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CUF Porto Hospital

In research, CUF Porto Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,122 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,353 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. 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, 2022–2025
#19,370
of 28,054 · #26,609 all time
Rank in Portugal
#123
of 187
Research works
501
▲ 57% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.7k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is CUF Porto Hospital 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 #7,122 of 11,982 13.4%125 #9535
MedicineField #6,353 of 10,443 12.7%114 #7939

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

What does CUF Porto Hospital 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 · 23.3 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: 1.08× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.44× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.97× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.91× its world share, 114 worksMedicineNursing: 1.65× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.72× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 3 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: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at CUF Porto Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Mário Morais‐Almeida lead among researchers whose main affiliation is CUF Porto Hospital.

  1. 1 Mário Morais‐Almeida Portugal · #463,771 worldwide 67 citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at CUF Porto Hospital

Which keywords describe research at CUF Porto Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Quality of Life, Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation 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. Epidemiology24▲ 3.9×78 topics
  2. Treatment9▲ 4.8×27 topics
  3. Quality of Life8▲ 3.8×31 topics
  4. Inflammation8▲ 2.5×41 topics
  5. Diagnosis7▲ 5.3×23 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 3.8×17 topics
  7. Guidelines6▲ 8.8×11 topics
  8. Immunotherapy5▲ 4.8×16 topics
  9. Mortality5▲ 5.6×11 topics
  10. Heart Failure5▲ 7.1×12 topics
  11. Risk Factors5▲ 2.8×18 topics
  12. Chemotherapy4▲ 4.2×18 topics
  13. Rehabilitation4▲ 7.5×9 topics
  14. Surgical Management4▲ 7.2×17 topics
  15. Complications4▲ 5.4×13 topics
  16. Management4▲ 3.3×21 topics
  17. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 11×5 topics
  18. Depression4▲ 2.8×13 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations4▲ 5.5×20 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 4.1×11 topics
  21. Genetics3▲ 3.0×11 topics
  22. Shoulder Function3▲ 24×2 topics
  23. Molecular Characterization3▲ 11×4 topics
  24. Neurological Disorders3▲ 3.5×14 topics
  25. Anxiety3▲ 3.9×8 topics
  26. Radiotherapy3▲ 4.8×10 topics
  27. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 7.7×5 topics
  28. Parkinson's Disease3▲ 7.5×7 topics
  29. Asthma3▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 5.9×7 topics
  31. Prognosis3▲ 5.2×8 topics
  32. Hypertension2▲ 5.6×3 topics
  33. Biomechanics2▲ 5.3×5 topics
  34. Palliative Care2▲ 9.9×4 topics
  35. End-of-Life2▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Immunology2▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Rotator Cuff Tears2▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Shoulder Pathology2▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Obstructive Sleep Apnea2▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Sleep-Disordered Breathing2▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does CUF Porto Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research, Heart Failure Treatment and Management and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation.

Shoulder Injury and Trea…2Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea …2Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 2 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…2Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…2Asthma and respiratory diseases: 2 fractional worksLysosomal Storage Disorders Research: 2 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 2 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosi…1Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 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 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 2 works
  6. 6 Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research Physiology 2 works
  7. 7 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has CUF Porto Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 57% 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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