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Interbalkan Medical Center

In research, Interbalkan Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,688 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,272 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 20.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,743
of 22,385 · #23,779 all time
Rank in Greece
#76
of 111
Research works
424
▲ 75% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.6k
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
57%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Interbalkan Medical Center

What is Interbalkan Medical Center 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 #5,688 of 9,902 7.0%112 #8020
MedicineField #5,272 of 8,541 7.1%109 #6903

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Interbalkan Medical Center work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Interbalkan Medical Center is in Health Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (82%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Engineering (2%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 147 fractional works · 84.4% of its workMedicine: 143 fractional works · 82.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 38 fractional works · 21.6% of its workSurgery: 37 fractional works · 21.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 16 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 7.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInterbalkanMedical Center174fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences84%Social Sciences2%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine14382.5%
    2. Health Professions21.1%
    3. Dentistry10.6%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology95.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Engineering42.1%
    2. Environmental Science32.0%
    3. Computer Science20.9%
    4. Chemistry10.5%
    5. Materials Science10.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences10.6%
    2. Psychology10.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Interbalkan Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 20.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 37.5 works21×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 37.3 works9.2×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.29× its world share, 143 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 1 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, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.29×143 works
  2. Dentistry1.15×1 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.98×9 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology0.46×1 works
  5. Nursing0.45×0 works
  6. Health Professions0.43×2 works
  7. Environmental Science0.40×4 works
  8. Chemistry0.34×1 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.31×2 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×0 works
  11. Engineering0.14×4 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.14×1 works
  13. Psychology0.14×1 works
  14. Materials Science0.13×1 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.13×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.12×2 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.10×0 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×0 works
  19. Neuroscience0.08×0 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.07×0 works
  21. Social Sciences0.05×1 works
  22. Mathematics0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Interbalkan Medical Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Vlasis N. Ninios, Sofia Baka and Konstantinos G. Papadopoulos lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Interbalkan Medical Center.

  1. 1 Vlasis N. Ninios Greece · #887,665 worldwide 1.1k citations · 112 works
  2. 2 Sofia Baka Greece · #1,103,495 worldwide 3.1k citations · 117 works
  3. 3 Konstantinos G. Papadopoulos Greece · #1,739,131 worldwide 711 citations · 68 works
  4. 4 Ilias Ninios Greece · #1,960,836 worldwide 684 citations · 67 works
  5. 5 Nikolaos Touroutoglou Greece · #2,148,085 worldwide 755 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Antonios Drevelegas Greece · #2,307,964 worldwide 1.9k citations · 81 works
  7. 7 Mikail Chatzivasiliadis Greece · #3,204,725 worldwide 14 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Sotirios Evangelou Greece · #3,296,186 worldwide 120 citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Georgios Charitoudis Greece · #3,547,388 worldwide 772 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Ioannis Natsiopoulos Greece · #3,656,417 worldwide 220 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Interbalkan Medical Center

What are the most cited papers from Interbalkan Medical Center?

The most cited paper from Interbalkan Medical Center is "Consensus on women’s health aspects of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): the Amsterdam ESHRE/ASRM-Sponsored 3rd PCOS Consensus Workshop Group" (Bart C.J.M. Fauser, Basil C. Tarlatzis, Robert W. Rebar et al., 2011), with 2,007 citations. Next come "Evaluation and Management of Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease: State of the Art Review" (385) and "Remote Sensing Techniques for Soil Organic Carbon Estimation: A Review" (383).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Consensus on women’s health aspects of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): the Amsterdam ESHRE/ASRM-Sponsored 3rd PCOS Consensus Workshop Group Bart C.J.M. Fauser, Basil C. Tarlatzis, Robert W. Rebar et al. · Fertility and Sterility Open access 9 Dec 2011 2,007
2 Evaluation and Management of Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease: State of the Art Review Jerome Rene Lechien, Lee Michael Akst, Abdul‐Latif Hamdan et al. · Otolaryngology Open access 12 Feb 2019 385
3 Remote Sensing Techniques for Soil Organic Carbon Estimation: A Review Theodora Angelopoulou, Nikolaos V. Tziolas, Athanasios Τ. Balafoutis et al. · Remote Sensing Open access 21 Mar 2019 383
4 Imaging of peripheral nerve sheath tumors with pathologic correlation Mayia Pilavaki, Danai Chourmouzi, A. Kiziridou et al. · European Journal of Radiology 11 Jun 2004 345
5 EHRA/EAPCI expert consensus statement on catheter-based left atrial appendage occlusion – an update Michael Glikson et al. · EP Europace Open access 24 Aug 2019 334
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Interbalkan Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement, Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement, Echocardiography, Heart Failure, Complications, Epidemiology, Surgical Treatment and Catheter Ablation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 2.5×56 topics
  2. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement16▲ 130×1 topic
  3. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement16▲ 130×1 topic
  4. Echocardiography13▲ 27×5 topics
  5. Heart Failure11▲ 14×9 topics
  6. Complications11▲ 13×13 topics
  7. Diagnosis8▲ 4.7×17 topics
  8. Surgical Treatment8▲ 22×5 topics
  9. Treatment7▲ 3.2×20 topics
  10. Obesity7▲ 5.0×10 topics
  11. Chemotherapy6▲ 5.2×13 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 6.7×9 topics
  13. Catheter Ablation6▲ 29×2 topics
  14. Guidelines6▲ 7.7×7 topics
  15. Degenerative Disc Disease6▲ 37×2 topics
  16. Spinal Fusion6▲ 35×2 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Risk6▲ 11×6 topics
  18. Endovascular Repair6▲ 37×3 topics
  19. Aortic Aneurysm5▲ 48×2 topics
  20. Surgery5▲ 8.4×10 topics
  21. Chamber Quantification5▲ 36×1 topic
  22. Diastolic Function5▲ 36×1 topic
  23. Aortic Dissection5▲ 66×1 topic
  24. Bicuspid Aortic Valve5▲ 66×1 topic
  25. Biomechanics5▲ 9.1×5 topics
  26. Inflammatory Response5▲ 39×3 topics
  27. Cardiopulmonary Bypass5▲ 114×1 topic
  28. Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery5▲ 114×1 topic
  29. Minimally Invasive Surgery5▲ 45×2 topics
  30. Myocardial Infarction5▲ 11×5 topics
  31. Neurocognitive Function5▲ 54×2 topics
  32. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Low Back Pain4▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Survival Analysis4▲ 9.0×6 topics
  35. Anticoagulant Therapy4▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Intervertebral Disc4▲ 36×1 topic
  37. Lumbar Disc Degeneration4▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention4▲ 17×4 topics
  39. Atrial Fibrillation4▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Stroke Prevention4▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Interbalkan Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches and Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…16Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 16 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 5 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 5 fractional worksCardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques: 5 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 4 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…4Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 3 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 3 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryPathology and Forensic Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 16 works
  2. 2 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 5 works
  5. 5 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 3 works
  9. 9 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Interbalkan Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 75% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Interbalkan Medical Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00048% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Interbalkan Medical Center0.00083% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Interbalkan Medical Center 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 2025Interbalkan Medical Center6.4% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.9% in 2024.

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