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Hospital Braga

In research, Hospital Braga stands highest in Surgery (#1,079 of 1,532 worldwide), Medicine (#7,257 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,818 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology and Neurology (Rheumatology is 8.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,676
of 22,385 · #22,606 all time
Rank in Portugal
#120
of 168
Research works
1.8k
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.7k
4.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.62×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
72%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Hospital Braga

What is Hospital Braga 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
SurgerySubfield #1,079 of 1,532 3.9%70 #2241
MedicineField #7,257 of 8,541 2.2%403 #9093
Health SciencesDomain #8,818 of 9,902 2.2%415 #11312

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Braga 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Surgery#2,241 #1,079
  2. Medicine#9,093 #7,257
  3. Health Sciences#11,312 #8,818
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Hospital Braga work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Hospital Braga is in Health Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (82%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Neuroscience (2%). It does 3.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 490 fractional works · 84.3% of its workMedicine: 474 fractional works · 81.5% of its workSurgery: 80 fractional works · 13.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 49 fractional works · 8.4% of its workEpidemiology: 33 fractional works · 5.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 33 fractional works · 5.6% of its workNeurology: 27 fractional works · 4.6% of its workRheumatology: 24 fractional works · 4.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 22 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOncology: 21 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 19 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 17 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOphthalmology: 14 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 13 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDermatology: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGastroenterology: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNephrology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 51 fractional works · 8.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHospital Braga581fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences84%Social Sciences4%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine47481.5%
    2. Health Professions122.0%
    3. Dentistry20.3%
    4. Nursing20.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology284.7%
    2. Neuroscience132.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology81.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Psychology101.8%
    2. Social Sciences50.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting30.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities20.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
    6. Decision Sciences10.1%
    1. Engineering81.5%
    2. Computer Science40.7%
    3. Environmental Science10.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    5. Materials Science10.2%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Energy00.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    9. Mathematics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hospital Braga specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 23.5 works8.9×
  2. NeurologySubfield · 26.6 works8.0×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.42× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.34× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.78× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.24× its world share, 474 worksMedicineNursing: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× 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.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.24×474 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.42×8 works
  3. Neuroscience1.34×13 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.89×28 works
  5. Health Professions0.78×12 works
  6. Dentistry0.63×2 works
  7. Nursing0.61×2 works
  8. Psychology0.59×10 works
  9. Veterinary0.50×0 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.33×1 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.17×3 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.15×2 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×1 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.13×1 works
  15. Engineering0.10×8 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×1 works
  17. Computer Science0.09×4 works
  18. Energy0.09×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×2 works
  20. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  21. Social Sciences0.06×5 works
  22. Environmental Science0.05×2 works
  23. Materials Science0.05×1 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Braga?

Ranked on the quality score, Alexandre Carvalho, Margarida Lopes and Manuel Vieira da Silva lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Braga.

  1. 1 Alexandre Carvalho Portugal · #548,068 worldwide 1.7k citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Margarida Lopes Portugal · #1,091,119 worldwide 2.3k citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Manuel Vieira da Silva Portugal · #1,695,424 worldwide 436 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Luís Mendonça Portugal · #1,763,229 worldwide 1.2k citations · 46 works
  5. 5 André Santa Cruz Portugal · #2,504,670 worldwide 745 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Joana Camões Neves Portugal · #2,717,447 worldwide 181 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Fernando Milhazes Mar Portugal · #2,796,099 worldwide 968 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Carlos Capela Portugal · #2,833,169 worldwide 906 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Catarina Silva Portugal · #2,888,733 worldwide 226 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 João Pinho Portugal · #2,910,641 worldwide 1.5k citations · 113 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Braga

What are the most cited papers from Hospital Braga?

The most cited paper from Hospital Braga is "Frequency of TERT promoter mutations in human cancers" (João Vinagre et al., 2013), with 913 citations. Next come "Bone metastases: an overview" (776) and "Interleukin-6 Is a Biomarker for the Development of Fatal Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Pneumonia" (384).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Frequency of TERT promoter mutations in human cancers João Vinagre et al. · Nature Communications Open access 26 Jul 2013 913
2 Bone metastases: an overview Filipa Macedo, Kátia Ladeira, Filipa S Pinho et al. · Oncology Reviews Open access 9 May 2017 776
3 Interleukin-6 Is a Biomarker for the Development of Fatal Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Pneumonia André Santa Cruz, Ana Mendes‐Frias, Ana Isabel Oliveira et al. · Frontiers in Immunology Open access 18 Feb 2021 384
4 Spinal infection: state of the art and management algorithm Rui M. Duarte, Alexander Richard Vaccaro · European Spine Journal Open access 11 Jun 2013 378
5 Prospective Observational Study on acute Appendicitis Worldwide (POSAW) Massimo Sartelli et al. · World Journal of Emergency Surgery Open access149 authors 16 Apr 2018 282
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Braga?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Surgical Management, Autoantibodies, Genetic Mutations, Management and Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology78▲ 3.4×102 topics
  2. Treatment35▲ 4.9×45 topics
  3. Diagnosis34▲ 6.3×35 topics
  4. Quality of Life24▲ 2.8×37 topics
  5. Management23▲ 4.9×24 topics
  6. Surgical Management22▲ 9.4×19 topics
  7. Autoantibodies20▲ 14×8 topics
  8. Genetic Mutations19▲ 7.6×22 topics
  9. Risk Factors19▲ 3.0×26 topics
  10. Complications18▲ 6.4×17 topics
  11. Inflammation18▲ 1.48×48 topics
  12. Prognostic Factors17▲ 6.9×14 topics
  13. Chemotherapy17▲ 4.2×23 topics
  14. Guidelines17▲ 6.2×12 topics
  15. Mortality17▲ 5.0×12 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease16▲ 2.4×25 topics
  17. Immunotherapy14▲ 3.3×15 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders13▲ 4.0×18 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines12▲ 3.9×13 topics
  20. Echocardiography12▲ 7.3×8 topics
  21. Intraocular Pressure11▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Surgery11▲ 5.2×10 topics
  23. Rituximab10▲ 12×4 topics
  24. Pathophysiology10▲ 5.9×10 topics
  25. Glaucoma10▲ 11×4 topics
  26. Immunosuppressive Therapy9▲ 8.5×8 topics
  27. Corneal Biomechanics9▲ 43×1 topic
  28. Keratoconus9▲ 43×1 topic
  29. Children9▲ 6.9×7 topics
  30. Myocardial Infarction9▲ 6.5×7 topics
  31. Neuroimaging8▲ 5.2×10 topics
  32. PET Imaging8▲ 8.5×4 topics
  33. Clinical Management8▲ 8.2×8 topics
  34. Imatinib Mesylate8▲ 28×2 topics
  35. Cardiac Imaging7▲ 10×3 topics
  36. Femtosecond Laser7▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Inflammatory Bowel Disease7▲ 10×5 topics
  38. Intraocular Lens Implantation7▲ 40×1 topic
  39. Molecular Characterization7▲ 6.9×5 topics
  40. Postoperative Complications7▲ 9.6×4 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Braga publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Corneal surgery and disorders, Intraocular Surgery and Lenses, Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies and Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment.

Corneal surgery and disorders: 9 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and Lenses: 7 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 5 fractional worksGastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksEosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes: 4 fractional worksDrug-Induced Adverse Rea…4Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions: 4 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 4 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 3 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…3Esophageal and GI Pathology: 3 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOphthalmologyEpidemiologyGastroenterology5 others

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

  1. 1 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 9 works
  2. 2 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 7 works
  3. 3 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 5 works
  4. 4 Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment Gastroenterology 4 works
  5. 5 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes Rheumatology 4 works
  7. 7 Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions Pharmacology 4 works
  8. 8 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 3 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 available72.2%not open27.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.9%domestic only90.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Braga's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Hospital Braga as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0023% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Hospital Braga0.0019% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Hospital Braga 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 2025Hospital Braga2.8% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 4.2% in 2018.

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