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Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo

In research, Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo stands highest in Medicine (#7,312 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,515 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 11.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,467
of 22,385 · #29,119 all time
Rank in Portugal
#147
of 168
Research works
549
▲ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.6k
4.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.77×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
68%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo

What is Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo 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
MedicineField #7,312 of 8,541 1.3%152 #12604
Health SciencesDomain #8,515 of 9,902 1.4%161 #14600

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

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo is in Health Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (79%), Health Professions (4%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (3%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 187 fractional works · 84.0% of its workMedicine: 176 fractional works · 79.0% of its workSurgery: 31 fractional works · 14.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 27 fractional works · 12.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 22 fractional works · 9.9% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 5.3% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGastroenterology: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 6.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHospital doDivino Espírito…223fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences84%Social Sciences5%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine17679.0%
    2. Health Professions83.8%
    3. Nursing20.8%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology83.4%
    2. Neuroscience31.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology31.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Psychology62.5%
    2. Social Sciences42.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities20.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
    5. Decision Sciences00.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
    1. Engineering41.8%
    2. Environmental Science20.9%
    3. Computer Science10.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    5. Chemistry00.2%
    6. Energy00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 11.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 27.2 works12×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 21.9 works6.4×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.29× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.45× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.11× its world share, 176 worksMedicineNursing: 1.61× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.83× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× 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, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.11×176 works
  2. Nursing1.61×2 works
  3. Health Professions1.45×8 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.29×3 works
  5. Veterinary1.26×0 works
  6. Psychology0.83×6 works
  7. Neuroscience0.81×3 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.67×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.64×8 works
  10. Dentistry0.57×1 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.27×2 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.17×2 works
  14. Social Sciences0.16×4 works
  15. Chemistry0.13×0 works
  16. Engineering0.12×4 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×1 works
  18. Energy0.08×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.06×1 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.03×0 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.02×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.02×0 works
  23. Mathematics0.01×0 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.01×0 works
  25. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo?

Ranked on the quality score, R Parreira, João Anselmo and Cristina Fraga lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo.

  1. 1 R Parreira Portugal · #1,157,920 worldwide 949 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 João Anselmo Portugal · #1,495,285 worldwide 1.3k citations · 74 works
  3. 3 Cristina Fraga Portugal · #2,638,342 worldwide 483 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Vítor Carneiro Portugal · #3,016,892 worldwide 377 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Joana Mendes Portugal · #3,119,447 worldwide 800 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Filipa Ávila Portugal · #3,127,011 worldwide 257 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Maria Antónia Duarte Portugal · #3,202,716 worldwide 560 citations · 47 works
  8. 8 Dinis Martins Portugal · #3,384,661 worldwide 773 citations · 57 works
  9. 9 Carolina Marques Chaves Portugal · #3,625,465 worldwide 99 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Bernardo R. Peixoto Portugal · #3,831,731 worldwide 1.3k citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo

What are the most cited papers from Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo?

The most cited paper from Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo is "Senataxin, the ortholog of a yeast RNA helicase, is mutant in ataxia-ocular apraxia 2" (Maria-Ceù Moreira et al., 2004), with 523 citations. Next come "The gene mutated in ataxia-ocular apraxia 1 encodes the new HIT/Zn-finger protein aprataxin" (434) and "Fetal Loss Associated With Excess Thyroid Hormone Exposure" (298).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Senataxin, the ortholog of a yeast RNA helicase, is mutant in ataxia-ocular apraxia 2 Maria-Ceù Moreira et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 8 Feb 2004 523
2 The gene mutated in ataxia-ocular apraxia 1 encodes the new HIT/Zn-finger protein aprataxin Maria-Céu Moreira, Clara Barbot, Nobutada Tachi et al. · Nature Genetics Oct 2001 434
3 Fetal Loss Associated With Excess Thyroid Hormone Exposure João Anselmo · JAMA 10 Aug 2004 298
4 Dilated cardiomyopathy and arrhythmogenic left ventricular cardiomyopathy: a comprehensive genotype-imaging phenotype study João B. Augusto, Rocío Eirós, Eleni S. Nakou et al. · European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging Open access 25 Jun 2019 216
5 Research needs in allergy: an EAACI position paper, in collaboration with EFA Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos et al. · Clinical and Translational Allergy Open access136 authors 2012 207
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Treatment, Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Heart Failure, Echocardiography, Guidelines, Risk Factors and Clinical Practice Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology24▲ 2.7×69 topics
  2. Treatment22▲ 8.0×33 topics
  3. Diagnosis14▲ 7.0×28 topics
  4. Heart Failure12▲ 13×11 topics
  5. Echocardiography12▲ 19×8 topics
  6. Risk Factors11▲ 4.6×18 topics
  7. Inflammation11▲ 2.3×25 topics
  8. Guidelines11▲ 10×11 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 4.1×16 topics
  10. Chemotherapy9▲ 5.6×13 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 7.0×13 topics
  12. Autoantibodies8▲ 15×7 topics
  13. Surgical Management8▲ 8.2×13 topics
  14. Quality of Life7▲ 2.3×29 topics
  15. Sudden Cardiac Death7▲ 35×2 topics
  16. Remote Monitoring6▲ 24×2 topics
  17. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy6▲ 64×1 topic
  18. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator6▲ 64×1 topic
  19. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 11×4 topics
  20. Management5▲ 3.1×19 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations5▲ 5.5×14 topics
  22. Deep Vein Thrombosis5▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Renal Function5▲ 21×3 topics
  24. Mortality4▲ 3.6×9 topics
  25. Immunosuppressive Therapy4▲ 10.0×7 topics
  26. Prophylaxis4▲ 15×2 topics
  27. Endothelial Dysfunction4▲ 7.7×4 topics
  28. Fibrosis4▲ 9.0×4 topics
  29. Cholangiocarcinoma4▲ 21×2 topics
  30. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 14×3 topics
  31. Stroke4▲ 9.6×5 topics
  32. Antithrombotic Therapy4▲ 20×1 topic
  33. Cholecystitis4▲ 36×1 topic
  34. ERCP4▲ 36×1 topic
  35. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention4▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Venous Thromboembolism4▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Dilated Cardiomyopathy3▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Endovascular Repair3▲ 17×3 topics
  39. TGF-ß Signaling3▲ 22×3 topics
  40. Catheter Ablation3▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management, Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders and Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases.

Cardiac pacing and defib…6Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 6 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…4Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 4 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duc…4Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 4 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and R…3Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 3 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 3 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…2Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 2 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal Tumor R…2Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineInternal MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePathology and Forensic Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 2 works
  8. 8 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment Gastroenterology 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 available68.3%not open31.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.2%domestic only89.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Divino Espírito Santo as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00080% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo0.00081% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo2.3% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.6% in 2011.

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