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Hospital de Santo António

In research, Hospital de Santo António stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,310 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#4,015 of 10,443 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,307 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,407
of 28,054 · #13,294 all time
Rank in Portugal
#73
of 187
Research works
1.9k
▼ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
11.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Hospital de Santo António 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
Health SciencesDomain #4,310 of 11,982 6.8%357 #4128
MedicineField #4,015 of 10,443 6.9%334 #3451
SurgerySubfield #1,307 of 1,816 10.3%65 #2505

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital de Santo António 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. Health Sciences#4,128 #4,310
  2. Medicine#3,451 #4,015
  3. Surgery#2,505 #1,307
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 Santo António specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 64.5 works6.1×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.41× its world share, 34 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.52× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.32× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.46× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.87× its world share, 334 worksMedicineNursing: 1.78× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× 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, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital de Santo António?

Ranked on the composite score, Teresa Coelho, Anabela Rodrigues and Avelino Fraga lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital de Santo António.

  1. 1 Teresa Coelho Portugal · #18,834 worldwide 565 citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Anabela Rodrigues Portugal · #834,859 worldwide 22 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Avelino Fraga Portugal · #1,078,657 worldwide 10 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Jorge Dores Portugal · #1,096,950 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Graça Porto Portugal · #1,133,430 worldwide 29 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Isabel Fonseca Portugal · #1,138,357 worldwide 11 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Pedro Amorim Portugal · #1,193,692 worldwide 25 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Rui Carvalho Portugal · #1,300,589 worldwide 4 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Cláudia Amaral Portugal · #1,460,700 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Severo Torres Portugal · #1,490,758 worldwide 10 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital de Santo António

Which keywords describe research at Hospital de Santo António?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Surgical Management, Guidelines and Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology59▲ 3.3×105 topics
  2. Diagnosis30▲ 7.1×31 topics
  3. Treatment30▲ 5.4×38 topics
  4. Quality of Life29▲ 4.5×41 topics
  5. Inflammation27▲ 2.9×51 topics
  6. Risk Factors17▲ 3.5×27 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease17▲ 3.5×26 topics
  8. Management17▲ 4.8×23 topics
  9. Guidelines16▲ 7.7×12 topics
  10. Surgical Management16▲ 8.8×19 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress15▲ 2.0×31 topics
  12. Prognosis13▲ 9.0×9 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines12▲ 5.1×14 topics
  14. Autoantibodies12▲ 11×8 topics
  15. Chemotherapy12▲ 3.7×23 topics
  16. Neurological Disorders12▲ 4.5×17 topics
  17. Complications11▲ 5.0×16 topics
  18. Mortality11▲ 4.3×11 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations11▲ 5.5×21 topics
  20. Chronic Kidney Disease10▲ 9.6×8 topics
  21. Rehabilitation10▲ 5.5×11 topics
  22. Prognostic Factors9▲ 4.6×14 topics
  23. Genetics9▲ 2.8×17 topics
  24. Meta-Analysis8▲ 3.0×9 topics
  25. Nutrition8▲ 3.7×8 topics
  26. Heart Failure7▲ 3.7×11 topics
  27. Diagnostic Imaging6▲ 13×4 topics
  28. Immunosuppressive Therapy6▲ 7.8×7 topics
  29. Children6▲ 5.9×7 topics
  30. Hemodialysis6▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Imaging6▲ 5.2×5 topics
  32. Diagnostic Criteria6▲ 5.8×10 topics
  33. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance6▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention6▲ 9.5×4 topics
  35. Genetic Variants6▲ 7.1×7 topics
  36. Angioplasty5▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Cardiac Amyloidosis5▲ 55×1 topic
  38. Transthyretin5▲ 55×1 topic
  39. Dialysis5▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Peritoneal Dialysis5▲ 23×1 topic

Which research topics does Hospital de Santo António publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes, Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Vascular Procedures and Complications and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research.

Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, …5Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes: 5 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disea…5Dialysis and Renal Disease Management: 5 fractional worksVascular Procedures and …4Vascular Procedures and Complications: 4 fractional worksSystemic Lupus Erythemat…4Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research: 4 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 3 fractional worksRenal and Vascular Pathologies: 3 fractional worksEar and Head Tumors3Ear and Head Tumors: 3 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksCorneal surgery and diso…2Corneal surgery and disorders: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologyNephrologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRheumatology3 others

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

  1. 1 Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes Molecular Biology 5 works
  2. 2 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 5 works
  3. 3 Vascular Procedures and Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research Rheumatology 4 works
  5. 5 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 3 works
  6. 6 Renal and Vascular Pathologies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Ear and Head Tumors Oncology 3 works
  8. 8 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  10. 10 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 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 available56.8%not open43.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.8%domestic only82.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital de Santo António's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% 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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