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Hospital Braga

In research, Hospital Braga stands highest in Medicine (#6,832 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#8,533 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,599 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology, Neurology and Surgery — Rheumatology is 9.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,270
of 28,054 · #22,406 all time
Rank in Portugal
#106
of 187
Research works
1.8k
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.7k
4.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is Hospital Braga 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 #6,832 of 10,443 2.9%403 #8582
Health SciencesDomain #8,533 of 11,982 2.9%415 #7998
SurgerySubfield #1,599 of 1,816 5.2%70 #3288

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 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#8,582 #6,832
  2. Health Sciences#7,998 #8,533
  3. Surgery#3,288 #1,599
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 Hospital Braga specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 9.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 21.3 works9.5×
  2. NeurologySubfield · 24.1 works8.6×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 70.2 works6.1×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.94× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.50× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.40× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.26× its world share, 403 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.65× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× 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, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Braga?

Ranked on the composite score, Raquel Gonçalves, F. Mané and Joana Mesquita lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Braga.

  1. 1 Raquel Gonçalves Portugal · #593,641 worldwide 23 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 F. Mané Portugal · #807,626 worldwide 40 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Joana Mesquita Portugal · #874,696 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 José Carlos Fernandes Portugal · #1,026,323 worldwide 7 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Rui Almeida Portugal · #1,113,302 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Olinda Marques Portugal · #1,125,832 worldwide 7 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Nuno Gomes Portugal · #1,147,943 worldwide 12 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Emanuel Carvalho‐Dias Portugal · #1,147,999 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Pedro Azevedo Portugal · #1,187,425 worldwide 26 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Cátia Oliveira Portugal · #1,229,664 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Braga

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Braga?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Surgical Management, Autoantibodies, Management, Genetic Mutations and Prognostic Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology64▲ 3.3×98 topics
  2. Diagnosis32▲ 6.9×34 topics
  3. Treatment31▲ 5.2×43 topics
  4. Management21▲ 5.3×24 topics
  5. Surgical Management20▲ 9.9×18 topics
  6. Quality of Life19▲ 2.7×33 topics
  7. Autoantibodies18▲ 15×8 topics
  8. Risk Factors17▲ 3.2×24 topics
  9. Genetic Mutations17▲ 7.9×21 topics
  10. Inflammation17▲ 1.63×46 topics
  11. Prognostic Factors16▲ 7.6×14 topics
  12. Chemotherapy16▲ 4.7×22 topics
  13. Complications16▲ 6.3×15 topics
  14. Guidelines16▲ 6.8×12 topics
  15. Mortality15▲ 5.4×11 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 2.6×23 topics
  17. Immunotherapy13▲ 3.7×15 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders12▲ 4.4×17 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines12▲ 4.4×13 topics
  20. Echocardiography10▲ 7.3×7 topics
  21. Surgery10▲ 5.6×10 topics
  22. Rituximab9▲ 13×4 topics
  23. Pathophysiology9▲ 6.1×10 topics
  24. Pathogenesis9▲ 3.5×19 topics
  25. Immunosuppressive Therapy8▲ 9.0×7 topics
  26. Children8▲ 7.0×7 topics
  27. PET Imaging8▲ 9.7×4 topics
  28. Imatinib Mesylate8▲ 32×2 topics
  29. Myocardial Infarction8▲ 6.8×7 topics
  30. Neuroimaging8▲ 5.9×10 topics
  31. Clinical Management8▲ 9.1×8 topics
  32. Cognitive Impairment8▲ 6.1×8 topics
  33. Prognosis8▲ 4.7×8 topics
  34. Survival Analysis7▲ 5.5×6 topics
  35. Molecular Characterization7▲ 8.0×5 topics
  36. Fibrosis6▲ 7.0×5 topics
  37. Mechanical Ventilation6▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Postoperative Complications6▲ 9.7×4 topics
  39. Inflammatory Bowel Disease6▲ 11×5 topics
  40. Cardiac Imaging6▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Braga publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment, Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes, Tracheal and airway disorders and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes.

Gastrointestinal Tumor R…4Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment: 4 fractional worksEosinophilic Disorders a…4Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes: 4 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 3 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 3 fractional worksDrug-Induced Adverse Rea…3Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions: 3 fractional worksVascular Malformations and Hemangiomas: 3 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional works
GastroenterologyRheumatologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment Gastroenterology 4 works
  2. 2 Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes Rheumatology 4 works
  3. 3 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions Pharmacology 3 works
  9. 9 Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Braga's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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.