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Hospital Padre Américo

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World rank, all time
#33,039
of 34,923
Rank in Portugal
#208
of 209
Research works
136
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
630
4.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
63%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Hospital Padre Américo

Which fields of science does Hospital Padre Américo work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Hospital Padre Américo is in Health Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (68%), Health Professions (6%), Psychology (4%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 21 fractional works · 75.4% of its workMedicine: 19 fractional works · 68.0% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 13.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 12.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.7% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKHospital PadreAmérico28fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences75%Social Sciences12%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1968.0%
    2. Health Professions25.6%
    3. Dentistry01.2%
    4. Nursing00.6%
    1. Psychology13.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities12.4%
    3. Social Sciences12.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting01.8%
    5. Decision Sciences00.9%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.7%
    1. Computer Science13.4%
    2. Environmental Science01.6%
    3. Engineering01.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.8%
    3. Neuroscience00.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hospital Padre Américo specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health Sciences takes 3.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health SciencesDomain · 21.3 works3.3×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 2.43× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.13× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.53× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 1.28× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× 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, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.53×19 works
  2. Dentistry2.43×0 works
  3. Health Professions2.13×2 works
  4. Psychology1.29×1 works
  5. Nursing1.28×0 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.92×0 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.85×1 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.70×1 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.59×0 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.55×0 works
  11. Neuroscience0.48×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.44×1 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.38×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.32×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.32×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.19×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×0 works
  18. Engineering0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Padre Américo?

Ranked on the quality score, Joana Filipe Ribeiro lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Padre Américo.

  1. 1 Joana Filipe Ribeiro Portugal · #4,040,390 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Padre Américo

What are the most cited papers from Hospital Padre Américo?

The most cited paper from Hospital Padre Américo is "Fast-Predictive Optimal Control of NPC Multilevel Converters" (J. Dionísio Barros, J. Fernando Silva, Élvio Gilberto Andrade de Jesus, 2012), with 256 citations. Next come "Effects of a fish oil containing lipid emulsion on plasma phospholipid fatty acids, inflammatory markers, and clinical outcomes in septic patients: a randomized, controlled clinical trial" (180) and "Infectiousness of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in HIV-1-infected patients with tuberculosis: a prospective study" (108).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Fast-Predictive Optimal Control of NPC Multilevel Converters J. Dionísio Barros, J. Fernando Silva, Élvio Gilberto Andrade de Jesus · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 26 Jul 2012 256
2 Effects of a fish oil containing lipid emulsion on plasma phospholipid fatty acids, inflammatory markers, and clinical outcomes in septic patients: a randomized, controlled clinical trial Vera M Barbosa, Elizabeth A. Miles, Conceição Calhau et al. · Critical Care Open access 19 Jan 2010 180
3 Infectiousness of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in HIV-1-infected patients with tuberculosis: a prospective study Marcos Espinal, Eddy N. Pérez-Then, Jannette Baéz et al. · The Lancet 2000 108
4 Germline MUTYH (MYH) mutations in Portuguese individuals with multiple colorectal adenomas G. Isidro, Francisco Laranjeira, Ana Sofia Pires et al. · Human Mutation Open access 2004 96
5 Development and Validation of an Endoscopic Classification of Diverticular Disease of the Colon: The DICA Classification Antonio Tursi et al. · Digestive Diseases 17 Dec 2014 85
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Which keywords describe research at Hospital Padre Américo?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Prenatal Diagnosis, Surgical Management, Public Health, Arrhythmias, Catheter Ablation, Fetal Outcome and Risk Factors.

▲ 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 14 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 14 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 3.4×23 topics
  2. Prenatal Diagnosis2▲ 53×4 topics
  3. Public Health2▲ 4.1×8 topics
  4. Risk Factors1▲ 4.5×6 topics
  5. Surgical Management1▲ 12×4 topics
  6. Inflammation1▲ 2.2×8 topics
  7. Arrhythmias1▲ 44×2 topics
  8. Catheter Ablation1▲ 34×2 topics
  9. Healthcare1▲ 3.8×3 topics
  10. Management1▲ 5.2×6 topics
  11. Obesity1▲ 5.4×6 topics
  12. Fetal Outcome1▲ 99×2 topics
  13. Quality of Life1▲ 2.7×11 topics
  14. Myocardial Infarction1▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Padre Américo publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Shoulder Injury and Treatment and Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy.

Healthcare during COVID-…1Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …1Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 1 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 1 fractional worksAssisted Reproductive Te…1Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy: 1 fractional worksCongenital Anomalies and…1Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery: 1 fractional worksPrenatal Screening and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation: 0 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healt…0Maternal and fetal healthcare: 0 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 0 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 0 fractional works
Information SystemsCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health2 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 1 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  5. 5 Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 0 works
  8. 8 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 0 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 available63.4%not open36.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.8%domestic only78.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Padre Américo's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% lower 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 Padre Américo as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Hospital Padre Américo0.00011% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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