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Ferrarotto Hospital

In research, Ferrarotto Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,174 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,968 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#22,019
of 34,923
Rank in Italy
#520
of 743
Research works
394
▼ 77% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
26.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Ferrarotto Hospital

What is Ferrarotto Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #4,174 of 16,688 12.4%355
MedicineField #3,968 of 14,558 12.4%350

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

In all years, 90% of research at Ferrarotto Hospital is in Health Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (89%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%), Immunology and Microbiology (2%). It does 3.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 355 fractional works · 90.2% of its workMedicine: 350 fractional works · 88.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 104 fractional works · 26.5% of its workSurgery: 72 fractional works · 18.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 36 fractional works · 9.2% of its workEpidemiology: 24 fractional works · 6.2% of its workHematology: 22 fractional works · 5.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 21 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 28 fractional works · 7.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workImmunology: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKFerrarottoHospital394fractional works, all years
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences90%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine35088.8%
    2. Health Professions51.2%
    3. Nursing10.2%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology174.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology92.2%
    3. Neuroscience10.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    1. Engineering61.5%
    2. Materials Science10.2%
    3. Chemistry10.2%
    4. Environmental Science00.1%
    5. Computer Science00.0%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.4%
    2. Social Sciences10.3%
    3. Psychology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.07× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.98× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 1.62× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.20× its world share, 4 worksMedicinePsychology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology3.98×0 works
  2. Medicine3.20×4 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.07×1 works
  4. Chemistry1.62×0 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.20×0 works
  6. Neuroscience1.15×0 works
  7. Health Professions0.72×0 works
  8. Engineering0.59×0 works
  9. Psychology0.38×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.29×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ferrarotto Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Sebastiano Immè, Simona Gulino and Giuseppe Milone lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ferrarotto Hospital.

  1. 1 Sebastiano Immè Italy · #479,557 worldwide 4.2k citations · 96 works
  2. 2 Simona Gulino Italy · #958,165 worldwide 1.8k citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Giuseppe Milone Italy · #1,080,764 worldwide 10k citations · 307 works
  4. 4 Gerlando Pilato Italy · #1,098,892 worldwide 705 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Marco Miano Italy · #1,221,777 worldwide 706 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Claudia Ina Tamburino Italy · #1,283,056 worldwide 1.5k citations · 62 works
  7. 7 M. Salvo Italy · #1,469,183 worldwide 4.6k citations · 128 works
  8. 8 Daniela Giannazzo Italy · #1,777,524 worldwide 440 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Fabio Dipasqua Italy · #1,960,820 worldwide 837 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Margherita Ministeri Italy · #2,175,252 worldwide 1.1k citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Ferrarotto Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Ferrarotto Hospital?

The most cited paper from Ferrarotto Hospital is "Incidence and Predictors of Early and Late Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in 663 Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis" (Corrado Tamburino, Davide Capodanno, Angelo Bruno Ramondo et al., 2011), with 1,127 citations. Next come "BRAF Mutations in Hairy-Cell Leukemia" (1,029) and "Cardiovascular Events and Intensity of Treatment in Polycythemia Vera" (845).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Incidence and Predictors of Early and Late Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in 663 Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis Corrado Tamburino, Davide Capodanno, Angelo Bruno Ramondo et al. · Circulation Open access 11 Jan 2011 1,127
2 BRAF Mutations in Hairy-Cell Leukemia Enrico Tiacci et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 11 Jun 2011 1,029
3 Cardiovascular Events and Intensity of Treatment in Polycythemia Vera Roberto Marchioli et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 8 Dec 2012 845
4 Percutaneous Mitral Valve Interventions in the Real World Francesco Maisano, Olaf Walter Franzen, Stephan Ernst Baldus et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access 7 Jun 2013 838
5 Bortezomib with thalidomide plus dexamethasone compared with thalidomide plus dexamethasone as induction therapy before, and consolidation therapy after, double autologous stem-cell transplantation in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: a randomised phase 3 study Michèle Cavo et al. · The Lancet Dec 2010 825
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ferrarotto Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Atherosclerosis, Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement, Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement, Myocardial Infarction, Guidelines, Coronary Stents and Myocardial Revascularization.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention47▲ 81×4 topics
  2. Atherosclerosis43▲ 30×8 topics
  3. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement40▲ 143×1 topic
  4. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement40▲ 143×1 topic
  5. Guidelines35▲ 19×11 topics
  6. Myocardial Infarction35▲ 33×6 topics
  7. Coronary Stents35▲ 177×1 topic
  8. Myocardial Revascularization35▲ 177×1 topic
  9. Epidemiology31▲ 1.95×47 topics
  10. Echocardiography29▲ 27×8 topics
  11. Treatment25▲ 4.9×25 topics
  12. Magnetic Resonance Imaging24▲ 16×4 topics
  13. Diagnosis24▲ 5.9×25 topics
  14. Coronary Artery Disease19▲ 39×3 topics
  15. Cardiac Imaging18▲ 33×3 topics
  16. Prophylaxis18▲ 32×4 topics
  17. Radiation Exposure18▲ 37×2 topics
  18. Computed Tomography Angiography18▲ 57×1 topic
  19. Myocardial Perfusion18▲ 57×1 topic
  20. Prognostic Factors18▲ 9.9×11 topics
  21. Complications17▲ 8.6×9 topics
  22. Heart Failure17▲ 9.4×11 topics
  23. Surgery16▲ 13×7 topics
  24. Cardiovascular Disease16▲ 3.5×18 topics
  25. Endovascular Repair15▲ 43×3 topics
  26. Risk Factors15▲ 3.6×11 topics
  27. Bacteremia15▲ 49×1 topic
  28. Infective Endocarditis15▲ 96×1 topic
  29. Stroke Prevention13▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Rituximab13▲ 21×4 topics
  31. Catheter Ablation13▲ 26×2 topics
  32. Aortic Aneurysm12▲ 45×2 topics
  33. Cardiovascular Events12▲ 18×4 topics
  34. Aortic Dissection12▲ 71×1 topic
  35. Bicuspid Aortic Valve12▲ 71×1 topic
  36. Acute Coronary Syndromes11▲ 68×1 topic
  37. ST-Segment Elevation11▲ 68×1 topic
  38. Genetic Polymorphisms10▲ 30×2 topics
  39. Therapeutic Targets10▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Aspirin9▲ 83×1 topic

Which research topics does Ferrarotto Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research, Forensic and Genetic Research, Food Security and Socioeconomic Dynamics and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.

Chronic Lymphocytic Leuk…1Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 1 fractional worksForensic and Genetic Res…0Forensic and Genetic Research: 0 fractional worksFood Security and Socioe…0Food Security and Socioeconomic Dynamics: 0 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 0 fractional worksCivil and Structural Engineering Research: 0 fractional worksMasonry and Concrete Str…0Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis: 0 fractional worksImmunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders: 0 fractional worksStructural Engineering and Vibration Analysis: 0 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 0 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Research: 0 fractional works
GeneticsGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineCivil and Structural Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 1 works
  2. 2 Forensic and Genetic Research Genetics 0 works
  3. 3 Food Security and Socioeconomic Dynamics General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Civil and Structural Engineering Research Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders Immunology 0 works
  8. 8 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 0 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 available21.7%not open78.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.1%domestic only82.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ferrarotto Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 77% lower 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 Ferrarotto Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000033% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Ferrarotto Hospital0.000022% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Ferrarotto 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.

10%20%Ferrarotto Hospital12.0% in 2017all institutions10.0% in 20172010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.8% in 2015.

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