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Metropolitan Hospital

In research, Metropolitan Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,441 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,966 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 7.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,488
of 22,385 · #14,465 all time
Rank in Greece
#53
of 111
Research works
701
▲ 35% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
14.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
Metropolitan Hospital

What is Metropolitan 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 #2,441 of 8,541 12.7%140 #3852
Health SciencesDomain #2,966 of 9,902 13.0%145 #4700

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Metropolitan 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 Metropolitan Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research at Metropolitan Hospital is in Health Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (76%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Neuroscience (3%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 170 fractional works · 78.8% of its workMedicine: 164 fractional works · 76.2% of its workSurgery: 39 fractional works · 18.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 16 fractional works · 7.4% of its workOncology: 15 fractional works · 6.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 12 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 4.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 30 fractional works · 13.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 19 fractional works · 8.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 4.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMusic: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% 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 workALL ITS WORKMetropolitanHospital215fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences79%Social Sciences5%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine16476.2%
    2. Health Professions41.9%
    3. Dentistry10.4%
    4. Nursing10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology198.9%
    2. Neuroscience62.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology41.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities52.3%
    2. Social Sciences21.0%
    3. Psychology20.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Computer Science21.1%
    2. Engineering20.8%
    3. Environmental Science10.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    7. Mathematics00.0%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Metropolitan Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 39.0 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.67× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.73× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.81× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.96× its world share, 164 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.81× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 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.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.96×164 works
  2. Neuroscience1.81×6 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.73×4 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.67×19 works
  5. Dentistry0.85×1 works
  6. Arts and Humanities0.81×5 works
  7. Health Professions0.72×4 works
  8. Nursing0.56×1 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.31×0 works
  10. Psychology0.23×2 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.15×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.14×2 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.12×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.08×1 works
  15. Social Sciences0.08×2 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.07×0 works
  17. Engineering0.06×2 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works
  20. Mathematics0.03×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.02×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Metropolitan Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Georgios Magoufis, Efthymios Kapantais and Kalliopi Petraki lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Metropolitan Hospital.

  1. 1 Georgios Magoufis Greece · #689,819 worldwide 1.8k citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Efthymios Kapantais Greece · #779,206 worldwide 11k citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Kalliopi Petraki Greece · #823,287 worldwide 5.8k citations · 164 works
  4. 4 Samuel J. Murray Greece · #892,250 worldwide 3.9k citations · 82 works
  5. 5 Helena Linardou Greece · #1,055,781 worldwide 9k citations · 220 works
  6. 6 Beatriz Nicaretta Greece · #2,096,586 worldwide 636 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Dimos Patrikos Greece · #2,211,390 worldwide 226 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Eleni P. Galani Greece · #2,972,690 worldwide 2.1k citations · 91 works
  9. 9 Dimitrios I. Bafaloukos Greece · #3,472,140 worldwide 7.1k citations · 202 works
  10. 10 C. Christodoulou Greece · #3,476,995 worldwide 1.4k citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Metropolitan Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Metropolitan Hospital?

The most cited paper from Metropolitan Hospital is "Classification of acute pancreatitis—2012: revision of the Atlanta classification and definitions by international consensus" (Peter A. Banks, Thomas L. Bollen, Christos Dervenis et al., 2012), with 7,229 citations. Next come "2023 ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension The Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension" (3,385) and "Nivolumab plus Ipilimumab in Lung Cancer with a High Tumor Mutational Burden" (3,185).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Classification of acute pancreatitis—2012: revision of the Atlanta classification and definitions by international consensus Peter A. Banks, Thomas L. Bollen, Christos Dervenis et al. · Gut Open access 25 Oct 2012 7,229
2 2023 ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension The Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension Giuseppe Mancia et al. · Journal of Hypertension Open access 24 Jun 2023 3,385
3 Nivolumab plus Ipilimumab in Lung Cancer with a High Tumor Mutational Burden Matthew David Hellmann et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 16 Apr 2018 3,185
4 EAU-EANM-ESTRO-ESUR-SIOG Guidelines on Prostate Cancer—2020 Update. Part 1: Screening, Diagnosis, and Local Treatment with Curative Intent Nicolas Mottet et al. · European Urology Open access 7 Nov 2020 2,876
5 EAU-EANM-ESTRO-ESUR-ISUP-SIOG Guidelines on Prostate Cancer—2024 Update. Part I: Screening, Diagnosis, and Local Treatment with Curative Intent Philip A Cornford et al. · European Urology Open access 13 Apr 2024 1,253
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Metropolitan Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Inflammation, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Chemotherapy, Cardiovascular Disease, Surgical Management and Survival Analysis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology23▲ 2.7×71 topics
  2. Inflammation15▲ 3.3×49 topics
  3. Complications12▲ 11×17 topics
  4. Chemotherapy10▲ 6.7×21 topics
  5. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 8.2×14 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 4.0×25 topics
  7. Quality of Life8▲ 2.6×23 topics
  8. Clinical Trials7▲ 5.1×10 topics
  9. Surgical Management7▲ 8.0×15 topics
  10. Diagnosis7▲ 3.5×27 topics
  11. Risk Factors7▲ 2.8×20 topics
  12. Survival Analysis6▲ 11×6 topics
  13. Robotic Surgery6▲ 20×4 topics
  14. Immunotherapy6▲ 4.0×15 topics
  15. Obesity6▲ 3.8×16 topics
  16. Treatment6▲ 2.4×28 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 3.6×18 topics
  18. Radiotherapy6▲ 7.0×12 topics
  19. Radiation Therapy6▲ 20×5 topics
  20. Tumor Microenvironment6▲ 5.9×8 topics
  21. Immune Response5▲ 4.4×10 topics
  22. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 7.8×9 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations5▲ 5.1×16 topics
  24. Hypertension5▲ 7.5×11 topics
  25. Breast Reconstruction5▲ 34×2 topics
  26. Targeted Therapy5▲ 9.6×4 topics
  27. Anatomy4▲ 28×4 topics
  28. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy4▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Genetic Variants4▲ 11×6 topics
  30. Atherosclerosis4▲ 7.0×9 topics
  31. Breast Cancer4▲ 7.9×9 topics
  32. Molecular Classification4▲ 13×4 topics
  33. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 5.8×7 topics
  34. Cervical Cancer4▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Chemoradiotherapy4▲ 34×2 topics
  36. Brachytherapy4▲ 41×1 topic
  37. Endometrial Carcinoma4▲ 41×1 topic
  38. Statins4▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Free Flap4▲ 40×1 topic
  40. Microsurgical Reconstruction4▲ 40×1 topic

Which research topics does Metropolitan Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments, Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques, Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques and Musicology and Musical Analysis.

Endometrial and Cervical…4Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 4 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery a…4Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 4 fractional worksReconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques: 2 fractional worksMusicology and Musical Analysis: 2 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…2Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 2 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and Training: 2 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…2Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 2 fractional works
Obstetrics and GynecologySurgeryMusicOncology3 others

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

  1. 1 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 works
  2. 2 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Musicology and Musical Analysis Music 2 works
  5. 5 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 2 works
  9. 9 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management 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 available47.7%not open52.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.7%domestic only58.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Metropolitan Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 35% higher 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 Metropolitan Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00089% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Metropolitan Hospital0.00085% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Metropolitan 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 counting10%20%Metropolitan Hospital18.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.5% in 2025.

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