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IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola

In research, IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola stands highest in Medicine (#1,911 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,597 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,130 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 11.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,274
of 28,054 · #3,823 all time
Rank in Italy
#230
of 618
Research works
6.9k
▼ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
170k
24.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola 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 #1,911 of 10,443 14.6%427 #610
Health SciencesDomain #2,597 of 11,982 14.6%443 #791
SurgerySubfield #1,130 of 1,816 14.4%68 #511
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #928 of 1,144 15.0%63 #385
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #636 of 738 9.6%64 #528

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#610 #1,911
  2. Health Sciences#791 #2,597
  3. Surgery#511 #1,130
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#385 #928
  5. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#528 #636
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 11.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 64.4 works12×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 62.9 works7.7×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.33× its world share, 38 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.64× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.17× its world share, 427 worksMedicineNursing: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.65× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 4 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 IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola?

Ranked on the composite score, Gualtiero Palareti, F Pannuti and Rossella Fattori lead among researchers whose main affiliation is IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola.

  1. 1 Gualtiero Palareti Italy · #32,023 worldwide 336 citations · 53 works
  2. 2 F Pannuti Italy · #40,955 worldwide 289 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Rossella Fattori Italy · #49,170 worldwide 372 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Maurizio Zompatori Italy · #56,244 worldwide 234 citations · 73 works
  5. 5 Benilde Cosmi Italy · #66,570 worldwide 191 citations · 40 works
  6. 6 S Coccheri Italy · #70,668 worldwide 241 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Libero Barozzi Italy · #119,305 worldwide 159 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Tullio Palmerini Italy · #132,535 worldwide 250 citations · 46 works
  9. 9 Luigi Lovato Italy · #142,153 worldwide 136 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Marco Di Eusanio Italy · #150,747 worldwide 118 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola

Which keywords describe research at IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Echocardiography, Diagnosis, Heart Failure, Guidelines, Treatment, Chemotherapy and Endothelial Dysfunction.

▲ 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. Epidemiology67▲ 3.2×108 topics
  2. Echocardiography40▲ 28×8 topics
  3. Diagnosis33▲ 6.6×37 topics
  4. Treatment29▲ 4.5×41 topics
  5. Heart Failure27▲ 12×11 topics
  6. Guidelines24▲ 9.9×12 topics
  7. Chemotherapy23▲ 6.2×22 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease23▲ 3.8×29 topics
  9. Risk Factors21▲ 3.6×25 topics
  10. Inflammation21▲ 1.89×58 topics
  11. Immunotherapy20▲ 5.4×18 topics
  12. Endothelial Dysfunction19▲ 16×7 topics
  13. Treatment Guidelines18▲ 16×6 topics
  14. Chronic Kidney Disease18▲ 14×7 topics
  15. Management17▲ 4.2×26 topics
  16. Myocardial Infarction16▲ 13×7 topics
  17. Endovascular Repair16▲ 36×3 topics
  18. Pulmonary Hypertension16▲ 21×3 topics
  19. Prognostic Factors15▲ 6.6×14 topics
  20. Right Heart Assessment15▲ 69×1 topic
  21. Survival Prediction15▲ 69×1 topic
  22. Surgical Management14▲ 6.6×19 topics
  23. Metabolic Syndrome14▲ 3.2×20 topics
  24. Complications13▲ 4.9×17 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations13▲ 5.7×19 topics
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 4.4×14 topics
  27. Tumor Microenvironment12▲ 5.0×7 topics
  28. Immunosuppressive Therapy11▲ 11×8 topics
  29. Magnetic Resonance Imaging11▲ 7.9×5 topics
  30. Survival Analysis11▲ 7.3×6 topics
  31. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention10▲ 14×4 topics
  32. Sudden Cardiac Death10▲ 23×2 topics
  33. Catheter Ablation10▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Neoadjuvant Therapy10▲ 7.9×5 topics
  35. Cardiac Imaging10▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Atherosclerosis9▲ 6.1×10 topics
  37. Arrhythmias9▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Radiofrequency Ablation8▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Aortic Aneurysm8▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Coronary Artery Disease8▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments, Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches and Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research.

Pulmonary Hypertension R…15Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 15 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 7 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 7 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 6 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 6 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 6 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair t…6Aortic aneurysm repair treatments: 6 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 6 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 5 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…5Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 5 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOncologyBiomedical Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 15 works
  2. 2 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  4. 4 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 6 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  6. 6 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  7. 7 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 5 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 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 available35.9%not open64.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.6%domestic only86.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% lower 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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