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Luigi Sacco Hospital

In research, Luigi Sacco Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,889 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,994 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,660
of 28,054 · #5,425 all time
Rank in Italy
#249
of 618
Research works
3.2k
▼ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
87k
27.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Luigi Sacco Hospital 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 #2,889 of 10,443 19.8%195 #1678
Health SciencesDomain #3,994 of 11,982 20.0%206 #2154

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Luigi Sacco Hospital 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).

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: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.26× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.20× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.10× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.93× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.04× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.69× its world share, 196 worksMedicineNursing: 1.30× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.63× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.40× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× 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, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Luigi Sacco Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Sandro Ardizzone, Giovanni Maconi and A. Cargnel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Luigi Sacco Hospital.

  1. 1 Sandro Ardizzone Italy · #89,055 worldwide 305 citations · 75 works
  2. 2 Giovanni Maconi Italy · #91,718 worldwide 257 citations · 92 works
  3. 3 A. Cargnel Italy · #100,215 worldwide 162 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Ettore Malacco Italy · #168,106 worldwide 163 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Fabiola Atzeni Italy · #205,180 worldwide 283 citations · 112 works
  6. 6 Georges Coremans Italy · #252,769 worldwide 78 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Gabriele Bianchi Porro Italy · #280,972 worldwide 103 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Fábio Pace Italy · #337,494 worldwide 41 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Piercarlo Sarzi‐Puttini Italy · #353,954 worldwide 230 citations · 114 works
  10. 10 Maurizio Bevilacqua Italy · #391,532 worldwide 116 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Luigi Sacco Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Luigi Sacco Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Inflammation, Immune Response, SARS-CoV-2, ACE2 Receptor and Antiretroviral Therapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology48▲ 4.4×98 topics
  2. Inflammation19▲ 3.4×49 topics
  3. Treatment17▲ 5.2×36 topics
  4. Diagnosis15▲ 6.0×34 topics
  5. Immune Response11▲ 7.1×16 topics
  6. Pandemic11▲ 3.6×6 topics
  7. Quality of Life10▲ 2.5×33 topics
  8. COVID-1910▲ 2.6×14 topics
  9. SARS-CoV-210▲ 11×6 topics
  10. ACE2 Receptor9▲ 14×3 topics
  11. Genetics9▲ 4.5×15 topics
  12. Heart Failure9▲ 7.3×12 topics
  13. Antiretroviral Therapy8▲ 19×6 topics
  14. Management8▲ 3.9×22 topics
  15. Echocardiography8▲ 11×8 topics
  16. Vaccine8▲ 7.0×10 topics
  17. Complications8▲ 5.6×13 topics
  18. Thrombosis7▲ 9.3×6 topics
  19. Macular Degeneration7▲ 21×3 topics
  20. Neuroimaging7▲ 9.1×9 topics
  21. Diabetic Retinopathy6▲ 22×2 topics
  22. Global Burden6▲ 4.1×11 topics
  23. Pathophysiology6▲ 7.4×9 topics
  24. Prevalence6▲ 5.4×10 topics
  25. Neurological Disorders6▲ 3.9×16 topics
  26. Neurobiology6▲ 8.2×9 topics
  27. Surgery6▲ 6.0×9 topics
  28. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 8.5×7 topics
  29. HIV Infection5▲ 17×3 topics
  30. Intravitreal Injection5▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Viral Transmission5▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor5▲ 20×3 topics
  33. Cognitive Impairment5▲ 6.6×7 topics
  34. Clinical Characteristics4▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Sudden Cardiac Death4▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Antiviral Treatment4▲ 14×1 topic
  37. Choroidal Thickness4▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Cytokine Storm4▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Immunosuppressive Therapy4▲ 8.4×7 topics
  40. Retinal Pigment Epithelium4▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does Luigi Sacco Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

COVID-19 Clinical Resear…4COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 4 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Tre…4Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…3Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …3SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional worksBipolar Disorder and Treatment: 3 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 2 fractional worksCentral Venous Catheters…2Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis: 2 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …2Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesOphthalmologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePsychiatry and Mental health3 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 4 works
  2. 2 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  5. 5 Bipolar Disorder and Treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  6. 6 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 2 works
  7. 7 Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  8. 8 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 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 available36.0%not open64.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.3%domestic only80.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Luigi Sacco Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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