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Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio

In research, Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,418 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,389 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 12.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,401
of 22,385 · #7,595 all time
Rank in Italy
#175
of 475
Research works
459
▲ 144% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.6k
12.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.23×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio

What is Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio 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 #1,418 of 9,902 16.7%170 #1525
MedicineField #1,389 of 8,541 16.6%162 #1507

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio 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 Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio is in Health Sciences, 7% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (79%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%), Engineering (3%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 208 fractional works · 83.1% of its workMedicine: 197 fractional works · 78.9% of its workSurgery: 58 fractional works · 23.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 32 fractional works · 12.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 17 fractional works · 6.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 11 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 10 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGastroenterology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOral Surgery: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 17 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKIstituto ClinicoSant'Ambrogio250fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences83%Social Sciences4%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine19778.9%
    2. Health Professions62.3%
    3. Dentistry41.6%
    4. Nursing10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Engineering93.4%
    2. Computer Science62.5%
    3. Environmental Science10.2%
    4. Materials Science10.2%
    5. Mathematics00.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology93.7%
    2. Neuroscience31.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences31.3%
    2. Psychology31.2%
    3. Decision Sciences20.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 12.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 32.0 works12×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 58.0 works9.9×
← 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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.69× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.30× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.11× its world share, 197 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.11×197 works
  2. Dentistry3.30×4 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology0.98×2 works
  4. Decision Sciences0.88×2 works
  5. Health Professions0.86×6 works
  6. Neuroscience0.76×3 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.69×9 works
  8. Nursing0.52×1 works
  9. Psychology0.40×3 works
  10. Veterinary0.33×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.32×6 works
  12. Engineering0.23×8 works
  13. Mathematics0.17×0 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.12×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×1 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.10×3 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.07×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  22. Environmental Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio?

Ranked on the quality score, Francesca Lombardo, Marta Cavalli and Alfonso Ielasi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio.

  1. 1 Francesca Lombardo Italy · #233,227 worldwide 2.4k citations · 100 works
  2. 2 Marta Cavalli Italy · #250,366 worldwide 2k citations · 99 works
  3. 3 Alfonso Ielasi Italy · #416,075 worldwide 7.2k citations · 443 works
  4. 4 Antonio Miceli Italy · #417,021 worldwide 5.8k citations · 246 works
  5. 5 Piero Giovanni Bruni Italy · #452,008 worldwide 1.1k citations · 57 works
  6. 6 Matteo Ferrarini Italy · #618,772 worldwide 1.7k citations · 58 works
  7. 7 Andrea Montisci Italy · #700,598 worldwide 1.8k citations · 105 works
  8. 8 Roberto Adriano Latini Italy · #956,874 worldwide 909 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Andrea Buono Italy · #1,156,008 worldwide 868 citations · 80 works
  10. 10 Silvia Cirri Italy · #1,214,598 worldwide 9.1k citations · 70 works
All ranked researchers at Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio

What are the most cited papers from Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio?

The most cited paper from Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio is "Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Failed Bioprosthetic Surgical Valves" (Danny Dvir et al., 2014), with 921 citations. Next come "The role of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in cancer pathology" (800) and "European Hernia Society guidelines on the closure of abdominal wall incisions" (654).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Failed Bioprosthetic Surgical Valves Danny Dvir et al. · JAMA Open access 8 Jul 2014 921
2 The role of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in cancer pathology Marcello Guarino, Barbara Rubino, Gianmario Ballabio · Pathology Jun 2007 800
3 European Hernia Society guidelines on the closure of abdominal wall incisions Filip E. Muysoms et al. · Hernia Open access 24 Jan 2015 654
4 Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) 2.0: A manifesto of open challenges and interdisciplinary research directions Luca Longo, Mario Brčić, Federico Cabitza et al. · Information Fusion Open access 15 Feb 2024 552
5 Immediate results and one-year clinical outcome after percutaneous coronary interventions in chronic total occlusions Zoran Olivari, Paolo Rubartelli, Federico Piscione et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access May 2003 482
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Echocardiography, Myocardial Infarction, Treatment, Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement, Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement and Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 3.4×62 topics
  2. Complications16▲ 13×17 topics
  3. Treatment14▲ 4.6×20 topics
  4. Inflammation13▲ 2.5×30 topics
  5. Echocardiography12▲ 18×8 topics
  6. Myocardial Infarction12▲ 20×6 topics
  7. Magnetic Resonance Imaging10▲ 15×5 topics
  8. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement10▲ 54×1 topic
  9. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement10▲ 54×1 topic
  10. Coronary Artery Disease10▲ 33×3 topics
  11. Obesity9▲ 4.9×12 topics
  12. Atherosclerosis9▲ 13×8 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Risk9▲ 11×9 topics
  14. Cardiac Imaging8▲ 28×3 topics
  15. Revision Surgery8▲ 26×2 topics
  16. Total Hip Replacement8▲ 26×2 topics
  17. Guidelines8▲ 7.0×12 topics
  18. Radiation Exposure8▲ 33×2 topics
  19. Heart Failure8▲ 7.1×10 topics
  20. Psychological Factors8▲ 15×5 topics
  21. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention8▲ 23×4 topics
  22. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment8▲ 38×2 topics
  23. Computed Tomography Angiography8▲ 46×1 topic
  24. Myocardial Perfusion8▲ 46×1 topic
  25. Surgery8▲ 8.6×7 topics
  26. Spinal Fusion7▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Surgical Management7▲ 7.1×12 topics
  28. Biomechanics6▲ 8.3×7 topics
  29. Low Back Pain6▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Rehabilitation6▲ 6.3×11 topics
  31. Central Sensitization6▲ 38×2 topics
  32. Coronary Stents6▲ 54×1 topic
  33. Myocardial Revascularization6▲ 54×1 topic
  34. Arthroplasty6▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 7.5×6 topics
  36. Diagnostic Criteria6▲ 9.8×4 topics
  37. Functional MRI6▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Health-related Quality of Life6▲ 9.5×4 topics
  39. Outcomes5▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Regeneration5▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes.

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 10 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 8 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…6Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …5Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 5 fractional worksFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research: 5 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 4 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…4Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 4 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 4 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 4 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treat…4Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 4 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurgeryPsychiatry and Mental health3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 8 works
  3. 3 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 6 works
  4. 4 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 5 works
  5. 5 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Psychiatry and Mental health 5 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 4 works
  9. 9 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 4 works
  10. 10 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 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 available51.0%not open49.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.2%domestic only68.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 144% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio0.0013% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio 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 counting10%20%30%Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio17.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.3% in 2021.

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