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Instituto do Coração

In research, Instituto do Coração stands highest in Medicine (#8,347 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,948 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 13.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,067
of 28,054 · #21,123 all time
Rank in Portugal
#150
of 187
Research works
1.3k
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.5k
7.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Instituto do Coração 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 #8,347 of 10,443 6.3%86 #8220
Health SciencesDomain #9,948 of 11,982 6.1%96 #6281

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Instituto do Coração specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 13.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 22.3 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: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.94× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.31× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.93× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.73× its world share, 86 worksMedicineNursing: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.07× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto do Coração?

Ranked on the composite score, G Bellotti, Jatene Ad and Carlos R. Moraes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto do Coração.

  1. 1 G Bellotti Portugal · #438,146 worldwide 32 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Jatene Ad Portugal · #898,381 worldwide 28 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Carlos R. Moraes Portugal · #1,022,519 worldwide 16 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 F Pileggi Portugal · #1,260,209 worldwide 16 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 F Pileggi Portugal · #1,294,909 worldwide 10 citations · 88 works
  6. 6 F Pileggi Portugal · #1,314,472 worldwide 14 citations · 53 works
  7. 7 S Arié Portugal · #1,533,730 worldwide 1 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 F Pileggi Portugal · #1,607,895 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto do Coração

Which keywords describe research at Instituto do Coração?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Heart Failure, Echocardiography, Cardiovascular Disease, Obesity, Public Policy, Hypertension and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 2.7×52 topics
  2. Heart Failure9▲ 13×13 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 4.7×21 topics
  4. Echocardiography8▲ 19×8 topics
  5. Obesity7▲ 5.4×14 topics
  6. Quality of Life7▲ 2.8×24 topics
  7. Treatment6▲ 3.2×20 topics
  8. Diagnosis6▲ 4.1×15 topics
  9. Public Health6▲ 2.6×16 topics
  10. Educational Technology6▲ 2.9×5 topics
  11. Healthcare6▲ 3.0×7 topics
  12. Public Policy5▲ 6.7×9 topics
  13. Teacher Training5▲ 5.0×7 topics
  14. Hypertension5▲ 10×11 topics
  15. Guidelines5▲ 6.2×7 topics
  16. Risk Factors5▲ 2.7×15 topics
  17. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 12×7 topics
  18. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 22×3 topics
  19. Atherosclerosis4▲ 8.7×10 topics
  20. Health Policy4▲ 15×4 topics
  21. Transplantation4▲ 23×3 topics
  22. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 7.4×3 topics
  23. Chamber Quantification4▲ 29×1 topic
  24. Diastolic Function4▲ 29×1 topic
  25. Brazil4▲ 23×5 topics
  26. Genetic Mutations4▲ 5.0×11 topics
  27. Healthcare Access4▲ 7.7×5 topics
  28. Magnetic Resonance Imaging4▲ 8.4×5 topics
  29. Drug Resistance3▲ 7.2×3 topics
  30. Social Determinants3▲ 9.5×5 topics
  31. Immunosuppressive Therapy3▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention3▲ 14×4 topics
  33. Remote Monitoring3▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Dilated Cardiomyopathy3▲ 26×2 topics
  35. Rejection3▲ 45×2 topics
  36. Coronary Artery Disease3▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Cardiovascular Events3▲ 14×4 topics
  40. Patient Safety3▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Instituto do Coração publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes and Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic.

Cardiovascular Function …4Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 4 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…3Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 2 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation: 2 fractional worksCardiomyopathy and Myosi…2Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies: 2 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil: 2 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryInformation SystemsEducation3 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 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 2 works
  5. 5 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto do Coração's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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