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General University Hospital of Patras

In research, General University Hospital of Patras stands highest in Medicine (#1,697 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,366 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,011 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 7.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,554
of 28,054 · #9,471 all time
Rank in Greece
#24
of 124
Research works
2.4k
▲ 70% vs 2013–17
Citations
37k
15.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is General University Hospital of Patras 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
MedicineField #1,697 of 10,443 15.0%492 #2439
Health SciencesDomain #2,366 of 11,982 15.2%514 #3106
SurgerySubfield #1,011 of 1,816 12.6%105 #1307
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #912 of 1,144 11.3%70 #1443

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where General University Hospital of Patras 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#2,439 #1,697
  2. Health Sciences#3,106 #2,366
  3. Surgery#1,307 #1,011
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,443 #912
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does General University Hospital of Patras specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 69.6 works7.5×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 104.9 works7.4×
  3. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 40.4 works6.4×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 34 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.42× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.04× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.10× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.23× its world share, 492 worksMedicineNursing: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.37× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at General University Hospital of Patras?

Ranked on the composite score, Francesk Mulita, Andreas A. Argyriou and Karolina Akinosoglou lead among researchers whose main affiliation is General University Hospital of Patras.

  1. 1 Francesk Mulita Greece · #13,806 worldwide 598 citations · 55 works
  2. 2 Andreas A. Argyriou Greece · #22,139 worldwide 486 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Karolina Akinosoglou Greece · #76,983 worldwide 571 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Georgios‐Ioannis Verras Greece · #148,396 worldwide 476 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Konstantinos Katsanos Greece · #368,567 worldwide 106 citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Dimitrios Karnabatidis Greece · #369,128 worldwide 43 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Panagiotis Kitrou Greece · #369,422 worldwide 18 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Periklis Davlouros Greece · #422,073 worldwide 86 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 George Hahalis Greece · #503,441 worldwide 67 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Ioannis A. Tsolakis Greece · #542,277 worldwide 36 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at General University Hospital of Patras

Which keywords describe research at General University Hospital of Patras?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Complications, Management, Inflammation, Guidelines and Clinical Practice Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology87▲ 3.6×109 topics
  2. Treatment44▲ 5.9×39 topics
  3. Diagnosis37▲ 6.5×37 topics
  4. Inflammation35▲ 2.7×61 topics
  5. Management29▲ 6.0×26 topics
  6. Complications27▲ 9.0×17 topics
  7. Risk Factors26▲ 3.9×27 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines21▲ 6.4×14 topics
  9. Guidelines21▲ 7.3×12 topics
  10. Quality of Life20▲ 2.3×31 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease19▲ 2.8×27 topics
  12. Surgical Management18▲ 7.4×18 topics
  13. Chemotherapy18▲ 4.3×21 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome18▲ 3.6×18 topics
  15. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention15▲ 18×4 topics
  16. Mortality14▲ 4.1×10 topics
  17. SARS-CoV-214▲ 7.2×6 topics
  18. Immune Response13▲ 3.9×15 topics
  19. Pathophysiology13▲ 7.1×10 topics
  20. Children12▲ 8.8×6 topics
  21. Echocardiography12▲ 7.6×7 topics
  22. Prognostic Factors12▲ 4.7×13 topics
  23. Atherosclerosis12▲ 7.1×11 topics
  24. ACE2 Receptor12▲ 8.0×3 topics
  25. Heart Failure11▲ 4.4×12 topics
  26. Surgery11▲ 5.1×12 topics
  27. Rehabilitation11▲ 4.5×10 topics
  28. Thrombosis10▲ 6.1×7 topics
  29. Fibrosis10▲ 9.0×5 topics
  30. Biomechanics10▲ 5.3×6 topics
  31. Imaging9▲ 6.2×6 topics
  32. Postoperative Complications9▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Hemostasis9▲ 15×4 topics
  34. TGF-ß9▲ 9.6×4 topics
  35. Endovascular Repair9▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Radiofrequency Ablation8▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Catheter Ablation8▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Adults8▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition8▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Femoral Access8▲ 56×1 topic

Which research topics does General University Hospital of Patras publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Vascular Procedures and Complications, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis.

Vascular Procedures and …8Vascular Procedures and Complications: 8 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…7COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 7 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 7 fractional worksCentral Venous Catheters…6Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis: 6 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …6Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 6 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 6 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 6 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…5Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 5 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 5 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 5 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineInfectious DiseasesEmergency Medical ServicesCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Vascular Procedures and Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 7 works
  3. 3 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  4. 4 Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Emergency Medical Services 6 works
  5. 5 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  6. 6 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 6 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  8. 8 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 5 works
  9. 9 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  10. 10 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 5 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 available46.0%not open54.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.8%domestic only84.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has General University Hospital of Patras's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 70% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.