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Hospital do Desterro

In research, Hospital do Desterro stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,594 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,512
of 22,385 · #21,800 all time
Rank in Portugal
#156
of 168
Research works
337
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.5k
10.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Hospital do Desterro

What is Hospital do Desterro 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 #5,594 of 9,902 11.7%63 #7772

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

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Hospital do Desterro is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (72%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Psychology (4%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 74 fractional works · 76.9% of its workMedicine: 69 fractional works · 72.0% of its workSurgery: 14 fractional works · 15.1% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 6.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 6.1% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 9.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHospital doDesterro96fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences77%Social Sciences10%

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. Medicine6972.0%
    2. Health Professions43.9%
    3. Dentistry00.5%
    4. Nursing00.3%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology66.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology21.8%
    3. Neuroscience11.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Psychology44.0%
    2. Social Sciences43.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Computer Science11.3%
    2. Engineering11.1%
    3. Environmental Science10.6%
    4. Chemistry00.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.83× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.48× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.74× its world share, 69 worksMedicineNursing: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.60× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.31× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.74×69 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.83×2 works
  3. Veterinary1.60×0 works
  4. Health Professions1.48×4 works
  5. Psychology1.31×4 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.17×6 works
  7. Dentistry0.96×0 works
  8. Neuroscience0.80×1 works
  9. Nursing0.68×0 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.35×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.32×1 works
  12. Social Sciences0.29×4 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.20×1 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.20×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.17×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.16×1 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.14×0 works
  18. Environmental Science0.11×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×0 works
  20. Engineering0.08×1 works
  21. Mathematics0.07×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospital do Desterro?

Ranked on the quality score, Mário Morais‐Almeida, Inês Andrade Mota and Sofía Duque lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital do Desterro.

  1. 1 Mário Morais‐Almeida Portugal · #644,134 worldwide 7k citations · 259 works
  2. 2 Inês Andrade Mota Portugal · #926,775 worldwide 908 citations · 59 works
  3. 3 Sofía Duque Portugal · #1,362,922 worldwide 834 citations · 119 works
  4. 4 Pedro Mendes‐Bastos Portugal · #1,449,000 worldwide 1.9k citations · 118 works
  5. 5 Luiz Marcelo Bastos Leite Portugal · #1,449,172 worldwide 575 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Mário Morais‐Almeida Portugal · #1,709,150 worldwide 393 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Andrea Santos Portugal · #1,820,735 worldwide 326 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Paulo Ferreira Portugal · #2,159,404 worldwide 364 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Rita Aguiar Portugal · #2,880,430 worldwide 286 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Rui Oliveira Soares Portugal · #3,054,035 worldwide 535 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital do Desterro

What are the most cited papers from Hospital do Desterro?

The most cited paper from Hospital do Desterro is "The SCARE 2020 Guideline: Updating Consensus Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) Guidelines" (Riaz Agha et al., 2020), with 5,605 citations. Next come "STROCSS 2021: Strengthening the reporting of cohort, cross-sectional and case-control studies in surgery" (2,166) and "ECCO-ESGAR Guideline for Diagnostic Assessment in IBD Part 1: Initial diagnosis, monitoring of known IBD, detection of complications" (1,868).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The SCARE 2020 Guideline: Updating Consensus Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) Guidelines Riaz Agha et al. · International Journal of Surgery Open access 9 Nov 2020 5,605
2 STROCSS 2021: Strengthening the reporting of cohort, cross-sectional and case-control studies in surgery Ginimol Mathew et al. · International Journal of Surgery Open access 10 Nov 2021 2,166
3 ECCO-ESGAR Guideline for Diagnostic Assessment in IBD Part 1: Initial diagnosis, monitoring of known IBD, detection of complications Christian Maaser et al. · Journal of Crohn s and Colitis Open access 17 Aug 2018 1,868
4 Tucatinib, Trastuzumab, and Capecitabine for HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer Rashmi Krishna Murthy et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 11 Dec 2019 1,345
5 EORTC Nomograms and Risk Groups for Predicting Recurrence, Progression, and Disease-specific and Overall Survival in Non–Muscle-invasive Stage Ta–T1 Urothelial Bladder Cancer Patients Treated with 1–3 Years of Maintenance Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Samantha Cambier, Richard J Sylvester, Laurence Collette et al. · European Urology Open access 23 Jul 2015 660
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hospital do Desterro?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Treatment, Rehabilitation, Diagnosis, Shoulder Function, Complications 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-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. Epidemiology15▲ 4.0×77 topics
  2. Quality of Life8▲ 5.5×27 topics
  3. Treatment6▲ 4.7×30 topics
  4. Diagnosis5▲ 5.2×26 topics
  5. Inflammation4▲ 1.95×25 topics
  6. Rehabilitation4▲ 10×6 topics
  7. Management4▲ 4.8×18 topics
  8. Public Health3▲ 2.4×13 topics
  9. Complications3▲ 6.7×12 topics
  10. Shoulder Function3▲ 37×2 topics
  11. Chemotherapy3▲ 4.0×17 topics
  12. Immune Dysregulation2▲ 31×2 topics
  13. Primary Care2▲ 6.7×6 topics
  14. Rotator Cuff Tears2▲ 38×1 topic
  15. Shoulder Pathology2▲ 38×1 topic
  16. Surgical Management2▲ 5.9×10 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 4.1×11 topics
  18. Filaggrin2▲ 46×1 topic
  19. Genetic Mutations2▲ 5.3×15 topics
  20. Skin Microbiome2▲ 46×1 topic
  21. Spinal Fusion2▲ 24×2 topics
  22. Social Determinants of Health2▲ 9.7×4 topics
  23. Surgical Treatment2▲ 11×5 topics
  24. Health Policy2▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Asthma2▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  27. Healthcare Access2▲ 6.9×3 topics
  28. Immunology2▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Immunosuppressive Therapy2▲ 9.9×5 topics
  30. Low Back Pain2▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Survival Analysis2▲ 6.8×6 topics
  32. Aging Population2▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Autoantibodies2▲ 7.5×7 topics
  34. Chronic Diseases2▲ 7.0×2 topics
  35. Pneumothorax2▲ 49×2 topics
  36. Brazilian Health System2▲ 40×1 topic
  37. Community-Based Care2▲ 40×1 topic
  38. Distal Radius Fractures2▲ 33×1 topic
  39. Flexor Tendon Repair2▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Inflammatory Bowel Disease2▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Hospital do Desterro publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Dermatology and Skin Diseases, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation and Health, Nursing, Elderly Care.

Shoulder Injury and Trea…2Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksDermatology and Skin Dis…2Dermatology and Skin Diseases: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…2Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly…2Health, Nursing, Elderly Care: 2 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 1 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 1 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery1Foot and Ankle Surgery: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Modern Theater Studies: 1 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 1 fractional worksPsoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis: 1 fractional works
SurgeryDermatologyGeneral Health ProfessionsPathology and Forensic Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 2 works
  3. 3 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 1 works
  7. 7 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Historical and Modern Theater Studies Clinical Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 1 works
  10. 10 Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis Immunology 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 available64.0%not open36.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.7%domestic only80.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hospital do Desterro's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% 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 Desterro as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00040% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Hospital do Desterro0.00034% in 20251990200020102020

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