Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Hospital / health system · Lisbon · Portugal

Hospital da Luz

In research, Hospital da Luz stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,146 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,520 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 12.3× its share of world research.

hospitaldaluz.pt/lisboa/enROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022–2025
#9,569
of 28,054 · #20,056 all time
Rank in Portugal
#62
of 187
Research works
851
▲ 119% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.9k
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Hospital da Luz 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 #4,146 of 11,982 9.5%251 #7431
MedicineField #4,520 of 10,443 9.5%238 #7289

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital da Luz 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 Hospital da Luz specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 12.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 38.7 works12×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 42.0 works6.0×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.50× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.03× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.35× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.12× its world share, 238 worksMedicineNursing: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital da Luz?

Ranked on the composite score, Nuno Cardim, Hugo Marques and Sofia Furtado lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital da Luz.

  1. 1 Nuno Cardim Portugal · #31,094 worldwide 531 citations · 42 works
  2. 2 Hugo Marques Portugal · #613,507 worldwide 85 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Sofia Furtado Portugal · #1,242,023 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Luís Mota Capitão Portugal · #1,374,340 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Filomena Ribeiro Portugal · #1,398,983 worldwide 27 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital da Luz

Which keywords describe research at Hospital da Luz?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Guidelines, Heart Failure, Quality of Life, Diagnosis, Genetic Mutations, Myocardial Infarction 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology43▲ 3.6×82 topics
  2. Quality of Life16▲ 3.7×38 topics
  3. Diagnosis14▲ 4.9×30 topics
  4. Guidelines13▲ 9.0×11 topics
  5. Treatment12▲ 3.4×33 topics
  6. Heart Failure11▲ 8.6×12 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 3.3×25 topics
  8. Chemotherapy10▲ 4.9×23 topics
  9. Genetic Mutations10▲ 7.8×17 topics
  10. Risk Factors10▲ 3.1×23 topics
  11. Complications10▲ 6.5×15 topics
  12. Myocardial Infarction9▲ 13×6 topics
  13. Mortality9▲ 5.1×11 topics
  14. Cardiac Imaging8▲ 24×3 topics
  15. Catheter Ablation8▲ 23×2 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 5.2×13 topics
  17. Management8▲ 3.5×24 topics
  18. Echocardiography8▲ 9.7×7 topics
  19. Magnetic Resonance Imaging8▲ 10×5 topics
  20. Arrhythmias8▲ 28×2 topics
  21. Radiation Exposure8▲ 25×2 topics
  22. Rehabilitation7▲ 6.1×8 topics
  23. Coronary Artery Disease6▲ 18×2 topics
  24. Atrial Fibrillation6▲ 21×2 topics
  25. Neurological Disorders6▲ 3.5×14 topics
  26. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment6▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Computed Tomography Angiography6▲ 28×1 topic
  28. Myocardial Perfusion6▲ 28×1 topic
  29. Cardiomyopathy6▲ 20×3 topics
  30. Sudden Cardiac Death5▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Inflammatory Bowel Disease5▲ 15×4 topics
  32. Radiofrequency Ablation5▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Electroanatomic Mapping5▲ 32×1 topic
  34. Ventricular Tachycardia5▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Robotic Surgery5▲ 11×5 topics
  36. Shoulder Function4▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Palliative Care4▲ 9.1×5 topics
  38. Postoperative Complications4▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Stroke Prevention4▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Surgical Treatment4▲ 7.4×6 topics

Which research topics does Hospital da Luz publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Shoulder Injury and Treatment and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes.

Cardiac Imaging and Diag…6Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …5Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 5 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 4 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksNasal Surgery and Airway Studies: 3 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease3Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 3 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 3 fractional worksMigraine and Headache Studies: 3 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryGenetics1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 4 works
  4. 4 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 3 works
  9. 9 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Migraine and Headache Studies Psychiatry and Mental health 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 available68.0%not open32.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.1%domestic only77.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital da Luz's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 119% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Other research institutions in Lisbon

All research institutions in Lisbon

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.