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Hospital / health system · Funchal · Portugal

Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça

In research, Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça stands highest in Medicine (#8,987 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,747 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,617
of 28,054 · #34,166 all time
Rank in Portugal
#161
of 187
Research works
529
▲ 71% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.7k
5.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
world 28%

What is Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça 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
MedicineField #8,987 of 10,443 3.1%131 #11610
Health SciencesDomain #10,747 of 11,982 3.1%137 #14532

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça 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).

What does Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 27.6 works6.8×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.94× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.23× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.34× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.13× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.90× its world share, 130 worksMedicineNursing: 1.95× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 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 Dr. Nélio Mendonça?

Ranked on the composite score, Roberto Palma dos Reis and M I Mendonça lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça.

  1. 1 Roberto Palma dos Reis Portugal · #1,385,349 worldwide 15 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 M I Mendonça Portugal · #1,546,740 worldwide 7 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cardiovascular Disease, Epidemiology, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Treatment, Obesity, Genetic Mutations 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. Epidemiology19▲ 2.8×72 topics
  2. Inflammation15▲ 4.1×39 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 7.0×19 topics
  4. Treatment12▲ 5.4×25 topics
  5. Diagnosis11▲ 6.9×24 topics
  6. Obesity8▲ 6.0×9 topics
  7. Management8▲ 5.5×20 topics
  8. Genetic Mutations6▲ 8.7×18 topics
  9. Quality of Life6▲ 2.4×21 topics
  10. Surgical Management6▲ 8.2×16 topics
  11. Myocardial Infarction5▲ 13×7 topics
  12. Surgery5▲ 8.7×8 topics
  13. Coronary Artery Disease5▲ 26×2 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 3.6×12 topics
  15. Atherosclerosis5▲ 10×5 topics
  16. Clinical Trials5▲ 4.2×7 topics
  17. Complications5▲ 5.6×12 topics
  18. Heart Failure5▲ 6.3×9 topics
  19. Prognostic Factors4▲ 5.6×11 topics
  20. Endothelial Function4▲ 28×2 topics
  21. Mortality4▲ 4.2×9 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders4▲ 4.1×12 topics
  23. C-Reactive Protein4▲ 31×2 topics
  24. Pain Management4▲ 10×7 topics
  25. Cognitive Impairment4▲ 9.0×8 topics
  26. Thrombosis4▲ 7.9×7 topics
  27. Guidelines4▲ 4.6×8 topics
  28. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Echocardiography4▲ 7.7×4 topics
  30. Epicardial Fat3▲ 44×1 topic
  31. Perivascular Adipose Tissue3▲ 44×1 topic
  32. Autoantibodies3▲ 8.2×8 topics
  33. Diagnostic Criteria3▲ 8.6×7 topics
  34. Pathophysiology3▲ 6.4×7 topics
  35. Hypertension3▲ 6.3×7 topics
  36. Endothelial Dysfunction3▲ 7.5×4 topics
  37. Genetic Variants3▲ 9.9×3 topics
  38. Genetic Variation3▲ 7.9×4 topics
  39. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention3▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Statins3▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity, Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics.

Cardiovascular Disease a…3Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity: 3 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiov…2Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 2 fractional worksGenetic Associations and…2Genetic Associations and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…2Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …2Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 2 fractional worksAdipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases: 2 fractional worksTuberous Sclerosis Complex Research: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…1COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryGeneticsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics 2 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Physiology 1 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 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 available68.9%not open31.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.1%domestic only91.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 71% higher 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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