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Instituto do Coração

In research, Instituto do Coração stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,402 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,176 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 13.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,099
of 22,385 · #14,146 all time
Rank in Portugal
#85
of 168
Research works
1.3k
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.5k
7.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
58%
world 18%
Instituto do Coração

What is Instituto do Coração 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 #4,402 of 9,902 5.8%96 #8050
MedicineField #4,176 of 8,541 5.1%86 #7705

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

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Instituto do Coração is in Health Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (54%), Social Sciences (13%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 120 fractional works · 60.2% of its workMedicine: 108 fractional works · 54.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 27 fractional works · 13.8% of its workSurgery: 20 fractional works · 10.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workTransplantation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 43 fractional works · 21.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 13.5% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 9.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKInstituto doCoração199fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences60%Social Sciences22%

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. Medicine10854.3%
    2. Health Professions104.9%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Dentistry10.4%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences2713.5%
    2. Psychology63.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities41.8%
    4. Decision Sciences31.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting21.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology105.0%
    2. Neuroscience42.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Engineering52.7%
    2. Computer Science52.6%
    3. Environmental Science42.1%
    4. Materials Science10.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Instituto do Coração specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 13.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 27.4 works13×
← 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: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.94× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.27× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.85× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.83× its world share, 108 worksMedicineNursing: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.99× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.83×108 works
  2. Health Professions1.85×10 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.50×3 works
  4. Neuroscience1.27×4 works
  5. Nursing1.20×1 works
  6. Social Sciences1.06×27 works
  7. Psychology0.99×6 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.94×10 works
  9. Dentistry0.78×1 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.76×2 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.63×4 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.50×2 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.45×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.42×4 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.37×4 works
  16. Computer Science0.33×5 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.33×2 works
  18. Engineering0.18×5 works
  19. Veterinary0.10×0 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.09×1 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.07×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Instituto do Coração?

Ranked on the quality score, João Fernando Monteiro Ferreira, Edimar Alcides Bocchi and Euclides A Tenório lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto do Coração.

  1. 1 João Fernando Monteiro Ferreira Portugal · #2,157,078 worldwide 405 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Edimar Alcides Bocchi Portugal · #3,746,120 worldwide 472 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Euclides A Tenório Portugal · #3,872,576 worldwide 187 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Giovanni V. Bellotti Portugal · #3,934,699 worldwide 1.1k citations · 130 works
  5. 5 Serrano Cv Portugal · #3,973,803 worldwide 354 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 João Gabriel Batista Lage Portugal · #3,974,882 worldwide 86 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Krieger Em Portugal · #4,151,248 worldwide 248 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Cláudio A Gomes Portugal · #4,277,101 worldwide 165 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Cerri Gg Portugal · #4,305,195 worldwide 101 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Solimene Mc Portugal · #4,469,462 worldwide 25 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto do Coração

What are the most cited papers from Instituto do Coração?

The most cited paper from Instituto do Coração is "Dapagliflozin in Patients with Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction" (John J.V. McMurray et al., 2019), with 7,135 citations. Next come "Initial Invasive or Conservative Strategy for Stable Coronary Disease" (2,464) and "2016 updated EULAR evidence-based recommendations for the management of gout" (1,712).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Dapagliflozin in Patients with Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction John J.V. McMurray et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 19 Sep 2019 7,135
2 Initial Invasive or Conservative Strategy for Stable Coronary Disease David Joel Maron et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 30 Mar 2020 2,464
3 2016 updated EULAR evidence-based recommendations for the management of gout Pascal Richette et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Open access 25 Jul 2016 1,712
4 Diretrizes Brasileiras de Hipertensão Arterial – 2020 Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso et al. · Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia Open access Mar 2021 1,073
5 Myocardial Viability and Survival in Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction Robert O. Bonow et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 4 Apr 2011 888
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Instituto do Coração?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Heart Failure, Echocardiography, Cardiovascular Disease, Obesity, Hypertension, Diagnosis and 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. Epidemiology22▲ 2.7×57 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 5.0×25 topics
  3. Heart Failure11▲ 13×13 topics
  4. Echocardiography10▲ 17×8 topics
  5. Quality of Life8▲ 2.8×26 topics
  6. Obesity8▲ 5.0×15 topics
  7. Diagnosis8▲ 4.1×17 topics
  8. Public Health7▲ 2.5×20 topics
  9. Treatment7▲ 3.1×21 topics
  10. Healthcare7▲ 3.1×8 topics
  11. Risk Factors7▲ 3.0×19 topics
  12. Educational Technology6▲ 2.6×6 topics
  13. Hypertension6▲ 10×11 topics
  14. Guidelines6▲ 6.2×7 topics
  15. Teacher Training6▲ 4.5×7 topics
  16. Public Policy5▲ 5.8×9 topics
  17. Myocardial Infarction5▲ 10×7 topics
  18. Transplantation5▲ 23×3 topics
  19. Atherosclerosis5▲ 8.2×11 topics
  20. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 19×3 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations4▲ 5.1×11 topics
  22. Health Policy4▲ 14×5 topics
  23. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 6.7×5 topics
  24. Immunosuppressive Therapy4▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Chamber Quantification4▲ 25×1 topic
  26. Diastolic Function4▲ 25×1 topic
  27. Drug Resistance4▲ 6.6×3 topics
  28. Rejection4▲ 44×2 topics
  29. Educational Policy4▲ 7.5×2 topics
  30. Healthcare Access4▲ 6.8×5 topics
  31. Remote Monitoring4▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Social Determinants4▲ 9.1×5 topics
  33. Brazil4▲ 20×5 topics
  34. Inclusion4▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention4▲ 13×4 topics
  36. Magnetic Resonance Imaging4▲ 7.0×5 topics
  37. Sudden Cardiac Death4▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Training4▲ 8.2×2 topics
  39. Distance Education3▲ 8.8×1 topic
  40. Legislation3▲ 11×1 topic

Which research topics does Instituto do Coração publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Academic Research in Diverse Fields, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments and Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes.

Cardiovascular Function …4Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 4 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…3Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 3 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…3Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods…3Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…2Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksCardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies: 2 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 2 fractional worksCardiac and Coronary Sur…2Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEducationSurgeryInformation Systems2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 3 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 2 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 2 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 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 available63.7%not open36.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors58.3%domestic only41.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Instituto do Coração's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% 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 Instituto do Coração as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00089% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Instituto do Coração0.00082% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Instituto do Coração 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 2025Instituto do Coração9.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.5% in 2016.

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