×5 topics
  21. Echocardiography5▲ 7.6×7 topics
  22. Postoperative Complications5▲ 16×4 topics
  23. Children5▲ 8.6×6 topics
  24. Obesity5▲ 2.7×11 topics
  25. Neuroimaging4▲ 7.0×6 topics
  26. Biomechanics4▲ 5.6×7 topics
  27. Surgery4▲ 4.9×9 topics
  28. Autoantibodies4▲ 7.2×8 topics
  29. Prevalence4▲ 4.1×8 topics
  30. Surgical Treatment4▲ 8.2×6 topics
  31. Survival Analysis4▲ 6.0×5 topics
  32. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 5.1×8 topics
  34. Hypertension4▲ 5.1×6 topics
  35. Endothelial Dysfunction3▲ 6.1×4 topics
  36. Postoperative Pain3▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Intensive Care Unit3▲ 11×3 topics
  38. CT Imaging3▲ 33×2 topics
  39. Prenatal Diagnosis3▲ 8.8×6 topics
  40. Renal Function3▲ 13×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Anesthesia and Pain Management, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Schizophrenia research and treatment and Heart Failure Treatment and Management.

Anesthesia and Pain Mana…3Anesthesia and Pain Management: 3 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …2Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksSchizophrenia research and treatment: 2 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksTeratomas and Epidermoid Cysts: 2 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 2 fractional worksAirway Management and Intubation Techniques: 2 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…2Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksTryptophan and brain disorders: 2 fractional works
SurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePsychiatry and Mental healthPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 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 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  4. 4 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Airway Management and Intubation Techniques Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  10. 10 Tryptophan and brain disorders Biological Psychiatry 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 103% 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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