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Metaxa Hospital

In research, Metaxa Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,550 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,470 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 8.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,005
of 22,385 · #27,784 all time
Rank in Greece
#95
of 111
Research works
692
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.5k
12.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Metaxa Hospital

What is Metaxa Hospital 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
MedicineField #5,550 of 8,541 4.3%90 #9350
Health SciencesDomain #6,470 of 9,902 4.5%92 #10978

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Metaxa 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Metaxa Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Metaxa Hospital is in Health Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (84%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Engineering (2%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 102 fractional works · 86.0% of its workMedicine: 100 fractional works · 84.1% of its workSurgery: 24 fractional works · 20.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 13 fractional works · 10.7% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 7.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 8 fractional works · 7.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 7 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 8.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 6.9% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKMetaxa Hospital119fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences86%Social Sciences1%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine10084.1%
    2. Health Professions21.5%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology86.9%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology21.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Engineering21.9%
    2. Computer Science21.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    4. Environmental Science00.3%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Psychology00.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    3. Decision Sciences00.3%
    4. Social Sciences00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Metaxa Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 24.2 works8.7×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.29× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.37× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.37× its world share, 100 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.37×100 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.37×2 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.29×8 works
  4. Veterinary0.93×0 works
  5. Health Professions0.57×2 works
  6. Dentistry0.43×0 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.29×0 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.20×0 works
  9. Computer Science0.17×2 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.16×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.16×0 works
  12. Engineering0.13×2 works
  13. Psychology0.12×0 works
  14. Neuroscience0.07×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.06×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.03×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.02×0 works
  21. Social Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Metaxa Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Christos Valavanis, Pantelis Karageorgis and Evgenia Halkia lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Metaxa Hospital.

  1. 1 Christos Valavanis Greece · #2,054,199 worldwide 1.9k citations · 76 works
  2. 2 Pantelis Karageorgis Greece · #2,055,411 worldwide 1k citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Evgenia Halkia Greece · #2,247,083 worldwide 1.2k citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Eleni Papamattheou Greece · #2,668,361 worldwide 77 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Maria Synodinou Greece · #2,686,359 worldwide 1.1k citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Dosia Antonadou Greece · #2,839,870 worldwide 1.5k citations · 53 works
  7. 7 Panagiotis Manikis Greece · #3,064,462 worldwide 439 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Eftychia Tsironi Greece · #3,079,929 worldwide 737 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Evangelos Lianos Greece · #3,217,200 worldwide 986 citations · 43 works
  10. 10 Nicolas Throuvalas Greece · #3,301,778 worldwide 1.1k citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at Metaxa Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Metaxa Hospital?

The most cited paper from Metaxa Hospital is "Immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer: A 2020 update" (Dimitriοs Schizas, Nikolaos Charalampakis, Christo Kole et al., 2020), with 513 citations. Next come "Cytoreductive Surgery and HIPEC in Recurrent Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: A Prospective Randomized Phase III Study" (444) and "FOLFOXIRI (folinic acid, 5-fluorouracil, oxaliplatin and irinotecan) vs FOLFIRI (folinic acid, 5-fluorouracil and irinotecan) as first-line treatment in metastatic colorectal cancer (MCC): a multicentre randomised phase III trial from the Hellenic Oncology Research Group (HORG)" (405).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer: A 2020 update Dimitriοs Schizas, Nikolaos Charalampakis, Christo Kole et al. · Cancer Treatment Reviews 25 Mar 2020 513
2 Cytoreductive Surgery and HIPEC in Recurrent Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: A Prospective Randomized Phase III Study John D Spiliotis, Evgenia Halkia, Evangelos Lianos et al. · Annals of Surgical Oncology 12 Nov 2014 444
3 FOLFOXIRI (folinic acid, 5-fluorouracil, oxaliplatin and irinotecan) vs FOLFIRI (folinic acid, 5-fluorouracil and irinotecan) as first-line treatment in metastatic colorectal cancer (MCC): a multicentre randomised phase III trial from the Hellenic Oncology Research Group (HORG) John Souglakos, Nicos Androulakis, Konstantinos N. Syrigos et al. · British Journal of Cancer Open access 28 Feb 2006 405
4 Cardiotoxicity of fluoropyrimidines in different schedules of administration: a prospective study Christos Kosmas, Manolis S. Kallistratos, Petros Kopterides et al. · Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology Open access 17 Jul 2007 335
5 Phase II Randomized Trial of Temozolomide and Concurrent Radiotherapy in Patients With Brain Metastases Dosia Antonadou, M. Paraskevaidis, George E. Sarris et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology 29 Aug 2002 332
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Metaxa Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Survival Analysis, Cytoreductive Surgery, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Metastasis, Biomarkers, Epidemiology and Clinical Trials.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy17▲ 20×17 topics
  2. Epidemiology14▲ 2.9×36 topics
  3. Survival Analysis12▲ 38×6 topics
  4. Cytoreductive Surgery11▲ 144×2 topics
  5. Clinical Practice Guidelines11▲ 16×9 topics
  6. Metastasis10▲ 24×8 topics
  7. Biomarkers9▲ 10×7 topics
  8. Clinical Trials8▲ 10×5 topics
  9. Ovarian Cancer8▲ 69×3 topics
  10. Diagnosis7▲ 6.5×19 topics
  11. Immunotherapy7▲ 8.4×14 topics
  12. Genomic Analysis7▲ 23×2 topics
  13. Mutation Analysis7▲ 81×2 topics
  14. Fallopian Tube Origin7▲ 132×1 topic
  15. Tumor Models7▲ 100×1 topic
  16. Prognostic Factors7▲ 13×9 topics
  17. Gastric Cancer6▲ 46×3 topics
  18. Treatment6▲ 4.2×15 topics
  19. Breast Cancer6▲ 18×8 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations6▲ 11×11 topics
  21. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 19×5 topics
  22. Robotic Surgery5▲ 29×4 topics
  23. Risk Factors5▲ 3.6×12 topics
  24. Radiation Therapy5▲ 29×4 topics
  25. Complications4▲ 7.7×10 topics
  26. Radiotherapy4▲ 9.6×8 topics
  27. Management4▲ 4.6×11 topics
  28. Colorectal Cancer4▲ 46×2 topics
  29. Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy4▲ 171×1 topic
  30. Peritoneal Metastases4▲ 171×1 topic
  31. Molecular Characterization4▲ 18×4 topics
  32. Prognostic Markers4▲ 28×3 topics
  33. Guidelines4▲ 6.2×9 topics
  34. Immunohistochemistry4▲ 42×4 topics
  35. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 9.6×5 topics
  36. Cervical Cancer3▲ 25×2 topics
  37. Molecular Subtypes3▲ 31×3 topics
  38. Adjuvant Therapy3▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Molecular Profiling3▲ 28×3 topics
  40. Surgery3▲ 7.4×5 topics

Which research topics does Metaxa Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment, Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies, Uterine Myomas and Treatments and Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments.

Ovarian cancer diagnosis…7Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 7 fractional worksIntraperitoneal and Appe…4Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies: 4 fractional worksUterine Myomas and Treat…3Uterine Myomas and Treatments: 3 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 2 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 2 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksBreast Lesions and Carcinomas: 2 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 2 fractional worksMinimally Invasive Surgical Techniques: 2 fractional worksNeuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances: 2 fractional works
Reproductive MedicineSurgeryObstetrics and GynecologyCancer Research3 others

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

  1. 1 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 7 works
  2. 2 Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Uterine Myomas and Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 works
  4. 4 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  5. 5 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 2 works
  6. 6 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Breast Lesions and Carcinomas Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances Epidemiology 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 available30.5%not open69.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.9%domestic only88.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Metaxa Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower 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 Metaxa Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00058% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Metaxa Hospital0.00040% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Metaxa Hospital 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 2025Metaxa Hospital8.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.4% in 2020.

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