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Hospital do Espírito Santo

In research, Hospital do Espírito Santo stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,329 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,685 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 18.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,715
of 22,385 · #28,578 all time
Rank in Portugal
#121
of 168
Research works
545
▲ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
3.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
71%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Hospital do Espírito Santo

What is Hospital do 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
Health SciencesDomain #7,329 of 9,902 2.5%141 #14421
MedicineField #6,685 of 8,541 2.0%126 #12626

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

In 2022-now, 79% of research at Hospital do Espírito Santo is in Health Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (72%), Social Sciences (7%), Health Professions (7%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 160 fractional works · 79.2% of its workMedicine: 145 fractional works · 71.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 40 fractional works · 19.9% of its workSurgery: 25 fractional works · 12.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 15 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 6.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 12.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 6.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKHospital doEspírito Santo202fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences79%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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine14571.6%
    2. Health Professions146.8%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences157.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities73.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.1%
    4. Psychology21.0%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology63.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology31.7%
    3. Neuroscience10.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Engineering20.8%
    2. Computer Science10.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    5. Environmental Science00.1%
    6. Chemistry00.0%
    7. Mathematics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hospital do Espírito Santo specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 18.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 40.2 works19×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 24.6 works5.2×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.65× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.59× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.73× its world share, 145 worksMedicineNursing: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.15× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 15 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 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.73×145 works
  2. Health Professions2.59×14 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.65×3 works
  4. Veterinary1.21×0 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.15×7 works
  6. Nursing1.04×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.60×6 works
  8. Social Sciences0.57×15 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.51×2 works
  10. Neuroscience0.43×1 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.36×0 works
  12. Psychology0.33×2 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.21×0 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.12×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.07×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.07×0 works
  18. Engineering0.05×2 works
  19. Dentistry0.04×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.02×0 works
  22. Environmental Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospital do Espírito Santo?

Ranked on the quality score, Rita Pedroso de Lima, Pedro Dionísio and Joana Bolota lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital do Espírito Santo.

  1. 1 Rita Pedroso de Lima Portugal · #1,780,181 worldwide 508 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Pedro Dionísio Portugal · #2,061,115 worldwide 397 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Joana Bolota Portugal · #2,232,220 worldwide 60 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Manuel Carvalho Portugal · #2,790,641 worldwide 260 citations · 48 works
  5. 5 Nuno Veloso Portugal · #3,207,346 worldwide 335 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Renato M. Cordeiro Fernandes Portugal · #3,235,413 worldwide 798 citations · 66 works
  7. 7 Ana Laranjo Portugal · #3,596,317 worldwide 81 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Rui Guerreiro Portugal · #3,601,330 worldwide 1k citations · 59 works
  9. 9 Ana M. Mateus Portugal · #3,661,880 worldwide 379 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Maria Menezes Portugal · #3,839,472 worldwide 122 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital do Espírito Santo

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

The most cited paper from Hospital do Espírito Santo is "ESMO Consensus Guidelines for management of patients with colon and rectal cancer. A personalized approach to clinical decision making" (Hans‐Joachim Schmoll et al., 2012), with 1,545 citations. Next come "The International Criteria for Behçet's Disease (ICBD): a collaborative study of 27 countries on the sensitivity and specificity of the new criteria" (1,493) and "Coagulopathy and sepsis: Pathophysiology, clinical manifestations and treatment" (204).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 ESMO Consensus Guidelines for management of patients with colon and rectal cancer. A personalized approach to clinical decision making Hans‐Joachim Schmoll et al. · Annals of Oncology Open access 25 Sep 2012 1,545
2 The International Criteria for Behçet's Disease (ICBD): a collaborative study of 27 countries on the sensitivity and specificity of the new criteria International Team for the Revision of the International Criteria for Behçet's D et al. · Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Open access 26 Feb 2013 1,493
3 Coagulopathy and sepsis: Pathophysiology, clinical manifestations and treatment Michela Giustozzi, Hanne Frida Margaretha Ehrlinder, Dario Bongiovanni et al. · Blood Reviews Open access 25 Jun 2021 204
4 Home palliative care works: but how? A meta-ethnography of the experiences of patients and family caregivers Vera P Sarmento, Marjolein Gysels, Irene J Higginson et al. · BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care Open access 23 Feb 2017 172
5 The higher mortality associated with low serum albumin is dependent on systemic inflammation in end-stage kidney disease Filipa Caeiro Alves, Jia Teng Sun, Abdul Rashid Qureshi et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 3 Jan 2018 162
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hospital do Espírito Santo?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Guidelines, Cardiovascular Disease, Myocardial Infarction, Treatment, Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Heart Failure and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

▲ 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. Epidemiology21▲ 2.6×61 topics
  2. Guidelines20▲ 22×8 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease16▲ 6.9×17 topics
  4. Treatment15▲ 6.2×25 topics
  5. Diagnosis14▲ 7.4×23 topics
  6. Myocardial Infarction14▲ 29×4 topics
  7. Risk Factors12▲ 5.4×15 topics
  8. Heart Failure12▲ 13×8 topics
  9. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention11▲ 39×4 topics
  10. Quality of Life9▲ 3.1×25 topics
  11. Atherosclerosis9▲ 16×5 topics
  12. Echocardiography9▲ 16×6 topics
  13. Obesity9▲ 5.5×11 topics
  14. Public Health9▲ 2.9×15 topics
  15. Inflammation8▲ 1.83×26 topics
  16. Acute Coronary Syndromes8▲ 98×1 topic
  17. ST-Segment Elevation8▲ 98×1 topic
  18. Stroke Prevention7▲ 29×2 topics
  19. Catheter Ablation7▲ 28×2 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 5.8×10 topics
  21. Coronary Stents6▲ 71×1 topic
  22. Myocardial Revascularization6▲ 71×1 topic
  23. Anticoagulant Therapy6▲ 23×2 topics
  24. Atrial Fibrillation6▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Risk Stratification6▲ 39×1 topic
  26. Thromboembolism6▲ 39×1 topic
  27. Cardiovascular Risk6▲ 8.8×4 topics
  28. Management5▲ 3.1×15 topics
  29. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement4▲ 29×1 topic
  30. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement4▲ 29×1 topic
  31. Endovascular Repair4▲ 24×3 topics
  32. Maternal Health4▲ 8.0×2 topics
  33. Cardiovascular Events4▲ 17×3 topics
  34. Magnetic Resonance Imaging4▲ 8.0×4 topics
  35. B-Type Natriuretic Peptide4▲ 38×1 topic
  36. Hospital Readmission4▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Renal Function4▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Prophylaxis4▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Chamber Quantification3▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Diastolic Function3▲ 21×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Acute Myocardial Infarction Research, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.

Acute Myocardial Infarction Research: 8 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…6Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…4Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 3 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…3Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 3 fractional worksAntiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases: 3 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 2 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryInternal MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  2. 2 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 6 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 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 available70.8%not open29.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.2%domestic only90.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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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 Espírito Santo as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00066% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Hospital do Espírito Santo0.00080% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Hospital do 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 Espírito Santo5.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 5.5% in 2022.

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