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Hospital de Faro EPE

In research, Hospital de Faro EPE stands highest in Medicine (#13,307 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#15,261 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#24,368
of 34,923
Rank in Portugal
#159
of 209
Research works
419
▼ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
3.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.68×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Hospital de Faro EPE

What is Hospital de Faro EPE known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #13,307 of 14,558 1.6%244
Health SciencesDomain #15,261 of 16,688 1.7%268

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital de Faro EPE 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 de Faro EPE work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Hospital de Faro EPE is in Health Sciences, 15% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (58%), Social Sciences (7%), Health Professions (6%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 57 fractional works · 64.6% of its workMedicine: 51 fractional works · 57.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 13.2% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLeadership and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 14.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 12.6% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 5.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 8.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHospital de FaroEPE87fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences65%Social Sciences15%

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. Medicine5157.9%
    2. Health Professions55.6%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Dentistry00.4%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences67.3%
    2. Psychology33.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.6%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Engineering55.5%
    2. Environmental Science22.4%
    3. Computer Science22.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy11.6%
    5. Materials Science00.6%
    6. Energy00.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology45.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    4. Neuroscience10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.11× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.01× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.16× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.58× 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, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.01×51 works
  2. Health Professions2.11×5 works
  3. Nursing1.30×1 works
  4. Psychology1.16×3 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.96×4 works
  6. Dentistry0.87×0 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.70×1 works
  8. Veterinary0.70×0 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.64×1 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.63×1 works
  11. Social Sciences0.58×6 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.57×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.49×2 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.43×1 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.39×0 works
  16. Neuroscience0.38×0 works
  17. Engineering0.37×5 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.33×1 works
  19. Energy0.28×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.26×2 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.21×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.16×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospital de Faro EPE?

Ranked on the quality score, Nuno Marques, Vasco Marques and Rui Candeias lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital de Faro EPE.

  1. 1 Nuno Marques Portugal · #2,019,536 worldwide 432 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Vasco Marques Portugal · #2,219,187 worldwide 1.5k citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Rui Candeias Portugal · #3,508,503 worldwide 598 citations · 62 works
  4. 4 Vanda Areias Portugal · #3,668,782 worldwide 350 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Paula Gago Portugal · #3,985,430 worldwide 210 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Ana Maria Camacho Portugal · #4,191,358 worldwide 117 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 T Mota Portugal · #4,232,950 worldwide 76 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Elsa Morgado Portugal · #4,607,229 worldwide 97 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 António Da Silva Picoto Portugal · #4,608,505 worldwide 148 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Veloso Gomes Portugal · #4,751,876 worldwide 80 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital de Faro EPE

What are the most cited papers from Hospital de Faro EPE?

The most cited paper from Hospital de Faro EPE is "Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (Mohsen Naghavi et al., 2025), with 500 citations. Next come "The antibacterial activity of polyoxometalates: structures, antibiotic effects and future perspectives" (410) and "The relevance of structural features of cellulose and its interactions to dissolution, regeneration, gelation and plasticization phenomena" (247).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Mohsen Naghavi et al. · The Lancet Open access2,463 authors Oct 2025 500
2 The antibacterial activity of polyoxometalates: structures, antibiotic effects and future perspectives Aleksandar Bijelic, Manuel Aureliano, Annette Rompel · Chemical Communications Open access 2018 410
3 The relevance of structural features of cellulose and its interactions to dissolution, regeneration, gelation and plasticization phenomena Björn Lindman, Bruno Medronho, Luís Alves et al. · Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Open access 2017 247
4 Konzo: From Poverty, Cassava, and Cyanogen Intake to Toxico-Nutritional Neurological Disease Hipólito Nzwalo, Julie Cliff · PLoS neglected tropical diseases Open access 28 Jun 2011 146
5 Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization Carlos M. Fonseca, Deb, Kalyanmoy, Thiele, Lothar et al. · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paper 2003 139
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hospital de Faro EPE?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality Improvement, Radiology Errors, Structured Reporting, Medical Education, Radiotherapy, Healthcare Access, Quality of Life and Cancer Risk.

▲ 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. Quality Improvement5▲ 31×3 topics
  2. Radiology Errors5▲ 266×1 topic
  3. Structured Reporting5▲ 266×1 topic
  4. Epidemiology4▲ 1.25×25 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress4▲ 2.8×15 topics
  6. Quality of Life4▲ 3.2×16 topics
  7. Medical Education4▲ 17×4 topics
  8. Radiotherapy3▲ 9.6×7 topics
  9. Depression3▲ 3.8×7 topics
  10. Chemotherapy3▲ 4.4×9 topics
  11. Healthcare Access3▲ 11×5 topics
  12. Medical Imaging3▲ 5.9×3 topics
  13. Treatment3▲ 2.5×15 topics
  14. Anxiety3▲ 6.3×6 topics
  15. Cancer Risk3▲ 14×3 topics
  16. Risk Factors2▲ 2.5×8 topics
  17. Diagnostic Imaging2▲ 24×2 topics
  18. Pain Management2▲ 11×8 topics
  19. Echocardiography2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  20. Occupational Exposure2▲ 44×2 topics
  21. Radiation Exposure2▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Respiratory Distress Syndrome2▲ 30×2 topics
  23. Computed Tomography2▲ 55×1 topic
  24. Critical Care2▲ 9.9×2 topics
  25. Ionizing Radiation2▲ 36×1 topic
  26. Lung Ultrasound2▲ 96×1 topic
  27. Point-of-Care Ultrasonography2▲ 96×1 topic
  28. Virtual Reality2▲ 4.7×2 topics
  29. Well-being2▲ 5.9×4 topics
  30. Job Satisfaction2▲ 4.8×4 topics
  31. Monte Carlo Simulation2▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Medical Applications2▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Wound Healing2▲ 6.9×2 topics
  34. Social Determinants1▲ 8.0×2 topics
  35. Anatomy Education1▲ 56×1 topic
  36. Dosimetry1▲ 21×1 topic
  37. Physician Burnout1▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Radiotherapy Physics1▲ 36×1 topic
  39. Reconstruction1▲ 9.0×2 topics
  40. Work-Life Balance1▲ 8.0×1 topic

Which research topics does Hospital de Faro EPE publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Radiology practices and education, Ultrasound in Clinical Applications, Radiation Dose and Imaging and Medical and Biological Ozone Research.

Radiology practices and …5Radiology practices and education: 5 fractional worksUltrasound in Clinical A…2Ultrasound in Clinical Applications: 2 fractional worksRadiation Dose and Imaging2Radiation Dose and Imaging: 2 fractional worksMedical and Biological Ozone Research: 1 fractional worksAnatomy and Medical Technology: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 1 fractional worksHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil: 1 fractional worksContact Dermatitis and Allergies: 1 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicinePharmacologyBiomedical Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Radiology practices and education Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 works
  2. 2 Ultrasound in Clinical Applications Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Radiation Dose and Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  4. 4 Medical and Biological Ozone Research Pharmacology 1 works
  5. 5 Anatomy and Medical Technology Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 1 works
  7. 7 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 1 works
  9. 9 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Contact Dermatitis and Allergies Dermatology 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 available58.9%not open41.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.4%domestic only88.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hospital de Faro EPE's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Hospital de Faro EPE as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00021% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Hospital de Faro EPE0.00026% in 202519801990200020102020

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