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Hospital de Santa Maria

In research, Hospital de Santa Maria stands highest in Medicine (#2,438 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,936 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,048 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Rheumatology and Neurology — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 9.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,323
of 28,054 · #7,952 all time
Rank in Portugal
#57
of 187
Research works
5k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
64k
12.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Hospital de Santa Maria 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 #2,438 of 10,443 8.6%492 #1815
Health SciencesDomain #2,936 of 11,982 9.1%514 #2244
Life SciencesDomain #5,048 of 7,800 8.2%85 #4801
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #665 of 738 10.0%61 #1429

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital de Santa Maria 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#1,815 #2,438
  2. Health Sciences#2,244 #2,936
  3. Life Sciences#4,801 #5,048
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#1,429 #665
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 Maria specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 9.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 61.0 works9.0×
  2. RheumatologySubfield · 25.3 works8.5×
  3. NeurologySubfield · 27.8 works7.5×
  4. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 20.3 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: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.39× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.50× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.59× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.97× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.95× its world share, 492 worksMedicineNursing: 0.90× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital de Santa Maria?

Ranked on the composite score, José M. Ferro, Helena Cortez‐Pinto and Dulce Brito lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital de Santa Maria.

  1. 1 José M. Ferro Portugal · #4,949 worldwide 801 citations · 95 works
  2. 2 Helena Cortez‐Pinto Portugal · #22,694 worldwide 459 citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Dulce Brito Portugal · #47,881 worldwide 354 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Luís Costa Portugal · #68,244 worldwide 228 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Teresa Bandeira Portugal · #97,047 worldwide 255 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Mariana Verdelho Machado Portugal · #124,818 worldwide 216 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Patrícia Canhão Portugal · #154,157 worldwide 190 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Carlos Calhaz–Jorge Portugal · #178,564 worldwide 168 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Eduardo Infante de Oliveira Portugal · #217,313 worldwide 812 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Rui Tato Marinho Portugal · #290,510 worldwide 87 citations · 56 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital de Santa Maria

Which keywords describe research at Hospital de Santa Maria?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Genetic Mutations, Autoantibodies, Guidelines, Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure.

▲ 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. Epidemiology80▲ 3.1×114 topics
  2. Treatment47▲ 5.9×41 topics
  3. Diagnosis41▲ 6.8×37 topics
  4. Inflammation31▲ 2.3×68 topics
  5. Genetic Mutations24▲ 8.4×23 topics
  6. Quality of Life24▲ 2.5×42 topics
  7. Autoantibodies21▲ 14×8 topics
  8. Management21▲ 4.1×28 topics
  9. Risk Factors20▲ 2.8×28 topics
  10. Guidelines20▲ 6.6×11 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease19▲ 2.6×31 topics
  12. Heart Failure19▲ 6.8×11 topics
  13. Myocardial Infarction18▲ 12×6 topics
  14. Chemotherapy16▲ 3.5×24 topics
  15. Echocardiography16▲ 9.0×7 topics
  16. Neurological Disorders16▲ 4.2×17 topics
  17. Genetics15▲ 3.4×17 topics
  18. Depression15▲ 2.7×16 topics
  19. Meta-Analysis15▲ 4.0×10 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors15▲ 5.3×14 topics
  21. Immunotherapy15▲ 3.2×16 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines14▲ 3.9×14 topics
  23. Surgical Management13▲ 5.0×19 topics
  24. Anxiety13▲ 4.2×8 topics
  25. Pathogenesis12▲ 3.8×16 topics
  26. Neurodegeneration12▲ 6.3×9 topics
  27. Prognosis12▲ 5.5×9 topics
  28. Rituximab11▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Catheter Ablation11▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Immunosuppressive Therapy10▲ 8.6×8 topics
  31. Atrial Fibrillation9▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Diagnostic Criteria9▲ 6.5×10 topics
  33. Exercise Training9▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Clinical Management9▲ 7.8×8 topics
  35. Stress Management9▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Cardiac Rehabilitation9▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Coronary Heart Disease9▲ 33×1 topic
  38. Anticoagulant Therapy8▲ 10×4 topics
  39. Inflammatory Bowel Disease8▲ 11×5 topics
  40. Endovascular Repair8▲ 15×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Health and Mental Health, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments and Cardiovascular and exercise physiology.

Cardiac Health and Menta…9Cardiac Health and Mental Health: 9 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…6Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 6 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 6 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 5 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 5 fractional worksAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research: 4 fractional worksSystemic Lupus Erythemat…4Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research: 4 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineComplementary and alternative medicineNeurologyRheumatology1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Health and Mental Health Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 6 works
  5. 5 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Neurology 4 works
  8. 8 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research Rheumatology 4 works
  9. 9 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available52.8%not open47.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.8%domestic only86.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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