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CUF Porto Hospital

In research, CUF Porto Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,437 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,102 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. 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-now
#16,114
of 22,385 · #19,351 all time
Rank in Portugal
#125
of 168
Research works
501
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.7k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
65%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
CUF Porto Hospital

What is CUF Porto Hospital 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
MedicineField #3,437 of 8,541 9.3%114 #5269
Health SciencesDomain #4,102 of 9,902 9.0%125 #6252

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where CUF Porto Hospital 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 CUF Porto Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 81% of research at CUF Porto Hospital is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (75%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Health Professions (5%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 139 fractional works · 81.4% of its workMedicine: 128 fractional works · 74.7% of its workSurgery: 26 fractional works · 15.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 13 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 10.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCUF PortoHospital171fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences81%Social Sciences6%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine12874.7%
    2. Health Professions84.9%
    3. Veterinary10.7%
    4. Nursing10.7%
    5. Dentistry10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology105.9%
    2. Neuroscience53.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    1. Psychology42.1%
    2. Social Sciences32.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities21.0%
    4. Decision Sciences10.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    1. Engineering21.0%
    2. Computer Science10.7%
    3. Chemistry00.3%
    4. Environmental Science00.2%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does CUF Porto Hospital 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 · 26.3 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.10× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.94× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.86× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.89× its world share, 128 worksMedicineNursing: 1.47× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.39× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary5.39×1 works
  2. Medicine3.89×128 works
  3. Neuroscience1.94×5 works
  4. Health Professions1.86×8 works
  5. Nursing1.47×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.10×10 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.76×1 works
  8. Dentistry0.70×1 works
  9. Psychology0.68×4 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.61×0 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.43×1 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.34×2 works
  13. Chemistry0.19×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.16×3 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×1 works
  17. Computer Science0.08×1 works
  18. Engineering0.06×2 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works
  20. Environmental Science0.04×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.04×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at CUF Porto Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Helena Pité, Carlos Vaz and Carlos Pereira Nunes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is CUF Porto Hospital.

  1. 1 Helena Pité Portugal · #847,127 worldwide 1.1k citations · 69 works
  2. 2 Carlos Vaz Portugal · #1,187,712 worldwide 463 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Carlos Pereira Nunes Portugal · #2,310,242 worldwide 1.9k citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Mário Fontes-Sousa Portugal · #2,391,952 worldwide 410 citations · 48 works
  5. 5 Rui A.C. Veiga Portugal · #2,684,716 worldwide 0 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 L. Ribeiro Portugal · #3,265,813 worldwide 304 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Susana Sousa Portugal · #3,748,175 worldwide 40 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Carlos Maia Dias Portugal · #4,060,334 worldwide 42 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Ana Catarina Vieira Portugal · #4,106,076 worldwide 41 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 L. Tárraga Mestre Portugal · #4,795,121 worldwide 52 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at CUF Porto Hospital

What are the most cited papers from CUF Porto Hospital?

The most cited paper from CUF Porto Hospital is "Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019" (Jonathan Kocarnik et al., 2021), with 2,100 citations. Next come "European guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of insomnia" (2,100) and "Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) guidelines—2016 revision" (2,043).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019 Jonathan Kocarnik et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access601 authors 30 Dec 2021 2,100
2 European guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of insomnia Dieter Wilhelm Riemann et al. · Journal of Sleep Research 5 Sep 2017 2,100
3 Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) guidelines—2016 revision Jan Brożek et al. · Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Open access 8 Jun 2017 2,043
4 Definition of treatment goals for moderate to severe psoriasis: a European consensus Ulrich Mrowietz et al. · Archives of Dermatological Research Open access 20 Sep 2010 898
5 Prognostic and predictive value of primary tumour side in patients with RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer treated with chemotherapy and EGFR directed antibodies in six randomized trials Dirk Arnold, Beranger Lueza, Jean-Yves Douillard et al. · Annals of Oncology Open access 5 Apr 2017 853
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at CUF Porto Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Quality of Life, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Inflammation, Rehabilitation and Cardiovascular 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-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. Epidemiology27▲ 3.9×85 topics
  2. Quality of Life10▲ 4.0×33 topics
  3. Treatment10▲ 4.6×31 topics
  4. Inflammation10▲ 2.6×41 topics
  5. Diagnosis8▲ 5.0×26 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 3.5×17 topics
  7. Guidelines6▲ 8.1×11 topics
  8. Immunotherapy5▲ 4.4×16 topics
  9. Mortality5▲ 5.3×11 topics
  10. Risk Factors5▲ 2.7×18 topics
  11. Heart Failure5▲ 6.5×12 topics
  12. Rehabilitation5▲ 7.1×9 topics
  13. Complications5▲ 5.7×14 topics
  14. Surgical Management5▲ 6.9×18 topics
  15. Chemotherapy5▲ 3.9×19 topics
  16. Depression4▲ 2.7×13 topics
  17. Management4▲ 3.0×21 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders4▲ 4.1×15 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations4▲ 5.2×20 topics
  20. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 9.7×5 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 4.0×12 topics
  22. Genetics3▲ 2.9×13 topics
  23. Shoulder Function3▲ 23×2 topics
  24. Anxiety3▲ 3.9×8 topics
  25. Molecular Characterization3▲ 10×4 topics
  26. Radiotherapy3▲ 4.3×10 topics
  27. Asthma3▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 7.0×5 topics
  29. Parkinson's Disease3▲ 6.6×7 topics
  30. Hypertension3▲ 5.5×3 topics
  31. Palliative Care3▲ 10×4 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 5.2×7 topics
  33. Echocardiography3▲ 5.5×7 topics
  34. End-of-Life3▲ 17×3 topics
  35. Rotator Cuff Tears2▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Shoulder Pathology2▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Immunology2▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Obstructive Sleep Apnea2▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Sleep-Disordered Breathing2▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Laparoscopic Surgery2▲ 10×5 topics

Which research topics does CUF Porto Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research, Asthma and respiratory diseases and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation.

Shoulder Injury and Trea…2Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea …2Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 2 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…2Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment …2Heart Failure Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksLysosomal Storage Disorders Research: 2 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 2 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual…1Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 1 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 1 fractional works
SurgeryPhysiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEpidemiology1 others

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

  1. 1 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 2 works
  3. 3 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 2 works
  4. 4 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research Physiology 2 works
  7. 7 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 1 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 available65.0%not open35.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.6%domestic only74.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has CUF Porto Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 CUF Porto Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00064% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%CUF Porto Hospital0.00071% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of CUF Porto Hospital 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 2025CUF Porto Hospital8.6% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.5% in 2023.

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