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Hospital da Luz

In research, Hospital da Luz stands highest in Medicine (#2,134 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,529 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 11.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,762
of 22,385 · #13,081 all time
Rank in Portugal
#75
of 168
Research works
851
▲ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.9k
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
68%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Hospital da Luz

What is Hospital da Luz 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
MedicineField #2,134 of 8,541 7.7%238 #3450
Health SciencesDomain #2,529 of 9,902 7.7%251 #4042

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Hospital da Luz work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Hospital da Luz is in Health Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (78%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Health Professions (3%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 294 fractional works · 82.3% of its workMedicine: 279 fractional works · 78.1% of its workSurgery: 49 fractional works · 13.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 43 fractional works · 12.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 23 fractional works · 6.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 18 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEpidemiology: 17 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 14 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOphthalmology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 32 fractional works · 9.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKHospital da Luz357fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences5%

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. Medicine27978.1%
    2. Health Professions123.5%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Veterinary10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology185.1%
    2. Neuroscience72.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology51.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences72.0%
    2. Psychology51.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    5. Decision Sciences10.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    1. Engineering71.8%
    2. Computer Science30.9%
    3. Environmental Science20.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy20.4%
    5. Materials Science10.2%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
    9. Chemistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hospital da Luz specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 11.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 42.8 works11×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 49.2 works5.9×
← 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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.95× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.44× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.27× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.32× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.06× its world share, 279 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.60× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 7 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.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.06×279 works
  2. Veterinary1.60×1 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.44×5 works
  4. Health Professions1.32×12 works
  5. Neuroscience1.27×7 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.95×18 works
  7. Nursing0.64×1 works
  8. Dentistry0.50×1 works
  9. Psychology0.50×5 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.40×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.22×2 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.20×2 works
  13. Social Sciences0.16×7 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.15×0 works
  15. Engineering0.12×6 works
  16. Computer Science0.11×3 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.10×0 works
  18. Environmental Science0.10×2 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.10×1 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.06×1 works
  23. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×0 works
  25. Chemistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospital da Luz?

Ranked on the quality score, Hugo Marques, Nuno Miguel Cardim and Vasco Mascarenhas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital da Luz.

  1. 1 Hugo Marques Portugal · #208,519 worldwide 8.3k citations · 256 works
  2. 2 Nuno Miguel Cardim Portugal · #266,589 worldwide 24k citations · 331 works
  3. 3 Vasco Mascarenhas Portugal · #551,149 worldwide 2k citations · 85 works
  4. 4 Filomena J. Ribeiro Portugal · #768,444 worldwide 1.3k citations · 93 works
  5. 5 Adalgisa Guerra Portugal · #776,572 worldwide 1.2k citations · 56 works
  6. 6 Raquel Gil‐Gouveia Portugal · #781,933 worldwide 2.9k citations · 132 works
  7. 7 P. Diana Afonso Portugal · #919,655 worldwide 723 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Francisca Leite Portugal · #996,245 worldwide 913 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Bernardo Duque Neves Portugal · #1,011,255 worldwide 1.3k citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Antonio Medina Almeida Portugal · #1,267,661 worldwide 4.4k citations · 162 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital da Luz

What are the most cited papers from Hospital da Luz?

The most cited paper from Hospital da Luz is "Current and Evolving Echocardiographic Techniques for the Quantitative Evaluation of Cardiac Mechanics: ASE/EAE Consensus Statement on Methodology and Indications" (Victor Mor‐Avi, Roberto Miguel Lang, Luigi Paolo Badano et al., 2011), with 1,267 citations. Next come "Current and Evolving Echocardiographic Techniques for the Quantitative Evaluation of Cardiac Mechanics: ASE/EAE Consensus Statement on Methodology and Indications Endorsed by the Japanese Society of Echocardiography" (1,093) and "Standardization of adult transthoracic echocardiography reporting in agreement with recent chamber quantification, diastolic function, and heart valve disease recommendations: an expert consensus document of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging" (853).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Current and Evolving Echocardiographic Techniques for the Quantitative Evaluation of Cardiac Mechanics: ASE/EAE Consensus Statement on Methodology and Indications Victor Mor‐Avi, Roberto Miguel Lang, Luigi Paolo Badano et al. · Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography Open access 20 Feb 2011 1,267
2 Current and Evolving Echocardiographic Techniques for the Quantitative Evaluation of Cardiac Mechanics: ASE/EAE Consensus Statement on Methodology and Indications Endorsed by the Japanese Society of Echocardiography Victor Mor‐Avi, Roberto Miguel Lang, Luigi Paolo Badano et al. · European Journal of Echocardiography Open access Mar 2011 1,093
3 Standardization of adult transthoracic echocardiography reporting in agreement with recent chamber quantification, diastolic function, and heart valve disease recommendations: an expert consensus document of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging Maurizio Galderisi et al. · European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging Open access 11 Oct 2017 853
4 Machine learning for prediction of all-cause mortality in patients with suspected coronary artery disease: a 5-year multicentre prospective registry analysis Manish Motwani et al. · European Heart Journal Open access Jun 2016 709
5 Crohn's disease Michael Todd Dolinger, Joana Torres, Severine A.R.A. Vermeire · The Lancet Mar 2024 570
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hospital da Luz?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Heart Failure, Guidelines, Diagnosis, Quality of Life, 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-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. Epidemiology52▲ 3.6×83 topics
  2. Quality of Life18▲ 3.5×38 topics
  3. Diagnosis16▲ 4.7×30 topics
  4. Heart Failure14▲ 8.6×13 topics
  5. Guidelines14▲ 8.1×12 topics
  6. Treatment14▲ 3.2×34 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease12▲ 3.0×27 topics
  8. Risk Factors12▲ 3.0×23 topics
  9. Genetic Mutations12▲ 7.4×19 topics
  10. Chemotherapy11▲ 4.4×23 topics
  11. Complications11▲ 6.2×15 topics
  12. Myocardial Infarction11▲ 13×7 topics
  13. Management10▲ 3.6×25 topics
  14. Catheter Ablation10▲ 22×2 topics
  15. Echocardiography10▲ 9.6×7 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 4.8×14 topics
  17. Mortality9▲ 4.6×12 topics
  18. Cardiac Imaging9▲ 20×3 topics
  19. Obesity8▲ 3.0×19 topics
  20. Arrhythmias8▲ 25×2 topics
  21. Magnetic Resonance Imaging8▲ 9.2×5 topics
  22. Rehabilitation8▲ 5.8×8 topics
  23. Radiation Exposure8▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Neurological Disorders8▲ 3.8×16 topics
  25. Atrial Fibrillation7▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Coronary Artery Disease7▲ 16×3 topics
  27. Inflammatory Bowel Disease6▲ 15×5 topics
  28. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment6▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Cardiomyopathy6▲ 18×3 topics
  30. Cardiovascular Risk6▲ 5.2×7 topics
  31. Computed Tomography Angiography6▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Myocardial Perfusion6▲ 25×1 topic
  33. Radiofrequency Ablation6▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Sudden Cardiac Death6▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Shoulder Function6▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Electroanatomic Mapping5▲ 30×1 topic
  37. Ventricular Tachycardia5▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Robotic Surgery5▲ 9.4×5 topics
  39. Palliative Care5▲ 9.0×5 topics
  40. Stroke Prevention5▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Hospital da Luz publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: 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 worksNasal Surgery and Airway Studies: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 4 fractional worksMigraine and Headache Studies: 4 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…4Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 4 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 4 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryPsychiatry and Mental health2 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 Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies Surgery 4 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Migraine and Headache Studies Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 4 works
  10. 10 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 4 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hospital da Luz's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher 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 Hospital da Luz as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0014% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Hospital da Luz0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hospital da Luz 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%Hospital da Luz12.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.0% in 2025.

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