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Hospital de Santa Cruz

In research, Hospital de Santa Cruz stands highest in Medicine (#5,301 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#6,956 of 11,982 worldwide) and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (#650 of 738 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 36.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,804
of 28,054 · #23,050 all time
Rank in Portugal
#128
of 187
Research works
1.3k
▲ 76% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
7.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is Hospital de Santa Cruz 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 #5,301 of 10,443 4.7%250 #5929
Health SciencesDomain #6,956 of 11,982 4.7%259 #7307
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #650 of 738 5.0%115 #1117

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital de Santa Cruz 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#5,929 #5,301
  2. Health Sciences#7,307 #6,956
  3. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#1,117 #650
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 de Santa Cruz specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 36.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 115.2 works37×
  2. MedicineField · 250.2 works4.3×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 29.9 works4.3×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.95× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.35× its world share, 250 worksMedicineNursing: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 5 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 de Santa Cruz?

Ranked on the composite score, Miguel Sousa‐Uva, Diogo Cavaco and P Freitas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital de Santa Cruz.

  1. 1 Miguel Sousa‐Uva Portugal · #9,417 worldwide 3.4k citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Diogo Cavaco Portugal · #191,056 worldwide 177 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 P Freitas Portugal · #195,136 worldwide 105 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Manuel Almeida Portugal · #215,308 worldwide 148 citations · 43 works
  5. 5 M Trabulo Portugal · #265,394 worldwide 91 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Teresa Adragão Portugal · #461,271 worldwide 75 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Miguel Mendes Portugal · #473,584 worldwide 96 citations · 48 works
  8. 8 Gil Portugal · #576,468 worldwide 31 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 R Seabra-Gomes Portugal · #592,453 worldwide 41 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Rui Anjos Portugal · #598,484 worldwide 52 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital de Santa Cruz

Which keywords describe research at Hospital de Santa Cruz?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Myocardial Infarction, Echocardiography, Guidelines, Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiac Imaging, Catheter Ablation and Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement.

▲ 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. Heart Failure36▲ 28×11 topics
  2. Myocardial Infarction33▲ 47×5 topics
  3. Echocardiography32▲ 39×8 topics
  4. Guidelines26▲ 19×7 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease25▲ 7.7×20 topics
  6. Cardiac Imaging23▲ 64×3 topics
  7. Catheter Ablation23▲ 62×2 topics
  8. Epidemiology20▲ 1.65×44 topics
  9. Arrhythmias18▲ 67×2 topics
  10. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement18▲ 85×1 topic
  11. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement18▲ 85×1 topic
  12. Magnetic Resonance Imaging18▲ 23×4 topics
  13. Sudden Cardiac Death18▲ 72×2 topics
  14. Diagnosis17▲ 6.1×16 topics
  15. Coronary Artery Disease17▲ 48×3 topics
  16. Treatment16▲ 4.5×18 topics
  17. Atrial Fibrillation16▲ 54×2 topics
  18. Radiation Exposure16▲ 53×2 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment15▲ 64×2 topics
  20. Computed Tomography Angiography15▲ 76×1 topic
  21. Myocardial Perfusion15▲ 76×1 topic
  22. Obesity15▲ 6.6×7 topics
  23. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention14▲ 35×4 topics
  24. Cardiomyopathy13▲ 48×4 topics
  25. Radiofrequency Ablation12▲ 37×2 topics
  26. Electroanatomic Mapping12▲ 77×1 topic
  27. Ventricular Tachycardia12▲ 77×1 topic
  28. Stroke Prevention11▲ 32×2 topics
  29. Dilated Cardiomyopathy11▲ 54×2 topics
  30. Anticoagulant Therapy11▲ 30×1 topic
  31. Risk Stratification11▲ 52×1 topic
  32. Cardiovascular Risk11▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Genetic Mutations11▲ 8.5×7 topics
  34. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy11▲ 90×1 topic
  35. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator11▲ 90×1 topic
  36. Remote Monitoring11▲ 33×2 topics
  37. Chronic Kidney Disease11▲ 15×6 topics
  38. Chamber Quantification10▲ 44×1 topic
  39. Diastolic Function10▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Atherosclerosis9▲ 11×9 topics

Which research topics does Hospital de Santa Cruz publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes.

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 18 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 15 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …12Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 12 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…11Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 11 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 11 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 10 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarct…8Acute Myocardial Infarction Research: 8 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 7 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 7 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 6 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurgeryNephrology

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 18 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 15 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 12 works
  4. 4 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11 works
  5. 5 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  7. 7 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  8. 8 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 7 works
  10. 10 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 6 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 available59.4%not open40.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.1%domestic only86.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital de Santa Cruz's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 76% higher 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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