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Interbalkan Medical Center

In research, Interbalkan Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#8,134 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,957 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 17.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,493
of 28,054 · #34,854 all time
Rank in Greece
#111
of 124
Research works
424
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.6k
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Interbalkan Medical Center 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 #8,134 of 10,443 9.7%109 #12953
Health SciencesDomain #9,957 of 11,982 9.7%112 #15361

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Interbalkan Medical Center 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 Interbalkan Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 17.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 24.7 works17×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 28.7 works9.0×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.14× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.44× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.17× its world share, 109 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× 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, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Interbalkan Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Sofia Baka, Antoniοs Pitsis and Vlasis Ninios lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Interbalkan Medical Center.

  1. 1 Sofia Baka Greece · #220,393 worldwide 99 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Antoniοs Pitsis Greece · #746,404 worldwide 40 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Vlasis Ninios Greece · #1,097,475 worldwide 23 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Andreas A. Ioannides Greece · #1,291,836 worldwide 15 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Interbalkan Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Interbalkan Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement, Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement, Complications, Epidemiology, Echocardiography, Heart Failure, Surgical Treatment 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. Epidemiology15▲ 2.8×49 topics
  2. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement11▲ 109×1 topic
  3. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement11▲ 109×1 topic
  4. Complications10▲ 15×13 topics
  5. Echocardiography7▲ 19×5 topics
  6. Diagnosis7▲ 5.4×14 topics
  7. Heart Failure6▲ 11×9 topics
  8. Treatment6▲ 3.6×15 topics
  9. Chemotherapy6▲ 6.1×13 topics
  10. Surgical Treatment6▲ 22×5 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 7.6×8 topics
  12. Guidelines5▲ 8.5×7 topics
  13. Catheter Ablation5▲ 28×2 topics
  14. Surgery4▲ 9.2×9 topics
  15. Degenerative Disc Disease4▲ 32×2 topics
  16. Surgical Management4▲ 7.1×12 topics
  17. Spinal Fusion4▲ 30×2 topics
  18. Aortic Aneurysm4▲ 43×2 topics
  19. Biomechanics4▲ 9.1×5 topics
  20. Endovascular Repair4▲ 32×3 topics
  21. Radiotherapy4▲ 6.8×10 topics
  22. Survival Analysis4▲ 9.3×6 topics
  23. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 11×5 topics
  24. Prophylaxis3▲ 19×3 topics
  25. Aortic Dissection3▲ 57×1 topic
  26. Bicuspid Aortic Valve3▲ 57×1 topic
  27. Low Back Pain3▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Anticoagulant Therapy3▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Atrial Fibrillation3▲ 22×2 topics
  31. Risk Stratification3▲ 30×1 topic
  32. Stroke Prevention3▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Thromboembolism3▲ 30×1 topic
  34. Intervertebral Disc3▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Lumbar Disc Degeneration3▲ 32×1 topic
  36. Breast Cancer3▲ 8.6×7 topics
  37. Inflammatory Response3▲ 31×3 topics
  38. Revision Surgery3▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Total Hip Replacement3▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Neurocognitive Function3▲ 41×2 topics

Which research topics does Interbalkan Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…11Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 11 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 3 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 3 fractional worksCardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques: 3 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksHip disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 2 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 2 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePathology and Forensic MedicineSurgery1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11 works
  2. 2 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 Hip disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available56.8%not open43.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.4%domestic only74.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Interbalkan Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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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