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Hospital de Dona Estefânia

In research, Hospital de Dona Estefânia stands highest in Medicine (#9,451 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,011 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,537
of 28,054 · #32,940 all time
Rank in Portugal
#172
of 187
Research works
655
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.1k
6.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is Hospital de Dona Estefânia 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 #9,451 of 10,443 5.7%70 #14035
Health SciencesDomain #11,011 of 11,982 6.4%80 #16614

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital de Dona Estefânia 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).

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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.38× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.14× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.09× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.84× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.96× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.30× its world share, 70 worksMedicineNursing: 4.82× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.48× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital de Dona Estefânia?

Ranked on the composite score, João Farela Neves, Carla Conceição and Maria João Brito lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital de Dona Estefânia.

  1. 1 João Farela Neves Portugal · #315,978 worldwide 65 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Carla Conceição Portugal · #965,285 worldwide 3 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Maria João Brito Portugal · #1,001,266 worldwide 21 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Luís Pereira‐da‐Silva Portugal · #1,050,391 worldwide 9 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Lurdes Lopes Portugal · #1,063,573 worldwide 6 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Daniel Virella Portugal · #1,132,449 worldwide 4 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Catarina Gouveia Portugal · #1,250,674 worldwide 7 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Sara Prates Portugal · #1,414,458 worldwide 2 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Catarina Limbert Portugal · #1,424,594 worldwide 6 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 José Pedro Vieira Portugal · #1,435,417 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital de Dona Estefânia

Which keywords describe research at Hospital de Dona Estefânia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Genetic Mutations, Treatment, Surgical Management, Immune Response, SARS-CoV-2, Diagnosis and Public Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology18▲ 4.2×59 topics
  2. Treatment7▲ 5.4×21 topics
  3. Genetic Mutations6▲ 13×15 topics
  4. Inflammation5▲ 2.0×27 topics
  5. Public Health5▲ 2.9×16 topics
  6. Immune Response4▲ 7.0×10 topics
  7. Surgical Management4▲ 9.7×9 topics
  8. Diagnosis4▲ 4.1×17 topics
  9. Genetics3▲ 4.3×9 topics
  10. SARS-CoV-23▲ 8.9×5 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress3▲ 1.63×10 topics
  12. Meta-Analysis3▲ 4.3×7 topics
  13. Adolescents3▲ 6.2×8 topics
  14. Pathophysiology3▲ 7.9×6 topics
  15. Prevalence2▲ 5.6×8 topics
  16. Vaccine2▲ 5.7×6 topics
  17. Pulmonary Hypertension2▲ 16×2 topics
  18. Social Determinants2▲ 10×4 topics
  19. Child Development2▲ 4.8×3 topics
  20. Complications2▲ 4.2×8 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 3.5×7 topics
  22. Pathogenesis2▲ 3.6×9 topics
  23. Thrombosis2▲ 6.5×5 topics
  24. Genetic Variants2▲ 9.6×6 topics
  25. Cognitive Impairment2▲ 6.3×5 topics
  26. Sickle-cell Disease2▲ 38×1 topic
  27. Thalassemia2▲ 38×1 topic
  28. Antibiotic Prophylaxis2▲ 19×3 topics
  29. Pregnancy2▲ 7.2×5 topics
  30. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  31. Maternal Health2▲ 5.2×2 topics
  32. Neural Crest2▲ 37×2 topics
  33. Newborn Screening2▲ 27×2 topics
  34. Prenatal Diagnosis2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  35. Preterm Infants2▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Anemia2▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Diabetes Mellitus2▲ 6.6×3 topics
  38. Diagnostic Imaging2▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Type 1 Diabetes1▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Intervention1▲ 30×2 topics

Which research topics does Hospital de Dona Estefânia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, Metabolism and Genetic Disorders, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology.

Hemoglobinopathies and R…2Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 2 fractional worksMetabolism and Genetic D…1Metabolism and Genetic Disorders: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksVascular Malformations and Hemangiomas: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 1 fractional worksDrug-Induced Adverse Rea…1Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions: 1 fractional worksStreptococcal Infections and Treatments: 1 fractional worksHealth Literacy and Information Accessibility: 1 fractional works
GeneticsClinical BiochemistryNutrition and DieteticsInfectious Diseases4 others

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

  1. 1 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 2 works
  2. 2 Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Clinical Biochemistry 1 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  4. 4 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  5. 5 Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 1 works
  7. 7 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 1 works
  8. 8 Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions Pharmacology 1 works
  9. 9 Streptococcal Infections and Treatments Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Health Literacy and Information Accessibility General Health Professions 1 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 available73.9%not open26.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.1%domestic only88.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital de Dona Estefânia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower 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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