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Mater Dei Hospital

In research, Mater Dei Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,285 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,497 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 6.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,144
of 28,054 · #15,606 all time
Rank in Malta
#2
of 6
Research works
1.6k
▲ 37% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
7.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Mater Dei 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 #5,285 of 10,443 5.5%354 #5963
Health SciencesDomain #6,497 of 11,982 5.6%375 #6092

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mater Dei 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).

What does Mater Dei Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 6.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 32.2 works6.7×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.14× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.31× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.24× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.04× its world share, 354 worksMedicineNursing: 1.83× its world share, 4 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Mater Dei Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Pierre Ellul, Caroline Jane Magri and Yves Muscat Baron lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mater Dei Hospital.

  1. 1 Pierre Ellul Malta · #23,676 worldwide 565 citations · 42 works
  2. 2 Caroline Jane Magri Malta · #332,268 worldwide 198 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Yves Muscat Baron Malta · #440,502 worldwide 32 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Michael Maher Malta · #455,351 worldwide 41 citations · 49 works
  5. 5 David Pace Malta · #615,996 worldwide 40 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Michael Borg Malta · #675,212 worldwide 32 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Martin Balzan Malta · #968,053 worldwide 16 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Neville Azzopardi Malta · #1,012,539 worldwide 12 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Alexander Manché Malta · #1,050,986 worldwide 13 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Victor Grech Malta · #1,052,056 worldwide 37 citations · 72 works
All ranked researchers at Mater Dei Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Mater Dei Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Genetic Mutations, Complications, Management, Mortality and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology68▲ 3.8×101 topics
  2. Treatment25▲ 4.5×35 topics
  3. Inflammation22▲ 2.4×46 topics
  4. Diagnosis22▲ 5.3×32 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease17▲ 3.4×27 topics
  6. Genetic Mutations17▲ 8.6×17 topics
  7. Management17▲ 4.7×25 topics
  8. Risk Factors17▲ 3.3×23 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome16▲ 4.4×20 topics
  10. Chemotherapy15▲ 4.8×18 topics
  11. Mortality15▲ 5.8×13 topics
  12. Complications15▲ 6.5×16 topics
  13. Quality of Life14▲ 2.2×27 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 5.2×14 topics
  15. Inflammatory Bowel Disease13▲ 24×5 topics
  16. Pathogenesis12▲ 5.4×17 topics
  17. Surgical Management12▲ 6.4×17 topics
  18. Guidelines11▲ 5.3×11 topics
  19. Diabetes11▲ 4.8×8 topics
  20. Obesity11▲ 3.1×13 topics
  21. Immune Response10▲ 3.9×15 topics
  22. Genetics10▲ 3.0×15 topics
  23. Prevention9▲ 4.8×12 topics
  24. SARS-CoV-29▲ 6.0×5 topics
  25. ACE2 Receptor9▲ 7.8×3 topics
  26. Heart Failure8▲ 4.3×13 topics
  27. Immunosuppressive Therapy8▲ 10.0×7 topics
  28. Pathophysiology8▲ 6.2×8 topics
  29. Autoantibodies8▲ 7.8×8 topics
  30. Prenatal Diagnosis8▲ 13×7 topics
  31. Pregnancy8▲ 8.8×8 topics
  32. Rehabilitation8▲ 4.4×11 topics
  33. Surgery8▲ 4.8×10 topics
  34. Echocardiography7▲ 5.8×8 topics
  35. Breast Cancer7▲ 6.5×8 topics
  36. Atrial Fibrillation7▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Cardiac Imaging6▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Sudden Death6▲ 33×2 topics
  39. Quality Improvement6▲ 7.3×7 topics
  40. Diagnostic Imaging6▲ 12×4 topics

Which research topics does Mater Dei Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Microscopic Colitis.

Cardiovascular Effects o…6Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…5COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 5 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 4 fractional worksMicroscopic Colitis3Microscopic Colitis: 3 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 3 fractional worksAutoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders: 3 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 3 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…3Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 3 fractional worksHidradenitis Suppurativa and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineInfectious DiseasesGeneticsEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 5 works
  3. 3 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 4 works
  4. 4 Microscopic Colitis Epidemiology 3 works
  5. 5 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Epidemiology 3 works
  7. 7 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 3 works
  9. 9 Hidradenitis Suppurativa and Treatments Dermatology 3 works
  10. 10 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 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 available56.5%not open43.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.9%domestic only80.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mater Dei Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% 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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