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Hospital do Coração

In research, Hospital do Coração stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,412 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,255 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 13.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,377
of 22,385 · #7,239 all time
Rank in Brazil
#353
of 684
Research works
1.1k
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
10.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
66%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Hospital do Coração

What is Hospital do Coração known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #2,412 of 9,902 9.1%173 #2521
MedicineField #2,255 of 8,541 7.9%155 #2440

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital do Coração 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 do Coração work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Hospital do Coração is in Health Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (64%), Social Sciences (8%), Health Professions (6%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 195 fractional works · 71.1% of its workMedicine: 175 fractional works · 64.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 39 fractional works · 14.1% of its workSurgery: 26 fractional works · 9.4% of its workEpidemiology: 15 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 13 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 13.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 8.0% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 8.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 7.7% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHospital doCoração274fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences71%Social Sciences13%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine17564.0%
    2. Health Professions176.0%
    3. Dentistry20.7%
    4. Nursing10.4%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences228.0%
    2. Psychology51.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities31.0%
    4. Decision Sciences20.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting20.7%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology124.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.6%
    3. Neuroscience41.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Engineering72.5%
    2. Computer Science72.4%
    3. Environmental Science41.6%
    4. Materials Science10.5%
    5. Chemistry10.3%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    7. Energy00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hospital do Coração specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 13.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 38.6 works13×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 25.9 works4.0×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.41× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.30× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.33× its world share, 176 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.33×176 works
  2. Health Professions2.30×17 works
  3. Dentistry1.41×2 works
  4. Neuroscience0.94×4 works
  5. Decision Sciences0.91×2 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.81×12 works
  7. Nursing0.71×1 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.64×2 works
  9. Psychology0.64×5 works
  10. Social Sciences0.63×22 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.36×3 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.34×4 works
  13. Environmental Science0.33×4 works
  14. Computer Science0.31×6 works
  15. Veterinary0.22×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.21×2 works
  17. Chemistry0.20×1 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×1 works
  19. Engineering0.17×7 works
  20. Energy0.16×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.14×1 works
  22. Mathematics0.14×0 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.07×0 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospital do Coração?

Ranked on the quality score, Alexandre Biasi Cavalcanti, Otavio B Berwanger and Lucas Petri Damiani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital do Coração.

  1. 1 Alexandre Biasi Cavalcanti Brazil · #97,582 worldwide 21k citations · 373 works
  2. 2 Otavio B Berwanger Brazil · #104,755 worldwide 24k citations · 339 works
  3. 3 Lucas Petri Damiani Brazil · #124,977 worldwide 11k citations · 188 works
  4. 4 Fernando Godinho Zampieri Brazil · #134,114 worldwide 10k citations · 269 works
  5. 5 Israel Silva Maia Brazil · #219,118 worldwide 4.8k citations · 96 works
  6. 6 Eliana Vieira Santucci Brazil · #565,497 worldwide 2.4k citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Lígia Nasi Laranjeira Brazil · #609,612 worldwide 3.1k citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Lucas Tramujas Brazil · #722,794 worldwide 2.1k citations · 55 works
  9. 9 Marcelo Luz Pereira Romano Brazil · #782,100 worldwide 910 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Hélio Penna Guimarães Brazil · #788,804 worldwide 3.3k citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital do Coração

What are the most cited papers from Hospital do Coração?

The most cited paper from Hospital do Coração is "2017 HRS/EHRA/ECAS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation" (Hugh G Calkins et al., 2017), with 2,780 citations. Next come "Rivaroxaban with or without Aspirin in Stable Cardiovascular Disease" (2,456) and "A living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19 (2020-2023)" (1,096).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 2017 HRS/EHRA/ECAS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation Hugh G Calkins et al. · Heart Rhythm Open access 12 May 2017 2,780
2 Rivaroxaban with or without Aspirin in Stable Cardiovascular Disease John W. Eikelboom et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 27 Aug 2017 2,456
3 A living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19 (2020-2023) Arnav Agarwal et al. · BMJ Open access 4 Sep 2020 1,096
4 Diretrizes Brasileiras de Hipertensão Arterial – 2020 Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso et al. · Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia Open access Mar 2021 1,073
5 Randomized Trial of Benznidazole for Chronic Chagas’ Cardiomyopathy Carlos Arturo Morillo et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access Sep 2015 1,046
All 56 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hospital do Coração?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Heart Failure, Echocardiography, Cardiovascular Disease, Public Health, Quality of Life, Treatment and Health Policy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology36▲ 3.3×78 topics
  2. Public Health14▲ 3.6×26 topics
  3. Quality of Life14▲ 3.5×39 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 4.3×22 topics
  5. Heart Failure14▲ 11×11 topics
  6. Treatment13▲ 3.8×28 topics
  7. Inflammation11▲ 1.92×36 topics
  8. Echocardiography10▲ 14×8 topics
  9. Risk Factors10▲ 3.2×19 topics
  10. Diagnosis9▲ 3.6×20 topics
  11. Healthcare8▲ 2.5×12 topics
  12. Guidelines7▲ 5.3×8 topics
  13. Obesity7▲ 3.2×14 topics
  14. Complications7▲ 5.0×14 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 3.0×14 topics
  16. Health Policy6▲ 15×4 topics
  17. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 10.0×7 topics
  18. Cardiac Imaging6▲ 19×3 topics
  19. Drug Resistance6▲ 7.8×6 topics
  20. Rehabilitation6▲ 5.6×7 topics
  21. Surgical Management6▲ 5.4×12 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations6▲ 5.0×16 topics
  23. Prognosis6▲ 6.6×8 topics
  24. Healthcare Access6▲ 7.4×6 topics
  25. Patient Safety5▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Sudden Cardiac Death5▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Catheter Ablation5▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Infection Control5▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Arrhythmias5▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Cardiomyopathy5▲ 18×4 topics
  31. Healthcare Regulation4▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Coronary Artery Disease4▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Remote Monitoring4▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Medical Devices4▲ 62×1 topic
  35. Nursing Care4▲ 62×1 topic
  36. Social Determinants4▲ 7.6×6 topics
  37. Shoulder Function4▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Vascular Function4▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Smart Library4▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy4▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does Hospital do Coração publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Healthcare Regulation, Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic, Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.

Healthcare Regulation4Healthcare Regulation: 4 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-…4Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 4 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 4 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…3Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…3Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 3 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…2Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence: 2 fractional worksHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control: 2 fractional works
Health Information ManagementInformation SystemsCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgery2 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 4 works
  2. 2 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  9. 9 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 2 works
  10. 10 Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available66.2%not open33.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.3%domestic only66.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hospital do Coração's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Hospital do Coração as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Hospital do Coração0.00080% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hospital do Coração over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%Hospital do Coração10.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.6% in 2017.

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